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Hi,

When Amazon had the clearance sale I took advantage of it even though I had approximately 60 of the titles already.  I checked to see if any of the duplicates were anamorphic where those in my collection were not.  I don't recall finding any.
I decided to watch "12 Angry Men" from the UA Collection and noticed it was 4X3 WS.  I didn't recall this.  Sure enough Profiler showed that my original title was indeed anamorphic.  I dug out my original and it was.
It never occurred to me that a non-anamorphic version would be included in the collection when an anamorphic version was available.  I haven't checked the rest yet.

Be warned, Jim
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I already had about 60 titl,es as well, I have not opened mine yet.
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I don't have the set either but looking over the titles I see there is a few titles that run part one on one  disc to Part 2 on another disc.. ( in order to cut down the number of discs used..) but the fact comes into play that these should not be left over 4x3 versions.. and  I'm surprised they are all not anamorphic releases though as most if not all of these titles have been treated to the enhanced 16x9 letterbox ..
Keep us in the loop and post any new discoveries here for us to view...
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Update:

I went through the entire collection and this is the situation.

Per Terry's concern; all features were complete on a single side of a disc. 

Several of my anamorphic titles were replaced by those that claimed to have been newly restored.  I simply took their word for this.  Several titles were replaced by those with "bonus" discs.

I created a Tag which I called "UAMalform" which I attached to any titles that were either P&S or 4X3WS.  I'll consider replacing these with 16X9 versions.

Here's a listing of those titles in roughly the same order as in the UA binder:
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The Barefoot Contessa
The Night of the Hunter
Dance With Me, Henry
Moby Dick
Witness for the Prosecution
The Defiant Ones
I Want to Live!
The Fugitive Kind
A Hole in the Head
Elmer Gantry
Inherit the Wind
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Misfits
Pocketful of Miracles
Birdman of Alcatraz
The Miracle Worker
I Could Go on Singing
The Pink Panther
Topkapi
Yours, Mine and Ours
The Wilby Conspiracy
Annie Hall
Equus
La Cage Aux Folles
Heaven's Gate
The Secret of NIMH
WarGames
Baby Boom
Child's Play


Hope this helps, Jim
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Update:

I went through the entire collection and this is the situation.

Per Terry's concern; all features were complete on a single side of a disc. 

As i said earlier I don't have the set but I was looking at this Amazon description. I have bolded the text where I thought it was part one part two..     
Disc 1: The Woman In The Window P&S Disc 2: Red River P&S Disc 3: The Barefoot Contessa P&S Disc 4: Marty P&S Disc 5: The Night of the Hunter WS Disc 6: Dance with Me Henry P&S Disc 7: The Killing P&S Disc 8: Moby Dick P&S Disc 9: Twelve Angry Men WS Disc 10: Paths of Glory P&S Disc 11: Witness For The Prosecution WS Disc 12: The Big Country WS Disc 13: The Defiant Ones WS Disc 14: I Want To Live! WS Disc 15: A Hole In The Head WS Disc 16: The Fugitive Kind WS Disc 17: Some Like It Hot WS Disc 1 Disc 18: Some Like It Hot WS Disc 2 Disc 19: The Alamo WS Disc 20: The Apartment WS Disc 21: Elmer Gantry WS Disc 22: Inherit The Wind WS Disc 23: The Magnificent Seven WS Disc 1 Disc 24: The Magnificent Seven WS Disc 2 Disc 25: Judgment at Nuremberg WS Disc 26: The Misfits WS Disc 27: One, Two, Three WS Disc 28: Pocketful of Miracles WS Disc 29: Westside Story Disc 1 WS Disc 30: Westside Story Disc 2 Disc 31: Birdman of Alcatraz WS Disc 32: Dr. No WS Disc 1 Disc 33: Dr. No WS Disc 2 Disc 34: Manchurian Candidate WS Disc 35: The Miracle Worker WS Disc 36: The Great Escape WS Disc 1 Disc 37: The Great Escape WS Disc 2 Disc 38: I Could Go On Singing WS Disc 39: Irma La Douce WS Disc 40: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World WS Disc 41: Fistful of Dollars WS Disc 1 Disc 42: Fistful of Dollars WS Disc 2 Disc 43: The Pink Panther WS Disc 44: Topkapi WS Disc 45: The Greatest Story Ever Told WS Disc 1 Disc 46: The Greatest Story Ever Told WS Disc 2 Disc 47: The Fortune Cookie WS Disc 48: Persona P&S Disc 49: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Disc 1 WS Disc 50: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Disc 2 Disc 51: In The Heat of the Night WS Disc 52: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang WS Disc 1 Disc 53: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang WS Disc 2 Disc 54: Hang 'Em High WS Disc 55: Thomas Crown Affair (1968) WS Disc 56: Yours, Mine and Ours P&S Disc 57: Fellini Satyricon WS Disc 58: The Battle of Britain WS Disc 1 Disc 59: The Battle of Britain WS Disc 2 Disc 60: Midnight Cowboy WS Disc 1 Disc 61: Midnight Cowboy WS Disc 2 Disc 62: On Her Majesty's Secret Service WS Disc 1 Disc 63: On Her Majesty's Secret Service WS Disc 2 Disc 64: Fiddler on the Roof WS Disc 1 Disc 65: Fiddler on the Roof WS Disc 2 Disc 66: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex P&S Disc 67: Last Tango In Paris WS Disc 68: Lenny WS Disc 69: The Wilby Conspiracy WS Disc 70: Carrie WS Disc 71: The Missouri Breaks WS Disc 72: The Pink Panther Strikes Again WS Disc 73: Rocky WS Disc 1 Disc 74: Rocky WS Disc 2 Disc 75: Annie Hall P&S Disc 76: A Bridge Too Far WS Disc 1 Disc 77: A Bridge Too Far WS Disc 2 Disc 78: Equus WS Disc 79: New York, New York WS Disc 80: The Spy Who Loved Me WS Disc 1 Disc 81: The Spy Who Loved Me WS Disc 2 Disc 82: Coming Home WS Disc 83: La Cage Aux Folles WS Disc 84: The Last Waltz P&S Disc 85: Manhattan WS Disc 86: Raging Bull WS Disc 1 Disc 87: Raging Bull WS Disc 2 Disc 88: The French Lieutenant's Woman WS Disc 89: Heaven's Gate WS Disc 90: The Secret of the NIMH WS Disc 91: War games WS Disc 92: Red Dawn WS Disc 1 Disc 93: Red Dawn WS Disc 2 Disc 94: The Living Daylights - Disc 1 Disc 95: The Living Daylights - Disc 2 Disc 96: Baby Boom WS Disc 97: Child's Play Disc 98: Rain Man WS Disc 99: Road House WS Disc 100: Goldeneye WS Disc 1 Disc 101: Goldeneye WS Disc 2 Disc 102: Leaving Las Vegas WS Disc 103: Richard III WS Disc 104: The Birdcage WS Disc 105: The Man In The Iron Mask WS Disc 106: No Man's Land WS Disc 107: Bowling for Columbine WS Disc 108: Dark Blue WS Disc 109: Pieces of April WS Disc 110: Hotel Rwanda WS
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Terry
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To Terry:

