That's
Entertainment! The Complete Collection
Parts 1, 2 & 3 - Plus a special bonus disc only
available in the gift set shown above.
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on image above for more information)
ALSO SOLD SEPARATELY:
Each That's Entertainment film is available
in a single edition format.
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on the thumbnails below to go to the details for that particular
film.
ALSO
AVAILABLE on October 12th:
Warner Home Video is releasing special "two-pack" sets
of two MGM Musicals sold together at a special price.
The Judy Garland films in this series are packaged
as follows:
For Me And My Gal/In The Good Old Summertime
Willie
Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (non-Garland film)/The
Wizard Of Oz
Ziegfeld Girl/Broadway Melody of 1940 (non-Garland
film) |
Coming
in October: "Movie Musicals" month on Turner
Classic Movies!
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and cover art courtesy of Warner Home Video.
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NOTE:
The text below is from the Warner Home Video Press Release
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Warner
Home Video Presents the Musical of Musicals, featuring "More
Stars Than There Are in Heaven!"
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT: THE COMPLETE
COLLECTION
The musical of musicals makes its DVD debut on October
12, when Warner Home Video presents MGM's acclaimed musical
anthologies - That's Entertainment!, That's
Entertainment, Part 2 and That's Entertainment! III -
in a special edition four-disc DVD giftset, That's
Entertainment: The Complete Collection.
Representing some of the most requested titles in WHV's
vast library, That's Entertainment: The Complete
Collection gets the "red carpet" treatment
with each feature in the trilogy presented with a fully
remastered picture and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, and features
both the 16x9 widescreen theatrical version, plus full-screen
4x3 version with letterboxed performance segments.
"That's Entertainment!,' "That's
Entertainment, Part 2," and "That's
Entertainment! III"
are also sold separately for $19.97 SRP. "Since
the earliest days of DVD, consumers have eagerly anticipated
the release of the celebrated That's Entertainment trilogy
to the format, as well as the classic MGM musicals saluted
in these films, which are among the most prized within
the mammoth Warner Home Video library," said George
Feltenstein, WHV Senior VP, Classic Catalog. "The
combination of these three unique and irresistible compilation
films together on DVD, coupled with the exclusive disc
of fascinating extras, is sure to make
"That's Entertainment: The Collection" one
of the most exciting DVD releases this fourth-quarter.
We expect the huge fan base for these classic musicals
will be thrilled by the presentation, which is also ideal
for holiday family viewing and gift-giving."
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 That's
Entertainment! GIFT SET
That's
Entertainment: The Complete Collection includes a bonus
fourth disc entitled That's Entertainment: Treasures
from the Vault, **available exclusively with the giftset**,
featuring more than five hours of exciting extras including
three great documentaries, premiere night coverage and salutes
to the great behind-the-camera talents, TV specials, making-of
featurettes, plus an extensive video jukebox of rare, star-packed
musical outtakes from classic films, and more! That's
Entertainment: The Complete Collection is available
for $49.92 SRP.
An amazing
fourth disc is an added bonus available only with the That's
Entertainment: The Complete Collection giftset, with
more than five hours of extra content features sure to enthrall
fans of the great MGM musicals. Entitled That's Entertainment:
Treasures From The Vault, the exclusive disc includes
rare extended footage from MGM's 25th Anniversary luncheon
in 1949; "That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM" (1974
TV special covering footage from the original premiere of That's
Entertainment! in Beverly Hills with Army Archerd as
the 'red carpet' master of ceremonies, rare interviews and
the famous assemblage of legendary MGM stars on the stage.
Unseen since originally broadcast thirty years ago); That's
Entertainment! III Behind the Screen (1994
making-of documentary about the behind the camera talent); "The
Lion Roars Again"
(1975 MGM short); lengthy excerpts from "The Mike
Douglas Show"
TV special in 1976 that featured two days of premiere coverage
of That's Entertainment, Part 2; "The Masters
Behind The Musicals"
(a brand-new half hour documentary with Ann Miller, Jane
Powell, Angela Lansbury and others); "Just One More
Time" (1974 That's Entertainment! featurette);
and a dazzling MGM Outtake Jukebox which includes an impressive
array of 16 rarely-seen deleted musical numbers from the
cutting-room floor featuring such stars as Judy Garland,
Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Esther Williams, Lena Horne,
Jane Powell, Mel Torme and many other legendary MGM stars.
