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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, September 5 -- MONDAY, September 11
DISTRICT B13 (BANLIEUE 13)
Paris, 2010. An isolation wall surrounds the ghetto
cities. Without rules or laws, gangs reign
as absolute masters. Damien (Cyril Raffailli) is a member of the
police elite task force. A special intervention unit officer and
expert in martial arts, he is a master in the field of
infiltration, and well versed in completing his operations
through rapid, precise strong-arm actions. This time, the
government has assigned him the most extreme expedition of his
entire career: a weapon of mass destruction - a neutron bomb --
has been stolen by the most powerful gang of District B13.
Assigned to infiltrate the sector to defuse the bomb, Damien
recruits the help of an ex-criminal named Leito (David Belle) -
whose only goal is to save his sister from the clutches of the
same gang. In French with English subtitles. Vitals: Director:
Pierre Morel. Stars: Cyril Raffailli, David Belle. 2006, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 82 min., Sci-Fi Thriller, Box office gross: $1.181
million, Magnolia Home Entertainment.
KINKY BOOTS
English comedy about a conservative shoe factory that
turns to an over-the-top way to stay in business -- by
manufacturing the most sexy, provocative leather boots on the
market. For generations, the Price Family has made very sensible,
expertly made shoes for men. When the business is threatened by
cut-price shoddy imports and changing times, young factory head
Charlie Price turns to an unlikely business partner. His new
creative consultant is Lola, a cross-dressing cabaret singer
whose outrageous style at first doesn't go over well at the
conservative factory. But Lola's red-hot new boot designs revive
the factory's fortunes, and her larger-than-life personality
breathes fresh air into the lives of Charlie and his factory
workers as well. Vitals: Director: Julian Jarrold. Stars: Joel
Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts. 2006, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 107 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $1.349
million, Miramax.
UNITED 93
Honest and unflinching, the film tells the
unforgettable story of the heroic passengers and crew members who
prevented the terrorists from carrying out their plans for the
fourth hijacked plane on September 11, 2001. As on-ground
military and civilian teams scrambled to make sense of the
unfolding events, 40 everyday people who sat down as strangers
found the courage to stand up as one. A tribute to real-life
heroes. Vitals: Director: Paul Greengrass. Stars: Christian
Clemenson, Trish Gates, Polly Adams, Cheyenne Jackson, Opal
Alladin, Gary Commock. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min., Drama,
Box office gross: $31.269 million, Universal.
UNKNOWN WHITE MALE
Documentary about Doug Bruce, who one day
finds himself traveling on a NYC subway toward Coney Island with
no memory of who he is or where he is going. Throughout this
fascinating film, Doug struggles to remember his past and even
his own father mother, family and friends. After hearing about
his friend's condition, Rupert Murray decided to document Bruce's
actions, as Bruce tries to pull together the pieces of his past
and present life. Just imagine waking up tomorrow with no memory
of your parents, family and friends or any other since the day of
your birth. Imagine living without a history, without experience,
no relationships, no past troubles. Imagine starting your life
over again, making a new set of friends, finding new talents and
falling in love for the first time. Imagine what it's like to see
the world anew. On July 2, 2003 Doug Bruce left his apartment on
the Lower East Side at about 8 p.m. No one knew where he was
going. No one knew he'd gone. He turned up 11 hours later, on the
New York subway heading to Coney Island. He had no idea who he
was. "Unknown White Male" is the startling story of a man who,
for no apparent reason, lost 37 years of life history, who lost
every memory of his friends, his family and every experience he
had ever known. This true story follows Doug in the hours and
months following his amnesia, as he tries to piece his life back
together and has to discover the world anew. An Official
Selection at the Sundance, Los Angeles, Chicago International and
Seattle Film Festivals, "Unknown White Male" received a national
2006 theatrical release, and Rupert Murray was nominated for the
Best Director Award from the Director's Guild of America. Vitals:
Director: Rupert Murray. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 88 min.,
Documentary, Box office gross: $.124 million, Wellspring/Genius
Products.
