The Studio Canal Collection

[judesalmon]

I ordered four of these: Le Mepris, Belle De Jour, The Elephant Man and Ran. All but the last turned up today and the packaging is lovely -- the book covers feel really expensive and the booklets inside are full-colour with Criterion-esque information on the films.

Le Mepris and The Elephant Man are both listed on the back as Regions A and B compatible, but Belle De Jour is listed as B only.

[Cochise]

Originally Posted by judesalmon

I ordered four of these: Le Mepris, Belle De Jour, The Elephant Man and Ran. All but the last turned up today and the packaging is lovely -- the book covers feel really expensive and the booklets inside are full-colour with Criterion-esque information on the films.

Le Mepris and The Elephant Man are both listed on the back as Regions A and B compatible, but Belle De Jour is listed as B only.

Do they have the age advisory printed on the book cover? The product image on Amazon UK makes it look like they're not.

[Arkadin]

yeah there are individual threads on these.
I can't wait to see them.
If you can post some comments in the individual threads when you have had a chance to watch them.

[judesalmon]

Originally Posted by Cochise

Do they have the age advisory printed on the book cover? The product image on Amazon UK makes it look like they're not.

The age ratings are on the shrink wrap on the front and on a removable piece of paper (lightly stuck on) with all the title info.

[GizmoDVD]

Size-wise are they the same as Warners DigiBooks? Any pics of them?

[Arkadin]

here's the thread from avs
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1159174

notice that amazon US is offering these right off the bat.
region coding for all titles not confirmed yet.
the links are in that thread.
sweet!

[judesalmon]

Originally Posted by GizmoDVD

Size-wise are they the same as Warners DigiBooks? Any pics of them?

Fractionally thinner and a little bit shorter.

Just looking at Arkadin's link, the cases have changed and the discs no longer slide under a flap, but attach to a very good hub.

[GizmoDVD]

Damn. I'll have to buy them now.

[Arkadin]

I mean it's just hard to believe that amazon is offering these right off the bat.
I mean I would have to think that at least 1 or 2 will be locked.
how are all these people going to play these titles if they are locked?
I mean you know some people that order these won't have a region B player.
I'm going to wait until they have verified stock.

[jurples]

any noticeable pitch issues w/ the elephant man?

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

here's the thread from avs
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1159174

notice that amazon US is offering these right off the bat.
region coding for all titles not confirmed yet.
the links are in that thread.
sweet!

Woah, at U.S prices, that's a much better deal than what was being quoted on Amazon UK. I was averaging 29-30 per title.

[GizmoDVD]

I'd love real pics of these

[cheez avenger]

I pre-ordered two of these, so we'll see.

[BambooLounge]

Pre-ordered all of them from Amazon.com except for Deer Hunter and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum. It worked out to being about $2 more from Amazon, but it is worth it to get them shipped to me quicker via Prime.

They all seem to be about $2 less than on Amazon UK except for Deer Hunter and Ran, which are about $2 more.


Those price estimates take NY tax into account for those of us unfortunate enough to have to pay tax on Amazon purchases.

[judesalmon]

Originally Posted by jurples

any noticeable pitch issues w/ the elephant man?

I will watch the film (for the first time ever) tonight, but I just had a quick look at a few scenes featuring Anthony Hopkins and it sounds fine to me -- his voice is its familiar self, not at all like a chipmunk. I would say that then that there are no pitch issues with The Elephant Man, but I will report back later if I pick anything up.

The picture looked quite good too, from the scenes I sampled.