Golden "Academy Award" covers?

[Apone]

I noticed that some of the movies on Amazon.com have these eyesore DVD covers labeled "Academy Award" in a huge golden frame.

E.g. Munich (http://www.amazon.com/Munich-Widescreen-Eric-Bana/dp/customer-images/B000F1IQN2/ref=cm_ciu_pdpimg_thumb_1?ie=UTF8&sort=quality&index=1&page=1#gallery) and The Constant Gardener (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000C65Z1G/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance).

Are these the actual replacement of original DVD covers (ugh...) or slipcases?

[mr. b_dvd]

I'm pretty sure those are simply slipcovers over the original dvd release. I saw a whole display of these at Wal-Mart not too long ago, and they were all slipcovers with the original dvd in them. I picked up American Beauty Awards Edtion (dts), and I don't think this movie came with a slipcase originally. I've thought about tossing the slipcover, but I haven't made a decision yet. It's mainly, if not only, Dreamworks/Universal titles. They are trying to milk these titles for all they can with Academy Award Nominitions/Winners.

[kstublen]

100% slipcovers. These are the only slipcovers I discard. They are ugly, not really original, and cheaply made.

[Apone]

Phew, that's good to hear. Now I can order some of these without worrying. Thanks guys.