For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
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NEWS
COMING SOON:
Due October 10: Wacky comedy "Click," starring Adam Sandler, Kate
Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler,
Julie Kavner and Sean Astin, from Sony; "Garfield: A Tail of Two
Kitties," starring Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Billy
Connolly, Ian Abercrombie and the voice of Bill Murray, from Fox
... Due October 17 is black romantic comedy "The Break-Up,"
starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Ann-
Margret, Jason Bateman, Judy Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon
Favreau and Cole Hauser, from Universal ... and due November 14
is one of the summer's blockbusters, "The Da Vinci Code,"
directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Jean Reno, Audrey
Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Paul Bettany and Jurgen
Prochnow. The film will be available as a two-disc special
edition and a gift set. Packaging will feature hidden phrases
from the film that can be viewed only with a black light or a
magnifying glass. One hidden message leads to exclusive online
content. Extras will include featurettes on Howard, Hanks, Tautou
and book author Dan Brown; a location featurette; more. The Gift
set includes a full-sized movie prop reproduction of Robert
Langdon's (Tom Hanks) journal containing notes, symbols and codes
used to decipher the truth behind the Da Vinci Code; and a
working replica of the cryptex featured in the film; from Sony.
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
There's four incredible releases due this week from The Criterion
Collection: Jacques Tati's "Playtime," Federico Fellini's
"Amarcord," Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" and Terry Gilliam's
"Brazil.
** "Playtime" (1967): With a treasure trove of clips,
documentaries, and interviews, this beautiful new transfer gives
us more insight into Tati's life and work than we've ever seen
before. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-
long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the endearingly
clumsy, resolutely old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a
host of other lost souls, into a bafflingly modernist Paris. With
every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and
inventiveness, Playtime is a lasting testament to a modern age
tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion. In a two-disc set with a new,
restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras include a video
introduction by Terry Jones; selected scene audio commentary by
film historian Philip Kemp; "Au-dela de Playtime," a short
documentary featuring archival behind-the-scenes footage from the
set; "Tati Story," a short biographical film about Tati; "Jacques
Tati in Monsieur Hulot's Work," a 1976 BBC Omnibus program; rare
audio interview with Tati from the U.S. debut of "Playtime";
"Cours du soir," a 1967 short film written by and starring Tati;
a new essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum; more.
** "Amarcord" (1973) The Academy Award-winning film remains
one of cinema's enduring treasures, presented here newly restored
and in an eye-popping transfer. In his carnivalesque portrait of
provincial Italy during the Fascist period, Federico Fellini's
most personal film satirizes his youth and turns daily life into
a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies,
and political repartee, all set to Nino Rota's classic,
nostalgia-tinged score. The two-disc includes commentary by
scholars Peter Brunette and Frank Burke; a new 45-minute
documentary, "Fellini's Homecoming," on the complicated
relationship between Fellini, his hometown, and his past; video
interview with star Magali Noel; Fellini's drawings, and other
Amarcord ephemera; audio interviews with Fellini, his friends,
and family by Gideon Bachmann; a book featuring a new essay by
Sam Rohdie and Fellini's 1968 memoir, "La mia Rimini."
** "Seven Samurai" (1954): The most widely seen Japanese film
in history has never been seen quite like this: hundreds of hours
of restoration has resulted in a magnificent new transfer of one
of the most beloved movie epics of all time. The story of a 16th
century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous
warriors to protect them from invading bandits, this three-hour
ride seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate
human emotions and relentless action into a rich, evocative, and
unforgettable tale of courage and hope. Extras on the three-disc
set include two audio commentaries; a 50-minute documentary on
the making of "Seven Samurai," part of the Toho Masterworks
series "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create"; "My Life in
Cinema," a two-hour video conversation between Kurosawa and
Nagisa Oshima; "Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences," a new
documentary; gallery of behind-the-scenes images of Kurosawa at
work on "Seven Samurai," plus original poster art; theatrical
trailers and teaser; a booklet featuring essays by Peter Cowie,
Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Kenneth Turan, Stuart
Galbraith, Arthur Penn, Sidney Lumet, and an interview with star
Toshiro Mifune.
