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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, September 6 -- MONDAY, September 12

THE COAST GUARD (HAE ANSEON)
Private Kang, a member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, monitors a
stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the
belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, Kang eagerly
awaits a chance to prove his worth as a soldier. One night Kang
mistakes a promiscuous couple for a North Korean spy and shoots
without hesitation. Despite receiving honors, Kang slowly begins
to unravel under the grief of his actions. Losing his grip on
reality, he tries to revert to the life he once knew. But
tensions and paranoia escalate and further tragedy becomes
unavoidable. In Korean with English subtitles. Director: Ki-duk
Kim. Stars: Dong-Kun Jang, Jeong-hak Kim, Ji-a Park, Hye-jin Yu.
2002, CC, MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Drama, Tartan Video. DVD only.

CRASH
A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner.
Two police detectives who are also lovers. An African-American
television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-
jackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple. They all live
in Los Angeles. And during the next 36 hours, they will all
collide. Challenging and thought-provoking, "Crash" takes a
provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial
tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the
diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling
urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic
cast of characters' struggles to overcome their fears as they
careen in and out of one another's lives. In the gray area
between black and white, victim and aggressor, there are no easy
answers. Funny, powerful, and always unpredictable, the film
reminds us of the importance of tolerance as it ventures beyond
color lines ... and uncovers the truth of our shared humanity.
"Crash" is the directing debut of award-winning writer-producer
Paul Haggis ("Million Dollar Baby") from a story by Paul Haggis
and a screenplay by Haggis and Bobby Moresco. Director: Paul
Haggis. Stars: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer
Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Dashon
Howard, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate,
Tony Danza, Keith David, Shaun Toub, Loretta Devine . 2005, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 113 min., Drama, Box office gross: $46.422
million, Lions Gate, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.x

FEAR AND TREMBLING
A dream job rapidly becomes a nightmare for Amelie, a Japanese-
born Belgian woman, who suffers a series of increasingly
humiliating demotions after she lands a job as an interpreter at
a large Japanese corporation. Sylvie Testud earned the French
equivalent of the Academy Award for her haunting performance as
the put-upon, but indomitable Amelie. Director Alain Corneau's
perversely funny adaptation of Amelie Nothomb's 1999
autobiographical novel loses nothing in translation in deftly
dissecting the universal absurdities of corporate culture. In
French and Japanese with English subtitles. Director: Alain
Corneau. Stars: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Taro Suwa, Bison
Katayama, Yasunari Kondo, Sokyu Fujita, Gen Shimaoka, Heileigh
Gomes. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 107 min., Comedy, Home Vision
Entertainment.

3-IRON
The moving tale of two lost souls who meet amid the wreckage of
both their lives. Mysterious drifter Tae-suk enters other
peoples' lives as easily as he breaks into their unoccupied
homes. Instead of stealing their riches, he repays his hosts'
unknowing hospitality by fixing broken items, cleaning up, even
doing their laundry. But when he sneaks into a sprawling mansion,
he discovers a beautiful, lonely wife named Sun-hwa, trapped in a
loveless marriage. Without saying a word, the pair begin an
erotic game of cat-and-mouse, until her abusive husband returns
home, unleashing a shocking burst of violence. Tae-suk defends
Sun-hwa with the aid of her husband's golf club. The lovers run
away together, finding domestic bliss inhabiting strangers'
homes. Later, when Tae-suk is framed for a murder, even prison
walls can't keep them apart for good. Winner, Best Director, 2004
Venice Film Festival. In Korean with English subtitles. Director:
Ki-duk Kim. Stars: Seung-yeon Lee, Hee Jae, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jin-mo
Ju, Jeong-ho Choi. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: R, 88 min., Drama,
Sony, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.

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


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NEWS

COMING SOON:
Due October 18 is the fourth picture in George A. Romero's "Dead"
series, "Land of the Dead," in which the dead have pretty much
inherited the earth, starring Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis
Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy and Eugene Clark, from Universal
... On December 6 Fox will release "Fantastic Four," starring
Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian
McMahon, Hamish Linklater and Kerry Washington, with a full
regimen of extras.

