|
******************************
ONVIDEO E-MAIL NEWS
******************************
8/29/06 V10.34
This is an automated mail list; please do not reply to this
message. Messages should be sent to mail@....
ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, August 29 -- MONDAY, September 4
FRIENDS WITH MONEY
Examines the shifting relationships between four women who have
been friends all of their adult lives. The three "friends with
money," Frannie (Joan Cusack), Jane (Francis McDormand), and
Christine (Catherine Keener), share a concern for
Olivia (Jennifer Aniston) who seems unable to make a living or
sustain a relationship -- at least by their standards. Their
group examination of her lack of options magnifies each of their
own doubts and concerns about the marriages and careers to which
they have committed themselves. Olivia, meanwhile, drifts through
each of her friends' lives, at times avoiding the issue of money
altogether, and at other times accepting her friends' painful
generosity. Ultimately, Olivia will find satisfaction and
stability from an unexpected place, but her own somewhat happy
ending is muted by the harsh reality of the suddenly disassembled
lives of her best friends. Vitals: Director: Nicole Holofcener.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Joan Cusack,
Catherine Keener, Greg Germann, Simon McBurney, Jason Isaacs,
Scott Caan. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 88 min., Drama, Box office
gross: $12.464 million, Sony.
LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD
Comedian Albert Brooks gets summoned by politician-actor Fred
Dalton Thompson to come to Washington to help in a new diplomatic
effort. His job? Spend a month in India and Pakistan and write a
500-page report telling the U.S. government what makes 300
million Muslims in the region laugh. While Brooks isn't sure he's
the man for the job, the possibility of a Medal of Freedom proves
irresistible and he accepts. With the aid of two government
agents, Stuart (John Carrol Lynch), Mark (Jon Tenney), and a
lovely assistant, Maya (Sheetal Sheth), Brooks starts the
interviewing process, as soon as he lands in India, asking
everyone, "What makes you laugh?" Since people aren't as
forthcoming as he would like, and when he discovers there are no
comedy clubs in India or Pakistan that would help him observe, he
decides to put on "The Big Show," the first comedy concert in New
Delhi. He figures that by what the audience laughs at, he'll get
what he needs for his important government assignment. He figures
wrong. Undaunted, Brooks continues his quest, doing everything
from a clandestine meeting with a group of Pakistani comedians,
to a business meeting with Al Jezeera, all in the hopes of
achieving his goal. The film is an inspired and comedic view of
America's approach towards other cultures. Vitals: Director:
Albert Brooks. Stars: Albert Brooks, Fred Dalton Thompson, Penny
Marshall, John Carrol Lynch, Jon Tenney, Sheetal Sheth. 2006, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 98 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $.887
million, Warner.
THE SENTINEL
A suspense film based on the novel by former Secret Service agent
Gerald Petievich. Special Agent Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas)
suspects that the neo-Nazi Aryan Disciples have positioned one of
their own in the White House, but his investigation is cut
short by a blackmailer who knows of his affair with the First
Lady Sarah Ballentine (Kim Basinger) and tries to frame him for
murder. Though he is officially relieved of his duties, Garrison
doesn't stop trying to prove his innocence and save the
president's life. He comes into a direct confrontation with his
protege, hardheaded Agent Breckinridge (Kiefer Sutherland).
Vitals: Director: Clark Johnson. Stars: Michael Douglas, Kiefer
Sutherland, Eva Longoria, Kim Basinger, Blair Brown, David
Rasche. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 108 min., Thriller, Box
office gross: $35.249 million, Fox.
TAKE THE LEAD
Antonio Banderas stars in this drama inspired by the true story
of Pierre Dulaine, an inspirational Manhattan dance teacher and
competitor who volunteers his time to teach ballroom dancing to a
diverse group of New York inner-city high school students
serving detention. The students are initially skeptical of
Dulaine, especially when they learn what he's there to teach
them, but his unwavering commitment and dedication slowly inspire
them to embrace his program. In fact, they even take it one step
further and combine Dulaine's classical dance with their unique
hip-hop style and music to create a high-energy, unique fusion.
