I finally found it! My “holy grail”!

[apsmith21]

The fine folks at /r/steelbooks have a good idea that I think could work well here.

Share a picture or pictures of your most recent “grail” discovery.

A “GRAIL” is an edition that might have taken you a while to find, has a good story about how you found it, or is important to you in some way. Grail does NOT indicate value. A $5 find at a thrift store could be a grail to you!

1) where you found it (RETAILER, MARKETPLACE, THRIFT STORE, etc)
2) who produced the edition (if it's a premium or retailer exclusive, please note to help other members! Filmarena, Reel Synergy, BluFans, Zavvi Exclusive, etc)
3) your own picture
4) share your story, if you can!
5) (optional) if you traded for it, what was the trade or how much you might have purchased it for.

INITIAL THREAD GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Spoiler

To kick off this thread and to keep it going, there will be at least one giveaway, maybe more if there’s enough participation!

The more grails you post in single / individual posts, the better chances become!

Prize list:

1 winners of 4k Blu-ray COMPLETE Indiana Jones set
2 winners of 4k Blu-ray Godfather Trilogy set

 

[hatredhorror]

More like these babies:

tsk i always knew youre a closet marvel fanboy

 

[leelee17]

The Japanese Midsommar

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Definitely one of my favourite editions also!!

My 2001 A Space Odyssey WCL #017 digipack fullslip is, and always will be my personal grail.
Paid over the odds but still got it for a fair price I think..

 

[Thwip]

I know this is a site filled with cinephiles, but if you asked 100 random people about the movie Sing Street, I'd bet maybe a handful, or less, know what it is. It just so happens that it's a personal favorite of mine, and perhaps on many days, my favorite movie of all-time. So noting those two things, I thought it near impossible that I'd ever see a SteelBook released for the film. However, in 2019, SM Life Design Group did just that, and as such it's one of my holy grails...

Sing Street

PS: If you're Gen X, like me, and wistfully remember the 80s, and enjoy coming-of-age movies, with great original songs, and a "happy-sad" love story, I think you'd love the movie too

 

[TheWildEye]

I know this is a site filled with cinephiles, but if you asked 100 random people about the movie Sing Street, I'd bet maybe a handful, or less, know what it is. It just so happens that it's a personal favorite of mine, and perhaps on many days, my favorite movie of all-time. So noting those two things, I thought it near impossible that I'd ever see a SteelBook released for the film. However, in 2019, SM Life Design Group did just that, and as such it's one of my holy grails...

Sing Street

PS: If you're Gen X, like me, and wistfully remember the 80s, and enjoy coming-of-age movies, with great original songs, and a "happy-sad" love story, I think you'd love the movie too

I'm with you there. It's a truly great film.
John Carney the director made one of my favourite films of all time, Once.
Despite winning an Oscar for the original song, it's now dropped into obscurity.
We were lucky enough to get a Steelbook published of that through Nova media.
Sing Street is really brilliant but Once swings it for me. Carney has made 3 great films that have sadly now become hidden gems.
Begin Again is also a really good film.

He's got a new film out this year, Flora & Son. Another music tinted tale. I don't think it's been released yet. Certainly not in the UK.

Edit: Apple TV have the distribution rights to Flora & Son. We should probably expect it to stream this year then.

 

[Thwip]

I'm with you there. It's a truly great film.
John Carney the director made one of my favourite films of all time, Once.
Despite winning an Oscar for the original song, it's now dropped into obscurity.
We were lucky enough to get a Steelbook published of that through Nova media.
Sing Street is really brilliant but Once swings it for me. Carney has made 3 great films that have sadly now become hidden gems.
Begin Again is also a really good film.

He's got a new film out this year, Flora & Son. Another music tinted tale. I don't think it's been released yet. Certainly not in the UK.

Edit: Apple TV have the distribution rights to Flora & Son. We should probably expect it to stream this year then.

Yup, I love all 3 of those John Carney films, although I need to revisit Once because I don't remember it well, and at the time remembered ranking them 1) Sing Street, 2) Begin Again, and 3) Once, but that was a few years ago now. Thanks for the heads-up on Fiona and Son, I was aware of it, but I appreciate the thoughtful FYI regardless.

PS: Not quite the same genre, but another hidden gem writer/director for me is Cooper Raiff, if you haven't done so already, check out S#!%house and Cha Cha Real Smooth.

