Anne of Green Gables: The Complete Four-Part Collection

Bought this after watching the new PC version on Netflix, “Anne With An ‘E’”. While many portions of the new series are very moving, and Amybeth McNulty is excellent as Anne (she reminds me very much of Megan Follows, which was probably the idea), the politically correct aspects of it were really too much to take. Time to buy the best version, Kevin Sullivan’s. Originally watched it on PBS in the mid-1980s. Received the set, watched the bonus discs first and then, on to the series itself! But, lo and behold! Disc #1 would not play! Had to return it. Waiting for my gift card to be refunded before reordering, in the hope a new set won’t have any defective discs.Love this series. Megan Follows, Richard Farnsworth, Colleen Dewhurst, et al, are absolutely wonderful! This series prompted my younger daughter to read the Anne series of books. Excellent.Update: I received a replacement set 2 days after returning the set with the defective disc #1 and that disc #1 has the same problem! This is the message which comes up on the TV screen after the disc struggles to play: “Eject the disc. Playback may not be available on this disc”. Exactly what does that mean? Why is this set being manufactured and sold with a defective disc #1? Is anyone else having this problem? Amazon can’t have just repackaged and sent me back the same set because it hasn’t received the set I sent back yet. I have now ordered the 5 disc set with the green cover to replace the second defective set I was sent. What ever happened to quality control? It is very frustrating!

I was tickled to get this beloved miniseries in DVD format to share with my little girls, for I only had the VHS versions up until now, and as everyone knows, VHS is pretty much phased out (not to mention the quality is appallingly grainy compared to updated DVD, bluray, etc). The remastered versions of the first two original movies (Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Green Gables: The sequel (or Anne of Avonlea as I grew up knowing it) were of slightly better quality than my VHS tapes, but still not to the caliber of most recent DVD qualities. But in their defense, there's only so much one can do to dated films to remaster them, and I was still happy I purchased them. Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story and Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning were made later than the original two Anne's so they were already of higher quality. All in all, I'm satisfied with the purchase and loved seeing the joy on my girls' faces when they watched for the first time these wonderful films about spunky redheaded Anne. My heart soared with delight when they wanted to watch them all over again.

It's with great rarity that I write Amazon reviews. However, I love me some AoGG and there seems to be some confusion as to which Anne boxed set is the best available. Hopefully this will provide some clarity.This review is for the 8-disc DVD set clearly labeled with "the Kevin Sullivan Restoration" and signature on the packaging. It includes all 4 of Mr. Sullivan's "Anne" films as well as a nice amount of newly produced bonus material and documentaries. The first three films/mini-series have been painstakingly restored from the original 16mm negatives and look absolutely lovely. Previous DVD releases were sourced from fairly high quality tape masters but these new disc are a revelation in clarity, detail, and color that make watching on an HDTV an absolute joy. Any review saying these films are not restored and remastered is absolutely mistaken. It's possible some might have ordered the wrong product or may not have their home entertainment system properly connected. I viewed these with a Sony blu-ray player which is connected to my HDTV via an HDMI cable. This provides practically perfect picture and sound depending on the native quality of the video source.Anyway. I can't recommend this set enough for fans of Kevin Sullivan's Anne adaptations. The first two mini series are wonderful examples of timeless perfection that I look forward to visiting over and over again. The ample and informative bonus features and HD remastering alone make this worth the purchase or upgrade from previous releases. The packaging is beautiful and the glossy souvenir book is a nice inclusion. My only quibble is that as lovely as these films look on DVD, it would be nice if a blu-ray edition was available as well. As of this writing only the first Anne of Green Gables series is available to purchase on individual blu-ray, but hopefully a "Anne of Avonlea" or true HD boxed set is coming soon! Until then, this edition is the way to go. Pick it up if you can- you'll be glad you did!

I have been happily enjoying watching this since I got it. I watched it back when it was on pbs when I was a girl and this is one of my favorite book series I read growing up. The only thing I don't care for on this set is how the dvd's are held in the case. They are tricky to get in and out and if you aren't careful could scratch the discs. Still love this though. Well worth buying . If you are an Anne of Green Gables fan check out the newer version also available (think it's one of the Sheens as Mathew). This version is still the best.