As Dulaine becomes a mentor for his students, many of whom
haven't had much to strive towards in their lives, he inspires
them to hone their craft for a prestigious city ballroom
competition, and in return they share with each other valuable
lessons about pride, respect and honor. Vitals: Director: Liz
Friedlander. Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta,
Alfre Woodard. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 108
min., Drama, Box office gross: $34.703 million, New Line.
WATER
"Water" tells the story of eight-year-old Chuyia, an Indian girl
who is widowed following her arranged marriage and banished to an
ashram to live out her days in poverty and exile. But the girl's
feisty presence deeply affects the other residents, forcing each
to confront their faith and society's prejudices. "Water" was
seven years in the making. The fierce political controversy the
film stirred up made it impossible for director Deepa Mehta to
make her film in India. With her sets burned to the ground and
constant death threats, she was forced to move production to Sri
Lanka. In Hindi with English subtitles. Vitals: Director: Deepa
Mehta. Stars: Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Waheeda Rehman. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 117 min., Drama,
Box office gross: $2.326 million, Fox.
For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar.htm>
------------------------------------------------------------
NEWS
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Leading off this week's collectibles is The Criterion
Collection's edition of "Seduced and Abandoned" (1964), Pietro
Germi's follow-up to his international sensation "Divorce Italian
Style." A rollicking yet raw series of escalating comic
calamities ensue in a small Sicilian village when 16-year-old
Agnese (the beautiful Stefania Sandrelli) loses her virginity at
the hands of her sister's lascivious fiance. Don Vincenzo will do
anything to restore his family's honor, including shotgun
weddings, kidnapping, attempted murder, even emergency
dental work. A real gem of a film, in a new, restored
high-definition digital transfer with new interviews with
screenwriters Furio Scarpelli and Luciano Vincenzoni and Italian
film scholar Mario Sesti; interviews with Stefania Sandrelli and
co-star Lando Buzzanca; a Stefania Sandrelli screen test; and a
new essay by film scholar Irene Bignardi.
Fox has added three titles to its film noir collection: "Fourteen
Hours" (1951), directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Richard
Basehart, Paul Douglas, Agnes Moorehead, Barbara Bel Geddes,
Debra Paget, Howard Da Silva and Jeffrey Hunter, about a
tormented young man who teeters on a New York hotel ledge 15
floors up, deciding whether or not to jump; "Shock" (1946),
starring Anabel Shaw, Frank Latimer, Vincent Price and Lynn Bari
in a psychological thriller about a young woman who suffers shock
after witnessing a brutal murder and comes under the treatment of
a psychiatrists who she later finds out is the killer; and
"Vicki" (1953), starring Jean Peters, Elliott Reed, Jeanne Crain
and Richard Boone in a thriller about the far-reaching
investigation into the death of a famous New York cover girl.
Fans of "The Lord of the Rings" will fairly quiver when New Line
releases more versions of the esteemed trilogy: two-disc sets of
each film ("The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Limited Edition," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Limited
Edition" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Limited Edition") featuring both the theatrical and extended
versions but minus all extras save a behind-the-scenes
documentary. ... "Brat Pack" fans will appreciate Paramount's
release of "Pretty in Pink: Everything's Duckie Edition" (1986),
directed by Howard Deutch and starring Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean
Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader and Andrew
McCarthy, with such extras as "The First Time: The Making of
Pretty in Pink," "Zoids and Richies," "Prom Queen: All About
Molly," "Volcanic Ensembles," "Prom Stories" featurettes,
favorite scenes, "The Lost Dance" original ending, "Wrap Up"
epilogue and a photo gallery; and "Some Kind of Wonderful"
(1987), also directed by Deutch and starring
Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz and Lea
Thompson, with such goodies as commentary by Deutch and Thompson,
"The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful," "Meet the Cast"
featurette, "The Music" featurette, "John Hughes Time Capsule"
and a photo gallery.
