The Marx Brothers Collection

DVD collections bought in 2005 and 2007

 DVD

 

Movies included in sets -

Animal Crackers (1930)
Monkey Business (1931)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Duck Soup (1933)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
A Day at the Races (1937)
Room Service (1938)
At the Circus (1939)
Go West (1940)
The Big Store (1941)
A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Extras include commentaries, documentaries, shorts and cartoons.

M (1931)

Directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre and Otto Wernicke.

3-disc Blu-ray bought in 2014

Eureka - Masters of Cinema Series

110m

• Restored high-definition transfer in the correct 1.19:1 aspect ratio [1080p on Blu-ray]
• Two audio commentaries: one by German film scholars Anton Kaes and Eric Rentschler; the other featuring film restoration expert Martin Koerber, filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, historian Torsten Kaiser and excerpts from Bogdanovich s 1965 interviews with Lang
• The original 1932 British release version of M, presented in its entirety, recently rediscovered, featuring different actors, alternate takes, and Peter Lorre s first performance in English, courtesy of the BFI National Archive [1080p on Blu-ray, 93 mins]
• Zum Beispiel Fritz Lang, a 1968 documentary by Erwin Leiser with Fritz Lang discussing his career in German cinema [480p, 21 minutes]
• 48-PAGE BOOKLET including writing by Fritz Lang, historian Robert Fischer, details of a missing scene, behind-the-scenes stills, and production drawings

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Lew Ayres and Louis Wolheim.

Blu-ray Digibook bought in 2013

Universal Collector's Series

127m

Never-before-available silent version of the film
Introduction by the U.S.'s Turner Classic Movies host and Film Historian Robert Osborne
Theatrical trailer
100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics – an in-depth look at the film restoration process
100 Years of Universal: Academy Award Winners

Wings (1927)

Directed by William A. Wellman and starring Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, and Gary Cooper.

3-disc Blu-ray + DVD bought in 2014

Eureka - Masters of Cinema Series

138m 36s

• Gorgeous newly restored 1080p transfer
• Video documentary Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
• Video documentary Restoring the Power and Beauty of Wings
• Video piece Dogfight!
• 40-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a new essay on the film by critic Gina Telaroli; excerpts from a vintage interview with Wellman; a 1930 profile of stuntmen from the film; a vintage piece on the production of the film; personal anecdotes from Wellman; rare archival imagery.

Metropolis (1927)

Directed by Fritz Lang and starring Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frohlich and Rudolf Klein-Rogge.

Blu-ray bought in 2013

Eureka - Masters of Cinema Series
150mins

Steelbook DVD bought in 2014

Giorgio Moroder version
84mins

DVD bought in 2004

2-disc set with commentary and documentary
118mins

Blu-ray

Steelbook DVD

2-disc DVD

Blu-ray Extras -

150-minute reconstructed and restored 2010 version (including 25 minutes of footage previously thought lost to the world)
- Wraparound embossed sleeve
- Pristine new HD transfer (1080p on Blu-ray)
- New 2010 symphony orchestra studio recording of the original 1927 Gottfried Huppertz score in 5.1
- Newly translated optional English subtitles as well as the original German intertitles
- Full-length audio commentary by David Kalat and Jonathan Rosenbaum
- Die Reise nach Metropolis (2010, 53 minutes), a documentary about the film
- 2010 re-release trailer
- 56-page booklet featuring archival interviews with Fritz Lang, a 1927 review by Luis Buñuel, articles by Jonathan Rosenbaum and Karen Naundorf, and restoration notes by Martin Koerber.
and more! 

Faust (1926)

Directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Gosta Ekman and Emil Jannings.

Blu-ray bought in 2014

Eureka - Masters of Cinema Series

115m 40s

• 1080p transfer of the domestic German print, with original German intertitles and optional English subtitles
• Full-length audio commentary by critics David Ehrenstein and Bill Krohn
• A 20-minute video piece with critic Tony Rayns discussing the film
• 40-PAGE BOOKLET with an essay by Peter Spooner, writing on the film by Éric Rohmer, and rare archival imagery