Gone With the Wind - Ultimate Edition

irascian · 06-11-2009, 12:20 PM

DHL have just delivered my "Ultimate Edition" of "Gone With the Wind" from MovieTyme. It's expensive but I think it must be the most lavish set in my collection (of over 3000 shiny discs).

I baulked a bit at the price, but now I've got it in my hands I'm glad I didn't just wait for the "standard" UK edition. The velvet pink box it arrives in makes the Ultimate edition of "Wizard of Oz" released last month look positively cheap and nasty by comparison. Nice lavish 52-page hardback book and other bits and pieces too. Very nice!

On a side note, is it just me or is the "Search" function on this forum useless. It tells me that there are no hits at all for "Gone With the Wind" (hence this new thread). Surely not, given the high profile of this release.

Fingers crossed that the US edition of "North by Northwest" (so fed up of having to import US titles from Warners just to get the extra's they're too mean to give us in the UK) gets delivered by postman later today.

IAN P · 06-11-2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irascian

On a side note, is it just me or is the "Search" function on this forum useless.

It's not just you and yes, it is.

There's a poll up in the feedback section discussing this issue. The powers that be are deciding on a change to the functionality.

bosque · 06-11-2009, 12:54 PM

I've seen seen caps from the Blu-Ray and the three-strip Technicolour looks gorgeous, some of the shots of Vivienne Leigh are as good as a Renaissance painting, this movie looks as good as a movie will ever look.

BrianPK · 06-11-2009, 5:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irascian

On a side note, is it just me or is the "Search" function on this forum useless. .

Yeah! It's not the greatest.Glad you're enjoying GWTW.I'll definitely get it in the future, if it's that gorgeous.

dannydj · 18-11-2009, 12:21 AM

really want to pick up GWTW ( have never seen it !! ) and OZ - does anyone know of the differences between the uk and us versions ?? or could someone point me in the right direction ??

thanks

kingkarl · 18-11-2009, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irascian

DHL have just delivered my "Ultimate Edition" of "Gone With the Wind" from MovieTyme. It's expensive but I think it must be the most lavish set in my collection (of over 3000 shiny discs).

I baulked a bit at the price, but now I've got it in my hands I'm glad I didn't just wait for the "standard" UK edition. The velvet pink box it arrives in makes the Ultimate edition of "Wizard of Oz" released last month look positively cheap and nasty by comparison. Nice lavish 52-page hardback book and other bits and pieces too. Very nice!

On a side note, is it just me or is the "Search" function on this forum useless. It tells me that there are no hits at all for "Gone With the Wind" (hence this new thread). Surely not, given the high profile of this release.

Fingers crossed that the US edition of "North by Northwest" (so fed up of having to import US titles from Warners just to get the extra's they're too mean to give us in the UK) gets delivered by postman later today.

I mate can you post a couple of photos of the box set please and the velvet case , really was looking at this but nearly £50 with shipping I need to be convinced a little

irascian · 18-11-2009, 3:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingkarl

I mate can you post a couple of photos of the box set please and the velvet case , really was looking at this but nearly £50 with shipping I need to be convinced a little

Hard to do at the moment.

However there's an (inaccurate) store shot of the various bits on the bottom of a review I wrote here (LINK TO MY OWN SITE REMOVED AS APPARENTLY IT VIOLATES RULES. I keep forgotting that the word "community" when used here is a rather different one from that used elsewhere. My bad!) so let's start with that:

The pink border of the box is the velvet (or, apparently velvetine). It looks a lot more luxurious than the photo indicates. Also note it covers the top 1cm margin of the front of the box as well as the bottom and two sides of the front (as well as the real sides and the back) and features a gold inlaid "70th Anniversary Edition" on the top border. The Blu-Ray banner shown in the top margin on the cover in the photo is just a slip-on cardboard sleeve that folds over the top of the box and then covers the whole of the back with the sales blurb. The intention is that you throw this away (it is loose with no glue used) so you just have the pink velveteen over the back, sides and front borders.

The "third" disc in the set is a double-sided DVD containing the 6 hour MGM documentaries. As such there is no picture on it, as shown in the photo.

The photo's of the postcards are incorrect. There is a set of "art" (set design) postcards, but not any of the cast as shown in the photo, and not as many as shown.

The flowery sleeved binder is the original premiere programme which is quite lavish.

In addition to what is shown there are a whole set of reproductions (single separate sheets of slightly different hues) of original internal memo's from Selznick with his opinions on casting, change of director etc.

There is also a CD containing 5 musical score tracks in a fold-out cardboard digi-pack container which is not shown in the photo.

The box contains a ribbon to "pull up" the various box-sized books and bits and pieces to reveal a recess on the left with the CD digi-pack in a recessed holder on the left and a Blu-Ray digipack (which folds out containing three full-length photo's of cast members) on the right.