Warner will release this week the "Agatha Christie Classic
Mystery Collection," an eight-disc set with eight Agatha Christie
telefilms: "A Caribbean Mystery," "Murder Is Easy," "Murder With
Mirrors," "Dead Man's Folly," "Murder in Three Acts," "Thirteen
at Dinner," "The Man in the Brown Suit" and "Sparkling Cyanide";
$99.92. Two "subset" three-disc sets are also available at $39.92
each: Agatha Christie Collection Featuring Helen Hayes ("A
Caribbean Mystery," "Murder Is Easy" and "Murder With Mirrors")
and Agatha Christie Collection Featuring Peter Ustinov ("Dead
Man's Folly," "Murder in Three Acts" and "Thirteen at Dinner.")
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
"Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures" (2004) is a BBC docudrama
about the great mystery writer, starring Olivia Williams, $19.99
from Acorn Media ... "Agatha Christie's Marple Series 2" is a
four-disc set with four Miss Marple mysteries: "Sleeping Murder,"
"By the Pricking of My Thumb," "The Moving Finger" and "Sittaford
Mystery," $59.99 from Acorn Media ... "Andy Griffith Show: Season
7" is a five-disc set with 30 episodes, $42.99 from Paramount ...
"Arrested Development: Season Three" is a two-disc set with all
13 final episodes, $29.98 from Fox ... "The Best of the Awful
Truth" features six fan-favorite episodes, $19.95 from Docurama
... "The Best of Mr. Bean" compiles five episodes, $14.95 from
A&E Home Video ... "Desperate Housewives: The Complete Second
Season -- The Extra Juicy Edition" is a six-disc set with 24
episodes, featuring an unaired story line, "Anatomy of a Show:
Director's Diary" featurette, "Iconic Housewives" wit and wisdom
featurette, deleted scenes, more, $59.99 from Buena Vista ...
"Ellen: The Complete Season 4" features the groundbreaking
two-part episode in which she announced she was gay, $49.95 from
A&E Home Video ... "Epitafios: The Complete First Season" is a
five-disc set with all 13 episodes of the Argentinean TV series
that follows a cat-and-mouse game between a police officer
looking for a reason to live and a psychotic killer bent on
revenge; $59.98 from HBO Video ... "Flavor of Love Unrated: The
Complete First Season" is a three-disc set with all 10 episodes
of the VH1 reality series featuring Flavor Flav; $39.99
from Paramount ... "Hogan's Heroes: The Complete Fourth Season"
is a four-disc set with 26 episodes, $38.99 from Paramount ...
"The Moonstone" (1972) is a two-disc set of the Masterpiece
Theatre adaptation of Wilkie Collins' 1868 classic, $39.99 from
Acorn Media ... "Nip/Tuck: The Complete Third Season" is a
six-disc set with 15 episodes, $59.98 from Warner ... "OZ: The
Complete Sixth Season" is a three-disc set with the final eight
episodes, $64.98 from HBO Video ... "South Park: The Complete
Eighth Season" is a three-disc set with 14 episodes, $49.99 from
Paramount ... "Survivor Palau -- The Complete Season" (2000) is a
four-disc set, $54.99 from Paramount ... "Talking to Heaven"
(2002) stars Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Queen Latifah, Michael
Moriarty, Diane Ladd, Jack Palance in a miniseries inspired by
the life and work of famed medium James Van Praagh, from MTI Home
Video ... "Thames Shakespeare Collection" is a four-disc set with
British TV productions of "Twelfth Night," "Romeo and Juliet,"
"King Lear" and "Macbeth"; $49.95 from A&E Home Video ... "The
Tick vs. Season One" (1961-62) is a two-disc set with 12
episodes, $34.99 from Sony.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
In direct-to-video "The Hard Corps" (2006), a former Desert Storm
Special Forces soldier (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is hired to create
a team of young fighters to protect a wealthy entrepreneur from a
rap music mogul; co-stars Razaaq Adoti and Vivica A. Fox, from
Sony ... In the comedy "Hot Tamale" (2006), a road trip to Los
Angeles leads a young man from Wyoming into a wild maze of
psychotic hit men, racey women, jewel thieves and a salsa band,
starring Randy Spelling, Diora Baird, Carmen Electra and Jason
Priestley, from Monarch Home Video.
