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Fox is competing with Warner Home Video in terms of creating impressive
boxed DVD sets relating to legendary films and stars. Fox's Paul Newman: The Tribute Collection is an irresistible set consisting of 13 films on 17 discs, reflecting the Oscar-winner's long and productive history with the studio. (There are also some films originally released by United Artists, but as Fox now controls the video rights, they are included in the collection.) The titles have all been released previously, but its great having them all condensed into one boxed set, though one wishes Fox would have authorized special editions of some worthy titles such as Exodus, Hombre and The Long Hot Summer. The set includes:
- The Long Hot Summer
- Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
- From the Terrace
- Exodus
- The Hustler 2 DVD collector's edition
- Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
- What a Way to Go!
- Hombre
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 2 DVD collector's edition
- The Towering Inferno 2 DVD collector's edition
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians
- Quintet
- The Verdict 2 DVD collector's edition
Some of the DVDs are relatively bare bones in terms of extras, while others are packed with bonus features. Among the most enjoyable of these is an offbeat vintage featurette from the 1964 all-star comedy
What a Way to Go! featuring Newman and the other stars in formal dress boarding a New
York subway car to attend the World's Fair, where the premiere was
held. Great stuff, indeed. The films themselves are a mixed bag,
representing some of Newman's career highs and lows, but even in the
weakest film, the ambitions are admirable and Newman acquits himself
well.The boxed set comes with a wonderful over-sized softcover book
that presents a wide array of beautiful production stills from the
films in the set, as well as reproductions of posters for each of the
movies. (Apparently, the book the wrote itself, as none of the people
involved in creating it are credited.)This tribute collection to one of
the screen's genuine legends is a worthy addition to any retro cinema
fan's DVD collection.
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