Columbia Classics 4K UHD Volume 2 - September - STRIPES, OLIVER, etc.

[AndyDursin]

ANATOMY OF A MURDER, OLIVER!, TAXI DRIVER, STRIPES, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and THE SOCIAL NETWORK in this batch.

CULVER CITY, Calif. (June 14, 2021) – Following the overwhelming response to last year’s award-winning Volume 1 collection, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is proud to debut six more acclaimed and beloved films from its library on 4K Ultra HD disc for the first time ever, exclusively within the COLUMBIA CLASSICS 4K ULTRA HD COLLECTION VOLUME 2, available September 14. This must-own set includes cherished star-studded favorites from six iconic and distinctive filmmakers: ANATOMY OF A MURDER, OLIVER!, TAXI DRIVER, STRIPES, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Each film is presented in 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range.

The six films in the COLUMBIA CLASSICS 4K ULTRA HD COLLECTION VOLUME 2 are only available on 4K Ultra HD disc within this special limited edition collector’s set. Included with the collection is a gorgeous hardbound 80-page book, featuring in-depth sections about the making of each film within the set via six all-new incisive essays from renowned writers Julie Kirgo, John Kenrick, Glenn Kenny, Michael G. McDunnah, Kayti Burt and Nev Pierce.

In addition, the set also includes an exclusive Blu-ray™ bonus disc featuring 20 short films from the Columbia Pictures library, all presented in high definition. These shorts, curated from over 80 years of the studio’s history, showcase a wide scope of creative output across the worlds of both live-action and animation. From The Three Stooges to award-winning mid-century cartoons to modern favorites from Sony Pictures Animation—along with some surprise rarities—this bonus disc is the perfect complement to this essential classics collection.

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Synopsis:
A riveting courtroom drama is brought to life with an all-star cast in the suspenseful and highly acclaimed ANATOMY OF A MURDER. Nominated for seven Academy Awards® including Best Picture (1959), the film pits a humble small-town lawyer (James Stewart) against a hard-headed big-city prosecutor (George C. Scott). Emotions flare as a jealous army lieutenant (Ben Gazzara) pleads innocent to murdering the rapist of his seductive, beautiful wife (Lee Remick). Produced and directed by the renowned Otto Preminger, the film features a brilliant score by Duke Ellington. Packed with drama, passion and intrigue, ANATOMY OF A MURDER is a cinematic masterpiece that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

ANATOMY OF A MURDER Disc Breakdown

4K Ultra HD Includes:
Feature presented in 4K resolution with HDR10, restored from the original camera negative
Dolby Atmos English audio
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Blu-ray Includes:
Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:

NEW: Commentary with Film Historian Foster Hirsch
Gary Giddins Interview
Pat Kirkham Interview
Foster Hirsch Interview
Excerpt from Firing Line Featuring Otto Preminger
Theatrical Trailer

ANATOMY OF A MURDER has a run time of approximately 161 minutes and is not rated.

OLIVER!

Synopsis:
Winner of six 1968 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, it’s OLIVER!, the beloved musical version of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. A magnificent screen adaptation of Lionel Bart’s sensational stage musical, OLIVER!, directed by Carol Reed, is the timeless story of a plucky young orphan and his quest for love and happiness in a world populated by rascals, rogues, and thieves. A wondrous blend of drama, comedy, adventure and song, OLIVER! is grand and glorious entertainment the whole family will enjoy.

OLIVER! Disc Breakdown

4K Ultra HD Includes:
Feature presented in 4K resolution with HDR10, restored from the original camera negative
Dolby Atmos English audio
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio
Feature Blu-ray Includes:
Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:
NEW: Commentary with Film Historian Steven C. Smith
NEW: Jack Wild Screen Test
Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
Meeting Oliver!
Meeting Fagin!
The Locations of Oliver!
Sing-Alongs
Dance-Alongs
Theatrical Trailers

OLIVER! has a run time of approximately 153 minutes and is rated G.