ON THE INDIE FRONT:
"Her Majesty" (2001) is a family film set in 1953 New Zealand in
which a young girl's unusual friendship with an old woman outcast
from society transforms an entire community, starring Sally
Andrews, Vicky Haughton, Anna Sheridan, Mark Clare and Alison
Routledge, from Image Entertainment ... "Lonesome Jim" (2006) is
a comedy about a failed writer who returns to his small Indiana
town to contend with his own depression, his suicidal brother and
crazy relatives, directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Casey
Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Seymour Cassel and, Kevin
Corrigan, from Genius Products ... "American Gun" (2006) stars
Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden, Linda
Cardellini, Chris Marquette and Nikki Reed in an IFC drama that
depicts people from all walks of life directly affected by the
consequences from acts of gun violence, from Genius Products.
FOREIGN:
"The Swindle" (1997 -- French) is the 50th film from Claude
Chabrol, a story about a small-time swindler and his accomplice
who get in over their heads when they take on a new scam,
starring Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault and Francois Cluzet,
from New Yorker Video ... "Voyage en Douce" (1980 -- French) is
the sensuous story of two women -- childhood friends -- who
travel together from Paris to the country, starring Dominique
Sanda, Geraldine Chaplin and Jacques Zabor, also from New Yorker
Video).
FOR THE KIDS:
"Brother Bear 2" (2006) is an animated sequel about the
adventures of bears Kenai and Koda and their human friend Nita,
with the voices of Patrick Dempsey, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis,
Dave Thomas, Mandy Moore, and songs by Melissa Etheridge; $29.99
from Disney ... The animated "The Man Who Walked Between the
Towers ... And More Inspiring Tales" (2006) is based on the
lyrical Caldecott Award-winning book by Mordecai Gerstei about
Phillppe Petit, a French man who walked a tightrope between the
Twin Towers in New York in 1974, narrated by Jake Gyllenhaal;
includes three other stories: "Snowflake Bentley" with Sean Astin
narrating, "Miss Rumphius" narrated by Claire Danes and "The Pot
that Juan Built" narrated by Alfred Molina; $14.95 from
Scholastic Media ... "Winx Club Volume 5: Battle for Alfea"
features the five concluding episodes from the first broadcast
season of the boy's action series, $14.98 from 4Kids Home Video
... Two Disney animated series make their way to DVD in boxed
sets: "Darkwing Duck Volume 1," a three-disc set with the pilot
and first 25 episodes, $34.99; and "Talespin Volume 1," a
three-disc set with 27 episodes of the animated series, $34.99.
SPECIAL INTEREST:
Two hot music documentaries rock their way to home video this
week: "Kill Your Idols" (2006), a docu about the underground New
York City music scene, from No Wave in the late 1970's, from
Suicide, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, the Theoretical Girls and
DNA; through the 1980's with Sonic Youth and Swans to the present
with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Black Dice, Liars, A.R.E. Weapons and the
Gypsy stylings of Gogol Bordello, from Palm Pictures ... " After
The Crash: Bob Dylan 1966-1978" is a 2005 documentary on Bob
Dylan's 'middle period', from his still controversial motorcycle
accident through his conversion to born again Christianity.
Features historic footage with review and criticism from experts,
friends, fellow musicians and Dylan performances; $19.95 from
MVD/Chrome Dreams ... For laughs there's "Comedy Gold" (2005),
showcasing a stellar line up of the most famous Canadian
comedians, writers and directors, including Dan Aykroyd, David
Steinberg, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, Ivan Reitman, Howie
Mandel, Eric McCormack and Tom Green; $24.99 from Kultur
International ... "Joan Rivers (still a)Live at the London
Palladium (allegedly)" (2006) was filmed in October during her
first annual farewell tour; $19.99 from Kultur International ...
"The Personal Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus" is a six-disc
set, $44.95 from A&E Home Video.
