The New Kubrick DVDs Explored

As you may know, the previous "Kubrick Collection" set of DVDs was not well received. Whether it was the lackluster packaging, nonexistent extras, or poor transfers used on the DVDs that annoyed you, this page is here to explore the "New" Kubrick Collection and other special edition Kubrick DVDs. For those who don't know, Warner Bros will be releasing the NEW Kubrick Collection on June 12. Read the Press Release.

Below, find a synopsis of what to expect and when to expect it. And if you are going to buy them from Amazon anyway, be a friend to the site and click through to Amazon through the links below! Thanks.

Also, check out the newly announed Special Collector's Editions of 2001, Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket!

 The New Kubrick Collection

Whats in it?
8 titles including
A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove and a NEW documentary by Kubrick's brother in law, Jan Harlan, entitled Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (running time,140 minutes).

Whats new?

  • Titles feature Dolby Digital 5:1 surround sound
  • Lolita is remastered with a new widescreen presentation
  • Dr. Strangleove is the new Special Edition version with lots of extras.
  • Documentary DVD available only in this boxed set. May be released by itself later next year.
  • A "Collector's Edition" of Eyes Wide Shut although it in the US, it will still be the same digitally altered version.

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 Spartacus (Criterion Collection)

Disc One:
€ Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's scene-by-scene analysis
€ Additional Alex North score compositions
€ Restoration demonstration

Disc Two:
€ Rare deleted scenes
€ Vintage newsreel footage
€ 1960 promotional interviews with Jean Simmons and Peter Ustinov
€ 1992 video interview with Peter Ustinov
€ Behind-the-scenes "gladitorial school" footage
€ THe 1960 documentary The Hollywood Ten, plus archival documents about the blacklist
€ Original storyboards by Saul Bass
€ Hundreds of production stills, lobby cards, posters, print ads, and a comic book
€ Sketched by director Stanley Kubrick
€ Widescreen anamorphic format € Number of discs: 2

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 Lolita


Remastered and presented in widescreen

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 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb


Special Edition available NOW.

Making of Dr. Strangelove documentary
The Art of Stanley Kubrick featurette
Original split screen interview with George C. Scott and Peter Sellers
Advertising Gallery
Talent Files

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 2001: A Space Odyssey


New Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack

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 Clockwork Orange


New Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack

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 Barry Lyndon


New Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack

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 The Shining


New Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack

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 Full Metal Jacket


New Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack

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 Eyes Wide Shut


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Special Collectors Editions!!

Yes, they are coming. Boxed sets of 2001, Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket. Read more below.

2001: A Space Odyssey: Special Collector's Edition
Includes remastered DVD, soundtrack CD, 70mm film frame, booklet and box.
[Pre-Order 2001 Special Collector's Edition from Amazon]
Release date: June 12, 2001

Clockwork Orange
Full Metal Jacket
Coming September 11, 2001

 

More info on these special editions can be found here.