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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, April 26 -- MONDAY, May 2

ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON, THE
In the winter of 1974, a time of great political unrest, Samuel
J. Bicke (Sean Penn) is a 44-year-old man who wants to believe in
something -- anything. But at every turn, his faith -- in himself
and in the world around him -- is undermined. He is separated
from his wife, Marie (Naomi Watts), who refuses to consider the
reconciliation he wants so desperately. With his personal life in
such disarray, he is also struggling to hold onto yet another job
for which he is fundamentally unfit. An idealist who detests
lying in any form, Bicke is miserable working as a salesman in an
office supply company. The only bright spot in Bicke's life is
his dream of opening a door-to-door tire repair service with his
auto mechanic friend, Bonny (Don Cheadle). Their business
proposal requires a modest bank loan. Bicke applies and nervously
waits the requisite period for the loan application to be
processed. As his anxiety mounts, Bicke begins to fall apart, and
in his vulnerable state, sees injustice and hypocrisy everywhere.
Bicke would like to strike out at all the offenders, but there
are too many dragons to slay. However, there is one villain who
looms large. For Bicke, Richard Nixon, described by Bicke's boss
(Jack Thompson) as the greatest salesman in history because he
swindled the American people twice, becomes the embodiment of
everything that is wrong with the world. When Bicke experiences a
series of ill-fated events -- his loan is rejected, his ex-wife
and his brother abandon him, and his dreams of starting his own
business die unrealized -- he decides the only way to reclaim his
insignificant life is to carry out a grand, historic gesture that
will make his presence felt. At this point, dreams give way to
delusions. A new Samuel Bicke, uncharacteristically resolute and
resourceful, sets out on a chilling crusade to right the world's
wrongs. He has an appointment with history. A chilling drama that
explores and exposes the dark side of the American dream: the
true story of the man who plotted an abortive attempt on the life
of the 37th President. Director: Niels Mueller. Stars: Sean Penn,
Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Mykelti Williamson. 2004, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 95 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.697 million, New
Line. DVD: Only.

BLADE: TRINITY
Wesley Snipes returns as the day-walking vampire
hunter in the final film in the Blade franchise. For years, Blade
has fought against the vampires in the cover of night, with the
world above unaware of the brutal ongoing war. But now, after
falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the
daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human
vampire hunters he never knew existed -- The Nightstalkers.
Together with Abigail (Jessica Biel) and Hannibal (Ryan
Reynolds), two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a
trail of blood to the an ancient creature that is also hunting
him -- the original vampire, Dracula. Director: David S. Goyer.
Stars: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Dominic Purcell,
Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey, Mark Berry, Paul
Anthony, James Remar, Natasha Lyonne. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: R,
113 min., Horror thriller, Box office gross: $52.397 million, New
Line, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

DARKNESS
Regina (Anna Paquin), her younger brother Paul, and
parents Mark (Iain Glen) and Maria (Lena Olin), have just moved
into a beautiful, old house in the country. They came in search
of quiet and tranquility, but instead they unearthed a horrifying
secret that has been deeply buried for many years. Their home
quickly becomes anything but welcoming and comfortable; it seems
to have a life of its own ... especially after dark. As Regina
begins to investigate her mysterious surroundings, she uncovers
the truth about her family's new address. Decades ago, it was the
site of a ritual gone awry -- one that would have spread evil to
the ends of the world. Seven children were to be sacrificed, but
one got away. Now, the force that has been brewing for so many
years is aiming for a final sacrifice to complete its reckoning
and travel beyond the walls of their home. No one is safe, and
every time the lights go out, something terrifying comes out of
the darkness. The family's only chance for survival is to stop
something that they can't even see. Director: Jaume Balaguero.
Stars: Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini,
Fele Martinez. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 88 min., Horror, Box
office gross: $22.160 million, Dimension, $29.99 VHS SRP. DVD:
Day & Date.

DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE
Baron Ferdinando Cefalu (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his
nubile cousin Angela, but one obstacle stands in his way: his
fatuous and fawning wife, Rosalia. His solution? Since divorce is
illegal, he will devise a scenario wherein he can catch his
spouse in the arms of another and murder her to save his honor --
a lesser offense. Pietro Germi's hilarious and cutting satire of
Italy's hypocritical judicial system and male-dominated culture
won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In
Italian with English subtitles. Director: Pietro Germi. Stars:
Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli. 1961,
CC, MPAA rating: NR, 104 min., Comedy, The Criterion Collection.
DVD: Only.

EMILE
Ian McKellen portrays a man consumed by guilt over
abandoning his family when he was young. Now, at 65 Emile makes a
last attempt to reconnect with his only living relatives. Much of
the film's key events are examined through flashbacks, with the
real and imaginary intersecting throughout. Emile's fragile state
of mind is reflected through this interweaving, suggesting that
he may never escape the past enough to really be present in the
current moment. Emile's niece (Deborah Kara Unger) and her
daughter Maria (Theo Crane) hold the key to Emile's tragic past
and the guilt, which has taunted him his entire life. In the
present, Emile struggles to connect with his estranged family. In
the past he plays back the memories of leaving the farm where he
grew up with his two brothers. As the past weaves together with
the present, the experience reveals a portrait of one man's
redemption. Director: Carl Bessai. Stars: Ian McKellen, Deborah
Kara Unger, Theo Crane. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: R, 93 min., Drama,
Monarch Home Video, $24.95 VHS SRP.

HEROIC DUO
A hard-boiled Hong Kong actioner-crime thriller. Tough
cop Ken Li (Ekin Cheng) is at the top of his game, but still
needs some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a
respected police official, doesn't even remember committing. Li
seeks out Jack Lai (Leon Lai), a former psychologist, now
disgraced and behind bars, who possesses an uncanny ability to
bend people to his will. Forming an uneasy alliance, the
unconventional duo sets out to find the man responsible for the
crime: a master hypnotist who will stop at nothing to exact
revenge on his enemies. In Cantonese with English subtitles.
Director: Benny Chan. Stars: Ekin Cheng, Leon Lai, Kar Yan Lam,
Anson Leung, Francis Ng. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min.,
Thriller, Tartan Asia Extreme. DVD: Only.

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Based on books by Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket), "Lemony
Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" tells the story of the
three young Baudelaire children who receive terrible news that
their parents have died in a fire and have left them an enormous
fortune not to be used until the eldest child is of age. Violet,
Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are placed in the care of their
uncle, Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), an evil fiend who is plotting to
kill them and seize their fortune. Once they escape his clutches,
the orphans travel from guardian to guardian, including
herpetologist Montgomery Montgomery (Billy Connolly) and
grammar-wise Aunt Josephine Anwhistle (Streep). But the children
can't escape the evil plans of Olaf, who keeps disguising himself
and keeps popping up in the strangest places. Just when the
Baudelaires think things are getting better, something
unfortunate happens. Director: Brad Silberling. Stars: Jim
Carrey, Meryl Streep, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Jude Law, Kara
Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Catherine
O'Hara, Cedric the Entertainer, Luis Guzman, Jennifer Coolidge..
2004, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 107 min., Family, Box office gross:
$116.956 million, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD:
Day & Date.

UNDERTOW
Dramatic thriller -- set in a contemporary South
untouched by time -- about two brothers who run away from home to
guard a secret following the death of their father and the
arrival of their greedy, troubled uncle. Director: David Gordon
Green. Stars: Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Devon Alan, Dermot
Mulroney, Shiri Appleby. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: R, 107 min.,
Thriller, Box office gross: $0.124 million, MGM, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

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NEWS

COMING SOON:
Disney will release the Vin Diesel comedy "The Pacifier" on June
28 on VHS rental and DVD ... On July 5 Buena Vista will release
Bollywood romantic comedy/musical "Bride & Prejudice," on DVD
only ... Also on July 5, Fox will release horror-thriller "Hide
and Seek," starring Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke
Janssen, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Irving and Dylan Baker, on VHS
rental and DVD ... Buena Vista will release on July 19 family
film "Ice Princess," starring Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall and
Michelle Trachtenberg, on $29.99 VHS and DVD.

