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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, February 28 -- MONDAY, March 6

ICE HARVEST, THE
It's Christmas Eve in rainy, icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this
year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to
celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of
Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavenaugh
(Billy Bob Thornton), have just successfully embezzled $2,147,000
from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). Even so, the
real prize for Charlie would be the stunning Renata (Connie
Nielsen), who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie's fondest
Christmas wish is to slip out of town with Renata. But, as
daylight fades and a storm whirls, everyone from Charlie's
drinking buddy Pete Van Heuten (Oliver Platt) to the local police
begin to wonder just what exactly is in Charlie's Christmas
stocking. For Charlie, the 12 hours of Christmas Eve are filled
with nonstop twists and turns, both on the ice and off. Director:
Harold Ramis. Stars: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie
Nielsen, Lara Phillips, Bill Noble, Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt.
2005, CC, MPAA rating: R, 88 min., Comedy thriller, Box office
gross: $8.819 million, Universal, $29.98 VHS SRP.

NATURAL CITY
Rebuilt after a devastating war, the world of 2080 has given rise
to advanced technologies including the creation of cyborgs. When
the cyborgs revolt, Noma (Yoon Chan) and R (Yoo Ji-tae) lead an
elite military squad ordered to eliminate the rebellion.
Unbeknownst to anyone, R is harvesting AI chips from dead cyborgs
in order to save his dying lover, Ria (Seo Rin), a cyborg just
days away from shutting down. Intent on stopping R, however, is
his compatriot, Agent A, who knows something more may be amiss.
Director: Byung-Chun Min. Stars: Yoo Ji-tae, Yoon Chan, Seo Rin.
2004, CC, MPAA rating: R, 114 min., Science Fiction, Tartan Asia
Extreme.

PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Based on Jane Austen's beloved novel, the classic tale of love
and values unfolds in the class-conscious England of the late
18th century. The five Bennet sisters including strong-willed
Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) and young Lydia (Jena Malone) have
all been raised by their mother (Brenda Blethyn) with one purpose
in life: finding a husband. When a wealthy bachelor takes up
residence in a nearby mansion, the Bennets are abuzz. Amongst the
man's sophisticated circle of friends, surely there will be no
shortage of suitors for the Bennet sisters. But when Elizabeth
meets up with the handsome and it would seem snobbish Mr. Darcy
(Matthew Macfadyen), the battle of the sexes is joined. Director:
Joe Wright. Stars: Keira Knightley, Talulah Riley, Rosamund Pike,
Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn,
Matthew Macfadyen. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 127 min., Drama,
Box office gross: $35.426 million, Universal, $29.98 VHS SRP.

WALK THE LINE
In 1955, a tough, skinny guitar-slinger who called himself J.R.
Cash walked into the soon-to-be-famous Sun Studios in Memphis. It
was a moment that would have an indelible effect on American
culture. With his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed
intensity and a voice as deep and black as night, Cash sang
blistering songs of heartache and survival that were gutsy, full
of real life and unlike anything heard before. That day kicked
off the electrifying early career of Johnny Cash. As he pioneered
a fiercely original sound that blazed a trail for rock, country,
punk, folk and rap stars to come, Cash began a rough-and-tumble
journey of personal transformation, moving past raw anger, the
ravages of addiction, and the temptations of stardom to discover
the voice that would make him a hero to generations. Those early
years encompass the themes that ran through Cash's music and
minimalist style: death, love, treachery, sin, hope and faith. In
the most volatile period of his life, he evolved from a self-
destructive pop star into the iconic "Man in Black" -- facing
down his demons, fighting for the love that would raise him up,
and learning how to walk the razor-thin line between destruction
and redemption. The story begins in Depression-era Arkansas, as
the film traces the origins of Cash's sound back to his
beginnings as a sharecropper's son; moves through his wild tours
with rock and roll pioneers Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy
Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Waylon Jennings; and culminates in
his unforgettable 1968 concert in Folsom Prison. Director: James
Mangold. Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer
Goodwin, Robert Patrick. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 135 min.,
Bio-drama, Box office gross: $110.611 million, Fox, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental.