"Apollo 13: Journey to the Moon and Mars" is a three-disc set
with three NOVA Apollo 13 documentaries: "Apollo 13: To the Edge
and Back," "To the Moon" and "Mars: Dead or Alive"; $39.95 from
WGBH Boston Video ... "Criss Angel: Mindfreak -- Halloween
Special" (2005) features performances from the Magic Castle in
Hollywood and Criss Angel's hometown, New York; $19.95 from A&E
Home Video ... "Digging for the Truth: The Complete Season 1" is
a four-disc set about archaeology from the History Channel,
$49.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Hurricane!: Katrina, Gilbert, and
Camille" (2005) is a NOVA documentary on the devastating 2005
hurricanes, $29.95 from WGBH Boston Video ... "NASCAR: Driven to
Win Season 1" is a two-disc set that takes viewers behind the
wheel of the world's fastet cars, $24.95 from A&E Home Video ...
"Baghdad ER (2005) is a documentary that pays tribute to the
heroism of U.S. military and medical personnel in Iraq; $24.98
from HBO Video ... "Washington the Warrior" (2006) is a History
Channel documentary on George Washington, $24.95 from A&E Home
Video.
------------------------------------------------------------
THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
Weekly listings of DVD releases can now be viewed on mobile
devices at www.tagtag.com/onvideo
** After The Crash: Bob Dylan 1966-1978 (2005) Documentary on Bob
Dylan's 'middle period', from his still controversial motorcycle
accident through his conversion to born again Christianity.
$19.95. Extras: Interactive Bob Dylan Discography, more.
(MVD/Chrome Dreams)
** Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004 -- TV) BBC docudrama
starring Olivia Williams. (Acorn Media).
** Agatha Christie Classic Mystery Collection. Eight-disc set
with eight Agatha Christie telefilms: "A Caribbean Mystery,"
"Murder Is Easy," "Murder With Mirrors," "Dead Man's Folly,"
"Murder in Three Acts," "Thirteen at Dinner," "The Man in the
Brown Suit" and "Sparkling Cyanide"; $99.92. Two "subset"
three-disc sets are also available at $39.92 each: Agatha
Christie Collection Featuring Helen Hayes ("A Caribbean Mystery,"
"Murder Is Easy" and "Murder With Mirrors") and Agatha Christie
Collection Featuring Peter Ustinov ("Dead Man's Folly," "Murder
in Three Acts" and "Thirteen at Dinner." (Warner).
** Agatha Christie's Marple Series 2. Four-disc set with four
Miss Marple mysteries: "Sleeping Murder," "By the Pricking of My
Thumb," "The Moving Finger" and "Sittaford Mystery." (Acorn
Media).
** American Gun (2006) Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Marcia
Gay Harden, Linda Cardellini, Chris Marquette, Nikki Reed. IFC
drama about gun violence. (Genius Products).
** Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Seventh Season. Five-disc set
with 30 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount).
** Apollo 13: Journey to the Moon and Mars. Three-disc set with
three NOVA Apollo 13 documentaries: "Apollo 13: To the Edge and
Back," "To the Moon" and "Mars: Dead or Alive"; $39.95. (WGBH
Boston Video).
** Arrested Development: Season Three. Two-disc set with all 13
final episodes, $29.98. Extras: Commentary, deleted and extended
scenes, Season 3 blooper reel, behind-the-scenes featurette.
(Fox).
** Baghdad ER (2005) Documentary that pays tribute to the heroism
of U.S. military and medical persoonel in Iraq; $24.98. (HBO
Video).
** The Best of the Awful Truth. Six fan-favorite episodes,
$19.95. Extras: Commentary by the Michael Moore on two episodes.
(Docurama).
** The Best of Mr. Bean. Five episodes, $14.95. Extras: "The
Story of Bean" documentary. (A&E Home Video).
** Brother Bear 2(2006) Animated sequel with the voices of
Patrick Dempsey, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Mandy
Moore, and songs by Melissa Etheridge; $29.99. Extras: "Trample
Off, Eh?" trivia game, "Behind the Music" featurette on Melissa
Etheridge. (Disney).
** Comedy Gold (2005 -- TV) Documentary showcasing a stellar line
up of the most famous Canadian comedians, writers and directors,
including Dan Aykroyd, David Steinberg, Andrea Martin, Martin
Short, Ivan Reitman, Howie Mandel, Eric McCormack and Tom
Green; $24.99. (Kultur).
