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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, April 18 -- MONDAY, April 24
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
Set in the 1970's, "Breakfast on Pluto" follows the exploits of
Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy), an endearing, but deceptively
tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown
and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick
survives this harsh environment with the aid of his wit and
charm, plus a sweet refusal to let anyone and anything change who
he is. Director Neil Jordan weaves a wonderfully surreal and
magical tale to bring us this funny, moving and poignant rites of
passage account of a young man enduring the trials and
tribulations he faces with a smile and unwavering faith in the
inherent goodness in us all. Vitals: Director: Neil Jordan.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendon Gleeson,
Ruth Negga. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: R, 135 min., Drama, Box office
gross: $0.781 million, Sony, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
HOSTEL
Two American college thrill-seekers (Jay Hernandez and Derek
Richardson) find themselves victims of a murder-for-profit
business while backpacking in Eastern Europe. Lured to a hostel
in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town boasting a bevy of beauties,
the two quickly pair off with exotic locals Natalya and Svetlana.
After awakening from a hedonistic night of sin, they find
themselves plunged into an unimaginable hell, trapped in a
torturous netherworld as wide and deep as the darkest, sickest
recess of human nature itself. Vitals: Director: Eli Roth. Stars:
Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara
Nedeljakova. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Horror, Box
office gross: $45.802 million, Sony, No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental.
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Judi Dench plays Lauran Henderson, a woman who buys an old London
theater during World War II's blitzkrieg to turn it into a
performance hall that becomes famous for its all-nude reviews.
Mrs. Henderson may be a widow but she is by no means going to
spend the rest her days playing bridge. The Windmill Theater
becomes her game and the infamous showman Vivian Van Dam (Bob
Hoskins) becomes her partner. The Germans may be bombing London
but the roar of the Windmill is all that can be heard as Laura
convinces Lord Cromer (Christopher Guest) to allow her actresses
to be the one thing no one could ever imagine: Nude. Vitals:
Director: Stephen Frears. Stars: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will
Young, Kelly Reilly, Thelma Barlow. Christopher Guest. 2005, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 103 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $8.472
million, The Weinstein Co., 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:
Steven Spielberg's suspense-thriller about political revenge
"Munich," starring Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Mathieu
Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Ayelet Zurer and Geoffrey Rush,
arrives May 9 from Universal ... Also on that day from Universal
comes the family comedy "Nanny McPhee," starring Emma Thompson,
Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald, Angela Lansbury and Thomas Sangster
... On May 30 Sony will release suspense-thriller "Freedomland,"
starring Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron
Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie and
LaTanya Richardson ... Two off-beat films are due June 20: Sled-
dog lost-in-the-wilderness adventure "Eight Below," starring Paul
Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood and Jason Biggs, from
Disney; and Russian comic book thriller "Night Watch," starring
Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valeri Zolotukhin and
Mariya Poroshina, in Russian and English-dubbed versions, from
Fox ... On June 27 Sony will release the acclaimed French
thriller "Cache" (Hidden), directed by Michael Haneke and
starring Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Maurice Benichou,
Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq and Nathalie Richard.
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Three fine boxed sets are due this week: "TCM Archives: The
Laurel and Hardy Collection," a two-disc set with "The Devil's
Brother" (aka "Fra Diavolo") (1933) and "Bonnie Scotland"(1935),
both newly restored from original nitrate film elements. Extras
include commentaries on both movies by Laurel and Hardy
aficionados Richard W. Bann and Leonard Maltin; introductions by
Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne; a 2002 TCM feature-
length documentary "Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts
Story," narrated by Chevy Chase and showcasing Laurel and Hardy,
The Little Rascals, The Three Stooges and dozens of others;
vintage Laurel and Hardy excerpts from feature films; and more.