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Another beautiful set from Warner Home Video arrives this week:
"Garbo: The Signature Collection," a 10-film, 10-disc collection
celebrating Greta Garbo's 100th birthday. Included in the package
are seven feature films on seven discs, a "TCM Archives: Garbo
Silents" two-disc set with three features, and a bonus feature-
length documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Brownlow and
Turner Classic Movies, "Garbo," featuring interviews with Garbo's
friends and colleagues, available exclusively with the gift set.
The 10-disc collection sells for $99.92; the "TCM Archives: Garbo
Silents" three-disc set will be available as a separate set for
$39.92; each "Garbo: The Signature Collection" title will also be
available individually for $19.97. The silent films: "The
Temptress" (1926), "Flesh and the Devil" (1927) and "The
Mysterious Lady" (1928). The talkies: "Anna Christie" (1930),
"Anna Karenina" (1935), "Camille" (1936), "Grand Hotel" (1932),
"Mata Hari" (1931), "Ninotchka" (1939) and "Queen Christina"
(1933).

Another nice package this week is "The Lina Wertmuller
Collection," a six DVD Collector's set featuring "Swept Away" and
"Seven Beauties," newly restored and presented in 5.1 Surround
Sound; three films available for the first-time: "The Nymph,"
"Summer Night," and "Ferdinando and Carolina"; and a bonus disc
of extras including an interview with Wertmuller by Italian film
critic Carlo Lizzani; and a 16-Page collector's booklet with
essay by film critic John Simon, from Koch Lorber for $99.98.

More compilations, this time for horror buffs: Universal has
released a single-double-sided disc collection of five Bela
Lugosi films titled, appropriately enough, "The Bela Lugosi
Collection": "Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Raven," "The
Invisible Ray," "Black Friday" and "The Black Cat"; $26.98 ...
and "The Hammer Horror Series," a two-disc set with eight horror
films from England's Hammer Films: "Brides of Dracula" (1960),
"The Curse of the Werewolf" (1961), "Phantom of the Opera"
(1962), "Paranoiac" (1963), "The Kiss of the Vampire" (1963),
"Nightmare" (1964), "Night Creatures (Captain Clegg)" (1962) and
"The Evil of Frankenstein" (1964); $29.98.

Single classics due this week worth owning: Preston Sturges' "The
Miracle of Morgan's Creek" (1944), starring Eddie Bracken, Betty
Hutton and William Demarest, with two featurettes: "Preston
Sturges and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" and "Censorship:
Morgan's Creek vs. the Production Code," from Paramount ... Three
from Universal's new Legacy Series, all digitally remastered with
fully restored audio with all-new enhanced 5.1 tracks, in limited
edition two-disc sets: "The Deer Hunter" (1978), directed by
Michael Cimino and starring Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John
Savage, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep and George Dzundza; "The
Sting" (1973), directed by George Roy Hill and starring Paul
Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray
Walston, Eileen Brennan and Harold Gould; and "To Kill a
Mockingbird" (1962), directed by Robert Mulligan and starring
Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, John
Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White and the
recently deceased Brock Peters.

Fox has added three films to its Film Noir collection: "The House
on 92nd Street" (1945), directed by Henry Hathaway and starring
William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart and Leo G.
Carroll; "Somewhere in the Night" (1946), directed by Joseph L.
Mankiewicz and starring John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan and
Richard Conte; and "Whirlpool" (1949), directed by Otto Preminger
and starring Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, Jose Ferrer, Charles
Bickford.

More horror this week: The original "House on Haunted Hill"
(1958), directed by William Castle and starring Vincent Price,
Carolyn Craig, Richard Long and Elisha Cook Jr. and the very very
frightening "The Innocents" (1961), based on Henry James' "The
Turn of the Screw," directed by Jack Clayton and starring Deborah
Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin
Stephens and Pamela Franklin; both from Fox.

And don't forget "Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition" (1995) in a
two-disc set, with the film encoded with a high bit rate from
Pixar's digital source with remastered sound and tons of extras,
$29.99 from Buena Vista.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
"A Certain Justice" (1998) starring Roy Marsden, Sarah Winman,
Penny Downie is a Mystery! suspense-thriller production of P.D.
James' best-selling novel by the same name; $19.95 from WGBH
Boston Video ... "Charmed -- The Complete Second Season" (1999--
2000), a six-disc set with 22 episodes; $49.99 from Paramount ...
"Degrassi Junior High: Season Three," a three-disc set with 16
episodes; $39.95 from WGBH Boston Video ... "Doogie Howser, M.D.:
Season 2," a four-disc set with 25 episodes; $39.98 from Anchor
Bay ... "Lost: The Complete First Season," a seven-disc set with
24 episodes; $59.99 from Buena Vista ... "Macgyver -- The
Complete Third Season" (1987--1988), a five-disc set with 20
episodes; $36.99 from Paramount ... "Nero (aka Imperium: Nerone)"
(2004) a six-episode miniseries starring Hans Matheson, Laura
Morante, Mattias Habich and Rike Schmid; $24.96 from Sony ...
"Nunsense 3: The Jamboree" (1998), the third edition of the
tongue-in-cheek parody starring Vicki Lawrence and Rue
McClanahan; $14.98 from Koch Vision ... "Oliver's Twist Season 2"
is a two-disc set with 15 episodes of the British cooking show;
$29.98 from Capital Entertainment ... "Stephen King Presents
Kingdom Hospital: The Beginning," a single disc featuring the
first two episodes of the miniseries; $19.94 from Sony ... ""21
Jump Street: Season Three," a six-disc set; $44.98 from Anchor
Bay.

