Wow! I love the extras on disc five. The film legacy was superbly done. There were �interviews� with Megan Follows, Patricia Hamilton, Rosemary Dunsmore (Katherine Brooke), Mag Ruffman, Martha Mann (Costume Designer), Cedric Smith, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth (very brief), and Jon Crombie. Interview is in quotes because they weren't asked questions (that we heard) they just talked about their experience on the set. I think that most of the Megan clips were on the Anne3 dvd. There were some clips though of her from Anne1 and Anne2. I'd never seen Pat's, Rosemary's, Mag's Martha's, Cedric's, Colleen's- though I did recognize the background from an RtA interview-, Richard's, and Jon's. Some of Jon's was in Anne3, but there was a clip from Anne1.
The Picture Quality: I have yet to watch the whole movies, but I did pick random scenes and zoomed in to check the quality. The quality of Anne1 and especially Anne2 seems much better. There is a spot in Anne3 three where I do not remember hearing in the movie. I'm looking into that right now. Also in the bonus, I noticed that the background of the wharf scene at the beginning of Anne3 had some of the WaMB set seen in �Four Walls and a Roof�, but when I checked the spot in the movie where it was from it wasn't in the background! Oh,and while I'm thinking of it, none of the dvds had previews of another Sullivan production. It just had the standard Sullivan Ent. thingamajigger and the �Be inspired� clip advertising the boutique. Okay, yup that spot is in my other dvd, so I just didn't remember it!
I'm trying to find that other scene again on the 20th ed bonus feature. Oh! ~laughs~ I'm a dork! Heh I see what I did. They show Anne and Diana in the car and the next scene they show the soilders marching in umm... Halifax and I was thinking that they were in the same scene, but they really aren't. But, I was right in the fact that the set that soilders are marching is the main street of the first WaMB episode.
The music on the menus screen matches the movie this time! No more Avonlea music. ~grins~ The menus are very pretty. The screen is split in half, and the bottom half is split into three sections. These three sections have clips of the movie playing.
Worth the Money
: Is it worth the money? If you have the movies on vhs or don't even have them and are considering buying them on dvd, then I'd say yes, spend the extra money for this. The box set is beautiful. You can choose which scene you want, they're supposedly closed captioned. I can't get it to work though! Plus you get the wonderful extras. For those that have the dvds, I can't tell you if it's worth your money to buy the set again. It really depends on you and how much you enjoy the movies. The extras are, in my opinion, excellent. I do wish there were more ~laughs~, but I'm extremely grateful for what we were given. There is also a booklet. I have not read that, but as soon as I have, I will get a review up on that! Plus the discs are dual layered, so you don't have to flip them over anymore! That's always nice. The Sequel is on two discs since it's too long to have on one dvd.Photos of the package and contents. Click on the photo for a larger size and hold the mouse over the photo to see what the photos is of!
Photos from bonus
Comparing Photos
Click on the photos for a larger size. The photos have been scaled down to load more quickly, but I had the same percentage on both editions.
caps from 2002 dvds
20th Edition
There really isn't a noticeable differnce of quality on the computer. To me the better quality is more noticeable on the tv, but I only watched a few seconds of random scenes. I'll have more on the quality when I watch the movies. :)
If you have any questions, please let me know. I'll have a review written by another fan up very soon.
7.30.07