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Anyone help me to decide what are the best options when purchasing CG sets/titles. eg R1vR2?
Amazon uk and dvdsoon have started a feeding frenzy in our house!
Ta
Nick

"I always told myself size wasn`t important - `til I wanted a new telly"

The current Cary Grant set from Universal is being reissued in January as single discs, but if you want one of his best films in the set - [disctitle]Bringing Up Baby [/disctitle]- I`d wait for 1st March when the remastered R1 version comes out with a second disc of extras. A similar release of [disctitle]The Philadelphia Story [/disctitle]with Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart comes out the same day.

However, the R2 Cary Grant set (with BUB, [disctitle]Indiscreet[/disctitle], [disctitle]My Favourite Wife [/disctitle]and [disctitle]Operation Petticoat[/disctitle]) is extremely good value for money even if you do double dip at a later date on BUB.

[disctitle]Arsenic and Old Lace [/disctitle]is brilliant, and dirt cheap as well. Easily the creepiest comedy ever made thanks to the preformance of Raymond Massey. A Brilliant Christmas movie is [disctitle]The Bishop`s Wife [/disctitle]with David Niven - a real unsung seasonal gem that`ll leave you with a real warm, fuzzy feeling. If you want old Archie in something more dramatic, you can`t beat the restored version of [disctitle]North By Northwest[/disctitle].

If you want [disctitle]His Girl Friday [/disctitle](with Rosalind Russell), you`ll want the Columbia version.

All of the above are available in R2. If you`re after R1 as well, then [disctitle]Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House[/disctitle] with Myrna Loy is exclusively and R1 title as is The Philadelphia Story (but see above).

If you fancy [disctitle]Charade[/disctitle] with Audrey Hepburn, the best version is the one included as an extra on the R1 disc of [disctitle]The Truth About Charlie [/disctitle](Mark Wahlberg remake) as it`s the only anamorphic widescreen edition.

J Mark Oates

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Wishing You The Merriest Of Christmases
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As ever, I am overwhelmed!
Thanks very much,
Nick

"I always told myself size wasn`t important - `til I wanted a new telly"

:o Woah, someone knows his Cary Grant DVDs!

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I believe the Bishops Wife remains unreleased on R2.
The US disc(at least the first issue) has a very mild,but effective Dolby Surround remix(aswell as the mono).It lifts the soundtrack perfectly.The film has been digitally remastered in a fashion that needs to be copied by those who supposedly remastered Star trek Original series.The print is pristine.The version I glimpsed on C4 last year was awful.
The unusual trailer for the film(no actual footage from the movie)is a gem,and the additional foreign soundtracks often have completely different music cues in them

This item was edited on Wednesday, 29th December 2004, 21:10

R2 Bishop`s Wife @ Play.Com

J Mark Oates

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The Compliments Of The Season To You And Yours
Wishing You The Merriest Of Christmases
And The Happiest Of New Years.

Good to see it out on R2,even has the foreign soundtracks.
Although I doubt the Chace Surround mix is on there.I wonder if the print is as good as the US disc.