Title: The Marx Brothers Collection
Starring: The Marx Brothers
Released: 16th October 2006
SRP: £34.99
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Universal Pictures Video has announced the release of The Marx Brothers Collection for the 16th of October, priced at around £34.99. The set includes the films A Girl In Every Port, The Cocoanuts, Room Service and Love Happy. An eight-disc set will also be available to buy on the 16th, retailing at around £44.99. This set will include al of the films from the previous set, along with Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers and Duck Soup. We've got no information on bonus material at this time, but if that changes we'll be sure to let you know. Here's the box art fro both releases.
News by Chris Gould
Starring: The Marx Brothers
Released: 16th October 2006
SRP: £34.99
Further Details:
Universal Pictures Video has announced the release of The Marx Brothers Collection for the 16th of October, priced at around £34.99. The set includes the films A Girl In Every Port, The Cocoanuts, Room Service and Love Happy. An eight-disc set will also be available to buy on the 16th, retailing at around £44.99. This set will include al of the films from the previous set, along with Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers and Duck Soup. We've got no information on bonus material at this time, but if that changes we'll be sure to let you know. Here's the box art fro both releases.
News by Chris Gould
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Did they even bother to clean up the picture? If it's anything like the R1 box (only five titles of which are in this box by the way, but then again they are essential while the remaining three are just...well....not), then the picture is grainy, the audio is mono (duh) and in fullscreen.
I hate Universal but I love these films so I bit a huge bullet and got them.
I hate Universal but I love these films so I bit a huge bullet and got them.
Given that they're from the 30s, I think the quality is probably as good as it can be when coupled with the fact that demand for such titles isn't really in the same league as Pirates of the Caribbean 2 or Superman Returns.
are these films any good? what are they like? I heard in ther film the devils rejects and house of 1000 corpses thatbthey use the names from these films ie captain spaulding and madame firefly? is this true what else do they have in common?
Simon Abrams wrote: Did they even bother to clean up the picture? If it's anything like the R1 box (only five titles of which are in this box by the way, but then again they are essential while the remaining three are just...well....not), then the picture is grainy, the audio is mono (duh) and in fullscreen.
I hate Universal but I love these films so I bit a huge bullet and got them.
Fullscreen was standard back then.
I wish they'd release Love Happy and A Girl in Every Port in R1 together just to complete the collection, even if they're not "official" Marx Bros. films.
I hate Universal but I love these films so I bit a huge bullet and got them.
Fullscreen was standard back then.
I wish they'd release Love Happy and A Girl in Every Port in R1 together just to complete the collection, even if they're not "official" Marx Bros. films.
Big Lee wrote: are these films any good? what are they like? I heard in ther film the devils rejects and house of 1000 corpses thatbthey use the names from these films ie captain spaulding and madame firefly? is this true what else do they have in common?
The films from the first box are fantastic, particularly Duck Soup, which is rated as one of the best comedies and war satires ever. Room Service is the only one I've seen from this box, but I've not been let down by the Marx Brothers yet so I'll be getting this set too and I'm sure I'll enjoy the other 3 films too.
Warner Brothers released an excellent 6-disc set with some good extras, and it also contained A Day at the Races and A Night At The Opera. A Night At The Opera and Duck Soup should be in any serious film-lover's collection in my opinion, as they really are fantastic comedies when measured against anything else before or since.
The films from the first box are fantastic, particularly Duck Soup, which is rated as one of the best comedies and war satires ever. Room Service is the only one I've seen from this box, but I've not been let down by the Marx Brothers yet so I'll be getting this set too and I'm sure I'll enjoy the other 3 films too.
Warner Brothers released an excellent 6-disc set with some good extras, and it also contained A Day at the Races and A Night At The Opera. A Night At The Opera and Duck Soup should be in any serious film-lover's collection in my opinion, as they really are fantastic comedies when measured against anything else before or since.
All of these are classic films. I was disappointed by the presentation of the films on DVD. No commentary tracks not a surprise though given that it's Universal Studios. They've done a terrific job at being the worst studio to release many vintage and classic films (unless it's Hitchcock).
They are notoriously bad for their older TV shows.
They are notoriously bad for their older TV shows.
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Based on the previous set (which this seems to be matching in style) I doubt we'll get anything other than a trailer for one or two of the films in terms of extras. A shame really, as there's some great interview footage out there with Groucho especially, as shown on Warner's excellent 6-disc set from a couple of years ago.