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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, September 20 -- MONDAY, September 26

THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL IN 3-D
Based on the intergalactic journeys and superhero stories created
by Director Robert Rodriguez's seven year-old son Racer Max.
Sometimes the most amazing superheroes are the ones inside your
dreams. So discovers 10-year-old Max (Cayden Boyd), an outcast
little boy who has become lost in his own fantasy world in an
attempt to escape the everyday worries of dealing with parents
(David Arquette and Kristin Davis), school bullies and no-fun
summer vacations. But when Max realizes the cool characters,
high-flying adventures and incredible secret powers that dwell in
his imagination might be far more real than anyone is willing to
believe, his whole world changes. Now, Max is blasting off on a
mission to Planet Drool where Shark Boy (Taylor Lautner) -- a kid
once lost at sea and raised under the watchful fins of sharks
only to become half-shark -- and Lava Girl (Taylor Dooley) -- a
volcanic beauty who emits leaping flames and red-hot rocks --
live in a realm of astonishing wonders, one in which the Train of
Thought can whisk you off to the mouth-watering Land of Milk and
Cookies. Teeming with mountainous roller coasters and violet
skies, Planet Drool looks like the perfect kid paradise until Max
meets up with the shocking Mr. Electric (George Lopez) and his
sidekick Minus (Jacob Davich) who are trying to do away with all
dreams forever. With Shark Boy and Lava Girl in trouble, only Max
can guide them -- by imagining every clever move of their wily
escape from Mr. Electric's Lair. Speedily conjuring up an
incredible array of gadgets, gizmos, contraptions and cool ideas,
Max learns the power of turning his dreams into reality.
Director: Robert Rodriguez. Stars: Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley,
Cayden Boyd, George Lopez, David Arquette, Kristin Davis, Jacob
Davich. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 93 min., Family, Box office
gross: $30.539 million, Dimension. DVD only.

BORN INTO BROTHELS
A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative
power of art, "Born into Brothels" is a portrait of several
unforgettable children who live in the red light district of
Calcutta where their mothers are prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New
York-based photojournalist who travelled to India to document the
lives of women in the brothels, gives these youngsters cameras
and teaches them how to take pictures, leading them to look at
their world with new eyes. Together with co-director Ross
Kauffman, Briski captures the magical way in which beauty can be
found in the most unlikely of places and how a promising future
becomes a possibility for children who previously had no future
at all. Touching and heartfelt, yet devoid of sentimentality,
"Born into Brothels" defies the tear-stained tourist snapshot of
the global underbelly. Zana Briski spent years with these
children and became a part of their lives. Their photographs are
prisms into their souls, rather than anthropological curiosities,
and a true testimony to the power of the indelible creative
spirit. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, the
Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and more than
20 other major film festival prizes. Director: Ross Kauffman and
Zana Briski. Stars: . 2004, CC, MPAA rating: R, 85 min.,
Documentary, Box office gross: $3.410 million, ThinkFilm, No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental.

BROTHERS
The lives of two very different brothers become intertwined and
thrust apart in this intense drama. Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is
released from prison and embraced by his brother Michael (Ulrich
Thomsen), an upright soldier and family man being deployed to
Afghanistan. The family tension is palpable as Jannik re-assumes
his role of alcoholic deviant while his loving brother prepares
for impending deployment. Shortly after commencing his tour of
duty, Michael's helicopter crashes and he is presumed dead.
Jannik summons previously untapped maturity, aiding and
comforting Michael's two daughters and wife Sarah (Connie
Nielsen). As Sarah and Jannik grow closer, their dependence and
admiration intensify. But a world away, Michael is alive,
enduring the unimaginable in hopes of surviving to return home.
In Danish with English subtitles Director: Susanne Bier. Stars:
Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Bent Mejding.
2005, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Drama, Box office gross:
$0.254 million, Universal, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.

GRIMM
The Brothers Grimm meet David Lynch in international award-
winning director Alex van Warmerdam's twisted and darkly comic
fairy tale that transports viewers from bleak, snow-frosted woods
to a windswept ghost town. Abandoned by their impoverished
parents, adult siblings Jacob and Marie embark on a surreal,
often nightmarish odyssey to Spain to live with their uncle.
Menacing characters, offbeat situations and fantastic
circumstance make "Grimm" a haunting experience that is anything
but your ordinary happily-ever-after bedtime story. In Dutch and
Spanish with optional English subtitles. Director: Alex van
Warmerdam. Stars: Teresa Berganza, Johan Leysen, Halina Reijn,
Jacob Derwig. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 103 min., Black comedy,
Home Vision Entertainment.

