Product Description

Discs 1 & 2: GONE WITH THE WIND Disc 3: CASABLANCA Disc 4: DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16078 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2007-04-24
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French, German
• Number of discs: 4
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 540 minutes

Amazon.com
This four-disc set, part of Warner's Essential Classics series, collects three truly classic films--Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, and Doctor Zhivago--in one inexpensive package. The drawback is you don't get the bonus second discs of the movies--or, in the case of the deluxe version of Gone with the Wind, the third and fourth discs (the movie of Zhivago is still on a two-sided "flipper" disc)--so if you're a documentary junky or if you simply have to see the Casablanca TV show, you'll want to stick with the individual releases. But this set does include the commentary tracks and any other material that was on the movie discs of those sets, and best of all, they have the great remastered pictures of the previous releases. So if you just want the movies looking better than ever with some bonus features thrown in for good measure, the price per movie makes this set an attractive bargain. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Excellent Value for the Money.
This set is a bargain. Three of the finest movies of all time in one set for about $30.00. Packaging is done well, with a nice cover. For those who complain that "Gone With the Wind" is not in widescreen format - please understand that there is NO widescreen version of "Gone With the Wind" as widescreen didn't appear until the 1950's and GWTW ("Gone With the Wind") was filmed in 1939! Great performances in all three films and GWTW's cinematography is so excellent that nearly every scene is a painting. So tragic that Leslie Howard, who played Ashley Wilkes in GWTW, was killed only a few years later in World War Two. Great movies all, and a great package deal.

Great Movies and Price, but awful packaging!
I have to agree with previous reviews that this was a great price for three great movies, however, I was very dissapointed with the packaging. It appears that they took discs from the single sets (that probably were not selling) and repackaged them into this disc. I tend to be very meticulous with my packaging, and it bothers me that the disc for Casablanca says DISC 1, but there is no DISC 2. In addition, when you unfold the packaging, GWTW and CASABLANCA have "pretty" discs, and then you have the ugly clear faced disk for Zhivago.

It is true that if all you are looking for is the movie, then this a great set, but if you like packaging as well, buy the individual movies.

Essential Classics
These are three of my favorite movies with some of the best performances I have seen.

Clark Gable was great in "Gone with the Wind", but Vivien Leigh was magnificent and made me a lifelong fan with this movie.

Humphrey Bogart and the beautiful Ingrid Bergman, who could ask for more? In "Casablanca" you also get a great script and "As Time Goes By."

"Doctor Zhivago" gave me my first look into the Russia of the early 20th century. It is also a passionate love story.