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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR Tuesday, December 5 -- MONDAY, December 11
BEERFEST
The Broken Lizard comedy group returns to the big screen with a
new comedy -- about beer. When American brothers Todd and Jan
Wolfhouse (Erik Stolhanske and Paul Soter) are sent to Germany on
a mission to spread their grandfather's ashes at Oktoberfest,
they stumble upon a super-secret, centuries-old, underground beer
games competition -- Beerfest -- the Olympics of beer drinking.
At Beerfest, the brothers receive a less than warm welcome from
their German cousins, the Von Wolfhausens, who shun Todd and Jan,
slander their heritage, and worst of all, drink them under the
table. Vowing to return in a year to defend their family honor,
the Wolfhouse boys assemble a ragtag dream team of beer drinkers
and gamers: Barry Badrinath (Jay Chandrasekhar), a consummate
skills player with a dark past; Phil Krundle (Kevin Heffernan)
AKA "Landfill," the one-man chugging machine; and Charlie "Fink"
Finklestein (Steve Lemme), the lab tech with a Masters degree in
"All Things Beer." With the inspiration of their Great Gam Gam
(Cloris Leachman) and the support of her caretaker, Cherry
(Mo'Nique), this "Magnificent Five" train relentlessly, using
their hearts, minds and livers to drink faster, smarter and
harder than they ever have before. Vitals: Director: Jay
Chandrasekhar. Stars: Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik
Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Cloris Leachman, Will
Forte, Mo'nique, Ryan Blanchard, Eric Christian Olsen. 2006, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 112 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $19.073
million, Warner.
HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Family comedy about 11-year-old Billy (Luke Benward), who
inadvertently challenges the town bully, Joe Guire (Adam Hicks),
on his first day at a new school. To save face and earn the
respect of his new classmates, Billy agrees to a bet that will
determine his fate at the school -- whether or not he can eat 10
worms in one day. As the pressure mounts, he must summon heroic
strength to keep his five-year-old brother from blabbing, his
weak stomach from betraying him, and his big mouth from getting
him into more trouble than he's already in. Vitals: Director: Bob
Dolman. Stars:. James Rebhorn, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Tom
Cavanagh, Luke Benward, Adam Hicks. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 84
min., Family Comedy, Box office gross: $13.022 million, New Line.
IDLEWILD
This genre-bending hip hop story showcases the musical talent of
OutKast in a tale of greed, ambition and murder set in a
backwater juke joint. Childhood friends Percival (Andre
Benjamin), a shy piano player, and Rooster (Antwan A. Patton), a
flashy performer, struggle with life and love in the small town
of Idlewild, Georgia. At a sexy, sizzling nightclub, piano player
Percival lives life by the rules, while Rooster, the club's
flashy lead performer, struts his stuff on the stage. But
everything changes when greed, fame and murder threaten to
destroy them and the place that ties them together. Vitals:
Director: Bryan Barber. Stars: Andre Benjamin, Antwan A. Patton,
Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams,
Cicely Tyson, Macy Gray, Ben Vereen, Paula Jai Parker, Bobb'e J.
Thompson, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R,
121 min., Drama, Box office gross: $12.549 million, Universal.
MIAMI VICE
Michael Mann revisits his landmark TV series "Miami Vice" with
this big-screen adaptation that allows the director to further
explore -- unrestricted by the limitations of television -- that
nexus where thirdworld drug running intersects with the billion-
dollar corporate-industrial complex. The film begins as Sonny
Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) learn
that a high-level leak has led to the slaughter of two federal
agents and the murder of an informant friend's family. Pulled
into the case, the two detectives' investigation takes them
straight to the doorstep of vicious killers from the Aryan
Brotherhood and a sophisticated network of globalized traffickers
protected by world-class security. During the hunt, the partners
encounter the cartel's beautiful Chinese-Cuban financial officer
Isabella (Gong Li) -- a woman who moves, launders and invests
money. The seductress provides Crockett a way of exorcising his
own demons as he tries to keep her safe from darker forces ...
while the new lovers learn just who's playing (and falling for)
whom. Simultaneously, the stoic Tubbs infiltrates the elusive
criminal enterprise while keeping a protective eye on his intel-
analyst girlfriend, Trudy (Naomie Harris). As Crockett and Tubbs
work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida, they
race to identify the group responsible for their friends'
killings while jointly investigating the New Underworld Order.
