DVD Editions with the Best Features

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Most of us are avid DVD collectors. I myself pride on choosing the best editions from the shops - be it Extended Cuts, Unrated Director's Cuts, Special Collector's Editions etc. etc.

Have a peek at your personal collections so far, and the ones you have listed to buy in the coming months, and tell me this...which DVD releases have the best Features on the discs? It could be 2-disc, 3-disc or even bigger box-sets.

I am not talking about the transfers/audio-video quality, but the extra features...such as featurettes, commentaries, behind-the-scenes, Easter Eggs etc. kinda stuff.

[fortunato]

i'll add more later, but the one that comes to mind immediately is criterion's videodrome release.

click for dvdbeaver review
http://www.jdmfilmreviews.com/images/videodrome-dvd1.jpg (http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews5/videodrome.htm)

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Good one, F.

One more which comes to mind is...


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Other than having 5 different versions of the movie (Final Cut, Director's Cut, Theatrical, International, and Workprint), it has two bonus discs - one packed to the brim with featurettes and deleted scenes, and the other is a docu-disc of making Blade Runner.

A must-buy for any avid DVD collector.

[neverending]

A Mighty Wind.

The regular edition has some very cool features. Commentary track by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy,

Full footage of the mock folk concert they staged for the movie- recorded live in front of an audience.

A bunch of "music videos" from many of the bands featured in the film.

The audio commrntary is hilarious. Guest reveals he, Shearer and McKean used to go on as the Folksmen before Spinal Tap concerts and nobody ever caught on it was them.

[The_Return]

Pretty fond of this one:

http://www.jdmfilmreviews.com/images/us-3-dvd-special-edition.jpg

Comes with 2 earlier film versions of the story, a handful of shorts, radio adaptations, a documentary, studio blooper reel...just an all around great set for one of the best detective movies out there.

[fortunato]

the six feet under boxset is pretty wonderful, too. one of the jewels of my collection.

review (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/28677/six-feet-under-the-complete-series-gift-set/)

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[Doc Faustus]

i'll add more later, but the one that comes to mind immediately is criterion's videodrome release.

click for dvdbeaver review
http://www.jdmfilmreviews.com/images/videodrome-dvd1.jpg (http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews5/videodrome.htm)

Yup. Definitely. Their Naked Lunch edition also has great features, but the most impressive Criterion thing I've seen yet is how packed the Slacker set is. Fans of early nineties Indie cinema should definitely get it. Kevin Smith fans should also look into it to see where he was coming from.

[ferretchucker]

Most of my DVDs a 2 dics editions. I have the original star wars trilogy on VHS, Gold Edition.

My only collectors edition is my latest addition to my collection. Halloween. 2 disc, loads of making ofs, TV spots, trailers, Trivia etc. And a holographic cover.

[fortunato]

well, i just received my vampyr criterion release in the mail today, and i have to say...it's incredible!

check out the dvdbeaver review of it. you can see how great this set is.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/vampyr-maybe.htm

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews39/vampyr%20dreyer/cov%20vampye%20cri.jpg

[urgeok2]

my favorite extra is always the commentary ... not many of the others mean that much to me .. most of them are 'behind the scenes featurettes where 90% of the content is pieces of the same goddamn movie playing over again.

I've mentioned this many times before - but the best commentaries are on the John Carpenter films and the Kevin Smith films.

very entertaining - very informitive.

also Robert Rodriguez has excellent extras in his films ... expecially the cooking school on Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

well, i just received my vampyr criterion release in the mail today, and i have to say...it's incredible!

check out the dvdbeaver review of it. you can see how great this set is.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/vampyr-maybe.htm

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I just got it too. :)

haxan aswell

[fortunato]

I just got it too. :)

haxan aswell

awesome, have you checked it out yet?

the haxan release is pretty nice, too.

[The Mothman]

im gonna make a wild guess and say that new Evil Dead ultimate edition has a good amount. I got an old normal version, and its still got a good amount.

[Despare]

Dawn of the Dead Ultimate Edition

[The_Return]

Dawn of the Dead Ultimate Edition

Oooo, forgot that one. Badass set for sure.

