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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, July 25 -- MONDAY, July 31
ASK THE DUST
Colin Farrell is Arturo Bandini, a young would-be writer who
comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself.
While there, he meets beautiful barmaid Camilla (Salma Hayek), a
Mexican immigrant who hopes for a better life by marrying a
wealthy American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their
ethnicity in blue-blood California. The passion that arises
between them is palpable -- if they could only set aside their
ambitions and submit to it. Vitals: Director: Robert Towne.
Stars: Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek), Donald Sutherland, Eileen
Atkins. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 116 min., Drama, Box office
gross: $.742 million, Paramount.
BENCHWARMERS, THE
Three nerds (Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder) team up to
create a three-man baseball team in an effort to make up for
their lack of athleticism when they were younger. The determined
trio compete against a full squad of elementary school baseball
players and along the way, develop a large following of left-out
kids as they head into a high-stakes, winner takes all game
against the best little league in the state. In order to prepare
for the tournament, they hire baseball legend Reggie Jackson to
train them. Reggie works with them on timing by having them sit
in the back of a truck as it drives down the street, swinging a
bat and demolishing mailboxes. He also teaches them fielding by
tossing a hot potato at them, which they catch barehanded and
toss quickly to one another. Amazingly, the training pays off and
they become an inspiration to benchwarmers everywhere. Vitals:
Director: Dennis Dugan. Stars: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon
Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims. 2006, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 80 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $57.651
million, Sony.
FINAL DESTINATION 3
On what should be one of the happiest days of her life, high
school senior Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) joins her friends
for a graduation night celebration at a local amusement park. As
they're about to board a roller coaster, Wendy is suddenly
spooked. Her boyfriend Jason (Jesse Moss) reassures her that it's
merely the act of relinquishing control that's giving her the
jitters. Wendy overcomes her fear, but no sooner has the
pneumatic harness descended, securing her in her seat, than Wendy
experiences a vivid premonition of a fatal accident in which the
roller coaster becomes a death trap for her and her friends.
Emerging from her terrifying vision and still on the ride
platform, Wendy freaks out and demands to be let off. Her
classmate, Kevin (Ryan Merriman), who's seated beside her, feels
compelled to accompany Wendy. As they're leaving, Lewis (Texas
Battle) taunts Kevin, calling him a wimp. Insults turn to blows,
others join the scuffle, and soon a handful of students are
forcibly ejected from the ride. As they watch from below, Wendy's
premonition proves nightmarishly true -- the coaster careens out
of control, and all those aboard perish. But that's only the
beginning. As in the previous editions of the franchise, those
who survive the disaster discover that fate is hard to escape.
They were meant to die ... and death is not so easily cheated.
Wendy's friends lose their lives via decapitation, squashing, and
even in a tanning parlor, while Wendy tries to figure out how to
save the day. For fans of the first two outings only. Vitals:
Director: James Wong. Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan
Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Sam Easton, Jesse Moss,
Gina Holden. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 93 min., Horror Thriller,
Box office gross: $53.511 million, New Line.
For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
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NEWS
COMING SOON:
Due August 8 is Spike Lee's bank heist action thriller "Inside
Man," starring Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster,
Christopher Plummer and Willem Dafoe, from Universal ...
"Poseidon," Wolfgang Petersen's lackluster remake of the 1972
disaster flick, founders home August 22, from Warner ... Very
dark comedy "Thank You For Smoking," directed by Jason Reitman
and starring Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam
Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, Rob Lowe,
William H. Macy, J.K. Simmons and Robert Duvall, insinuates
itself to home video on October 3, from Fox ... Due October 31 is
comedy "Keeping Up With the Steins," starring Jami Gertz, Daryl
Hannah, Garry Marshall, Jeremy Piven, Doris Roberts, Daryl
Sabara, Larry Miller, Cheryl Hines and Richard Benjamin, from
Miramax.
