Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

There are reports around the net that the Wizard of Oz is coming to Blu-ray in December. Amazon.com already has a listing with the cover.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...LL._SS500_.jpg

http://www.thejudyroom.com/news-oz.html

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

Will keep my eye on this.

Gone with the Wind likely to come on Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

There are rumors around the net that the BD edition is coming in December 09. Amazon.com has a listing and tentative cover art:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...oL._SS500_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/Wind-Anniversa...ref=pd_sim_d_4

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

Hope they have a BD only release and not some stupid gigantic set with keychains and other crap I don't want.

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

Ditto.

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

You mean you won't want to pay $40+ for all of that cool stuff?

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

No - I don't care about postcards, keychains, mini Ruby slippers etc. Just give me the movie in a BD case or DigiBook and I'll be happy.

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

I'll gladly buy Casablanca when it's not part of that deluxe gift set.

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

Often with these movies I really just want to the movie itself. I've read so many books and seen so many documentaries on this movie, for instance, that I need no additional information.

For anyone looking for great information on this classic, I highly recommend the books by John Fricke's 50th Anniversary Pictorial History, Aljean Harmetz's Making of the Wizard of Oz, and Jay Scarfone & William Stillman's Wizardry of Oz. All likely available at your local library. I'm partial to the Harmetz book, who also wrote the amazing Round Up the Usual Suspects about Casablanca.

-beebs

Re: Gone with the Wind likely to come on Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

I figured this and Wizard would be a fourth quarter release. I'll be buying both.

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

I'll be picking this up.

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

Let's just hope they don't crop this and release a "widescreen" version, as awkward as that sounds.

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

This is one of the few movies that I don't mind having an oversized SE for, since it's one of my all time favorites.

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

YES!!! {beat}
Flying monkeys in HD... *shudder*

Re: Gone with the Wind likely to come on Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

Never bought it, never seen it... count me in!

(I know, I suck.)

re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

Nice additions to the collection.

re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

I'm excited about these releases, at least Wizard of Oz. My wife wants Gone with the Wind. Though the artwork suggests they are coming in a special box. I can understand making a big release of these two, but make the boxes fit in my media cabinet with the rest of my Blu-rays. I'm not really interested in bonus stuff, either, since I already have the Wizard of Oz box set (which I actually liked). I don't know what they can throw in there that I don't already have, except maybe the book. But please make the boxes normal size (maybe thicker, like a TV set), but definitely not longer.

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

Warner didn't for Casablanca

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

I am in complete agreement. I've never understood the want for those little extras (I don't even get steelbooks). Seeing that Wizard might come out at the end of the year means I'll pick this up in two years when the price finally drops. Good news for the future.

re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

Hopefully it'll be released before the DD sale....:fc:

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

I agree! The deluxe set kept me from upgrading Casablanca, though I think at least for wizard of oz I might have to grab a deluxe set.

Re: Gone with the Wind likely to come on Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

You're kidding, right?

Re: Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 200
 

The reason why I did not jump on the Blu-Ray set for Casablanca was because I have the title on HD-DVD. Now since GWTW and WoZ haven't seen an HD release, if they force upon me a deluxe set, I just may have to budge.

Wizard of Oz & Gone With the Wind CE's ----> Q4, 2009
 

No firm date, but both will be MSRP $89.99. No "normal" versions scheduled to be released :( Boxsets similar to the I Am Legend CE.

Re: Wizard of Oz & Gone With the Wind CE's ----> Q4, 2009
 

As soon as I get my double-depth BD rack and my triple-depth wallet, I'll give these a look.

Re: Wizard of Oz & Gone With the Wind CE's ----> Q4, 2009
 

I'll be getting both. Sucker for CE's.

Re: Wizard of Oz & Gone With the Wind CE's ----> Q4, 2009
 

I'd pay up to $35...maybe $40 for WoZ. Maybe. But no way will I pay $60. Warner has got to be shitting themselves if they think this is a good idea in this economy.

Re: Wizard of Oz & Gone With the Wind CE's ----> Q4, 2009
 

Well, I might not get it right away. Deals will surely pop up. But yea, don't like the price at all.

Re: Wizard of Oz & Gone With the Wind CE's ----> Q4, 2009
 

I was interested in both of these titles just as I was Casablanca, but I will not go more than $30. WB is just pricing themselves out of sales here. Same goes for the Notebook - I would have bought it for $20 but I don't want all the crap it comes with or a non-standard BD case, and I hate printing my own art - I want the real thing.

I guess it will be rentals.

Re: Wizard of Oz & Gone With the Wind CE's ----> Q4, 2009
 

re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

Link with incredibly and ridiculous high prices:

http://www.amazon.com/Wind-Anniversa.../dp/B0013N7FZ6

http://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Anniver...u-wl_list-recs

Re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

Wow. They can sit on them at those prices. I'll wait.

Also, not a fan of non-standard packaging. That silliness should have ended with DVD.

Re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

I just placed a placeholder order for both at Amazon.com, but I'm not pleased with the prices. Let's hope that they do come down in price before they ship.

Re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

To stick two revered films like this exclusively into expensive collector's sets is ridiculous and is obviously going to hurt sales. Undoubtedly, Warner will later dumbly mention that the market just isn't there for classics on Blu... -ohbfrank-

Re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

You're not really helping by pre-ordering them at the current price.

Re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

I agree. Pricing these closer to normal releases would actually, I think, convince more people to even go Blu that may not have considered it otherwise. This is ridiculous.

Re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

Wow....#6 and #11 on Amazon Blu-ray list already.

Re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

And they talk about this bad economy we're having.

Re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

I'm interested in GWTW, but *only* if I can get a version in more normal sized packaging (like Blade Runner); if the only option is some giant sized thing with a bunch of fake lobbycards and other items I don't want, then I'll wait.

Re: Wizard of Oz / Gone with the Wind coming to Blu-ray in the 4th quarter of 2009
 

Until the price comes down to standard levels, these will be Netflix rentals only for me (and, fortunately, Netflix does seem to carry new releases of previously-released catalog titles whenever they come out on blu-ray ... fingers-crossed that this continues).