$4.88 dvds at Walmart

[marcellusk]

Just came from walmart and they had a big display of dvd's that are $4.88
(more organized then the $5.50 bin)
these are the ones that i can remember. I'll add more when i remember more

Cool World
School ties
Crocodile Dundee pt 1 & 2 seperate
Pretty in Pink
Virtuosity
Enemy Gate
Rugrats movie
Hey Arnold movie

[EdTheRipper]

I wouldn't mind getting School Ties and Virtuosity.

[Spez]

I was just thinking that I hadn't seen many good DVD sales at Walmart lately. Now I've got a reason to stop by there. Thanks!

[petroc]

I picked up Croc 2, and I also saw Grease 2. It's one of my wifes faves.

[ericn101]

As well as BLACK SHEEP, SNOW DAY, ESCAPE FROM L.A., and many others at $4.88-all paramount widescreen collection titles.

[GeoffreyL]

I also saw
Serving Sara FS only
Beyond Borders FS only
Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis)
Sliding Doors

[bub]

Sliding Doors
Catch-22
Frankie and Johnny
Changing Lanes
Summer Rental
Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee 2
Virtuosity
Flesh and Bone
Beyond Borders
Murder on the Orient Express
School Ties
Escape from NY
North Dallas Forty

A bunch of Nickelodeon stuff (Wild Thornberries etc...)

I think you can see these titles at Walmart.com as well.

George -bub

[conehead433]

The following were all of the titles at my Wal Mart:

A Simple Plan
Beyond Borders
Black Sheep
Catch 22
Changing Lanes
Cheech & Chong - Still Smokin'
Cool World
Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee II
Escape From L.A.
Fairly Odd Parents
Flesh & Bone
Frankie & Johnny
Grease II
He Said, She Said
Hey Arnold, The Movie
Murder On The Orient Express
North Dallas Forty
Pretty In Pink
Romeo & Juliet
Rugrats Go Wild
Sabrina
School Ties
Serving Sara (FS)
Sliding Doors
Snow Dog
Summer Rental
The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis)
The Odd Couple
U2 - Rattle & Hum
Uncommon Valor
Virtuosity
Wild Thornberry's Movie

[Mr. Cinema]

A Simple Plan for $4.88 is a terrific deal. That is one of my all-time favorite movies and one of Raimi's best directorial efforts. If you haven't seen this, pick it up. Great drama.

[creekdipper]

A Simple Plan for $4.88 is a terrific deal. That is one of my all-time favorite movies and one of Raimi's best directorial efforts. If you haven't seen this, pick it up. Great drama.

Right on! Great movie (especially at that price). Also recommend Uncommon Valor if you like action-packed "guy flick" with a solid performance from Gene Hackman training a stellar supporting cast for a Vietnam rescue mission. Not a classic but highly entertaining nonetheless with some classic testosterone moments. Somewhat improbable but reminiscient of The Dirty Dozen in a Rambo-ish way.

[AsmodeusVice]

I just picked up a bunch myself. I couldn't find Escape From LA though, and the only Murder On The Orient Express was a floater :(

I got:

Cool World
A Simple Plan
Beyond Borders
Cheech & Chong - Still Smokin'
Crocodile Dundee II
Flesh & Bone
Frankie & Johnny
He Said, She Said
North Dallas Forty
Romeo & Juliet
The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis)
Uncommon Valor
Nobody's Fool

[MigusMaximus]

Im all over School Ties if and when I can find it (probably wont get to Wally World til Friday when I cash my check).

And is it me or does Wally World have like 4 or 5 different price levels now for their very cheap DVD's (3.50, 4.88, 5.50, 7.50, etc)????

[Josh-da-man]

Yeah, I saw this display today but they didn't have the price up.

Might pick up Rattle and Hum, Romeo and Juliet, and Catch-22.

[Bill Geiger]

Picked up Black Sheep (believe it or not...blind buy!) and Pretty in Pink

[sataniko]

I'll check my local Walmart either today or tomorrow, and pick up Frankie & Johnny if they have it.

[kenbenobi]

I noticed Pretty in Pink was not the high school reunion collection release. Was there a big difference between the two?

[marcellusk]

Summer Rental? I didn't see that. I loved that movie.

[thedarktroll]

I noticed Pretty in Pink was not the high school reunion collection release. Was there a big difference between the two?

If it's anything like the early release of The Breakfast Club, it's all about the original soundtrack music---one has it, one doesn't. A cursory glance through various DVD reviews would probably answer your question more specifically, should you care to research your own question.

[Drexl]

Sixteen Candles was a HS reunion editon, not PIP. In addition, it's a Paramount title (which these all seem to be) whereas SC is Universal.

Bub, you might want to change your post to reflect that it's Escape from LA, not NY.

Also, I think it's Snow Day, not Snow Dog(s).