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
From the folks at The Criterion Collection comes Michael Powell
and Emeric Pressburger's beloved classic "A Canterbury Tale." The
film is a profoundly personal journey to Powell's bucolic
birthplace of Kent, England. Set amidst the tumult of the World
War II, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of
Chaucer's pilgrims -- a melancholy "landgirl," a plainspoken
American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant -- who are
waylaid in the English countryside and forced to solve a bizarre
village crime en route to the mythical town. "A Canterbury Tale"
has acquired a following of devotees passionate enough to qualify
as pilgrims themselves. The two-disc set features a new high-
definition digital transfer from Michael Powell's re-edited
American version; $39.95.
"The War Game" has to be one of the scariest movies of all time.
Director Peter Watkins was commissioned to create a drama
depicting the effects of a nuclear attack on England. Using hand-
held cameras, he instead created a devastatingly real and
harrowing mock-documentary that horrified viewers for its
verisimilitude in showing the death and destruction that would be
wrought by an attack on England. The BBC banned the film, and it
subsequently had difficulty getting aired elsewhere, including
the States. I first saw the film in 1966 and had nightmares for
weeks after. The 49-minute film is piggybacked with "Culloden"
(1964), Watkins' reconstruction of the 1746 battle in which the
Scottish Highlanders were slaughtered by the English; on one disc
from New Yorker Video; $39.95.
Will Rogers was an American original: part Cherokee Indian, he
was a cowboy, a trick roper, a Ziegfeld Follies star, a radio
commentator, a columnist, a philosopher, a philanthropist and a
Hollywood movie star. To honor the simple wisdom of this
iconoclastic Everyman, Fox has put together "The Will Rogers
Collection: Volume 1," a four disc set with four of Rogers' 1935
filmed outings, restored and remastered: "Doubting Thomas," "In
Old Kentucky," "Life Begins at Forty" and "Steamboat Round the
Bend"; $59.98.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of TV's most thoughtful
and enigmatic series, A&E Home Video has put together "The
Prisoner Megaset: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition," a 10-
disc set with all 17 episodes, plus bonus footage; "The Prisoner
Video Companion"; original production and promotion materials;
rare location footage; and a new 60-page Limited Edition series
companion guide, fully illustrated with extensive episode guides
and complete with liner notes detailing the many hidden mysteries
behind the series, plus a new, deluxe fold-out map of The
Village; $139.95.
In its ongoing celebration of America's "dimpled darling," Fox
has put together "The Shirley Temple Collection, Volume Four," a
three-disc set with "Captain January" (1936), "Just Around the
Corner" (1938) and "Susannah of the Mounties" (1939), in original
black and white and colorized versions, $29.98 or $14.98 each ...
On a scarier note, Anchor Bay will release "Halloween: 25 Years
of Terror" (2006), a two-disc set retrospective that chronicles
the man and the movies, loaded with extras; "Halloween 4: The
Return of Michael Myers" (1988), a DiviMax special edition
featuring the first ever high-definition transfer of the film;
and "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers" (1989), also a
DiviMax special edition.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Animaniacs Volume 1," a five-disc set with 25
episodes, $44.98 from Warner ... "Boondocks: The Complete First
Season," a three-disc set with 15 episodes, $49.95 from Sony ...
"Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes -- Uncensored," featuring
three completed episodes from the long-lost third season. $24.99
from Paramount ... "God or the Girl" (2005), a single disc of the
A&E miniseries, $24.95 from A&E Home Video ... "JAG -- The
Complete First Season," a six-disc set, $64.99 from Paramount ...
"Jane Eyre" is the 1973 BBC miniseries considered to be one of
the best adaptations of Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece, starring
Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston, from Acorn Media ... "Laguna
Beach: Season 2" is a three-disc set, $42.99, from Paramount ...
"Pinky and the Brain Volume 1" is a four-disc set with 22
episodes, $44.98 from Warner ... "Punky Brewster: The Complete
Third Season" (1987-88) is a four-disc set with 23 episodes,
$34.98 from Shout! Factory ... "Rawhide: The Complete First
Season" is a seven-disc set with 23 episodes, $49.99 from
Paramount ... "Rebus, Set 1" (2006) is a two-disc set of the BBC
America series based on the Scottish detective thrillers by
bestselling crime author Ian Rankin; $39.99 from Acorn Media ...
