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 ****************************** ONVIDEO E-MAIL NEWS ****************************** 9/11/07 V11.37 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, September 11 -- Monday, September 17 Away From Her Lyrical adaptation of celebrated author Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain." A beautifully moving love story that deals with memory and the circuitous, unnamable paths of a long marriage. Married for almost 50 years, Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona's (Julie Christie) commitment to each other appears unwavering, and their everyday life is full of tenderness and humor. This serenity is broken only by the occasional, carefully restrained reference to the past, giving a sense that this marriage may not always have been such a fairy tale. This tendency of Fiona's to make such references, along with her increasingly evident memory loss, creates a tension that is usually brushed off casually by both of them. As the lapses become more obvious and dramatic, it is no longer possible for either of them to ignore the fact that Fiona is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Vitals: Director: Sarah Polley. Stars: Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Gordon Pinsent, Wendy Crewson, Michael Murphy, Kristen Thomson, Alberta Watson. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 110 min., Drama, Box office gross: $4.43 million, Lionsgate. ------------------------------------------------------------ NEWS DVD Collectibles: Regarded by film historians and movie critics as one of the key, groundbreaking films of the 1960's,  "The Graduate"
(1967) helped rewrite the rules of Hollywood filmmaking and helped
usher in a new crop of younger directors. MGM revisits one of the most
illicit affairs in film history when "The Graduate: 40th Anniversary
Edition" arrivesthis week. Starring Dustin Hoffman Anne Bancroft and
Katharine Ross, Mike Nichol's film follows Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman),
a young college graduate who finds himself alienated and adrift in the
shifting, social and sexual mores of the 1960s and questioning the
values of society. As he floats through the summer, he's seduced by
Mrs. Robinson (Bancroft) and then falls in love with her daughter
Elaine (Katharine Ross). The two-disc anniversary edition DVD features
all new commentary tracks from Hoffman, Ross, Nichols and director
Steven Soderbergh, a new retrospective documentary about the influence
of the film, behind-the-scenes featurettes and more. The second disc is
a CD of Simon & Garfunkel's groundbreaking soundtrack.Halloween may be eight weeks away, but the home entertainment biz is rolling out its creepy guns to taunt your thrills and chills. Here's a partial list of movies coming out this week to celebrate All Hallow's Eve: "Fox Midnite Movie Double Features" comprises six two-disc sets with new-to-DVD releases: "Blueprint for Murder"/"Man in the Attic," "Chosen Survivors"/"Earth Dies Screaming," "Devils of Darkness"/"Witchcraft," "Gorilla at Large"/"Mystery at Monster Island," "House on Skull Mountain"/"Mephisto Waltz" and "Tales From the Crypt"/"Vault of Horror"; $14.98 each ... "The Fly Collection" features three Vincent Price classic horror flicks: "The Fly" (1958), "The Return of the Fly" (1959) and new-to-DVD "The Curse of the Fly" (1965), $39.98 from Fox ... More Vincent: "MGM Scream Legends Collection: Vincent Price Collection" is a five-disc set with "The Abominable Dr. Phibes," "Dr. Phibes Rises Again," "Theater of Blood," "Madhouse," "Tales of Terror," "Twice Told Tales" and the long-awaited DVD debut of "Witchfinder General" as well as bonus features ("Vincent Price: Renaissance Man" documentary, "The Art of Fear" featurette, "Working With Vincent Price" featurette), $39.98 from Fox ... "From Beyond (Unrated)" is Stuart Gordon's 1986 take on H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of suspense, starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree and Ted Sorel, from MGM ... "MGM Midnite Movie Double Features" offers up five two-disc sets with new-to-DVD releases: "The Beast Within"/"Bat People," "The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues"/"The Beast With a Million Eyes," "Pharoh's Curse/Cure of the Faceless Man," "Return of Dracula"/"The Vampire" and "Yongary, Monster From the Deep"/"Konga"; $14.98 each from MGM ... "The Return of the Living Dead Collector's Edition" (1985) is a creepy zombie flick starring Clu Gulager and James Karen featuring cast, crew and undead commentary; from MGM ... and, lastly, there's "Food of the Gods" (1976), starring Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher and Ida Lupino in H.G. Wells' classic story, from MGM. From TV to Video: Due this week: "The Addams Family Volume 3," a three-disc set with the series' final 20 episodes, $29.98 from MGM ... "Bones: Season Two" is a six-disc set with 21 episodes, $59.98 from Fox ... "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" is HBO's much-touted 2007 telefilm, starring Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Gordon Tootoosis, Fred Dalton Thompson and Anna Paquin, from HBO Video ... "Charmed: The Final Season" (2005-6) is a six-disc set with 22 episodes, $54.99 from Paramount ... "Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Third Season, Seriously Extended" is a seven-disc set with 25 episodes, $59.99 from Disney ... In "Jericho -- Series Two," Inspector Jericho of Scotland Yard investigates two murders amidst the social upheaval of post-war 1950s London; $29.95 from WGBH Boston Video ... "Las Vegas: Season Four," a four-disc set with 17 episodes, $59.98 from Universal ... "Lilies" (2007) is a three-disc set with eight episodes of the coming-of-age series about three young women finding their way through life in working-class Liverpool just after World War I; $49.99 from Acorn Media ... "McHale's Navy: Season Two" is a five-disc set with 36 episodes, $37.98 from Shout! Factory ... "Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act" (2006) is the conclusion of the gritty (yet classy) British detective series starring Helen Mirren, from Acorn Media ... "Supernatural: The Complete Second Season" is a six-disc set which 22 episodes, $59.98 from Warner ... "Two and a Half Men: The Complete First Season" is a four-disc set with 24 episodes, $44.98 from Warner. Buzzin' the 'B's: Nine individual lives unravel as their fates become increasingly entwined by a vicious cycle of addiction and gambling in "Even Money" (2007), starring Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer, Nick Cannon, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, Carla Gugino and Jay Mohr, from Fox ... "Griffin & Phoenix" (2006) is a touching film that follows the lives of two people who face seemingly insurmountable obstacles that unexpectedly lead them to a last chance at life; the pair team up to experience life at its fullest: sneaking into movies, hopping freight trains, and falling deeply in love, stars Amanda Peet, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Paulson and Blair Brown, from MGM ... "DOA: Dead or Alive" (2006) is an extreme combat film about a secret invitational-only martial arts tournament where the world's best fighters participate in a contest to win the ultimate fighting championship; features four female combatants; based on the best selling "Dead or Alive" videogame. Directed by Corey Yuen and starring Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Kane Kosugi, Matthew Marsden and Eric Roberts, from The Weinstein Co./Genius Products ... In "Dragon Heat" (2005 -- Hong Kong), starring Michael Biehn, Sammo Hung and Maggie Q, five Interpol agents are drafted into Hong Kong to give testimony at the trial of a crime lord when a gang of masked gunmen ambushes a convoy, snatching the mobster. A menacing and furious war ensues as two evenly matched Special Forces teams are pitted against each other in an intense and fiery battle, from Dragon Dynasty/The Weinstein Co./Genius Products ... "Snow Cake" (2007) stars Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss and Alan Rickman in a drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man traumatized after a fatal car accident that takes the life of the woman's daughter, from Genius Products ... "The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down" (2006) is a comedy that follows a group of Hollywood partygoers on their rounds, from First Look Home Entertainment ... "The House of Usher" (2006) is a modern-day update of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," from ThinkFilm ... "A Few Days In September" (2006) stars Juliette Binoche, John Turturro and Nick Nolte in a thriller set in Paris and Venice in the few days leading up to the events of September 11, focusing on a small group of people who know that something cataclysmic is about to happen and who seek to profit from it, from Koch Lorber ... "Do or Die" (2001) is a two-part Australian miniseries set in London and Sydney about a woman who must track down the criminal father of her son, who needs a perfect blood match to cure his leukemia, from BFS Entertainment.
