Page 1 of Want to buy Goodfellas DVD but...

Im new to DVD and building up my collection and i saw Goodfellas for somthing like 8.99 with few extras but i heard there was a specil edition been released if so does any one know when it will be released so i dont go and buy the 8.99 version then a month later bring out the SE one and kick my self.

I too was going to buy Goodfellas on dvd but the thing that put me off was that it is a f_ _ _ _ _n flipper. I dont know when a special edition is coming out but i`ll be waiting for that.

I hate flippers!!!!!!!!

This item was edited on Saturday, 27th April 2002, 21:08

I`m fairly new to DVD also, so pardon my ignorance but, what is a `flipper`?

I imagine it is a disc which is two sided and has to be flipped, but does that mean the film is on two sides with a break in the middle, or is the film on one side, with any extras on the other side?

Cheers

MJ

>>> "does that mean the film is on two sides with a break in the middle"

Yep. There a pain in the arse. There`s not many of them about (I only know of 3).

S**T I gave into temptation and brought it for 8.99 its such a good film i could not resist just watch them bring a SE now ive brought it.

This item was edited on Sunday, 28th April 2002, 13:49

There is a 2 disk special edition coming later this year. With the film on one DVD9 so no longer a flipper. UK is rumoured for Oct and Nov.
Seems to be definitely coming although date not yet fixed as saw on a US forum that the DVD producer has already recorderd the commentary track.

Also coming as a Warner SE later this year is Robin Hood Prince of Thieves although may need to buy non UK to get uncut

Yeah, a flipper is specifically a double sided disc with the film split across both sides, so you have to flip it over half way through. Not all double sided discs are flippers - there are such things as double sided discs with (for example) the whole film on one side and the extras on the other, or a widescreen version on one side and pan and scan on the other.

Thankfully flippers are largely a thing of the past, but there are still a few of them on the shelves (mostly pre-1999 releases).


Mike