[The Mothman]

how about this one?
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[fortunato]

oh! how could i have forgotten this:

review
(http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2331leon.html?___rd=1)

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Dawn of the Dead Ultimate Edition

how about this one?
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What are the extras and notable features in those?

[Despare]

What are the extras and notable features in those?

Dawn of the Dead Ultimate Edition includes...

U.S. Theatrical Version (Optional commentary with George Romero, Savini, Chris Romero, and Perry Martin.)

European Version (OC W/David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, and Gaylen Ross.)

Extended Version (OC W/Richard Rubinstein and Parry Martin)

TV Spots, Trailers, lots of Galleries, a George Romero bio and an Argento bio, Documenteries, Radio Spots, Monroeville Mall Tour with Ken Foreeand more... :)

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Pretty awesome.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

awesome, have you checked it out yet?

the haxan release is pretty nice, too.

hoping I have time later this week. I've been in headache central for a good 4 days now, so I don't really feel like staring at bright light either. I have my monitor turned really low.

[Posher778]

I agree about Rodriguez' dvds. Lots of good tips and commentary. The special edition Alien movies have some cool features, and how about the Sin City 2 disc SE?

[roshiq]

As most of the dvds we have in our local dvd shops are either the Malaysian reprints or some damn pirated ones but I have managed to buy some original dvds from e-bay at my best possible way. Therefore I have very few original dvds with some good features in my collection (that may be very lame in compared to yours:o ):

Halloween (Limited Edition Holograph Cover)

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Special Features: Biographies, Trailers, Interviews, Behind the Scenes, Image Galleries, Featurette.

Tenebrae Uncut-Uncensored-Widescreen edition

http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/cover_images/full/637

* "An Eye For Horror" (60 minute documentary "An Eye For Horror" which documents Argento's career and features interviews with Dario Argento, John Carpenter, George A. Romero, Tom Savini and Asia Argento)
* Audio commentary by director Dario Argento , composer Claudio Simonetti and journalist "Loris Curci"
* Two behind-the-scenes segments (Special effects equipment, Sound Effects) Interview with Dario Argento
* Alternate End Credits Music
* Theatrical Trailer
* Theatrical trailers for other Argento titles

Don't Look Now - Special Edition

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Special Features:
Exclusive commentary from director Nicolas Roeg,
Interview with composer Pino Donnagio,
A Looking Back featurette with director Nicolas Roeg and his cinematographer and editor,

and a 16 page booklet.

[urgeok2]

Tenebrae Uncut-Uncensored-Widescreen edition

http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/cover_images/full/637

* "An Eye For Horror" (60 minute documentary "An Eye For Horror" which documents Argento's career and features interviews with Dario Argento, John Carpenter, George A. Romero, Tom Savini and Asia Argento)
* Audio commentary by director Dario Argento , composer Claudio Simonetti and journalist "Loris Curci"
* Two behind-the-scenes segments (Special effects equipment, Sound Effects) Interview with Dario Argento
* Alternate End Credits Music
* Theatrical Trailer
* Theatrical trailers for other Argento titles

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thats one i'd love to get my hands on ..

i've just found the old anchor bay release and it's on its way to my house right now - but i dont believe it has those extras.

[Despare]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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- "Subtitles For People Who Don't Like The Film (taken from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part II)" (Brilliant!)

- On-Screen Screenplay: Read the screenplay while you watch the film

- "Enlightening commentaries by Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, plus general complaints and back-biting by John Cleese, Eric Idle & Michael Palin"

- Exciting "follow The Killer Rabbit" Feature

- Three Mindless Sing-Alongs

- Join Michael Palin and Terry Jones in their special feature documentary: The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations

- Monty Python and the Holy Grail in Japanese (With English subtitles) (This one is hilarious.)

- "On Location with The Pythons - genuine 18 min. location report made in 1974 by BBC Film Night (broadcast 19th Dec., 1974)"

- An Interactive Cast Directory discover just how many roles Michael Palin plays

- "Theatrical Trailers and, of course, Weblinks for real nurds! And more..."