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UA 90th Anniversary Prestige Collection (90 Titles)

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The other reviews here seem to be about some individual movie. I'm reviewing the United Artists Super Deluxe Gift Set.

Warner Home Video has put out these giant megasets before, and now United Artists is doing the same thing. However, United Artists has less boxed sets on the market than Warner does, so your chances of double dipping are less in this collection. However, there is some danger of double dips. In particular United Artists has best picture collections, musical collections, Woody Allen collections, and James Bond collections that all duplicate movies in this bunch. On the bright side, for the films that have double disc editions, that is what they are offering, also the total price works out to a little under six dollars per disc, which is not bad. Do remember though, in single disc editions, United Artists/MGM seldom put any extras in with their movies. The highlights of this collection are:
1. 5 James Bond films - On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Living Daylights, Goldeneye, Dr. No
2. Best Picture winners - Marty (1955), The Apartment (1960), West Side Story (Widescreen, 2-Disc) 1961, In the Heat of the Night (1967), Midnight Cowboy - 2-Disc (1969), Rocky- 2 Disc Edition (1976), Annie Hall (1977), Rain Man (1988)
3. Some classic Spencer Tracy performances - "Judgement at Nuremburg", "Inherit the Wind", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World"
4. Some classic noir in "Woman in the Window", "The Killing", and "Night of the Hunter".
5. Many other classic films such as "The Defiant Ones", "The Miracle Worker", "Good, Bad, and the Ugly" 2 Disc edition, "Birdman of Alcatraz", "Elmer Gantry", and "I Want To Live" among others.

There is some junk hiding among the classics -
"The Man in the Iron Mask" - Not DiCaprio's finest hour and obviously made just to capitalize on his power to draw teenage girls to the box office shortly after his Titanic fame.
"Road House" - 1989 film that is the stuff adolescent male dreams are made of - beautiful girls that fall for drifters and a chance to be macho and get paid for it.
"Heaven's Gate" - A long expensive boring 1980 western that led United Artists into bankruptcy. For a studio to start with Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin and to end up here...oh the agony.

Overall this package consists largely of both old and modern classics with just a few junk movies thrown in. You have to expect that, how else is United Artists going to get anyone to buy the last three films I mentioned? Overall, a very good buy if you can afford it and if you haven't double-dipped too much in other collections already.

Of the four movies we've watched so far, two DVD's were defective. The two DVD's stuttered, stopped, or went black. It's frustrating to return the set and await a replacement. The product is well packaged. The majority of the movies are top notch (some rif-raf, but not many). I hoped for better quality from UA.

I have been looking all over the web for this set and everyone is out of stock.

I am a movie buff and have been a huge fan of United Artists releases for decades. When I found out about this gift set containing 90 movies on 110 DVD's I was blown away. Just look at the list of contained movies, they are nearly all classics and some great newer titles as well. I have spent the last few weeks looking for the set for myself and a close friend for a Xmas gift who I used to watch many of these titles with. My search is finally over!
If you are looking for a fantastic holiday gift for the movie buff on your list, look no further. I just hope they have enough for everyone interested.
3 thumbs up!

The first delivery was double boxed and used bubble wrap. The actual album had a tear in the corner of the binder/album. The second one I received was not as well packaged, but still very good. The item was received in excellent condition and I absolutely love the various movies. It is quite a collection and is a beautiful display. I am glad I purchased it. The first one was returned.

I was initially very excited to receive this product. Unfortunately, it came missing a disc and the pages were bent. I returned the 30 pound item and requested a replacement. This time it came with 3 discs missing. For the exorbitant price there should be better quality control. I got a refund and will not buy this product again.

I don't yet own this set, but look forward to soon. My only gripe, besides a few bad movies, is the fact not all are presented in wide screen. I understand several of the older films were originally filmed in a 3X4 aspect ratio, that's fine. What I don't understand is why some films like the award winner Annie Hall isn't offered in it's original wide screen format? Especially since Roadhouse is. If these are the classics, why not give us the original director's vision? And I'm glad they included many of the 2 disc editions of films such as Rocky and Raging Bull.

I love it. I just received my set from another dealer and it is a real thrill. I sold off some the movies I owned in it previously and am glad I did. The set is luxurious and has most of the newest versions of the movies. I was able to sell the 35 movies I owned in it to nearly come up with the funds to purchase the 90 movies contained here for a nice exchange. The book is very nice as well as the metal and glass structure that holds it. Look for a bargain on it with help from coupons.

UA 90th Anniversary Prestige Collection (90 Titles)

My Dad loved this gift. He is a really big movie buff! This is a MUST!!!

This set has some great movies and several old titles the younger generation might not have heard of but will truly enjoy.

My only problem is the case. It's rather awkward and hard to the dvd book out of the glass case. So once you do you wind up not wanting to put it back in. It looks great but if they had designed the case to open in a way that made it easy to put the dvds in and take them out i would give it a higher score.

This has to be the greatest gift to give anyone!!!!!!This collection is amazing and it is so perfect for any movie lover!!!!It comes in a great case and the pages are beautifully put together in a detailed summary about each movie!!!!This was worth every penny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!