I believe RetroMedia's version of FLESHEATERS, with commentary and featurette, was only pressed 40 copies before it got recalled. That has to be rare.

Do you have any idea how apropos that icon was?

<---------- Hanging on to 27 copies of Saving Private Ryan:Limited Edition biding his time until time to cash in and retire.

I never said that mine were the rarest. I was commenting about your reply to TO.

Pig is more limited and harder to find than salo. it fetches more, but rarely shows up for auction

Here's some info on Salo including pics.
http://www.rareoopdvds.com/detail.ph...5&display=info

what about the cancelled Film Noir Boomerang that was supposedly never released but people (like me) got a copy?

Wasn't there an Ed Wood dvd that only a few hundred made it to stores before it was cancelled?

Yeah, that is what I previously mentioned, I don't know for fact if it is one of the worlds rarest DVD's, but it has got to be so incredibly rare and HTF. So it could be one of the worlds rarest DVD's since the studio probably destroyed them all since the SE was planned instead from Tim Burton who wanted a SE on it's way in the future. Regardless, if any exist at all it is an incredibly rare version and DVD.

Is this it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pig-OOP-DVD-Cult...em260076859793

If so, the value is pretty piss poor.

I found "Salo" to be endlessly disturbing. It affected me for a few days. I'd hardly call it a bad or unsuccesful film if it was able to do that.

Right, but if Criterion released 100 copies of it the disc would go for thousands of dollars.
The only reason this DVD is wanted is the Criterion name. If Image had released 2000 copies of it and let it go out of print the value would be a fraction of the Criterion version.
I have no idea why Criterion released it. I guess it has art value to some.

As far as I know those were on DVD-R discs.

Well, the production run for this was definitely larger than 40, but "DVD Discoveries" was a geniune pressed DVD, and was produced in very limited quantities.

Regardless of all that though, I'm not really sure whether having a super-rare DVD is that much to brag about. First of all, 75-90% of the population couldn't care less about Salo, so no matter how rare it might be, only a small segment of the population really wants a copy. Besides, if you're focusing on rarity alone, there are TONS of promotional DVDs, and even general-release DVDs that are probably more rare than Salo. I understand that the OP is happy to have it not only because it's rare, but it's a film they like, but if you're going to ignore the fact that it's not technically the rarest DVD out there because a lot of those rarer DVDs aren't something people care much about, and often aren't even movies, you also have to think about how sought-after Salo is by people who aren't just looking for a rare collectible, and the answer is, not very.

Yes, technically, the Retromedia release of THE FLESH EATERS (only 50 copies produced) were on DVD-R discs, but they contained the full final menus and disc art so they were basically final product.

The Retromedia disc is a lot better than the current Dark Sky release as it contained the full uncut version of the film with the color sequence intact at the end, the commentary track, the featurettes, the full theatrical trailer, etc. None of this is on the Dark Sky release.

I managed to snag a copy of that at FYE the week it was supposed to be out.

I think it was a lot more than a few hundred, but still rare. I actually saw one at stores well after it was supposed to be recalled, amongst the "real" DVD.

From a brief search through Ebay, it appears the recalled Ed Wood disc doesn't really have much value. I've seen a couple of Buy-It-Now's for less than what I originally paid for the disc. Although, someone on Amazon is trying to get $575 for it.

most dvds dont have any value in the long run. theyre hardly a good investment. most of the limited ones will get the best prices shortly after they vanish and become impossible to find. dvd prices in general have dived and things like criterion dvds are not worth half what they were 5 years ago. or when a new related film comes out and interest in that film shoots up again. look at supergirl, it wasnt that sought after but when superman returns came out and there was no sign of it appearing on the new SM sets the price shot up.

How about The Cremaster Cycle? They were only for sale from the Guggenheim I believe.

From Wikipedia:

"The full series was released in a limited series of 20 sets of DVDs, sold each for at least $100,000, and will not be made available on mass-market DVD.[1] However a 30 minute part of the third film is available on DVD."

I made 50 copies of a movie called "Hollywood Jenga," so clearly it's the world's rarest DVD, and only about 10 sold.

Now that I've mentioned this, I should throw the rest up on ebay. I'm sure I've just driven demand sky high.

Ill give you $20 for a copy.

That icon is quite fitting for SALO.

Someone didn't read post #27.

I remember several years ago Cartoon Network ran a 'Dexter's Laboratory' contest and the grand prize was a DVD that contained every episode of the show up to that point. Now that is one DVD I would like own.