There are also some adverts in for ordering some really ugly "exclusive" products like a cuckoo clock and jewellery guff with tenuous links to the film.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Ian

kingkarl · 18-11-2009, 3:53 PM

Cheers Ian

Think I will order this for the girlfriend for xmas as she adores the film , think she as bought every format going from vhs days.
Think she will be over the moon with this set with the way you describe it .

dominic* · 18-11-2009, 10:53 PM

Here's a review and pics.

Blu-news.com » Blog Archive » Gone with the Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review

video here http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article...th-anniversary

£40.99 at http://blubastard.com/product.php?id_product=59

around £35 from http://www.bluraysforeveryone.com/ap...ts/show/992158

cineman · 19-11-2009, 2:26 AM

Hi Ian, thanks for your review and stuff. I would love to get this 'Ultimate' blu-ray, but just want to check: Is the one you got from MovieTyme the same one described on the 'Gone With The Wind' website, or a slightly lesser one for the UK market? I've read so many different reviews of this disc set that I'm now very confused.

I want the best one available and will gladly pay the extra for the 'full monty'. Sounding even more stupid, this is also region free? So I can play it over here? Thanks for your help.

irascian · 19-11-2009, 1:03 PM

Yes it's from the company you mention (not sure if I'm allowed to mention them). Yes, it's region free, even the 6 hour DVD :-)

Sorry I had to remove the original link. Rules is rules apparently.

cineman · 19-11-2009, 2:59 PM

Thanks very much Ian, I'll get it on order then!

Geoff_D · 19-11-2009, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dominic*

Here's a review and pics.

Blu-news.com » Blog Archive » Gone with the Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review

video here Blu-ray Review: Gone With the Wind (70th Anniversary) – RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More

£40.99 at Gone With the Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-Ray

around £35 from BLU-RAYS FOR EVERYONE - Gone with the Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition

Damn you sir, with your pictures and reviews and whatnot! I kept telling myself I didn't need this release, but those photo's weaved their magic and I just ordered the bloody thing.

Andrewtst · 31-05-2011, 6:32 AM

I know I am late, just getting it

with nice price of USD $ 27.99

Gone with the Wind

Karlin · 31-05-2011, 8:25 AM

I have this set and it's beautiful. Mentioned it myself before as I picked it up dirt cheap and it was one of the sets that started me collecting tat I have some other GWTW sets too.

Search on most sites is poor so I use this method

Mind drop http://www.planetaxel.com an email too as they might be able to get a good price too.

Geoff_D · 31-05-2011, 9:32 PM

I don't buy tat any more, but for this I made an exception because it's worth it. The printed stuff actually has some relevance (the studio memos are fascinating), and bundling in a soundtrack sampler and When The Lion Roars adds a lot of extra value. Terrific package.

Karlin · 02-06-2011, 4:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geoff_D

I don't buy tat any more

Well, it's a word I throw around but it's a term of endearance and not meant in a derogatory manner -because everyone reading this likes tat. These sets (most of them anyway) are beautifully thought-out but more importantly a celebration of the film. Not sure I'd want a collector box for every film but if it's special I like a little reminder.

That The Wizard of Oz set came out the same time as this and is equally stunning. Very detailed and yes they through in some real tat -a watch. It's nice though.

I have -I think- all the WoO US sets and they're all fab for sure but now Warner own it you can see they went the extra mile (and of course have the cash to invest). There's a DVD and Blu-ray release of it.

If anyone has a nice set mind and share it over at the thread I started Show us your boxes and tins! (olde VHS and DVD)

Always looking for nice sets!

irascian · 02-06-2011, 7:05 PM

A similar set(same sized box and general format) was issued for "The sound of music" and bizarrely we actually got it in the UK although the main tat was an over-elaborate music box that played one of the songs from the film ("Favourite Things" I think) - not quite as naff as the " emerald" watch in The Wizard of Oz but not far off it.

Andrewtst · 03-06-2011, 6:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irascian

A similar set(same sized box and general format) was issued for "The sound of music" and bizarrely we actually got it in the UK although the main tat was an over-elaborate music box that played one of the songs from the film ("Favourite Things" I think) - not quite as naff as the " emerald" watch in The Wizard of Oz but not far off it.

You mean this one? but mine is US edition

---------------------------------------
Another similar set is The Ten Commandments

---------------------------------------
The Wizard of Oz is the classical collector set I don't have yet.

irascian · 03-06-2011, 10:39 AM

That's the one.

For some reason that was released in the UK where none of the others have been.

Like you, I have Wizard of Oz, Ten Commandments, and Gone With The Wind (all imported) but I'll always buy "local" if there's an option and the contents seem to be similar as less risk of damage in transition and more chance of being something playable on friends B-region locked players.