I don't know where Amazon gets their data but when multiple discs were involved the Dvd Profiler "Disc Info" was correct.  I was pretty groggy at times, going through the discs, but I specifically checked this.

I'll be a bit more skeptical about Amazon's claims.

Thanks for the heads up, Jim
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so is there 90 DVD discs in all or 110 .. ??
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Hey Terry,

90 Titles
110 Discs

In the listing you provided where multiple discs are shown with the same title, Disc 1 is the feature and Disc 2 are (is? I guess it depends on what "is" means) the extras.  There may have been a case where Disc 1 was the WS and 2 the P&S.  Don't recall for sure.

Jim
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I'm still confused ... we all agree on the 90 titles.. But the 110 discs to me show tha ttitles are split up up .  ( as example: ) Disc 58: The Battle of Britain WS Disc 1 ( then continued) onto  Disc 59: The Battle of Britain WS Disc 2 ( part 2 ? )  ...
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Hi again,

You chose a good example.  Check the back cover in Profiler and you'll see that Disc 1 is the feature and Disc 2 contains the extras.  This was universally the case.
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The back cover is not a very good scan  but I'll take your word for it.. So you mean to tell me that out of these 90 titles that 20 plus titles all have disc two as supplementary bonus materials??
That would make this collection a very good deal .
and Do the Bond movies all have double audio commentarys as well ??
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Hi again,

Just referring to the info in Profiler it looks as though "The Living Daylights" is the only title with dual commentaries.

I have tags for "UA" and "James Bond" but I discovered that I had neglected to set the "James Bond" tag for the titles which were new to me, so it took a while to find what I was looking for.  That's taken care of now.

I'm pretty sure that when Amazon decided not to carry the collection they essentially gave their remaining stock away, charging only for shipping.  It was an unbelievable deal.  I took some pictures of it to show my cousin and emailed them to him.  If you'd like I could PM them to you.  Let me know.  I've never used the  PM feature before but I assume it's just like email. 

Jim
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What did you pay for yours?
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! may be a few cents off but I think it was $17.90.
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! may be a few cents off but I think it was $17.90.


from $800+ down to $17.90  !!  Wow .. !!
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! may be a few cents off but I think it was $17.90.


from $800+ down to $17.90  !!  Wow .. !!

Yeah, me too, I was surprised when it showed up at my door for that price.
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