INSIDE DEEP THROAT
Examines the unanticipated lasting cultural impact generated by
"Deep Throat," a sexually explicit film (starring Linda Lovelace)
first shown in a midtown Manhattan adult theater in June 1972
that quickly became the flashpoint for an unprecedented social
and political firestorm. Features a parade of larger-than-life
personalities that includes not only some of the filmmakers and
stars of Deep Throat -- director Gerard Damiano (a.k.a. Jerry
Gerard), production manager Ron Wertheim and assistant cameraman
turned leading man Harry Reems -- but also an array of esteemed
authors, filmmakers, opinion-makers and idealogues representing
virtually every side of the sexual revolution and battle for
First Amendment rights -- among them Alan Dershowitz, Gore Vidal,
John Waters, Norman Mailer, Erica Jong, Camille Paglia, Hugh
Hefner ... and many more. Director: Fenton Bailey and Randy
Barbato. Stars: Narrated by Dennis Hopper. 2005, CC, MPAA rating:
R, 92 min., Documentary, Box office gross: $0.653 million,
Universal, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.

IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG
Based on a true story. Paul Kaye stars as Frankie Wilde, the
legendary British DJ and musical mastermind of the underground
club scene whose career is cut down at its pinnacle by an
unthinkable tragedy -- the loss of his hearing. Darkly funny and
inspirational, with fierce performances by both Kaye and Kate
Magowan as his sex-crazed Mrs. Director: Michael Dowse. Stars:
Paul Kaye, Mike Wilmot, Beatriz Batarda, Kate Magowan. 2005, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.118 million,
Sony, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.

LONGEST YARD, THE
Adam Sandler and Chris Rock star in the comic story of a former
pro quarterback trying to make good in the toughest possible
situation. When former NFL player Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) is
sent to prison, the warden forces him to transform a diverse
group of inmates into a football team. Unlikely teammates, the
convicts unite when they find out who they are playing: the
guards. With the help of fellow inmates Nate Scarborough (Burt
Reynolds) and Caretaker (Chris Rock), Crewe promises the cons a
chance to exact revenge in a bone-crushing showdown where
anything goes. The Mean Machine returns to the gridiron in this
update of the 1974 classic -- but be sure to rent the original
first. Director: Peter Segal. Stars: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock,
Burt Reynolds, James Cromwell, Walter Williamson, Michael Irvin,
Nelly, Nicholas Turturro. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 113 min.,
Comedy, Box office gross: $140.000 million, Paramount, No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental.

MINDHUNTERS
On a remote island, the FBI has a training program for their
psychological profiling division, called "Mindhunters," used to
track down serial killers. The training goes horribly wrong,
however, when a group of seven young agents discover that one of
them is a serial killer, and is setting about slaying the others.
Can the few that are left figure out who the killer is in time?
Completely isolated, the agents have no choice but to solve the
heinous crime on their own. But how can they trust one another
when they each possess the skills, the motives and the means to
be the murderer? No one is above suspicion, or the perils of
overwhelming fear, as they use everything in their power to
uncover the killer's identity and end the relentless hunt.
Director: Renny Harlin. Stars: Val Kilmer, Jonny Lee Miller,
Kathryn Morris, Christian Slater, LL Cool J, Patricia Velasquez.
2005, CC, MPAA rating: R, 106 min., Action-thriller, Box office
gross: $4.480 million, Dimension, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.

TURTLES CAN FLY
The first film shot in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein,
"Turtles Can Fly" is an unforgettable portrait of refugee
children in an unending war zone. In Kurdish with English
subtitles. Director: Bahman Ghobadi. Stars: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz
Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 98
min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.256 million, Sony, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental. DVD only.

VOYAGES
Few films have dealt with the Holocaust as freshly and gracefully
as this haunting, subtle, and touching first feature. "Voyages"
is an ingeniously linked tale centered on three contemporary
Jewish women at the crossroads of life. Rivka, a French woman on
a bus tour of Poland with her husband unexpectedly reconsiders
her unsatisfactory marriage; the return of Regine's long-lost
father, thought to have perished in the camps, throws her life
into turmoil, opening up more questions than answers; and Vera, a
Russian woman, who impulsively emigrates to Israel looking for a
long-lost cousin, finds herself a stranger in a strange land.
From Poland to Paris to Tel Aviv: "Voyages" is an intimate and
personal story of the quests of three women whose lives and
intertwining destinies create a moving and poignant story of
survival. In French, Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles.
Director: Emmanuel Finkiel. Stars: Shulamit Adar, Liliane Rovere,
Esther Gorintin, Natan Cogan, Mosko Alkalai. 1999, CC, MPAA
rating: NR, 115 min., Drama, New Yorker, $24.95 VHS SRP.

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

COMING SOON:
Due November 8 is Rob Zombie's ultra-violent "The Devil's
Rejects" starring Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, William
Forsythe, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory, Leslie Easterbrook,
Geoffrey Lewis and Priscilla Barnes, in rated single-disc and
unrated two-disc editions, from Lions Gate ... On January 3, New
Line will release the smash hit "Wedding Crashers," starring Owen
Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla
Fisher and Jane Seymour, in R-rated and unrated, "Uncorked"
editions.

