Columbia Best Pictures Collection Deal

Here's a pretty good deal at Amazon
Good 9/18/09 only

Columbia Best Pictures Collection (11 Feature Films)
$135.95 $59.99 (56% off)

14-disc set of 11 Best Picture Oscar winning films in an attractive, collectible, black fiber cover with slipcase. The pages within will have film synopsis, details on the Oscar win for each film, and art from key scenes. This set features Columbia Pictures' Best Picture Oscar winners spanning the years from 1934 to 1982 and include the following films:
1934 It Happened One Night
1938 You Can't Take It with You
1949 All the King's Men
1953 From Here to Eternity
1954 On the Waterfront
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1962 Lawrence of Arabia
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1968 Oliver!
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
1982 Gandhi

WOW! That is quite the deal, JL. So many great filmss!

Yeah. I'm debating whether to go for it.

For $60, I'd do it (except I already have many of those movies).

Of these movies I've sadly seen only two in their entirety: "It Happened One Night", which I enjoyed, and "A Man for All Seasons", which is my favorite movie of all time. It had great dialogue and great performances by Paul Scofield and Robert Shaw.

I've seen most of "On the Waterfront" (very good) and "Gandhi" (good, but couldn't they have found an Indian actor to play the Mahatma even though Ben Kingsley did a good job?) Lawrence of Arabia seemed too long and Oliver, From Here to Eternity and Kramer vs. Kramer never appealed to me. I read All the King's Men and have seen stage productions of You Can't Take it With You, both of which I'd recommend. That leaves A Bridge on the River Kwai, of which I have seen parts, and probably should see in its entirety some day.

Hmmm... I always thought that Ben Kingsley was some part ethnically Indian.