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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, July 11 -- MONDAY, July 17
BASIC INSTINCT 2
In this rude and exploitive psychological thriller, best-selling
crime novelist Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) once again finds
herself on the wrong side of the law after re-locating from San
Francisco to London: She's been linked to the mysterious death of
a famous sports star. Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey), a
respected London criminal psychiatrist, is brought in by Scotland
Yard detective Roy Washburn (David Thewlis) to perform a
psychiatric profile and evaluation of Tramell. Physically drawn
to Tramell and mentally intrigued by her, Glass, against the
advice of his mentor, Dr. Milena Gardosh (Charlotte Rampling), is
quickly sucked into her web of lies and seduction -- the
professional boundaries between the two are obliterated when she
uncovers his "basic instincts." As people around him are murdered
one by one, a deadly battle of wits ensues between Glass and
Tramell, climaxing as Glass faces a choice that will change both
their lives forever. Vitals: Director: Michael Caton-Jones.
Stars: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David
Thewlis, Hugh Dancy. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 114 min., Drama,
Box office gross: $5.851 million, Sony.
TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY
Flipping back and forth between the 18th century and the hapless
efforts of the 21st century filmmakers, "Tristram Shandy" is the
making of a movie adapted from the notoriously unfilmable English
literature masterpiece, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram
Shandy, Gentlemen," written by Laurence Sterne. The story begins
with Tristram Shandy (Steve Coogan) narrating his life story as
he sees it. Crammed with literary jokes and dark humor, Shandy's
warped childhood tales are constantly interrupted by his family
and household, inadvertently revealing far more about himself
than any conventional autobiography. At the dramatic moment of
Tristram's birth, the 1st Assistant Director calls cut, marking
the end of a filming day on the set of Tristram Shandy. We then
see Steve Coogan, the other actors and crew through the course of
a chaotic evening on set. Steve Coogan's wife arrives with their
six-month-old baby, a journalist is chasing him about a
scandalous story, his agent has arrived with a load of Hollywood
scripts and the film financiers are threatening to pull the plug.
A clever, postmodern take on the construction of a film, from an
intricate hilariously complex autobiographical novel. Vitals:
Director: Michael Winterbottom. Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon,
Gillian Anderson, Jeremy Northam , James Fleet, Ian Hart, Shirley
Henderson. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Literary Drama, Box
office gross: $1.247 million, HBO Video.
For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar.htm>
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NEWS
COMING SOON:
Due August 8 is "The Lost City," directed by Andy Garcia and
starring Garcia, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman and Ines Sastre in a
story of pre- revolutionary Cuba, from Magnolia Home
Entertainment ... Director Sydney Pollack's incisive documentary
"Sketches of Frank Gehry" arrives August 22 from Sony ... Also on
that date Fox will release the Lindsay Lohan teen comedy "Just My
Luck" ... On September 12 Buena Vista will kick home the soccer
film "Goal! The Dream Begins," starring Kuno Becker, Alessandro
Nivola, Miriam Colon, Marcel Iure, Stephen Dillane, and Anna
Friel ... And, on November 21, Fox will melt your heart with the
smash animated sequel "Ice Age: The Meltdown."
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Milestone Films and Video will release this week "Beyond the
Rocks," the recently rediscovered 1922 silent romance starring
film legends Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino. Long
considered one of the great "lost" films from the Hollywood
golden age, only a one-minute fragment was known to exist in the
Nederlands Filmmuseum. The film, just for its star power alone,
has been one of the most sought-after movies of the silent era.
Lost for more than 80 years, film catalogers at the Nederlands
Filmmuseum were amazed to find the first two nitrate reels of
"Beyond the Rocks" when inventorying a vast collection of nitrate
bequeathed to them by a film collector from Haarlem. The
Filmmuseum staff then searched for many more months until they
found and identified all the missing reels of the film. "Beyond
the Rocks" has been lovingly restored and features a brand-new
score by the well-known Dutch composer Henny Vrienten; other
extras include an introduction by Martin Scorsese; "The Delicious
Little Devil" (1919) silent with Valentino; stills gallery from
Swanson's personal collection; 85-minute wire recording of
Swanson from 1955; interviews, articles and videos of the
restoration process; more. Also from Milestone this week is
"Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell & Kenyon," a
compilation of the footage of filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James
Kenyon, who were hired in the early days of the cinema (when
still a novelty) to shoot footage of local people going about
their everyday activities. These films would be shown later at
nearby fairgrounds, town halls and neighborhood theaters.