$39.92 from Warner ... "The Robert Altman Collection" is a four-
disc set with the DVD premieres of "A Perfect Couple," "Quintet"
and "A Wedding"; the fourth disc is a re-issue of "MASH"; $39.98
from Fox ... Also from Fox is the "William Shakespeare
Compilation Box Set" with three William Shakespeare Tribute
Special editions of "Titus" (1999), two-disc set; "Romeo +
Juliet" (1996), two-disc set; and "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
(1999) single disc; $24.98. The collection is timed for the
anniversary of Shakespeare's birth (and death) on April 23.
Also due this week is Orson Welles' "Mr. Arkadin" (1955),
starring Akim Tamiroff, Gregoire Aslan, Welles, Mischa Auer,
Peter van Eyck, Michael Redgrave, in a beautifully packaged
Criterion Collection edition with new, restored high-definition
digital transfers of three different versions of the film;
commentary by scholars Jonathan Rosenbaum and James Naremore;
interviews with Welles biographer Simon Callow, star Robert
Arden, radio producer Harry Alan Towers, director Peter
Bogdanovich, and film archivists Stephan Droessler and Claude
Bertemes; three half-hour episodes of the radio program "The
Lives of Harry Lime," upon which the film is based; outtakes;
rushes; alternate scenes; stills gallery and more.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Remington Steele: Season Three," a four-disc set
with 22 episodes, $39.98 from Fox ... "The Sentinel -- The
Complete First Season" (1996), a three-disc set with 10 episodes,
$42.99 from Paramount.
FOR THE KIDS:
"Dora the Explorer: Dora's First Trip" (2006) contains four
animated episodes, $16.99 from Paramount ... "Thundercats: Season
2, Volume 1" is a six-disc set with the first 34 episodes of the
final season of the Thundercats, $64.92 from Warner ... "Teenick
Pics" (2005) includes five highly rated episodes from "Drake &
Josh," "Ned's Declassified," "Zoey 101," "Romeo!" and
"Unfabulous," $16.99 from Paramount.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
"Irresistible" (2005) stars Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill and Emily
Blunt in a thriller about a housewife who believes that one of
her husband's female co-workers is stalking her family, from
First Look Home Entertainment ... In "The Last Drop" (2005), a
small unit of Allied soldiers go behind enemy lines in World War
II Holland in an attempt to lay claim to a horde of Nazi gold,
starring Billy Zane, Karel Roden, Michael Madsen and Tommy
Flanagan, from First Look Home Entertainment ... "Americano"
(2005) stars Joshua Jackson, Leonor Varela, Dennis Hopper, Timm
Sharp and Ruthanna Hopper in a melodrama about a young man whose
life is at an emotional crossroads in Spain during the famous
Running of the Bulls at Pamplona, from MTI Home Video.
ON THE INDIE FRONT:
Two films are due this week from Magnolia Home Entertainment:
"Klepto" (2003), starring Meredith Bishop, Jsu Garcia, Leigh
Taylor-Young, Henry Czerny and Michael Nouri in a thriller about
a department store detective and a kleptomaniac who team up for a
shady affair; and "Dead Bodies" (2003), a thriller about a young
man who must dispose of his dead girlfriend's body, starring
Andrew Scott, Kelly Reilly, Darren Healy, Katy Jones, Sean
McGinley and Gerard McSorley.
FOREIGN:
From Wolfe Video comes "Unveiled" (2005 -- Germany), an acclaimed
political drama about an Iranian lesbian who must live as a man
in Germany to escape persecution back home, starring Jasmin
Tabatabai, Navid Akhavan and Bernd Tauber ... "Games of Love &
Chance"(2005 -- France) stars Osman Elkharraz and Sara Forestier
in a moving drama about a group of teenagers living in the
projects outside Paris and surviving in a world marginalized by
society; the film has become even more relevant given the recent
unrest in the French suburbs; from New Yorker Video.