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
The highlight of the week -- and maybe the year -- is "No
Direction Home: Bob Dylan," Martin Scorsese's feature-length film
biography of Dylan, which premieres on PBS's American Masters
series September 26-27 and in the U.K. on the BBC's Arena series
September 26 and October 1. In advance of those airings,
Paramount has released a two-disc set of the film this week --
with extensive bonus features -- for $29.98. The two-part film,
which focuses on the singer-songwriter's life and music from
1961-66, includes never-seen performance footage and interviews
with artists and musicians whose lives intertwined with Dylan's
during that time. Dylan talks openly and extensively about this
critical period in his career, detailing the journey from his
hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, to Greenwich Village, New York,
where he became the center of a musical and cultural upheaval.
For the first time, The Bob Dylan Archives has made available
rare treasures from its film, tape and stills collection,
including footage from Murray Lerner's film "Festival,"
documenting performances at the 1963, 1964 and 1965 Newport Folk
Festivals, previously unreleased outtakes from D.A. Pennebaker's
famed 1967 documentary "Don't Look Back," and interviews with
Allen Ginsberg, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Maria Muldaur, and many
others. In anticipation of the film, members of Dylan's worldwide
community of fans also contributed rarities from their own
collections. This is a stunning outing -- and a rare glimpse of
the greatest songwriter of the 20th century candidly talking
about himself. If you think you knew Dylan, think again. The saga
of a man who has consistently -- and successfully -- recreated
himself time after time is a must for every serious student of
American culture, pop music, and history -- meaning everyone.

Francis Ford Coppola brings his 1983 film of the S.E. Hinton
novel "The Outsiders" back to DVD as "The Outsiders: The Complete
Novel." The film, starring C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Diane
Lane, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez,
Tom Cruise and Leif Garrett, has been reconfigured as a two-disc
set with an all-new digital transfer from restored picture
elements. Coppola added 22 minutes, including a new beginning and
an ending which is more true to the book and enriches the
characters' relationships; new rock 'n' roll soundtrack with six
songs from Elvis Presley and from Van Morrison, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Carl Perkins, The Marketts, Sandy Nelson and others; soundtrack
score remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1.; and loads of extras, from
Warner.

From The Criterion Collection comes three important films: Jean-
Luc Godard's "Masculin, feminin" (1966), starring Jean-Pierre
Leaud, Chantal Goya, Marlene Jobert and Michel Debord. With this
film, ruthless stylist and iconoclast Godard introduced the world
to "the children of Marx and Coca-Cola" through a gang of
restless youths engaged in hopeless love affairs with music,
revolution, and each other. French new wave icon Leaud stars as
Paul, an idealistic would-be intellectual struggling to forge a
relationship with adorable pop star Madeleine (real-life ya-ya
girl Chantal Goya). Through their tempestuous affair, Godard
fashions a candid and wildly funny free-form examination of youth
culture in throbbing 1960s Paris, mixing satire and tragedy as
only Goddard can ... In "An Angel at My Table" (1990), director
Jane Campion brings to the screen the harrowing true-life story
of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film
follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-
stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and
electroshock therapy to, finally, international literary fame.
Beautifully capturing the color and power of the New Zealand
landscape, the film earned Campion a sweep of her country's film
awards and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
... "Naked" (1993) is one of the essential films of the 1990s.
Mike Leigh's brilliant and controversial story stars David
Thewlis as Johnny, a charming, eloquent, and relentlessly vicious
drifter in London. Rejecting all those who would care for him,
the volcanic Johnny hurls himself into a nocturnal odyssey
through the city, colliding with a succession of the desperate
and the dispossessed and scorching everyone in his path. With a
virtuoso script and raw performances by Thewlis and co-stars
Katrin Cartlidge and Lesley Sharp, Leigh's panorama of England's
crumbling underbelly is a showcase of black comedy and doomsday
prophecy, and was the winner of the best director and actor
prizes at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. As with all of
Criterion's output, these three films are packaged beautifully
and loaded with extras.

On a lighter side there's "Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing
Adventures," an expanded DVD edition of an out-of-print BBC
Video/Fox DVD featuring three short films starring Wallace and
his ever faithful dog Gromit: Oscar-winners "A Close Shave" and
"The Wrong Trousers" as well as Academy Award-nominee "A Grand
Day Out." Extras on the DreamWorks' release include "Cracking
Contraptions," 10 clay-animated mini-shorts never-before-released
in the United States, showcasing many of Wallace's most
hilariously ill-conceived inventions, plus a behind-the-scenes
look at how the filmmakers brought the plasticine pair to life; a
sneak peek of the September 30 DreamWorks' theatrical film
"Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit," with a behind-the-
scenes featurette that includes outtakes from the film, along
with interviews with Wallace & Gromit creator and two-time
Academy Award-winning writer and director Nick Park ("Chicken
Run," "The Adventures of Wallace & Gromit"). $19.99.