"Robert Ludlum's Covert One: The Hades Factor" is a 2006 two-part
miniseries starring Stephen Dorff, Mira Sorvino, Blair Underwood,
Sophia Myles, Danny Huston, Colm Meaney, Josh Hopkins, Jeffrey
DeMunn and Anjelica Huston, from Sony ... "Tales From the Crypt:
The Complete Fourth Season" is a three-disc set with 14 episodes,
$39.98 from Warner.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
In "Rave" (2000), six friends search for the ultimate Rave in Los
Angeles, encountering events that will change their lives
forever, starring Douglas Spain, Aimee Graham, Nicholle Tom,
Dante Basco and Steven Bauer, from Lightyear Entertainment ...
"Asphalt Wars" (2004) is an actioner about a would-be race car
driver who becomes the getaway driver in a bank heist, starring
Mario Alvarado and Calvi Pabon, from Buena Vista ... "The Iris
Effect" (2004) is a supernatural thriller about a mother who
travels to Russia in search of her missing son, starring Anne
Archer, Mia Kirshner, Agnes Bruckner, Kip Pardue, Devon Alan and
Gregory Hlday, from MTI Home Video ... "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, from Shout! Factory ... "Scorpius Gigantus" (2005) stars
Jeff Fahey and Jo Bourne-Taylor in a horror sci-fi thriller about
a military experiment to create super soldiers using the genes of
scorpions that goes horribly awry, from Buena Vista ... "White
Coats (aka Intern Academy)" (2004) is a comedy about fun and sex
among a group of hospital interns, starring Dave Foley, Dave
Thomas, Dan Aykroyd, Maury Chaykin, Matt Frewer and Saul Rubinek,
from First Look Studios ... "Angus Valley Farms" is a direct-to-
video supernatural slasher film about documentary filmmakers
unearthing a horrible curse, from Central Film Company.
ON THE INDIE FRONT:
"Deepwater" (2005) stars Lucas Black, Peter Coyote, Mia Maestro,
Lesley Ann Warren and Xander Berkeley in a dark tale about a
drifter seduced into a world of deceit, adultery and murder, from
Monarch Home Video ... "Forbidden Fruits" (2005) is a racially
charged indie drama about three college students (African-
American, Chaldean-American and Arabic-American) in a love
triangle, starring Taral Hicks, Keith David, Fredro Starr and
Keith Sweat, from Codeblack Entertainment ... In "Somersault"
(2004), a young girl runs away from home to start a new life in
the Australian ski town of Jindabyne, where her sexuality is
awakened; the film stars Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette
Curran, Nathaniel Dean, Erik Thomson and Leah Purcell, from
Magnolia Home Entertainment.
FOREIGN:
"Electric Shadows" (2004 -- Chinese) stars Yu Xia, Haibin Li, and
Yijing Zhang in a charming tale about a young man and woman and
their love of movies, set during the Cultural Revolution, from
First Run Features.
FOR THE KIDS:
"Roald Dahl's The BFG" is an animated adaptation of the classic
story about a young girl spirited away by the Big Friendly Giant
to Giant Country, where she faces all kinds of exciting
adventures; $19.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Baby's Favorite
Places" (2006) is the latest release from The Baby Einstein Co.
in which puppets, real world images, and classical music take
babies and toddlers on a vocabulary journey to new places;
narrated by Marlee Matlin; $19.99 from Buena Vista ...
"Scholastic Video Collection Jumbo Box of Storybook Classics
Volume 2" is a six-disc set with 35 stories and five hours of
viewing pleasure: "Curious George Rides a Bike ... And More Tales
of Mischief," "The Wheels On the Bus ... .And More Sing-A-Long
Favorites," "Good Night, Gorilla ... And More Bedtime Stories,"
"Corduroy ... And More Stories About Friendship," "How Do
Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? ... And More Stories That Rhyme" and
"Tikki Tikki Tembo ... And More Favorite Tales"; $59.95 from
Scholastic Video ... "Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3" includes five
episodes featuring Nick's Jimmy Neutron and Timmy from the
"Fairly OddParents," $14.99 from Paramount ... "Nursery Tap, Hip
to Toe Volume Two" is a charming presentation of sights, sounds,
rhythm, storytelling, dance and song designed to introduce pre-
schoolers to the enjoyment and wonder of dance, featuring 28
classic nursery rhymes; $19.95 from Nursery Tap LLC
(www.nurserytap.com) ... "Jay Jay the Jet Plane: Jay Jay's
Sensational Mystery" contains six episodes from the PBS Kids pre-
school animated series, $12.99 from Paramount.
