Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary Studio Collection (4K UHD Limited Edition Box Set) (UK)

[Billy Talent]

Release date: September 18, 2023
Purchase links: Amazon UK - HMV - Zavvi - WB Shop
Price: £299.99
Note: Includes 30 Films, 32-page booklet and 8 exclusive WB logo pin badges from across the studio's history

 

[JinxyKatte]

It's pretty nice but there are an awful lot of movies I either already have, have coming or am not that bothered about. Also 300 quid, yikes.

 

[Billy Talent]

 

[Billy Talent]

Warner Bros. 100 years Celebrating Every Story

Celebrate 100 years of Warner Bros. with this ultimate Studio Collection, bringing together 30 of Warner's most iconic films in glorious 4K UHD. Covering three eras of Hollywood - Classic Hollywood (1930s 1960s), New Hollywood (1970s 1980s) and Modern Blockbusters (1990s Today) - this collection represents the pinnacle of storytelling and Warner's indelible impact on the industry.

The featured films represent the most monumental titles in the Warner catalogue; from the technicolour wonders of The Wizard of Oz and Singin' in the Rain, to the genre-defining The Exorcist and Blade Runner, and modern-day icons in The Matrix and Mad Max: Fury Road. The collection also exclusively includes the legendary Western Rio Bravo and James Dean's iconic East of Eden in 4K for the first time.

The collection is housed in unique, premium packaging, featuring:

• Cardboard outer slipcase with magnetic WB Shield clasp
• 3 Layflat Books, each holding 10 4K discs, split into the Classic Hollywood, New Hollywood, and Modern Blockbuster eras. These also include timelines detailing the studio's impact on Hollywood.
• 1 Capacity Book holding 8 exclusive WB logo pin badges from across the studio's history, a 32-page booklet and other premium extras

Featured Films

Classic Hollywood (1930s -1960s)

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Casablanca (1942)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• East of Eden (1955)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• Rio Bravo (1959)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)

New Hollywood (1970s - 1980s)

• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Batman (1989)
• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Enter the Dragon (1973)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• The Goonies (1985)
• Superman: The Movie (1978)
• The Shining (1980)
• Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)

Modern Blockbusters (1990s - Today)

• A Star is Born (2018)
• Argo (2012)
• Elvis (2022)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• IT (2017)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
• The Matrix (1999)
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
• Training Day (2001)
• Unforgiven (1992)

Featuring Over 50 Hours of Extra Content


Product Features

The Wizard of Oz

• Commentary with Oz historian John Fricke and Barbara Freed-Saltzman
• The Wonderful World of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic Featurette

Citizen Kane

• Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich
• Commentary by Roger Ebert
• Interviews with Ruth Warrick and Robert Wise
• The Production Featurettes
• Post-Production Featurettes

Casablanca

• Introduction by Lauren Bacall
• Commentary by Roger Ebert
• Commentary by Rudy Behlmer

Singin' in the Rain

• Commentary by Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Kathleen Freeman, Stanley Donen, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Baz Luhrmann and Rudy Behlmer

2001: A Space Odyssey

• Commentary by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood

The Maltese Falcon

• Commentary by Eric Lax

Cool Hand Luke

• Commentary by Eric Lax
• A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making Cool Hand Luke Featurette
• Trailer

Rebel Without a Cause

• Commentary by Douglas L Rathgeb

East of Eden

• Commentary by Richard Schickel

Rio Bravo

• Commentary by John Carpenter and Richard Schickel

Superman: The Movie

• Commentary by Pierre Spengler and Ilya Salkind

A Clockwork Orange

• Commentary by Malcolm McDowell and Nick Redman

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

• Commentary with the Wonka Kids

The Shining

• Commentary by Steadicam Inventor Garrett Brown and Kubrick Biographer John Baxter

Blade Runner

• Introduction by Ridley Scott
• Director Commentary
• Writer/Producer Commentary by Hampton Fancher, David Peoples, Michael Deeley and Katherine Haber
• Crew Commentary by Syd Mead, Lawrence G. Pauli, David L. Synder, Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, and David Dryer

Batman

• Director Commentary

Unforgiven

• Commentary by Richard Schickel

The Shawshank Redemption

• Director Commentary

The Matrix

• Written Introduction by the Wachowskis
• "Philosopher" Commentary by Dr Cornel West and Ken Wilber
• "Critics" Commentary by Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson
• "Cast and Crew" Commentary by Carrie-Ann Moss, Zach Staenberg and John Gaeta
• "Composer" Commentary by Don Davis and Music Only Track

Training Day

• Director Commentary

 

[Billy Talent]

- Product Details:

Studio:

• Warner Bros.

Run Time:

• 3711 mins approx

Certificate:

• 18

Aspect Ratio:

• 1.85:1

Main Language:

• English

Number of Discs:

• 30

Brand:

• Warner Bros.

