Universal Home Video just announced one of the coolest blu-ray box sets I’ve seen this year, the Universal 100th Anniversary Collection. The limited edition set includes 25 feature films, 72-Page collector’s book chronicling the history of Universal over the last 100 years including rare photos and memorabilia from the studio’s archives, tons of vintage short and animated films, a bonus disc featuring a look at the studio’s history and legacy, and a 15-Track Music CD Featuring Scores from movies spanning The Bride of Frankenstein to The Bourne Identity. You can preorder now on Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray. Read the full press release after the jump.


A SELECTION OF 25 OF UNIVERSAL’S MOST ICONIC FILMS TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CELEBRATION OF THE STUDIO’S CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

UNIVERSAL100TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION LIMITED EDITION

OWN IT ON BLU-RAY™ & DVD NOVEMBER 6, 2012

CELEBRATE UNIVERSAL’S PROUD HISTORY WITH 25 UNFORGETTABLE FILMS COMPLETE WITH COLLECTIBLE PACKAGING, AN EXCLUSIVE 72-PAGE BOOK, 15-TRACK MUSIC CD AND BONUS DISC AVAILABLE FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT

OVERVIEW: For 100 years, Universal Pictures has been entertaining audiences all around the world with some of the most unforgettable movies ever made. For a limited time only, own a piece of Hollywood history with the Universal 100th Anniversary Collection arriving on Blu-ray™ and DVD on November 6, 2012 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The collection features a selection of 25 unforgettable films that helped shape the legacy of one of the most successful movie studios of all time. Featuring prestigious Academy Award® winners such as To Kill a Mockingbird and The Sting, genre-defining classics like Dracula and Spartacus, captivating storytelling such as Field of Dreams and Do the Right Thing, blockbusters like Jurassic Park and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and pure entertainment with franchises including The Bourne Identity and The Fast and the Furious, these movies continue to have an enduring impact throughout the world.

The Universal 100th Anniversary Collection includes an exclusive “100 Years of Universal” 72-Page collector’s book chronicling the history of Universal over the last 100 years including rare photos and memorabilia from the studio’s archives. The collection also includes an exclusive 15-track music CD containing a selection of the most popular music scores from Universal films including Psycho, The Sting, Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Out of Africa. Featuring hours of bonus features including an exclusive bonus disc, including 8 “100 Years of Universal” featurettes, vintage cartoons and rarely seen shorts from the Universal archives.

Universal Pictures has been home to the world’s most recognized stars and the Universal 100th Anniversary Collection features some of the most memorable roles by all-star talent including Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Gregory Peck, Doris Day, Kirk Douglas, Rock Hudson, Richard Dreyfuss, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Michael J. Fox and John Belushi. Plus influential directors including Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, Spike Lee, John Hughes, Brian De Palama, John Landis, George Lucas, Stanely Kubrick, Sydney Pollack and George Roy Hill.

On Blu-ray™, this collection is remastered for your HDTV in perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound.

Celebrate Universal’s 100 years of iconic memories and moments with this 25-film collector’s set, just in time for the holidays!

Titles:

    · All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
    · Dracula (1931)
    · Dracula Spanish (1931) (Blu-ray Collection only)
    · Buck Privates (1941)
    · Pillow Talk (1959)
    · Spartacus (1960)
    · To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
    · The Birds (1963)
    · American Graffiti (1973)
    · The Sting (1973)
    · Jaws (1975)
    · National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
    · E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    · Scarface (1983)
    · The Breakfast Club (1985)
    · Back to the Future (1985)
    · Out of Africa (1985)
    · Field of Dreams (1989)
    · Do the Right Thing (1989)
    · Jurassic Park (1993)
    · Schindler’s List (1993) (DVD Collection only)
    · Apollo 13 (1995)
    · The Fast and the Furious (2001)
    · The Bourne Identity (2002)
    · Mamma Mia! The Movie (2008)
    · Despicable Me (2010)