** "Brazil (1985): Gathering footage from both the European
and American versions of his celebrated masterpiece, Terry
Gilliam has assembled the ultimate 142-minute director's cut of
Brazil-- now with a new anamorphic transfer and commentary, and
available for the first time as a single-disc release separate
from Criterion's exclusive three-disc "Brazil" box set. Gilliam's
bitter science-fiction parable for the Information Age has come
to be regarded as an anti-totalitarian cautionary tale equal to
the works of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Kurt Vonnegut. The
film stars Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian
Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan,
Kim Greist and Jim Broadbent. Gilliam provides commentary.
Other classic and would-be classics due this week are "Gojira
(Godzilla)" (1954), the original, uncut Japanese-language version
of Ishiro Honda's "Gojita," critically acclaimed as a bold anti-
nuclear allegory and one of the greatest monster movies of all
time -- released to DVD for the first time. Also included is the
English edited version "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" (1956)
starring Raymond Burr. Extras include commentary by Steve Ryfle
(author of "Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography
of Godzilla") and Ed Godziszewski (editor and publisher of
Japanese Giants magazine); a 16-page booklet that includes a
history of "Gojira," a "Making of the Godzilla Suit" featurette;
more; from Classic Media ... "All the King's Men" (1949),
director Robert Rossen's adaptation of William Penn Warren's
classic novel about the rise to power of ruthless politician
Willie Stark, starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes
McCambridge, Joanne Dru and John Derek, from Sony ... Disney has
on offer a camp double feature about orphaned kids with
extraordinary supernatural powers, "Escape to Witch Mountain" and
"Return From Witch Mountain": "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975)
stars Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards,
Ike Eisenmann, Walter Barnes and Denver Pyle; "Return From Witch
Mountain" (1978) stars Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim
Richards, Ike Eisenmann and Jack Soo; $19.99 ... Fox has four
Studio Classics releases due this week: "Frankenstein Unbound"
(1990), a cult favorite about a scientist who goes back in time
to meet Dr. Frankenstein, directed by Roger Corman and starring
John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda, Catherine
Rabett and Jason Patric; "Night Train to Paris" (1964), a
thriller about an ex-OSS officer's journey into post-WWII
espionage, starring Leslie Nielsen, Aliza Gur and Hugh Latimer;
"The Other" (1972), a psychological horror thriller about twin
brothers, one good, one very bad, directed by Robert Mulligan and
starring Uta Hagen and Diana Muldaur; and "Pretty Poison" (1968),
about a mentally unstable young man exploited for evil by a
sensuous high school girl, starring Anthony Perkins, Tuesday
Weld, Beverly Garland and John Randolph.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
"Anne of Avonlea" (1975) is a two-disc set of the six-part BBC
miniseries, $29.98 from Koch Vision ... "The Bob Newhart Show
Season Four" is a three-disc set with 24 episodes, $29.98 from
Fox ... "Bridget Loves Bernie: The Complete Series" is a three-
disc set with 24 episodes, $29.95 from Sony ... "Broken Trail" is
a 2006 AMC miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert
Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi, Todd Allen, Rusty
Schwimmer and Scott Copper, from Sony ... "Commander in Chief:
The Inaugural Edition Part 2" is a two-disc set with episodes 11-
18, $29.99 from Buena Vista ... "Family: The Complete First and
Second Seasons" is a six-disc set with 28 episodes, $49.95 from
Sony ... "The Flintstones: The Complete Sixth Season" is a four-
disc set with 26 episodes, $44.98 from Warner ... "Gerald McBoing
Boing Adventures" and "Gerald McBoing Boing Fairytales" each
contain six episodes from the Cartoon Network animated series,
$12.98 from Classic Media ... "Lost: The Complete Second Season -
- The Extended Experience" is a seven-disc set with every second-