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
From The Criterion Collection comes "Divorce Italian Style"
(1961), director Pietro Germi's hilarious and cutting satire of
Italy's hypocritical judicial system and male-dominated culture,
starring Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca and Stefania
Sandrelli. Baron Ferdinando Cefalu (Marcello Mastroianni) longs
to marry his nubile cousin Angela, but one obstacle stands in his
way: his fatuous and fawning wife, Rosalia. His solution? Since
divorce is illegal, he will devise a scenario wherein he can
catch his spouse in the arms of another and murder her to save
his honor -- a lesser offense. In Italian with English subtitles
... "F For Fake" 1976, a two-disc set of Orson Welles' free-form
documentary in which the legendary filmmaker (and self-described
charlatan) gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his
career: the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and
lies. Beginning with portraits of world-renowned art forger Elmyr
de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving,
Welles goes on a dizzying cinematic journey that simultaneously
exposes and revels in fakery and fakers of all stripes -- not the
least of which is Welles himself. Charming and poignant, the film
is an inspired prank and a searching examination of the essential
duplicity of cinema ... and "Andrzej Wajda: The War Films," a box
set of three groundbreaking films by Academy Award-winning Polish
director Andrzej Wajda, all set during World War II: "Kanal,"
"Ashes and Diamonds" and "A Generation."

First Run Features will release this week "The Radley Metzger
Collection, Volume 3," a three-disc set featuring the
groundbreaking director's trademark lavish sets, witty
screenplays, sexual decadence and seduction: "The Lickerish
Quartet," "Carmen, Baby" and "The Princess and the Call Girl";
$49.95 ... New Video has uncovered what it calls a treasured
cultural relic: "The Plot Against Harry," director Michael
Roemer's oddball cult comedy film, presumed lost for 20 years. In
1989, the film resurfaced to triumphant festival screenings and
rave reviews and with its retro go-go boots and long black
Cadillacs, was widely praised as an astounding and often
hilarious spectacle of the late 1960s. The film plays like a
cross between a poignantly realistic John Cassavetes film and a
prime-era Woody Allen comedy, and follows the rise-and-fall of
Harry Plotnik (Martin Priest), a once-notorious Jewish gangster
who finds his numbers racket slipping away after his release from
prison. Under pressure from well-meaning relatives, Harry makes
an erratic effort to go straight, triggering a series of
humiliations and petty disasters. Nominated for six Independent
Spirit Awards, including Best Picture, when it was re-released
theatrically.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
"Airline: The Complete Season One," a two-disc set with 18
episodes, $29.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Cold Case Files: The
Most Infamous Cases," a two-disc set with the 10 most notorious
cases hand-picked by host/producer Bill Kurtis, $19.95 from A&E
Home Video ... "Cold Feet: Complete 2nd Series," a three-disc set
with six episodes of the BBC British drama airing on Bravo and
BBC America, from Acorn Media ... "Crank Yankers -- Season 2,
Volume 1 Uncensored," a two-disc set with 15 episodes, priced
under $20 from Paramount ... "ER: The Complete Third Season," a
six-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.98 from Warner ... "Highway to
Heaven: Season One," a seven-disc set with 24 episodes, $79.95
from A&E Home Video ... "The History Channel Presents: The
American Revolution," a fabulous five-disc set with revolutionary
documentary programming: "The American Revolution," "George
Washington: Founding Father," "Benjamin Franklin: Citizen of the
World," "Paul Revere: The Midnight Rider" and "Benedict Arnold:
Triumph and Treason"; $69.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Land of the
Lost -- The Complete Third Season," a three-disc set, $29.95 from
Warner ... "The Protectors: The Complete Season 2," a four-disc
set with 26 episodes of the Gerry Anderson live-action British
detective series, $79.95. from A&E Home Video ... "Quatermass," a
two-disc set of the 1979 British four-part mini-series starring
John Mills, based on the 1950s BBC-TV telefilms and feature
films, $39.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Survivor: The Australian
Outback -- The Complete Season," a six-disc set, priced under $40
from Paramount ... "Trading Spaces: Creative Home Decor With
Designer Doug Wilson," and "Trading Spaces: Great Kitchen Designs
and More!" five episodes each, $14.94, from Sony ... "Wagner: The
Complete Epic" (1983), a four-disc set with all nine hours of the
British miniseries starring Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave,
Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Marthe Keller,
Lisa Kreuzer, Franco Nero and Cyril Cusack; $69.95 from Kultur
... "The Waltons: The Complete Second Season," a five-disc set
with 24 episodes, $39.98 from Warner ... "Wildboyz -- The
Complete Second Season," a two-disc set of the MTV series;
uncensored; priced under $20 from Paramount.

BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
Erotic thriller sequel "Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough"
(2005), starring Dina Meyer, Brad Johnson and Linden Ashby,
follows two teenage bad girls in a shameless quest to inherit two
very valuable diamonds, on VHS and DVD from Sony ... "The Manson
Family" (2004) is a graphic exploration of Charles Manson and his
"family" and their notorious rampage of murder in Los Angeles in
1969; the two-disc release includes both the theatrical and
director's cuts, an interview with Manson and two documentaries;
from Dark Sky Films/MPI Media ... "The Lost Angel" (2004) is a
crime thriller about the trials and tribulations of a policewoman
investigating a serial killer who leaves messages in cuneiform,
starring Alison Eastwood, Judd Nelson, C. Thomas Howell and John
Rhys-Davies, on VHS and DVD from MTI Home Video ... In "Larva"
(2005), which recently aired on the Sci Fi channel, a small
Midwestern ranching community becomes infected with flesh-eating
larva when an experiment to beef-up cattle goes awry, from First
Look Home Entertainment on VHS and DVD.

FOREIGN:
Three interesting foreign films make their way home this week:
Federico Fellini's "Intervista" (1987), a mock documentary on the
director's career, from Koch Lorber on DVD .. "The Three Marias"
(2003 -- Brazil), a tale of revenge in which a mother and her
three daughters avenge the death of her husband and sons, on DVD
from Empire Pictures ... and "Luna's Game" (2001 -- Spain), a
melodrama about a young woman who rises to the top of the gaming
world as a professional poker player, from Ventura Distribution's
new label Studio Latino.