 

[Punker76]

I know this is a site filled with cinephiles, but if you asked 100 random people about the movie Sing Street, I'd bet maybe a handful, or less, know what it is. It just so happens that it's a personal favorite of mine, and perhaps on many days, my favorite movie of all-time. So noting those two things, I thought it near impossible that I'd ever see a SteelBook released for the film. However, in 2019, SM Life Design Group did just that, and as such it's one of my holy grails...

Sing Street

PS: If you're Gen X, like me, and wistfully remember the 80s, and enjoy coming-of-age movies, with great original songs, and a "happy-sad" love story, I think you'd love the movie too

I was lucky enough to get invited to a preview screening ahead of its official release, great little movie

 

[RPedro]

I know this is a site filled with cinephiles, but if you asked 100 random people about the movie Sing Street, I'd bet maybe a handful, or less, know what it is. It just so happens that it's a personal favorite of mine, and perhaps on many days, my favorite movie of all-time. So noting those two things, I thought it near impossible that I'd ever see a SteelBook released for the film. However, in 2019, SM Life Design Group did just that, and as such it's one of my holy grails...

Sing Street

PS: If you're Gen X, like me, and wistfully remember the 80s, and enjoy coming-of-age movies, with great original songs, and a "happy-sad" love story, I think you'd love the movie too

Loved it. Lucy Boynton...

 

[apsmith21]

Apologies for the delay on awarding the prizes, been a complete mess up on my part

 

[tha_lunatic]

Apologies for the delay on awarding the prizes, been a complete mess up on my part

 

[Lenny Nero]

After that La Femme Nikita post wanted to mention I like TV series based on movies. Many recent ones are only available digitally (some on DVD, but I don't buy them in worse quality than shown, broadcast or streamed), like Training Day with Bill Paxton's last role, Taken, Minority Report, etc.
But I'll list a few I did buy that aren't available in better quality, i.e. on Blu-ray:

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

Alien Nation

F/X The Series

The Net: The Series

Robocop The Series

Total Recall 2070

Blade The Series

From Dusk till Dawn

 

[Lenny Nero]

Young Indiana Jones

XIII

Transporter The Series

Stargate SG-1

Well this one did come out on Blu-ray, I just didn't think the quality upgrade was worth it.


Tremors The Series

Mortal Kombat Conquest

The Hunger

There's some others I didn't make photos of, like Friday the 13th, The Hitcher (an anthology series like The Hunger), Weird Science, etc.

 

[tha_lunatic]

@Lenny Nero the thread is about the holy grail... you are posting your whole collection. what's next? vhs?

 

[Nova]

@Lenny Nero the thread is about the holy grail... you are posting your whole collection. what's next? vhs?

 

[Lenny Nero]

@Lenny Nero the thread is about the holy grail... you are posting your whole collection. what's next? vhs?

All that is not even 0.5% of the collection, so can't rightfully be called 'whole'.
I would post a lineup of Howard the Duck releases, including VHS, if I had them all in one place.
As I've said in the beginning, the whole collection is my grail, and I'm posting my favorite parts of it. They'd all be the first I'd try to save, if there was a literal fire, or some kind of time limit.
I'd leave some Blufans editions for last.

BTW, some VHS are 'grails' too, or did you forget Nukie, that sold for $50,000 (if price is what matters, after all).

 

[Noodles]

They'd all be the first I'd try to save, if there was a literal fire, or some kind of time limit.

I'm just thankful I'm not your family/pet

 

[tha_lunatic]

I'm just thankful I'm not your family/pet

 

[Lenny Nero]

I'm just thankful I'm not your family/pet

They can walk. Those that couldn't anymore died within 2 weeks.

But poor precious discs can't even roll themselves out.

 

[Noodles]

They can walk. Those that couldn't anymore died within 2 weeks.

But poor precious discs can't even roll themselves out.

Meanwhile your goldfish is being boiled alive

 

[Billy Talent]

I have 2 anime grails Iike to show, these are also my only 2 anime grails
Perfect Blue Storybook Ultimate edition, I bought this from AllTheAnime it did not contain the bluray edition, but 2 months later someone posted the Ultimate version for $95.
So I sold my discless ATA edition and kept other ATA edition that does contain the discs, the cheapest it goes for now is $275 !

2nd is K-On, the first Anime set I won via an ebay auction for only $119, cheapest now is $275
It contains it all, extras, cards, cd soundtrack, metal pins and much more, originally released by Sentai Filmworks, long sold out so I got lucky again getting this.

 

[Billy Talent]

My Everythingblu grail, The Mummy Book of the Living edition, missed out on the Book of the Dead edition
Got this during a small restock, sold out going for $900 on EBAY