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New Kubrick Remasters
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorKevin
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Here's the deal (so far) on the new Stanley Kubrick discs, straight from The Digital Bits...

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The other big announcement this morning we've already been talking about for a couple of days. Warner has just officially revealed the details on its upcoming Stanley Kubrick special editions, which are due on 10/23. The Warner Home Video Director's Series: Stanley Kubrick box set (SRP $79.92) is a 6-film, 10-disc set that includes new special editions of 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut  and The Shining, along with a Full Metal Jacket: Deluxe Edition  and the previously released documentary, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures. All of these films will be available separately on Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD (save for the documentary) for $28.99 each. DVD versions will also be available for $26.99 each. All of these films have been newly remastered and are approved by the Kubrick estate. In addition, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining  and Full Metal Jacket are all debuting in anamorphic widescreen format.

The 2-disc 2001: A Space Odyssey - Special Edition will include audio commentary with stars Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, an audio-only interview with Kubrick, the Channel 4 documentary 2001: The Making of a Myth, 5 featurettes (Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001, Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001, 2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future, 2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork and Look: Stanley Kubrick!) and the film's theatrical trailer.

The 2-disc A Clockwork Orange: Special Edition will include audio commentary by Malcolm McDowell and historian Nick Redman, the Channel 4 documentary Still Tickin’: The Return of Clockwork Orange, the Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange and O Lucky Malcolm! featurettes, and the film's theatrical trailer.

The 2-disc Eyes Wide Shut: Special Edition will feature both the R and Unrated versions of the film, along with scene specific audio commentary by Sydney Pollack and historian Peter Loewenberg, the Channel 4 documentary The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut, the Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick featurette, Kubrick's 1998 DGA D.W. Griffith Award acceptance speech, an interview gallery featuring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Steven Spielberg, the film's theatrical trailer and TV spots.

The 2-disc The Shining: Special Edition will offer audio commentary by Garrett Brown and John Baxter, The Making of the Shining documentary with optional commentary by Vivian Kubrick, 3 featurettes (View from the Overlook: Crafting the Shining, The Visions of Stanley Kubrick and Wendy Carlos, Composer) and the film's theatrical trailer.

Finally, the single-disc Full Metal Jacket: Deluxe Edition will include audio commentary by Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey and Jay Cocks, the Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil featurette and the film's theatrical trailer. It's already available on both Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD formats.

Warner is also re-releasing the previous DVD editions of Lolita and Barry Lyndon, but there's no word yet on high-def versions.
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ooooooh, shiny
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The biggest problem will be: do I buy a hi-def format that may become defunct in the future or do I play safe and buy the DVDs and end up without a hi-def version?   
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The biggest problem will be: do I buy a hi-def format that may become defunct in the future or do I play safe and buy the DVDs and end up without a hi-def version?   

Or just take a chance like I will - you can still watch them in the future even if the format fails - and there are combi-players already available

I will get the HD-DVD format and chance my arm
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I will get the HD-DVD format and chance my arm


Same here.  For the same reasons mentioned.
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High def is just a scam on consumers. It is a money making thing or anti-privacy tool. I can't afford $500+ for a Player and no way is $28 a movie worth it in my book.

you buy high-def today 10 years from now they will have super high-def then so on and son on. Yea the movies looks better but still having to replace a whole collection every 10 years or so is nuts.
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Maybe you are right

But I still think "ooooooh, shiny"
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Like there won't be another hi-def double dip in 5 years?  Has standard DVD taught us nothing? 
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Oh, NOW I know why I've kept putting off purchase of 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket.  I must be psychic and knew that these editions would be released soon.
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My spies tell me they are being remastered in the new 4K format and transfered from there to the existing technology.

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Quoting Randall_Lind:
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High def is just a scam on consumers. It is a money making thing or anti-privacy tool. I can't afford $500+ for a Player and no way is $28 a movie worth it in my book.

you buy high-def today 10 years from now they will have super high-def then so on and son on. Yea the movies looks better but still having to replace a whole collection every 10 years or so is nuts.


Then pay less, there are already better deals than that and they will only get better.

And unlike the move from VHS (and LD) to DVD, nothing is forcing you to replace your entire collection this time, as both systems do a good job of playing and upscaling your old discs. There are only benefits.
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