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Rod
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John Wayne Epic Collection

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Warner Brothers is releasing a collection of all their John Wayne movies. Breitbart says
John Wayne: The Epic Collection Set for May 20 Release

John Wayne fans rejoice. On May 20, Warner Brothers releases a massive collection of 40 John Wayne films on DVD. The collection also includes a book listing his films and 17 pieces of memorabilia (script pages, correspondence, etc. ). There is also a DUKE belt buckle.

1932 - Big Stampede / Ride Him, Cowboy / Haunted Gold 1933 - The Telegraph Trail / Somewhere in Sonora / The Man From Monterey 1939 - Allegheny Uprising 1942 - Reunion in France 1944 - Tall in the Saddle 1945 - Back to Bataan 1945 - They Were Expendable 1946 - Without Reservations 1947 - Tycoon 1948 - Fort Apache 1948 - 3 Godfathers 1949 - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1951 - Operation Pacific 1951 - Flying Leathernecks 1952 - Big Jim McLain 1953 - Trouble Along the Way 1955 - The Sea Chase 1955 - Blood Alley 1956 - The Searchers 1957 - The Wings of Eagles 1959 - Rio Bravo 1962 - Hatari! 1962 - How the West Was Won: PART 1 1962 - How the West Was Won: PART 2 1962 - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1963 - Donovan's Reef 1965 - In Harm's Way 1965 - The Sons of Katie Elder 1966 - El Dorado 1968 - The Green Berets 1969 - True Grit 1970 - Chisum 1972 - The Cowboys 1973 - The Train Robbers 1973 - Cahill: United States Marshal 1974 - McQ 1976 - The Shootist - Bonus disc

Amazon is selling the package for 115.00 -- which works out to a paltry $2.87 per film.

What's nice about the collection is that it includes a lot of the Duke's lesser known films that are expensive to purchase individually: Allegheny Uprising, Reunion In France, Tall In the Saddle (a favorite), Without Reservation, Tycoon, Big Jim McLain, Trouble Along the Way, The Sea Chase.
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That's not a bad price for the entire collection!
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Problem is that I have most of them. Might be different if it was all blu-ray.

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You can probably cherry pick the ones you want but don't have; Warner Bros.' website lets you order DVDs and BDs on demand, as one-offs.

I'm amazed they didn't burn all the copies of Big Jim McLain and claim a random lot fire. :roll:

The collection gives the false impression that Wayne did his best work for WB, but the reality is that with the Ted Turner merger some years back, WB acquired the rights to a host of pics that were never theirs then, but are now. I suppose we shold be happy Turner didn't crayon in colors for the B&W classics.
But at least it's mighty white of the studio to notice Wayne still pulls money out of people's pockets 35 years after he died, decades beyond any contractual obligation to pay residuals to the estate.
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