WHERE THE TRUTH LIES
Comedians Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon) and Vince Collins (Colin
Firth) are at the top of their game in the late 1950s, deified as
the most beloved entertainers in America. But when the two find a
girl dead in their hotel suite, their wealth, popularity and
partnership topple in an instant. Though air-tight alibis keep
the entertainers from being accused, the incident kills their
act. Lanny and Vince manage to salvage separate careers, never
uttering a word about the girl's death to anyone. Fifteen years
later, up-and-coming reporter Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman)
decides to turn this cold case into a hot story and unravels a
shocking tale of talent and treachery behind the demise of
America's celebrated comedic pair. Director: Atom Egoyan. Stars:
Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Sonja Bennett, Rachel
Blanchard, Kathryn Winslow. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: R, 108 min.,
Drama, Box office gross: $0.871 million, MGM/Sony, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental.

YOURS, MINE & OURS
When Frank Beardsley (Dennis Quaid), a widower with eight
children, runs into his high school sweetheart, Helen North (Rene
Russo), it's as if 30 years never passed. Helen, a widow with 10
kids of her own, including six she adopted, feels the attraction
as well. It's no wonder they rush into marriage without telling
their kids. Unfortunately for Frank and Helen, the families don't
mesh quite as easily as the newlyweds had hoped. They probably
should have seen the culture clash coming: the disciplined
Beardsleys run things by the book; for the energetic and
vivacious Norths, there is no book. Helen's kids aren't pleased
about moving and sharing rooms with a bunch of uptight strangers.
Frank's children have nothing in common with the unruly Norths.
Since both sets of kids aren't happy, they devise a plan to
undermine the marriage and team up to plot the breakup. The two
families find a way to work together -- in order to separate.
Just when it appears that the kids have succeeded, they realize
they like each other despite their differences -- they don't want
their families to split up after all. Can they save Frank and
Helen's marriage after they so brilliantly split them up?
Director: Raja Gosnell. Stars: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Drake
Bell, Katija Pevac, Sean Faris. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 87
min., Comedy, Box office gross: $51.173 million, Paramount, 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:
On April 11 The Weinstein Co. will release creepy horror thriller
"Wolf Creek," starring Peter Alchin, John Jarratt, Nathan
Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Andy McPhee and Kestie Morassi ...
Due April 25 is Woody Allen's suspenser "Match Point," starring
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Alexander Armstrong,
Paul Kaye, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton and Emily
Mortimer, from DreamWorks ... Fox announced today four upcoming
releases: love story "Tristan & Isolde," starrng James Franco,
Sophia Myles and Rufus Sewell, due April 25; quirky "The Family
Stone," starring Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams,
Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker and Luke
Wilson, due May 2; weird comedy "Grandma's Boy," starring Linda
Cardellini, Allen Covert, Peter Dante, Shirley Jones, Shirley
Knight, Joel Moore, Kevin Nealon and Doris Roberts, due May 9;
and "Cheaper by the Dozen 2," starring Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt,
Alyson Stoner, Forrest Landis, Morgan York, Liliana Mumy, Jacob
Smith, Tom Welling, Brent Kinsman, Shane Kinsman, Hilary Duff,
Blake Woodruff, Kevin Schmidt, Piper Perabo, Eugene Levy, due May
23 ... On May 9 Warner will release the comedy "Rumor Has It,"
directed by Rob Reiner and starring Jennifer Aniston, Kevin
Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Jenkins,
Christopher McDonald and Mena Suvari.

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Due this week: A new two-disc set special edition of 1955 "Lady
and the Tramp," with the voices of Peggy Lee, Barbara Luddy,
Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Bill Baucom and Stan Freberg.
Disney's restoration of the classic includes such extras as
deleted sequences, the 1943 storyboard version of the film,
"Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp," "Finding
Lady: The Art of the Storyboard," a music video, a "PuppyPedia,"
a "Disney Dog Trivia" virtual board game, and much much more ...
From The Criterion Collection comes "Kind Hearts and Coronets"
(1949), starring Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson and
Joan Greenwood. In this humorous satire on the British
aristocracy -- and one of the most sophisticated black comedies
ever filmed -- Louis Manzzini (Alec Guinness) revenges his
mother's mishandling by her aristocratic family by becoming the
next Duke of the family and murdering every potential successor
to the title. Alec Guinness's deft handling of eight different
roles earned him worldwide acclaim ... and from Warner Home Video
comes two more Sidney Lumet classics: a two-disc special edition
of "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975), starring Al Pacino, John Cazale,
Charles Durning, James Broderick, Beulah Garrick and Chris
Sarandon and a two-disc 30th anniversary special edition of
"Network" (1976), starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter
Finch, Robert Duvall, Beatrice Straight and Ned Beatty.

Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video has unearthed two interesting films
from the archives of lost cinema: "Dog Eat Dog" (1964), starring
Jayne Mansfield and Cameron Mitchell, a trashy-hip tale of cat-
and-mouse intrigue set on the intoxicating shores of the
Mediterranean about two killers, a deadly blonde and a stolen
million dollars; and "Werewolves on Wheels" (1971), starring
Stephen Oliver, D.J. Anderson, Duece Berry, Billy Gray, Gray
Johnson and Barry McGuire, about an aberrant motorcycle gang,
satan-worshipping monks and werewolves.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
"Agatha Christie: Miss Marple Collection" features nine Marple
films: "A Caribbean Mystery," "The Mirror Crack'd From Side to
Side," "Sleeping Murder," "4:50 From Paddington," "The Moving
Finger," "At Bertram's Hotel," "Murder at the Vicarage,"
"Nemesis" and "They Do It With Mirrors"; $49.95 from A&E Home
Video ... "The Avengers Emma Peel Collector's Edition Megaset" is
a 17-disc set with all 51 digitally remastered Emma Peel
episodes, $179.95 from A&E Home Video ... "The Beverly
Hillbillies, Volume 2" is a four-disc set with 27 episodes,
$34.98 from MPI Home Video ... "C.O.P.S. The Animated Series" is
a four-disc set with 22 episodes, $34.98 from Shout! Factory ...
"Charmed -- The Complete Fourth Season" (2001-2002) is a six-disc
set with 21 episodes, $49.99 from Paramount ... "The Complete
Rumpole of the Bailey Megaset" is a 14-disc set that includes all
42 episodes from the series' seven seasons, $159.95 from A&E Home
Video ... "Deadwood: The Complete Second Season" is a six-disc
set with nine episodes, $99.98 from Warner ... "Drew Carey: TV
Favorites" features six of the show's best episodes, $9.97 from
Warner ... "Ellen: The Complete Season 3" contains 25 episodes,
$49.95 A&E Home Video ... "NewsRadio: The Complete Third Season"
is a three-disc set with 25 episodes, $39.95 from Sony ... "Night
Court: TV Favorites" features six of the show's best episodes,
$9.97 from Warner ... "Weird U.S.: Volumes 1, 2 & 3" is a History
Channel travel show that visits the weirdest nooks and crannies
of America, $19.95 each from A&E Home Video ... "Welcome Back
Kotter: TV Favorites" features six of the show's best episodes,
$9.97 from Warner.

FOR THE KIDS:
Scholastic Video Collection has two fine releases for the little
ones this week: "Curious George Rides a Bike ... and More Tales
of Mischief" features three animated tales: the title Curious
George adventure, "The Great, White, Man-Eating Shark" and
"Flossie and the Fox"; and "I Love You Like Crazy Cakes ... And
More Stories About Families," featuring adaptation of a classic
children's books, with the title story, narrated by Mia Farrow,
"Three Cheers for Catherine the Great" and "Five Creatures";
$14.95 each VHS and DVD ... The animated "The Real Ghostbusters"
ran on ABC from 1986 to 1991; Sony has here released three
compilations from the series ("Creatures of the Night," "Spooky
Spirits" and "Slimefighters"), each with four episodes, $9.98
each DVD.

BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
"The Visitation" (2005) is a supernatural thriller about a
charismatic stranger who arrives in a small town and sets out to
perform a host of miracles. Is he a Messiah or something dark?
Stars Edward Furlong and Kelly Lynch; from Fox ... In "Axe (aka
Greed)" (2006), two young women with a satchel of stolen cash are
hunted by the rightful owners - a motorcycle gang - and an axe-
wielding serial killer who just escaped from prison. Stars Jason
London, Darlena Tejeiro, Andrea Bogart and Joe Goodrich; from MTI
Home Video ... In "Death Tunnel" (2005), five co-eds tempt death
by spending the night in an abandoned sanatorium as part of a
college sorority initiation (the film was set in a real-life
sanatorium that has been listed as one of the top-10 scariest
places on Earth). Stars Steffany Huckaby, Annie Burgstede,
Kristin Novak, Jason Lasater, Melanie Lewis and Yolanda Pecoraro;
from MGM/Sony ... "Keep Your Distance" (2005) is a psychological
thriller about a man who has everything -- great career,
beautiful wife, perfect friends -- but whose life spirals out of
control when he finds himself attracted to a strange woman. Soon
he finds himself in a web of desire, deceit and paranoia. Stars
Gil Bellows, Jennifer Westfeldt, Christian Kane, Kim Raver, Jamie
Harrold, Elizabeth Pena and Stacy Keach; from Monarch Home Video.