First Run Features has added two titles to its DEFA Collection
line of films from East Germany: "The Architects" (1990), about
an idealistic young architect who designs a beautiful small city
in the waning days of communism, and "Sun Seekers" (1958), about
two young people arrested after a barroom brawl and sent to work
in a uranium mine instead of prison, where they mix in with an
unusual group of old anarchists, former SS members and Russian
officers; the film was banned by the insistence of the Soviet
authorities; both titles are on DVD for $24.95 each.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
"Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong" is a 2004 documentary on the
action-packed world of Hong Kong cinema, from the early
adventures of Wong Fei Hung, the first martial arts hero, to the
ground-breaking choreography of Chang Cheh to the hyper-realistic
fight sequences of Bruce Lee, with interviews with Lee, Jackie
Chan, Jet Li, and John Woo; $26.95 DVD from Docurama ... Also
from Docurama is "Noam Chomsky: A Rebel Without a Pause," a
documentary on scholar Chomsky -- called the most important
intellectual alive by the New York Times and the Elvis of
academia by U2's Bono -- the leading voice of dissent in world
politics; $26.95 DVD ... "Stooges: The Men Behind the Mayhem" is
an expanded version of the A&E Biography 1994 documentary on the
Three Stooges, in a two-disc set with four hours of extras
including four digitally remastered shorts, rare radio interviews
and unedited interview footage, on $29.95 DVD from Mackinac Media
and Laughsmith Entertainment ... "The Full Frame Documentary
Shorts Collection: Volume 3" is a collection of six documentary
shorts from North America's preeminent documentary film festival,
including "A Thousand Words," "The Great Cheesesteak Debate,"
"Rosalie's Journey," "Texas Hospitality," "Journeys" and
"Foxhole," $26.95 DVD from Docurama ... "Howard Hughes: The Man &
the Madness" is a documentary on the eccentric industrialist,
movie mogul and millionaire, on $14.98 DVD from MPI Home Video
... Kultur/SRO will release two new additions to its Pop Legends
Live line: "Pop Legends Live: The Association" and "Pop Legends
Live: Gary Lewis & the Playboys," $14.99 each on DVD ... Car
lovers will appreciate "Enzo Ferrari," a two-hour bio of the
great automaker, on $29.99 DVD from White Star; and "The
Indianapolis 500: The Legacy Series," a five-disc set that takes
an in-depth look at the history of the Indianapolis 500 from
1960-1990; $39.99 from StudioWorks Entertainment.

Facets Video has three interesting releases this week: "Hamlet by
Brook/Brook by Brook," featuring the latest work by stage and
screen legend Peter Brook: a stripped down version of
Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and a docu of the director by his son,
Simon; on $39.95 DVD ... "Robinson in Space" (1997), a film essay
by former architect turned filmmaker Patrick Keiller in which he
presents England's historic landmarks and grand estates side by
side with suburban malls, industrial parks, landfills, and
factories; narrated by Paul Scofield, $29.95 DVD ... and "Total
Balalaika Show" (1994), a concert film featuring the Leningrad
Cowboys and the Red Army Ensemble on stage at Senate Square in
Helsinki; a highlight of the concert is when the Red Army
musicians pick up their balalaikas to join the Cowboys on Led
Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"; $29.95 DVD.


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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

