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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, July 27 -- MONDAY, August 2

GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX
Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment have teamed on a new
26 episode sci-fi series: "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone
Complex," created by the revered animators at Japan's Production
I.G ("Kill Bill," "Ghost in the Shell"). Directed by Kenji
Kamiyama ("Blood: The Last Vampire," "Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade")
with music by Yoko Kanno ("Cowboy Bebop"), the series continues
the story of the acclaimed anime feature film "Ghost in the
Shell" that was based on the popular manga by Japanese comic book
artist Shirow Masamune. The anime series continues the story of
female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police
officers of Section 9, who hunt down a host of criminals in both
the real and online worlds. In the first four episodes Kusanagi
and Section 9 must resolve a hostage crisis, hunt down a runaway
state-of-the-art killing machine, solve a mystery behind recent
android suicides and investigate a high level conspiracy
involving a mysterious computer hacker. Set in the not too
distant future where technology plays a key role in everyday
life, "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" uses the latest
in full digital animation. "GITS: SAC Volume 1" features the
first four 30-minute episodes of the series. The complete series
will be released bi-monthly during the next year and presented on
seven DVD volumes along with a subsequent U.S. cable television
broadcast on Cartoon Network, tentatively scheduled this
September. Director: Kenji Kamiyama. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: NR,
120 min., Anime, Manga/Bandai/Anchor Bay. DVD: Only.

GOOD BYE, LENIN!
Winner of six European film awards including the 2004 Golden
Globe nominee for best foreign language film. The German smash-
hit screwball comedy of totalitarian proportions about an East
German woman who awakens from a coma after the fall of communism
and her devoted son who goes through desperate lengths to make
her believe nothing has changed. October 1989 was a bad time to
fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany -- and this is
precisely what happens to Alex's proudly socialist mother. Alex
has a big problem on his hands when she suddenly awakens eight
months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her.
And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall
and the triumph of capitalism in her beloved East Germany? To
save his mother, Alex transforms the family apartment into an
island of the past, a kind of socialist-era museum where his
mother is lovingly duped into believing that nothing has changed.
What begins as a little white lie turns into a major scam as
Alex's sister and selected neighbors are recruited to maintain
the elaborate ruse -- and keep her believing that Lenin really
did triumph after all. In German with English subtitles.
Director: Wolfgang Becker. Stars: Daniel Brfuhl, Katrin Sass,
Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas. 2004, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 121 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $3.738 million,
Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.


HELLBOY
From writer-director Guillermo del Toro ("Blade II," "The Devil's
Backbone") comes "Hellboy," a supernatural action-adventure based
on Mike Mignola's acclaimed Dark Horse Comics series of the same
name. Born in the flames of hell 60 years ago during World War
II, Hellboy (Ron Perlman) was brought to Earth by evil madman
Grigori Rasputin (Karel Roden) to perpetrate evil. Destined to be
a harbinger of the apocalypse, Hellboy was rescued by Allied
Forces led by Professor Broom (John Hurt), founder of the
clandestine B.P.R.D. (Bureau for Paranormal Research and
Defense), who raised him like a son and developed his
extraordinary paranormal gifts. Despite his dark origins, Hellboy
becomes an unlikely champion of good, battling the evil forces
that threaten our world. At the B.P.R.D., Hellboy becomes part of
an unlikely family that includes the telepathic "Mer-Man" Abe
Sapien (Doug Jones) and Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), who is pyro-
kinetic. Hidden from the very society they are assigned to
protect, they stand as a key line of defense against Rasputin --
who seeks to reclaim Hellboy to the dark side and use his powers
to bring about Armageddon. As Broom says of the B.P.R.D., "Make
no mistake about it, there are things out there that go bump in
the night. We're the ones who bump back." Director: Guillermo del
Toro. Stars: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel
Roden, Rupert Evans, John Hurt. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 121
min., Action, Box office gross: $58.576 million, Columbia
TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

LA BALANCE
When a police informant is gunned down, a determined vice cop
must recruit a new stool pigeon -- one that can finally take down
the unassailable mob boss. The line between the cops and
gangsters becomes blurred as Dede (Philippe Leotard), a
charismatic pimp, is forced to rat out his former boss and
nemesis, the elusive Massina. Considered the French "Dirty
Harry." In French with English subtitles. Director: Bob Swaim.
Stars: Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard. 1982, CC, MPAA rating:
NR, 100 min., Thriller, Home Vision, No VHS SRP. DVD: Only.