SPECIAL INTEREST:
Music, music, music from Kultur: "Leonard Bernstein's New York"
(1997) is a showcase of Bernstein's best film scores, ballet
excerpts and show tunes; $19.99 ... "Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost
Beatle" (2005) is a documentary on the "fifth" Beatle; $19.99 ...
"Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance" (1994) is a
performance of the comic operetta recorded live at the Lyric
Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, in Australia; $29.99
... "Testimony" (1988) stars Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines,
Magdalen Asquith, Mark Asquith and Terence Rigby in Tony Palmer's
award-winning bio of Dmitri Shostakovich, $29.99 ... also due
this week is "Soweto Gospel Choir: Blessed Live in Concert,"
filmed live on the vibrant group's 2005 Australian tour, $19.99
from Acorn Media.
Also due this week: "Aristide and the Endless Revolution" (2005),
a documentary on the United States' removal of Haiti's
democratically elected president Aristide, $24.95 from First Run
Features ... "Docurama Awards Collection Volume 2" a boxed set of
12 Academy Award-winning and nominated documentaries: "Balseros,"
"Colors Straight Up," "I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton
Elementary School," "Marjoe/Thoth," "A Time for Burning," "In the
Shadow of the Stars," "Broken Rainbow," "Sister Rose's Passion,"
"Legacy," "Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House," "Unfinished
Business," "Who Are the DeBolts?" $199.95 from Docurama ... "The
2005 Academy Award Short Films Collection" (2006) contains eight
shorts: "The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation,"
"Badgered," "The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper
Morello," "Six Shooter," "Our Time Is Up," "Ausreisser (The
Runaway)," "The Last Farm" and "Cashback"; $29.98 from Magnolia
Home Entertainment ... "D-Days in the Pacific" includes three
History Channel D-Day documentaries: "Death at Tideline,"
"Closing the Jaws" and "The Final Graveyard"; $29.95 from A&E
Home Video.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
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devices at www.tagtag.com/onvideo
** American Muscle Car Season 3. Two-disc set, $29.98. Disc 1:
Ford Thunderbird, Chevrolet El Camino & Ford Ranchero, The COPO
Cars, 968-2001 Corvette, Chrysler 300, The Ramchargers, Dodge
Charger. Disc 2: Dodge Viper, Boss 302 & 429 Mustangs, The Saleen
Mustangs, The Hurst Cars, The SLP Cars, Dodge Dart GTS, Plymouth
Roadrunner. (MPI Home Video).
** And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) Peter Cushing, Herbert
Lom, Patrick Magee, Ian Ogilvy, Stephanie Beacham. New high
definition 16x9 anamorphic widescreen transfer from 35mm
negative. Extras: Commentary by director Roy Ward Baker and actor
Stephanie Beacham, commentary by actor Ian Ogilvy, more.
(Amicus/Dark Sky/MPI Home Video).
** Animaniacs Volume 1. Five-disc set with 25 episodes, $44.98.
Extras: "Animaniacs Live!": studio style interview via satellite
big screen TV with Animaniac friends. (Warner).
** Aristide and the Endless Revolution (2005) Documentary on the
United States' removal of Haiti's democratically elected
president, Aristide. Extras: Historical timeline, bonus interview
with Aristide, resources and links, more. (First Run Features).
** Ask the Dust (2006) Dir.: Robert Towne; Colin Farrell, Salma
Hayek, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins. Extras: Commentary by
Towne, Hayek and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel; "From Novel to
Film: The Making of Ask the Dust." (Paramount).
** Asphalt Wars (2004 -- TV) Mario Alvarado, Calvi Pabon. (Buena
Vista).
