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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, July 18 -- MONDAY, July 24
ATL
ATL tells the story of four teens coming of age in a working
class Atlanta neighborhood where hip-hop music and roller skating
rule. As the group prepares for life after high school,
challenges on and off the rink bring about turning points in each
of their lives. The film is loosely based on Dallas Austin and
Tionne Watkins' experiences growing up in Atlanta and hanging out
at a local skating rink called Jellybeans. Vitals: Director:
Chris Robinson. Stars: T.I., Evan Ross, Lauren London, Mykelti
Williamson, Albert Daniels, Jackie Long, Jason Weaver, Keith
David, Lonette McKee, Big Boi. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 105
min., Comedy, Box office gross: $21.160 million, Warner.
CLEAN
Emily Wang (Maggie Cheung) is a woman who wrestles with her dream
of becoming a singer, her fitness as a mother, and daily life
without her partner Lee (James Johnston). Her past is riddled
with drugs and regrets, the result of which left Lee dead in a
desolate motel room in Hamilton, Ontario, and landed Emily with a
six-month jail sentence. The only thing that she desires for the
future is a loving relationship with her son Jay, who is being
cared for by Lee's parents, Albrecht (Nick Nolte) and Rosemary
(Martha Henry). While Rosemary blames Emily for the death of Lee,
Albrecht recognizes the importance of the bond between a mother
and her son, and his faith sets the standard for the faith Emily
must find in herself. Clean follows Emily to Hamilton, Paris,
London and San Francisco and in three languages (English, French
and Cantonese), as she battles for a place in a world reluctant
to forget the woman she has been and unwilling to accept her as
the woman she longs to be. Vitals: Director: Olivier Assayas
Stars: Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, James Johnston, Beatrice Dalle,
Martha Henry, Jeanne Balibar, Don McKellar. 2006, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 111 min., Drama, Box office gross: $.110 million, Palm
Pictures.
SHE'S THE MAN
Teen comedy of errors about kids, mistaken identities and love.
Amanda Bynes plays Viola Johnson, a teen girl who impersonates
her twin brother Sebastian (James Kirk) and enrolls in his place
at his new boarding school, Illyria Prep. She was counting on
Sebastian being AWOL from school as he tried to break into the
music scene in London. What she didn't count on was falling in
love with her hot roommate, Duke (Channing Tatum), who in turn
only has eyes for the beautiful Olivia (Laura Ramsey). Making
matters worse, Olivia is starting to fall for the female
Sebastian, who -- for reasons Olivia couldn't begin to guess --
appears to be the sensitive type of guy she'd always dreamed of
meeting. If things weren't complicated enough, the real Sebastian
has come back from London two days earlier than expected and
arrives on campus having no clue that he's been replaced... by
his own twin sister. Vitals: Director: Andy Fickman. Stars:
Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Robert Hoffman,
Jonathan Sadowski, Alex Breckenridge, Julie Hagerty. 2006, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 105 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $32.694
million, DreamWorks.
TSOTSI
Based on a novel by Athol Fugard. Emotionally-charged film about
the struggle of power, rage and redemption in the gritty streets
of Johannesburg, South Africa. Tsotsi (Johannesburg street slang
for thug) is a young, violent gang leader living in the
Johannesburg slums. Having grown up impoverished, with a violent
father and a desperately sick mother, Tsotsi neither loves nor
trusts anyone. After Tsotsi shoots a young woman and steals her
car, he realizes he has also accidentally kidnapped the victim's
infant child. The complications from this act begin Tsotsi's
self-discovery and his road to personal redemption as he decides
to raise the child as his own. In Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans with
English subtitles. Vitals: Director: Gavin Hood. Stars: Presley
Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo
Ngqobe, Zola. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Drama, Box
office gross: $1.639 million, Miramax, 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
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Warner Home Video has two superb collections due this week, one
honoring film's tough guys, the other a compilation of Film Noir
outings (the third volume in WHV's series). "Warner Bros.
Pictures Tough Guys Collection" is an all new to DVD, six-disc
set with "Bullets or Ballots" (1936) starring Edward G. Robinson,
Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart; "Each Dawn I Die"
(1939) starring James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George
Bancroft, Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom; "'G' Men" (1935)
starring James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert
Armstrong, Barton MacLane, Lloyd Nolan; "San Quentin" (1937)
starring Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Barton
MacLane; "A Slight Case of Murder" (1937) starring Edward G.
Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly; and "City for
Conquest" (1940) starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank
Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Arthur Kennedy, George
Tobias, Jerome Cowan, Elia Kazan, Anthony Quinn, Lee Patrick. All
six titles have been fully restored and digitally remastered with
special features including historian commentaries and new making-
of featurettes. Each disc also contains an exclusive "Warner
Night at the Movies" segment that recreates moviegoer attractions
such as newsreels, comedy shorts, cartoons and trailers from the
years each film was released. The collection will be available
for $67.92; each title is also available separately for $19.97.
"The Film Noir Classics Collection: Volume 3" contains five new
to DVD, digitally remastered titles: "Border Incident" (1949)
directed by Anthony Mann and starring Ricardo Montalban, George
Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell; "His Kind of Woman"
(1951) starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim
Holt, Charles McGraw, Marjorie Reynolds, Raymond Burr, Jim Back;
"Lady in the Lake" (1947) directed by and starring Robert
Montgomery, with Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon
Ames, Jayne Meadows; "On Dangerous Ground" (1952) directed by
Nicholas Ray and starring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond,
Charles Kemper, Ed Begley; and "The Racket" (1951) starring
Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray
Collins. Available exclusively with the set will be a bonus
documentary, "Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light"-a companion
piece that contains an elucidating overview, complete with clips
and expert commentary -- and "Vintage Shorts": "Women in Hiding,"
"You, the People," "Forbidden Passage" and "A Gun in his Hand."
The six-disc collection will be sold as a set only for $49.92.
Also due this week is the classic TV production "Sybil" (1976)
directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Joanne Woodward, Sally
Field, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett, Jane Hoffman, Charles Lane,
Jessamine Milner and William Prince. The anniversary edition two-
disc set of the true story of a young woman (Field) with a
multitude of personalities and the brave therapist (Woodward) who
heals her includes the "Examining Sybil" featurette with
exclusive interviews with Field and Woodward, writer Stewart
Stern, producer Peter Dunne, and close friends of the real Sybil;
and "The Paintings of Sybil," a gallery of never-before-seen
artwork by the real Sybil; from Warner. A landmark TV feature ...
Sony is re-releasing "Some Like It Hot" (1959), directed by Billy
Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon,
George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Nehemiah Persoff, Joan
Shawlee, Billy Gray, and Mike Mazurki), as a Collectors Edition
two-disc set with an eight-page collectible booklet;, collectible
postcards; commentary featuring interviews with Tony Curtis, Jack
Lemmon and others; a new documentary "The Making of Some Like It
Hot"; a second new documentary "The Legacy of Some Like It Hot";
a "Nostalgic Look Back With Tony Curtis" featurette; "Memories of
the Sweet Sues" all-girl band featurette; more.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Amazing Stories: The Complete First Season," a
four-disc set with 24 episodes, $49.98 from Universal ...
"Carnivale: The Complete Second Season," a six-disc set, $99.98.
from HBO Video ... "An Early Frost" (1985), the first major
exploration of AIDS. starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Sylvia
Sidney, Aidan Quinn, D.W. Moffett and John Glover, from Wolfe
Video ... "The Incredible Hulk: The Complete First Season," a
four-disc set with 10 episodes, $39.98 from Universal ... "Jack
of All Trades: The Complete Series" (2000), a three-disc set with
22 episodes, $39.98 from Universal ... "The Pretender: Season
Four," a four-disc set with 19 episodes, including the two-hour
finale, $39.98 from Fox ... "Ren & Stimpy: The Lost Episodes," a
two-disc set with uncensored episodes, $26.99 from Paramount.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
"Edison Force" (2005) is an action thriller about an elite police
force that takes the law into their own hands, starring Morgan
Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Justin Timberlake, LL Cool J, Dylan
McDermott, John Heard, Cary Elwes, Roselyn Sanchez and Damien
Wayans, from Sony ... "Subject Two" (2006) is a modern take on
the Frankenstein monster story, set high atop the Rocky
Mountains, starring Christian Oliver and Dean Stapleton, from
First Look Studios ... "Road House: Deluxe Edition" (1989) is the
cult film about gangsters and bouncers, starring Patrick Swayze,
Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott and Ben Gazzara; the followup, "Road
House 2: Last Call"(2006), stars Johnathon Schaech and Will
Patton; both are from Sony ... "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes
Story" (2004) is a comedy that tells the story of paintball's
first near-legendary superstar, his fall from grace and his rise
back to the top, starring Rob Corddry, Paul Scheer, Dannah
Feinglass, Rob Riggle, Curtis Gwinn, Seth Morris and Rob Huebel;
$19.98 from Shout! Factory.
