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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, November 6 -- Monday, November 12

Deck the Halls
Family comedy about one-upmanship, jealousy, clashing neighbors, home decoration ... and the true spirit of the holidays. For Cloverdale, Massachusetts optometrist Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick), no time of the year can compare to the glory of the Christmas season. And, for many years now, he's carried on a series of heartfelt but hokey Yuletide traditions that his family -- wife Kelly (Kristin Davis), daughter Madison (Alia Shawkat), and son Carter (Dylan Blue) -- at this point, can barely tolerate. Despite his family's exhausted protests, super-organized Steve has the December calendar chock full with everything from shooting the Finch's annual Christmas card photo, to their ritual tree harvesting and neighborhood caroling night. There's also scheduled time for shopping, "personal reflection," and the town's yearly Winterfest carnival, which Steve joyously oversees. But Steve's Christmas bliss is suddenly destroyed when slippery car salesman Buddy Hall (Danny DeVito) moves in next door and Steve finds himself going toe-to-toe with his new neighbor. Buddy quickly begins to undermine Steve's dominance as the local "King of Christmas" when he sets out to festoon his new house with enough glowing holiday lights so that it will be visible from outer space. But why stop at lights? Motivated by the celebrity he's achieving with his dazzling, megawatt decorations, Buddy adds a live manger scene complete with donkeys, cows, sheep, and an imported camel, while continuing to wreak havoc on an infuriated Steve in a host of creatively twisted ways. Though Steve is in meltdown mode over Buddy's holiday shenanigans (never mind that Buddy's tapping into the Finches' electricity to power his decor), wife Kelly has bonded with Buddy's brassy better-half Tia (Kristin Chenoweth). Kelly and Tia and the kids become increasingly impatient, though, with Steve and Buddy's escalating rivalry and eventually threaten to pull the plug on the guys' entire Christmas season. Vitals: Director: John Whitesell. Stars: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Dylan Blue, Alia Shawkat. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 93 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $35.092 million, Fox.

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Adam Sandler and Kevin James play two straight guys who stumble down the aisle with the best of intentions. The pride of their Brooklyn fire station, Chuck Levine (Sandler) and Larry Valentine (James) are two guys' guys -- always side-by-side and willing to do anything for each other. Salt-of-the-earth widower Larry wants just one thing: to protect his family. His buddy Chuck also wants one thing: to enjoy the single life. Grateful Chuck owes Larry for saving his life on the job, and Larry calls in that favor big time when civic red tape prevents him from naming his own two kids as his life insurance beneficiaries. All that Chuck has to do is claim to be Larry's domestic partner on some city forms. Easy. Nobody will ever know. But when an overzealous, spot-checking bureaucrat becomes suspicious, the new couple's arrangement becomes a citywide issue and goes from confidential to front-page news. Forced to improvise as love-struck newlyweds, Chuck and Larry must now fumble through a charade of domestic bliss under one roof. And after surviving their mandatory honeymoon and dodging the threat of exposure, the well-intentioned con men discover that sticking together in your time of need is what truly makes a family. Embarrassing, but made a lot of money. Vitals: Director: Dennis Dugan. Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13,110 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $118.501 million, Universal.

Ratatouille
Original comedy about one of the most unlikely friendship's imaginable. The film's protagonist is a rat named Remy who dares to dream the impossible dream of becoming a gourmet chef in a five-star French restaurant. Together with a down-and-out garbage boy named Linguini, the pair carve their own imaginative path to becoming the greatest chef in Paris. All his life, Remy, has had a gifted sense of smell and a most unusual dream for a rat: to cook in a gourmet restaurant. Undeterred by the obvious problem of trying to make it in the world's most rodent-phobic profession, not to mention his family's urgings to be satisfied with the usual trash-heap lifestyle, Remy's fantasies are filled with flambes and sautes. But when circumstances literally drop Remy into the Parisian restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau -- whose mantra "anyone can cook" has been Remy's life-long inspiration -- he soon finds that being discovered in the kitchen can be alarmingly perilous if you've got whiskers and a tail. Just as Remy's dreams look like they will go up in smoke, he finds the one thing he needs, a friend to believe in him: the restaurant's shy, outcast garbage boy who is about to be fired from his job. Now, with nothing left to lose, Remy and Linguini form the most improbable partnership -- with Linguini's clumsy body channeling Remy's creative brains -- that will turn Paris upside down, leading them both on an incredible journey of comical twists, emotional turns and the most unlikely of triumphs, which they could never have imagined without each other. Vitals: Director: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava. Voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Peter O'Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett, Julius Callahan, James Remar, John Ratzenberger. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: G, 110 min., Animated, Box office gross: $196,620 million, Disney.

Sicko
The words healthcare and comedy aren't usually found in the same sentence, but in Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore's latest film, they go together hand in (rubber) glove. Lauded as the third highest grossing documentary of all time, the entertaining yet disturbing and saddening yet inspiring documentary sheds light on a sickening issue. With almost 50 million Americans uninsured and those who are insured, often victims of unfair restrictions for care, Moore takes a gentler, bi-partisan approach to inform, inspire and touch the hearts of his audience to call for a systematic change of action. With heart-wrenching and empathy-provoking testimonies from both patients and former insurance company employees, "Sicko" depicts the frustrations and difficulties of the inability to obtain treatment and life-saving care when desperately needed due to the inevitabilities of a for-profit healthcare system. Vitals: Director: Michael Moore. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 123 min., Documentary, Box office gross: $24.236 million, The Weinstein Co./Genius Products.