FOREIGN:
"Three ... Extremes" is a 2005 trilogy of Asian horror films by
indie directors: "Box" by Takashi Miike, "Dumplings" by Fruit
Chan and "Cut" by Chan-Wook Park, from Lionsgate.

ON THE INDIE FRONT:
"21 Eyes" (2003) is an interactive murder mystery where the
viewer becomes a Crime Scene Investigator, putting together
evidence from 21 security cameras that captured a crime; starring
Nestor Serrano, Rebecca Mader, Michael Buscemi and Fisher
Stevens, from Vanguard Cinema.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
COMEDY: A&E Home Video has four Monty Python compilations due
this week, each featuring an hour of sketches: "Monty Python's
Personal Best: Graham Chapman," "Monty Python's Personal Best:
John Cleese," "Monty Python's Personal Best: Terry Gilliam" and
"Monty Python's Personal Best: Terry Jones," $19.95 each ... "On
Location With Redd Foxx" features a 2005 HBO raw and uncensored
performance from The Silverbird Hotel in Las Vegas, $19.99 from
Kultur ... "Comedy Central Presents -- Southern Gents of Comedy"
is a 2005 stand-up set with Ron White, Steve McGrew, Vic Henley
and Otis Lee Crenshaw, $19.99 from Paramount

DOCUMENTARIES GALORE: A bevy of documentaries are due this week
from several home video studios. First up from WGBH Boston Video
are "Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Drowned a City," a 2005
NOVA production, $19.95; "Newton's Dark Secrets," a 2005
production on Isaac Newton, $19.95; "Physics: The Elegant
Universe and Beyond," a three-disc set of three NOVA
documentaries on Physics: "The Elegant Universe," "Einstein's Big
Idea" and "Einstein Revealed," $39.95; and "Secrets of Lost
Empires," a 2005 NOVA documentary on the architectural feats of
lost empires: "Pyramid" (the Great Pyramid of Giza), "Obelisk"
(Egypt), "Colosseum" (Rome), "Stonehenge" and "Inca" (profiles
the magnificent, earthquake-enduring Incan citadels high in the
Peruvian Andes), $39.95 ... Paramount has two documentaries this
week: "Hijacked" a 2006 PBS production about the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) hijacking of four
commercial airplanes on September 6, 1970; $19.99; and "The Life
and Times of Frida Kahlo" (2005), from PBS, about the famous
Mexican artist, $24.99 ... MPI Home Video also has two docus: "J.
Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions," a scathing
documentary that chronicles the career of J. Edgar Hoover,
director of the FBI for more than 40 years, $14.98 and "The
Murder of JFK: A Revisionist History," a 1999 program about the
assassination and the events leading up to it told through never-
before-seen archival footage and photographs, $19.98 ... "The
Color of War" 2001 is a 14-hour miniseries that captures the
intensity of WWII in full color, combining color film and photos
held in the National Archives for more than 50 years as well as
material from private collections, $49.95 from A&E Home Video ...
"Debbie Does Dallas: Uncovered" is a 2005 documentary look at the
infamous porn film, $19.95 from Docurama ... "The Untold Story of
Emmett Louis Till" is a 2005 documentary investigating the murder
and subsequent injustice surrounding Emmett Louis Till, a case
which many consider the true catalyst for the American Civil
Rights Movement, from ThinkFilm Home Entertainment ... "Battle's
Poison Cloud" is a 2005 documentary about Agent Orange (dioxin)
and its effect on U.S. soldiers and in Vietnam, from Cinema Libre
Studio.

MISC: Two interesting packages arrive this week from Acorn media:
"Visions of France" is a two-volume set featuring a stunning
aerial tour of Provence and the Riviera, shot in high definition
from a helicopter mounted camera, $39.99; and "The Elaine Petrone
Method," a new exercise program that reshapes your body while
addressing pain and stress relief, based on Petrone's best-
selling book and ball kit, "The Miracle Ball Method"; the $24.99
package includes a DVD and two squishy exercise balls.


