Product Details

• Actors: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
• Directors: Orson Welles, John Huston, William Wyler
• Writers: John Huston, Dashiell Hammett, Herman J. Mankiewicz, John Houseman, Karl Tunberg
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MV9O4A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,385 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Essential Classics - Dramas (The Maltese Falcon / Citizen Kane / Ben-Hur)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

This four-disc set, part of Warner's Essential Classics series, collects three truly classic films--The Maltese Falcon, Citizen Kane, and Ben-Hur--in one inexpensive package. The drawback is you don't get the bonus discs of the movies--one in the case of Citizen Kane, and two each for The Maltese Falcon and Ben-Hur (which still needs two discs just for the movie)--so if you're a documentary junky or if you simply have to see the earlier versions of The Maltese Falcon, you'll want to stick with the individual releases. But this set does include the commentary tracks, shorts, photo galleries, and other material that was on the movie discs of those sets, and best of all, they have the great remastered pictures of the previous releases. So if you just want the movies looking better than ever with some bonus features thrown in for good measure, the price per movie makes this set an attractive bargain.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous value and three classic films!, May 29, 2007

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Michael Dahlin "Dr D" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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I recently purchased this dvd collection, and am very pleased with it. This collection contains the film-only discs from the multi-disc releases of Maltese Falcon, Citizen Kane, and Ben Hur. All have top-notch video and audio quality, and they all have very interesting alternate commentary tracks. If you want all the extra features for these films, you should buy the discs separately. If you are primarily interested in the films and commentaries, then this is a great way to get all three for a very reasonable price.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great films, great value, September 28, 2007

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E. K. Moseley (AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Classics - Dramas (The Maltese Falcon / Citizen Kane / Ben-Hur) (DVD)

No frills, just 3 great films for a good price. I like the documentaries but usually only once so I like films sold like this for about 9 bucks a film.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There are extras, January 29, 2008

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A. Pierre (Somewheres) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Classics - Dramas (The Maltese Falcon / Citizen Kane / Ben-Hur) (DVD)

As I read some reviews they claim there are no extras. The Maltese Falcon and Citzen Kane come with a slew of extras that are really good. Ben Hur has commentary and thats it. The picture and audio quailty is excellent and it seems like these movies were made just yesterday. Three of the greatest movies ever made for $23? How can you go wrong? Highly recommend this set.