DVD in 'The Elia Kazan Collection' 11/9/10; but...

Man on a Tightrope is finally making its home video debut as one of 15 DVDs in The Elia Kazan Collection, available Nov. 9, 2010; SRP, $199.95. But...

Only five of the films are new to DVD, and will not be available individually, while 10 are retreads of films already released, and still available as singles.

Still, the chance to own this superb film, along with the four other new releases -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Viva Zapata!, Wild River and America, America -- plus Martin Scorsese's documentary, A Letter to Elia, may make this set worth while...especially if you don't already own all the previously released titles in it. This collection is an unprecedented collaboration between Fox, Warner and Columbia, who each contributed films to make the set possible.

The ten recycled titles are: Boomerang!, Gentleman's Agreement, Pinky, Panic in the Streets, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, East of Eden, Baby Doll, A Face in the Crowd and Splendor in the Grass.