Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Warner Bros. Pictures Gangsters Collection Volume 3 on 25th March 2008. This latest group of crime genre classics, starring some of Hollywood’s top tough guys – James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart – features six new to R1 DVD gangster flicks, three of which make their first US home video appearance: Picture Snatcher, Lady Killer, Smart Money, Black Legion, Mayor of Hell and Brother Orchid. The films have been given brand new transfers from newly restored film elements, and also include bonus features such as rarely-seen Warner Bros. shorts, vintage newsreels and classic cartoons, plus original theatrical trailers. The films will be available as a collection for $59.92 SRP or as single titles for $19.97 SRP each.

Picture Snatcher (1933)
James Cagney portrays Danny Kean, a gangster looking to reform himself -- after a stretch behind bars -- with a new career as a tabloid newspaper photographer. He’s also fallen for Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis), the daughter of the cop who put him away (Robert Emmett O'Connor). Dad is less than impressed with Kean’s new career and none too happy about his daughter’s budding relationship. Danny and his editor (Ralph Bellamy) may be selling papers, but is Danny able to sell Dad? Some of the photographs featured in the movie were recreated from sensational images of a 1928 electrocution that were printed in the New York Daily News.

Special Features:

• Vintage theatrical trailer: I Loved A Woman
  
• Classic WB short: Plane Crazy
  
• WB cartoon: Wake Up The Gypsy In Me

Lady Killer (1933)
In one of his more comedic efforts, Cagney plays Dan Quigley, a former con artist who goes to Hollywood to hide out and ends up becoming a star. Making it in show business may have its perks, but it also puts him in the spotlight and in jeopardy of being recognized by the thugs he ran away from. By turns, Lady Killer is a filmmaking spoof, a crime thriller and a character study. With Cagney’s vitality out front, it’s definitely greater than the sum of its parts. The likable cast includes Mae Clarke, his co-star from Public Enemy (part of the first Warner Bros. Gangster Collection) and the recipient of the famous grapefruit.

Special Features:

• Two exclusive WB shorts: The Camera Speaks and Kissing Time
  
• Original theatrical trailer
  
• WB cartoon: The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives

Smart Money (1931)
Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney were teamed up for the only time in their careers in Smart Money. Robinson has the larger part of a small-town barber who fancies himself a big-time gambler. He travels to the Big City carrying ten grand from backers at home with his younger brother (Cagney), who comes along as his bodyguard. Unfortunately Robinson has a weakness for beautiful blondes, which means trouble with a capital T. Watch closely in the first reel for an unbilled appearance by Boris Karloff as a dope pusher. Smart Money was Oscar® nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

Special Features:

• Theatrical trailer: Other Men’s Women
  
• Two WB shorts: George Jessel and His Art Choir and The Smart Set-Up
  
• WB cartoon: Big Man From the North

Black Legion (1937)
Factory worker Frank Taylor (Humphrey Bogart in one of his early starring roles) believes that he has missed out on a deserved promotion when it is instead given to a Polish immigrant. Angry and looking for a scapegoat, he is an ideal mark for the Black Legion, an underground “Pro American” group that wants to get rid of immigrants and racial minorities through violent means. Frank joins, and with his new friends, he dons black robes and drives the Polish family from their home. His aim achieved, Frank gets his job, but soon the Legion begins to take up more of his time and money, and turns his character darker and darker. Co-starring Ann Sheridan, Black Legion was inspired by a real case and was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay.

Special Features:

• Theatrical trailer: The Perfect Specimen
  
• Two WB shorts: Hi De Ho and Under Southern Stars
  
• Authentic newsreel
  
• WB short: Porky and Gabby

Mayor of Hell (1933)
Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith (Frank Darro), are sent to the State Reformatory, ruled with an iron fist by a callous warden. Soon, Patsy Gargan (James Cagney) - a former gangster - arrives, having been appointed Deputy Commissioner as a political favor. Gargan falls for activist nurse Dorothy (Madge Evans) and, inspired by her, takes over the administration to reform the reformatory and institute some formerly ignored basic Roosevelt-era principles, like humane treatment and democracy.

Special Features:

• Four exclusive theatrical trailers: The Kennel Murder Case, The Mayor of Hell, Crime School, and Hell’s Kitchen
  
• WB Short: The Audition
  
• WB Cartoon: The Organ Grinder

Brother Orchid (1940)
Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart made five films together and Brother Orchid is the only one in which neither is killed! In this gangster comedy, Little John Sarto (Robinson), returns from Europe where he was hoping to find some “class” and finds his old mob has been taken over by Jack Buck (Bogart). Barely escaping an attempt on his life by the new regime, Sarto takes refuge in the monastery of the “Little Brothers of the Flower,” pretending he’s interested in becoming a monk so that the Brothers will let him stay while he plots his revenge. However, the kindness of the monks gradually changes him and he resolves to turn over a new leaf and reject his violent past.

