Product Description

Collection of award-winning films from Columbia Pictures.

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Product Details

Publisher	Sony Pictures
Number Of Discs	14
EAN	0043396278851
MPN	043396278851
Brand	Sony
Format	DVD Box set Color DVD NTSC
Release Date	2008-11-18
Label	Sony Pictures
UPC	043396278851
Region Code	99
Title	Columbia Best Pictures Collection (11 Feature Films)
Studio	Sony Pictures
Starring	David Lean,Robert Benton
Running Time	1531 minutes
MPAA Rating	NR (Not Rated)
Aspect Ratio	1.33:1
Manufacturer	Sony Pictures

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Customer Reviews

loved the old school movies

Review by A. Rodriguez, 2010-05-17

no one, but no one makes movies like the masters - and this collection is as good as any. Don't care for the new movies, too much special effects or prima donnas trying t6o act. The movie industry is in a sad state today, as there are no star attraction to look up to, except for a few, like tom hanks, or sandra bullock, etc. The new generation needs to go back to acting school...

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Great collection, wish it was in blu-ray

Review by B. Stearn, 2010-04-14

Great collection, I just wish there was a blu-ray version.

I got this when it had a great sale price and definitely recommend it if you can get it that cheap as well.

Some films however, like Lawrence of Arabia, have a newer remastered release already out that was not included in this box set. So just do your research on your favorite films in this box set to see if it is worth your buy.

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Well-packaged collection demonstrates cultural shifts over the century...

Review by Robert Schmidt, 2009-11-13

This collection of Academy Award-winning films is a striking vignette of how society has changed over the past century. The relationships between men and women, gender roles, the haves and have nots, and the issues, actors, and themes that entertain the American public (and those Academy Award voters) are all here.

The films in this collection include:

- It Happened One Night (1934)
- You Can't Take It with You (1938)
- All the King's Men (1949)
- From Here to Eternity (1953)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- A Man for All Seasons (1966)
- Oliver (1968)
- Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- Gandhi (1982)

The epics, in my estimation, are The Bridge on the River Kwai, On The Waterfront, Lawrence of Arabia, and Gandhi.

But this is not a review of these particular films. This is a review of this package of films.

Bottom line? A bargain. They are attractively and nicely packaged. A number of the DVDs have extras included (not really my cup of tea). This would be a very nice gift for a classic film aficionado, including yourself! Enjoy.

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Best Picture Collection - what more can you say?

Review by Mike K, 2009-11-01

This is a set of 11 Best Picture winning movies from Columbia Pictures spanning the years from 1934 to 1982. Right off the bat you know you're are at least getting very good movies, if not great, because they all won the Best Picture Award from The Academy Awards - not Golden Globes or any other inferior type award organization.

As for for the movies I think they are all great. Lawrence of Arabia and Gandhi and arguably two of the best movies ever made. Someone said that Kramer Vs Kramer is a "rotten tomato" in the bunch of 11 movie in the set. I completely disagree. You can't compare Kramer vs Kramer with Gandhi or some of the other films in the set. That's not fair. Kramer vs Kramer is an excellent film - should it have won Best Picture? I don't no - maybe not. But it's still a terrific film

As for the price? Well it's an excellent value. If you bought all these films separately you would be spending at least $130 if not more. I definitely recommend this collection.

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An outstanding collection

Review by Martin T. Wegner, 2009-10-19

I found this to be an outstanding collection of exceptional films. I am not going to go through each one individually but let me just state that you cannot go wrong watching any of these 11 films. They are all award winners for a reason and when you are watching them you cannot help but notice/see/feel/hear/sense their quality. And the fact that they run the full gamut, in both terms of release years and genres, means that you will always find something in this collection to watch. I am a big fan of boxed sets and this one really should be on the shelf of anyone who calls them self a fan of Hollywood studio movies. In fact I hope the other studios (or the companies that now own the catalogs of the once great movie studios of days past) would follow this example and release similar sets.

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