TAXI DRIVER

Synopsis
Winner of the prestigious Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival (1976) and nominated for 4 Academy Awards® including Best Picture (1976), TAXI DRIVER stars Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s classic film of a psychotic New York cabbie driven to violence by loneliness and desperation. Co-starring Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle and Cybill Shepherd.

TAXI DRIVER Disc Breakdown

4K Ultra HD Includes:
Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:
NEW: 20th Anniversary Re-Release Trailer
Making Taxi Driver Documentary
Storyboard to Film Comparisons with Martin Scorsese Introduction
Animated Photo Galleries
Blu-ray Includes:
Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:
40-Minute Taxi Driver Q&A featuring Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster and Many More Recorded Live at the Beacon Theatre in New York City at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
Commentary with Director Martin Scorsese and Writer Paul Schrader Recorded by the Criterion Collection
Commentaries by Writer Paul Schrader and by Professor Robert Kolker
Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver
Influence and Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Producing Taxi Driver
God’s Lonely Man
Taxi Driver Stories
Travis’ New York
Travis’ New York Locations
Theatrical Trailer

TAXI DRIVER has a run time of approximately 114 minutes and is rated R.

STRIPES

Synopsis:
When quick-witted slacker John Winger (Bill Murray) loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he does what any red-blooded American would do: he joins the army and nearly starts WWIII. Directed by Ivan Reitman and also starring Harold Ramis, John Candy and John Larroquette, STRIPES has become one of the most beloved comedies of all time. And that’s the fact, Jack!

STRIPES Disc Breakdown

4K Ultra HD Includes:
Both Theatrical & Extended versions presented in 4K resolution with HDR10, restored from the original camera negative
Dolby Atmos English audio (for both versions)
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (for both versions)
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (Theatrical version only)
Special Features:

NEW: 40 Years of Stripes With Bill & Ivan – a two-part on-camera reunion between star Bill Murray and director Ivan Reitman, discussing their careers, memories from set, a tribute to the cast, as well as a special guest appearance from cinematographer Bill Butler
NEW: Theatrical Trailer

Feature Blu-ray Includes:
Both Theatrical & Extended versions presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K masters
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (for both versions)
Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (Theatrical version only)
Special Features:
Commentary with Ivan Reitman and Dan Goldberg (Extended version only)
NEW: 11 Additional Deleted & Extended Scenes
NEW: 1983 TV Version of the film (in standard definition)
Deleted & Extended Scenes from the Extended version of the film
Stars and Stripes Documentary

STRIPES has a run time of approximately 106 minutes and is rated R. STRIPES: EXTENDED EDITION has a run time of approximately 123 minutes and is rated R for sexuality/nudity, language and some drug use.

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

Synopsis:
Nominated for 7 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture (1995), and directed by Ang Lee. Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant star in this captivating romantic comedy that swept the Ten Best Lists and was named Best Film at the 1996 BAFTA Awards. Based on Jane Austen's classic novel, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor (Thompson) and passionate Marianne (Winslet), whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. Rickman, Grant and Greg Wise co-star as the well-intentioned suitors who are trapped by the strict rules of society and the conflicting laws of desire.

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Disc Breakdown

4K Ultra HD Includes:
Feature presented in 4K resolution with HDR10, restored from the original camera negative
Dolby Atmos English audio
5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
Feature Blu-ray Includes:
Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:

NEW: 25th Anniversary Reunion: Back to Barton Cottage – an expansive on-camera reunion featuring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Greg Wise, Imelda Staunton, Imogen Stubbs, Myriam Francois, producer Lindsay Doran, and director Ang Lee
Emma Thompson & Producer Lindsay Doran’s Audio Commentary
Director Ang Lee & Co-Producer James Schamus’s Audio Commentary
Adapting Austen Featurette
A Sense of Character Featurette
A Very Quiet Man Featurette
Locating the World of Sense and Sensibility Featurette
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense and Sensibility Featurette
Deleted Scenes
Theatrical & International Trailers

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY has a run time of approximately 136 minutes and is rated PG for mild thematic elements.