** Asylum (1972) Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom,
Patrick Magee, Barry Morse, Barbara Parkins, Robert Powell,
Charlotte Rampling, Sylvia Syms, Richard Todd. New high
definition 16x9 anamorphic widescreen transfer from 35mm
negative. Extras: Commentary by director Roy Ward Baker and
cameraman Neil Binney, "Inside the Fear Factory" featurette.
(Amicus/Dark Sky/MPI Home Video).
** Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (2006) Beastie Boy music DVD,
directed by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (credited as his nom-de-film
Nathanial Hornblower) is the first of its kind: a feature-length
film shot by fans for fans. Extras: Full-length Alternate Angle
of Multi-Camera Grids allows viewers to watch the film from the
perspective of many cameras at once; "Hidden Detours" featurette
allows viewers to watch the film with the option of taking
detours throughout the concert with some of the camera operators;
band commentary; short film "A Day in the Life of Nathanial
Hornblower," starring comedian David Cross ("Arrested
Development"); world tour intros and shout outs; more.
(ThinkFilm).
** Baby's Favorite Places (2006) Puppets, real world images,
classical music take babies and toddlers on a vocabulary journey
to new places. Narrated by Marlee Matlin; $19.99. (The Baby
Einstein Co./Buena Vista).
** The Beast Must Die (1974) Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing,
Marlene Clark, Anton Diffring, Charles Gray, Ciaran Madden. New
16x9 anamorphic widescreen transfer. Extras: Commentary by
director Paul Annett, Paul Annett's tribute to Peter Cushing,
"Directing The Beast" featurette. (Amicus/Dark Sky/MPI Home
Video).
** The Benchwarmers (2006) Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder,
Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims. Extras: Commentary by
director Dennis Dugan, commentary by David Spade and Jon Heder,
deleted scenes, "Mr. October: Behind the Scenes With Reggie
Jackson," "Nerds vs. Bullies: Whose Side Are You On?" "Play Ball:
Cast & Crew Discuss America's Pastime," "Who's on Deck?: Howie's
Greatest Moments." (Sony).
** Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004) Rob Corddry, Paul
Scheer, Dannah Feinglass, Rob Riggle, Curtis Gwinn, Seth Morris,
Rob Huebel. Extras: Commentary, outtakes, deleted scenes, "Around
the World With Bobby Dukes" featurette, more. (Shout! Factory).
** Boondocks: The Complete First Season. Three-disc set with 15
episodes, $49.95. Extras: Commentaries on select episodes with
creator Aaron McGruder, crew commentaries. (Sony).
** Born in '45 (1966 - East Germany) Monika Hildebrand, Rolf
Romer, Paul Eichbaum, Holger Mahlich. Banned for 24 years.
Extras: "Forbidden Films in Retrospect" documentary. Newsreels,
interview with director of photography Roland Graf, photo
gallery, more. (First Run Features).
** A Canterbury Tale (1944) Dir.: Michael Powell and Emeric
Pressburger; Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergeant
John Sweet. Two-disc set with new high-definition digital
transfer from Michael Powell's re-edited American version;
$39.95. Extras: Commentary by film historian Ian Christie; "John
Sweet: A Pilgrim's Return," a short documentary on actor John
Sweet's 2001 return to Canterbury; Humphrey Jennings's landmark
documentary "Listen to Britain"; artist Victor Burgin's
impressionistic video piece "Listen to Britain," inspired by
Jennings's film and "A Canterbury Tale." (The Criterion
Collection).
** Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes -- Uncensored. Three
completed episodes from the long-lost third season. $24.99.
(Paramount).
** Dark Shadows Collection 25. Four-disc set with 40 episodes,
$59.98. (MPI Home Video).
** Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran. History Channel
documentary, $24.95. Extras: Muhammad Biography episode. (A&E
Home Video).
** D-Days in the Pacific. Three History Channel D-Day
documentaries: "Death at Tideline," "Closing the Jaws" and "The
Final Graveyard"; $29.95. Extras: Two Biography programs: Admiral
Chester Nimitz and General Douglas MacArthur, and "The Bloody
Hills of Peleliu." (A&E Home Video).
** Deepwater (2005) Lucas Black, Peter Coyote, Mia Maestro,
Lesley Ann Warren, Xander Berkeley. (Monarch Home Video).