For the Family: THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES: Weekly listings of DVD releases can now be viewed on mobile devices at www.tagtag.com/onvideo The Addams Family Volume 3. Three-disc set with the series' final 20 episodes, $29.98. Extras: Commentary by Cousin Itt and Thing on select episodes. (MGM). The Alice (2004 -- TV) Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller. Group of people descend on Alice Springs in the Outback of Australia to witness a total eclipsse of the sun. (BFS Entertainment). Away From Her (2007) Dir.: Sarah Polley; Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Gordon Pinsent, Wendy Crewson, Michael Murphy, Kristen Thomson, Alberta Watson. (Lionsgate). Blue Smoke (2007 -- TV) Alicia Witt, Matthew Settle, Scott Bakula, Talia Shire. Lifetime telefilm from the best-selling novels of popular author Nora Roberts. (Sony). Bones: Season Two. Six-disc set with 21 episodes, $59.98. Extras: Commentaries, featurettes, deleted scenes, gag reels, more. (Fox). The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) Cricket Leigh, Kat Turner. Comedy follows a group of Hollywood partygoers on their rounds. (First Look Home Entertainment). The Burning (1981) Lou David, Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens. (MGM). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Gordon Tootoosis, Fred Dalton Thompson, Anna Paquin. (HBO Video). Carolina Moon (2007 -- TV) Claire Forlani, Oliver Hudson, Jacqueline Bissett. Lifetime telefilm from the best-selling novels of popular author Nora Roberts. (Sony). Casper Meets Wendy: Family Fun Edition (1998 -- TV) Hilary Duff, Cathy Moriarty, George Hamilton, Shelley Duval, Teri Garr. Live action feature. (Fox). Charmed: The Final Season (2005-6) Six-disc set with 22 episodes, $54.99. Extras: Commentaries. (Paramount). Dirty Sanchez (2002) A Gross-out feature based on the MTV Europe series, an extreme version of "Jackass." Unrated and rated versions. Extras: Bonus stunts. DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) Dir.: Corey Yuen; Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Kane Kosugi, Matthew Marsden, Eric Roberts. Extreme combat film about a secret invitational-only martial arts tournament where the world's best fighters participate in a contest to win the ultimate fighting championship; features four female combatants. Based on the best selling "Dead or Alive" videogame. Extras: Deleted scenes, "East Meets West: Behind the Action of DOA" featurette. (The Weinstein Co./Genius Products). Do or Die (2001 -- TV) Kate Ashfield, Tom Long, Hugo Speer. Two-part Australian miniseries set in London and Sydney about a woman who must track down the criminal father of her son, who needs a perfect blood match to cure his leukemia. (BFS Entertainment). Even Money (2007) Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer, Nick Cannon, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, Carla Gugino, Grant Sullivan, Jay Mohr, Cassandra Hepburn. Nine individual lives unravel as their fates become increasingly entwined by a vicious cycle of addiction and gambling. (Fox). Face/Off Special Collector's Edition (1997) Dir.: John Woo; John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, Colm Feore, CCH Pounder, Margaret Cho. Extras: Commentary by John Woo and writers Mike Werb and Michael Colleary, deleted scenes, alternate ending, "The Light and the Dark: Making Face/Off," "John Woo: A Life in Pictures." (Paramount). A Few Days In September (2006) Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Nick Nolte. Thriller set in Paris and Venice in the few days leading up to the events of September 11, focusing on a small group of people who know that something cataclysmic is about to happen and who seek to profit from it. (Koch Lorber). Food of the Gods (1976) Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, Ida Lupino. H.G. Wells' classic story.(MGM). Fox Midnite Movie Double Features. Six two-disc sets with new-to-DVD releases: "Blueprint for Murder"/"Man in the Attic," "Chosen Survivors"/"Earth Dies Screaming," "Devils of Darkness"/"Witchcraft," "Gorilla at Large"/"Mystery at Monster Island," "House on Skull Mountain"/"Mephisto Waltz" and "Tales From the Crypt"/"Vault of Horror"; $14.98 each. (Fox). Fraggle Rock Complete Third Season. Five-disc set with 24 episodes, $49.98. Extras: Interviews with original members of the cast and crew. (Fox), The Fly Collection. Three Vincent Price classic horror flicks: "The Fly" (1958), "The Return of the Fly" (1959) and new-to-DVD "The Curse of the Fly" (1965); $39.98. (Fox). Extras: From Beyond (Unrated) (1986) Dir.: Stuart Gordon; Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree, Ted Sorel. H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of suspense. Extras: "The Director's Perspective" featurette, "The Editing Room: Lost and Found" featurette, interview with composer, photo montage, storyboard to film comparisons, deleted scenes. (MGM). The Graduate 40th Anniversary Edition (1967) Dir.: Mike Nichols; Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson, Buck Henry. Extras: Disc One: Commentary by Hoffman and Ross; commentary by Nichols and director Steven Soderbergh; retrospective documentary featuring today's filmmakers and film critics talking about the influence of the film: Buck Henry (writer of "The Graduate"), Lawrence Turman (producer of "The Graduate"), David O. Russell (director of "Three Kings"), Richard Roeper (critic), Alexander Payne (director of "Sideways"), Marc Forster (director of "Finding Neverland"), Peter Bart (Variety editor), Henry Rollins (actor/musician) and others; "Coming of Age: The Making of The Graduate" featurette; "Would You Like Me to Seduce You: The Seduction Scene Revisited" featurette; screen tests with video introductions; one-on-one with Dustin Hoffman; behind-the-scenes documentary. Disc Two: Simon & Garfunkel CD soundtrack. (MGM). Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Third Season, Seriously Extended. Seven-disc set with 25 episodes, $59.99. Extras: Four un-cut, extended episodes, "Making Rounds With Patrick Dempsey" featurette, "Good Medicine" featurette with cast and crew sharing their favorite scenes, "Prescription for Success" character creation featurette, commentaries. (Disney). Griffin & Phoenix (2006) Amanda Peet, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Paulson, Blair Brown. Touching film that follows the lives of two people who face seemingly insurmountable obstacles that unexpectedly lead them to a last chance at life; the pair team up to experience life at its fullest: sneaking into movies, hopping freight trains, and falling deeply in love. (MGM). The House of Usher (2006) Izabella Miko, Austin Nichols, Beth Grant. Modern-day update of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." Extras: Deleted scenes, filmmaker commentary. (ThinkFilm). Jericho -- Series Two. Inspector Jericho of Scotland Yard investigates two murders amidst the social upheaval of post-war 1950s London; $29.95. (WGBH Boston Video). Las Vegas: Season Four. Four-disc set with 17 episodes, $59.98. (Universal). Lilies (2007) Three-disc set with eight episodes of the coming-of-age series about three young women finding their way through life in working-class Liverpool just after World War I; $49.99. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, photo gallery, filmographies. (Acorn Media). The Lost World Special Edition (1960) Dir.: Irwin Allen; Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, David Hedison, Claude Rains, Fernando Lamas. Two-disc set. Extras: Film historian commentary, making-of documentaries, rare still images, press book galleries, the 1925 Willis O'Brien stop-motion special effects version. (Fox). MGM Midnite Movie Double Features. Five two-disc sets with new-to-DVD releases: "The Beast Within"/"Bat People," "The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues"/"The Beast With a Million Eyes," "Pharoh's Curse/Cure of the Faceless Man," "Return of Dracula"/"The Vampire" and "Yongary, Monster From the Deep"/"Konga"; $14.98 each. (MGM). MGM Scream Legends Collection: Vincent Price Collection. Five-disc set with "The Abominable Dr. Phibes," "Dr. Phibes Rises Again," "Theater of Blood," "Madhouse," "Tales of Terror," "Twice Told Tales" and the long-awaited DVD debut of "Witchfinder General" as well as bonus features ("Vincent Price: Renaissance Man" documentary, "The Art of Fear" featurette, "Working With Vincent Price" featurette); $39.98. (Fox). McHale's Navy: Season Two. Five-disc set with 36 episodes, $37.98. (Shout! Factory). Manhunter (1986) Dir.: Michael Mann; William Petersen, Brian Cox, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Dennis Farina. (MGM). Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006) The conclusion of the gritty (yet classy) British detective series starring Helen Mirren. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, photo gallery, filmographies. (Acorn Media). The Return of the Living Dead Collector's Edition (1985) Clu Gulager, James Karen. Extras: Cast, crew and undead commentary; "Remembering the Dead: Cast Recollections" featurette, "From the Underground: The Rise of Horror in the 80s" featurette, zombie subtitle stream. (MGM). Scarecrows (1988) Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan. (MGM). Snow Cake (2007) Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Alan Rickman. Drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man traumatized after a fatal car accident that takes the life of the woman's daughter. (Genius Products). Sometimes They Come Back (1991 -- TV) Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler. (MGM). Supernatural: The Complete Second Season. Six-disc set which 22 episodes, $59.98. Extras: Commentary on select episodes, "The Devil's Road Map" in-depth look at the urban Legends which inspired the series creator, "Script to Screen: All Hell Breaks Loose Part II -- Season Finale" concept to creation, gag reel, unaired scenes, Jared Padalecki's original screen test. (Warner). Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 3. Two-disc set with 35 classic cartoons, 15 of which have been re-mastered in their original cinemascope widescreen format; $26.99. Two and a Half Men: The Complete First Season. Four-disc set with 24 episodes, $44.98. Extras: "Two Adults. One kid. No grown-ups" featurette, "Backstage Tour With Angus T. Jones," gag reel, deleted scenes. (Warner). Witchfinder General (1968) Vincent Price. Edgar Allen Poe thriller about a witch hunter who finds career satisfaction touring the English countryside torturing hapless victims and putting innocent people to death in the name of purifying souls. Extras: "Witchfinder General: Michael Reeve's Horror Classic" featurette, commentary by producer Philip Waddilove and actor Ian Ogilvy. (Fox). For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at <http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm> ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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