[Monterey Jack]

Getting REALLY pissed off that Columbia won't release these seperately, to appease my collectors' OCD.

Still, a proper release of the theatrical cut of Stripes is great.

[AndyDursin]

It's a bit puzzling they're waiting to do standalone releases on these. I don't like being forced to throw in for a whole set when I don't like one of the movies, though on balance, I actually prefer the 6 movies in this set over the first box.

[Monterey Jack]

It's a bit puzzling they're waiting to do standalone releases on these. I don't like being forced to throw in for a whole set when I don't like one of the movies.

It's like those "ten-movie collections" you often see from Warner Bros...yeah, it's a "deal" if you don't own each movie in the set compared to buying them indivudually, but what are the odds you'll like TEN RANDOM MOVIES from a studio? Plus, as someone who arranges their collection primarily by director, these drive me nuts, as I'd want a 4K Taxi Driver slotted next to my other Scorsese movies, for example. If these were all films by the same director, or a "franchise" collection with the original movie and all the sequels, that'd make sense, but the audiences for Taxi Driver, Stripes and Sense & Sensibility don't often cross over, y'know?

I'll wait for individual releases, or else commission someone to whip up some standalone custom covers.

[AndyDursin]

One thing you could do -- though it's a lot of work -- is sell the movies you don't want piecemeal. Between that and the digital copies, you could probably make up a good chunk of change if this goes on sale around the $100 mark like the first volume did.

[Monterey Jack]

One thing you could do -- though it's a lot of work -- is sell the movies you don't want piecemeal. Between that and the digital copies, you could probably make up a good chunk of change if this goes on sale around the $100 mark like the first volume did.

Yeah, but do the discs have their own individual cases, or are they part of some fold-out digipak? If the latter, I'd be forced to find custom art somewhere, and that adds more money to the price.

I can wait.

[AndyDursin]

They do have their own cases AND slipcovers --

[Monterey Jack]

Huh! It might be worth picking up the boxes if I can get them for around $100, then, because I can probably get an additional $30 off of them by selling the digital copies.

[Monterey Jack]

Currently $110 on Deep Discount, so I put in for a pre order. Since I had about $60 in recent digital copy sales in my Paypal account, after taxes I only spent about $57 out of pocket. Anatomy Of A Murder and Oliver! are blind buys, but for this price, I can always sell them off and make a pretty penny if I don't like them, and once I shill the digital copies, I may actually make money on the deal.

[AndyDursin]

This is a great package of STRIPES with original mono audio, both cuts, a terrific 40-minute Reitman/Murray "pandemic interview", even the TV version...complete with "Edited For Television" overlay! That was the first time I had seen the movie, since it was rated R and was the only way my parents would let me watch it.

I think this set will sell well just for its inclusion alone.

[Monterey Jack]

My copy shipped from DD, so hopefully I'll have it by week's end.

[AndyDursin]

Sony does such a good job with these -- new supplements, new Blu-Rays to go along with the 4K transfer enhancements you expect. Volume 1 goes for $200-$300 ish, so a smart move to buy Volume 2 for any number of reasons!

[Monterey Jack]

Volume 1 goes for $200-$300 ish, so a smart move to buy Volume 2 for any number of reasons!

Yeah, kicking myself in retrospect over passing on that.

[AndyDursin]

I didn't buy it either, I assumed everything would be quickly released individually afterwards but that surprisingly hasn't been the case yet. Outside of Lawrence of Arabia there wasn't much in there I needed.

The PR firm that handled it got copies in last fall, months after the fact, so I was happy to eventually get it. For $100 ish they give you your money's worth.

[Monterey Jack]

Got my set today. Even though I'm splitting it up and distributing the individual movies in my "director" sections, I have to admit the packaging is beautiful. Sadly some noticeable scratches on the special features disc for The Social Network.