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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, February 8 -- MONDAY, February 14

BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies," director
Stephen Fry's drama is a look into the lives of a young novelist,
his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified
London in the 1930s. Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) needs to get
enough money to marry the beautiful Nina (Emily Mortimer). His
friends -- eccentric, wild, loud and entirely shocking to the
older generation, seem one by one to self-destruct, to crash and
burn in their endless search for newer and faster sensations.
Their world is that of the very young, wild, party-loving
creatures new to gramophone records and the telephone -- a self-
consciously modern generation that cannot keep still for a
second. They are known to the press, who follow their every move,
as the Bright Young Things. Director: Stephen Fry. Stars: Emily
Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, James McAvoy, Michael Sheen,
David Tennant, Fenella Woolgar, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Broadbent, Simon
Callow, Jim Carter, Stockard Channing, Richard E. Grant. 2004,
CC, MPAA rating: R, 106 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.915
million, New Line, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

FADE TO BLACK
Documentary look at rapper Jay-Z's career, filmed during his
"Black Album" tour. Provides a backstage glimpse during his
concert and shows how his album was conceived. Narrated by Jay-Z.
Features guest appearances by Beyonce, Missy Elliott, Mary J.
Blige, R. Kelly, others. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min.,
Documentary, Box office gross: $0.725 million, Paramount, No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

NOTEBOOK, THE
Based on the best-selling romance by Nicholas Sparks, a tale of
true love and destiny. As teenagers, Allie (Rachel McAdams) and
Noah (Ryan Gosling) begin a whirlwind courtship that soon
blossoms into tender intimacy. The young couple is quickly
separated by Allie's upper-class parents who insist that Noah
isn't right for her. Several years pass, and, when they meet
again, their passion is rekindled, forcing Allie to choose
between her soulmate and class order. This beautiful tale has a
particularly special meaning to an older gentleman (James Garner)
who regularly reads the timeless love story to his aging
companion (Gena Rowlands). Director: Nick Cassavetes. Stars: Ryan
Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Sam
Shepherd, Joan Allen. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 124 min.,
Romantic drama, Box office gross: $80.313 million, New Line, No
VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

P.S.
Louise Harrington (Laura Linney), a divorced, thirtysomething
admission's officer at Columbia University's School of Fine Arts,
is intelligent, pretty, successful, and ... unfulfilled. That is,
until a graduate school application crosses her desk and she
arranges to interview the young painter. When Scott Feinstadt
(Topher Grace) appears, he bears an uncanny resemblance to
Louise's high school boyfriend and one true love, an artist who
died in a car accident 20 years earlier. Within hours of the
interview, Louise and Scott have embarked on a passionately
uninhibited older woman/younger man affair. But is Scott just a
reminder of Louise's lost love? And is Scott just trying to
wheedle his way into the Ivy League? Adding to the romantic
complications is competition from Louise's best friend from high
school, Missy (Marcia Gay Harden), who shows up to claim the
affections of the boy; Louise's co-dependent ex-husband Peter
(Gabriel Byrne); her cynical mother (Lois Smith) and fresh-out-
of-rehab brother (Paul Rudd). Director: Dylan Kidd. Stars: Laura
Linney, Topher Grace, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul
Rudd, Lois Smith. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: R, 97 min., Drama, Box
office gross: $0.175 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