SPECIAL INTEREST:
"Herbie Hancock: Possibilities" (2006) is an intimate behind-the-
scenes documentary about jazz great Herbie Hancock and his in-
studio collaborations with a dozen pop recording artists on his
August 2005 album "Possibilities." The film -- also about
Hancock's unique worldview and how it shapes a creative
environment that encourages artists to step outside "the prison
of easy expectations" -- follows Hancock over a year and a half
collaborating with Carlos Santana, Sting, Angelique Kidjo, Annie
Lennox and Paul Simon, young stars Christina Aguilera, John
Mayer, Trey Anastasio and Jonny Lang and newcomers Joss Stone,
Raul Midon, Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan. The film also includes
rarely seen archival footage of Hancock with the Miles Davis
Quintet in 1962; footage of him leading his Headhunters with
their hit tune, "Chameleon"; Hancock's classic video for
"Rockit"; and never-before-seen duets of Hancock and Wayne
Shorter playing for peace in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2005 on
the 60th anniversary of the atomic explosions. $26.98 from
Magnolia Home Entertainment ... First Run Features has two
interesting documentaries this week: "One Bright Shining Moment:
The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern," a documentary on
McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign, a bold, grassroots, seat-
of-the-pants campaign that energized young and progressive
Americans to a degree never before seen, setting the table for
today's powerful and sophisticated progressive movement. The film
uses a wealth of amazing archival materials, interviews with
provocative figures -- including historian Howard Zinn -- and
extensive interviews with McGovern himself; $29.95; and "A Bigger
Splash," a fascinating and intimate look at the life and times of
artist David Hockney; $24.95 ... "Destination America" (2006) is
a PBS documentary series that explores immigration to the U.S.,
narrated by Blair Brown, $24.99 from Paramount ... and Warner has
put together a massive 15-disc collector's set on the New York
Rangers" "NHL Original Six: New York Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup
Champions" featuring all seven Conference Finals games and all
seven Stanley Cup Finals games, $99.98.
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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
** Americano (2005) Joshua Jackson, Leonor Varela, Dennis Hopper,
Timm Sharp, Ruthanna Hopper. (MTI Home Video).
** Breakfast on Pluto (2005) Dir.: Neil Jordan; Cillian Murphy,
Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendon Gleeson, Ruth Negga. (Sony).
** Dead Bodies (2003) Andrew Scott, Kelly Reilly, Darren Healy,
Katy Jones, Sean McGinley, Gerard McSorley. (Magnolia Home
Entertainment).
** Destination America (2006) PBS documentary series that
explores immigration to the U.S. Narrated by Blair Brown; $24.99.
(Paramount).
** Dora the Explorer: Dora's First Trip (2006) Four animated
episodes, $16.99. Extras: Dora music video: "Best Friend."
(Paramount).
** Event Horizon -- Special Collector's Edition (1997) Dir.: Paul
W.S. Anderson; Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan,
Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones. Extras: Commentary by
Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt, "Secrets" featurette, "The
Making of Event Horizon," "The Unseen Event Horizon" featurette,
"The Point of no Return: The Filming of Event Horizon"
featurette. (Paramount).
** Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2006) Behind-the-scenes
documentary on Hancock's new album; $26.98.(Magnolia Home
Entertainment).
** Hostel (2006) Dir.: Eli Roth; Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson,
Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova. Extras: Commentary by
director Eli Roth; commentary by exec producers Quentin
Tarantino, Boaz Yakin, Scott Spiegel and Roth; commentary by
producer Chris Briggs, documentarian Gabriel Roth and Roth;
commentary with online film pundit Harry Knowles and Roth;
"Hostel Dissected" making-of featurette; "Kill the Car" multi-
angle interactive feature. (Sony).
** Irresistible (2005) Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt.
(First Look Home Entertainment).
** Klepto (2003) Meredith Bishop, Jsu Garcia, Leigh Taylor-Young,
Henry Czerny, Michael Nouri. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
** The Last Drop (2005) Billy Zane, Karel Roden, Michael Madsen,
Tommy Flanagan. (First Look Home Entertainment).