And on the extremely gruesome side there's "Henry: Portrait of a
Serial Killer, 20th Anniversary Special Edition" of the 1986
shocker directed by John McNaughton and starring Michael Rooker,
Tom Towles and Tracy Arnold. The two-disc set includes more than
100 minutes of bonus material; new high definition transfer from
original 16mm film negatives, supervised by McNaughton. From Dark
Sky Films/MPI Home Video.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Battlestar Galactica: Season One" (2004--2005), a
five-disc set with all 13 episodes plus the four-part miniseries
that launched it all, $59.98 from Universal ... "Crime Story:
Season 1" and "Crime Story: Season 2," four-disc sets $39.98 each
from Anchor Bay Entertainment ... ""Desperate Housewives: The
Complete First Season," a six-disc set with 24 episodes, $59.99
from Buena Vista ... "From the Earth to the Moon: The Signature
Edition," (1998) a four-disc set of the HBO miniseries,
remastered with DTS sound with tons of extras, $99.98 from HBO
... "Hogan's Heroes -- The Second Season" (1966--1967), a five-
disc set with 30 episodes, $39.99 from Paramount ... "Ned and
Stacey: The First Season," a three-disc set with 24 episodes,
$39.95 from Sony ... "The Pretender Season Two," a four-disc set
with 22 episodes, $39.98 from Fox ... "The Ren & Stimpy Show --
Seasons Five & Some More of Four," a three-disc set with 17
episodes, $39.99 from Paramount ... "See Arnold Run," a 2005
telefilm about California's governor, starring Jurgen Prochnow,
Nicole DeHuff, Roland Kickinger, Nora Dunn and Mariel Hemingway,
from Paramount ... "SpongeBob SquarePants: Absorbing Favorites,"
five episodes, $16.99 from Paramount ... "Widow on the Hill/Lies
My Mother Told Me," a Lifetime Original Movie Double Feature with
two telefilms in a two-disc set for $14.95: "Widow on the Hill"
(2005), starring Natasha Henstridge and James Brolin; "Lies My
Mother Told Me" (2005), starring Joely Richardson and Hayden
Panettiere; from Warner.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
At the top of this week's list is "The Sixties: The Years That
Shaped a Generation," an absorbing and informative 2005 PBS
documentary that traces the events of one of the most turbulent
and influential periods of political and cultural change in the
20th century and the powerful impact forced on an entire
generation; the "sixties" actually began in the early 1960s with
the rise of the anti-Vietnam War movement and the counter-culture
and ended in the mid-1970s; from Paramount ... Two documentaries
about rebel-with-a-cause James Dean make their appearance today:
the original "James Dean: Forever Young" (2005), narrated by
Martin Sheen, $19.97; and "James Dean: Sense Memories," a 2005
American Masters documentary on the ill-fated actor, $14.97; both
from Warner ... "Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story" (2005)
is the acclaimed film about the six-time world boxing champ who
in 1962 killed his opponent, Benny "The Kid" Paret, in the ring,
on live television, from Anchor Bay ... "The Carter Family: Will
the Circle Be Unbroken" is a 2005 PBS documentary narrated by
Robert Duvall about the famous musical family, from Paramount ...
"New Order: Item" is a two-disc set with 23-videos and a two-hour
documentary of the group's history with personal interviews, and
interviews with musicians such as U2's Bono on the band's effect
on music, $24.98 from Rhino Video ... There's two interesting
documentaries from First Run Features this week: "Monumental:
David Brower's Fight for Wild America," the Story of how a 1930s
rock climber became the greatest conservationist of the 20th
Century, documenting the life of outdoorsman, filmmaker and
environmental crusader Brower, whose fiery dedication and
activism not only saved the Grand Canyon (among other
accomplishments) but also transformed the Sierra Club into a
powerful national political force, giving birth to the modern
environmental movement, $24.95; and the new documentary "The
Knowledge of Healing," an illuminating examination of Tibetan
medicine, a practice which has developed over two millennia into
a modern day successful method of healing that rivals Western
medical practices, $29.95.


