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• Actors: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Walter Matthau, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill
• Directors: Billy Wilder
• Writers: Billy Wilder, Agatha Christie, Alexandre Breffort, Anna Bonacci, Arthur Conan Doyle
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Unknown)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 9
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: July 15, 2003
• Run Time: 1136 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008ZZ9T
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,408 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Even if "nobody's perfect," Billy Wilder sometimes came close. This DVD box presents a strong cross-section of films by one of Hollywood's greatest directors, and although his early Paramount years are not covered (they're available in a different set), the box does include a couple of Wilder's woefully underappreciated autumnal gems. Chronologically speaking, 1957's Witness for the Prosecution is the earliest film in the set, a crackerjack courtroom drama derived from Agatha Christie. It gives especially tasty roles to Charles Laughton and Marlene Dietrich. With Some Like It Hot, Wilder merely created the film widely considered the best comedy of the sound era, with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon impersonating female musicians in the Roaring Twenties. Marilyn Monroe is the songbird tired of getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop. Wilder took home three Oscars® for The Apartment, his exquisitely bittersweet look at an organization man (Lemmon) who loans out his flat for his boss's liaisons.

One, Two, Three is a breathless Cold War comedy (and a time capsule of its era) with James Cagney as a Coca-Cola executive in Berlin. Irma La Douce teams Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in a racy Parisian love story that became a box-office smash. With Kiss Me, Stupid, Wilder suffered a rare flop, although the once-scandalous sex comedy looks better and sharper as it ages. The Fortune Cookie, which nabbed an Oscar for Walter Matthau, is one of Wilder's most cynical tales, but the last two films in the set represent Wilder's late-career romantic flowering. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes arranges slapstick around the melancholy, misogynistic figure of Holmes, who might just be a directorial self-portrait. Avanti! is a delightful, leisurely romance about a businessman (Lemmon again) who loosens up while in Italy settling his late father's business. It's a lovely end note for a snappy, often acerbic collection. --Robert Horton

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BILLY WILDER DVD COLLECTION - DVD Movie

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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars classic Wilder collection, February 24, 2006

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For Billy Wilder fans, this is a must. Get this box set now before it is discontinued now that Sony distributes MGM's library.

5.0 out of 5 stars Where the Wilder Things Are, January 25, 2012

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Really, really, really enjoying the DVDs in this collection. I bought this because I wanted to own The Apartment and Irma la Douce, decided to splurge on the whole set. First movie I saw was Avanti! and it was very good. It is a Golden Globe winner. Have also enjoyed the Sherlock Holmes and the Dean Martin movie (good campy 1960s movie).

3.0 out of 5 stars not a complete collection..., January 16, 2012

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Gary N. Kotch "gary movies" (cleveland ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Billy Wilder DVD Collection (The Apartment / Avanti! / The Fortune Cookie / Irma la Douce / Kiss Me Stupid / One Two Three / The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes / Some Like It Hot / Witness for the Prosecution) (DVD)

No Thanks...
This is not a complete collection.
The 'April Fools' In Cinemascope 1969 is missing and Billy Wilder's last movie 'Buddy Buddy' with Jack and Walter in Cinemascope is also missing. Get these on PAL and Have them Tranferred for a complete collection or just wait and wait and wait for Sony or whoever to make up their mind.