On August 3,
Fox Japan will release Blu-ray disc boxset of 8 movies featuring
Marilyn Monroe,
entitled
Marilyn: The Premium Blu-ray Collection.
The set includes:
- The Seven Year Itch *1 *2
- There's No Business Like Show Business *1 *2
- River of No Return *1
- How to Marry a Millionaire *1 *2
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes *1 *2
- Some Like It Hot
- The Misfits
- All About Eve
*1: Not available on BD in the US as of this writing, AFAIK,
and first time on BD in Japan.
They will be also released separately on the same day as the boxset.
*2: Mastered with 4K transfers.
The Package
- Limited to 2,000 copies.
- Packaged in an optical-embossed box.
- Comes with a set of 6 postcards.
- Soundtrack sampler CD with 5 tracks (*3):
- Two Little Girls from Little Rock
- New York
- Heat Wave
- Seven Year Itch Main Title
- Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
[*3: Added on May 20, 2012]
Discs
The Seven Year Itch
Running time: 105 mins
Video: CinemaScope
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless)
Subtitles:
Special features:
- Music track
- Marilyn Monroe filmography
- Monroe and Wilder
- Fox Movie Channel :"Fox Legacy"
- Trailers
- Stills gallery
There's No Business Like Show Business
Running time: 118 mins
Video: CinemaScope
Audio:
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless)
- English 4.0 DD
Subtitles:
Special features:
- Trailers
- Trailers of Marilyn Monroe movies
River of No Return
Running time: 91 mins
Video: CinemaScope
Audio:
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless)
- English 4.0 DD
- Japanese 5.1 DTS
Subtitles:
Special features:
- Original trailer
- Trailers of Marilyn Monroe movies
How to Marry a Millionaire
Running time: 96 mins
Video: CinemaScope
Audio:
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless)
- English 4.0 DD
Subtitles:
Special features:
- Movietone News: How to Marry a Millionaire premiere
- Trailers
- Trailers of Marilyn Monroe movies
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Running time: 92 mins
Video: 4:3 standard
Audio:
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless)
- English 1.0 DD
Subtitles:
Special features:
- Movietone News: Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell on the Walk of Fame
- Original trailer
- Trailers of Marilyn Monroe movies
Some Like It Hot
Running time: 122 mins
Video: EuroVista
Audio:
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless)
- Japanese Mono (hybrid)
Subtitles:
Special features:
- Commentary featuring an interview with Tony Curtis, archived interview with Jack Lemmon
- Commentary by Paul Diamond (son of I.A.L. Diamond) and the screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel
- The Making of Some Like It Hot
- The Legacy of Some Like It Hot
- "Nostalgic Look Back" documentary
- The Band Reunion
- Movie Hall of Fame - Memories
- Original trailer
The Misfits
Running time: 125 mins
Video: EuroVista
Audio:
- English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless)
- Japanese Mono DTS
Subtitles:
Special features: Original trailer
All About Eve
Running time: 139 mins
Video: 4:3 standard
Audio:
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless)
- Japanese 5.1 DTS
Subtitles:
Special features:
- Commentary by actor Celeste Holm, Mankiewicz biographer Ken Geist and Christopher Mankiewicz
- Commentary by Sam Staggs (author of "All About All About Eve")
- Backstory of All About Eve
- Interview with Bette Davis
- Interview with Anne Baxter
- Movietone News:
- Academy Awards ceremony (1951)
- Premiere at the Chinese Theater (1951)
- Holiday Magazine awards
- Look awards
- Original trailer
Amazon exclusive set
Also,
Amazon Japan has an exclusive set entitled "
Marilyn Monroe - Complete Collection."
It has all 8 BDs of the "
Premium Blu-ray Collection" above, plus 11 additional DVDs below:
- Let's Make Love
- Bus Stop
- Niagara
- Monkey Business
- We're Not Married!
- Don't Bother to Knock
- Love Nest
- Let's Make It Legal *3
- Full House *3
- As Young as You Feel *3
- A Ticket to Tomahawk *3
*3: First time on DVD in Japan, and exclusive to this set.