First of all, let me start this review by giving some background. I am by no means the Anne of Green Gables fan that my wife is. She absolutely loves the Lucy Maud Montgomery novels and the first two movies (which are true to the original stories penned by Montgomery around the turn of the century). We honeymooned in Prince Edward Island and can say with certainty that Sullivan's films capture the island (and parts of the Toronto area...but that's a whole different story) beautifully.I hesitated before purchasing this boxed set for my wife, since we already owned the trilogy. The prospect of cleaned up prints, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround remixing, and so forth interested me (since I'm more of the geek when it comes to these sorts of things).After watching the first two films, knowing what the state the masters were in, and understanding that the goal was to provide a widescreen presentation of the films, I must say that I am quite pleased with the result.Some of the comments I've read are completely misinformed. I highly recommend you check out the Sullivan Entertainment website (See: [...]) for information on the process that was employed to edit and refine these films. My wife has watched these films so many times that she was able to pick out where B-roll was employed, since she could tell difference in inflection and wording of dialog in a few spots. This definitely isn't the hack-job that I was afraid it might be given the ridiculously ill-informed reviews I had read.If you already own these, I wouldn't say rush out and buy this. There is still a graininess to the first two films (can't speak for the 3rd, though I don't care much since it wasn't even based on the novels) which can be attributed to the state of the original medium. The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix isn't the greatest I've ever heard, but it does give depth to what would otherwise be a stereo presentation. I rather liked it. This isn't an action flick, so I don't expect to be overtaken by the audio.If you don't own it, this would be a great way to purchase the trilogy all at once. The fourth film (the prequel) starring Barbara Hershey wasn't too bad, and was only aired in Canada as far as I know. The third film, well, what can be said other than that it was completely written out of thin air. It might have the characters that L.M. Montgomery created in it, but she never wrote the story that it's based on.It isn't the greatest remaster in the world, but it certainly isn't the worst. I think you get your money's worth here.

C'mon. Who doesn't love Anne? Haven't watched the 4th DVD in the installment. After the weirdness of the third, I just haven't been able to bring myself to do it.Update: after watching the new pbs and Netflix versions, I said out loud, Monrovia dry would roll over in her grave. Netflix version was the WORST! What in the world? I’ve never seen such drivel in my life. I thought, did I miss all that in the books? I went back to my box set of books I relieved over 30 years ago, and nope.I apareciste historical fiction, but Netflix version certainly had an agenda.The only film version of our beloved Anne worth watching is Sullivan’s first three, which were originally titled Anne of green gables and Anne of Avonlea (now the continuing story).Don’t waste you time watching any other version. This dvd set is the what you are looking for. You can also stream/purchase on some app called gazebo.

Anne of Green Gables is my absolute favorite story this dvd set is the whole entire story it comes with 8 dvd’s for you to watch although one of them is special features and the quality is clear it shows full screen I have nothing to complain about at all and I will forever cherish this dvd set forever. I love the fact that it also came with a souvenir book with pictures

I just got the 8-disc version of the remastered, high definition DVDs, and I was worried when I read the reviews for the many kinds of remastered sets. There should be better distinction made on the listings.I’m 4 discs into the 8 discs total, playing them in the USA on a Sony DVD player, and all is well. It’s not perfectly clear, but it’s also a series that is nearly 40 years old. If anything changes with the next 4 discs, I will definitely update my review.

Love this DVD I watch it at least once a year

Un grand classique ! L’image et le son remasteriser me transporte à mon enfance. Très très réussi !Version Anglaise ET Française !N’hésitez pas à l’acheter !

Always a favorite story & beautiful cinematography only let down was the subtitles where not accurate best not to rely on these!

I just love this version of Anne of Green Gables. I love Megan Follows as Anne and her acting was superb.

I love this collection!!. I have been missing this like forever. But the down fall is when i opened up the cd book the cds fall out of the book.