Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Poirot, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and Twin Peaks (Expired)
Posted November 22, 2015 08:59 AM by Josh Katz
In addition to the various Lightning and Black Friday deals scheduled for this week, Amazon is holding its standard Deals of the Week sales. Amazon's Blu-ray-related Deals of the Week affect selected movie and TV sets from Acorn, Paramount, and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Through November 28th, Amazon is offering each Blu-ray for 44% - 78% off its standard MSRP.
First up is Acorn's Poirot: The Complete Cases Collection. This twenty-eight-disc set compiles thirteen seasons worth of mysteries featuring Agatha Christie's iconic Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot (David Suchet). In order to best present the series, which spans over twenty-four years, Acorn has remastered and restored the various episodes and has presented them in their the original UK broadcast order.
For this week only, Poirot: The Complete Cases Collection is $122.99.
Fox's The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection, on the other hand, bundles six films adapted from the musical theater works of composer Richard Rodgers and his partner, lyricist Oscar Hammerstein. These films are:
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection has many special features, such as behind-the-scenes featurettes and audio commentaries on selected films, as well as alternate versions of Oklahoma! and South Pacific.
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection is $44.99.
Finally, Paramount's Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery offers David Lynch and Mark Frost's cult ABC procedural about the strange, terrifying, and often hilarious occurances in and around the titular Washington State town, and what happens when its residents have to deal with the grisly murder of beloved teenage girl Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee).
From CBS and Paramount's official press release:
"Arriving for the first time on...Blu-ray with English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio...this comprehensive collection contains every episode from the complete television series; both the U.S. and international versions of the series' pilot; the North American Blu-ray debut of Lynch's follow-up feature Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, created from a 4K scan of the original negative; and nearly ninety minutes of deleted and alternate scenes from the film, often referred to as the 'holy grail' of Twin Peaks fandom.
"The set also features newly transferred Log Lady introductions for each episode; picture upgrades to many shots in the TV series; a new featurette with Lynch and the actors who portrayed the Palmer family which includes a mesmerizing return to the lives of their characters today; and hours of never-before-released material that dives into the fascinating story behind the celebrated pop culture classic.
Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery is $74.99.
These deals expire at 12 AM PST/3 AM EST next Sunday, November 29th.