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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

** Agatha Christie: Miss Marple Collection. Nine Marple films: "A
Caribbean Mystery," "The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side,"
"Sleeping Murder," "4:50 From Paddington," "The Moving Finger,"
"At Bertram's Hotel," "Murder at the Vicarage," "Nemesis" and
"They Do It With Mirrors"; $49.95. Extras: Complete index of all
Miss Marple stories, Agatha Christie bio, Joan Hickson
biography/filmography. (A&E Home Video).
** The Avengers Emma Peel Collector's Edition Megaset. Seventeen-
disc set with all 51 digitally remastered Emma Peel episodes,
$179.95 Extras: Three lost Season One episodes, behind-the-scenes
bonus documentary, excerpt from a rare promotional short film,
alternate USA chessboard opening sequence, special Emma Peel
cameo episode from "The New Avengers 77." (A&E Home Video).
** Axe (aka Greed) (2006) Jason London, Darlena Tejeiro, Andrea
Bogart, Joe Goodrich. (MTI Home Video).
** Battle's Poison Cloud (2005) Documentary about Agent Orange
(dioxin). (Cinema Libre Studio).
** The Beverly Hillbillies, Volume 2. Four-disc set with 27
episodes, $34.98. Extras: Cast interviews; original cast sponsor
commercials; commentary by Stephen Cox, author of "The Beverly
Hillbillies"; footage of "The Beverly Hillbillies" in Japanese.
(MPI Home Video).
** C.O.P.S. The Animated Series. Four-disc set with 22 episodes,
$34.98. (Shout! Factory).
** Charmed: The Complete Fourth Season (2001-2002) Six-disc set
with 21 episodes, $49.99. (Paramount).
** The Color of War (2001) Miniseries (14 hours) that captures
the intensity of WWII in full color; $49.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Comedy Central Presents -- Southern Gents of Comedy (2005)
Stand-up comedy with Ron White, Steve McGrew, Vic Henley and Otis
Lee Crenshaw; $19.99. (Paramount).
** The Complete Rumpole of the Bailey Megaset. Fourteen-disc set
includes all 42 episodes from the series' seven seasons, $159.95.
Extras: "Rumpole's Return," "Mortimer's Musings": an interview
with John Mortimer, "McKern's Memories," episode introductions
with John Mortimer, "Spot the Barrister," "Newspaper Evidence," a
John Mortimer biography, bibliography and selected credits,
"About the Old Bailey" and "Official Executioners of Newgate
Prison." (A&E Home Video).
** Curious George Rides a Bike ... and More Tales of Mischief
Three animated tales: the title Curious George adventure, "The
Great, White, Man-Eating Shark" and "Flossie and the Fox";
$14.95. (Scholastic Video Collection),
** Death Tunnel (2005) Steffany Huckaby, Annie Burgstede, Kristin
Novak, Jason Lasater, Melanie Lewis, Yolanda Pecoraro. Extras:
"Death Is in Fashion" featurette, "Death Tunnel: An Inside Look
at the Movie" featurette, photo gallery. (MGM/Sony).
** Debbie Does Dallas: Uncovered (2005) Documentary look at the
infamous porn film; $19.95. Extras: "Diary of a Porn Virgin."
(Docurama).
** Dog Day Afternoon Special Edition (1975) Dir.: Sidney Lumet;
Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, James Broderick, Beulah
Garrick, Chris Sarandon. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by
Lumet, "The Making of Dog Day Afternoon": A new four-part 30th-
anniversary documentary featuring Al Pacino, vintage featurette:
"Lumet: Film Maker." (Warner).
** Dog Eat Dog (1964) Jayne Mansfield, Cameron Mitchell. Extras:
Newsreel footage of Jayne Mansfield, photo gallery. (Dark Sky
Films/MPI Home Video).
** Drew Carey: TV Favorites. Six of the show's best episodes,
$9.97. (Warner).
** Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen (2005) Masterpiece Theatre
production starring Anne-Marie Duff, Dexter Fletcher, Sienna
Guillory, Tom Hardy, Ian Hart, Hans Matheson, $29.95. (WGBH
Boston Video).
** Ellen: The Complete Season 3. $49.95. Extras: Bloopers, cast
biographies. (A&E Home Video).
** Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973) Johnny Cash, Robert
Elfstrom, June Carter Cash, Larry Lee, Paul L. Smith. (Fox).
** Hijacked (2006) PBS documentary about the Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) hijacking of four commercial
airplanes on September 6, 1970; $19.99. (Paramount).
** Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Drowned a City (2005) NOVA
documentary, $19.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
** I Love You Like Crazy Cakes ... And More Stories About
Families. Adaptation of a classic children's books, with the
title story, narrated by MIa Farrow, "Three Cheers for Catherine
the Great" and "Five Creatures"; $14.95. (Scholastic Video
Collection).
** The Ice Harvest (2005) Dir.: Harold Ramis; John Cusack, Billy
Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Lara Phillips, Bill Noble, Randy
Quaid, Oliver Platt. Extras: Commentary by director Ramis,
alternate endings, outtake with Billy Bob Thornton, "Ice
Cracking": analysis of a scene, "Cracking the Ice" featurette on
the transformation of "The Ice Harvest" from novel to screenplay,
"Beneath the Harvest" making-of documentary. (Universal).
** J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions. Scathing
documentary chronicles the career of J. Edgar Hoover, director of
the FBI for more than 40 years; $14.98. (MPI Home Video).
** Keep Your Distance (2005) Gil Bellows, Jennifer Westfeldt,
Christian Kane, Kim Raver, Jamie Harrold, Elizabeth Pena, Stacy
Keach. (Monarch Home Video).
** Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Alec Guinness, Dennis Price,
Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood. Restored. Two-disc set. Extras:
Feature-length BBC documentary on the history of Ealing Studios;
rare, 70-minute talk show appearance by Alec Guinness, from 1977;
gallery of archival production and publicity photographs; new
essay by film critic and historian Philip Kemp. (The Criterion
Collection)
** Lady and the Tramp Special Edition (1955) Voices of Peggy Lee,
Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Bill Baucom, Stan
Freberg. Two-disc set. Extras: Deleted sequences, 1943 storyboard
version of the film; "Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the
Tramp"; "Finding Lady: The Art of the Storyboard"; music video;
"PuppyPedia," "Disney Dog Trivia" virtual board game; more.
(Disney).
** The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo (2005) PBS documentary,
$24.99. Extras: Interview: "More From Frida Kahlo's Students."
(Paramount).
** The Losers (1970) William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke,
Houston Savage, Paul Koslo. Extras: Commentary by William Smith
and Paul Koslo, photo gallery. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video).
** Love Me Tender 50th Anniversary Special Edition (1956) Elvis
Presley, Richard Egan, Debra Paget. (Fox).
** The Media Pack Three Sidney Lumet films: "All the President's
Men" (two-disc set), "Dog Day Afternoon" (two-disc set), and
"Network" (two-disc set), $59.92. (Warner).
** Monty Python's Personal Best: Graham Chapman. An hour tribute
by Python members. (A&E Home Video).
** Monty Python's Personal Best: John Cleese. An hour of favorite
Python sketches. Extras: Behind the scenes, "John Cleese 15
Questions," "15-Ton Quiz," more. (A&E Home Video).
** Monty Python's Personal Best: Terry Gilliam. An hour of
favorite Python sketches. Extras: Animated featurette, more. (A&E
Home Video).
** Monty Python's Personal Best: Terry Jones. An hour of favorite
Python sketches. Extras: "Terry Jones Personal Second Best," "15-
Ton Quiz." (A&E Home Video).
** The Murder of JFK: A Revisionist History (1999) Documentary
about the assassination and the events leading up to it told
through never-before-seen archival footage and photographs;
$19.98. (MPI Home Video).
** Natural City (2004 -- South Korea) Yoo Ji-tae, Yoon Chan, Seo
Rin. Extras: "The Story of Natural City," deleted scenes, cast
interviews. (Tartan Asia Extreme).
** Network 30th Anniversary Special Edition (1976) Dir.: Sidney
Lumet; Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall,
Beatrice Straight, Ned Beatty. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary
by Lumet, "The Making of Network": A six-part 30th-anniversary
documentary, vintage interview excerpt from "Dinah!" hosted by
Dinah Shore, Turner Classic Movies' "Private Screenings"
featuring Sidney Lumet. (Warner).
** NewsRadio: The Complete Third Season. Three-disc set with 25
episodes, $39.95. Extras: Blooper reel, cast and creator
commentaries on select episodes. (Sony).
** Newton's Dark Secrets (2005) NOVA documentary on Isaac Newton;
$19.95 (WGBH Boston Video).