BUZZIN THE 'B's:
"Den of Lions" (2003) is a mystery-thriller that takes place
behind the former Iron Curtain involving the FBI, the Russian
Mafia, and terrorists, starring Stephen Dorff and Bob Hoskins, on
DVD from Miramax ... From Dimension comes direct-to- video
additions to two horror franchises: "Hellraiser: Hellworld"
(2005), in which the dreaded Pinhead returns for more fun and
games with computer hackers, starring Lance Henriksen; and "The
Prophecy: Forsaken" (2005), in which another ancient manuscript
with arcane knowledge is coveted by the legions of darkness,
starring Kai Wuhrer and Jason Scott Lee, on DVD ... "The Marksman
(aka The Painter)" (2005) is a direct-to-video actioner starring
Wesley Snipes as the leader of a special ops team that must save
the world from nuclear destruction, on DVD and VHS from Sony ...
"Written in Blood" is a 2002 crime thriller about a cop who
investigates a murder that his partner is convicted of
committing, starring Michael T. Weiss and Peter Coyote, on DVD
from Dimension.

FOREIGN:
"Fear and Trembling" (2004 -- France/Japan) is director Alain
Corneau's perversely funny adaptation of Amelie Nothomb's 1999
autobiographical novel that loses nothing in translation in
deftly dissecting the universal absurdities of corporate culture;
the film follows Amelie, a Japanese-born Belgian woman, who
suffers a series of increasingly humiliating demotions after she
lands a job as an interpreter at a large Japanese corporation;
from Home Vision Entertainment on DVD only ... "Save the Green
Planet" (2003 -- S. Korea) is a wacky film about an ordinary,
sensitive, blue collar sad sack hopped up on conspiracy theories
and sci-fi films whose life has been derailed by one bad break
after another but who takes it upon himself to save the world
from nasty, disgusting Andromedan aliens; from Koch Lorber Films
... In "The Coast Guard (Hae anseon)" (2002 -- S. Korea),
directed by Ki-duk Kim, private Kang, a member of Coast Guard
Platoon 23 which monitors a stretch of beach lined with barbed-
wire fencing, mistakes a promiscuous couple for a North Korean
spy and shoots without hesitation. Despite receiving honors, Kang
slowly begins to unravel under the grief of his actions and loses
his grip on reality; from Tartan Video.