LA CEREMONIE
A shocking and unforgettable thriller. Catherine (Jacqueline
Bisset) hires the illiterate Sophie (Sondrine Bonnaire) as her
maid. But Sophie soon falls under the influence of the mysterious
Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert), and the stage is set for a tale of
murder, violence and betrayal. One of Claude Chabrol's most
acclaimed films, and winner of numerous international awards. In
French with English subtitles. Director: Claude Chabrol. Stars:
Isabelle Huppert, Jacqueline Bisset. 1995, CC, MPAA rating: NR,
102 min., Thriller, Home Vision, No VHS SRP. DVD: Only.

MASQUES
Philippe Noiret delivers a brilliant performance as a TV game
show host turned killer. Roland Wolf is writing a book on the
life of TV personality Christian Legagneur (Noiret) -- or is he?
He spends a weekend doing research for his project, where he
meets Legagneur's oddball friends and his juvenile charge who
suffers from a mysterious ailment. A deadly game of cat and
mouse, the film will keep you guessing from first frame to last.
In French with English subtitles. Director: Claude Chabrol.
Stars: Anne Brochet, Philippe Noiret. 1987, CC, MPAA rating: NR,
96 min., Thriller, Home Vision, No VHS SRP. DVD: Only.

MY FATHER AND I
Forty-year-old Jean-Luc is a successful gerontologist living in
the wealthy Parisian suburb of Versailles with his beautiful wife
Isa. On the surface, Jean-Luc appears to have everything one
could want from life. But the unexpected arrival of his long-
estranged father promises to shatter his facade. The old man
views his son's life and world with a detachment that verges on
cruelty, and it isn't long before he profoundly disrupts the
fragile and truly imperfect bourgeois lives of Jean-Luc and those
around him. In the face of a father who charms, disgusts and
rejects him, Jean-Luc can no longer avoid confronting his own
past. Secrets are revealed, and the crisis triggered by his
mysterious father alters things forever. In French with English
subtitles. Director: Anne Fontain. Stars: Michel Bouquet, Charles
Berling, Natacha Regnier, Amira Casar, Stephane Guillon. 2003,
CC, MPAA rating: NR, 100 min., Drama, New Yorker, $24.95 VHS SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.

NED KELLY
The true story of Irish-Australian legend Edward "Ned" Kelly, a
farm-boy-turned-rebel in 19th century Australia who became a
populist hero by fighting corrupt authorities oppressing his
people. With their distinctive armor, Ned Kelly and his legendary
gang became icons in Australian popular culture, featured in
films, books, and paintings. In the latter part of the 19th
century, Australia was still largely untamed. The former penal
colony's first-generation Irish immigrant population lived in
poverty. Having already experienced police brutality and the
death of his father, bushranger Ned (Heath Ledger) is wrongfully
imprisoned on the trumped-up charge of stealing a horse. Emerging
a few years later, in 1874, Ned is hardened but vows to stay
straight. But the British colonial system and its Victorian
English enforcers remain prejudiced against Australia's working
people, and the struggling Kelly family is no exception. When, in
1878, a bullying police officer is rebuffed by Ned's younger
sister Kate and targets the family for harassment, Ned and his
mother are unjustly charged with attempted murder. While hiding
in the bush, he forms a loyal gang that includes his best friend
and first lieutenant Joe Byrne (Orlando Bloom), and they blaze a
trail through the Outback, robbing banks to fund themselves as
well as to recover immigrants' land deeds, and giving police the
runaround. To the masses, Ned is a hero. To lawmen and the
establishment, he is the most wanted man in Australia. $8,000 is
offered for his capture -- at the time, the highest reward the
world had known. When the authorities bring in the formidable
Superintendent Francis Hare (Geoffrey Rush), and an army of
police, with carte blanche to capture and/or kill the outlaws,
Ned strategizes a risky showdown at the Glenrowan Inn. It is this
event which will seal his fate -- and his legend. Director:
Gregor Jordan. Stars: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts,
Geoffrey Rush, Joel Edgerton, Laurence Kinlan, Philip Barantini,
Kerry Condon, Kris McQuade. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min.,
Western, Box office gross: $0.074 million, Universal, $22.98 VHS
SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

