Upcoming DVD special edition releases of Quentin Tarantino's best writer-director works (remember Quentin Tarantino?) are notable for any QT fans. Pulp Fiction gets deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes montages, a documentary, a production design featurette, and tons and tons of television material including an entire episode of Siskel & Ebert all about QT. The fantastic, greatly underrated Jackie Brown gets a similar treatment. Alas, neither DVD set has director commentary. Both sets are 2 discs each and will be released August 20.

Resevoir Dogs will get a very special 10th anniversary release on August 27 with deleted scenes, Sundance workshop material, new interviews, tributes to directors QT says influenced the film, a tribute to Lawrence Tierney, "select scene audio commentary", and much, much more. The two-disc set will be released with five collectible covers and liner notes featuring characters from the movie, including Mr. White, Mr. Pink, Mr. Brown, Mr. Blond and Mr. Orange.

Releasing a DVD under five different "collectible" covers may be a cheesy marketing gimmick to encourage "real collectors" to buy the same product five times, but it's hardly unusual. I kind of like the idea; fans can pick their favorite character and buy the one they like. What is truly bizarre is releasing four of the five collectible covers in a boxed set. That's right, a boxed set containing four identical copies of a 2-disc DVD set, each in a different cover. Own each of the "collectible" covers by purchasing them all in one convenient box-- except Mr. Orange, which is sold separately.