Mel, it looks like Paramount has delayed this release with no new street date announced. If it's not announced early in November by the studio than forget about it coming out sometime in December in time for the Christmas holiday (like Dec. 19th or so). Not sure why the studio pulled this from their release schedule.

Not a bad movie but by cripes they gotta get rid of that banner...

mjeeves wrote: Karen Allen?

What, the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Starman" Karen Allen?yes that Karen Allen and don't forget she was in "Anamal House" also.

The crooked banner is to do with the fact that whoever is responsible for cutting Paramount's sleeves, couldn't cut a straight line, if it was to save their life. Maybe it's those stupid curved corners they favor. Oh hell, who cares...

I bought the prevous DVD last year for $10 at Best Buy will double dip on this(it will be Anamorpic right? the prevous DVD was not).

A Christmas Carol has been told in movies countless times, and in varying degrees of quality. And while some might call it blasphemous to purists of Dickens' classic, I really have to say this is one of the most fun tellings of the story I have ever seen.

Not only that, but Bill Murray's "transformation" at the end as he realizes the "true" meaning of Christmas, is one of the most convincing and hartfelt that has ever been done IMO.  There is such joy and relief in his voice as he espouses the merits of being good to your fellow man. He is totally convincing as a man redeemed. Love, love love this movie! Plus it's damn funny to boot.

Really eager to see what the features are going to be, but being a 1-disc affair, I'm not holding out hope for more than a few featurettes and (I hope) some deleted scenes. Dare I dream...Donner and/or Murray commentary?

Yule Hate the edition name, but Yule definitely buy the movie.... at least I will... I love this movie.

Depends on the features for me, since I've got the original DVD...

ha! I almost bought the current edition.glad I didnt.

Nice it is Paramount perhaps we can get it on HD DVD too.

The crookedness of the banner looks like an optical illusion created by the angle.

I liked this movie. Thought it was pretty inventive and cool. I like the 'Yule Love It Edition' part of it, too. It fits just fine.

This is a great holiday Murray flick but the dvd I own will do just fine.

peter travers used to write for people magazine?

Erm...snap! :-)

But "YULE LOVE IT" is at least ironic - it's the deliberately 'awful' slogan used in the movie by the (fictional) TV network.

This is the same network who are advertising 'Scrooge' as containing 'drug addiction, freeway killers and acid rain' and have a Lee Majors TV movie about terrorists at Santa's grotto called 'The Night The Reindeer Died'.

So it does at least prove that someone on the design team has seen the film - not always the case...

(Still my favourite Christmas movie this. It has a tone, not unlike Ghostbustes, that's rare in mainstream fare these days. Murray's great, it's got some cool industry digs, inventive direction and scripting... I'm just hoping the DVD's packed with deleted scenes and gets released in the UK!)

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I really hate Paramount using the "clever" edition titles.  Because it's called the "Yule Love It" Edition isn't gonna make it sell more copies than just calling it the "Special Collector's Edition."  Whatever the case, I'll consider this as a buy if the features are juicy enough.

-NJM