** Docurama Awards Collection Volume 2. Boxed set of 12 Academy
Award-winning and nominated documentaries: "Balseros," "Colors
Straight Up," "I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary
School," "Marjoe/Thoth," "A Time for Burning," "In the Shadow of
the Stars," "Broken Rainbow," "Sister Rose's Passion," "Legacy,"
"Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House," "Unfinished Business,"
"Who Are the DeBolts?" $199.95. (Docurama).
** Electric Shadows (2004 -- Chinese) Dir.: Xiao Jiang; Yu Xia ,
Haibin Li, Yijing Zhang. Charming tale about a young man and
woman and their love of movies, set during the Cultural
Revolution. Extras: Introduction by the director, photo gallery.
(First Run feature).
** Final Destination 3 Two-Disc Thrill Ride Edition (2006) Mary
Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson,
Sam Easton, Jesse Moss, Gina Holden. Extras: Offers a true
interactive movie experience: viewers can change the course of
the movie and the fate of the characters by choosing story lines
and creating new deaths, choosing from more that 15 minutes of
new and alternate scenes in dozens of possible viewing
combinations. Ten-part making-of documentary, animated short
"It's All Around You" that examines the statistical likelihood of
death occurring in different situations, "Dead Teenager Movie"
featurette, more. (New Line).
** Forbidden Fruits (2005) Taral Hicks, Keith David, Fredro
Starr, Keith Sweat. Racially charged indie drama about three
college students in a love triangle. (Codeblack Entertainment).
** Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance (1994) Recorded
live at the Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, in
Australia; $29.99. (Kultur).
** God or the Girl (2005) A&E miniseries, $24.95. (A&E Home
Video).
** Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006) Two-disc set
retrospective that chronicles the man and the movies; $19.98.
Extras: Extended celebrity interviews "Halloween II" extended
interviews, "Halloween III" extended interviews, "Halloween 5"
on-set footage, "Halloween" convention montage, "Halloween"
convention behind-the-scenes gallery, featurettes: "Horror's
Hallowed Grounds" and "Fans of Halloween," convention panel
discussion footage on the films featuring star Ellie Cornell and
cinematographer Dean Cundey, "Halloween" location still gallery,
original artwork gallery. (Anchor Bay).
** Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Donald
Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Beau Starr, George P.
Wilbur. DiviMax special edition featuring the first ever high-
definition transfer. Extras: Commentary with actors Ellie Cornell
and Danielle Harris, "Halloween 4: Final Cut." (Anchor Bay).
** Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Donald
Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Matthew Walker, Danielle Harris, Wendy
Kaplan, Jeffrey Landman . DiviMax special edition featuring the
first ever high-definition transfer. Extras: Commentary with
director Dominique Othenin-Girard and actors Danielle Harris and
Jeffrey Landman, "On the Set" of "Halloween 5." (Anchor Bay).
** Her Third (1971 - East Germany) Armin Mueller-Stahl, Rolf
Ludwig, Jutta Hoffman, Barbara Dittus. Extras: Interview with
screenwriter Gunther Rucker, 1983 East German documentary
"Sylvia," photo gallery, newsreels, more. (First Run Features).
** Hudson Hawk (1991) Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie
MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant, Sandra Bernhard.
Extras: "The Story of Hudson Hawk" featurette with Bruce Willis,
"My Journey to Minerva" with Sandra Bernhard, deleted scenes,
trivia track. (Sony).
** Hussy (1980) Helen Mirren, John Shea, Daniel Chasin, Murray
Salem, Paul Angelis, Jenny Runacre. Extras: Photo gallery. (First
Run Features).
** Invisible Man, Season 2. Two-disc set with 13 episodes of the
1950s series, $19.98. (Dark Sky/MPI Home Video).
** The Iris Effect (2004) Anne Archer, Mia Kirshner, Agnes
Bruckner, Kip Pardue, Devon Alan, Gregory Hlday (MTI Home Video).
** JAG -- The Complete First Season. Six-disc set, $64.99. Extras:
Commentary, "Hoe the Series Took Flight" featurette, "JAG: An
Inside Look," "The Military Accuracy" featurette. (Paramount).
