COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD Release

[Lynne]

There's a commentary made by Ang Lee and James Shamus on the Sense and Sensibility DVD. They are always going on about 'the sheep'. Apparently they had a lot of trouble shooting the 'sheep' scenes' in that movie (luckily there weren't many), which made Ang Lee decide never to do a film with sheep again!   
Thank God, he changed his mind about that.

The commentary on the dvd is nice, he does talk about how they did certain scenes and why.

I had this theory that $$$ might have been a factor contributing to director's commentary for Sense and Sensibility vs no director's commentary for Brokeback Mountain, but I don't think it pans out:

According to IMDb the budgets were Sense and Sensibility was 16.5M vs BBM 14M.  Is 2.5M sufficient in movieland to account for the lapse?

[RebelWithASmile]

I'm saddened, they could have put at least one deleted scene.


They know we want it.

[oilgun]

I'm very disappointed in the bonus material on the discs.  I still feel like this film deserves better.

I agree, i can't believe the shoddy treatment this movie has gotten for its DVD releases. C-grade direct-to-DVD actioners get better treatment with one or more commentaries.    I think Randy Quaid's lawsuit was a clue that all was not right with this project.  I'd love to know the story behind it all.

Now all I can hope is for BbM to get the Criterion treatment.  Now that would be sweet!

[Karan13]

I will definately buy it , mainly for Ang lee`s commentry , i agree though deleted scenes are what everyone wants , and a joint commentry with Jake and Heath would of been great , i love watching a movie , then watching again with the commentry , it gives the film a whole new look , understanding , about how certain shots were acheived , weather conditions etc , it gives you something new to look for.  I would like the HD version as i have just got a HD TV and DVD , and even my old DVD`s are playing great on it so i think , i will notice the difference.
I think it`s down to how much you adore the movie , i would pay extra just for a little bit more , i have notice blue ray and HDDVD now in the UK but not on many titles , they are selling in the shops for £24.99 , i would pay that for BBM. xx

[Jeff Wrangler]

Lynne, thanks for posting the full text of that review. While I think the author is sometimes off the mark--sometimes way off, as in, "Annie Proulx should be forced to write a sequel," which I think, at this point, would be most unwise of her--it was an interesting commentary and a useful read.

[saucycobblers]

While I think the author is sometimes off the mark--sometimes way off, as in, "Annie Proulx should be forced to write a sequel," which I think, at this point, would be most unwise of her

I think it'd be unwise of her to do it at any point. BBM is a perfectly formed thing in itself - what more is there to add that isn't already there?

[Scott6373]

I have to admit.  I went to Borders this weekend looking for a book, and there it was.  I picked it up...nice heft...looked at the back...sweet quotes...put it back...I have postcards.

[RouxB]

I stood with it in my hands at Borders yesterday for 15 minutes-to walk away from anything Brokeback goes against everything in my big Brokie heart. But walk away I did. I had nightmares about it though 


 

[Sheriff Roland]

...I have postcards.

Now that's precious! 

And ruby - nightmares? - ya got it bad! do you have full screen or wide screen? In about 6 months I expect I'll probly pick it up fer 10$ ta get the full screen - so's I can have both. But nightmares - I think not (want those postcards though!)

[Cameron]

I read on another board tha!t some of the scenes in the new edition are slighty differnent and longer.  Could that possibly be true?

I also finally just bought a dvd player so I could watch it on dvd, but the light on the picture fades in and out.

It happens on all dvd's I tried.  The saleman had no idea why.  Could it be that my tv is too oldd?

Could somes scenes really be slightly different?  Wouldn't that be wonderful if true!!