FOR THE KIDS:
For the wee ones, WGBH Boston Video will release three new-to-DVD
compilations from the Emmy-winning series "Between the Lions,"
about a family of lions who run a library: "The Popcorn Popper,"
"To the Ship, To the Ship!" and "Farmer Ken's Puzzle"; each DVD
has three episodes and sells for $12.95 ... from Disney comes
"Disney Princess Stories Volume Three: Beauty Shines From
Within," featuring three animated stories with three Disney
princesses -- Cinderella, Jasmine and Ariel"; and "Sing Along
Songs: Disney Princess Enchanted Tea Party Volume 2," a
collection of 12 princess-themed songs from "Sleeping Beauty,"
"Cinderella," "The Little Mermaid," "Snow White" and others;
$19.99 VHS and DVD ... "The Adventures of the Little Prince: The
Complete Animated Series" is a four-disc set with 26 episodes of
the 1980s Nickelodeon animated series, $49.98. Two three-episode
single-disc collections, "The Adventures of the Little Prince:
Higher Than Eagles Fly" and "Somewhere in Space," will also be
made available at $9.98 each; from Koch Vision ... Koch Vision
will release this week the final three episodes in "Shelley
Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends" TV series: "Legend of Annie
Oakley,"starring Jamie Lee Curtis as "Little Miss Sure Shot";
"Ponce de Leon" with Michael York starring as the famous
explorer; and "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" featuring Ed Begley Jr.
as Ichabod Crane ($14.98 each DVD and $12.98 VHS); and "Shelly
Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends: The Complete Series," a nine-disc
set with "Annie Oakley," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "Ponce de
Leon," "Johnny Appleseed," "John Henry," "Darlin' Clementine,"
"Casey at the Bat," "Davy Crockett" and "Pecos Bill," $79.98 ...
Coming to DVD and VHS for the first time are two releases from
the ever-popular older boy's show Power Rangers: "Power Rrangers
S.P.D. Stakeout (Vol. 2)" and "Wired (Vol. 3)," from Buena Vista;
$19.99 ... Warner will release two feature-length animated films
based on the girl-friendly Trollz franchise: "Trollz Volume 1:
Best Friends for Life" and "Trollz Volume 2: Magic of the Five,"
both featuring a "Personal Memory Book" digital Trollz journal
for girls to write in their daily adventures as well as Trollz
"printables" and set-top games, $19.98 DVD ... and, lastly, for
those "spooky" kids, Fox will release three episodes from the
"Goosebumps" TV series based on the work of R.L. Stine:
"Chillogy," "The Ghost Next Door" and "Scary House"; $9.98 each
on DVD.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
"The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing" (2005) is an
impressive documentary that traces the history and critical role
of the motion picture film editor, looking at the art of Academy
Award-winning editors and their directors, including George
Lucas, Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Rob Cohen, Alexander
Payne and Lawrence Kasdan, $14.98 from Warner ... "Ace in the
Hole," a 2005 Military Channel documentary on the pursuit and
capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, $19.94 from Sony ...
"Battlefield Diaries Extended Cut" is a three-disc set of the
Military Channel's six-episode documentary of real-life military
diaries, from WWII through the Korean War to the war in Iraq,
$39.95 from Sony ... "Brubeck Returns to Moscow" (1997) has the
Dave Brubeck Quartet performing with the Russian National
Orchestra at Bolshoi Hall; $14.98 from Koch Vision ... "The
Songwriters Collection" is a four-disc set featuring eight
intimate evenings -- recorded at New York's 92nd Street Y -- of
songs and stories from Broadway and Hollywood legends Kander &
Ebb, Alan Jay Lerner, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Sheldon Harnick, Burton
Lane, Mitchell Parish, Charles Strouse and Arthur Schwartz,
$49.98 from Koch Vision ... "Cirque du Soleil: Midnight Sun" is a
celebration of the 20th anniversary of Cirque du Soleil and the
25th anniversary of the Festival International de Jazz de
Montreal, $24.95 from Sony ... "Lipstick & Dynamite: The First
Ladies of Wrestling" is a 2004 documentary on the forgotten first
ladies of the ring, including Gladys 'Killem' Gillem, who
wrestled women, men, alligators, and bears, the Fabulous Moolah,
the Great Mae Young and midget wrestler Diamond 'Lil, $19.98 from
Koch Vision ... "Paris Is Burning" (1990), the famous documentary
on Harlem drag balls, thrown by predominantly inner city African-
American and Latino gay men, in the 1980's, $29.99 from Miramax
... "Punk: Attitude," the definitive punk rock documentary,
featuring interviews with Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Tommy
Ramone, David Johansen and a colorful cast of luminary narrators,
delving into the roots of punk, borne of the Velvet Underground,
MC-5, and the New York Dolls, connecting the musical dots from
the 70s London scene to New York's CBGB. Features vintage footage
and archival performances of the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, the
Clash and the Damned; a two-disc set, $39.98 from Capital
Entertainment ... "Tracey Ullman: Live & Exposed" (2005) is an
autobiographical stand-up HBO Comedy Special, $19.97 from HBO
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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