** Airline: The Complete Season One. Two-disc set with 18
episodes, $29.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Andrzej Wajda: The War Films. Box set of three groundbreaking
films by Academy Award-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda, all
set during World War II: "Kanal" (1957), "Ashes & Diamonds"
(1958) and "A Generation" (1955). (The Criterion Collection).
** The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) Sean Penn, Naomi
Watts, Don Cheadle, Mykelti Williamson. Extras: Commentary by
writer-director Niels Mueller. (New Line).
** Beaches Special Edition (1988) Dir.: Garry Marshall; Bette
Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan,
James Read, Mayim Bialik. Extras: Commentary by Marshall; never
before seen "Beaches" bloopers; music video "Wind Beneath My
Wings" performed by Bette Midler; Mayim Bialik's "Beaches"
memories; Barbara Hershey's original screen test for the film;
segment from the American Film Institute special program "100
Songs With Bette Midler." (Buena Vista).
** Blade: Trinity (2004) Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson,
Dominic Purcell, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey, Mark
Berry, Paul Anthony, James Remar, Natasha Lyonne. Two-disc set
with unrated and R-rated versions. Extras: Both versions:
Sixteen-part behind-the-scenes documentary "Daywalkers,
Nightstalkers & Familiars: Inside the World of Blade: Trinity;
bloopers; "Goyer on Goyer: The Writer Interviews the Director"
featurette; alternate ending; VFX progression and weapons
galleries; Unrated two-disc set also includes DTS surround sound
and two commentaries with writer-director David Goyer, Biel,
Reynolds, the producer and crew. (New Line).
** Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (2004) Documentary on the action-
packed world of Hong Kong cinema. (Docurama).
** Cold Case Files: The Most Infamous Cases. Two-disc set with
the 10 most notorious cases hand-picked by host/producer Bill
Kurtis, $19.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Cold Feet: Complete 2nd Series. Three-disc set with six
episodes of the BBC British drama airing on Bravo and BBC
America. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, photo gallery,
cast filmographies. (Acorn Media).
** Crank Yankers -- Season 2, Volume 1 Uncensored. Two-disc set
with 15 episodes, priced under $20. (Paramount).
** Darkness (2002) Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Giancarlo Giannini. In
rated and unrated editions. Extras: "Darkness Illuminated"
behind-the-scenes featurette. (Buena Vista)
** Divorce Italian Style (1961) Dir.: Pietro Germi; Marcello
Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli. Two-disc set.
Extras: Documentary on the director, new interviews with the
actors and screenwriter, screen-test footage, more. (The
Criterion Collection).
** The Doris Day Collection. Six new-to-DVD Titles -- "Young Man
With a Horn," "Lullaby of Broadway," "Please Don't Eat the
Daisies," "The Glass Bottom Boat," "Love Me or Leave Me," "Billy
Rose's Jumbo" -- and two previously released classics --
"Calamity Jane" and "Pajama Game," in a gift set for $88.92 (or
$19.97 each). (Warner).
-- Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen
Boyd, Martha Raye, Dean Jagger. Extras: Musical short "Yours
Sincerely," Tom and Jerry cartoon "Jerry and Jumbo," original
overture rejoined to the film for the first time in more than 40
years.
-- The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur
Godfrey, Paul Lynde, Edward Andrews, John McGiver, Dom DeLuise,
Dick Martin, Dom DeLuise. Extras: Three vintage featurettes:
"Catalina Island," "Every Girl's Dream," "NASA"; Oscar -winning
cartoon "The Dot and the Line."
-- Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Dir.: Charles Vidor; James
Cagney, Doris Day, Cameron Mitchell. Extras: Three vintage
shorts: "A Modern Cinderella," "Roseland," "A Salute to the
Theatres."
-- Lullaby of Broadway (1951) Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z.
Sakall, Billy DeWolfe, Gladys George, Florence Bates. Extras:
Doris Day trailer gallery.
-- Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) Doris Day, Janis Paige,
Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, Jack Weston.
Young Man with a Horn (1950) Dir.: Michael Curtiz; Kirk Douglas,
Doris Day, Lauren Bacall, Hoagy Carmichael. Extras: Doris Day
trailer gallery.
** ER: The Complete Third Season. Six-disc set with 22 episodes,
$49.98. Extras: "Outpatient Outtakes": deleted scenes, gag reel,