** Criss Angel: Mindfreak -- Halloween Special (2005)
Performances from the Magic Castle in Hollywood and his hometown,
New York; $19.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Darkwing Duck Volume 1. Three-disc set with the pilot and first
25 episodes, $34.99. (Disney).
** Desperate Housewives: The Complete Second Season -- The Extra
Juicy Edition. Six-disc set with 24 episodes, $59.99. Extras:
Commentary, unaired story lines, "Anatomy of a Show: Director's
Diary" featurette, "Desperate Role Models" wit and wisdom
featurette, deleted scenes, "Desperate Housewives Fashion &
Couture," more. (Buena Vista).
** Digging for the Truth: The Complete Season 1. Four-disc set,
$49.95. Extras: Behind-the-scenes footage, "History in the
Making" featurette.(A&E Home Video).
** Epitafios: The Complete First Season. Five-disc set with all
13 episodes of the Argentinean TV series that follows a
cat-and-mouse game between a police officer looking for a reason
to live and a psychotic killer bent on revenge; $59.98. In
Spanish with English subtitles. Extras: Behind-the-scenes
featurette. (HBO Video).
** Flavor of Love Unrated: The Complete First Season. Three-disc
set with all 10 episodes of the VH1 reality series featuring
Flavor Flav; $39.99. Extras: "The Slaps, Smacks, Screams and Spit
You Never Saw" featurette, "After the Lovin' Reunion" special,
"Flava's Filosophies," more. (Paramount).
** Fourteen Hours (1951) Dir.: Henry Hathaway; Richard Basehart,
Paul Douglas, Agnes Moorehead, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget,
Howard Da Silva, Jeffrey Hunter. Extras: Commentary by film
historian Foster Hirsch, pressbook gallery. (Fox Film Noir).
** Friends With Money (2005) Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand,
Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Greg Germann, Simon McBurney,
Jason Isaacs, Scott Caan. Shifting relationships between four
women who have been friends all of their adult lives. Extras:
Commentary by director Nicole Holofcener, behind-the-scenes
featurette. (Sony).
** The Hard Corps (2006) Razaaq Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, Jean-Claude
Van Damme. Combat vet is hired to be a bodyguard to a former
World Heavyweight Boxing champ. Direct-to-video. (Sony).
** Her Majesty (2001) Sally Andrews, Vicky Haughton, Anna
Sheridan, Mark Clare, Alison Routledge. Indie family film set in
1953 New Zealand in which a young girl's unusual friendship with
an old woman outcast from society transforms an entire community.
Extras: "A Royal Good Time: The Making of Her Majesty." (Image
Entertainment).
** Hogan's Heroes: The Complete Fourth Season. Four-disc set with
26 episodes, $38.99. (Paramount).
** Hot Tamale (2006) Randy Spelling, Diora Baird, Carmen Electra,
Jason Priestley. Actioner about a road trip to Los Angeles.
(Monarch Home Video).
** Hurricane!: Katrina, Gilbert, and Camille (2005) NOVA
documentary on the devastating 2005 hurricanes, $29.95. (WGBH
Boston Video).
** The Jewel of the Nile Special Edition (1985) Dir.: Lewis
Teague; Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito. Extras:
"Romancing the Nile: A Winning Sequel" featurette, "Adventures of
a Romance Novelist" featurette, deleted scenes. (Fox).
** Joan Rivers (still a)Live at the London Palladium (allegedly)
(2006) Filmed in October during her first annual farewell tour;
$19.99. (Kultur).
** Kill Your Idols (2006) Documentary about the underground New
York City music scene, from No Wave to the present (Palm
Pictures).
** Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) Zohra Lampert, Barton
Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett. (Paramount).
** Lonesome Jim (2006) Dir.: Steve Buscemi; Casey Affleck, Liv
Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Corrigan. Indie
comedy about a failed writer who returns to his small Indiana
town to contend with his own depression, his suicidal brother and
crazy relatives. (Genius Products).
** Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006) Dir.: Albert
Brooks; Albert Brooks, Fred Dalton Thompson, Penny Marshall, John
Carrol Lynch, Jon Tenney, Sheetal Sheth. Brooks' latest topical
comedy. Extras: Additional scenes. (Warner).
** The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Limited
Edition (2001) Two-disc set with the theatrical and special
extended editions of the film; behind-the-scenes documentary.
(New Line).
** The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Limited Edition (2002)
Two-disc set with the theatrical and special extended editions of
the film; behind-the-scenes documentary. (New Line).
** The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Limited Edition
(2003) Two-disc set with the theatrical and special extended
editions of the film; behind-the-scenes documentary. (New Line).
** The Man Who Walked Between the Towers ... And More Inspiring
Tales (2006) Based on the lyrical Caldecott Award-winning book by
Mordecai Gerstei, narrated by Jake Gyllenhaal; includes three
other stories: "Snowflake Bentley" with Sean Astin narrating,
"Miss Rumphius" narrated by Claire Danes and "The Pot that Juan
Built" narrated by Alfred Molina; $14.95. Extras: Two
documentaries. (Scholastic media).
** The Moonstone (1972) Two-disc set of the Masterpiece Theatre
adaptation of Wilkie Collins' 1868 classic, $39.99. (Acorn
Media).
** Mountain Patrol (Kekexili) (2006 -- China) Duobuji, Zhang Lei,
Qi Liang, Xueying Zhao. (Sony).
** NASCAR: Driven to Win Season 1. Two-disc set, $24.95. Extras:
Behind-the-scenes featurette. (A&E Home Video).
** Nip/Tuck: The Complete Third Season. Six-disc set with 15
episodes, $59.98. Extras: Deleted scenes, "The Perfect Look"
behind-the-scenes featurette, "Chasing the Carver" on the set
with the cast and crew during the filming of the season finale.
(Warner).
** The Personal Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Six-disc
set, $44.95. Extras: Unaired footage, interviews. (A&E Home
Video).
** Pretty in Pink: Everything's Duckie Edition (1986) Dir.:
Howard Deutch; Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer,
Annie Deutch. Extras: Featurettes: "The First Time: The Making of
Pretty in Pink," "Zoids and Richies," "Prom Queen: All About
Molly," "Volcanic Ensembles," "Prom Stories"; favorite scenes;
"The Lost Dance" original ending; "Wrap Up" epilogue; photo
gallery. (Paramount).
** Romancing the Stone Special Edition (1984) Dir.: Robert
Zemeckis; Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack
Norman, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda, Holland Taylor. Extras:
"Rekindling the Romance: A Look Back," "A Hidden Treasure: The
Screenwriter" featurette, "Michael Douglas Remembers," "Douglas,
Turner and DeVito: Favorite Scenes," deleted scenes. (Fox).
** Seduced and Abandoned (1964) Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzi,
Aldo Puglisi, Lando Buzzanca, Lola Braccini. New, restored
high-definition digital transfer.Extras: New interviews with
screenwriters Furio Scarpelli and Luciano Vincenzoni and Italian
film scholar Mario Sesti; interviews with Stefania Sandrelli and
Lando Buzzanca; Stefania Sandrelli screen test; new essay by film
scholar Irene Bignardi. (The Criterion Collection).
** The Sentinel (2005) Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva
Longoria, Kim Basinger, Blair Brown, David Rasche. Political
thriller set in the White House. Extras: Commentary by director
Clark Johnson and writer George Nolfi, alternate ending, deleted
scenes, "The Secret Service: Building on a Tradition of
Excellence" featurette, "In the President's Shadow: Protecting
the President" featurette. (Fox).
** Shock (1946) Anabel Shaw, Frank Latimer, Vincent Price, Lynn
Bari. Extras: Commentary by historian John Stanley. (Fox Film
Noir).
** Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Dir.: Howard Deutch; Mary Stuart
Masterson, Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson. Extras:
Commentary by Deutch and Thompson, "The Making of Some Kind of
Wonderful," "Meet the Cast" featurette, "The Music" featurette,
"John Hughes Time Capsule," photo gallery. (Paramount).