STORY OF WOMEN
From acclaimed director Claude Chabrol comes the compelling true
story of working-class housewife Marie (Isabelle Huppert), who
performs illegal abortions in France during World War II, evading
the Nazis, and betraying those she loves. Brought to life by
Chabrol on actual locations, "Story of Women" is an honest,
original, and utterly absorbing film, which won Isabelle Huppert
Best Actress honors at the Venice Film Festival. In French with
English subtitles. Director: Claude Chabrol. Stars: Isabelle
Huppert, Francois Cluzet, Nils Tavernier. 1988, CC, MPAA rating:
NR, 108 min., Drama, Home Vision, No VHS SRP. DVD: Only.

WHOLE TEN YARDS, THE
Retired hitman Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis) is living
the quiet life in a beachfront bungalow in Mexico, miles away
from his former life. Thanks to falsified dental records supplied
by onetime neighbor and friend Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, D.D.S.
(Matthew Perry), Jimmy faked his own death and has taken up a new
line of work befitting his newfound domestic tranquility:
cleaning the house and perfecting his culinary skills with his
wife Jill (Amanda Peet), a novice assassin who has yet to pull
off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and most unwelcome
connection to their past shows up on the Tudeski's doorstep. It's
Oz, breathless and desperate, begging them to help rescue his
wife, Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge), from the Hungarian mob. Now
Jimmy, Oz and Jill will have to go the whole nine yards -- and
then some -- to manage the mounting Mafioso mayhem, in this
misguided sequel to the 2000 hit comedy "The Whole Nine Yards."
Director: Howard Deutch. Stars: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry,
Amanda Peet, Natasha Henstridge, Kevin Pollak. 2004, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 99 min., Comedy Thriller, Box office gross:
$15.857 million, Warner, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day
& Date.

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NEWS

COMING SOON:
Due September 21 is "Mean Girls," a very nasty teen girl comedy
starring Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams and Tim Meadows,
from Paramount on DVD and VHS rental ... Due September 28 "Super
Size Me," a tongue in-cheek -- and burger in hand -- documentary
look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America's
hunger for fast food, from Columbia TriStar on DVD and VHS rental
... Also on that day, Fox will release "The Hunting of the
President," a 2004 documentary, narrated by Morgan Freeman, on
the 10-year campaign to destroy Bill Clinton, based on the New
York Times best seller, on DVD and VHS rental ... Viewers will be
"Saved!" October 5 when Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick
Fugit, Heather Matarazzo, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan and Mary-
Louise Parker make fun of "higher" education, from MGM on DVD and
VHS rental ... And, finally, on October 19 Universal will release
Stephen ("The Mummy") Sommers' "Van Helsing," starring Hugh
Jackman and Kate Beckinsale, on DVD and $22.98 VHS.

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Home Vision will release four fine foreign outings this week:
Three of the films are by Claude Chabrol: "Masques" (1987) stars
Philippe Noiret in a brilliant performance as a TV game show host
turned killer; "La Ceremonie" (1995) is a shocking and
unforgettable thriller in which three women (Jacqueline Bisset,
Sondrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert) set the stage for murder,
violence and betrayal; and "Story of Women" (1988), the true
story of a working-class housewife (Isabelle Huppert), who
performs illegal abortions in France during World War II, evading
the Nazis, and betraying those she loves; the fourth film is Bob
Swaim's "La Balance," (1982), a French thriller that takes place
in the sordid Paris underground; the film is considered to be the
French "Dirty Harry."

The "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" contains the first
four half-hour episodes of the new anime series based on the
classic feature film and manga of the same name. In two versions:
A one-disc standard edition with the four episodes in Dolby 5.1
surround ($24.95) and a three-disc special edition with one disc
containing the four episodes in Dolby 5.1 surround, one disc
containing the four episodes in DTS 5.1 surround, and a third
disc containing the original series soundtrack CD ($59.95). The
complete series (26 episodes) will be released bimonthly on seven
sets over the next year. From Manga/Bandai/Anchor Bay.