commentary by the directors, writers and actors on two episodes;
"The Nurses Station" featurette; "E.R. Specialists: Fear of
Flying"; "Bloodwork" Easter egg: Special effects crew reveals the
TV magic behind the 'fake' blood used in the ER. (Warner).
** Emile (2003) Ian McKellen, Deborah Kara Unger, Tygh Runyan.
(Monarch Home Video).
** F For Fake (1976) Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In Orson Welles'
free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker (and
self-described charlatan) gleefully engages the central
preoccupation of his career: the tenuous line between truth and
illusion, art and lies. Two-disc set. Extras: Introduction by
Peter Bogdanovich, commentary by director of photography Gary
Graver, an hour long documentary on Welles' unfinished projects,
theatrical trailer. (The Criterion Collection).
** The Full Frame Documentary Shorts Collection: Volume 3.
Collection of six documentary shorts from North America's
preeminent documentary film festival; $26.95. (Docurama).
** Heroic Duo (2003 -- Hong Kong) Dir.: Benny Chan; Ekin Cheng,
Leon Lai, Kar Yan Lam, Anson Leung, Francis Ng. (Tartan Asia
Extreme).
** Highway to Heaven: Season One. Seven-disc set with 24
episodes, $79.95. Extras: "Michael Landon: Memories With Laughter
and Love" tribute, outtakes. (A&E Home Video).
** The History Channel Presents: The American Revolution.
Five-disc set with revolutionary documentary programming: "The
American Revolution," "George Washington: Founding Father,"
"Benjamin Franklin: Citizen of the World," "Paul Revere: The
Midnight Rider" and "Benedict Arnold: Triumph and Treason";
$69.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Howard Hughes: The Man & the Madness. Documentary. Extras:
Highlights from Hughes' flights, including: "Hughes Sets New
Speed Record, Miami to New York" (1936); "Air Speed Record,
Trans-American Flight" (1936); "Record World Flight: New York-
Paris-Moscow" (1938); "Spruce Goose Moves to Long Beach" (1946),
and "World's Largest Helicopter" (1952). (MPI Home Video).
** I Do (But I Don't) (2004 -- TV) Lifetime romantic comedy
starring Denise Richards, Dean Cain, Karen Cliche. Extras:
Deleted scenes. (Warner).
** The Indianapolis 500: The Legacy Series. Five-disc set takes
an in-depth look at the history of the Indianapolis 500 from
1960-1990; $39.99. (StudioWorks Entertainment).
** Intervista (1987 -- Italian) Dir. Federico Fellini; Sergio
Rubini, Antonella Ponziani, Maurizio Mein, Paola Liguori. (Koch
Lorber).
** Land of the Lost -- The Complete Third Season. Three-disc set,
$29.95.Extras: Commentary and interview with Uncle Jack (Ron
Harper). (Warner).
** Leonard Part 6 (1987) Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don
Baker, Gloria Foster. (Sony).
** Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) Dir.:
Brad Silberling; Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Liam Aiken, Emily
Browning, Jude Law, Kara Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman, Timothy Spall,
Billy Connolly, Catherine O'Hara, Cedric the Entertainer, Jamie
Harris, Luis Guzman, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Adams. In both a
single disc and Special Collector's Edition two-disc set. Extras:
Single disc: Commentary by Silberling; commentary by Silberling
and the real Lemony Snicket; "Bad Beginnings" featurettes:
"Building a Bad Actor," "Making the Baudelaire Children
Miserable," "Interactive Olaf"; "Orphaned Scenes: 11 "Dismal
Deletions" and five "Obnoxious Outtakes." The double-disc set
includes "A Terrible Tragedy: Alarming Evidence from the Making
of the Film" featurettes: "A Woeful World," "Costumes and Other
Suspicious Disguises," "Violet's Functional Designs," "CAUTION!
Incredibly Deadly Vipers," "The Sad Score"; "Volume. Frequency.
Decibels" featurettes: "The Unsound Sound Designer," "You
Probably Shouldn't Listen to These"; "Sinister Special Effects"
featurettes: "An Alarming Conspiracy Involving Sunny," "An Even
More Alarming Conspiracy Involving Sunny" "The Terrible Fire,"
"Trains, Leeches and Hurricanes"; "Gruesome Galleries": "Shadowy
Stills," "A Woeful World." (Paramount).
** Loretta Lynn: Songs of Inspiration. Rare video clips of her
performances as a regular on "The Wilburn Brothers Show." (MPI
Home Video).
** The Nameless (1999 -- Spanish) Emma Vilarasau, Karra Elejalde.
(Buena Vista).
** Noam Chomsky: A Rebel Without a Pause. Documentary on Noam
Chomsky -- called the most important intellectual alive by the