** South Park: The Complete Eighth Season. Three-disc set with 14
episodes, $49.99. Extras: Mini-commentaries by Matt Stone and
Trey Parker. (Paramount).
** Survivor Palau -- The Complete Season (2000) Four-disc set,
$54.99. Extras: Commentary on select episodes by cast members,
four featurettes. (Paramount).
** The Swindle (1997 -- French) Dir.: Claude Chabrol; Isabelle
Huppert, Michel Serrault, Francois Cluzet. The 50th film from
Chabrol is the story of a small-time swindler and his accomplice
who get in over their heads when they take on a new scam.
Extras:"La Farfale" (1907 short film). (New Yorker Video).
** Talespin Volume 1. Three-disc set with 27 episodes of the
animated series, $34.99. Extras: Four-part series pilot.
(Disney).
** Take the Lead (2006) Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya
DaCosta, Alfre Woodard. Manhattan dance instructor teaches
ballroom dancing to high schoolers. Extras: Commentary by
director Liz Freidlander and editor Robert Ivison, deleted
scenes, "Meet the Dungeon Kids" featurette, "Between the Steps:
Pierre Dulaine Profile," "Liz, Swizz and Ziggy: The Director &
Her Music Team" featurette, "You Take the Lead" multi-angle Tango
feature. (New Line).
** Talking to Heaven (2002 -- TV) Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen,
Queen Latifah, Michael Moriarty, Diane Ladd, Jack Palance.
Miniseries inspired by the life and work of famed medium James
Van Praagh. (MTI Home Video).
** Tap (1989) Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr., Suzanne Douglas,
Bunny Briggs, Steve Condos, Arthur Duncan, Savion Glover, Pat
Rico, Howard 'Sandman' Sims, Jimmy Slyde, Harold Nicholas.Extras:
Interviews with director Nick Castle, producer Fan Saperstein,
Savion Glover, top tap dancers Bunny Briggs, Jimmy Slyde and
Henry LeTang; vintage footage with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis
Jr. (Sony).
** Thames Shakespeare Collection. Four-disc set with British TV
productions of "Twelfth Night," "Romeo and Juliet," "King Lear"
and "Macbeth"; $49.95. Extras: Interviews, featurettes,
Shakespeare timeline. (A&E Home Video).
** The Tick vs. Season One (1961-62) Two-disc set with 12
episodes, $34.99. (Sony).
** Vicki (1953) Jean Peters, Elliott Reed, Jeanne Crain, Richard
Boone. Extras: Commentary by film historian Foster Hirsch, poster
art gallery, behind-the-scenes gallery, pressbook gallery. (Fox
Film Noir).
** Voyage en Douce (1980 -- French) Dir.: Michel Deville;
Dominique Sanda, Geraldine Chaplin, Jacques Zabor. Sensuous story
of two women - childhood friends - who travel together from Paris
to the country. (New Yorker Video).
** Washington the Warrior (2006) History Channel documentary on
George Washington, $24.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Water (2006 - India) Dir.: Deepa Mehta; Lisa Ray, Seema
Biswas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman. Banished Indian
girl tries to make a life for herself. Extras: Commentary with
director Deepa Metha, behind-the-scenes featurette, "The Story
Behind the Making of Water" featurette. (Fox).
** White Nights (1985) Dir.: Taylor Hackford; Mikhail
Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Isabella Rossellin, Helen Mirren.
Extras: Interviews with director Taylor Hackford, actresses
Isabella Rossellini, Helen Mirren; vintage dance footage of
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines. (Sony).
** Winx Club Volume 5: Battle for Alfea. Five concluding episodes
from the first broadcast season of the boy's action series,
$14.98. (4Kids Home Video).
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>
------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright 2006 CyberPod. All rights reserved.
ISSN 1094-3676
An archive of past issues of the OnVideo E-Mail News can be found
at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/onvideoguide
Messages and missives: e-mail: mail@...
|
"onvideoguide" <onvideoguide@...>
onvideoguide
 Offline
 Send Email
|
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