season episode, $59.99 from Buena Vista ... "Supernatural: The
Complete First Season" is a six-disc set with 22 episodes, $58.98
from Warner ... "The Three Musketeers" (1966) is a two-disc set
with all 10 episodes of the BBC production starring Jeremy Brett,
Brian Blessed, Gary Watson and Jeremy Young; $29.98 from Koch
Vision.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
In "Dead Man's Shoes" (2004), a British soldier returns to his
rural village and gets even with the thugs who brutalized his
simple-minded little brother; stars Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch
and Toby Kebbell; from Magnolia Home Entertainment ... "I,
Vampire: Trilogy of Blood" is an anthology of three films
focusing on vampire-driven stories of blood-thirsty immortals:
"Spawn of Hell," "From the Grave" and "Undead Evil"; $14.98 from
Koch Vision ... "Tales From the Grave" includes a trio of tales
featuring the dead coming back to get revenge on the living:
"Beyond Death," "Brides of the Dead" and "The Rotting Dead";
$14.98 from Koch Vision ... "Shock Treatment" (1981) is a sequel
of sorts to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," with Jessica Harper
and Cliff De Young picking up the roles of Janet and Brad in a
spoof of rock musicals, horror films and even "Rocky Horror"
itself; the 25th Anniversary Edition includes commentary by the
founders of the Shock Treatment Fan Club, a making-of featurette,
"Let's Rock 'n' Roll: Shock Treatment's Super Score" musical
retrospective featurette, more, from Fox ... "The Legend of Lucy
Keyes" (2006) is a supernatural thriller about a young girl who
disappeared 250 years ago, starring Julie Delpy, Justin Theroux
and Brooke Adams, from MTI Home Video ... "Population 436" (2005)
is a horror-thriller about a small town population that neither
shrinks nor grows, starring David Ames, James Blicq, Cory Cassidy
and Fred Durst, from Sony ... In Clive Barker's "The Plague"
(2006), the world's kids arise from a 10-year coma and wage war
on adults, starring James Van Der Beek, Dee Wallace Stone and
Ivana Milicevic, from Sony.
SPECIAL INTEREST:
Warner Home Video plays football this week with "The History of
Notre Dame Football" (2006), which celebrates the winning
tradition of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, with interviews from
the most memorable players and coaches in Notre Dame history,
$19.98; "NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Road to XL" is a four-disc set
with all three playoff games and Super Bowl XL in their entirety;
"The History of Texas Longhorns Football" (2006) focuses
on the winning tradition of the Texas Longhorns from their first
game in 1893 through their fourth national championship season in
2005; $19.98. ... "Gang Wars" is a two-disc set with award-
winning HBO documentaries on gangs in Little Rock, Arkansas,
where the homicide rates are higher than in New York or Los
Angeles: "Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock" and "Back in the
Hood: Gang War 2"; $24.98 from HBO Video ... "Heart of Darkness:
The Vietnam War Chronicles (1945-1975)" is a comprehensive three-
disc documentary with seven chronologically-ordered episodes
about the war in Vietnam; $39.98 from Koch Vision ... "Secrets of
Mary Magdalene" is a two-disc documentary providing the most up-
to-date information on one of the world's most controversial
religious figures, $19.98 from Koch Vision ... And, lastly, WWE
Entertainment will release a lavish three-disc set on "The
History of the WWE Championship," featuring some of the greatest
matches from the '70s to the present, a WWE timeline, multimedia
highlights from every title change, and much more, $34.95.
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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
** Ace Ventura Deluxe Double Feature. Giftset with "Ace Ventura
Pet Detective Deluxe Edition" (1994) with Jim Carrey, Courteney
Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc, Dan Marino; and "Ace Ventura When
Nature Calls Deluxe Edition" (1995) with Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice,
Simon Callow. Extras: "Pet Detective": Commentary by director Tom
Shadyac, making-of featurette; bonus disc of specially selected
cartoons from "Ace Ventura The Animated Series." (Warner).