SHARK TALE
Oscar is a fast-talking tongue-scrubber at the local whale wash
whose big dreams have a habit of landing him in hot water. Lenny
is a great white shark with a sensitive side and a secret -- he's
a vegetarian. When a great white lie turns Oscar into an
improbable hero and the truth about Lenny makes him an outcast,
these two become the most unlikely of friends. "Shark Tale" stars
the voices of Will Smith as Oscar, a hustler who has always been
able to fin-agle his way out of trouble, until now; Robert De
Niro as Don Lino, a great white shark at the top of the Reef's
food chain; Renee Zellweger as Angie, the beautiful angelfish who
harbors a secret crush on Oscar; Angelina Jolie as the femme
fatale, Lola, a cross between a lion fish and a dragonfish, who
uses her feminine wiles to get what she wants; Jack Black as Don
Lino's son Lenny, a great white shark who is a closet vegetarian;
and Martin Scorsese as Sykes, a puffer fish who is full of hot
air and never misses an opportunity to make a few extra clams.
Rounding out the main cast are: Doug E. Doug and Ziggy Marley as
Bernie and Ernie, two Rastafarian jellyfish with a stinging sense
of humor; Michael Imperioli as Don Lino's oldest son, Frankie, a
chip off the old shark; Vincent Pastore as Luca, an oily octopus,
which makes him the perfect right-hand, left-hand, right-hand,
left-hand man; Peter Falk as Don Ira Feinberg, a shark who is
long in the tooth, but still has plenty of bite left; and Katie
Couric as the Reef's top anchorfish, Katie Current. Director:
Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson. Voices: Will Smith, Robert De Niro,
Renee Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Martin Scorsese,
Ziggy Marley, Doug E. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore,
Peter Falk, Katie Couric, David Soren. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: PG,
90 min., Animated, Box office gross: $160.000 million,
DreamWorks, $15.95 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
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NEWS

COMING SOON:
Sony will release on April 5 comedy "Spanglish," starring Adam
Sandler and Tea Leoni, on DVD and VHS rental ... On April 12 Sony
will release Pedro Almodovar's "Bad Education," starring Gael
Garcia Bernal, on DVD and VHS rental ... April 19 will see the
release of thriller "Birth," starring Nicole Kidman, Cameron
Bright, Danny Huston, Lauren Bacall, Arliss Howard, Anne Heche
and Peter Stormare, on DVD and VHS rental from New Line ... On
May 3 Walt Disney will release "National Treasure," starring
Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean
and Christopher Plummer, on DVD and $29.99 VHS; the loaded DVD
will also sport a multilevel treasure hunt feature that promises
that the more bonus material you find and watch, the more you
uncover.

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
MGM this week will release "The Martin Scorsese Film Collection,"
a five-disc set with four Scorsese films: "New York, New York,"
"Boxcar Bertha," "The Last Waltz" and "Raging Bull," $49.96; each
available separately for $14.95, except "Raging Bull," which is a
two-disc collector's edition for $29.98. The classic "Raging
Bull" is loaded with extras, including three commentaries,
several featurettes and documentaries on the film, stars,
production and sound design, a shot-by-shot comparison of De Niro
and LaMotta in the ring, and a "LaMotta Defends the Title"
newsreel footage.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Deadwood: The Complete First Season," a six-disc
set with 12 episodes, $79.99 from HBO Video ... "The Fresh Prince
of Bel-Air: The complete First Season," 25 episodes, $29.98.,
from Warner ... "Full House: The Complete First Season," a two-
disc set with 22 episodes, $29.98 from Warner ... "The Grid," a
two-disc set with all six-hours of the mini-series starring
Julianna Margulies and Dylan McDermott, $26.98 from Fox
..."Highlander: The Series -- Season Six," am eight-disc set with
the final 13 episodes, $89.98 from Anchor Bay ... "Inspector
Alleyn Mysteries, Set One," a four-disc set with four feature-
length episodes from the British mystery franchise, $59.99 from
Acorn Media ... "The Jamie Foxx Show: The Complete First Season,"
22 episodes, $29.98, from Warner ... "The Mad About You
Collection," a four-disc set, $39.95, from Sony ... "Miami Vice:
Season One," a three-disc set, remixed in 5.1 Surround, $59.98
from Universal ... "Murder One Season One," a six-disc set with
23 episodes, $59.98 from Fox ... "Murphy Brown: The Complete
First Season," a four-disc set with 22 episodes, $29.98 from
Warner .... "Night Court: The Complete First Season," a two-disc
set with 13 episodes, $29.98 from Warner ... "Punky Brewster
Season Two," a four-disc set with 23 episodes, $34.98 from Sony
... "A Separate Peace," a 2004 telefilm directed by Peter Yates
and starring Toby Moore, Jacob Pitts, Danny Swerdlow and Hume
Cronyn, from Paramount ... "7th Heaven -- The Complete Second
Season," a six-disc set with 22 episodes, under $40 from
Paramount ... "The Wayans Bros.: The Complete First Season," 13
episodes, $29.98 from Warner.