And in case you missed it the first time it made its way to home
video, don't pass up Guillermo Del Toro's "The Devil's Backbone
Special Edition" (2001), starring Marisa Paredes, Eduardo
Noriega, Federico Luppi and Fernando Tielve. The ghostly tale of
revenge and lust set in Spain during the Spanish Civil War is a
tour-de-force. Columbia TriStar is releasing the film -- with
more extras than the original releaSE -- in conjunction with the
release to video this week of Del Toro's "Hellboy."

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
"The Cisco Kid Collection Three" is a four-disc or five-VHS set
with 20 episodes from this Golden Age of Television series,
$49.98, from MPI Home Video ... "Dark Shadows DVD Collection 13"
is a four-disc set with 40 episodes, $59.98, from MPI Home Video
... "The Jeff Foxworthy Show: The Complete First Season" is a
two-disc set with 18 episodes, $29.95 from Columbia TriStar ...
"Nero Wolfe: The Complete First Season" is a three-volume set
with eight episodes, $59.95 from A&E Home Video ... "The New
Avengers '77: Season II" is a four-disc set with all 13 episodes
from the second season, $79.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Pennies
From Heaven" is the classic BBC miniseries of Dennis Potter's
wonderful tale, starring Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell and Gemma
Craven, in a three-disc set from Warner ... "The Persuaders! Set
2" is a three-disc with 11 episodes of the spy spoof starring
Roger Moore and Tony Curtis, $59.95 from A&E Home Video ...
"Rocked With Gina Gershon" is a two-disc set with six episodes of
the IFC Original series about Gershon and her band, Girls Against
Boys, as they tour in support of her film, "Prey for Rock and
Roll," $29.95 from Docurama ... "Sledge Hammer! -- Season One"
contains all 22 episodes of the spoof of 1980s cop movies and TV
shows, starring David Rasche, $39.98 from Anchor Bay ... "A Touch
of Frost Season 3" is a three-disc or four-VHS set with four
episodes from the popular U.K. police series, $49.98 from MPI
Home Video ... "V: The Complete Series" is a three-disc set with
all 19 episodes from the sci-fi series, $39.98 from Warner.

BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
MTI Home Video will release this week "Tropix" (2002), a thriller
about an American woman kidnapped and isolated in the wilds of
Costa Rica during a tropical vacation with her husband; on DVD
and VHS rental.

ON THE INDIE FRONT:
Vanguard Cinema will release "Malibu Eyes" (2004), a stylish
suspenser about a young woman on vacation in Malibu who takes to
spying on her neighbors sensual activities, taping their
adventures. She eventually discovers that she's not the only one
doing the watching; on VHS rental and DVD..

FOREIGN:
"Petty Crimes" (2002), about a reformed petty criminal from
France who tries to make his way as an American citizen in New
York City, directed by Manuel Cuotemoc Malle (son of Louis
Malle), in French with English subtitles, from Vanguard Cinema on
VHS rental and DVD.

FOR THE KIDS:
For pre-schoolers, HIT Entertainment will release this week the
latest direct-to-video adventures of The Wiggles: "Whoo Hoo!
Wiggly Gremlins!" in which some mischievous gremlins play tricks
on the Aussie musical stars and their friends at their TV
station, on $14.95 VHS and $16,99 DVD ... also for the young
ones, Columbia TriStar will release "Dragon Tales: Believe in
Yourself," featuring three episodes on VHS ($9.95) and five
episodes on DVD ($14.95) from the popular PBS kids series ... For
older kids there's "Garfield and Friends," a three-disc set with
24 episodes from the first two years of the animated kids series,
$39.98 from Fox ... and "Rocket Power: Island of the Menehune," a
feature length animated adventure based on the Nick TV series,
$9.95 VHS and $16.99 DVD, from Paramount ... and for young teens
there's "The Kids Who Saved Summer," about three kids who spend
their summer trying to save their park from a construction
company that wants to erect a factory right where the youngsters
play, on VHS rental and DVD from MTI Video.


