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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, May 16 -- MONDAY, May 22
PRODUCERS, THE
First it was a riotous comedy from Mel Brooks, then a record-
breaking Broadway musical. Now it's a film again, with Nathan
Lane and Matthew Broderick returning to their award-winning
roles. Scheming producer Max Bialystock (Lane) and his mousy
accountant Leo Bloom (Broderick) discover that under the right
circumstances they could make more money producing a Broadway
flop than with a hit. So they mount "Springtime for Hitler," an
obnoxious and offensive musical that they're sure will tank. But
what will they do when the play becomes a surprise hit? Mediocre
outing, with Lane and Broderick yawning their way through the
production. Best scene: a chorus line of old ladies and their
"dancing" walkers. Vitals: Director: Susan Stroman. Stars: Nathan
Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach,
Roger Bart. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 135 min., Musical, Box
office gross: $19.377 million, Universal.
RINGER, THE
Desperate for cash to help a friend in need and pay off his
smarmy uncle's gambling debts, Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville)
sinks to an all time low ... he attempts to fix the Special
Olympics by pretending to be a person with intellectual
disabilities. But he is completely out-classed by his fellow
Olympians, who are not only superior athletes, they're also wiser
in the ways of the world. Several of his fellow competitors
immediately spot Steve as a fraud, but because they too would
like to see the fall of Jimmy, the snooty reigning champion, they
join forces to help The Ringer win. Together they train Steve to
become a better athlete and, most importantly, a better man.
Vitals: Director: Barry W. Blaustein. Stars: Johnny Knoxville,
Katherine Heigl, Brian Cox, Zen Gesner, John Taylor, Jed Rees.
2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 94 min., Comedy, Box office gross:
$33.700 million, Fox.
SOMETHING NEW
Kenya Denise McQueen (Sanaa Lathan) appears to have it all --
beauty, brains and a prestigious job at a top accounting firm.
She also has a long list of requirements for the type of man she
wants to marry, but she's not having much luck finding someone
who fits the bill. Dispirited after hearing that over 42% of
black women never marry, Kenya impulsively agrees to a blind date
with Brian Kelly (Simon Baker), a sexy, free-spirited landscape
architect, who isn't exactly what she pictured for herself. While
not the man she had in mind for romance, she hires him to fix up
the yard of her new house and finds herself irresistibly drawn to
his earthy, laid-back charm. When she finally meets her
theoretically perfect match, corporate attorney Mark (Blair
Underwood), Kenya is further thrown into confusion. Everybody has
an opinion, from her trio of girlfriends Cheryl, Suzzette, and
Nedra (Wendy Raquel Robinson, Golden Brooks, Taraji P. Henson) to
her socially prominent parents Joyce and Edmond (Alfre Woodard
and Earl Billings). Ultimately, Kenya must decide between the
relationship everyone expects and the romance no one expected.
Vitals: Director: Sanaa Hamri. Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker,
Mike Epps, Donald Faison, Blair Underwood, Wendy Raquel Robinson,
Alfre Woodard, Golden Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Earl Billings.
2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 100 min., Romantic Comedy, Box
office gross: $11.425 million, Universal.
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
A remake of the 1979 cult horror film, which starred Carol Kane
as a high school student traumatized while babysitting by a
caller who repeatedly asks, "Have you checked the children
lately?" In this version, in a remote hilltop house, high school
student Jill Johnson (Camilla Belle) settles in for a routine
night of babysitting. With the children sound asleep and a
beautiful home to explore, she locks the door and sets the alarm.
But when a series of eerie phone calls from a stranger insists
that she "check the children," Jill begins to panic. Fear
escalates to terror when she has the calls traced and learns that
the calls are coming from inside the house. Jill must summon all
of her inner strength if she is going to fight back and make it
out of the house alive. Vitals: Director: Simon West. Stars:
Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson,
Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Derek de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant.
2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 87 min., Thriller, Box office
gross: $47.860 million, Sony.
WHITE COUNTESS, THE
Set in 1930s Shanghai, the film revolves around a blind American
diplomat named Jackson (Ralph Fiennes) who develops a rather
curious relationship with Sofia, a young Russian refugee (Natasha
Richardson) who works at odd -- and sometimes illicit -- jobs to
support her daughter and members of her dead husband's
aristocratic family. Their lives come together at "The White
Countess," an elegant nightclub created by Jackson to shut out
the chaos and tragedy that surround him as the Japanese prepare
to invade Eastern China. Vitals: Director: James Ivory. Stars:
Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn
Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Allan Corduner. 2005, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 136 min., Drama, Box office gross: $1.224 million,
Sony.