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THAT'S
ENTERTAINMENT! (1974)
That's
Entertainment! showcases 125 stars from nearly
100 films including superstars Elizabeth Taylor, Frank
Sinatra, Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene
Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, Peter Lawford,
Donald O' Connor, James Stewart and many more.
Originally released in 1974 to mark MGM's 50th Anniversary
and to celebrate the golden era of the greatest movie
musicals ever made, That's Entertainment! was
an unexpected surprise smash at the boxoffice, grossing
$28 million at the time and firmly establishing the
MGM musical within the pantheon of greatness in American
film history. Written, produced and directed
by Jack Haley Jr., with Daniel Melnick as executive
producer, That's Entertainment! uniquely blends
newly-filmed accounts of the personal memories of 11
of the stars who were at MGM from 1929-1958 during
the making of these classic films with a panoramic
retrospective of unforgettable musical sequences from
them. Film historian Robert Osborne provides
a new introduction to all three films on DVD.
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 THAT'S
ENTERTAINMENT PART 2 (1976)
Originally
released in 1976, That's Entertainment, Part " continues
the dazzling tradition of That's Entertainment! taking
up where the other one left off, presenting fabulous sequences
from movie musicals and highlighting such non-singing stars
as Greta Garbo, Clark Gable and the Marx Brothers. Also
featured are two of the champion song and dance men of all
time, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly (together for the first
time since Ziegfeld Follies of 1946), acting not only as
narrators but also as performers, singing and dancing in
all-new numbers directed by Kelly just for the film. That's
Entertainment, Part 2 was produced by Saul Chaplin and
Daniel Melnick, with narration by Leonard Gershe and additional
music arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.
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 That's
Entertainment Part III (1994)
Released
in 1994 in celebration of MGM's 70th Anniversary, That's
Entertainment! III brings back to the screen the stars
and musical numbers that have excited audiences for generations. In
the acclaimed tradition of its two predecessors, That's
Entertainment! III incorporates scores of famous
songs and dances from MGM films and reunites nine of the
performers who rose to international stardom through their
MGM association. That's Entertainment! III features
astonishing classic musical moments, great comedy and romantic
teams and unearths rare footage with marvelous big-star scenes
originally unseen because they were cut from their films. Gene
Kelly opens and closes the picture as nine starry hosts including
June Allyson, Cyd Charrise, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Ann
Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney and Esther Williams
present this must-see assemblage of Golden Era treasures,
none of which has been seen in either of the previous films. Written,
produced and directed by Bud Friedgen & Michael J. Sheridan,
the film was executive produced by Peter Fitzgerald.
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More from Warner Home Video:
That's
Entertainment! October 12th marks the long-awaited
DVD debut of all 3 of MGM's acclaimed song and
dance compilations - That's Entertainment 1,2,& 3!
The greatest movie musical moments of all time
are brilliantly assembled here to provide hours
of cinermatic pleasure. Screen legends Gene Kelly
and Fred Astaire lead the roster of stars who host
the assemblage of classic Hollywood magic. Each
of the THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT films has been newly
remastered, and presented in 5.1 surround sound.
Those numbers never looked or sounded so good!
The That's Entertainment: The Complete Collection
is a FOUR disc Deluxe boxed-set including 1 entire
EXCLUSIVE DVD bursting with bonus features: TREASURES
FROM THE VAULT contains rare TV specials, all-star
premiere footage, behind the scenes documentaries,
and a "That's Entertainment Jukebox"
with 16 rarely-seen outtake musical numbers from
MGM's golden age. The 4 Disc That's Entertainment:
The Complete Collection is available for $49.92
SRP. Each That's Entertainment films is also
sold separately for $19.97 SRP
•
4 Disc Collection is $49.92 SRP - Great Consumer
Value!
• Huge media awareness. A big publicity
campaign is planned followed by a National
TV, newspaper, print and online campaign!
• Cross promoted by Turner Classic Movies
- airing all three films as part of their mammoth
tribute to movie musicals all month this October!
• For Maximum viewing experience, The
That's Entertainment Collection contains both
the 16x9 widescreen and full frame versions
of each film.
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