Warner Catalog Titles on BD/UHD

[What A Disgrace]

I didn't realize Maltese Falcon was ever paired with Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

[Feego]

I don't think there's any real historical tradition of these films being paired. They were released on Blu-ray on the same day more than ten years ago, but the special edition DVDs were released three years apart, and that edition of Sierra Madre was in also in a box set with Yankee Doodle Dandy and The Adventures of Robin Hood. Warner has also paired Maltese and Sierra Madre in one of their double feature bargain sets, a la Casablanca and The African Queen. It seems more of a "Hey, here's two popular Bogart movies we can market" than anything else.

[Matt]

They were paired on one of those Warner Bros. Double Feature bargain bin DVDs at some point, but so were Hotel For Dogs and Best In Show.

EDIT: Oh, Feego just said that, but my example is still funny.

[pistolwink]

Speaking of which, where is the Blu-ray of Lassie Come Home? -- Not just a family favorite but a legitimately excellent work of art. Beautiful Technicolor photography, great performances, the works.

[yoloswegmaster]

International listings for 4K releases of Rio Bravo and East of Eden are being found, so I would expect it to be announced in the U.S. soon.

[yoloswegmaster]

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Celebrate 100 years of Warner Bros. with this ultimate Studio Collection, bringing together 30 of Warner's most iconic films in glorious 4K UHD. Covering three eras of Hollywood – Classic Hollywood (1930s - 1960s), New Hollywood (1970s - 1980s) and Modern Blockbusters (1990s - Today) – this collection represents the pinnacle of storytelling and Warner's indelible impact on the industry.

The featured films represent the most monumental titles in the Warner catalogue; from the technicolour wonders of The Wizard of Oz and Singin' in the Rain, to the genre-defining The Exorcist and Blade Runner, and modern-day icons in The Matrix and Mad Max: Fury Road. The collection also exclusively includes the legendary Western Rio Bravo and James Dean's iconic East of Eden in 4K for the first time.

The collection is housed in unique, premium packaging, featuring:
- Cardboard outer slipcase with magnetic WB Shield clasp
- 3 Layflat Books, each holding 10 4K discs, split into the Classic Hollywood, New Hollywood, and Modern Blockbuster eras. These also include timelines detailing the studio's impact on Hollywood.
- 1 Capacity Book holding 8 exclusive WB logo pin badges from across the studio's history, a 32-page booklet and other premium extras

Featured Films:

Classic Hollywood (1930s -1960s)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Casablanca (1942)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
East of Eden (1955)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

New Hollywood (1970s – 1980s)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Batman (1989)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Blade Runner (1982)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Goonies (1985)
Superman: The Movie (1978)
The Shining (1980)
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)

Modern Blockbusters (1990s – Today)
A Star is Born (2018)
Argo (2012)
Elvis (2022)
Goodfellas (1990)
IT (2017)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Matrix (1999)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Training Day (2001)
Unforgiven (1992)

[ryannichols7]

I was gonna praise WB for making a box like this filled with non-exclusives, then I saw where they buried the part that Rio Bravo is a box exclusive. that's unforgivable

[Matt]

It will be announced as a stand-alone soon, I’m sure. The restoration is premiering at the TCM Film Festival in April, and they wouldn’t dare let Father’s Day pass without having a nice Collector’s Edition UHD available for gifting.

EDIT: Oops, didn’t see that this box is not out until September. Well, maybe we’ll get Rio Bravo (and East of Eden) for Christmas.

Also worth noting that this is an announcement for the UK release, so maybe release plans are different for the US

[yoloswegmaster]

International listings have been found for separate releases of Rio Bravo and East of Eden, so it's only a matter of time before we see the listings appear stateside. I think that this is a fine starter set for people who are starting their 4K collection but it's of an disappointing set for me since I already have the standalone releases for the films that I want and have no interest in owning IT, A Star is Born, and Elvis (also why not add Dune or Blade Runner 2049 instead of any of these titles?) It's also disappointing that the only extras included are commentaries for most of the films.