** Ace in the Hole (2005) Military Channel documentary on the
pursuit and capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Extras:
Bonus feature "Hunting Saddam: Wanted Dead or Alive." $19.94.
(Sony).
** The Adventures of the Little Prince: The Complete Animated
Series. Four-disc set with 26 episodes of the 1980s animated
series, $49.98. Two three-episode single-disc collections, "The
Adventures of the Little Prince: Higher Than Eagles Fly" and
"Somewhere in Space," will also be made available at $9.98 each.
(Koch Vision).
** Battlefield Diaries Extended Cut. Three-disc set of the
Military Channel six-episode documentary of real-life military
diaries, presenting the most compelling personal accounts of war
as seen through the eyes of those closest to the action, the
rank-and-file soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen, from WWII
through the Korean War to the war in Iraq. $39.95. (Sony).
** The Bela Lugosi Collection. Five classics: "Murders in the Rue
Morgue," "The Raven" (with Boris Karloff), "Black Friday" (with
Boris Karloff), "The Black Cat" (directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and
co-starring Boris Karloff) and "The Invisible Ray" (with Boris
Karloff) on a single double-sided disc, $26.98. (Universal).
** Brubeck Returns to Moscow (1997) Dave Brubeck Quartet performs
with the Russian National Orchestra at Bolshoi Hall; $14.98.
(Koch Vision).
** The Cabinet of Caligari (1962) Glynis Johns, Dan O'Herlihy.
(Fox).
** Casanova's Big Night (1954) Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey
Dalton. (Paramount).
** A Certain Justice (1998 -- TV) Roy Marsden, Sarah Winman,
Penny Downie. Mystery! suspense-thriller production of P.D.
James' best-selling novel by the same name; $19.95. (WGBH Boston
Video).
** Charmed -- The Complete Second Season (1999--2000) Six-disc
set with 22 episodes, $49.99. (Paramount).
** Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968 -- Germany) Dir.:
Daniele Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub; Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane
Lang. (New Yorker).
** Cirque du Soleil: Midnight Sun. More than 250 Artists and
200,000 spectators filled the Montreal streets last summer in a
one-night-only combination of music, sight and sound to celebrate
the 20th anniversary of Cirque du Soleil and the 25th anniversary
of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. $24.95.
Extras: Cirque du Soleil promos, photo gallery. (Sony).
** The Coast Guard (Hae anseon) (2002 -- S. Korea) Dir.: Ki-duk
Kim; Dong-Kun Jang, Jeong-hak Kim, Ji-a Park, Hye-jin Yu. Extras:
Interview with and introduction by the director; "making-of"
featurette; music video; photo gallery. (Tartan Video).
** Crash (2005) Dir.: Paul Haggis; Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle,
Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser,
Terrence Dashon Howard, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe,
Larenz Tate, Tony Danza, Keith David, Shaun Toub, Loretta Devine.
Extras: Introduction by writer-director Paul Haggis, commentary
by Haggis and Cheadle, "making of" featurette, music video.
(Lions Gate).
** The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2005)
Documentary that traces the history and critical role of the
motion picture film editor, looking at the art of Academy Award-
winning editors and their directors, including George Lucas,
Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Rob Cohen, Alexander Payne and
Lawrence Kasdan. $14.98. (Warner).
** The Deer Hunter (1978) Dir.: Michael Cimino; Robert De Niro,
John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep,
George Dzundza. Limited edition two-disc set. Digitally
remastered with fully restored audio with all-new enhanced 5.1
tracks. Extras: Commentary by cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond,
deleted and extended scenes. (Universal's The Legacy Series).
** Degrassi Junior High: Season Three. Three-disc set with 16
episodes, $39.95. Extras: Season 3 trivia quiz, bonus videos from
the "Degrassi Talks" series, printable materials for educators.
(WGBH Boston Video).
** Den of Lions (2003) Stephen Dorff, Bob Hoskins, Laura Fraser,
Ian Hart, David O'Hara. (Miramax).
** The Doctor and the Devils (1985) Dir.: Freddie Francis;
Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands, Stephen
Rea. (Fox).
** Doogie Howser, M.D.: Season 2. Four-disc set with 25 episodes,
$39.98. (Anchor Bay).
** Dressed to Kill (1941) Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Sheila
Ryan, William Demarest. (Fox).
** Fear and Trembling (2004 -- France/Japan) Dir.: Alain Corneau;
Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Taro Suwa, Bison Katayama, Yasunari
Kondo, Sokyu Fujita, Gen Shimaoka, Heileigh Gomes. Extras:
"Making-of" featurette; liner notes by film critic Mark Peranson
(Cinemascope Magazine). (Home Vision Entertainment).