ON THE INDIE FRONT:
"Touched" (2005) is a romantic yarn about a loving father who
survives a terrible accident but mourns the loss of his son,
eventually finding beauty, love and hope with a beautiful young
woman, starring Jenna Elfman, Randall Batinkoff, Samantha Mathis,
Diana Venora and Bruce Davison, from First Look Studios ... In
"The Second Chance" (2006), a suburban pastor is forced to
confront his own prejudices when the Church, disturbed with his
unconventional ways (he uses electrifying music to bring his
parishioners to their feet), send him off to the city's poorest
neighborhood; stars Grammy-winner Michael W. Smith, Jeff Obafemi
Carr, J. Don Ferguson and Lisa Arrindell Anderson; from Sony ...
"Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace" (2004) is a wild "kung-
fu" comedy in which Harry Knuckles (aka Special Agent Spanish
Fly) hunts down a missing necklace, starring Phil Caracas, Jeff
Moffet and Shana Sosin, from Eclectic DVD.
FOREIGN:
"Don't Move" (2004 -- Italy) is a heated drama about an ill-fated
love affair between a Rome surgeon and a working-class woman,
starring Penelope Cruz, Sergio Castellitto and Claudia Gerini; in
Italian with English subtitles, from Wellspring ... "Intimate
Stories" (2002 -- Argentina) stars Javier Lombardo, Antonio
Benedicti, Javiera Bravo and Julia Solomonoff in a beguiling tale
about the separate journey of three neighbors -- whose lives and
adventures crisscross in seemingly free-form patterns -- seeking
better lives. Nothing is going to stop Maria, Don Justo or
Roberto from reaching San Julian, where Maria has been promised
fame, Roberto foresees love and Don Justo seeks redemption. But
getting there is no small task; in Spanish with English
subtitles, from New Yorker Video.
FOR THE KIDS:
Episodes from two TV standbys come to DVD this week: "SpongeBob
SquarePants: Karate Island" features seven episodes of the porous
one, $16.99 from Paramount ... "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Volume 3"
and "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Volume 4" are single discs with four
22-minute episodes of the Cartoon Network favorite; $14.97 each
from Warner.
SPECIAL INTEREST:
The 1981 "The Pee-wee Herman Show" was a precursor to the
critically lauded, multiple Emmy-award winning television show
"Pee-wee's Playhouse." "The Pee-wee Herman Show" was rooted in
improvisational theater and conceived by Paul Reubens as an
homage to kids television programs of the 1950s and '60s. During
a wildly successful five-month engagement at Los Angeles' Roxy
Theatre in 1981, the adult stage show was taped live for HBO's
"On Location" series; $14.99 from Image Entertainment ...
"Louisiana on My Mind" comprises three documentaries on Louisiana
music: "Maroon: On the Trail of Creoles in North America",
"Zarico" and "Liberty Street Blues," $24.95 from Music Video
Distributors/Video Service Corp. ... "Shakespeare Behind Bars" is
a 2005 award-winning documentary about an all-male Shakespearean
theatre company composed of convicted felons doing hard time at
the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in Kentucky; $19.98 from
Shout! Factory ,,, "That's Funny" (2004) contains 10 hours of
America's funniest people, zany animals, unusual tricks and
craziest hidden camera episodes hosted by Rondell Sheridan;
$14.99 from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.
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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
** Adventures of Brisco County, Jr: The Complete Series. Eight-
disc set with 27 episodes, $99.98. Extras: "A Reading From the
Book of Bruce," "The History of Brisco County" making of
documentary featuring Bruce Campbell and the show's creators,
"Tools of the Trade" interactive map that launches into mini-
featurettes about the gadgets and props used in the show, "A
Brisco County Writer's Room" roundtable reunion/ discussion with
the key writer/producers. (Warner).
** Amazing Stories: The Complete First Season. Four-disc set with
24 episodes, $49.98. Extras: Deleted scenes. (Universal).
** An Early Frost (1985 -- TV) Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Sylvia
Sidney, Aidan Quinn, D.W. Moffett, John Glover. (Wolfe Video).
