mrnededwards

My local Jewel grocery store in Chicago (a/k/a Albertsons in some markets) had two huge dump bins of Warner Bros, Lion's Gate, and other studios. Most of the DVDS were Canadian editions.

Lots to look thru, but here is a sampling of what I found:

- V for Vendetta (WS 2 disc) $6.99
- Batman Begins (WS w/bonus disc of The Batman cartoon) $6.99
- Alexander (WS) $5.99
- Courtship of Eddie's Father $2.99
- Greystoke The Legend Of Tarzan $4.49
- Helen Of Troy (1956) $2.99
- Circus $2.99

jimbeam

Is that Chaplin's "Circus"?

Thanks.

amd555

can you tell me which stores? There are a ton in chicago, and this might be a one-store deal.

SI78

Thanks! My Albertson's had this. There were some really great deals in there. They had just about every 'Best Of SNL' DVD for $1.79 and countless other deals. All discs did seem to be Canadian.

Big Dave

I can confirm that this seems to be going on at most of the stores. Of the 5 I visited, only 1 of them didn't have a special display set-up (they did have a small selection of the discounted DVDs).

I can also confirm that the majority of them seem to be from Canada.

What I picked up:

Store #1
A Very Long Engagement - $5.99
Beyond The Sea - $4.49

Store #2
The Final Cut - $4.49
Girl With A Pearl Earring - $4.49

Store #3
A Bronx Tale (OOP) - $5.99

Store #4
Eve's Bayou (Signature Series) - $3.49
SNL - Best Of Alec Baldwin - $1.79
Double Whammy (Dennis Leary, Steve Buscemi) - $1.79

Store #5
Nothing

Other things I saw, but did not pick up included
My Big Fat Independent Movie - $4.49
Constant Gardener - $6.99
Dawn Of The Dead (Divimax) - $4.49
Master & Commander (Single-Disc) - $6.99
Friday Night Lights - $6.99
The Rundown - $6.99
King Kong (Single-Disc) - $6.99
V For Vendetta (Single-Disc) - $6.99

For a lot of these I only saw full-screen editions and on others the French language on the package was more prevalent (like on the spine).

I will probably hit up a couple more by work tomorrow, but generally it seems like the stores had the same titles.

Thanks to the OP.

Erik68

These should also be at Shaw's since they are all owned by the same corporation.

mrnededwards

Circus is the film with Famke Jannsen (sp?) and the Jewel store was on Ashland and Wellington in Chicago.

From reading the last report, it seems like my store had a completely different mix.

SI78

I went into an Albertsons today which previously did not have these DVDs and they had a fresh new box of them. So, it might be worth re-checking stores for anyone still interested in this.

GuessWho

In my stores, this bin now has a "25% off lowest marked price" sign

I got some SNL discs for $1.34 each

bhauge

Thanks, SI78. I checked again at my local Albertsons (after not finding any DVD bin 2 weeks ago) and saw the bin. I really wanted to get SNL: Best of Alec Baldwin, but they didn't have it. Picked up a few other SNL titles though.