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

Weekly listings of DVD releases can now be viewed on mobile
devices at www.tagtag.com/onvideo

** The Cisco Kid Collection. Three Four-disc set with 20 episodes
from this Golden Age of Television series, $49.98. (MPI Home
Video).
** Dark Shadows DVD Collection 13. Four-disc set with 40
episodes, $59.98. (MPI Home Video).
** The Devil's Backbone Special Edition (2001) Dir.: Guillermo
Del Toro; Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi,
Fernando Tielve. Extras: Commentary by Del Toro and
cinematographer , deleted scenes, thumbnail sketches,
featurettes, photo galleries, storyboard comparisons. (Columbia
TriStar).
** Elvis: The Birth of Rock N' Roll. Documentary on the early
Elvis, with seldom-heard recordings and interviews with guitarist
Scotty Moore. (Kultur).
** Garfield and Friends. Three-disc set with 24 episodes from the
first two years of the animated kids series. (Fox).
** Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2004) First four
half-hour episodes of the new anime series based on the anime
feature and manga, in two versions: A one-disc standard edition
with the four episodes in Dolby 5.1 surround ($24.95) and a
three-disc special edition with one disc containing the four
episodes in Dolby 5.1 surround, one disc containing the four
episodes in DTS 5.1 surround, and a third disc containing the
original series soundtrack CD ($59.95). (Manga/Bandai/Anchor
Bay).
** Good bye, Lenin! (2004 -- German) Dir.: Wolfgang Becker;
Daniel Brfuhl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon,
Florian Lukas. Extras: Commentary by Becker, cast commentary, 10
deleted scenes, "Lenin Learns to Fly" visual effects featurette,
making-of featurette, Uncut "Aktuelle Kamera" broadcasts.
(Columbia TriStar).
** Greendale (2004) Neil Young's humanist fable told through 10
interlocking songs. Extras: "The Making of Greendale." (Sanctuary
Records).
** Hellboy (2004) Dir.: Guillermo del Toro; Ron Perlman, Selma
Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Rupert Evans, John Hurt. Two-
disc set. Extras: Disc 1: Commentary by Perlman, Blair, Evans and
Tambor; creator commentary with director del Toro and "Hellboy"
creator and co-executive producer Mike Mignola; DVD-Rom
"Director's Notebook" with printable script, script supervisor's
book; eight branching DVD comics by "Hellboy" creator Mike
Mignola: a never-been-done DVD feature containing eight Branching
DVD comics by Mike Mignola offering onscreen looks at Hellboy
comic books in which Mignola will compare that page with that
exact shot used in the film; eight "Right Hand of Doom set
visits: at key moments during the movie viewers are given the
option to branch out to a short featurette showing what life was
like on the set during that day of shooting; four short films
featuring the cartoons Hellboy himself recommends; storyboards:
picture-in-picture storyboard track plays simultaneously with the
film; "Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation" documentary; Disc 2: Four
animatics: computer-generated animated scene breakdowns; five
"Board-A-Matics": side-by-side comparison of scenes with the
animated storyboards; Weblink to Hellboy merchandise; three
deleted scenes with optional commentary; scene deconstruction:
director del Toro walks viewers through the evolution of a scene
from his sketches to the storyboards to the finished scene;
"Kroenen's Lair": four storyboard to film comparisons; nine
theatrical TV spots; poster explorations for the "Hellboy"
theatrical campaign. (Columbia TriStar).
** The Jeff Foxworthy Show: The Complete First Season. Two-disc
set with 18 episodes, $29.95. (Columbia TriStar).
** La Balance (1982 -- French) Dir.: Bob Swaim; Nathalie Baye,
Philippe Leotard. New digital transfer enhanced for 16x9
televisions. (Home Vision).
** La Ceremonie (1995) Dir.: Claude Chabrol; Isabelle Huppert,
Jacqueline Bisset. New digital transfer, enhanced for 16x9
televisions. Extras: "The Making of La Ceremonie, a 20-minute
documentary featuring Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert, and
Sandrine Bonnaire; original theatrical trailer; essay by film
historian and critic Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader.
(Home Vision).
** Masques (1987 -- French) Dir.: Claude Chabrol; Anne Brochet,
Philippe Noiret. New digital transfer, enhanced for 16x9
televisions. (Home Vision).