During their mission, lines will get crossed as the partners
start forgetting not only which way is up, but on which side of
the law they're supposed to be. Vitals: Director: Michael Mann.
Stars: Colin Farrell,Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciaran
Hinds,Justin Theroux. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 140 min., Action
thriller, Box office gross: $63.437 million, Universal.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Captain Jack is back ... and so are Will Turner and Elizabeth
Swann, joined by a roistering shipload of characters both new and
familiar, in the epic second installment in the "Pirates of the
Caribbean" saga. In this follow-up to the blockbuster 2003 film,
the decidedly eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is
caught up in another tangled web of supernatural intrigue.
Although the curse of the Black Pearl has been lifted, an even
more terrifying threat looms over its captain and scurvy crew: it
turns out that Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones
(Bill Nighy), Ruler of the Ocean Depths, who captains the ghostly
Flying Dutchman, which no other ship can match in speed and
stealth. Unless the ever-crafty Jack figures a cunning way out of
this Faustian pact, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal
servitude and damnation in the service of Jones. This startling
development interrupts the wedding plans of Will Turner and
Elizabeth Swann, who once again find themselves thrust into
Jack's misadventures, leading to escalating confrontations with
sea monsters, very unfriendly islanders, flamboyant soothsayer
Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris) and even the mysterious appearance of
Will's long-lost father, Bootstrap Bill (Stellan Skarsgard).
Meanwhile, ruthless pirate hunter Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom
Hollander) of the East India Trading Company sets his sights on
retrieving the fabled "Dead Man's Chest." According to legend,
whoever possesses the Dead Man's Chest gains control of Davy
Jones, and Beckett intends to use this awesome power to destroy
every last Pirate of the Caribbean once and for all. For times
are changing on the high seas, with businessmen and bureaucrats
becoming the true pirates ... and freewheeling, fun-loving
buccaneers like Jack and his crew threatened with extinction.
Vitals: Director: Gore Verbinski. Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando
Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan
Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin McNally, David
Bailie, Stellan Skarsgard. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 150
min., Action, Box office gross: $ 414.013 million, Buena Vista.
PULSE
Based on the Japanese horror movie "Kairo," "Pulse" centers on a
group of college students who discover that a computer hacker
friend of theirs unwittingly pirated a signal that opens a
doorway for evil to cross over into the world: through cell
phones, e-mail, etc. As it spreads, everyone in its path is
consumed, and the students must race to find a way to stop it.
Vitals: Director: Jim Sonzero. Stars: Kristen Bell, Ian
Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Jonathan Tucker.
2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 90 min., Horror, Box office gross:
$20.230 million, The Weinstein Co./Genius Products.
REINAS (QUEENS)
As Spain prepares for its first-ever mass gay wedding, so must
five mothers. Over the course of one weekend, five uncompromising
women must learn to cope with a variety of family conflicts
surrounding the marriages of each of their sons. While these very
different mothers learn to deal with their own desires and
prejudices, a clash of sex, bigotry and love ensues. All five
women must find the strength and love they need in order to give
their sons away. In Spanish with English subtitles. Vitals:
Director: Manuel Gomez Pereira. Stars: Veronica Forque, Carmen
Maura, Marisa Paredes, Mercedes Sampietro, Betiana Blum. 2006,
CC, MPAA rating: NR, 107 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $.139
million, Genius Products.
