The David Lean DVD Collection (Blithe Spirit / Brief Encounter / Great Expectations / In Which We Serve / Madeleine / Oliver Twist / The Passionate Friends / This Happy Breed)

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Summary: What's Included In This Box Set.
Review: This set will include David Lean's first 8 films: In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944), Blithe Spirit (1945), Brief Encounter (1946), Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), The Passionate Friends (1949), Madeleine (1950).

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Summary: yes, and the details...
Review: Yes, the movies are those listed, and the details for the UK edition, that I pressume are the same for this one, are:
Fullframe aspect ratio.
English Mono audio track.
English, French & Spanish subtitles.
Theatrical Trailer for just 4 of them.
That's it, I wonder why they didn't put something else like biographies at least. All the discs are coming out alone, or in this box set. Buying the current editions in Amazon.co.uk is almost the same price, and those have a little (or much) more extras than this ones. But those are region 2 Pal, and 2 or 3 movies aren't available (Madeleine). This is a good buy, after all;the extras of the other editions aren't very good in fact. Yet as its own DVD release is sinly poor. I don't know why they decided to get this particular collection, but it doesn't make justice at all. David Lean is one of the greatest director (in my opinion), and the movies are worth of course, but if you have the player, buy the already available region 2 editions, and buy the 2 or 3 unavailable from this ones. I do like the color covers °-°. I put five stars for the movies, obviously, the box deserves two. Again, it's good that they made a take to this old great movies, but they didn't make much effort. And I'm still waiting Ryan's Daughter DVD.