Workers, school children, sports fans and seaside vacationers all
flocked to see themselves miraculously captured on screen. The
85-minutes of footage from 1900-1913 is like taking a time
machine to the past. Both Milestone releases have $29.95 price
tags.
Two interesting outings from The Criterion Collection: "Koko: A
Talking Gorilla" (1978) a documentary about the controversial
experiment in which a gorilla would be taught the basics of human
communication through American sign language; directed by Barbet
Schroeder $29.95 .... and "Yi Yi" (2000), Taiwanese director
Edward Yang's sweeping look at a middle-class family in Taipei
during the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and
ending with a funeral. The intimate epic is at once warm,
sprawling, and dazzling; $39.95.
Fox has added three titles to its Studio Classics line: Pirate
swashbuckler "The Black Swan" (1942), starring Tyrone Power,
Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders and Anthony
Quinn; missionary drama "The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944) starring
Gregory Peck, Vincent Price, Thomas Mitchell, Rose Stradner,
Roddy McDowall, Edmund Gwenn, Cedric Hardwicke, Peggy Ann Garner,
Jane Ball and James Gleason; and love triangle "The River's Edge"
(1957), starring Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Ray Milland and
Harry Carey Jr. ... and, lastly, rev up your engines for a two-
disc set of the restored (from 65mm elements) "Grand Prix 40th
Anniversary Special Edition" (1966), directed by John
Frankenheimer and starring James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves
Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, Antonio
Sabato, Fran?oise Hardy, Claude Dauphin and Genevieve Page.
Extras include a host of "making-of" and "behind-the-scenes"
featurettes; the soundtrack has even been remastered in Dolby
Digital 5.1; from Warner.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Bloodlines," a 2005 British suspense thriller
starring Emma Pierson and Kevin McNally, from Koch Vision ...
"Bridezillas: Season One" and "Bridezillas: Season Two" are two-
disc set with eight episodes each, $26.95 from Genius Products
... "ER: The Complete Fifth Season," a six-disc set with 22
episodes, $49.98 from Warner ... "The Ellen Show: The Complete
Series," a three-disc set with 18 episodes, $29.95 from Sony ...
"The House of Eliott, Series Three" (1994), a four-disc set with
the last 10 episodes of the BBC series about two sisters who
fight their way to the top of the cutthroat world of fashion in
London during the Roaring 20s; $59.99 from Acorn Media ... "I
Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Second Season," a four-disc set
with 31 episodes, $39.95 from Sony ... "Masters of Horror:
Homecoming" (2005), Joe Dante's contribution to the Showtime
anthology series, from Anchor Bay ... "McCallum: The Complete
Series," a five-disc set with nine episodes of the BBC America
forensic drama series, $59.98 from Koch Vision ... "Murder in
Suburbia Series I" (2004), a two-disc set with six episodes of
the BBC series about two young female homicide detectives who
investigate grisly goings-on in England's leafy suburbs; $39.99
from Acorn Media ... "Oh Brother," a two-disc set with eight rare
episodes of the 1968 British sitcom, $24.98 from Koch Vision ...
"Perry Mason: The First Season, Volume 1," a five-disc set with
19 episodes from the granddaddy of all legal eagle shows, $54.99
from Paramount ... "Reno 911: The Complete Third Season," a two-
disc set with 13 uncensored episodes, $26.99 from Paramount ...
"30 Days: Season One," a two-disc set with six episodes, $26.98
from Fox ... "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Volume
2," a three-disc set with 16 episodes of the classic adventure
series, $39.98 from Fox ... "Weeds: Season One," a single disc
with 10 episodes and such extras as commentaries by cast and
crew, a "Smoke and Mirrors" original marijuana mockumentary,
agrestic herbal recipes, more; $39.98 from Lionsgate.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
"Pirates" (2005) is a sexy swashbuckler -- billed as the first
XXX feature to get an R-rating after being edited -- featuring
scantily-clad pirates, CGI effects and sea battle, starring Jesse
Jane, Carmen Luvana, Janine Lindemulder, Devon, Teagan, Evan
Stone and Tommy Gunn; $24.95 from MTI Home Video ... "The Garden"
(2005) is a thriller with a melange of horrors including weird
visions, the walking dead, and the apocalypse, starring Claudia
Christian, Adam Taylor Gordon, Lance Henriksen, Victoria Justice,
Brian Wimmer and Sean Young; $19.98 from Anchor Bay ... "Negadon:
The Monster From Mars" (2006) is billed as the "first completely
computer-generated monster movie"; the film -- about a monster
from beneath the surface of Mars who's transported to Earth and
escapes on a deadly rampage -- pays homage to a wide variety of
1950s and 60s Japanese monster movies; $19.95 from Central Park
Media.