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NEWS
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
There's a feast of great collector's sets due this week, just in
time for Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa:
Topping the releases is "TCM Archives: The Forbidden Hollywood
Collection Volume 1," a two-disc set with three rare
groundbreaking films from Hollywood's risque pre-Production Code
era, restored and remastered: Barbara Stanwyck in "Baby Face,"
the authentic version presumed lost for 70 years; Jean Harlow,
Hollywood's legendary sex symbol in one of her best early films,
"Red Headed Woman"; and "Waterloo Bridge," directed by James
Whale, the gritty original 1931 version back in circulation after
75 years, starring Mae Clarke. $39.92 from Warner ... Follow that
with two superb outings by Bernardo Bertolucci, risque in their
own right: "The Conformist Extended Edition" (1970), starring
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo
Tarascio and Fosco Giachetti; the DVD includes three featurettes:
"The Rise of the Conformist," "Shadow and Light: Filming the
Conformist," "The Conformist: Breaking New Ground" (which follows
the editing and restructuring of the film along with the recent
discovery of a deleted scene, and an all-new discussion with
Bertolucci and director of photography Vittorio Storaro); and the
gigantic epic "1900" (1976), starring Robert De Niro, Gerard
Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Laura Betti,
Werner Bruhns, Stefania Casini and Sterling Hayden; the two-disc
set includes the original five hour version of the film. Both
releases are from Paramount.
More classic cinema: "The Premiere Frank Capra Collection" is a
six-disc set with remastered editions of "American Madness"
(1932), "It Happened One Night" (1934), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"
(1936), "You Can't Take it With You" (1938) and "Mr. Smith Goes
to Washington" (1939); each disc includes a "Frank Capra Jr.
Remembers..." featurette and commentaries; a bonus disc includes
more featurettes, the "Frank Capra's American Dream" documentary
hosted by Ron Howard; the set comes with a 96-page collectible
Movie Photo Scrapbook; $59.95 from Sony.
Star vehicles: Warner will release the "Elizabeth Taylor and
Richard Burton Film Collection," a five-disc set with a special
edition of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and the DVD debuts
of "The Sandpiper," "The V.I.P.s" and "The Comedians," $49.92;
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is available separately for
$26.99 ... MGM will release a "Rocky Collector's Edition" of the
1976 film directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester
Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess
Meredith. The two-disc set includes commentary by Stallone and
eight featurettes.
From The Criterion Collection comes the celebrated 1975
documentary "Grey Gardens": Meet Big and Little Edie Beale --
high society dropouts, mother and daughter, reclusive cousins of
Jackie O. -- thriving together amid the decay and disorder of
their ramshackle East Hampton mansion. An impossibly intimate
portrait and an eerie echo of the Kennedy Camelot, Albert and
David Maysles's intense portrait of the two women quickly became
a cult classic and established Little Edie as fashion icon and
philosopher queen. And now, 30 years later, the filmmakers have
revisited their landmark documentary with a sequel of sorts, "The
Beales of Grey Gardens," culled from hours of never-before-seen
footage recently found in the filmmakers' vaults. As is par for
the Criterion course, the two-disc set is loaded with extras.
And, last but not least comes the long-awaited "Saturday Night
Live": The Complete First Season," an eight-disc set with all 24
original, episodes, in a specially designed gift package with a
limited-edition collectible book. These are the unedited, 90-
minute episodes one no longer gets to see in syndication, with
guest hosts Richard Pryor, Rob Reiner, Candice Bergen, Buck Henry
and George Carlin, and featuring the classic Land Shark and
Killer Bees skits; $69.98 from Universal.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Mission: Impossible The Complete First Season," a
seven-disc set with 28 episodes, $54.99 from Paramount ... Shades
of Darkness," (2005), a two-disc set of the PBS Mystery series,
featuring six classic literary ghost stories; $29.98 from Koch
Vision ... "Survivor: Vanuatu: The Complete Season," (2004), a
four-disc set with 15 episodes, $54.99 from Paramount ... "24:
Season Five Collection," a seven-disc set with 24 episodes,
$59.98 from Fox.