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

Weekly listings of DVD releases can now be viewed on mobile
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** The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005) Dir.:
Robert Rodriguez; Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd,
George Lopez, David Arquette, Kristin Davis. Includes both 2-D
and 3-D versions; packaged with four 3-D glasses. (Dimension).
** After Midnight (1989) Marg Helgenberger, Marc McClure, Alan
Rosenberg, Pamela Segall, Nadine Van der Velde, Ramy Zada.
(MGM/Sony).
** An Angel at My Table (1990) Dir.: Jane Campion; Kerry Fox,
Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, Jessie Mune, Kevin J.
Wilson. Extras: Commentary by Campion and director of photography
Stuart Dryburgh; documentary about the making of the film; a 1983
audio interview with New Zealand's most distinguished author,
Janet Frame, the subject of the film; trailer; more. (The
Criterion Collection).
** Battlestar Galactica: Season One (2004--2005) Five-disc set
with all 13 episodes and the four-part miniseries that launched
it all, $59.98. Extras: Commentary by director Michael Rymer and
executive producers David Eick and Ronald D. Moore; sketches and
art; deleted scenes; "Battlestar Galactica: The Series Lowdown"
featurette; eight behind-the-scenes featurettes. (Universal).
** Blue Demon (2004) Dedee Pfeiffer, Randall Batinkoff, Danny
Woodburn, Jeff Fahey. (First Look Home Entertainment).
** Born Into Brothels (2004) Documentary. Extras: Commentary by
directors Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, deleted scenes,
"Reflections" update reel, commentary by the children, photo
gallery, more. (ThinkFilm).
** Brothers (2005 -- Denmark) Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen,
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Bent Mejding. (Universal).
** The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (2005) PBS
documentary narrated by Robert Duvall. Extras: Featurettes: "The
Guitar in American Music," "The Carter Scratch and Mother
Maybelle's Guitar," "The Carter Family Fold: A Wholesome Family
Experience." (Paramount).
** Crime Story: Season 1. Four-disc set, $39.98. (Anchor Bay
Entertainment).
** Crime Story: Season 2. Four-disc set, $39.98. (Anchor Bay
Entertainment).
** Dead Women in Lingerie (1991) John Romo, Maura Tierney, Dennis
Christopher, June Lockhart, Laura Harring, Jerry Orbach. (MTI
Home Video).
** Desperate Housewives: The Complete First Season. Six-disc set
with 24 episodes, $59.99. Extras: Commentaries by Marc Cherry and
the housewives; unrated, extended episodes; deleted scenes;
behind the scenes with "The View's" Meredith Viera; "A Stroll
Down Wisteria Lane With Creator Marc Cherry"; "Dressing Wisteria
Lane" featurette on costume and set design; "Secrets of Wisteria
Lane"; "Oprah Winfrey Is the New Neighbor"; bloopers; "Desperate
Housewives" around the world; more. (Buena Vista).
** Die, Monster, Die!/The Dunwich Horror Double Feature (1965)
"Die, Monster, Die!" starring Boris Karloff, Nick Adams and
Patrick Magee; (1970) "The Dunwich Horror" starring Sandra Dee,
Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley, Lloyd Bochner and Sam Jaffe. $14.95.
(MGM/Sony).
** Dolls (1987) Stephen Lee, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason, Ian Patrick
Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Cassie Stuart, Bunty Baily,
Carrie Lorraine. (MGM/Sony).
** Don't Be a Menace Special Edition (1996) Shawn Wayans, Marlon
Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Tracey Cherelle, Vivian Smallwood,
Helen Martin, Vivica Fox. Extras: Featurette, the Wayans Brothers
behind-the-scenes, TV spots, commentary, deleted scenes.
(Miramax).
** From a Whisper to a Scream (aka The Offspring) (1987) Vincent
Price, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser, Harry Caesar, Rosalind Cash,
Cameron Mitchell, Susan Tyrrell. (MGM/Sony).
** From the Earth to the Moon: The Signature Edition (1998) HBO
miniseries. DTS sound. Four-disc set, $99.98. Extras: Special
effects featurette, 30-minute HBO first look featurette, virtual
tour of the solar system, Kennedy's historic speech, timeline of
the space missions, the history of the moon, more. (HBO).
** Grimm (2003 -- Netherlands) Dir.: Alex van Warmerdam; Teresa
Berganza, Johan Leysen, Halina Reijn, Jacob Derwig. Extras:
Selected scene commentary by director Alex van Warmerdam;
interview with van Warmerdam; galleries of original artwork by
van Warmerdam; "Painting" (1986): Animated Short Film by van
Warmerdam; liner notes by film critic Edward E. Crouse. (Home
Vision Entertainment).
** Heathcliff & the Cadillac Cats. Four-disc set with 24
episodes, $34.98. (Shout! Factory).
** Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, 20th Anniversary Special
Edition (1986) Dir.: John McNaughton; Michael Rooker, Tom Towles,
Tracy Arnold. Two-disc set includes more than 100 minutes of
bonus material; new high definition transfer from original 16mm