** Jane Eyre (1973) BBC miniseries considered to be one of the
best adaptations of Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece, starring
Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston. (Acorn Media).
** Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3. Five episodes featuring Jimmy
Neutron and Timmy from the "Fairly OddParents," $14.99.
(Paramount).
** Joe Dirt (2001) David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller,
Adam Beach, Christopher Walken, Jaime Pressly, Kid Rock. Extras:
Commentary by director Dennie Gordon, commentary by Spade,
outtake, bloopers, deleted scenes, alternate scenes. (Sony).
** Ladybugs (1992) Rodney Dangerfield, Jackee Harry. (Paramount).
** Laguna Beach: The Complete Second Season. Three-disc set,
$42.99. Extras: Deleted scenes, cast Interviews, Mad TV's parody
"Laguna-Blotch," "Laguna Memories" cast home videos and childhood
photos, "Laguna Beach" highlights, "Laguna Guide to Love," "Fight
the Slide 2005," "Behind the Season 2 Finale" with the cast,
Seventeen magazine cover shoot, Cosmo Girl magazine photo shoot,
Season 3 sneak preview. (Paramount).
** Leonard Bernstein's New York (1997 -- TV) Showcase of
Bernstein's best film scores, ballet excerpts and show tunes;
$19.99. (Kultur).
** Miami Vice Seasons One & Two. Six-disc set, $59.98. Extras:
"The Vibe of Vice" featurette, "Building the Perfect Vice"
behind-the-scenes featurette, "The Style of Vice" featurette,
"The Music of Vice," "Miami After Vice" featurette. (Universal).
** Pinky and the Brain Volume 1. Four-disc set with 22 episodes,
$44.98. Extras: "Pinky and the Brain: The Start of All Things
Wacky" featurette. (Warner).
** The Prisoner Megaset: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition.
All 17 episodes, $139.95 Extras: Bonus footage; "The Prisoner
Video Companion," an illustrated 60-page, limited edition series
companion guide; deluxe fold-out village map. (A&E Home Video).
** Punky Brewster: The Complete Third Season (1987-88) Four-disc
set with 23 epiosdes, $34.98. Extras: "It's Punky Brewster"
Saturday morning cartoon shows. (Shout! Factory).
** Rave (2000) Douglas Spain, Aimee Graham, Nicholle Tom, Dante
Basco, Franco Vega, Steven Bauer, Tamara Mello, Demetrius
Navarro, Efren Ramirez. (Lightyear Entertainment).
** Rawhide: The Complete First Season. Seven-disc set with 23
episodes, $54.99. (Paramount).
** Rebus, Set 1 (2006) Two-disc set of the BBC America series
based on the Scottish detective thrillers by bestselling crime
author Ian Rankin; $39.99. (Acorn Media).
** The Rifleman Volume 6. Four-disc set with 20 episodes, $49.98.
(MPI Home Video).
** Roald Dahl's The BFG. Animated adaptation of the classic
story, $19.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Robert Ludlum's Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006 -- TV)
Stephen Dorff, Mira Sorvino, Blair Underwood, Sophia Myles, Danny
Huston, Colm Meaney, Josh Hopkins, Jeffrey DeMunn, Anjelica
Huston. Two-part miniseries. (Sony).
** Scholastic Video Collection Jumbo Box of Storybook Classics
Volume 2. Six-disc set with 35 stories and five hours of viewing
pleasure: "Curious George Rides a Bike ... And More Tales of
Mischief," "The Wheels On the Bus ... .And More Sing-A-Long
Favorites," "Good Night, Gorilla ... And More Bedtime Stories,"
"Corduroy ... And More Stories About Friendship," "How Do
Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? ... And More Stories That Rhyme" and
"Tikki Tikki Tembo ... And More Favorite Tales"; $59.95.
(Scholastic Video).
** Scorpius Gigantus (2005) Jeff Fahey, Jo Bourne-Taylor. (Buena
Vista).
** Shadow Star Narutaru DVD Collection. Four-disc set with 13
episodes of the series based on the best-selling manga, $49.95.