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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
** Animaniacs Volume 2. Four-disc set with 25 episodes,
$44.98.Extras: "The Writer's Flipped, They Have No Script"
featurette on the writers' favorite episodes. (Warner).
** The Architect (2006) Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella
Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere. An architect engages in conflict
with an activist who lives in a dangerous housing complex the
architect designed. Extras: Commentary by director Matt Tauber,
deleted scenes, "making-of" featurette. Also om HD DVD and Blue-
ray. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
** Attack Force (2006) Steven Seagal, Adam Croasdell, Mark
Dymond. Actioner in which Seagal battles a dangerous drug dealer
as well as a rogue arm of the military. (Sony).
** Beerfest (2006) Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik
Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Cloris Leachman, Will
Forte, Mo'nique, Ryan Blanchard, Eric Christian Olsen. Rated and
unrated editions. Unrated Extras: Commentary by director Jay
Chandrasekhar and Steve Lemme; commentary by Kevin Heffernan,
Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske; "Party Foul" featurette of on-set
mishaps; "Beer 101: A History of Beer"; "Meet the Frog Fluffer,"
the man behind the green goo; deleted scenes. (Warner).
** The Charlie Chan Collection: Volume Two. Four-disk set with
Warner Oland-starring "Charlie Chan at the Opera," "Charlie Chan
at the Olympics," "Charlie Chan at the Race Track" and "Charlie
Chan at the Circus"; $59.98. Extras: Restoration comparisons,
featurettes. (Fox).
** The Conformist Extended Edition (1970) Dir.: Bernardo
Bertolucci; Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone
Moschin, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti. Extras: Featurettes:
"The Rise of the Conformist," "Shadow and Light: Filming the
Conformist," "The Conformist: Breaking New Ground" (which follows
the editing and restructuring of the film along with the recent
discovery of a deleted scene, perspectives on the film and its
enduring success and an all-new discussion with Bertolucci and
director of photography Vittorio Storaro). (Paramount).
** Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Film Collection. Five-disc
set with a special edition of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
and the DVD debuts of "The Sandpiper," "The V.I.P.s" and "The
Comedians," $49.92; "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is
available for $26.99. (Warner).
-- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Dir.: Mike Nichols;
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis.
Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by directors Mike Nichols and
Steven Soderbergh, commentary by cinematographer Haskell Wexler,
three new featurettes: "Elizabeth Taylor: Intimate Portrait,"
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Daring Work of Raw
Excellence" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Too Shocking
for Its Time," 1966 Mike Nichols interview excerpt, Sandy Dennis
screen test, Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton movie trailer
gallery.
-- The Comedians (1967) Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec
Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Paul Ford, Lillian Gish,Roscoe Lee
Browne, James Earl Jones, Raymond St. Jacques, Cicely Tyson.
Extras: Vintage featurette "The Comedians in Africa."
-- The Sandpiper (1965) Dir.: Vincente Minnelli; Richard
Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Bronson.
Extras: Two vintage featurettes: "The Big Sur," "A Statue for the
Sandpiper."
-- The V.I.P.s (1963) Dir.: Anthony Asquith; Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Orson Welles, Rod Taylor, Maggie
Smith, Margaret Rutherford.
** Garfield & Friends: Behind the Scenes. Fifteen episodes from
the "Garfield and Friends" TV series: a single disc with a Ty
Inc. Garfield beanie mini plush, $19.98; $14.98 without the toy.
(Fox).
** Greatest Moments in NBA History. Commemorates 60 years of NBA
history; includes "The Greatest Game Ever" program about the
triple overtime game between Phoenix and Boston in Game 5 of the
1976 NBA Finals as well as the Top 10 Playoff moments picked by
panel of NBA experts; $19.98. (Warner).