FOREIGN:
Two Koch Lorber releases this week: "Soundless" (2004), a German
thriller about a hit-man on the run from the police who risks
everything for the love of a woman, starring Josef Hader, Simon
Schwarz, Joachim Krol ($24.98); and "Tiresia" (2003), a modern
French take on the Greek myth, starring Laurent Lucas, Clara
Choveaux, Thiago Teles, Celia Catalifo and Lou Castel ($29.98).
SPECIAL INTEREST:
Three comedy releases this week: "Bill Maher: New Rules," an
anthology of "New Rules" segments from the acclaimed "Real Time
With Bill Maher" series, $19.97 from HBO Video; "Dennis Miller:
All In, Miller's seventh solo stand-up special, recorded live
from Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, $19.97 from HBO Video; and
"The Best of the David Steinberg Show" features a show-within-a-
show format and includes guest stars Jon Voight, Ethel Merman,
Robert Vaughn and others, on a single disc, $14.99 from Koch
Vision ... "Martha's Guests: Master Chefs" features cooking
segments with popular chefs including Mario Batali, Bobby Flay
and Lidia Bastianich, culled from the "Martha Stewart Living"
series; the DVD features links to printable recipes; $19.98 from
Warner ... "The Protocols of Zion" (2005) is a documentary that
discusses the modern-day incarnation of beliefs based on an
ancient racist tract; $29.99 from ThinkFilm ... "Secrets of
Archaeology" is a six-disc set of the History Channel 27-part
series that explores Pompeii, Troy, the pyramids, the lost cities
of the Incas, El Dorado and more, $89.98 from Koch Vision.
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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
** Basic Instinct 2 (2006) Dir.: Michael Caton-Jones; Sharon
Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis, Hugh
Dancy. Rated and unrated editions. Extras: Unrated: Commentary by
Caton-Jones, deleted scenes, "Between the Sheets: A Look Inside
the Making of Basic Instinct 2," bonus footage. R-rated:
Commentary by Caton-Jones, "Between the Sheets: A Look Inside the
Making of Basic Instinct 2." (Sony).
** The Best of the David Steinberg Show. Single disc, $14.99.
(Koch Vision).
** Beyond the Rocks (1922) Dir,: Sam Wood; Gloria Swanson,
Rudolph Valentino. Restored "lost" film from the Golden Age of
Hollywood's silents. Extras: Introduction by Martin Scorsese;
"The Delicious Little Devil" (1919) with Valentino; stills
gallery from Swanson's personal collection; 85-minute wire
recording of Swanson from 1955; interviews, articles and videos
of the restoration process; more. (Milestone Film & Video).
** Bill Maher: New Rules (2006) Anthology of New Rules segments
from the acclaimed "Real Time With Bill Maher" series; $19.97.
(HBO Video).
** The Black Swan (1942) Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas
Mitchell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn. Restored. Extras:
Commentary by O'Hara and film historian Rudy Behlmer, restoration
comparison. (Fox Studio Classics).
** Blackbeard (2006) Angus Macfadyen, Richard Chamberlain, Stacy
Keach, Mark Umbers, Rachel Ward, Jessica Chastain. Miniseries.
(Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).
** Bloodlines (2005 -- TV) Emma Pierson, Kevin McNally. British
suspense thriller. (Koch Vision).
** Bridezillas: Season One. Two-disc set with eight episodes,
$26.95. Extras: Sneak peek at Season Three, "Real Brides Cake
Dive Event." (Genius Products).
** Bridezillas: Season Two. Two-disc set with eight episodes,
$26.95. Extras: Sneak peek at Season Three, "Real Brides Cake
Dive Event," outtakes. (Genius Products).