Edit: There are also going to release 3 smaller separate boxsets for each era:

[DeprongMori]

On The Maltese Falcon, I’m hoping they include HD supplements of their old multi-disc DVD — the 1931 film version and Satan Met a Lady.

[yoloswegmaster]

The Maltese Falcon Steelbook:

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Special Features:

Commentary by Bogart Biographer Eric Lax
Featurette The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Breakdowns of 1941: Studio Blooper Reel
Makeup Tests
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart
Warner Night at the Movies 1941
Short Subjects Gallery
Newsreel
Musical Short The Gay Parisian
2 Classic Cartoons: Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt and Meet John Doughboy
Trailers of This Movie, 1941's Sergeant York and 1936’s Previous Falcon Movie Adaptation Satan Met a Lady
Audio-Only Bonus: 3 Radio Show Adaptations - 2 Featuring the Movie's Original Stars, Plus Another Starring Edward G. Robinson

[Finch]

I still have the UK BD steelbook of Falcon which has one of the theatrical posters as its' design. I'll get the regular UHD in a sale and stick it in the old steelbook. I'm glad Rio Bravo is sold individually at least abroad as I prefer getting standalone discs for the Hawks, the Ray and the Welles.

[ianthemovie]

Ugh, does this mean Rebel without a Cause is going to be a steelbook too?

How long does it usually take for these to get replaced with regular packaging?

[yoloswegmaster]

Rebel Without a Cause:

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Cool Hand Luke:

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[therewillbeblus]

Someone decided Natalie Wood looks like Eleven from Stranger Things and I hate it

[pistolwink]

it's weird to me that in celebrating the anniversary of Warner Bros, they are including lots of films made by other studios (notably M-G-M) that were only much later swallowed up by Warners. a bit like Disney slappying their Magic Kingdom logo on a bunch of 1950s Fox films for Disney+.

[senseabove]

Ugh, does this mean Rebel without a Cause is going to be a steelbook too?

Images for the non-steelbook versions have already been released/found, so I think all of the steelbook releases this round are just exclusives for those places that have them (e.g. Best Buy, Zaavi), and there will be standard editions at other retailers.

[yoloswegmaster]

The 100 film boxset looks to be split into 4 different collections:



The films included in each set:

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Are there any noticeable absences?

[Matt]

The 100 film boxset looks to be split into 4 different collections

Just to avoid confusion, these are Blu-ray box sets, not the UHD 30-film set (which, from a post above, looks like it’s going to be broken up into 3 separately available box sets).

[therewillbeblus]

I like the company's organizational skills in placing the first LOTR in one box and the second two in another, though to be fair, only Fellowship really stresses the "adventure" portion of the journey (and that's why it's handily the best)

[CSM126]

“We need to prioritize Supergirl”

[agnamaracs]

The collection is housed in unique, premium packaging, featuring:
- Cardboard outer slipcase with magnetic WB Shield clasp
- 3 Layflat Books, each holding 10 4K discs, split into the Classic Hollywood, New Hollywood, and Modern Blockbuster eras. These also include timelines detailing the studio's impact on Hollywood.
- 1 Capacity Book holding 8 exclusive WB logo pin badges from across the studio's history, a 32-page booklet and other premium extras

I do not want to buy this, but those badges look awesome.

[dekadetia]

I do not want to buy this, but those badges look awesome.

I'd buy the divisive "two and a half hotdogs" one from the 70s as a standalone.

[yoloswegmaster]

I'm more interested in knowing if all the titles included are being sourced from new restorations, especially with Boogie Nights and Seven being included in the set.

I also went back to the Deadline article from December and I noticed that they said that WB were planning on releasing a dozen titles on UHD for the first this year. We know that they are releasing the first 4 Superman films (with both cuts of Superman II included), The Exorcist, Enter the Dragon, The Maltese Falcon, Cool Hand Luke, Rebel Without a Cause, Rio Bravo, and East of Eden. Unless they are counting the different cuts of Superman II as 2 different titles, that means there is 1 title remaining. I'm hoping that they aren't stopping at 12 and are releasing more later on in the year.

[ianthemovie]

Wouldn't Boogie NIghts be #12?