New York Times and the Elvis of academia by U2's Bono -- the
leading voice of dissent in world politics; $26.95. (Docurama).
** Plain Truth (2004 - TV). Lifetime drama starring Mariska
Hargitay, Alison Pill, Kate Trotter. Extras: Deleted scenes.
(Warner)
** The Plot Against Harry (1989) Dir.: Michael Roemer; Martin
Priest, Ben Lang, Maxine Woods, Henry Nemo. Extras: Making-of
featurette with Roemer and cinematographer Bob Young. (New
Video).
** Pop Legends Live: The Association. Performing 12 classic hits,
$14.99. (Kultur/SRO).
** Pop Legends Live: Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Performing 11
classic hits, $14.99. (Kultur/SRO).
** The Protectors: The Complete Season 2. Four-disc set with 26
episodes of the Gerry Anderson live-action British detective
series, $79.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Quatermass. Two-disc set of the 1979 British four-part
mini-series starring John Mills, $39.95. (A&E Home Video).
** The Radley Metzger Collection, Volume 3. Three-disc set of
films featuring the groundbreaking director's trademark lavish
sets, witty screenplays, sexual decadence and seduction: "The
Lickerish Quartet," "Carmen, Baby" and "The Princess and the Call
Girl"; $49.95. (First Run Features).
** Robinson in Space (1997) Documentary. Former architect turned
filmmaker Patrick Keiller presents England's historic landmarks
and grand estates side by side with suburban malls, industrial
parks, landfills, and factories. Narrated by Paul Scofield.
(Facets Video).
** Sometimes in April (2005 - TV) Oris Erhuero, Eriq Ebouaney,
Idris Elba, Debra Winger. Dramatization of the genocide in
Rwanda. (HBO).
** Stooges: The Men Behind the Mayhem (1994 - TV) Expanded
version of the A&E Biography documentary in a two-disc set.
Extras: Four digitally remastered shorts, three still galleries,
rare radio interviews, unedited interview footage, DVD-ROM "My
Pal Moe." (Mackinac Media and Laughsmith Entertainment).
** Survivor: The Australian Outback -- The Complete Season.
Six-disc set, priced under $40. Extras: Commentary on select
episodes; four featurettes: "Surviving the Australian Outback,"
"The Luxury Items," "Dining: Survivor Style" and "Keith Famie's
Paella."(Paramount).
** The Three Marias (2003 -- Brazil) Marieta Severo, Julia
Lemmertz, Maria Luisa Mendonca. (Empire Pictures).
** Total Balalaika Show (1994) Concert films featuring the
Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Ensemble on stage at Senate
Square in Helsinki. Highlight of the concert: Red Army musicians
pick up their balalaikas to join the Cowboys on Led Zeppelin's
"Stairway to Heaven." (Facets Video).
** Trading Spaces: Creative Home Decor With Designer Doug Wilson.
Five episodes, $14.94. (Sony).
** Trading Spaces: Great Kitchen Designs and More! Five episodes,
$14.94. (Sony).
** Undertow (2004) Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Devon Alan, Dermot
Mulroney, Shiri Appleby. (MGM).
** Wagner: The Complete Epic (1983 -- TV) Four-disc set with all
nine hours of the British miniseries starring Richard Burton,
Vanessa Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph
Richardson, Marthe Keller, Lisa Kreuzer, Franco Nero, Cyril
Cusack; $69.95. (Kultur).
** The Waltons: The Complete Second Season. Five-disc set with 24
episodes, $39.98. (Warner)
** Wildboyz -- The Complete Second Season. Two-disc set of the
MTV series; uncensored; priced under $20. Extras: Commentary,
never-before-seen bonus segments, outtakes, bloopers,
behind-the-scenes featurette: "Wildboyz Unclothed," photo
gallery, Wildboyz encyclopedia, trivia game, Easter eggs.
(Paramount).
** Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005) Dina Meyer, Brad
Johnson, Linden Ashby. Direct-to-video sequel. (Sony).
** Wild Things DVD Collector's Box Set. Unrated "Wild Things,"
"Wild Things 2" and "Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough," $39.95.
(Sony).
** The Winning Season (2004 - TV) Matthew Modine, Kristin Davis,
Shawn Hatosy, William Lee Scott. (Paramount)


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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

** Darkness (2004) Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo
Giannini, Fele Martinez (Dimension): $29.99
** Emile (2003) Ian McKellen, Deborah Kara Unger, Theo Crane
(Monarch Home Video): $24.95

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


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