Special Features:

• Theatrical trailer: It All Came True
  
• WB short: Henry Busse and His Orchestra
  
• Two exclusive WB cartoons: Busy Bakers and Slap Happy Pappy

R2 CO.UK
Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove (Re-mastered)
DVD Release Date: 14 April 2008
Number of discs: 1

James Stewart Boxset [19dvd]
DVD Release Date: 9 Jun 2008
Number of discs: 17

Sutherland's Law
DVD Release Date: 14 April 2008
Number of discs: 3

Our Mutual Friend (1976)
DVD Release Date: 14 April 2008
Number of discs: 2

Rhodes
DVD Release Date: 14 April 2008
Number of discs: 3

The Tuskegee Airmen
DVD Release Date: 31 Mar 2008
Number of discs: 1

The Tripper
DVD Release Date: 31 Mar 2008
Number of discs: 1

The Magic Flute
DVD Release Date: 31 Mar 2008
Number of discs: 1

Angels One Five [1952]/Mandy [1952]/Odette [1950]/Seven Days To Noon [1950]
DVD Release Date: 30 Mar 2008
Number of discs: 1

ORIGINAL: Lenny Nero
Теперь точно можно сказать что не только Р5 но и Р1 с Р2 Fr и R2 DE ненужны по сравнению с Р4 и Р2 UK соответственно. Один из них и куплю.

Ленни, я же другой вывод сделал: Р2 UK хорош только своей ценой (хотя может везде ошибка и там тоже 2 диска? Но ДТСа там нет).
Лучший выбор между Р4 и Р2-Фр., потом идет Р2-Герм., потом Р2-Англ. А остальные - в сад!
 

ORIGINAL: Lenny Nero
Мне кажется оно прекрасно дополняет BD или HD версию чумодана.

ИМХО, бритты могут дополнить только тином и ОСТ. А все остальное  - the same as R1.

ИМХО, бритты могут дополнить только тином и ОСТ. А все остальное  - the same as R1.

The same, да не the same. Бонусы в тине (британском, немецком) - отличаются от чемоданных по размеру. Чемоданные раза в два больше.

R2 co.uk
Beowulf (Special Edition - 2 Disc) [2007]
DVD Release Date: 17 Mar 2008
Number of discs: 2

Final Fantasy Unlimited - Complete Collection
DVD Release Date: 17 Mar 2008
Number of discs: 7

R2 de
Beowulf [HD DVD] [UK IMPORT] aka Friends

мля.
чумодан будет пластиковым...
может при доставке умельцами треснуть (((

http://www.zonadvd.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=780

Across the Universe R1

Sony has announced Across the Universe which stars Evan Rachel Wood, Dana Fuchs, Jim Sturgess, and Joe Anderson. This Julie Taymor directed musical will be available to own from the 5th February, and will retail at $27.95. The film itself will be presented in 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Extras will include a commentary with Director Julie Taymor & Music Producer/Composer Elliot Goldenthal, eight extended musical performances, a deleted scene (“And I Love Her” – with Dana Fuchs and Martin Luther McCoy), five featurettes (“Creating the Universe”, “Stars of Tomorrow”, “All About the Music”, “FX on the Universe”, and “Moving Across the Universe”), and a photo gallery. A Blu-ray release will also be available for $38.96. This will include all the above (albeit with an art gallery of “Jude’s” drawings instead of the photo gallery).

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/across-the-universe.html

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=953612

очень долго смеялсо. ROFL.
дает ктстати представление, что амеровский интереснее индусского сделан. И БУКМАРКИ ЕСТЬ!

Подумал подумал насчет Блэйд Раннерского чумодана, решил что не хочу переплачивать 60 баксов за 2 пластиковые игрушки и пластиковый кейс.
Если есть 8 арт карточек, пускай меньшего размера, и сенитайп анимационный, из железного Р2, то Блю-реи лучше купить отдельно. Тогда не надо и на курьера тратиться. Пыл и ажиотаж спал после тщательного до глазопокраснения наседания на 5 ДВД Р2, а за игрушечками никогда не охотился в наборах. Мне главное материал на дисках, а добавки люблю только в виде железа и печатных материалов.

Товарищи!
Те кто решил заказывать чумодан таки, и при этом отправлять его курьером. Отметьтеь. Просто хочу в качестве интереса сравнить путь и продолжительность одинаковых посылок. Заранее благодарен.