** All the King's Men (1949) Dir.: Robert Rossen; Broderick
Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, Joanne Dru, John
Derek. (Sony).
** Amarcord (1973) Dir.: Federico Fellini; Pupella Maggio,
Armando Brancia, Magali Noel, Bruno Zanin. Two-disc set with new
high-definition digital transfer. Extras: Commentary by scholars
Peter Brunette and Frank Burke; new 45-minute documentary,
"Fellini's Homecoming," on the complicated relationship between
Fellini, his hometown, and his past; video interview with star
Magali Noel; Fellini's drawings, and other Amarcord ephemera;
audio interviews with Fellini, his friends, and family by Gideon
Bachmann; a book featuring a new essay by Sam Rohdie and
Fellini's 1968 memoir, "La mia Rimini"; more. (The Criterion
Collection).
** Anne of Avonlea (1975) Two-disc set of the Six-part BBC
miniseries. Stars Kim Braden, David Garfield, Barbara Hamilton,
Madge Ryan, Anthony Forest; $29.98. (Koch Vision).
** The Bob Newhart Show Season Four. Three-disc set with 24
episodes, $29.98. Extras: Commentary on select episodes, gag
reel. (Fox).
** Brazil (1985) Dir.: Terry Gilliam; Jonathan Pryce, Robert De
Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin,
Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist, Jim Broadbent.
Available for the first time as a single-disc release separate
from Criterion's three-disc "Brazil" box set. Extras: Commentary
by Gilliam. (The Criterion Collection).
** Bridget Loves Bernie: The Complete Series. Three-disc set with
24 episodes, $29.95. (Sony).
** Broken Trail (2006) Dir.: Walter Hill; Robert Duvall, Thomas
Haden Church, Greta Scacchi, Todd Allen, Rusty Schwimmer, Scott
Copper. AMC miniseries; $28.96. Extras: Making-of featurette.
(Sony).
** Commander in Chief: The Inaugural Edition Part 2. Two-disc set
with episodes 11-18, $29.99. Extras: Interview with Geena Davis,
unaired scenes, bloopers, commentaries. (Buena Vista).
** Dead Man's Shoes (2006) Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby
Kebbell, Jo Hartley, Seamus O'Neill, Stuart Wolfenden.
Blistering, brutal drama about a young man who returns from the
army to his rural British community to exact revenge on a
sadistic gang of thugs who abused his mentally handicapped
younger brother. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
** District B13 (Banlieue 13) (2006 -- French) Cyril Raffailli,
David Belle. An agent infiltrates a gang that threatens Paris
2010 with a neutron bomb. Extras: "The Making of District B13"
featurette, extended fight sequence, outtakes. (Magnolia Home
Entertainment).
** Escape to Witch Mountain/Return From Witch Mountain. "Escape
to Witch Mountain" (1975) Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald
Pleasence. Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Walter Barnes, Denver
Pyle. "Return From Witch Mountain" (1978) Bette Davis,
Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Jack Soo. $19.99.
(Disney).
** Family: The Complete First and Second Seasons. Six-disc set
with 28 episodes, $49.95. (Sony).
** The Flintstones: The Complete Sixth Season. Four-disc set with
26 episodes, $44.98. Extras: "The Flintstones Meets Pop Culture"
featurette, "The Great Gazoo -- From A to Zetox" featurette on
the creation of the "The Flintstones'" most famous guest stars.
(Warner).
** Frankenstein Unbound (1990) Dir.: Roger Corman; John Hurt,
Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda, Catherine Rabett, Jason
Patric (Fox).
** Gang Wars. Two-disc set with award-winning HBO documentaries
on gangs in Little Rock, Arkansas, where the homicide rates are
higher than in New York or Los Angeles: "Gang War: Bangin' in
Little Rock" and "Back in the Hood: Gang War 2"; $24.98. Extras:
Commentary by producer-director Marc Levin, producer Daphne
Pinkerson and former county coroner Steve Nawojczyk; "One Decade
Later" interviews with former gang members, more. (HBO Video).