film negatives, supervised by director John McNaughton; original
1.33:1 aspect ratio presentation; digitally remastered 2.0
stereo. Extras: Commentary by McNaughton; deleted scenes and
outtakes; "Portrait: The Making of Henry," all-new 52-minute
documentary by David Gregory featuring "Henry" cast and crew;
"The Serial Killers": Henry Lee Lucas documentary; original
"Henry" theatrical trailer; still gallery; storyboards;
reversible doubled-sided cover art, featuring banned artwork by
renowned artist Joe Coleman. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video).
** Hogan's Heroes -- The Second Season (1966--1967) Five-disc set
with 30 episodes, $39.99. Extras: Commentary by Bob Crane's wife,
Patricia Crane (aka Sigrid Valdis who appeared as Col. Klink's
secretary, Helga); commentary by Robert Clary who played Corporal
LeBeau Rare; 8mm home movies filmed on "Hogan's" set; blooper/gag
reel edited by Bob Crane; Patricia and Bob Crane wedding footage;
special guest appearances: Bob Crane on "The Lucy Show" and the
entire "Hogan's" cast on "The Leslie Uggams Show"; commentaries
on selected episodes; original CBS network promos; commercials
featuring the "Hogan's" cast; 1967 Armed Forces Radio Christmas
Show; photo gallery. (Paramount).
** The House Where Evil Dwells (1982) Edward Albert, Susan
George, Doug McClure. (MGM/Sony).
** Inside Deep Throat (2005) Documentary; narrated by Dennis
Hopper. R-rated and NC-17 versions. Extras: Three featurettes
examining the legal impact of the film: "The Binghamton Trial:
Cliterally Speaking," about a small-town obscenity trial that
deemed the film not obscene; "Quincy House: Poison Ivy League,"
about the 1980 events surrounding Harvard screenings of the film;
"Beverly Hills: Holly Gets Wood," about a trial in which the jury
went to Hollywood's Pussycat Theatre to view the film. NC-17
exclusive extras: "The Last Word for Now" featurette in which
celebrities and commentators discuss sex and its place in society
today; "The Zen of Deep Throat" with Xaviera Hollander and
Marilyn Chambers discuss deep throat; "Linda Does Hollywood"
feature about star Linda Lovelace's success; "The Legends of
Erotica: Remembering Linda," about Linda and the film.
(Universal).
** In the Year of the Pig (1968) Dir.: Emile de Antonio.
Documentary on the Vietnam War, chronicling the war's historical
roots. Extras: Commentary with director Emile de Antonio composed
from archival sources; interview with Emile de Antonio; liner
notes by de Antonio scholar Douglas Kellner. (Home Vision
Entertainment).
** It's All Gone Pete Tong (2005) Paul Kaye, Mike Wilmot, Beatriz
Batarda, Kate Magowan. Extras: Four featurettes: "The Rise of
Pete Tong," "The Fall of Pete Tong," "The Redemption of Pete
Tony" and making-of featurette. (Sony).
** James Dean: Forever Young (2005) Documentary, narrated by
Martin Sheen; $19.97. (Warner).
** James Dean: Sense Memories (2005) American Masters
documentary; $14.97. (Warner).
** The Lady in White Director's Cut (1988) Lukas Haas, Len
Cariou, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond. Extras: Commentary by
director Frank Laloggia, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes
footage and photo montage. (MGM/Sony).
** The Longest Yard (2005) Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt
Reynolds, James Cromwell, Walter Williamson, Michael Irvin,
Nelly, Nicholas Turturro. Extras: Featurettes: "First Down &
Twenty-Five to Life: The Making of the Longest Yard," "Extra
Points: Visual Effects," "The Care & Feeding of Pro Athletes,"
"Lights, Camera -- Touchdown!" "Here Comes the Boom," "Fumbles
and Stumbles"; deleted/extended/alternate scenes; music video:
"Errtime" by Nelly. (Paramount).
** Major Dundee (Extended Cut) (1965) Dir.: Sam Peckinpah;
Richard Harris, Charlton Heston, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Warren
Oates, Slim Pickens. Extras: Commentary by Peckinpah historians,
deleted scenes, featurettes, photo gallery with production stills
and posters. (Sony).
** Mallrats 10th Anniversary Extended Edition (1995) Dir.: Kevin
Smith; Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Claire Forlani,
Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Mewes. Extras: Commentary
with Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Scott
Mosier and Vincent Pereira; cast interviews from the original
set; Q & A with Smith; outtakes; "View Askew's Look Back at
Mallrats" with writer-director Smith, producer Mosier and cast
members Lee, Mewes and Affleck; "The Erection of an Epic -- The
Making of Mallrats" featurette; music video: "Build Me Up
Buttercup" by the Goops, directed by Smith; "Mallrats: The
Reunion" featurette. (Universal).
** Masculin, feminin (1966) Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard; Jean-Pierre
Leaud, Chantal Goya, Marlene Jobert, Michel Debord. Extras: New
interviews with Goya, cinematographer Willy Kurant, and Godard
collaborator Jean-Pierre Gorin; Swedish TV footage of Godard
directing the film; more. (The Criterion Collection).
