The Campaign:Extended Cut (Blu/DVD)
Director: Jay Roach
Writers: Adam McKay, Chris Henchy, Shawn Harwell
Producers: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jay Roach, Adam McKay, Amy Sayres
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: R
Studio: Warner Home Video
Run Time: 85 minutes
-Special Features-
- Extended Cut of the Film
- Deleted Scenes
- Line-O-Rama
- Gag Reel
Safety Not Guaranteed (Blu/DVD)
Directors: Colin Trevorrow
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Run Time: 86 minutes
-Special Features-
- "A Movie Making Mission"
- "The Ad Behind the Movie"
- Previews
Ruby Sparks (Blu/DVD)
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Writer: Zoe Kazan
Producers: Albert Berger, Bart Lipton, Chuck Ryant, Robert Graf, Ron Yerxa
Format: Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Aspect Ratio: Unknown
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Run Time: 105 minutes
-Special Features-
- Behind the Story
- Real-Life Couples: Co-Stars & Directors
- Be Careful What You Wish For
- Theatrical Trailer
- Sneak Peeks of: The Sessions, The Blu-ray Experience and Lola Versus
Blu-ray Exclusive Special Features:
Actors: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Director: Roman Polanski
Format: NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen, Color
Language: English
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R
Studio: The Criterion Collection
Run Time: 136 minutes
- Getting to Know the Cast
- Los Angeles: The Other Character
Rosemary's Baby: Criterion Collection (Blu)
Director: Roman Polanski
Format: NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen, Color
Language: English
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R
Studio: The Criterion Collection
Run Time: 136 minutes
-Special Features-
- Remembering Rosemary's Baby
- Ira Levin and Leonard Lopate
- Komeda, Komeda
- Booklet
Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu)
Format: Limited Edition
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 15
Studio: Universal Studios
Run Time: 1759 minutes
-Special Features-
Saboteur (1942)
- Saboteur: A Closer Look
- Storyboards: The Statue of Liberty Sequence
- Alfred Hitchcock’s Sketches
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock’s Favorite Film
- Production Drawings by Art Director Robert Boyle
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Rope Unleashed
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary
- A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
- Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of The Master
- Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
- Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts
- Masters of Cinema
- Feature Commentary with John Fawell, author of Hitchcock’s Rear Window: The Well-Made Film
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Re-Release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart
- Blu-ray Exclusives: BD Live, pocket BLU app
- The Trouble with Harry Isn’t Over
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Production Photographs
- Trailers
- Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock’s Masterpiece
- Partners in Crime: Hitchcock’s Collaborators
- Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts
- Foreign Censorship Ending
- The Vertigo Archives
- Feature Commentary with Associate Producer Herbert Coleman, Restoration Team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz, and Other Vertigo Participants
- Feature Commentary with Director William Friedkin
- 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era
- Theatrical Trailer
- Restoration Theatrical Trailer
- Blu-ray Exclusives: BD Live, pocket BLU app
- Feature Commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman
- The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style
- Cary Grant: A Class Apart
- North by Northwest: One for the Ages
- Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest
- Stills gallery
- Theatrical Trailers and TV Spot
- The Making of Psycho
- Psycho Sound
- In The Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s Legacy
- Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts
- Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
- The Shower Scene: With and Without Music
- The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass
- The Psycho Archives
- Posters and Psycho Ads
- Lobby Cards
- Behind-the-Scenes Photographs
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Re-release Trailers
- Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello (author of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho)
- Blu-ray Exclusive: BD Live
- Deleted Scene
- Original Ending
- The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie -- New! (Blu-ray Exclusive)
- All About The Birds
- Storyboards
- Tippi Hedren’s Screen Test
- Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts
- The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel)
- Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)
- Production Photographs
- 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
- 100 Years of Universal: The Lot
- Theatrical Trailer
- Blu-ray Exclusives: BD Live, pocket BLU app
- The Trouble with Marnie
- The Marnie Archives
- Theatrical Trailer
- Torn Curtain Rising
- Scenes Scored by Bernard Herrmann
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Alternate Endings
- Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Historian and Critic Leonard Maltin
- Storyboards: The Mendozas
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- The Story of Frenzy
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Plotting Family Plot
- Storyboards: The Chase Scene
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
I'd definitely purchase Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection and Rosemary's Baby over any of those new releases. However, I still need to watch Ruby Sparks and Safety Not Guaranteed. Anything stand out to you?
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