The French Connection (Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]

[carllenc]

Release date: June 2nd, 2014
Purchase links:


Amazon.co.uk
Base.com
Play.com
Zavvi.com

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[paulboland]

AmazonUK

 

[severo]

including the old 2008 disc and not including the extras disc is a disgrace.
i would rather buy the empty case than this bluff package.

 

[Greyback]

Its a shame that Fox dont bring the remastered versions to Europe!

 

[Travis Bickle]

These are just lazy releases poor artwork & not up to date remastered discs a bit like The recent release House of Flying Daggers Steelbook which I saw in my local HMV Absolutely awful looking cheap & nasty designed Steelbook.

 

[paulboland]

I have ordered the USA signature Remastered
From AmazomUSA has most the extras and better picture
£7.00

I will put it in this Steelbook


What has annoyed me with Fox UK is not including the extras Disc 2
They did include the extras disc for The Longest Day why not do the same with The French Connection

The Steelbook itself is ok looking it's just Fox UK not including the extras that spoil it


Edit We did not get shafted by Fox UK after all
Good News its the Remastered Version confirmed by BigNickUK

 

[snooloui]

Posted at the other site:

I have both versions now and as far as I am concerned this is the new remaster.
Gone is the horrible pastel and colour bleed from the first version and also gone is the William Friedkin colour correction feature.
The disc also is dated 2014 and does not have disc 1 printed on it
Get ordering folks

 

[paulboland]

What extras are on the Disc
As if it has no extras then ?
If it had introduction from William Friedkin it can't be the remastered disc

If it has all the extras except BBC documatary then it's the remastered version
And be missing the introduction from William Fredkin

If it is the remastered disc then that will be very good news

 

[BigNickUK]

What extras are on the Disc
As if it has no extras then ?
If it had introduction from William Friedkin it can't be the remastered disc

If it has all the extras except BBC documatary then it's the remastered version
And be missing the introduction from William Fredkin

If it is the remastered disc then that will be very good news

Yep it has tons of extras (Commentary by Wlliam Friedkin, commentary by Gene Hackman and Roy Sheider, Trivia Track, Isolated Score Track, Deleted Scenes, Anatomy of a Chase, Hackman On Doyle, Friedkin and Grosso Remember the Real French Connection, Scene Of The Crime, Cop Jazz: The Music Of Don Ellis, Rogue Cop: The Noir Connection, Making The Connecton: The Untold Stories of The French Connection) and does not have "Disc 1" labelled on it

 

[paulboland]

Thanks BigNickUK
It's confirmed it's the remastered version with same extras as the USA Disc

I just the other day purchased the USA Disc

Good to see we get the best version
The poor Czech get the rubbish version and we get the remastered version

 

[ricster]

UK - The French Connection

All images can be clicked on for a closer view. They are all high res and can be viewed at full scale.

Below are shots to help show the finishing on the steel.

HDN EXCLUSIVE SHOTS
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HDN EXCLUSIVE FINISHING SHOT
Extremely close up shot to help show you the paint job

 

[ihategiantspiders]

Thanks BigNickUK
It's confirmed it's the remastered version with same extras as the USA Disc

I just the other day purchased the USA Disc

Good to see we get the best version
The poor Czech get the rubbish version and we get the remastered version

Aaargh, fantastic news indeed but like yourself Paul I went ahead and did exactly the same thing.

My U.S. disc and steel are both on the way. Granted it was a cheap import but could have done with shaving a few quid off my debt. Oh well, might give the U.S. copy to my cousin to save me postage fees sending it back. Now, off to find a cheap ass copy of the 2 disc DVD just so I can watch the Poughskeepie shuffle upconverted

 

[paulboland]

Aaargh, fantastic news indeed but like yourself Paul I went ahead and did exactly the same thing.

My U.S. disc and steel are both on the way. Granted it was a cheap import but could have done with shaving a few quid off my debt. Oh well, might give the U.S. copy to my cousin to save me postage fees sending it back. Now, off to find a cheap ass copy of the 2 disc DVD just so I can watch the Poughskeepie shuffle upconverted

The USA Blu-ray release you are importing includes A 25-page booklet about the film with glossy photos and text is tucked inside the case just in case you don't know
I only paid £7.00 for the USA Blu-ray so I will still be keeping it

I love this Film

 

[ihategiantspiders]

The USA Blu-ray release you are importing includes A 25-page booklet about the film with glossy photos and text is tucked inside the case just in case you don't know
I only paid £7.00 for the USA Blu-ray so I will still be keeping it

I love this Film

Excellent! I'll be shoving that booklet into the steel then my cousin can have the regular one , he'll never know nor will he care.
Did the same thing with my Natural Born Killers ES exclusive, had already owned the far superior transfer on the U.S. directors cut which has a great booklet so popped that right in along with the disc. Come to think of it I also did another mini custom job with an ok booklet from an old Inception amaray called the cobol job and popped that into my Inception steel (More of a mini comic than informative booklet)

 

[steelbobawny]

I wish they were better with getting information about which disc it was, very poor marketing and selling, we had to wait till a member here pointed out which disc it is. I decided to cancel mine as well last week, hopefully there is a price drop again.

 

[mattyl149]

Shame they didn't do the same for Patton

 

[BigNickUK]

Shame they didn't do the same for Patton

couldnt agree more...very poor

 

[Blu-devil]

Mine will be a 3 disc set, USA remastered, UK original and Bonus disc. Gutted cos I canceled when it was £14.80 and now it's stuck at £20. Hoping it will drop again soon.

 

[Dan Kyte]

It's such a shame that there's no steelbook for the second flick. I was initially a bit wary of watching it as neither Freidkin nor Scheider were involved but I didn't need to be wary as I think it's one of the great movie sequels. It's perhaps not as good as the first film... but I think Gene Hackman is even more Oscar worthy in it. Especially during the middle section of the film where Doyle has to go cold-turkey.

 

[George Pearce]

Shame they didn't do the same for Patton

I bought the uk steelbook and the us remastered disc of PATTON..........................to say I was stunned by the quality of the video would be an massive understatement , well worth the investment as the uk steelbook is a fine looking piece

 

[tono06]

i got this today! check this up!