** ATL (2006) T.I., Evan Ross, Lauren London, Mykelti Williamson,
Albert Daniels, Jackie Long, Jason Weaver, Keith David, Lonette
McKee, Big Boi. Extras: T.I. "What You Know" music video,
additional scenes, "In the Rink: A Director's Journey." (Warner).
** Carnivale: The Complete Second Season. Six-disc set, $99.98.
Extras: Commentaries by creator, cast and crew; Museum of
Television & radio panel discussion with cast and producers;
"Creating the Scene" featurette; "Magic & Myth: The Meaning of
Carnavale" documentary. (HBO Video).
** Clean (2006 -- France) Dir.: Olivier Assayas; Maggie Cheung,
Nick Nolte, James Johnston, Beatrice Dalle, Martha Henry, Jeanne
Balibar, Don McKellar. (Palm Pictures)
** Don't Move (2004 -- Italian) Penelope Cruz, Sergio
Castellitto, Claudia Gerini. (Wellspring).
** Edison Force (2005) Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Justin
Timberlake, LL Cool J, Dylan McDermott, John Heard, Cary Elwes,
Roselyn Sanchez, Damien Wayans. (Sony).
** The Film Noir Classics Collection: Volume 3. All new to DVD
and all digitally remastered: "Border Incident," "His Kind of
Woman," "Lady in the Lake," "On Dangerous Ground" and "The
Racket." Available exclusively with the set will be a bonus
documentary, "Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light"-- a vital
companion piece that contains an elucidating overview, complete
with clips and expert commentary - and "Vintage Shorts": "Women
in Hiding," "You, the People," "Forbidden Passage" and "A Gun in
his Hand." The six-disc collection will be sold as a set only for
$49.92. (Warner).
-- Border Incident (1949) Dir.: Anthony Mann; Ricardo
Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell.
Extras: Commentary by film historian Dana Polan, trailer.
-- His Kind of Woman (1951) Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell,
Vincent Price, Tim Holt, Charles McGraw, Marjorie Reynolds,
Raymond Burr, Jim Back. Extras: Commentary by film historian
Vivian Sobchack.
-- Lady in the Lake (1947) Dir.: Robert Montgomery; Robert
Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames,
Jayne Meadows. Extras: Commentary by film historians Alain Silver
and James Ursini , trailer.
-- On Dangerous Ground (1952) Dir.: Nicholas Ray; Ida Lupino,
Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Ed Begley. Extras:
Commentary by film historian Glenn Erickson, trailer.
-- The Racket (1951) Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert
Ryan, William Talman. Ray Collins Extras: Commentary by film
historian Eddie Mueller, trailer.
** Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace (2004) Phil Caracas,
Jeff Moffet, Shana Sosin. (Eclectic DVD).
** The Incredible Hulk: The Complete First Season. Four-disc set
with 10 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Introduction by The Hulk (Lou
Ferrigno), commentary by producer Kenneth Johnson, more.
(Universal).
** Intimate Stories (2002 -- Argentina) Dir.: Carlos Sorin;
Javier Lombardo, Antonio Benedicti, Javiera Bravo, Julia
Solomonoff. Extras: Making-of featurette. (New Yorker Video).
** Jack of All Trades: The Complete Series (2000) Three-disc set
with 22 episodes, $39.98. (Universal).
** Louisiana on My Mind. Three documentaries on Louisiana music:
"Maroon: On the Trail of Creoles in North America", "Zarico" and
"Liberty Street Blues," $24.95. (Music Video Distributors/Video
Service Corp.)
** The Pee-wee Herman Show (1981) A precursor to the critically
lauded, multiple Emmy-award winning television show "Pee-wee's
Playhouse", "The Pee-wee Herman Show" was rooted in
improvisational theater and conceived by Paul Reubens as an
homage to kids television programs of the 1950s and '60s. During
a wildly successful five-month engagement at Los Angeles' Roxy
Theatre in 1981, the adult stage show was taped live for HBO's
"On Location" series. $14.99. (Image Entertainment).
** The Pretender: Season Four. Four-disc set with 19 episodes,
including the two-hour finale, $39.98. Extras: Commentary on
select episodes, three featurettes. (Fox).
** A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Volume 3. Single disc with four 22-
minute episodes of the Cartoon Network favorite; $14.97.
(Warner).
** A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Volume 4. Single disc with four 22-
minute episodes of the Cartoon Network favorite; $14.97.
(Warner).