** Mindhunters (2005) Dir.: Renny Harlin; Val Kilmer, Jonny Lee
Miller, Kathryn Morris, Christian Slater, LL Cool J, Patricia
Velasquez. Extras: Commentary by Harlin, "Profiling Mindhunters"
behind-the-scenes featurette, stunt sequence featurette, "A
Director's Walk Through Crimetown" tour through the film's
locations. (Dimension).
** Naked (1993) Dir.: Mike Leigh; David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp,
Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner. Two-disc set.
Extras: Commentary by Leigh, Thewlis and Cartlidge; exclusive new
video introduction by filmmaker Neil LaBute; "The Conversation,"
a BBC program with author Will Self interviewing Leigh; trailer;
more. (The Criterion Collection).
** Ned and Stacey: The First Season. Three-disc set with 24
episodes, $39.95. Extras: A retrospective of the entire show
featuring interviews with Debra Messing and Thomas Haden Church,
commentary by the show's creator. (Sony).
** Night Visitor (1989) Elliott Gould, Allen Garfield, Michael J.
Pollard, Shannon Tweed, Derek Rydall, Richard Roundtree.
(MGM/Sony).
** No Direction Home: Bob Dylan. Dir.: Martin Scorsese. Two-disc
set. Two-part documentary focuses on the singer-songwriter's life
and music from 1961-66, includes never-before-seen performance
footage and interviews with artists and musicians whose lives
intertwined with Dylan's during that time. Dylan performances:
"Blowin' in the Wind" live on TV: March 1963; "Girl of the North
Country" from unaired Canadian TV special "Quest": February 1964;
"Man of Constant Sorry" live on TV: March 1964; "Mr. Tambourine
Man" Newport Folk Festival: July 26, 1964; "Love Minus Zero/No
Limit" London, England: May 1965; "Like a Rolling Stone" live in
Newcastle, England: May 21, 1966; "One Too Many Mornings" live in
Liverpool, England: May 1, 1966. Guest performances of Bob Dylan
songs: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Mavis Staples; "Girl From
the North Country" by Liam Clancy; "Love Is Just a Four-letter
Word" by Joan Baez; "Lord, Protect My Child" by Maria Muldaur.
(Paramount).
** The Outsiders: The Complete Novel (1983) Dir.: Francis Ford
Coppola; C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Ralph
Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise,
Leif Garrett. Two-disc set. All-new digital transfer from
restored picture elements. Coppola added 22 minutes, including a
new beginning and an ending which is more true to the book and
enriches the characters' relationships; new rock 'n' roll
soundtrack with six songs from Elvis Presley and from Van
Morrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, The Marketts, Sandy
Nelson and others; soundtrack score remastered in Dolby Digital
5.1. Extras: "Watch The Outsiders: The Complete Novel With
Francis Ford Coppola" new introduction and commentary by Coppola;
"Watch The Outsiders: The Complete Novel With the Greasers and a
Soc" new introduction and commentary by C. Thomas Howell, Matt
Dillon, Diane Lane, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze;
"Staying Gold" look back at "The Outsiders"; "S.E. Hinton on
Location in Tulsa"; "The Casting of The Outsiders"; "Readings":
Seven cast members do readings of Hinton's descriptions of the
characters they played; deleted scenes; "The Outsiders Started by
Student Petition" filmed segment from NBC's "The Today Show"
featuring librarian Jo Ellen Misakian and many of the students
from the Lone Star school, plus coverage of a special Fresno
student screening attended by some of the film's cast; original
theatrical trailer; new 2005 trailer. (Warner).
** Over the Edge (1979) Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Matt
Dillon, Vincent Spano, Tom Fergus, Harry Northup, Andy Romano,
Ellen Geer. Extras: Commentary by Director Jonathan Kaplan,
screenwriters Charlie Haas and Tim Hunter and producer George
Litto.(Warner).
** Panic In Year Zero!/The Last Man On Earth Double Feature
(1962) "Panic In Year Zero!" starring Ray Milland, Jean Hagen and
Frankie Avalon; (1964) "The Last Man On Earth" starring Vincent
Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli and Giacomo Rossi-Stuart.
$14.95. (MGM/Sony).
** The Parent Trap Collection Two-disc set with "The Parent Trap"
(1961) and new-to-DVD TV sequel "The Parent Trap II" (1986), both
starring Hayley Mills. Extras: Original theatrical animated short
"Donald's Double Trouble"; "Caught in the Act: The Making of the
Parent Trap"; interview with songwriters the Sherman Brothers;
"Let's Get Together" music video montage from the film; "Lost
Treasures: Who's the Twin?" -- meet the actress who played Hayley
Mill's twin in many of "The Parent Trap's" scenes; production
archives; photo galleries; audio archives; trailers; TV spots;
Hayley Mills featurette; filmmaker featurette; 1961 Disney studio
album. (Disney).
** The Pretender Season Two. Four-disc set with 22 episodes,
$39.98. Extras: Commentary on select episodes, making-of
featurette. (Fox).
