Anne of Green Gables: The Complete Four-Part Collection (packaging may vary)

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!

Exact original videos with a series of the "new" programs with different actors. Interesting behind the scenes interviews.

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!

Great video and service

I watched this every year when PBS would play it as a child. My daughter now is a huge fan.

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.

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.

Pour passer le temps sans violence. Le meilleur de l’humanité. J’aime tellement ça que je l’ai acheté deux fois Hahaha.

Bought this for my Dad to replace his worn out VHS collection.He was tickled pink.

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

Anne of the Green Gables is the best watched family ahow!! It is my number 1 to watch. Anyone who haven’t see it, highly recommend to watch it!

I love this adaptation so much, I've watched it many times since it first came on tv. I've had the original box set for ages but I decided to treat myself to this digitally remastered box set and I'm so glad I did. The picture is now in wide screen and it has a cinematic quality which is beautiful. There is a bonus 4th disc but I haven't watched it yet so I can't comment on it. My only criticism is that it is eye wateringly expensive and I can't see the justification for it, it just feels like greed by the company making it.