** Queer Duck (2006) Vocies of Jim J. Bullock, Maurice LaMarche,
Conan O'Brien, Kevin Michael Richardson, Billy West, Tim Curry,
David Duchovny. Extras: Five featurettes: "Getting Behind Queer
Duck," "Getting the Right Homosexual," "How to Find a Partner If
You're Bi. Um Coastal," "Stripping Down Queer Duck," "The People
Behind the Voices"; Queer Duck Shorts: "I'm Coming Out" (Queer
Duck comes out to his friends and family), "Fiddler on the
Roofie" (Queer Duck babysits his nephew Lil' Lucky), "Queer As
Fowl" (Queer Duck and friends attend a funeral), "Bi-Polar Bear
and the Glorious Hole" ( While rummaging for food Bi-Polar bear
gets stuck in a hole) and "A Gay Outing" (Queer Duck takes Lil'
Lucky and his friends camping). (Paramount).
** Ren & Stimpy: The Lost Episodes. Two-disc set with uncensored
episodes, $26.99. Extras: Animatics, pencil tests, Easter Eggs,
more. (Paramount).
** Road House: Deluxe Edition (1989) Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch,
Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara. Extras: Commentary by Swayze, "What
Would Dalton Do" featurette, deleted scenes, trivia track.
(Sony).
** Road House 2: Last Call (2006) Johnathon Schaech, Will Patton.
(Sony).
** The Second Chance (2006) Michael W. Smith, Jeff Obafemi Carr,
J. Don Ferguson, Lisa Arrindell Anderson. Extras: Commentary by
director Steve Taylor and actors Smith and Carr, deleted scenes,
behind-the-scenes making-of featurette, "Beyond-the-making of The
Second Chance," "The Second Chance" FAQ file, "All in the Serve"
Michael W. Smith music video, "Action!: Presenting at the Gospel
Music Award." (Sony).
** Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005) Award-winning documentary about
an all-male Shakespearean theatre company composed of convicted
felons doing hard time at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex
in Kentucky; $19.98. Extras: Deleted scenes; prisoner updates;
bonus performance footage; three commentaries by the filmmakers
(Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller of Philomath Films),
program founder/artistic director, and four of the murderers,
fugitives and thieves (and worse) who participated in the
program. (Shout! Factory)
** She's the Man (2006) Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura
Ramsey, Robert Hoffman, Jonathan Sadowski, Alex Breckenridge,
Julie Hagerty. Extras: Commentary by the cast, director Andy
Finkman and co-writer/producer Ewan Leslie; second commentary by
Ewan Leslie and producer Lauren Shuler Donner; deleted scenes;
three behind-the-scenes featurettes; gag reel; cast photo album;
pop-up trivia track; more. (DreamWorks).
** Some Like It Hot: Collectors Edition (1959) Dir.: Billy
Wilder; Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft,
Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Nehemiah Persoff, Joan Shawlee, Billy
Gray, Mike Mazurki. Two-disc set. Extras: Eight-page collectible
booklet, collectible postcards, commentary featuring interviews
with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and more, new documentary: "The
Making of Some Like It Hot," new documentary: "The Legacy of Some
Like It Hot," "Nostalgic Look Back With Tony Curtis," "Memories
of the Sweet Sues" all-girl band featurette, "Virtual Hall of
Memories," original pressbook gallery. (Sony).
** SpongeBob SquarePants: Karate Island. Seven episodes, $16.99.
Extras: SpongeBob's Karate Chops Game. (Paramount).
** Street Fighter II: The Animated Feature. Unrated and unedited,
with additional graphic footage previously unseen in the United
States; $19.98. Extras: All-new "Street Fighter" mini-comic-book
from Japan's famous Udon Comics. (Manga Entertainment).
** Subject Two (2006) Christian Oliver, Dean Stapleton. (First
Look Studios).
** The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Volume 1 (2006) Five episodes
from the Disney Channel series, $19.99. (Disney).
** Sybil (1976 -- TV) Dir.: Daniel Petrie; Joanne Woodward, Sally
Field, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett, Jane Hoffman, Charles Lane,
Jessamine Milner, William Prince. Anniversary edition two-disc
set. Extras: "Examining Sybil" featurette with exclusive
interviews with Field and Woodward, writer, Stewart Stern,
producer Peter Dunne, and close friends of the real Sybil; "The
Paintings of Sybil" gallery of never-before-seen artwork by the
real Sybil. (Warner).