** Gerald McBoing Boing Adventures. Six episodes from the Cartoon
Network animated series, $12.98. Extras: Mini-reprint of the
original Dr. Seuss book. (Classic Media).
** Gerald McBoing Boing Fairytales. Six episodes from the Cartoon
Network animated series, $12.98. Extras: Mini-reprint of the
original Dr. Seuss book. (Classic Media).
** Heart of Darkness: The Vietnam War Chronicles (1945-
1975)Comprehensive three-disc documentary with seven
chronologically-ordered episodes about the war in Vietnam;
$39.98. (Koch Vision).
** The History of Notre Dame Football (2006) Celebrates the
winning tradition of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, with
interviews from the most memorable players and coaches in Notre
Dame history; $19.98. Extras: Featurettes on Heisman heroes and
the school's marching band, vintage footage of Knute Rockne's
most famous speeches, more. (Warner).
** The History of Texas Longhorns Football (2006) Celebrates the
winning tradition of the Texas Longhorns from their first game in
1893 through their fourth national championship season in 2005;
$19.98. (Warner).
** House of the Damned (1963) Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Richard
Crane, Erika Peters. (Fox).
** I, Vampire: Trilogy of Blood. Three films focusing on vampire-
driven stories of blood-thirsty immortals: "Spawn of Hell," "From
the Grave" and "Undead Evil"; $14.98. (Koch Vision).
** Jackass: The Movie Unrated Special Collector's Edition (2002)
Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius. Extras:
Commentary by director Jeff Tremaine, cinematographer Dimitry
Elyashkevich and Knoxville; "Jackass" cast group commentary;
MTV's "Making of Jackass: The Movie"; outtakes; additional
footage; "Too Hot for MTV" additional footage. (Paramount).
** Jim Henson's Fantasy Film Collection. Three-disc set with "The
Dark Crystal," "Labyrinth" and "Mirrormask"; $49.95. Extras:
Sixteen-page Manga book. (Sony).
** Kinky Boots (2006) Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane
Potts. English comedy about a conservative shoe factory that
turns to an over-the-top way to stay in business -- by
manufacturing the most sexy, provocative leather boots on the
market. Extras: Commentary by director Julian Jarrold and cast
members, deleted scenes, "The Real Kinky Boots factory" behind-
the-scenes featurette, "Journey of a Brogue" featurette.
(Miramax).
** The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006) Julie Delpy, Justin Theroux,
Brooke Adams, Mark Boone Junior, Cassidy Hinkle, Kathleen Regan.
Thriller about a girl who disappeared 250 years ago. (MTI Home
Video).
** Lost: The Complete Second Season -- The Extended Experience.
Seven-disc set with every second-season episode, $59.99. Extras:
"Fire + Water" behind-the-scenes featurette, "Lost on Location"
featurette, "The World According to Sawyer" featurette, "The Lost
Flashbacks," deleted scenes, bloopers, Channel 4 U.K. promo, "The
Official Lost Connections" featurette, "Mysteries, Theories and
Conspiracies" featurette, "Secrets From the Hatch" featurette,
commentaries by cast and creators. (Buena Vista).
** NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Road to XL. Four-disc set with all
three playoff games and Super Bowl XL in their entirety. Extras:
Featurettes on Bill Cowher, Hines Ward, Dick LeBeau, Chuck Noll,
and owner Art Rooney. (Warner).
** Night Train to Paris (1964) Leslie Nielsen, Aliza Gur. (Fox).
** The Other (1972) Dir.: Robert Mulligan; Uta Hagen, Diana
Muldaur. (Fox).
** OZ: The Complete Sixth Season. Three-disc set with the final
eight episodes, $64.98. Extras: Deleted scenes, commentaries,
cast audition tapes, extended cut of series finale "Exeunt
Omnes." (HBO Video).