** Garbo: The Signature Collection. Ten film, 10-disc collection
celebrating Greta Garbo's 100th birthday. Seven feature films on
seven discs, three silent films on a two-disc set of "TCM
Archives: Garbo Silents" and a new bonus feature-length
documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Brownlow and Turner
Classic Movies, "Garbo," featuring interviews with Garbo's
friends and colleagues, available exclusively with the gift set.
Collection: $99.92; "TCM Archives: Garbo Silents" will be
available as a separate set for $39.92; each "Garbo: The
Signature Collection" title will also be available individually
for $19.97. (Warner).
-- TCM Archives: Garbo Silents "The Temptress" (1926), "Flesh
and the Devil" (1927 and "The Mysterious Lady" (1928). Extras:
Commentary on "Flesh and the Devil" by "Garbo" author Barry
Paris; commentary on "The Temptress" by "Greta Garbo: A Cinematic
Legacy" author Mark A. Vieira; commentary on "The Mysterious
Lady" by film historians Tony Maietta and Jeffrey Vance; "The
Divine Woman": Surviving 9-minute excerpt of this lost 1928
silent film; alternate ending on "The Temptress"; photo montages
on Garbo's silent years at MGM.
-- Anna Christie (1930) Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George
F. Marion, Marie Dressler. Extras: German-language version with
different director and cast, with English subtitles.
-- Anna Karenina (1935) Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil
Rathbone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Freddie Bartholomew.
-- Camille (1936) Dir.: George Cukor; Greta Garbo. Extras: 1921
silent version starring Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino,
audio bonus: "Leo Is On the Air" radio promo, 1936 version
theatrical trailer.
-- Grand Hotel (1932) Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Wallace
Beery, Joan Crawford. Extras: New documentary "Checking Out:
Grand Hotel," premiere newsreel, vintage musical short "Nothing
Ever Happens," "Just a Word of Warning" theatre announcement,
trailers of the film and the 1945 remake of "Week-End at the
Waldorf."
-- Mata Hari (1931) Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone,
Ramon Novarro.
-- Ninotchka (1939) Dir.: Ernst Lubitsch; Greta Garbo, Melvyn
Douglas. Extras: 1967 BBC show "Garbo," hosted by Joan Crawford;
theatrical trailer of this film and its musical remake "Silk
Stockings."
-- Queen Christina (1933) Dir.: Rouben Mamoulian; Greta Garbo,
John Gilbert.
-- TCM Original Documentary: Garbo (2005) A brand-new Turner
Classic Movies original, feature-length profile from legendary
documentarian Kevin Brownlow and his Photoplay Productions,
offering an intimate look at the life and career of Greta Garbo.
** The Girl in the Cafe (2005 -- TV) Bill Nighy, Kelly Macdonald.
Romantic drama set around this summer's G8 summit on world
poverty. Extras: Commentary by writer Richard Curtis and director
David Yates, behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scenes. (HBO).
Video).
** Goosebumps. Three episodes from the TV series based on the
work of R.L. Stine: "Chillogy," "The Ghost Next Door" and "Scary
House"; $9.98 each. (Fox). Extras:
** The Hammer Horror Series. Two-disc set with eight horror films
from England's Hammer Films: "Brides of Dracula" (1960), "The
Curse of the Werewolf" (1961), "Phantom of the Opera" (1962),
"Paranoiac" (1963), "The Kiss of the Vampire" (1963), "Nightmare"
(1964), "Night Creatures (Captain Clegg)" (1962) and "The Evil of
Frankenstein" (1964); $29.98. (Universal).
** Haven (2001 -- TV) Natasha Richardson, Colm Feore, Henry
Czerny, William L. Petersen, Hal Holbrook, Martin Landau, Bruce
Greenwood, Anne Bancroft. (Miramax).
** Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) Lance Henriksen, Katheryn
Winnick, Christopher Jacot, Doug Bradley. Direct-to-video.
Extras: Commentary, "Ticket to Hellworld" behind-the-scenes
featurette. (Dimension).
** House on Haunted Hill (1958) Dir.: William Castle; Vincent
Price, Carolyn Craig, Richard Long, Elisha Cook Jr. (Fox).
** The House on 92nd Street (1945) Dir.: Henry Hathaway; William
Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart, Leo G. Carroll.
Extras: Commentary by film historian Eddie Muller (author of
"Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir"), photo gallery. (Fox
Film Noir).
** The Innocents (1961) Dir.: Jack Clayton; Deborah Kerr, Peter
Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela
Franklin. (Fox).
** The Killer Tomatoes Eat France (1991) Tom Katsis, John Astin,
Bill LaFleur, Steve Lundquist, Marc Price, Angela Visser. (Fox).
** The Killer Tomatoes Strike Back! (1990) Rick Rockwell, J.
Stephen Peace, John Witherspoon, Crystal Carson, John De Bello,
John Astin, Steve Lundquist. (Fox).
** The Last Chapter (2002 -- TV) Roy Dupuis, Michael Ironside.
Miniseries. Extras: Making-of featurette, behind-the-scenes
footage, deleted scenes, alternate ending, cast and crew