For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar.htm>
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NEWS
COMING SOON:
Due June 27 is the light comedy "Failure to Launch," starring
Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel,
Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw and Kathy Bates,
from Paramount ... Celebrating the Fourth of July are "The
Libertine," starring Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton and John
Malkovich; and comedy-spy film "The Matador," starring Pierce
Brosnan, Arlin Miller, Azucena Medina, Jonah Meyerson, Greg
Kinnear, Hope Davis and Philip Baker Hall; both from The
Weinstein Co. ... Silly teen comedy "She's the Man,"starring
Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Robert Hoffman and
Julie Hagerty, arrives July 18 from DreamWorks ... And, for "Star
Wars" fans, Fox and George Lucas will release the first three
entries in the series in new two-disc sets, each with the
original theatrical version (available for the first time on DVD)
and the enhanced trilogy versions with commentary by Lucas, cast
and crew; $19.95 each.
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Five classic films are due this week from Paramount: "Body &
Soul" (1947), directed by Robert Rossen and starring John
Garfield and Lilli Palmer; "The Dark Mirror" (1946), directed by
Robert Siodmak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres,
Thomas Mitchell and Richard Long; "Letter From an Unknown Woman"
(1948), directed by Max Ophuls and starring Joan Fontaine and
Louis Jourdan; "Love Happy" (1949), starring Marilyn Monroe,
Raymond Burr, Vera-Ellen and the Marx Brothers; and "Secret
Beyond the Door" (1948), directed by Fritz Lang and starring Joan
Bennett and Michael Redgrave ... "Napoleon Dynamite: Like, the
Best Special Edition Ever" (2004) is a special edition of the
cult teen film starring Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren
Ramirez, Diedrich Bader and Tina Majorini, in a two-disc set with
such extras as commentary by director/co-writer Jared Hess, actor
John Heder and producer Jeremy Coon; cast commentary; "On
Location: Napoleon Dynamite" nine-part featurette; audition
tapes; Napoleon sightings at MTV, Teen Choice Awards, more;
outtakes and extended/alternate scenes; and much, much more; from
Fox ... Two Disney cartoon compilations are due this week: "Walt
Disney's It's a Small World of Fun: Vol.1," a collection of
animated shorts themed to different countries from around the
world: "The Flying Gauchito," "In Dutch," "Goliath II," "Mickey
Down Under," "African Diary," "A Cowboy Needs a Horse" and
"Grievance of a Starmaker"; and "Walt Disney's It's a Small World
of Fun: Vol. 2" with "Pedro," "The Olympic Champ," "Peter and the
Wolf," "The Brave Little Tailor," "Crazy With the Heat" and
"Susie, the Little Blue Coupe"; $14.99 each.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
"The Big Valley Season One," a five-disc set with 30 episodes,
$39.98 from Fox ... "Here Come the Brides: The Complete First
Season," a six-disc set with 26 episodes, $49.95 from Sony ...
"Hill Street Blues Season Two," a three-disc set with 18
episodes, $39.98 from Fox ... "Home Movies: Season Four," a
three-disc set with the last 13 episodes, $34.98 from Shout!
Factory ... "Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume 9," a four-disc
set containing four more of the top fan-requested episodes
(feature films with snappy commentary): "Women of the Prehistoric
Planet," "Wild Rebels," "The Sinister Urge" and "The Incredibly
Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up
Zombies"; $59.95 from Rhino Video ... "Supernanny Season One," a
three-disc set with 10 episodes, $29.99 from Ventura Home
Entertainment ... "That Girl Season One" (1966-67), a five-disc
set, $39.98 from Shout! Factory.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
"Side Effects" (2005) is a loopy romantic comedy about an
alluring sales rep for a pharmaceutical company (Katherine Heigel
of "Grey's Anatomy") who gets fed up with "pushing" drugs to
doctors and, after meeting the man of her dreams, decides to
become brutally honest with her clients and tell them about the
drug's true side effects. Ironically, her sales start to go
through the roof. From Pro-Active Entertainment ... "Clawed: The
Legend of Sasquatch" (2005) is a thriller about a mountain town
terrorized by what at first appears to be a grizzly bear but
turns out to be ..., from First Look Home Entertainment.
SPECIAL INTEREST:
"Magic Johnson Always Showtime: Special Edition" (2005) is an in-
depth look at one of the most entertaining players in NBA
history, narrated by Danny Glover; $19.98 from Warner.
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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
** The Big Valley Season One. Five-disc set with 30 episodes,
$39.98. (Fox).
** Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch (aka The Unknown) (2005) Miles
O'Keeffe, Dylan Purcell, Jack Conley. Extras: Deleted scenes.
(First Look).
** Con Air Unrated Extended Edition (1997) Dir.: Simon West;
Nicholas Cage, John Cusak, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving
Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Rachel Ticotin. (Buena
Vista).
** Crimson Tide: Unrated Extended Edition (1995) Dir.: Tony
Scott; Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Matt Craven, George
Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini. Extras: Deleted
scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Buena Vista).
** Duma (2005) Dir.: Carroll Ballard; Alex Michaeletos, Campbell
Scott, Hope Davis, Eamonn Walker. Extras: Extended scenes.
(Warner).