[DVDFreaker]

Hmm...maybe Friday I will pick up School Ties and Hey Arnold if I have any $$ after I pay my bills

[Star Wars Guy]

You can get the complete list by going out to Walmart.com

Drexl, you are correct...It is Snow Day, not Snow Dogs. I'm up for getting a copy of School Ties.

[Snowmaker]

Hmm, nothing that really grabs my attention this time around. Maybe Grease II.

[yellowjacket621]

Nice, I'm in for the Nickelodeon movies and possibly A Simple Plan.

[Spez]

Here's the whole list at Walmart.com. (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_listing.gsp?cat=230390)

[dx23]

Picked up the only Catch-22 I saw in the store. Thanks to the OP!

[dvdjunkie32]

Thanks, OP. I grabbed School Ties, Nobody's Fool, and Changing Lanes.

[RustyOrgan]

...just got home from Wal Mart Burke VA - had A LOT of trouble finding the display.
Picked up:
U2 Rattle and Hum
Summer Rental
Black Sheep
Pretty In Pink
Cheech & Chong: Still Smokin
Uncommon Valor (on a whim)
Catch-22
Considering picking up the Crocadile Dundee movies though I'm sure they're terrible

[Manzana]

Considering picking up the Crocadile Dundee movies though I'm sure they're terrible

I thought all 3 movies were decent (the first is the best). I think the transfers are also OK, but nothing great. They are all rather barebones DVD-5's, so $4.88 is about what they're worth.

[Manzana]

Escape from NY

I assume this was a typo or do they have the newer Escape from NY 2-DVD SE in addition to Escape from L.A. for $4.88?

[Snowmaker]

This morning it looked like they just put out the display during the night. I grabbed a couple Grease 2's (one for my bro), but nothing else.

I almost got the 2 Croc Dundees, but put them back. A Simple Plan was tempting, and Cool World I don't even remember if that was a decent movie or not.

Escape from LA I thought about, but I don't have Escape from NY, plus its not anamorphic.

Not a big fan of U2, but almost concidered that one too just because its a live concert.

I don't know what else to grab! :(

[cisman]

I checked mine last night and nothing...will try another today if I have time. Where are you seeing the diplay? Front? Back?

[Snowmaker]

I checked mine last night and nothing...will try another today if I have time. Where are you seeing the diplay? Front? Back?

Mine were just past the DVDs/electronics and almost in front of the toys.

[freudguy]

I found the bin in front of the registers at one Wal-mart. The other one near me didn't know what I was talking about. I picked up Catch-22 as a semi-blind buy (saw part of it on TV many years ago) and The Odd Couple. I almost got Summer Rental but I can't remember if I liked it or not since I haven't seen it in years.

[marcellusk]

Picked up Black Sheep (believe it or not...blind buy!) and Pretty in Pink

Black sheep was a blind buy? really?

[mclori]

I picked up the Odd Couple, but the U2 was no where to be found at the local Wally.

[sataniko]

Stopped by this morning and picked up:

Cheech and Chong Still Smokin'
Frankie and Johnny
Flesh and Bone

[Marvin]

I didn't notice the display with the 4.88 DVDs at first - I was wasting time going thru the $5.50 dump. Fortunately the 4.88 display, right next to the cashier, was a lot neater. I picked up Catch-22 and The Odd Couple. I thought about getting North Dallas 40 but held off for now.

[Manzana]

Whenever WMT has these $4.88 displays, I now buy everything that I might possibly be interested in even if I haven't seen it, so I bought 14 of them. (They didn't have The Odd Couple.) I figure I have 90 days to try to find reviews and try to catch movies I haven't seen on TV or rent them to see if they are worth $4.88. Sometimes it's almost cheaper to blind-buy and then trade-in for $3 credit if I don't like something which makes it about a $2 rental, provided some place will give me $3 credit.

The one time in the past I held off buying some of these for a week, once I decided I wanted to get a few more they were all sold out. So I learned my lesson to "buy first, ask questions later". Knowing me I'll probably return half of them unopened, but if they don't care I don't care.

[Bill Geiger]

Black sheep was a blind buy? really?

Seriously....saw maybe about 5 minutes of it once....never watched all of it.

[SPiRAL]

My walmart had a one-sided display of these mixed with two-pack bundles on the other side. I saw almost everything listed ( with 2-3 copies of each ), except Pretty In Pink, which I wanted.
I ended up getting : Still Smokin', Grease 2, Frankie & Johnny, School Ties.

[Manzana]

Are any of the Walmart $4.88 DVDs re-releases?

The reason I wonder is that when I last watched Cool World and the Crocodile Dundee movies, they were single layer. I checked several reviews which say these are all dual-layer. Either multiple reviews are wrong or they re-transfered them to have a higher bitrate. Does anyone know?

Also, My Cousin Vinny which is a $7.50 title had new packaging, and on the back I saw Dual Layer format. When I last watched My Cousin Vinny it was a single layer disc. Did this also get a stealth re-transfer or is it yet another packaging error?

