Scotty Flamingo

I know Reservoir Dogs was a triple-dip. I believe Platoon and Scarface were as well.

But has the same movie ever been released 4 different times on DVD [no Blu/HDDVD] - a quadruple-dip?

JZ1276

Die Hard and Rocky??

wowbagger

EVIL DEAD. I think the last count on that was about 237

dino88

I think the most notorious offender is Army of Darkness.

The Theatrical Version (released twice)
Limited Edition
Limited Edition Director's Cut
Official Bootleg Edition
Boomstick Edition
...and I believe it's being released again this year called the Screwyouover Screwhead Edition

So that's 7 releases for one film.

UAIOE

A new DVD of "Army of Darkness" isn't a ____ dip, it's an annual event!

joltman

I believe Halloween would be up there too.

starmummy

Isn't there another edition called Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness or something?

tylergfoster

The Evil Dead Trilogy
Elite Special Edition
Anchor Bay (jewel case, several variations)
Anchor Bay Book of the Dead Edition
Anchor Bay Special Edition (a few cover variations)
Anchor Bay Ultimate Edition

Anchor Bay
Anchor Bay Special Edition
Anchor Bay Limited Edition Tin
Anchor Bay Book of the Dead Edition

Universal Theatrical Edition
Anchor Bay Limited Edition
Anchor Bay Director's Cut - Limited Edition
Anchor Bay Theatrical Edition
Anchor Bay Director's Cut - Bootleg Edition
Anchor Bay Boomstick Edition
Universal Screwhead Edition (not yet released)

The Star Wars Trilogy
2004 Box Set
2006 Box Set (no bonus disc)
2007 Limited Editions (with theatrical versions)
2008 Box Set (with theatrical versions, no bonus disc)

The Mummy (1999)
Collector's Edition
Ultimate Edition
The Franchise Collection
Trilogy Box Set

The Big Lebowski
Polygram DVD (re-issued by Universal)
Focus Collector's Series
Focus Collector's Series Achiever's Edition
Focus 10th Anniversary 2-Disc Set
Focus 10th Anniversary 2-Disc Set Limited Edition

Halloween
Anchor Bay
Anchor Bay Limited Edition
Anchor Bay (Single-Disc)
Anchor Bay Television Version
Anchor Bay 25th Anniversary Edition
Anchor Bay (Remastered O-Ring Version)
Anchor Bay 30th Anniversary Edition

Die Hard
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox Five Star Series
Die Hard Trilogy (Five Star Series/Special Edition)
20th Century Fox Collector's Edition
20th Century Fox (Single Disc)
Die Hard Trilogy (Target Slimline Version)
Die Hard Trilogy (with Yippee Ki Yay Bonus Disc)
Steelbook
Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook Edition

matome

I'm sure there are tons of quadruple-or-more dips. Some off the top of my head:

Leon (theatrical cut)
Leon (director's cut)
Leon (Superbit)
Leon (SE)

Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down (Superbit)
Black Hawk Down (3-disc)
Black Hawk Down (extended)

Terminator 2 (theatrical)
Terminator 2 (ultimate edition)
Terminator 2 (extreme edition)
Terminator 2 (skynet edition)
Terminator 2 (limited)

bigE

first one I thought of was T2

Trevor

The Princess Bride has at least 5.

If you factor in exclusives there are hundreds of other titles of course.

Snowmaker

I'm about to triple dip on the first X-Men movie (to Blu-ray) and I've done the same for King Kong. I think that's the most I've gone so far.

SethDLH

That is the Bootleg Cut.

Gizmo

All the Friday the 13ths.

dino88

I think it's the Boomstick Edition. That should be a Jeopardy question.

Brodie Corleone

Should a release really count as a "dip" if it's just a repackaged version? There might be some cosmetic differences (packaging, cover art, disc art, etc.), but there's no new material. It's still the same disc.

For example, the Star Wars Trilogy really consists of two (or 1.5, depending on how you look at it) releases. The discs included in the 2006 box set are the same ones from the 2004 release. Those same discs were used again as Disc 1 of the 2007 individual releases and the 2008 box set.

The Monkees

Those haven't been released A BUNCH of times.

The original barebones
The 2004 box set
Then the new Deluxe editions
And if you count the BDs of part 1 and the eventual releases of the BDs of the rest.

I guess that's four, but the BDs haven't all come out...........yet.

OldBoy

Dawn of the Dead (1978) has at least 4.

jjcool

THis is a question I have as well. As far as I am concerned a packaging change, IE new cover or artwork, isnt a new edition of the dvd. However if there is content added, like a second disc, that does count.

DeanoBKN

T2 as other's mentioned.

Also, Casino (my favorite movie)

Barebones DVD
Special Edition DVD
HD-DVD
Blu-Ray

Reservoir Dogs:

Barebones DVD
Mr. Brown Special Edition
Gas Can Special Edition
Blu-Ray


That's the most I can think for 4 releases. I do have a lot of 3's thanks to Blu-Ray however.

visitor Q

Ôtomo's Akira

Akira - Standard
Akira - Geneon Signature Series
Akira - DTS
Akira - Special Edition
Akira - Limited Tin Special Edition


The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre should give the Evil Dead series a run. Maybe Giggles can chime in if he's still lurking about.

visitor Q

OP is only looking for DVD. No BR ....

tylergfoster

There are sort of two more releases of Casino, although for the purposes of the thread the number would stay the same because HD-DVD and BD don't count. There's the first Universal release, then the Anniversary Edition, which they then downgraded to the "Special Edition" by removing one of the two sides from the double-sided disc (and thus, most of the bonus features), and then there's a version you can only get in the "Gangster" collection from Universal that's an actual 2-disc version of the "Anniversary Edition", which is what they should have done in the first place.

The theatrical version of The Professional was also stripped of the WS side of the disc at some point and is now a FS only disc.

I would say Terminator 2 has only been dipped three times on DVD, unless the Skynet Edition is coming to DVD as well. There's the old snapper, the Ultimate and the Extreme. Same goes for Reservoir Dogs.

Here are a few more that are sort of quadruple dipped:

The Fifth Element
Sony DVD (flipper)
Sony DVD (flipper) inside The Luc Besson Collection
Sony Superbit DVD
Sony 2-Disc Special Edition

Dazed and Confused
Universal DVD
Universal High School Reunion Collection DVD
Universal Flashback Edition DVD
Criterion Collection Special Edition

Do the Right Thing
Universal DVD
Criterion Collection Special Edition
Universal "Spike Lee Joint Collection" DVD (anamorphic)
Universal 20th Anniversary Edition (not yet released)

The Princess Bride
MGM/UA DVD
MGM/UA Special Edition
Sony "Dread Pirate Roberts"/"Buttercup" 2-Disc Editions
20th Century Fox 20th Anniversary Edition

Night of the Living Dead
Elite Millennium Edition
Anchor Bay 30th Anniversary Edition
20th Century Fox Colorized Edition
Weinstein Company 40th Anniversary Edition
(and more, because the title is public domain)

I think Jaws and Spider-Man are going to end up dipped again, which both have three releases (25th/DTS/30th and 2-Disc/Superbit/Deluxe).

izatright

Re-Animator is at least quadruple.

TheKing

RoboCop had 5:

Original Release (bare bones theatrical non-anamorphic)
Criterion Collection (Non-anamorphic Uncut 1.66)
MGM Trilogy Set (Anamorphic Unrated 1.85)
MGM Solo Release (Anamorphic Theatrical)
MGM 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Theatrical and Uncut versions, SteelBook)