** Night Court: TV Favorites. Six of the show's best episodes,
$9.97. (Warner).
** On Location With Redd Foxx (2005) HBO raw and uncensored
performance from The Silverbird Hotel In Las Vegas, $19.99.
(Kultur).
** Physics: The Elegant Universe and Beyond. Three-disc set of
three NOVA documentaries on Physics: "The Elegant Universe,"
"Einstein's Big Idea" and "Einstein Revealed," $39.95. (WGBH
Boston Video).
** Pride & Prejudice (2005) Keira Knightley, Talulah Riley,
Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Donald Sutherland,
Brenda Blethyn, Matthew Macfadyen. (Universal).
** Rosemary & Thyme, Series Two. Three-disc set with eight
episodes of the British TV series that combines mystery and
gardening. Extras: Trivia quiz, photo gallery, production notes,
filmographies. (Acorn Media).
** Secrets of Lost Empires (2005) NOVA documentary on the
architectural feats of lost empires: "Pyramid" (the Great Pyramid
of Giza), "Obelisk" (Egypt), "Colosseum" (Rome), "Stonehenge" and
"Inca" (profiles the magnificent, earthquake-enduring Incan
citadels high in the Peruvian Andes); $39.95. (WGBH Boston
Video).
** Three ... Extremes (2005) Trilogy of Asian horror films by
indie directors: "Box" by Takashi Miike, "Dumplings" by Fruit
Chan and "Cut" by Chan-Wook Park. (Lionsgate).
** The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005) Documentary.
(ThinkFilm Home Entertainment)
** The Visitation (2005) Edward Furlong, Kelly Lynch. (Fox).
** Walk the Line (2005) Dir.: James Mangold; Joaquin Phoenix,
Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick. Single disc
and a two-disc special edition. Extras: Both editions feature
commentary by Mangold and 10 deleted scenes; the special edition
also includes three extended musical performances, "Folsom, Cash
& the Comeback" featurette, "Ring of Fire: The Passion of Johnny
& June" featurette, "Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of
Walk the Line" featurette. (Fox).
** Weird U.S.: Volumes 1, 2 & 3. History Channel travel show that
visits the weirdest nooks and crannies of America, $19.95 each.
(A&E Home Video).
** Welcome Back Kotter: TV Favorites. Six of the show's best
episodes, $9.97. (Warner).
** Werewolves on Wheels (1971) Stephen Oliver, D.J. Anderson,
Duece Berry, Billy Gray, Gray Johnson, Barry McGuire. Extras:
Commentary by director Michel Levesque and writer David M.
Kaufman, photo gallery. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video).
** Where the Truth Lies (2005) Dir.: Atom Egoyan; Kevin Bacon,
Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Sonja Bennett, Rachel Blanchard,
Kathryn Winslow. Unrated and R-rated versions. Extras: "The
Making of Where the Truth Lies" featurette. (MGM/Sony).
** Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Drake
Bell, Katija Pevac, Sean Faris. Extras: Commentary by director
Raja Gosnell, deleted scenes, "Behind the Scenes Video Diary,"
"Yours, Mine & Ours -- Inside the Lighthouse," "18 Kids -- One
Script: The Writing of Yours, Mine & Ours," "Casting the North
Family," "Casting the Beardsley Family," "Setting Sail With the
Coast Guard," "Your Big Break -- Advice for Aspiring Young
Actors." (Paramount).


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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

** Curious George Rides a Bike ... and More Tales of Mischief.
Three animated tales: the title Curious George adventure, "The
Great, White, Man-Eating Shark" and "Flossie and the Fox."
(Scholastic Video Collection): $9.95
** I Love You Like Crazy Cakes ... And More Stories About
Families. Adaptation of a classic children's books, with the
title story, narrated by MIa Farrow, "Three Cheers for Catherine
the Great" and "Five Creatures." (Scholastic Video Collection):
$9.95
** The Ice Harvest (2005) Dir.: Harold Ramis; John Cusack, Billy
Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Lara Phillips, Bill Noble, Randy
Quaid, Oliver Platt. (Universal).: $29.98
** Pride & Prejudice (2005) Keira Knightley, Talulah Riley,
Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Donald Sutherland,
Brenda Blethyn, Matthew Macfadyen. (Universal): $29.98

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


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