profiles. Four-disc set, $49.98. (BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Limited).
** The Last Frontier (1955) Dir.: Anthony Mann; Guy Madison,
Victor Mature, Anne Bancroft, James Whitmore. (Sony Wild West
Classics).
** A Lawless Street (1955) Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury. (Sony
Wild West Classics).
** The Lina Wertmuller Collection. Six DVD Collector's set
featuring "Swept Away" and "Seven Beauties," newly restored and
presented in 5.1 Surround Sound; three films available for the
first-time: "The Nymph," "Summer Night," and "Ferdinando and
Carolina"; and a bonus disc of extras including an interview with
Wertmuller by Italian film critic Carlo Lizzani; 16-Page
collector's booklet with essay by film critic John Simon. $99.98.
(Koch Lorber).
** Lipstick & Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004)
Documentary on the forgotten first ladies of the ring. (Koch
Vision).
** The Longest Drive (aka The Quest) (1976 -- TV) Kurt Russell,
Tim Matheson, Brian Keith. (Sony Wild West Classics).
** Lost: The Complete First Season. Seven-disc set with 24
episodes, $59.99. Extras: Original pilot, behind-the-scenes
featurette, deleted scenes, casting tapes, bloopers,
commentaries, featurettes, roundtable discussions. (Buena Vista).
** Macgyver -- The Complete Third Season (1987--1988) Five-disc
set with 20 episodes, $36.99. (Paramount).
** The Marksman (aka The Painter) (2005) Wesley Snipes. Direct-
to-video. (Sony).
** The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) Dir.: Preston Sturges;
Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Diana Lynn.
Extras: "Preston Sturges and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek,"
"Censorship: Morgan's Creek vs. the Production Code" featurettes.
(Paramount).
** Nero (aka Imperium: Nerone) (2004 -- TV) Hans Matheson, Laura
Morante, Mattias Habich, Rike Schmid. Six-episode mini-series.
$24.96. (Sony).
** Nunsense 3: The Jamboree (1998 -- TV) Tongue-in-cheek parody
starring Vicki Lawrence and Rue McClanahan; $14.98. (Koch
Vision).
** Oliver's Twist. Season 2 Two-disc set with 15 episodes of the
British cooking show; $29.98. (Capital Entertainment).
** Omen IV: The Awakening (1991 -- TV) Faye Grant, Michael Woods,
Michael Lerner, Madison Mason. Single-disc. Extras: Commentary,
documentary. (Fox).
** Paris Is Burning (1990) Documentary on Harlem drag balls,
thrown by predominantly inner city African-American and Latino
gay men, in the 1980's. Extras: Outtakes with optional filmmaker
commentary, commentary by the filmmakers, photo gallery.
(Miramax).
** Prelude to Murder (1946) Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. (Fox).
** The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005) Kai Wuhrer, Jason Scott Lee,
John Light, Jason London, Tony Todd. Extras: Commentary by
director-writer Joel Soisson, editor Kirk Morri, makeup effects
designer Gary J. Tunnicliffe, production executive Nick Phillips.
(Dimension).
** Punk: Attitude. Definitive punk rock documentary, featuring
interviews with Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Tommy Ramone, David
Johansen and a colorful cast of luminary narrators, delves into
the roots of punk, borne of the Velvet Underground, MC-5, and the
New York Dolls, connecting the musical dots from the 70s London
scene to New York's CBGB's. Vintage footage and archival
performances of the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, the Clash and the
Damned. Two-disc set, $39.98. Extras: Three hours of additional
footage including, "Where Are They Now" up-to-date bios on the
artists profiled in the film; Punk's family tree -- a virtual
who's who in the past and present punk scene; "California
Screamin: Behind the Masque" article by Don Waller; Henry Rollins
interview; Dave Goodman feature; features on "The Attitude/Spirit
of Punk," "The Influences/Origins of Punk," Punk on Culture and
the Arts," "UK vs the US," "Punk Evolution," "The
Gigs/Performances and the Punk Sounds"; exclusive L.A. punk scene
featurette. (Capital Entertainment).
** Quilombo (1984 -- Brazil) Dir.: Carlos Diegues; Jonas Bloch,
Zozimo Bulbul. (New Yorker).
** Red Garters (1954) Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Pat Crowley,
Gene Barry. (Paramount).
** Santa Fe (1951) Randolph Scott, Janis Carter. (Sony Wild West
Classics).
** Save the Green Planet (2003 -- S. Korea) Ha-kyun Shin, Yun-
shik Baek, Jeong-min Hwang. (Koch Lorber Films).
** Saw Uncut Edition (2004) Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny
Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Shawnee Smith, Monica Potter.
Extras: Commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, featurettes,
original short film "Saw," more. (Lions Gate).
** Shelly Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends: The Complete Series.
Nine-disc set with "Annie Oakley," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,"