** Grey Gardens (1975) Dir.: Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David
Maysles, Muffie Meyer. Documentary. Big and Little Edie Beale are
high-society dropouts, mother and daughter, reclusive cousins of
Jackie O., thriving together amid the decay and disorder of their
ramshackle East Hampton mansion. An impossibly intimate portrait
and an eerie echo of the Kennedy Camelot. New two-disc set with
the 2006 "The Beales of Grey Gardens" (also available as a single
disc), directed by Albert Maysles and David Maysles, culled from
hours of never-before-seen footage recently found in the
filmmakers' vaults. Extras: Disc One: Grey Gardens: Commentary by
directors Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer, and
associate producer Susan Froemke; excerpts from a recorded
interview with Little Edie Beale by Kathryn G. Graham for
Interview magazine (1976); video interviews with fashion
designers Todd Oldham and John Bartlett on the continuing
influence of "Grey Gardens"; hundreds of behind-the-scenes
photographs; trailers; filmographies; essay by writer Hilton Als.
Extras: Disc Two: The Beales of Grey Gardens: New video
introduction, new essay by cultural critic Michael Musto. (The
Criterion Collection).
** Holiday (1938) Dir.: George Cukor; Katharine Hepburn, Cary
Grant, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton. Extras: "Cary at
Columbia" featurette, photo gallery. (Sony).
** How to Eat Fried Worms (2006) James Rebhorn, Kimberly
Williams-Paisley, Tom Cavanagh, Luke Benward, Adam Hicks. Extras:
Commentary by director Bob Dolman and the kids from the cast,
deleted scenes, "Worm Cuisine" cooking-with-worms featurette,
"Movie Making Made Fun" behind-the-scenes featurette, gag reel,
worm montage, "Worm Guts" music video by The Rockin' Worms. (New
Line).
** Idlewild (2006) Andre Benjamin, Antwan A. Patton, Paula
Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams, Cicely
Tyson, Macy Gray, Ben Vereen, Paula Jai Parker, Bobb'e J.
Thompson, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames. Extras: Two exclusive music
videos from OutKast, plus a song that was cut from the film and
an additional deleted scene. (Universal).
** The Impressionists (2006 -- TV) Two-disc set of the three-hour
BBC docu-drama miniseries that explores the controversy, scandal
and rivalries between Monet, Cezanne, Renoir, Manet and Degas;
$34.98. Extras: Bonus documentary "Claude Monet: Painter of
Light." (Koch Vision).
** Kebab Connection (2005 -- Germany) Emanuel Bettencourt, Numan
Acar, Nora Tschirner, Hasan Ali Mete. Culture clash comedy about
a Turkish man and German woman who fall in love. (Lifesize
Entertainment).
** The Little Prince: Vol 5 -- The Greatest Gift. Three animated
episodes, $9.98. (Koch Vision).
** The Little Prince: Vol 6 -- The Magic Case. Three animated
episodes, $9.98. (Koch Vision).
** Miami Vice (2006) Dir.: Michael Mann; Colin Farrell, Jamie
Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciaran Hinds, Justin Theroux. R-
rated and unrated director's cut editions. (Universal).
** Mission: Impossible The Complete First Season. Seven-disc set
with 28 episodes, $54.99. (Paramount).
** My Geisha (1962) Shirley MacLaine, Bob Cummings, Yves Montand,
Edward G. Robinson. (Paramount).
** New Year's Day (1989) David Duchovny, Gwen Welles , Maggie
Wheeler, Melanie Winter. Extras: Commentary by director-writer
Henry Jaglom, David Duchovny and Maggie Wheeler. (Paramount).
** 1900 (1976) Dir.: Bernardo Bertolucci; Robert De Niro, Gerard
Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Laura Betti,
Werner Bruhns, Stefania Casini, Sterling Hayden. Two-disc set
includes the original five hour version of the film. Extras:
"1900: Casting" featurette: Bertolucci explains how the project
came about, and puts the film in the context of history and his
own life; "1900: Filming" fetaurette: Bertolucci and director of
photography Vittorio Storaro reflect on the look of the film, on
the epic nature of the story and on the controversial aspect of
certain scenes; "1900: The Struggle" featurette: Bertolucci
reflects on the difficult production and on the controversial
release and editing of the different versions of 1900.