FOR THE KIDS:
Warner will release this week "Aloha Scooby-Doo!" (2005), a full-
length animated feature with the voices of Casey Kasem, Tia
Carrere, Mario Lopez and Teri Garr, on $19.95 DVD and $14.94 VHS
... Koch Vision will launch this week the acclaimed TV series
Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends on DVD. The first three
outings are "John Henry," starring Danny Glover and Tom Hulce;
"Johnny Appleseed," starring Martin Short, Molly Ringwald and Rob
Reiner; and "Darlin' Clemintine," starring Duvall, Ed Asner,
David Dukes and a pre-"Seinfeld" Michael Richards; $14.98 ...
From Disney this week comes two "Growing Up With Winnie the Pooh"
titles that help give preschoolers the social skills they need to
get a head start to successful learning: "A Great Day of
Discovery" and "Friends Forever," available separately for $14.99
VHS and $19.99 DVD ... A new star-spangled superhero makes his
debut this week from MGM: "The Adventures of the American
Rabbit," featuring Rob the animated rabbit as he discovers the
value of teamwork and the belief that there's a hero waiting to
born in all of us, on $14.95 DVD only ... From the production
studio that created the award-winning "Triplets of Belleville"
comes the animated "The Boy Who Wanted to be a Bear," based on
the Inuit legend about a baby boy kidnapped by a pair of bears
and raised as their own, until his human father comes to retrieve
him; Central Park Media will release the film on DVD for $19.95.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
"Until the Violence Stops" is a documentary that chronicles how
Eve Ensler's hit Broadway solo show "The Vagina Monologues" grew
into V-day, an international grassroots movement dedicated to
female empowerment and putting an end to violence against women
and girls, $26.95 DVD only from Docurama .. . "The Man in the
Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story" is a timely look at the life
of the pop superstar (as his trial for child molestation gets
underway), $19.99 on DVD from Paramount.