** Crash Landing (2005) Bradon Barash, Antonio Sabato Jr.,
Brianne Davis, Mercedes Colon, Michael Pare. (Echo Bridge Home
Entertainment).
** Dennis Miller: All In (2006) Miller's seventh solo stand-up
special, recorded live from Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas; $19.97.
(HBO Video).
** The Dudesons Movie (2006) Jarno Leppala, Jukka Hilden, Jarno
Laasala, Hannu-Pekka Parviainen. Extreme stunts comedy with four
friends in the Arctic Circle; $19.95. Extras: Commentary, extra
scenes. (Rhino Video).
** ER: The Complete Fifth Season. Six-disc set with 22 episodes,
$49.98. Extras: Outtakes, gags, deleted scenes. (Warner).
** The Ellen Show: The Complete Series. Three-disc set with 18
episodes, $29.95. (Sony).
** The Garden (2005) Claudia Christian, Adam Taylor Gordon, Lance
Henriksen, Victoria Justice, Brian Wimmer, Sean Young. Extras:
Commentary by director Don Michael Paul, "The Garden: Behind-the-
Scenes" featurette, still gallery Lance Henriksen bio. (Anchor
Bay).
** Grand Prix 40th Anniversary Special Edition (1966) Dir.: John
Frankenheimer; James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand,
Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, Antonio Sabato,
Francoise Hardy, Claude Dauphin, Genevieve Page. Two-disc set, in
new digital transfer from restored 65mm elements with a
soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Extras: "Pushing the
Limit: The Making of Grand Prix" 40th anniversary making-of
documentary, "Flat Out: Formula One in the Sixties," "The Style
and Sound of Speed" featurette on the style of Saul Bass and the
film's sound design, "Brands Hatch: Behind the Checkered Flag"
behind-the-scenes tour of the famous raceway used in the movie,
"Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions" 1960's featurette
behind-the-scenes at the Grand Prix, Speed Channel promo.
(Warner).
** The House of Eliott, Series Three (1994) Four-disc set with
the last 10 episodes of the BBC series about two sisters who
fight their way to the top of the cutthroat world of fashion in
London during the Roaring 20s; $59.99. (Acorn Media).
** I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Second Season. Four-disc set
with 31 episodes, $39.95. (Sony).
** The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) Gregory Peck, Vincent Price,
Thomas Mitchell, Rose Stradner, Roddy McDowall, Edmund Gwenn,
Cedric Hardwicke, Peggy Ann Garner, Jane Ball, James Gleason.
Restored. Extras: Commentary by film scholar Kenneth Geist and
actor-producer Chris Mankiewicz (son of Joseph L. Mankiewicz).
(Fox Studio Classics).
** Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978) Dir.: Barbet Schroeder;
documentary about the controversial experiment in which a gorilla
would be taught the basics of human communication through
American sign language; $29.95. Extras: New video interview with
Schroeder, new essay by critic Gary Indiana. (The Criterion
Collection).
** Martha's Guests: Master Chefs (2005) Cooking segments with
popular chefs including Mario Batali, Bobby Flay and Lidia
Bastianich; $19.98. (Warner).
** Masters of Horror: Homecoming (2005) "Homecoming" is Joe
Dante's contribution to the Showtime anthology series. Extras:
Featurettes: "The Dead Come Marching," "Working With a Master:
Joe Dante," "The Making of Homecoming" behind-the-scenes
featurette, "On Set: An Interview With Jon Tenney," "On Set: An
Interview With Robert Picardo," "On Set: An Interview With Thea
Gill," commentary by writer Sam Hamm , "Fantasy Film Festival:
Mick Garris Interviews Joe Dante," trailers, still gallery, Joe
Dante bio, DVD-ROM screenplay and screensaver. (Anchor Bay).
** McCallum: The Complete Series. Five-disc set with nine
episodes of the BBC America forensic drama series, $59.98. (Koch
Vision).
** Murder in Suburbia Series I (2004) Two-disc set with six
episodes of the BBC series about two young female homicide
detectives who investigate grisly goings-on in England's leafy
suburbs; $39.99. (Acorn Media).
** My Family and Other Animals (2005) Eugene Simon, Imelda
Staunton, Tamzin Merchant, Russell Tovey, Matthew Goode.