** Meeting Daddy (2000) Lloyd Bridges, Josh Charles, Alexandra
Wentworth, Beau Bridges, Walter Olkewicz, Kristy Swanson.
(Paramount).
** Mr. Arkadin (1955) Dir.: Dir. Orson Welles; Akim Tamiroff,
Gregoire Aslan, Orson Welles, Mischa Auer, Peter van Eyck,
Michael Redgrave. Three-disc set. Extras: New, restored high-
definition digital transfers of three versions of the film: the
Corinth Version, Confidential Report, and a new Comprehensive
Version; commentary by scholars Jonathan Rosenbaum and James
Naremore; interviews with Welles biographer Simon Callow, star
Robert Arden, radio producer Harry Alan Towers, director Peter
Bogdanovich, and film archivists Stephan Droessler and Claude
Bertemes; three half-hour episodes of the radio program "The
Lives of Harry Lime," upon which the film is based; new
documentary featuring Droessler, Bertemes, and Bogdanovich;
outtakes; rushes; alternate scenes; stills gallery. (The
Criterion Collection).
** Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) Dir.: Stephen Frears; Judi
Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young, Kelly Reilly, Thelma Barlow.
Christopher Guest. Extras: Commentary by Frears, making-of
featurette, interviews with the notorious "Windmill Girls."
(Weinstein Co.).
** Remington Steele: Season Three. Four-disc set with 22
episodes, $39.98. Extras: Commentary on select episodes. (Fox).
** The Robert Altman Collection. Four-disc set with "MASH," "A
Perfect Couple," "Quintet" and "A Wedding"; $39.98. (Fox).
-- MASH (1970) Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Tom Skeritt,
Robert Duvall, Gary Burgoff, Sally Kellerman. Extras: Commentary
by Altman, AMC "Backstory" featurette.
-- A Perfect Couple (1979) Marta Heflin, Paul Dooley, Dennis
Franz, Henry Gibson. Extras: "Perspective on Altman's Perfect
Couple" featurette.
-- Quintet (1979) Paul Newman, Bibi Andersson, Fernando Rey,
Vittorio Gassman, Nina Van Pallandt. Extras: "Developing the
World of Quintet" featurette.
-- A Wedding (1978) Mia Farrow, Desi Arnaz Jr., Dina Merrill,
Lauren Hutton, Howard Duff, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin,
Carol Burnett. Extras: "A Wedding Altman Style" featurette.
** The Sentinel -- The Complete First Season (1996) Three-disc
set with 10 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount).
** TCM Archives: The Laurel and Hardy Collection. Two-disc set
with "The Devil's Brother" (aka "Fra Diavolo") (1933) and "Bonnie
Scotland"(1935), both newly restored from original nitrate film
elements. Extras: Commentaries on both movies by Laurel and Hardy
aficionados Richard W. Bann and Leonard Maltin; introductions by
Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne; 2002 TCM feature-
length documentary "Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts
Story," narrated by Chevy Chase and showcasing Laurel and Hardy,
The Little Rascals, The Three Stooges and dozens of others;
vintage Laurel and Hardy excerpts from feature films: magic act
segment from "The Hollywood Revue of 1929," fragment from "Rogue
Song" (1930), two segments from "Hollywood Party" (1934)
including one with Lupe Velez, three segments from "Pick a Star"
(1937); trailers. $39.92. (Warner).
** Teenick Pics (2005) Five highly rated episodes from "Drake &
Josh," "Ned's Declassified," "Zoey 101," "Romeo!" and
"Unfabulous"; $16.99. (Paramount).
** Thundercats: Season 2, Volume 1. Six-disc set with first 34
episodes of the final season of the Thundercats, $64.92 .
(Warner).
** William Shakespeare Tribute. Special editions of "Titus"
(1999), two-disc set; "Romeo + Juliet" (1996), two-disc set; and
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1999) single disc; $24.98. (Fox).
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>
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