** That's Funny (2004) Ten hours of America's funniest people,
zany animals, unusual tricks and craziest hidden camera episodes
hosted by Rondell Sheridan; $14.99. (Echo Bridge Home
Entertainment).
** That's So Raven: Volume 4: Raven's Makeover Madness (2006)
Five episodes from the Disney Channel series, $19.99. Extras: "So
You Think You Know Raven" interactive trivia challenge. (Disney).
** Tsotsi (2006) Dir: Gavin Hood; Presley Chweneyagae, Terry
Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola. Extras:
Commentary by screenwriter-director Gavin Hood, alternate
endings, deleted scenes, "The Making of Tsotsi," Zola music
video. (Miramax).
** Touched (2005) Jenna Elfman, Randall Batinkoff, Samantha
Mathis, Diana Venora, Bruce Davison. (First Look Studios).
** Warner Bros. Pictures Tough Guys Collection. All new to DVD,
six-disc set with "Bullets or Ballots," "Each Dawn I Die," "'G'
Men," "San Quentin," "A Slight Case of Murder" and "City for
Conquest." All six titles have been fully restored and digitally
remastered with special features including historian commentaries
and new making-of featurettes. Each disc also contains an
exclusive "Warner Night at the Movies" segment that recreates
moviegoer attractions such as newsreels, comedy shorts, cartoons
and trailers from the years each film was released. The
collection will be available for $67.92; each title is also
available separately for $19.97. (Warner).
-- Bullets or Ballots (1936) Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell,
Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart. Extras: New featurette
"Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero," commentary by Dana Polan, "How
I Play Golf by Bobby Jones No. 10: Trouble Shots," "Breakdowns of
1936": studio blooper reel, audio-only bonus: 4/16/1939 Lux Radio
Theater broadcast with Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart,
"Warner Night at the Movies" 1936 short subjects gallery: vintage
newsreel, vintage short "George Hall and His Orchestra," classic
cartoon" I'm a Big Shot Now," trailer "The Charge of the Light
Brigade."
-- Each Dawn I Die (1939) James Cagney, George Raft, Jane
Bryan, George Bancroft, Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom. Extras:
New featurette "Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of
Gangster Films," commentary by film historian Haden Guest,
"Breakdowns of 1939": studio blooper reel, bonus cartoon "Each
Dawn I Crow," 3/22/43 Lux Radio Theater broadcast, trailer,
"Warner Night at the Movies" 1939 short subjects gallery:
documentary short "A Day at Santa Anita," classic cartoon
"Detouring America," trailer "Wings of the Navy."
-- 'G' Men (1935) James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak,
Robert Armstrong, Barton MacLane, Lloyd Nolan. Extras: New
featurette "Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for
Hollywood," commentary by Richard Jewell, "How I Play Golf by
Bobby Jones No. 11: Practice Shots," "Things You Never See on the
Screen: Breakdowns of 1935" studio blooper reel, trailer, "Warner
Night at the Movies" 1935 short subjects gallery: comedy short
"The Old Grey Mayor" starring Bob Hope, classic cartoon "Buddy
the Gee Man," trailer "Devil Dogs of the Air."
-- San Quentin (1937) Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann
Sheridan, Barton MacLane .Extras: New featurette "Welcome to the
Big House," commentary by Patricia King Hanson, "Breakdowns of
1937" studio blooper reel, trailer, "Warner Night at the Movies"
1937 short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel, "Broadway Brevity"
short "The Man Without a Country," classic cartoon "Porky's
Double Trouble," "Kid Galahad" trailer.
-- A Slight Case of Murder (1937) Edward G. Robinson. Jane
Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly. Extras: New featurette
"Prohibition Opens the Floodgates," trailer, "Warner Night at the
Movies" 1938 short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel, drama
short "Declaration of Independence," classic cartoon "The Night
Watchman," "The Dawn Patrol" trailer.
-- City for Conquest (1940) Dir.: Anatole Litvak; James Cagney,
Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Arthur
Kennedy, George Tobias, Jerome Cowan, Elia Kazan, Anthony Quinn,
Lee Patrick. Extras: New featurette "Molls and Dolls: The Women
of Gangster Films," "Breakdowns of 1940" studio blooper reel,
audio-only bonus: 2/9/1942 Lux Radio Theater broadcast,
commentary by Richard Schickel, trailer, "Warner Night at the
Movies" 1940 short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel, short
"Service With the Colors," classic cartoon "Stage Fright,"
trailer "The Fighting 69th."
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>
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