Director:

• Andrés Muschietti
• Antoine Fuqa
• Baz Luhrmann
• Ben Affleck
• Bradley Cooper
• Clint Eastwood
• Elia Kazan
• Frank Darabont
• Gene Kelly
• George Miller
• Howard Hawks
• Joe Dante
• Joel Schumacher
• John Huston
• Martin Scorsese
• Mel Stuart
• Michael Curtiz
• Nicholas Ray
• Orson Welles
• Richard Donner
• Ridley Scott
• Robert Clouse
• Stanley Donen
• Stanley Kubrick
• Stuart Rosenburg
• The Wachowskis
• Tim Burton
• William Friedkin
• Victor Fleming

Dubbing Languages:

• 4K: English; Dolby Digital: French, Spanish, German, Italian, Other
  Blu-ray: English; Dolby Digital: French, Spanish, German, Italian, Other

Actor:

• Alex Baldwin
• Austin Butler
• Ben Affleck
• Bill Skarsgård
• Bradley Cooper
• Bruce Lee
• Bryan Cranston
• Carrie-Ann Moss
• Charlize Theron
• Christopher Reeves
• Clint Eastwood
• Corey Feldman
• Dean Martin
• Debbie Reynolds
• Denzel Washington
• Donald O'Connor
• Douglas Rain
• Ethan Hawke
• Geena Davis
• Gene Hackman
• Gene Kelly
• Gene Wilder
• George Kennedy
• Harrison Ford
• Humphrey Bogart
• Ingrid Bergman
• Jack Nicholson
• James Dean
• Jason Patric
• Joe Pesci
• John Wayne
• Judy Garland
• Ke Huy Quan
• Keanu Reeves
• Keifer Sutherland
• Keir Dullea
• Lady Gaga
• Laurence Fishburne
• Malcolm McDowell
• Marlon Brando
• Mary Astor
• Max Von Sydow
• Michael Keaton
• Morgan Freeman
• Natalie Wood
• Orson Welles
• Paul Newman
• Ray Liotta
• Richard Harris
• Robert De Niro
• Rutger Hauer
• Sean Astin
• Shelley Duvall
• Tim Robbins
• Tom Hanks
• Tom Hardy
• Winona Ryder

Subtitle Languages:

• 4K: English SDH, German SDH, Italian SDH, Latin Spanish SDH, Parisian French SDH, Other
  Blu-ray: English SDH, German SDH, Italian SDH, Latin Spanish SDH, Parisian French SDH, Other

Theatrical Release Year:

• 1939

Region:

• A
• B
• C

 

[Lenny Nero]

Whoa! Universal did 3 volumes 6 films each, Sony Classics did an 11-movie box, these decided to knock them both out with a 30-film megabox containing FOUR wide digibooks right away!

Well, I love WB, probably my favorite studio, as they supplied the best various packages throughout all three formats of the last 25 years, plus I was always a Warner Animation fan, didn't like Disney even when was little, dressed exclusively in Warner stores for a few years with Bugs Bunny embroidery on every piece of clothing, so this time I'll even be happy to have those useless pins! There's one with Bugs Bunny! Give it here!

 

[Lenny Nero]

Plus it'll be an excuse to finally have many of those 'classic' films I never bought.
Classic Hollywood:
Only recently bought the DVD box set of Casablanca with baggage tag and passport cover, and other stuff.
Don't have any of the rest.

New Hollywood (1970s - 1980s)
This one is harder, got all but the old Willy Wonka, Superman and The Exorcist.

Modern Blockbusters (1990s - Today)
Same here, got everything but A Star is Born (why is that crap included at all) and It remake (will it be both films?)

So even though the price of £10 per movie, considering the premium packaging, is adequate and even low, I'd need to wait for at least a 45% sale.

£165 will do.

 

[Noodles]

Nice looking set, and the pin badges are a cool bonus. There's only a handful of films there that I don't already own though, so it'll be a pass for me unfortunately (unless there's a big price drop).

 

[Lenny Nero]

Featuring Over 50 Hours of Extra Content

Ehh, just the commentaries though, since most extras are on BDs or second discs, which are not included!

This set looks to be for people that don't already have most of the movies, yet all of them are incomplete/have better individual releases.

 

[paulboland]

Also available separately to pre order
4K+ Blu-ray 5 film collections
£49.99 each

100 Years of Warner Bros. - Classic Hollywood 5-Film Collection (1930s - 1960s)


100 Years of Warner Bros. - New Hollywood 5-Film Collection (1970s - 1980s)



100 Years of Warner Bros. - Modern Blockbusters 5-Film Collection (1990s - Today)

 

[paulboland]

I already have lot of these films in 4K
I also have individual pre orders done for
Cool Hand Luke (SteelBook)
The Maltese Falcon (SteelBook)

I will wait for individual 4K + Blu-ray releases in regards to
Enter the Dragon
The Exorcist
I expect the above 2 films will also get 4K+ Blu-ray SteelBook releases

 

[C.C. 95]

Unlike the movies in the Sony set and the Columbia sets- I think all of these are all already available on 4K individually

 

[paulboland]

Unlike the movies in the Sony set and the Columbia sets- I think all of these are all already available on 4K individually

Enter the Dragon
The Exorcist

Don't have individual 4K yet but are getting releases later this year

 

[larson1977]

No IT 2019?!

 

[goufcustom]

can't wait for the Exorcist...

 

[Robsonmonkey]

All the films I can pretty much get behind…then there’s A Star is Born

I mean whatever floats your boat I guess

 

[Noodles]

Closer look at the badges...

 

[Billy Talent]

The 2nd of top right is my favorite WB logo, for nostalgic reasons and it just looks the best.

 

[Noodles]

The 2nd of top right is my favorite WB logo, for nostalgic reasons and it just looks the best.

Same. Although I also really like the current cleaner version too.

 

[Lollard2002]

Easy pass I have the half dozen I need and only need to get the single release of Rebel without a Cause and The Maltese Falcon in April from that set and I'm assuming both Rio Bravo and Enter the Dragon won't be too far behind...