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

Weekly listings of DVD releases can now be viewed on mobile
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** Aloha Scooby-Doo! (2005) Full-length animated feature. Voices
of Casey Kasem, Tia Carrere, Mario Lopez, Teri Garr. Extras:
"Hula Hullabaloola" featurette on Hawaii, "Aloha Scooby-Doo!"
interactive challenge game, "An Evening With the Scooby Gang" Q&A
session, more. (Warner).
** Boxcar Bertha (1972) Dir.: Martin Scorsese; Barbara Hershey,
David Carradine. (MGM).
** Bright Young Things (2004) Dir.: Stephen Fry; Emily Mortimer,
Stephen Campbell Moore, James McAvoy, Michael Sheen, David
Tennant, Fenella Woolgar, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Broadbent, Simon
Callow, Jim Carter, Stockard Channing, Richard E. Grant. Extras:
Commentary by Fry, "From the Bottom Up" behind-the-scenes
documentary. (New Line).
** Deadwood: The Complete First Season. Six-disc set with 12
episodes, $79.99. Extras: "Making Deadwood: The Show Behind the
Show" featurette, "The Real Deadwood" historical featurette, "The
New Language of the Old West" conversation with creator David
Milch and star Keith Carradine, four commentaries by the creator
and cast. (HBO Video).
** Fade to Black (2004) Documentary on rapper Jay-Z. Extras: "The
Story Behind "Fade to Black," encore music video, deleted scene.
(Paramount).
** The Fresh Prince of Bel Air: The complete First Season.
Twenty-five episodes, $29.98. Extras: Extra disc with two bonus
episodes on specially marked packages. (Warner).
** Full House: The Complete First Season. Two-disc set with 22
episodes, $29.98. Extras: Original unaired pilot episode "Our
First Show," trivia, commentary. (Warner).
** The Grid. Two-disc set with all six-hours of the mini-series
starring Julianna Margulies and Dylan McDermott, $26.98. Extras:
Commentary, deleted scenes, "Factual Fiction" and "The Globe of
the Grid" featurettes. (Fox).
** Heat and Sunlight (1987) Indie film directed by and starring
Rob Nilsson. (Koch Lorber).
** Highlander: The Series -- Season Six. Eight-disc set with the
final 13 episodes, $89.98. Extras: Commentaries by Jim Byrnes,
Peter Wingfield and Richard Martin; deleted and alternate scenes;
interviews with the actors, producers, editors, writers, set and
costume designers; "Watcher Chronicles" profiles the lives of the
Immortals and those they encountered as recorded by The Watchers;
photo gallery; six featurettes including "Swordmaster -- A
Retrospective With Bob Anderson," "Finale -- Backstage
Documentary", "Immortal Memories -- Season Finale Retrospective,
"400 Years -- The Journeys of Duncan Macleod," "Favorite
Quickenings" and "La Carrera Panamericana"; CD-ROM features.
(Anchor Bay).
** Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, Set One. Four-disc set with four
feature-length episodes from the British mystery franchise,
$59.99. (Acorn Media).
** The Jamie Foxx Show: The Complete First Season. Twenty-two
episodes, $29.98. Extras: Gag reel; extra disc with two bonus
episodes on specially marked packages. (Warner).
** The Mad About You Collection. Four-disc set, $39.95Extras:
Blooper reel, "Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt Are Mad About Guest
Stars" featurette, "Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt Are Mad About the
Theme" featurette, commentary on select episodes by Paul Reiser
and Helen Hunt, video introductions, more. (Sony).
** Malcolm X Special Edition (1992) Dir.: Spike Lee; Denzel
Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Albert Hall,
Al Freeman Jr., Lonette McKee. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary
by Lee, cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, editor Barry Alexander
Brown and costume designer Ruth Carter; "By Any Means Necessary:
The Making of Malcolm X" narrated by James Earl Jones; 10
additional scenes with on-camera introduction by Lee; 1972
documentary "Malcolm X" narrated by James Earl Jones. (Warner).
** The Martin Scorsese Film Collection. Includes "Raging Bull"
two-disc collector's edition, "New York, New York," "Boxcar
Bertha" and "The Last Waltz," $49.96. Each available separately
Miami Vice: Season One Three-disc set, remixed in 5.1 Surround,
$59.98. Extras: Introduction by Michael Mann, "The Vibe of Vice"
featurette, "Back-Story: Miami Vice" featurette, featurettes on
the series' fashion and music. (Universal).
** Murder One Season One. Six-disc set with 23 episodes, $59.98.
Extras: Commentary on select episodes, "Making the Case: Season
One" featurette. (Fox).
** Murphy Brown: The Complete First Season. Four-disc set with 22
episodes, $29.98. Extras: "Murphy Brown: An F.Y.I. Exclusive"
featurette that looks back at Season 1 and how it all began, with
interviews by creator Diane English, Candice Bergen and other
cast members; select commentary. (Warner).
** New York, New York (1977) Dir.: Martin Scorsese; Liza
Minnelli, Robert De Niro. Extras: Commentary by Scorsese and film
critic Carrie Rickey, introduction by Scorsese, alternate takes
and extended scenes, photo gallery. (MGM).
** Night Court: The Complete First Season. Two-disc set with 13
episodes, $29.98. Extras: "Night Court: Comedy's Swing Shift" a
featurette on the origins of "Night Court" by creator/executive
producer Reinhold Weege and Harry Anderson; episode commentary by
Weege. (Warner).
** The Notebook (2004) Dir.: Nick Cassavetes; Ryan Gosling,
Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Sam Shepherd, Joan
