The Conversation - 50th Anniversary (4K + Blu-ray Collector's Edition) [UK]

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Release date: July 15, 2024
Purchase links: Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £59.99

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Collector's Edition includes:
Brand new artwork by Laurent Durieux
2-Disc Collector's Edition Rigid box packaging with magnetic closing
64-page booklet with 4 new essays
Original soundtrack cassette tape
Original and new posters

Extras:
Q&A with Walter Murch, filmed at Curzon Soho, 2017
Behind the Scenes Stills
Gallery
50th Anniversary trailer
Feature commentary with writer/director Francis Ford Coppola
Feature Commentary with Editor Walter Murch
Close-up on 'The Conversation' Coppola dictates script-
Opening Sequence-
The Life of Harry Caul-
The Convention-
Introduction to Frank Lovista-
Jack Tar Hotel-
Police Station Ending
Harrison Ford screen test
Composer David Shire interviewed by Francis Ford Coppola
Interview with Gene Hackman (1973)
Harry Caul's San Francisco: Locations Then & Now
No Cigar (1956 short, Francis Ford Coppola)
Theatrical Trailer
 
I love this film but there's nothing in this package that justifies it costing £35-£40 more than a regular 4K release.

And why the hell is that quote at the top of the art?
 
£60
£60
£60
£60
£60
Zavvi have it at SIXTY POUNDS.
Are they F*"king insane!
I hope there's an single Amaray to buy because that is outrageous.

And who the heck has a cassette player in 2024. WTF.
 
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no way to order this edition outside UK while I can easily order many collector bluray or preorder !

don't undersstand why the trick do not works
 
Oh, I just bought the UK release less than a year ago for just £7.99, with a booklet!

I still have a cassette player in the car - it's double-Din combo with a 6CD in-dash changer.
 
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was worried about the packaging .... but then I read : 2-Disc Collector's Edition Rigid box packaging with magnetic closing

it will be an amazing edition with so much content, goodies & bonus !
 
was worried about the packaging .... but then I read : 2-Disc Collector's Edition Rigid box packaging with magnetic closing

it will be an amazing edition with so much content, goodies & bonus !
£45 at most. Useless tape cassette, that's cost them nothing to produce these days, just to boost the RRP.
It's a price gouge and the 4k is probably locked behind this addition as well.
Scummy.
 
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I still have a working double cassette recorder deck player connected to my Onkyo 4K AV Amplifier in my cinema room
So I don't mind that the soundtrack included is a cassette
I still have a lot of tapes I purchased back in the 70/80's and some recordings I done from radio broadcasts from the 80's the sound quality still good on some.

I have pre ordered for now

I have the previous blu-ray collector's edition that was released in 2011.
 
I still have a working double cassette recorder deck player connected to my Onkyo 4K AV Amplifier in my cinema room
So I don't mind that the soundtrack included is a cassette
I still have a lot of tapes I purchased back in the 70/80's and some recordings I done from radio broadcasts from the 80's the sound quality still good on some.

I have pre ordered for now

I have the previous blu-ray collector's edition that was released in 2011.
I have double deck too! (And an Onkyo receiver.lol. (European, needs to use a transformer))
I also have lots of rare cassettes, and Audiobooks that (at some point) I need to convert. There were lots of recordings back in the day that got cassette-only releases. (RIOR was a lebel that did this).