Extras: Storyboards, director's commentary, art gallery, U.S.
voice actor interviews. (Central Park media).
** The Shirley Temple Collection, Volume Four. Three-disc set
with "Captain January," "Just Around the Corner" and "Susannah of
the Mounties," in original black and white and colorized
versions, $29.98 or $14.98 each. (Fox).
-- Captain January (1936) Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim
Summerville, Buddy Ebsen, Sara Haden, Jane Darwell. Extras:
Movietone Newsreel: "Stage Dedication to Will Rogers."
-- Just Around the Corner (1938) Shirley Temple, Joan Davis,
Charles Farrell, Amanda Duff, Bill Robinson, Bert Lahr, Franklin
Pangborn, Cora Witherspoon. Extras: Movietone Newsreel: "The
Takes That Make Up Shirley's 7th Birthday."
-- Susannah of the Mounties (1939) Shirley Temple, Randolph
Scott, Margaret Lockwood. Extras: Movietone Newsreel: "Hollywood
Spotlight by Jimmie Fidler: Shirley Is Given a Pony for Her 8th
Birthday."
** Somersault (2004) Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette
Curran, Nathaniel Dean, Erik Thomson, Leah Purcell. Indie.
Extras: Director Cate Shortland's award-winning short film,
"Flowergirl"; deleted scenes; "Inside the Snowdome: Making
Somersault" featurette; interview with cinematographer Robert
Humphreys. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
** Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle (2005 -- TV) Documentary on
the "fifth" Beatle; $19.99. (Kultur).
** Tales From the Crypt: The Complete Fourth Season. Three-disc
set with 14 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Commentary, featurette.
(Warner).
** Testimony (1988) Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen
Asquith, Mark Asquith, Terence Rigby. Tony Palmer's award-winning
bio of Dmitri Shostakovich. (Kultur).
** The 2005 Academy Award Short Films Collection (2006) Eight
shorts: "The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation,"
"Badgered," "The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper
Morello," "Six Shooter," "Our Time Is Up," "Ausreisser (The
Runaway)," "The Last Farm" and "Cashback"; $29.98. (Magnolia Home
Entertainment).
** The War Game/Culloden. Two docu-dramas from Peter Watkins.
"The War Game" (1965) is Watkins' devastating depiction of a
nuclear attack on England, banned by the BBC for being too
graphic and horrifying; "Culloden" (1964) is Watkins'
reconstruction of the 1746 battle in which the Scottish
Highlanders were slaughtered by the English; $39.95. (New Yorker
Video).
** White Coats (aka Intern Academy) (2004) Dave Foley, Dave
Thomas, Dan Aykroyd, Maury Chaykin, Matt Frewer, Saul Rubinek.
Extras: Commentary by director-actor Dave Thomas, interviews,
behind-the-scenes footage, rehearsal footage, cast auditions,
bonus short film, "Haunted Hospital" footage. (First Look
Studios).
** Will Ferrell -- The Will-arious Collection! Three-disc set
with "Anchorman: Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Old School" and "A
Night at the Roxbury," $44.99. (Paramount).
** The Will Rogers Collection: Volume 1. Four disc set with
"Doubting Thomas," "In Old Kentucky," "Life Begins at Forty" and
"Steamboat Round the Bend"; $59.98. Remastered. (Fox).
-- Doubting Thomas (1935) Will Rogers, Billie Burke, Sterling
Holloway. Extras: Commentary by film historian Anthony Slide,
"A&E Biography: Will Rogers, An American Original," Movietone
News feature, restoration comparison.
-- In Old Kentucky (1935) Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson, Russell
Hardie. Extras: Commentary by film historian Anthony Slide,
Movietone News feature, restoration comparison.
-- Life Begins at Forty (1935) Will Rogers, Richard Cromwell,
Rochelle Hudson, Jane Darwell, Slim Summerville, Sterling
Holloway. Extras: Commentary by film historian Anthony Slide,
restoration comparison.
-- Steamboat Around the Bend (1935) Dir.: John Ford; Will
Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette, John
McGuire. Extras: Commentary by film historian Anthony Slide,
restoration comparison.
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