(Paramount).
** NHL Philadelphia Flyers 10 Greatest Games. 10-disc set with
the original broadcast of 10 of the greatest Flyers games over
the past 40 years as voted on by the fans; $49.98. (Warner).
** The Oh in Ohio (2006) Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Mischa Barton,
Danny DeVito, Miranda Bailey, Liza Minnelli, Keith David. Gently
naughty sex comedy about a woman searching for fulfillment.
Extras: Deleted and extended scenes. (HBO Video).
** Pinky and the Brain Volume 2. Four-disc set with 22 episodes,
$44.98. Extras: "The Audition" feaurette on a casting call with
Mark Hamill, Wayne Knight and the original Pinky & the Brain
voices (Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen). (Warner),
** Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Dir.: Gore
Verbinski; Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack
Davenport, Bill Nighy,Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie
Crook, Kevin McNally, David Bailie, Stellan Skarsgard. Available
in single-disc and two-disc Collector's Edition. Extras: Single-
disc DVD: Screenwriter commentary, "Bloopers of the Caribbean."
Special Edition: Limited availability holographic packaging,
screenwriter commentary, "Bloopers of the Caribbean," behind-the-
scenes documentary, Captain Jack featurette, sword-fighting
featurette; "Creating the Kraken" featurette on the film's sea
beast, "Fly on the Set" on-location featurette, featurette on the
legend of Davy Jones, program on the newly "re-Imagineered"
Pirates of the Caribbean resort attraction, red-carpet Hollywood
premiere footage; producer Jerry Bruckheimer's personal on-set
photo diary, more. (Buena Vista).
** The Premiere Frank Capra Collection. Six-disc set with
remastered editions of "American Madness" (1932), "It Happened
One Night" (1934), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936), "You Can't
Take it With You" (1938) and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
(1939); $59.95. Extras: "Frank Capra Jr. Remembers..." featurette
for each film; commentaries for each film; bonus disc with
featurettes with Frank Capra Jr., Frank Capra documentarian Ken
Bowser; Film Society of Lincoln Center director Richard Pena,
Frank Capra Archives, Wesleyan Cinema Archives curator Jeanine
Bassinger; "Frank Capra's American Dream" documentary hosted by
Ron Howard; 96- page collectible Movie Photo Scrapbook. (Sony).
** Pulse (2006) Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian,
Rick Gonzalez, Jonathan Tucker. In theatrical PG-13 and new
unrated versions. Extras: Commentary by director Jiim Sonzero and
special makeup effects designer Gary Tunicliffe; festure
commentary by producers Mike Leahy and Joel Soisson, actor Sam
Levine, visual effects supervisor Kevin O'Neil, editor Kirk
Morri, line producer Ron Vecchiarelli; deleted scenes; alternate
scenes, "Creating the Fear: Making Pulse" featurette; "The Visual
Effects of Pulse" featurette. (The Weinstein Co./Genius
Products).
** Reinas (Queens) (2006 -- Spain) Veronica Forque, Carmen Maura,
Marisa Paredes, Mercedes Sampietro, Betiana Blum. (Genius
Entertainment).
** Restraining Order (2006) Robin Givens, Sean Blakemore, Reggie
Gaskins, N'Bushe Wright, Mari Morrow, James Avery. An unhappily
married woman turns to a lawyer friend for matrimonial help,
causing her husband to explode in anger. (ThinkTank Marketing).