Masterpiece Theatre production. (WGBH Boston Video).
** Negadon: The Monster From Mars (2006) Computer-generated
monster movie. Extras: Interview with director Jun Awazu, "Making
of Negadon: The Monster From Mars," film shorts: "Magara: The
Giant Monster" and "Magara: The Final Showdown," digital liner
notes, art gallery, Kaiju A-Go-Go (Fan Art). (Central Park
Media).
** Oh Brother. Two-disc set with eight rare episodes of the 1968
British sitcom, $24.98. (Koch Vision).
** On a Clear Day (2006) Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn, Sean
McGinley, Jamie Sives, Ron Cook, Benedict Wong. (Universal).
** Perry Mason: The First Season, Volume 1. Five-disc set with 19
episodes, $49.99. (Paramount).
** Pirates (2005) Jesse Jane, Carmen Luvana, Janine Lindemulder,
Devon, Teagan, Evan Stone, Tommy Gunn. First XXX feature to get
an R-rating after being edited. Extras: Visual effects making-of
featurette, bloopers. (MTI Home Video).
** The Protocols of Zion (2005) Documentary based on modern-day
incarnation of beliefs based on an ancient racist tract; $29.99.
Extras: Deleted scenes, question and answer with the filmmaker.
(ThinkFilm).
** Reno 911: The Complete Third Season. Two-disc set with 13
episodes, $26.99. Uncensored. Extras: "Mencia: Tag!" "Drawn
Together: Hang In There, Baby," "Patton Oswalt: No Reason To
Complain -- On Sale Now," commentary by cast and crew, deleted
scenes, extended takes. (Paramount).
** The River's Edge (1957) Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Ray
Milland, Harry Carey Jr.. Restored. Extras: Commentary by film
historians James Ursini and Alain Silver, gallery of still
images. (Fox Studio Classics).
** Secrets of Archaeology. Six-disc set of the History Channel
27-part series, $89.98. (Koch Vision).
** Soundless (2004 -- German) Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz, Joachim
Krol. (Koch Lorber).
** Sudden Fury (1993) Neil Patrick Harris, Johnny Galecki,
Gregory Harrison. NBC telefilm. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).
** 30 Days: Season One. Two-disc set with six episodes, $26.98.
Extras: Commentary on select episodes, "diary cam" behind-the-
scenes footage. (Fox).
** Tiresia (2003 -- French, Portuguese) Laurent Lucas, Clara
Choveaux, Thiago Teles, Celia Catalifo, Lou Castel. (Koch
Lorber).
** Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005) Dir.: Michael
Winterbottom; Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Gillian Anderson, Jeremy
Northam, James Fleet, Ian Hart, Shirley Henderson. Extras:
Commentary by Coogan and Brydon, deleted scenes, scene
extensions, behind-the-scenes footage. (HBO Video).
** 2005-2006 Stanley Cup Champions (2006) Just days after the
Stanley Cup is raised, this documentary will contain full
coverage of the champion's winning season; $24.98. Extras:
Interviews with key players and coaches; best moments of the
playoffs; pivotal games and periods in their entirety;
collectable insert with team records and photos; coverage of the
regular season, playoffs and Stanley Cup finals. (Warner).
** Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Volume 2. Three-
disc set with 16 episodes, $39.98. Bloopers, interview with star
David Hedison, still gallery. (Fox).
** Weeds: Season One. Single disc with 10 episodes, $39.98.
Extras: "Smoke & Mirrors" original marijuana mockumentary
narrated by Romany Malco; Agrestic "herbal" recipes; "Smokey
Snippits" humorous "extras" from cast interviews; "Suburban
Shakedown" featurette; commentary by show writer-creator Jenji
Kohan, actors Kevin Nealon, Romany Malco, Tonye Patano and Craig
X on selected episodes; Showtime original series shorts 1 & 2: Q
& A's with the cast; Showtime original "Weeds" special; "More
than a Friend" All Too Much music video. (Lionsgate).
** Yi Yi (2000) Nianzhen Wu, Issey Ogata. New, restored high-
definition digital transfer; $39.95. Extras: Commentary by
writer-director Edward Yang and noted Asian-cinema critic Tony
Rayns, new video interview with Rayns about the "New Taiwanese
Cinema" movement, new essay by Kent Jones. (The Criterion
Collection).
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>
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