** My Father and I (2003 -- French) Dir: Anne Fontaine; Michel
Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Regnier, Amira Casar, Stephane
Guillon. (New Yorker).
** Ned Kelly (2004) Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts,
Geoffrey Rush, Joel Edgerton, Laurence Kinlan, Philip Barantini,
Kerry Condon, Kris McQuade. Extras: Mini-documentary "Ned Kelly
in Popular Culture," the real Kelly Gang photo montage, poster
art, more. (Universal).
** Nero Wolfe: The Complete First Season. Three-volume set with
eight episodes, $59.95. (A&E Home Video).
** The New Avengers '77: Season II. Four-disc set with all 13
episodes from the second season, $79.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Pennies From Heaven (1981) Dir.: Herbert Ross; Steve Martin,
Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken, Jessica Harper, John
McMartin. Extras: Commentary by film critic Peter Rainer, cast
and crew reunion featurette. (Warner).
** Pennies From Heaven. BBC miniseries, three-disc set. (Warner).
** The Persuaders! Set 2. Three-disc with 11 episodes of the spy
spoof starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis, $59.95. (A&E Home
Video).
** Rocket Power: Island of the Menehune. Feature length animated
adventure based on the Nick TV series. (Paramount).
** Rocked With Gina Gershon. Two-disc set with six episodes of
the IFC Original series about Gershon and her band, Girls Against
Boys, as they tour in support of her film, "Prey for Rock and
Roll"; $29.95. (Docurama).
** Showgirls VIP Limited Edition (1995) Dir.: Paul Verhoeven;
Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer,
Robert Davi, Alan Rachins. Boxset with set of Showgirls shot
glasses, "Pin the Pasties on the Showgirl" game with pasties and
blindfold, deck of Showgirls cards, Showgirls party games,
$39.98. Extras: "The Greatest Movie Ever Made" commentary by
David Schmader, lap-dance tutorial featuring the world-famous
girls of Scores, "A Showgirls Diary" storyboard-to- screen
feature, pop-up trivia track, Elizabeth Berkeley photo series.
(MGM).
** Sledge Hammer! -- Season One. Four-disc set with all 22
episodes of the spoof of 1980s cop movies and TV shows, starring
David Rasche; $39.98. Extras: Commentary on select episodes, cast
and crew interviews, never-before-seen footage, photo gallery,
more. (Anchor Bay).
** Story of Women (1988 -- French) Dir.: Claude Chabrol; Isabelle
Huppert, Francois Cluzet, Nils Tavernier. New digital transfer,
enhanced for 16x9 televisions. Extras: Scene commentary by
Chabrol, interviews with producer Marin Karmitz and writer
Francis Szpiner, original French theatrical trailer, essay by
film critic and author Wheeler Winston Dixon. (Home Vision).
** A Touch of Frost Season 3. Three-disc set with four episodes
from the popular U.K. police series; $49.98. (MPI Home Video).
** 20 Years After: The Woodstock Reunion Concert. Three-disc set,
$24.95. Disc 1 (Peace): Features performances by The Chamberss
Brothers, Iron Butterfly, The Spencer Davis Group, Canned Heat,
Blood, Sweat & Tears. Disc 2 (Love): Hosted by Timothy Leary,
features Melanie, Electric Flag, Mark Farmer of Grand Funk
Railroad. Disc 3 (Consciousness): Leary, Country Joe McDonald,
Humble Pie, Buddy Miles, Canned Heat. (Kultur).
** V: The Complete Series. Three-disc set with all 19 episodes
from the sci-fi series, $39.98. (Warner).
** The Whole Ten Yards (2004) Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda
Peet, Natasha Henstridge, Kevin Pollak. Extras: Commentary by
Director Howard Deutch and writer Mitchell Kapner. (Warner).

For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>


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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

** The Cisco Kid Collection Three. Five-volume set with 20
episodes from this Golden Age of Television series (MPI Home
Video): $49.98
** My Father and I (2003 -- French) Dir: Anne Fontaine; Michel
Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Regnier, Amira Casar, Stephane
Guillon (New Yorker): $24.95
** Rocket Power: Island of the Menehune. Feature length animated
adventure based on the Nick TV series (Paramount): $9.95
** A Touch of Frost Season 3. Four-volume set with four episodes
from the popular U.K. police series (MPI Home Video): $49.98


For more sell-through info, check out our Sell-Through/Repriced
pages at <http://www.onvideo.org/reprice.htm>


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