"Ponce de Leon," "Johnny Appleseed," "John Henry," "Darlin'
Clementine," "Casey at the Bat," "Davy Crockett" and "Pecos
Bill," $79.98. (Koch Vision).
** Somewhere in the Night (1946) Dir.: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; John
Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte. Extras:
Commentary by film historian Eddie Muller (author of "Dark City:
The Lost World of Film Noir). (Fox Film Noir).
** Stephen King Presents Kingdom Hospital: The Beginning (2004)
Single disc featuring the first two episodes of the mini-series,
$19.94. (Sony).
** The Sting (1973) Dir.: George Roy Hill; Paul Newman, Robert
Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen
Brennan, Harold Gould. Limited edition two-disc set. Digitally
remastered with fully restored audio with all-new enhanced 5.1
tracks. Extras: "The Art of the Sting" retrospective on the
making of "The Sting" with interviews with the cast and
filmmakers. (Universal's The Legacy Series).
** The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) Dir.: Andre De Toth; Randolph
Scott, George Macready, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Claire
Trevor. (Sony).
** Tall Tales & Legends -- Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Ed Begley,
Jr. stars as Ichabod Crane in this episode from Shelley Duvall's
TV series. (Koch Vision).
** Tall Tales & Legends -- Legend of Annie Oakley. Jamie Lee
Curtis stars as "Little Miss Sure Shot" in this episode from
Shelley Duvall's TV series. (Koch Vision).
** Tall Tales & Legends -- Ponce de Leon. Michael York stars as
the famous explorer in this episode from Shelley Duvall's TV
series. (Koch Vision).
** Ten Wanted Men (1955) Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard
Boone. (Sony Wild West Classics).
** Terror by Night (1946) Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan
Mowbray. (Fox).
** 3-Iron (2005 -- S. Korea) Dir.: Ki-duk Kim; Seung-yeon Lee,
Hee Jae, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jin-mo Ju, Jeong-ho Choi. Extras:
Commentary by Ki-duk Kim. (Sony).
** To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Dir.: Robert Mulligan; Gregory
Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, John Megna,
Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters. Limited
edition two-disc set. Digitally remastered with fully restored
audio with all-new enhanced 5.1 tracks. Extras: Commentary by
Mulligan and producer Alan Pakula; documentary on Gregory Peck
produced by Peck's daughter, Cecilia Peck; Peck's 1963 Academy
Award Best Actor acceptance speech; Peck's 1989 speech after he
was awarded the Life Achievement Award from the AFI; interview
with Mary Badham, "Scout," about her experience working with
Gregory Peck; "Fearful Symmetry: The Making of To Kill a
Mockingbird." (Universal's The Legacy Series).
** Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition (1995) Dir.: John Lasseter;
voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace
Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, Laurie Metcalf, R. Lee
Ermey, Penn Jillette. Two-disc set, $29.99. Strong>Extras: Disc
1: Film encoded with high bit rate from Pixar's digital source;
remastered sound, commentary by Lasseter and the filmmakers,
sneak peek at Pixar's upcoming theatrical film "Cars." Disc 2:
"Making-of" featurette; deleted scenes; early animation tests;
"Designing Toy Story" documentary; character, color & lighting,
set design featurettes; storyboard pitch; production materials;
publicity materials; sound design featurette; Randy Newman song
demos; new music video with Lyle Lovett and Randy newman singing
"You've Got a Friend in Me." (Buena Vista).
** Tracey Ullman: Live & Exposed. Autobiographical stand-up HBO
Comedy Special. (HBO Video).
** Trollz Volume 1: Best Friends for Life (2005) Made-for-video
animated feature, $19.98. Extras: Personal Memory Book: Digital
Trollz journal for girls to write in their daily adventures;
Trollz "printables": bookmarks and notecards; Trollz personality
quiz where girls can find out which Trollz character they are
most like; two music videos: "It's A Hair Thing" theme song
performed by the Valli Girls and "Best Friends for Life"; "Spell
Moments." (Warner).
** Trollz Volume 2: Magic of the Five (2005) Made-for-video
animated feature, $19.98. Extras: Personal Memory Book: Digital
Trollz journal for girls to write in their daily adventures;
Trollz "printables": door hangers and notecards; "Trollz Stylz"
set-top game/memory; music video: "Power of Five"; "Spell
Moments." (Warner).
** 21 Jump Street: Season Three. Six-disc set, $44.98. (Anchor
Bay).
** Whirlpool (1949) Dir.: Otto Preminger; Gene Tierney, Richard
Conte, Jose Ferrer, Charles Bickford. Extras: Commentary by film
historian Richard Shickel. (Fox Film Noir).
** Written in Blood (2002) Michael T. Weiss, Peter Coyote,
Maureen Flannigan. (Dimension).


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