** Enemy of the State Unrated Extended Edition (1998) Dir.: Tony
Scott; Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Regina King, Loren
Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, Gabriel Byrne, Scott Caan. (Buena
Vista)
** Game 6 (2005) Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Griffin Dunne,
Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Downey Jr., Ari Graynor. Extras: "Making of
Game 6," "Game 6" stories, commentary by director Michael
Hoffman. (Hart Sharp Video).
** Here Come the Brides: The Complete First Season. Six-disc set
with 26 episodes, $49.95. (Sony).
** Hill Street Blues Season Two. Three-disc set with 18 episodes,
$39.98. Extras: Commentary on select episodes, "Gregory Hoblit:
The Hill Street Blues Story" and "Confessions of Captain Freedom"
featurettes, gag reel, profiles of Bruce Weitz (on Mick Belker)
and Charles Haid (on Andy Renko). (Fox).
** Home Movies: Season Four. Three-disc set with the last 13
episodes, $34.98. Extras: Commentaries, "The Beginning of the
Genesis of the Origin of Home Movies -- The Very First Sessions
With Loren Bouchard" featurette, Home Movies "Audio Outtakes
Jukebox." Includes bonus music CD with 52 tracks: the best songs
from all four seasons. (Shout! Factory).
** Magic Johnson Always Showtime: Special Edition (2005) $19.98.
Extras: Magic's three greatest games. (Warner).
** My Mother's Smile (2002 -- Italy) Sergio Castellitto,
Jacqueline Lustig, Chiara Conti. Extras: Interviews with director
Marco Bellocchio and Sergio Castellitto, conversation between
Bellocchio and Castellitto, "A Day on the Set" featurette. (New
Yorker).
** Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume 9. Four-disc set
containing four more of the top fan-requested episodes (feature
films with snappy commentary): "Women of the Prehistoric Planet,"
"Wild Rebels," "The Sinister Urge" and "The Incredibly Strange
Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies";
$59.95, (Rhino Video).
** Napoleon Dynamite: Like, the Best Special Edition Ever (2004)
Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Diedrich Bader,
Tina Majorini. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by director/co-
writer Jared Hess, actor John Heder and producer Jeremy Coon;
cast commentary; "World Premiere Jared Hess" documentary; "On
Location: Napoleon Dynamite" nine-part featurette; audition
tapes; Utah State Fair ads; Napoleon sightings: MTV, Teen Choice
Awards, more; outtakes and extended/alternate scenes; "The
Wedding of the Century" featurette; MTV on-air promos; still
gallery. (Fox).
** New Police Story (2004 -- Hong Kong) Jackie Chan, Charlie
Young. (Lionsgate).
** The Producers (2005) Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma
Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart. Extras: Commentary
by director Susan Stroman, deleted scenes, outtakes, "Analysis of
a Scene: I Wanna Be a Producer." (Universal).
** The Ringer (2005) Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, Brian
Cox, Zen Gesner, John Taylor, Jed Rees. (Fox).
** Side Effects (2005) Katherine Heigl, Lucian McAfee, David
Durbin, Dorian DeMichele. (Pro-Active Entertainment).
** Something New (2006) Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Mike Epps,
Donald Faison, Blair Underwood, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Alfre
Woodard, Golden Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Earl Billings. Extras:
Introduction by Blair Underwood, "The Do's and Don'ts of Dating"
featurette, "The Making of Something New" behind-the-scenes
featurette. (Universal).
** Supernanny Season One. Three-disc set with 10 episodes,
$29.99. Extras: Blooper reel, "Top Ten Supernanny Techniques"
featurette. (Ventura Home Entertainment).
** That Girl Season One (1966-67) Five-disc set, $39.98. Extras:
"That Girl" pilot, new interview with Marlo Thomas on the making
of the show, "That Girl in New York" collection of raw footage
shot on location in New York and narrated by Thomas and co-
creator Bill Persky. (Shout! Factory).
** Walt Disney's It's a Small World of Fun: Vol. 1. Collection of
animated shorts themed to different countries from around the
world: "The Flying Gauchito," "In Dutch," "Goliath II," "Mickey
Down Under," "African Diary," "A Cowboy Needs a Horse" and
"Grievance of a Starmaker." $14.99. (Walt Disney).
** Walt Disney's It's a Small World of Fun: Vol. 2. Collection of
animated shorts themed to different countries from around the
world: "Pedro," "The Olympic Champ," "Peter and the Wolf," "The
Brave Little Tailor," "Crazy With the Heat" and "Susie, the
Little Blue Coupe." $14.99. (Walt Disney).
** When a Stranger Calls (2006) Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan,
Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Derek
de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant. Extras: Deleted scenes, "The Making
of When a Stranger Calls" featurette, director and cast
commentary, writers commentary. (Sony).
** The White Countess (2005) Dir.: James Ivory; Ralph Fiennes,
Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Madeleine
Potter, Allan Corduner. Extras: Commentary by director Ivory and
Richardson, behind-the-scenes featurette, behind-the-scenes look
at the production design and costume pieces. (Sony).
** Winter Passing (2005) Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will
Ferrell, Amy Madigan, Sam Bottoms. Extras: Behind-the-scenes
featurette. (Fox).
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>
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