If they have upgraded these DVD-5s to DVD-9s with better transfers, then I would buy these. Unfortunately only Warner, Universal, and Disney are good about stating the number of layers on the back of the case. Most other cases do not mention this, and I've found of the few DVD review sites that list layer information a large number of them have wrong info.

[thedarktroll]

The ones at the Arboretum Wal-Mart were mixed into the 5.50 bins...apparently they'd taken down the dedicated display earlier that day. Arrgh. But I found EVERY title I wanted...

Catch-22
Escape From L.A.
Nutty Professor (1963 special edition)
The Odd Couple
A Simple Plan
Cheech & Chong Still' Smokin'
U2 Rattle and Hum

and I got the Best of Gallagher v.1. I think it's the first Anchor Bay title I've ever bought that did not have an insert. Yes...I bought a Gallagher DVD. I have a DVD problem.

[Spez]

I stopped by the Walmart in Newburgh, NY on my way home from worked and picked up these:

School Ties
Summer Rental
Cool World
A Simple Plan
Escape From L.A.
Black Sheep
Pretty in Pink
Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee 2

The display was just inside the electronics department.

[Al Padrino]

Black Sheep's probably the only thing I'd buy and I've already got it. I don't think I'd pay $4.88 for most of these titles. Some of these selections are proof that if the price is low enough, people will buy it.

[Qui Gon Jim]

I loved Summer Rental as a youngster. This DVD while bare bones has a very decent anamorphic transfer. I am happy that I have this on a more permanent format than off-TV VHS. It's in OAR too. I have to give Paramount credit, they do things right for the most part.

[Alan Smithee]

I picked up Cool World and it's still single-layer. Most people don't seem to be able to tell how many layers a disc has just by looking at it. I doubt they'd redo a movie with a higher bitrate this late in the game when they'll have the chance to resell them on the new formats that are coming out.

Hey Arnold had an insert, but the rest I picked up didn't.

[John-In-VA]

I stopped by the Walmart in Newburgh, NY

Off Topic, but I'm originally from Newburgh. Graduated from NFA(if they still call it that) in 83.

[Manzana]

I picked up Cool World and it's still single-layer. Most people don't seem to be able to tell how many layers a disc has just by looking at it. I doubt they'd redo a movie with a higher bitrate this late in the game when they'll have the chance to resell them on the new formats that are coming out.

Thanks for confirming the info about Cool World. The reviews I saw about it must be wrong and probably are also wrong about Crocodile Dundees. Next time I go to Walmart I'll have to re-check My Cousin Vinny's package to make sure I wasn't imagining that it said "Dual Layer" on the back. If it does say that, then it got a stealth re-transfer.

You're right very few people seem to be able to tell dual vs. single layer just by looking. In the old days dual layer used to be gold colored, but now they aren't so you have to look for the double set of manufacturer ID marks on the inner hub. I think only once or twice in my life have I been wrong about the number of layers by visual inspection. Given so few people know how to do it and how few review sites bother to mention it (and those that do are wrong quite often), I assume most people don't care about the bitrate or how much effort studios put into releases. My opinion is this: any studio who releases any DVD in single layer format nowadays is demonstrating what cheapskates they are and will not get my business. While I won't say I never buy single layer releases, when I do they have to be in the Walmart cheap bins.

The hard part is finding out which new releases are single layer if they aren't by the studios that list it on the package (i.e. Universal, Warner, and usually Disney). Then I have to post a message and it's hard to get an answer because few people know/care. And while on my soapbox about this, I should say that just because something's dual layer is no guarantee of a higher bitrate. I've bought a few dual layers recently only to find the capacity is barely above DVD-5 and most of the extra space is consumed by ads and previews.

[xage]

and I got the Best of Gallagher v.1. I think it's the first Anchor Bay title I've ever bought that did not have an insert. Yes...I bought a Gallagher DVD. I have a DVD problem.

Was that in some sort of green fruit packaging?

[Robert]

My Wal-Mart dumped the 4.88 dvds in the 5.50 bin which made them impossible to find and all dented.

[thedarktroll]

Was that in some sort of green fruit packaging?

You're thinking of this: Gallagher: The Big Watermelon Edition

http://anchorbayentertainment.com/index.asp?p=MultipackDetail&SKU=DV13312&PriCatID=4

This is disc one from that set, packaged separately in a standard amaray case. I'm thinking it'll probably be enough Gallagher for me.

[Qui Gon Jim]

Isn't the best of Gallagher a blank DVD-R?

[gryffinmaster]

Well ... couldn't pass up Crocodile Dundee for $4.88.

[Liquid Death]

Picked up Croc Dundee II - remembered enjoying all three to various degrees, with the first being the best. Couldn't find A Simple Plan.

[JohnDoeUSA]

Pick up U2 Rattle and Hum. Great buy for $4.88. I have a lot of U2 cds but never pick up this DVD. Thank you OP!

[cisman]

Finally found this at a walmart.

Got:
Escape From LA
Changing Lanes
School Ties
Sliding Doors
Virtuosity

Didn't see any crocs.