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WB Announces A Trio Of Massive Box Sets In Honor Of Their 90th Anniversary

And you thought your wallets were safe after box sets like the Universal Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection or the various Criterion boxes. WB has just come in and changed all of that.

The studio has announced that, in honor of their 90th year of existence (2013, Warner Brothers Pictures has existed since 1923 with Warner Brothers Studios being founded some five years earlier), not only will they be up converting and releasing their iconic Wizard Of Oz in 3D, but they have not one, not two, but three monstrous sets that will be breaking all of our banks at the start of the new year.

Entitled the ‘Best Of Warner Brothers’¦,’ the trio of box sets will be featuring either 20, 50 or yes, 100 films. The 100 film set will include films ranging from their 1929 film The Broadway Melody all the way to 2010’s Inception. Included as well are two documentaries exclusive to the set entitled ‘Tales From The Warner Bros. Lot’ and ‘Warner Bros. Lot Tour.’ Now, it’ll run you a pretty penny, with the prices clocking in at $98.92 (20 Film sets, with five different boxes being released over the year) and 597.92 for the 50 and 100 film sets.

Here are the full details:

Release Status: NEW RELEASE
Announce Date:10/3/12
Order Date: 12/25/12
Street Date: 1/29/13

UPC: 883929266562
Cat#: 1000334079
ISBN: 9781622242405
Product Type:  Sell Through
MAP: None
MSRP: $597.92
Format: Blu-Ray
Packaging Type: Gift Box
Product Language: English

Synopsis:  The Largest-Ever Blu-Ray Collection. 50 Movies Including 16
of Warner Bros. Library’s Best Pictureâ„¢ Winners on 52 Discs, Presented
in Book Style Premium Packaging. Plus two all-new documentaries: Tales
from the Warner Bros. Lot and The Warner Bros. Lot Tour. With hours of
commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes and more on select films.
Also includes a limited edition 27’ x 40’ poster, plus a postcard
series of Warner Bros. movie posters designed by legendary Bill Gold.
Look for these movie-poster titles on DVD.

*Best Pictureâ„¢ winner

1. Grand Hotel* (1932)
2. Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935)
3. Gone with The Wind* (1939)
4. Wizard of Oz (1939)
5. Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
6. Citizen Kane (1941)
7. Mrs. Miniver* (1942)
8. Casablanca* (1942)
9. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
10. American in Paris, An* (1951)
11. Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
12. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
13. Gigi* (1958)
14. Ben-Hur* (1959)
15. North By Northwest (1959)
16. How the West Was Won (1962)
17. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
18. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
20. Bullitt (1968)
21. Dirty Harry (1971)
22. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
23. Clockwork Orange, A (1972)
24. Exorcist, The (1973)
25. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest* (1975)
26. Superman, The Movie (1977)
27. Shining, The (1980)
28. Chariots of Fire* (1981)
29. Risky Business (1983)
30. Amadeus* (1984)
31. Color Purple, The (1985)
32. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
33. Lethal Weapon (1987)
34. Driving Miss Daisy* (1989)
35. Goodfellas (1990)
36. Bodyguard, The(1992)
37. Unforgiven* (1992)
38. Natural Born Killers (Director’s Cut) (1994)
39. Matrix, The (1999)
40. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
41. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
42. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
43. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003)
44. Million Dollar Baby* (2005)
45. Departed, The* (2006)
46. Dark Knight, The (2008)
47. Blind Side, The (2009)
48. Hangover, The (2009)
49. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
50. Inception (2010)
Special Features:
US ONLY: Includes UltraVioletTM so you can enjoy the film on many
different compatible devices. MUST ENTER REDEMPTION CODE BY 1/29/2015
TO REDEEM ULTRAVIOLET OFFER. DOES NOT INCLUDE iTUNES FILE.

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