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The Best DVDs of 2001

The Best DVDs of 2001

We review lots and lots of DVDs each year. Of the many many hundreds which we review, only a very small percentage attain a perfect 5 out of 5 score overall. Below, for your viewing pleasure are the 20 DVDs which have attained our perfect 5 out of 5 score for the year of 2001. This is not a "Top 10" of 2001. This is simply a list of the best of the best of the DVDs that we've come across for 2001. (The DVDs are listed in reverse release date order, not by the date of our review.)

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Fleetwood Mac-Rumours (DVD-Audio) (2001)
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One of the great albums is given renewed life in DVD-Audio form. Although there have been some slight changes in the process of creating this disc, every song is still basically the same. Oh, except for Silver Springs — that song had to be left off the vinyl, and stayed off the CD, but now it's available.

Released 4-Jun-2001
Reviewed 7th January 2003 by Tony R

Bela Fleck-BlueGrass Sessions: Tales from Acoustic Planet Vol2 (DVD-Audio) (1999)
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Another reference quality DVD-Audio disc, with banjos, guitars, mandolins and violins playing some energetic and highly enjoyable bluegrass with sound quality as to make a grown man weep.

Released 4-Jun-2001
Reviewed 12th August 2002 by Paul C

Pat Metheny Group-Imaginary Day (DVD-Audio) (1997)
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Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day is a superb reference-quality DVD-Audio disc featuring an aggressive surround mix as well as a high resolution stereo version of the Grammy-winning album. Fans of Pat Metheny and the Pat Metheny Group will of course already be well acquainted with the material - for the rest of you I would still highly recommend this as a "demo" disc to showcase the quality of your multi-channel setup. Also, it would be a shame to listen to this in stereo - if you have the equipment, enjoy the multi-channel mix. You will never go back to stereo again!

Released 1-Jun-2001
Reviewed 11th August 2002 by Christine T

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
Warner Bros
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As a documentary this is technically one of the best I have ever seen, independent of the content. As a gripping and moving story about children caught up in a world gone mad, it is brilliant. As a moral for what is happening around the world at this very moment, it is compulsory viewing for everyone.

Released 20-Nov-2001
Reviewed 9th May 2002 by Terry M

Bounce (2000)
Miramax
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An enthralling story of a relationship that is quite wrong, or very right. Reference quality video, excellent audio.

Released 3-Aug-2006
Reviewed 13th January 2002 by Tony R

Moulin Rouge: Special Edition (2001)
Fox
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I'll make this easy for you, get your pre-order in now! You will want to add this disc to your collection if you enjoy Baz Luhrmann films. A ground breaking film presented on a reference quality disc with an incredible range of extras.

Released 3-Dec-2001
Reviewed 22nd November 2001 by Terry M

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within: Collector's Edition (2001)
Columbia Pictures
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In a word: wow! Final Fantasy is a digitally-animated film that makes A Bug's Life look like a series of kindergarten child scribbles. It is presented immaculately on this two-disc set.

Released 20-Nov-2001
Reviewed 17th November 2001 by Dean M

Starship Troopers: Special Edition (1997)
Buena Vista
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I am just as surprised as the rest of the Region 4 DVD Video community, but I find myself actually recommending the Region 4 release of Starship Troopers. There is no more need to import the Region 1 version of this film. At least not yet.

Released 6-Nov-2001
Reviewed 11th November 2001 by Dean M

Shrek (2001)
Dreamworks SKG
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Shrek is a wholly entertaining movie presented on an exceptional quality DVD packed with extras.

Released 2-Nov-2001
Reviewed 11th November 2001 by Nick J

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Deluxe Two Disc Set) (1937)
Walt Disney Pictures
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The masterpiece has finally arrived on DVD as the first of a sequence of annual releases, over the next decade, of the creme-de-la-creme of Disney animated features. Was it worth the wait to finally get a true Disney gem on DVD? Get yourself ready for something very special indeed...

Withdrawn from Sale
Reviewed 21st October 2001 by Ian M