** Rocky Collector's Edition (1976) Dir.: John G. Avildsen;
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers,
Burgess Meredith. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by Stallone,
commentary by Boxing Legends trainer Lou Duva and commentator
Bert Sugar, "Three Rounds With Legendary Trainer Lou Duva"
featurette, "Interview With a Legend: Bert Sugar" featurette,
"The Opponents" featurette, "In the Ring" making-of documentary,
"Steadicam: Then & Now" featurette, "Make Up! The Art & Form With
Michael Westmore" featurette, "Stacatto: A Composer's Notebook
With Bill Conti," "The Ring of Truth" featurette, deleted scenes.
(MGM).
** Saturday Night Live": The Complete First Season. Eight-disc
set with all 24 original, unedited 90-minute episodes; $69.98. In
a specially designed gift package with a limited-edition
collectible book. Extras: Audition footage and cast interviews
that aired the day before the first show. (Universal).
** Shades of Darkness (2005) Two-disc set of the PBS Mystery
series, featuring six classic literary ghost stories; $29.98.
(Koch Vision).
** Someone to Love (1987) Orson Welles, Sally Kellerman. Extras:
Commentary by director Henry Jaglom. (Paramount).
** Survivor: Vanuatu: The Complete Season (2004) Four-disc set
with 15 episodes, $54.99. Extras: Commentaries on select
episodes, "Fire, Fire Everywhere," "On Shaky Ground," "Solitary
Man" and "A Taste of Home." (Paramount).
** Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One (1971) Dir.: William Greaves.
Filmmaker William Greaves auditioned acting students for a
fictional drama, while simultaneously shooting the behind-the-
scenes drama taking place. Two-disc set with new high-definition
digital transfer. Extras: Greaves's full-length 2003 sequel,
"Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take 2 1/2"; new program about William
Greaves' career, featuring Greaves, wife and co-producer Louise
Archambault, actress Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair Bourne and
film scholar Scott MacDonald; new video interview with Steve
Buscemi. (The Criterion Collection).
** TCM Archives: The Forbidden Hollywood Collection Volume 1.
Two-disc set with three rare groundbreaking films from
Hollywood's risque pre-Production Code era, restored and
remastered: Barbara Stanwyck in "Baby Face," the authentic
version presumed lost for 70 years; Jean Harlow, Hollywood's
legendary sex symbol in one of her best early films, "Red Headed
Woman"; and "Waterloo Bridge," the gritty original 1931 version
back in circulation after 75 years, starring Mae Clarke. $39.92
(Warner).
-- Disc One:"Waterloo Bridge" (1931) Dir.: James Whale; Mae
Clark, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr, Enid
Bennett, Bette Davis; "Red-Headed Woman" (1932) Jean Harlow,
Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, Una Merkel, Henry
Stephenson, May Robson, Charles Boyer. Extras: Introduction by
Robert Osborne
-- Disc Two "Baby Face" (1933) Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent,
Donald Cook Alphonse Ethier, Henry Kolker, Margaret Lindsay. Two
versions: Original, uncensored pre-release and standard
theatrical release.
** Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas (2006) First holiday
special for best friends Toot and Puddle as they set out on their
respective holiday adventures; the hour-long special will air on
Nickelodeon's preschool network Noggin on Dec. 13. $19.98.
(National Geographic Kids' Entertainment)
** Tracks (1976) Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell. Extras:
Commentary by director-writer Henry Jaglom and Hopper.
(Paramount).
** 24: Season Five Collection. Seven-disc set with 24 episodes,
$59.98. Extras: Commentary on select episodes; Season 6 prequel;
Season 6 trailer; 100th episode reel; extended/deleted scenes;
four featurettes: "Supporting Players," "Unsung Heroes: 24 Camera
Department," "Music by Sean Gallery" and "Logan's Retreat"; "24:
Behind the Scenes" book sample; DVD-ROM content. (Fox).
** What's New Scooby-Doo? Volume 10: Monstrous Tails. Five
episodes from the TV show: "Uncle Scooby and Antarctica," "Block-
Long Hong Kong Terror," "Great Reef," "Gold Paw" and "A
Terrifying Round With a Menacing Clown"; $19.96. (Warner).
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>
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