** The Ren & Stimpy Show -- Seasons Five & Some More of Four.
Three-disc set with 17 episodes, $39.99. (Paramount).
** Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (2005) Acclaimed film
about the six-time world boxing champ who in 1962 killed his
opponent, Benny "The Kid" Paret, in the ring, on live television.
(Anchor Bay).
** Round Trip (2004 -- Israel) Anat Waxman, Eyal Rozales, Nathati
Moshesh. (Wolfe Video)
** Scary Movie 3.5 (2003) Dir.: David Zucker; Anna Faris, Pamela
Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Marny Eng, Charlie Sheen, Simon Rex,
Jianna Ballard, Jeremy Piven, Timothy Stack. Special unrated
edition of the hit film "Scary Movie 3." Extras: Commentary by
director David Zucker, producer Robert K. Weiss, and writers
Craig Mazin and Pat Proft; new deleted and extended scenes with
optional commentary from Zucker, Weiss, Mazin and Proft; "Making
Scary Movie 3" behind the scenes with the cast and crew; "Making
Scary Movie 3 ... For Real" cast and crew spoof on the "making
of" bonus feature; outtakes and bloopers; alternate ending; "Hulk
vs. Aliens" behind the scenes of the alternate ending.
(Dimension).
** See Arnold Run (2005 -- TV) Jurgen Prochnow, Nicole DeHuff,
Roland Kickinger, Nora Dunn, Mariel Hemingway. (Paramount).
** Shackles (2005) D.L Hughley, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Barry
Shabaka Henley. (Sony).
** Siblings (2004) Sarah Polley, Alex Campbell, Sarah Gadon, Adam
Chalmers, Samantha Weinstein. (Monarch Home Video).
** The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation (2005) PBS
documentary traces the events of one of the most turbulent and
influential periods of political and cultural change in the 20th
century and the powerful impact forced on an entire generation.
(Paramount).
** The Snurks (aka Back to Gaya) (2004) Animated. Voices of
Patrick Stewart, Emily Watson. (First Look Home Entertainment).
** Species Trilogy Three-disc set with "Species," "Species II"
and "Species III," $39.95. Extras: Alternate ending for the first
film, "HR Giger at Work" documentary, four featurettes: "The
Origin," "The Concept," "The Discovery" and "Designing a Hybrid."
(MGM/Sony).
** SpongeBob SquarePants: Absorbing Favorites Five episodes,
$16.99. (Paramount).
** Tales of Terror/Twice Told Tales Double Feature (1962) "Tales
of Terror" starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone,
Debra Paget and Joyce Jameson; (1963) "Twice Told Tales" starring
Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Brett Halsey, Beverly Garland,
Richard Denning and Joyce Taylor. $14.95. (MGM/Sony).
** Turtles Can Fly (2005 -- Iran/Iraq) Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif,
Saddam Hossein Feysal. (Sony).
** Voodoo Island/The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake Double
Feature. (1957) "Voodoo Island" starring Boris Karloff, Beverly
Tyler, Murvyn Vye, Elisha Cook, Rhodes Reason, Jean Engstrom and
Frederich Ledebur; (1960) "The Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake"
starring Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Grant Richards and Henry
Daniell. $14.95. (MGM/Sony).
** Voyages (1999 -- France) Shulamit Adar, Liliane Rovere, Esther
Gorintin, Natan Cogan, Mosko Alkalai. Extras: "Esther's
Voyage" featurette. (New Yorker).
** Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures. Three short
films starring Wallace and his ever faithful dog Gromit:
Oscar-winners "A Close Shave" and "The Wrong Trousers" as well as
Academy Award-nominee "A Grand Day Out." Extras: "Cracking
Contraptions," 10 clay-animated mini-shorts never-before-released
in the United States, showcasing many of Wallace's most
hilariously ill-conceived inventions, plus a behind-the-scenes
look at how the filmmakers brought the plasticine pair to life;
sneak peek of the September 30 theatrical film, "Wallace &
Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit," with a behind-the-scenes
featurette that includes outtakes from the film, along with
interviews with Wallace & Gromit creator and two-time Academy
Award-winning writer and director Nick Park ("Chicken Run," "The
Adventures of Wallace & Gromit"). $19.99. (DreamWorks).
** War Gods of the Deep/At the Earth's Core Double Feature.
(1965) "War Gods of the Deep" starring Vincent Price, Tab Hunter,
Susan Hart and David Tomlinson; (1976) "At the Earth's Core"
starring Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro and Cy
Grant. $14.95). (MGM/Sony).
** Widow on the Hill/Lies My Mother Told Me. Lifetime Original
Movie Double Feature with two telefilms in a two-disc set for
$14.95. "Widow on the Hill" (2005), starring Natasha Henstridge
and James Brolin; "Lies My Mother Told Me" (2005), starring Joely
Richardson and Hayden Panettiere. (Warner).


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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

** Voyages (1999 -- France) Shulamit Adar, Liliane Rovere, Esther
Gorintin, Natan Cogan, Mosko Alkalai (New Yorker): $24.95


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