Allen. Extras: Commentary by Cassavetes, commentary by novelist
Nicholas Sparks, 12 deleted scenes with optional director
commentary, "All in the Family: Nick Cassavetes Profile"
featurette, "Nicholas Sparks: A Simple Story Well Told"
featurette, "Southern Exposure: Locating The Notebook"
featurette, "Casting Rachel and Ryan" featurette, Rachel McAdams'
screen test, DVD-ROM "Script-to-Screen" program.
** On the Edge (1985) Indie film directed by Rob Nilsson and
starring Bruce Dern. (Koch Lorber).
** P.S. (2004) Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia
Gay Harden, Paul Rudd, Lois Smith. (Sony).
** Punky Brewster Season Two. Four-disc set with 23 episodes,
$34.98. (Sony).
** Raging Bull Collector's Edition (1980) Dir.: Martin Scorsese;
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent,
Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana. Two-disc set. Extras: Three
commentaries: Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, cast and
crew, and storytellers (including Paul Schrader and Jake
LaMotta); "Before the Fight" writing, casting and pre-production
featurette; "Inside the Ring" fight-scene choreography
featurette; "Outside the Ring" behind-the-scenes featurette;
"After the Fight" featurette on sound design, music and the
film's impact; "The Bronx Bull" making-of documentary with Jake
LaMotta and editor Thelma Schoonmaker; "De Niro vs. LaMotta"
shot-by-shot comparison of De Niro and LaMotta in the ring;
"LaMotta Defends the Title" newsreel footage. (MGM).
** A Separate Peace (2004) Dir.: Peter Yates; Toby Moore, Jacob
Pitts, Danny Swerdlow, Hume Cronyn. Telefilm. (Paramount).
** 7th Heaven -- The Complete Second Season. Six-disc set with 22
episodes, under $40. (Paramount).
** Shark Tale (2004) Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renee Zellweger,
Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Martin Scorsese, Ziggy Marley, Doug
E. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore, Peter Falk, Katie
Couric, David Soren. Extras: Commentary by the directors; "Club
Oscar" featurette created by the DreamWorks animation team and
featuring the star-studded Shark Tale voice talent "gettin' fishy
with it" in an animated sequence with all the characters
showcasing their best dance moves; "Club Oscar: Get Your Groove
On": Learn to dance sequence with the film's choreographer Nadine
"Hi-Hat" Colquhon; "Gigi the Whale": Fully animated tongue-in-
cheek clip featuring audition footage of Gigi the Whale reading
for a role in "Shark Tale"; "Rough Waters": Look at what happened
when the animation process did not go according to plan during
the movie's production; "A Fishified World": Behind-the-scenes
look at the making of the film, including interviews with the
animation and character design team who transformed a natural
looking coral reef into an urban city beneath the sea; "The Music
of Shark Tale" featurette, featuring Christina Aguilera, Missy
Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake and
Timbaland, Ziggy Marley, Sean Paul, JoJo, D12, Ludacris,
India.Arie, and others; "Making of Club Oscar" behind-the-scenes
featurette for the DVD encore; "Star Fish" featurette that
highlights star-studded cast, featuring interviews with Smith, De
Niro, Zellweger, Jolie, Black, Scorsese, others; "A Tour You
Can't Reef-use": In-depth look at the extensive world created for
"Shark Tale," built as an interactive map from a series of
featurettes, that showcases layout drawings, blueprints,
architectural elements researched by the filmmakers, storyboards,
animation tests, and actual scenes from the movie; "DreamWorks
Kids": Virtual playground that offers a variety of programming
and creative activities just for kids, including "Rock the Reef"
music programs, a "Jukebox Scene Index," a "Car Wash" music video
with Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott, "Fin-Filled Scenes"
for kids to access their favorite scenes as categorized with
specially designed categories such as Dance Scenes, Joke Scenes
etc., "Must-Sea Games," DVD-ROM activities. (DreamWorks).
** Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends: John Henry.
Originally aired as part of Duvall's national children's TV
series. Stars Danny Glover, Tom Hulce. (Koch Vision).
** Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends: Johnny Appleseed.
Originally aired as part of Duvall's national children's TV
series. Stars Martin Short, Molly Ringwald, Rob Reiner. (Koch
Vision).
** Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends: Darlin' Clemintine.
Originally aired as part of Duvall's national children's TV
series. Stars Duvall, Ed Asner, David Dukes, Michael Richards.
(Koch Vision).
** Signal 7 (1986) Indie film directed by Rob Nilsson. (Koch
Lorber).
** The Wayans Bros.: The Complete First Season. Thirteen
episodes, $29.98. Extras: Extra disc with two bonus episodes on
specially marked packages. (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:

** Shark Tale (2004) Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renee Zellweger,
Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Martin Scorsese, Ziggy Marley, Doug
E. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore, Peter Falk, Katie
Couric, David Soren (DreamWorks): $15.95

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


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