20th Century Fox has announced a John Frankenheimer Collection for release on DVD on 1/22 (SRP $39.98). The 4-disc set will include The Manchurian Candidate, Ronin, The Train and Young Savages.
John Frankenheimer Collection
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The Train is amazing. I've not seen The Young Savages, at least not that I can remember. It was Frankenheimer's first feature. It doesn't appear to be available separately at the moment, so it may be available only in this upcoming set.Poncho Punch wrote:I own - and thoroughly enjoy - Ronin and The Manchurian Candidate (as well as Seconds). Recommendations on picking up the other two separately?
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Even though Fox handles distribution for them, this is actually an MGM product.
Here is the actual art, which isn't half as cool as Domino's. I'm curious as to how they plan to shove four discs into what appears to be a single-wide Amaray case.
Here is the actual art, which isn't half as cool as Domino's. I'm curious as to how they plan to shove four discs into what appears to be a single-wide Amaray case.
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Here in Australia we have single amaray cases which hold 4 discs. One on each inside cover and one on each side of the insert flipper. The UK has them well. Single amaray cases with flippers for 2-disc sets were used here from the outset rather than the thicker double cases used in the US (but now also obselete).
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It's been some time since I've taken a look at it, but I seem to recall the Ronin disc being double-sided already, with widescreen and full-screen versions of the film on opposite sides. Additionally - and again, I'm going off of my memory here - the full-screen version did provide additional information on the top and bottom of the frame; it was not a simple pan and scan job, but a significant reframing of the film, and this presentation was likely taken into consideration during shooting. I see no reason to believe that MGM would remove features from a disc for inclusion in a box-set.
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Fox's retail site also lists it as a 4-disc set, although it's been wrong in the past a couple times.Jeff wrote:Maybe. The original Digital Bits quote and the Amazon page both refer to it as a four-disc set though.Cinephrenic wrote:Two double-sided discs?
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Re: John Frankenheimer Collection
Manchurian Candidate coming to Best Buy exclusive-Blu on May 3
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Re: John Frankenheimer Collection
I hope "The Train" is next....
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