** The Plague (2006) James Van Der Beek, Dee Wallace Stone, Ivana
Milicevic, Brad Hunt, Joshua Close, Brittany Scobie. World's kids
arise from 10-year coma and wage war on adults. Extras: Deleted
scenes, cast and editor commentary. (Sony).
** Playtime (1967) Dir.: Jacques Tati; Jacques Tati. Two-disc
set. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras:
Video introduction by Terry Jones; selected scene audio
commentary by film historian Philip Kemp; "Au-dela de Playtime,"
a short documentary featuring archival behind-the-scenes footage
from the set; "Tati Story," a short biographical film about Tati;
"Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's Work," a 1976 BBC Omnibus
program; rare audio interview with Tati from the U.S. debut of
"Playtime"; "Cours du soir," a 1967 short film written by and
starring Tati; new essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum; more. (The
Criterion Collection).
** Population 436 (2005) David Ames, James Blicq, Cory Cassidy,
Fred Durst. Horror-thriller about a small town population that
neither shrinks nor grows. Extras: Alternate ending. (Sony).
** Pretty Poison (1968) Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly
Garland, John Randolph. (Fox).
** Ryna (2005 -- Romania) Doroteea Petre, Valentin Popescu,
Matthieu Roze, Nicolae Praida. Award-winning film about a
beautiful teenager who has been raised as a boy by her tyrannical
father. (Lifesize Entertainment).
** Secrets of Mary Magdalene. Two-disc documentary, $19.98. (Koch
Vision).
** Seven Samurai (1954) Dir.: Akira Kurosawa ; Toshiro Mifune,
Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi. Three-disc set
with all-new restored high-definition digital transfer and new
and improved English subtitle translation. Extras: Two audio
commentaries: one by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen,
Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie; the other by
Japanese-film scholar Michael Jeck; 50-minute documentary on the
making of "Seven Samurai," part of the Toho Masterworks series
"Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create"; "My Life in Cinema,"
a two-hour video conversation between Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima;
"Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences," a new documentary;
gallery of behind-the-scenes images of Kurosawa at work on "Seven
Samurai," plus original poster art; theatrical trailers and
teaser; booklet featuring essays by Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp,
Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Kenneth Turan, Stuart Galbraith,
Arthur Penn, Sidney Lumet, and an interview with Toshiro Mifune.
(The Criterion Collection).
** Shock Treatment (1981) Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young,
Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Charles Gray, Ruby Wax, Nell
Campbell. Extras: Commentary by the founders of the Shock
Treatment Fan Club, "DTV Presents: A Shockumentary" making-of
featurette, "Let's Rock 'n' Roll: Shock Treatment's Super Score"
musical retrospective featurette. (Fox).
** Supernatural: The Complete First Season. Six-disc set with 22
episodes, $58.98. Extras: Commentary on select episodes,
"Supernatural: Tales From the Edge of Darkness" making-of
documentary, "Day in the Life of Jared and Jensen" featurette,
gag reel, unaired scenes, still gallery. (Warner).
** Tales From the Grave. Trio of tales featuring the dead coming
back to get revenge on the living: "Beyond Death," "Brides of the
Dead" and "The Rotting Dead"; $14.98. (Koch Vision).
** The Three Musketeers (1966) Two-disc set with all 10 episodes
of the BBC production starring Jeremy Brett, Brian Blessed, Gary
Watson and Jeremy Young; $29.98. (Koch Vision).
** United 93 (2006) Christian Clemenson, Trish Gates, Polly
Adams, Cheyenne Jackson, Opal Alladin, Gary Commock. Extras:
Candid 50-minute documentary, "United 93: The Families and the
Film." A Limited Edition two-disc set will also be available,
adding the 48-minute documentary "Chasing Planes: Witnesses to
9/11." (Universal),
** Unknown White Male (2006) Documentary about Doug Bruce, who
one day finds himself traveling on a NYC subway toward Coney
Island with no memory of who he is or where he is going.
(Wellspring/Genius Products).
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>
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