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NEWS

DVD Collectibles:
Heading up the collectibles this week is Warner's "Leading Ladies Collection Volume 2," a five-disc set with "A Big Hand for the Little Lady" (1966)starring Joanne Woodward, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford, Charles Bickford, Kevin McCarthy; "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955) starring Susan Hayward , Jo Van Flee, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert; "Rich and Famous" (1981) directed by George Cukor starring Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen and Meg Ryan; "Shoot the Moon" (1982), directed by Alan Parker and starring Diane Keaton, Albert Finney, Karen Allen and Peter Weller; "Up The Down Staircase" (1967), directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart and Jean Stapleton ; $49.92 for the set or $19.97 each individual title ... Paramount is giving special treatment to yet another release of "It's a Wonderful Life," Frank Capra's 1946 classic starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen, Ward Bond and Gloria Grahame. This two-disc set features a restored black & white version and a colorized version, as well as "The Making of It's a Wonderful Life" featurette and "A Personal Remembrance": A special tribute to Frank Capra narrated by Frank Capra Jr.

More recent releases getting special treatment his week include the Beatles' "Help!" (1965), directed by Richard Lester and starring the Fab Four (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr), Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron and Victor Spinetti. The two-disc set will be available in two editions: a standard digipack and a deluxe boxed set that will contain a reproduction of Richard Lester's original annotated script, eight lobby cards and a poster, plus a 60-page book with rarely seen photographs and production notes from the movie. Both the deluxe book and the standard booklet feature an introduction by Richard Lester and an appreciation by Martin Scorsese. Extras include "The Beatles in Help!" 30 minute documentary about the making of the film with Richard Lester, the cast and crew, with exclusive behind the-scenes footage of The Beatles on the set; missing scene featuring Wendy Richard; "The Restoration of Help!" featurette on the film's restoration process; "Memories of Help!" with the cast and crew. From Capitol/EMI Music ... Paramount has given the special treatment to one of the greatest films of all time, "Chinatown" (1974), directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston , Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson and Roman Polanski. The Special Collector's Edition includes three featurettes: "Chinatown: The Beginning and the End," "Chinatown: Filming" and "Chinatown: The Legacy" ... the studio will also release the less-successful "sequel," "The Two Jakes" (1990), directed by Jack Nicholson and starring Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Ruben Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith and Richard Farnsworth.

Craving really big sets? Due this week is the "The X-Files -- The Complete Collector's Edition," a 61-disc set loaded with extras, $329.98 from Fox; the "James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set," a 42-disc set with all 21 James Bond films (each title has two discs: one for the film, one for bonus material such as documentaries, music videos, Interviews, more); $239.98 from MGM. Also this week comes (big in stature) "The Coen Brothers Gift Set," a five-disc set with "Blood Simple," "Raising Arizona," "Millers Crossing," "Barton Fink" and "Fargo," $49.98 from MGM.

From TV to Video:
Due this week: "The Crown Prince" (2006 -- TV), starring Max on Thum, Vittoria Puccini, Omar Sharif, and Klaus Maria Brandaur in the true saga of Austian Archduke Rudolf, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in the late 19th century, whose rebel ways didn't suit the political establishment and whose tragic end came when he sought love outside his marriage; from Koch Vision ... "Full House: The Complete Eighth Season" is a four-disc set with 24 episodes, $29.98 from Warner ... "Full House: The Complete Series Collection" is a 32-disc set with 192 episodes, $169.72 from Warner ... "The King of Queens: The Complete Series" is a 27-disc set of all nine seasons, $232.95 from Sony ... "Princes in the Tower" (2005) is a British Channel 4 drama that explores the 500-year-old mystery of the man who challenged Henry VII's right to the British throne, from Koch Vision ... "Project Runway Season 3" is a four-disc set with 15 extended episodes, $27.95 from The Weinstein Co./Genius Products ... "Seinfeld Season 9" is a four-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.95 from Sony ... "Seinfeld: The Complete Series Collector's Edition" includes 32 discs with 180 episodes, $283.95 from Sony ... "Wings: The Fifth Season" (1993-94) is a four-disc set with 24 episodes, $42.99 from Universal.

Buzzin' the 'B's:
"Blood Monkey" (2007) stars F. Murray Abraham, Matt Reeves and Laura Aikman in an actioner about travelers who fight for survival against man-eating chimpanzees during an African safari gone horribly wrong, from Genius Products ... "In the Spider's Web" (2007), starring Lance Henrisksen, Cian Barry and Emma Catherwood, is a horror film about an American scientist experimenting with spiders in India, from Genius Products ... "Future Force" and "Future Zone" are two 1990 sci-fi thrillers starring David Carradine, about a band of bounty hunters formed to restore order in a city overrun with crime, from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment ... "She Wolves of the Wasteland" is a 1987 sexploitation romp, from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.

On the Indie Front:
"Stalking Santa" (2006) is an off-beat comedy about a self-proclaimed "Santologist" (The Science of Santa) who will stop at nothing to take on government conspiracy, corporate suppression, and phony mall Santas to prove the existence of Santa Claus. Stars Chris Clark, Lisa Clark, Travis Eberhard and Bern Kubiak. From Excel Entertainment.

For the Family:
"Peter Pan" (2000) stars Cathy Rigby in a live-action version of the famous tale. Includes behind-the-scenes with Rigby and the cast; sing-a-long showstoppers "I'm Flying", "I Won't Grow Up" and "I Gotta Crow"; from Arts Alliance America ... "A Dennis the Menace Christmas" (2007) stars Robert Wagner, Louise Fletcher and Maxwell Perry Cotton in the latest incarnation of Dennis as he ruins his school's Thanksgiving pageant, takes on the neighborhood bully, and, as always, makes life miserable for poor Mr. Wilson, from Warner ... "Sesame Street: Old School Volume Two" is a three-disc set featuring Sesame Street episodes and bonus bits from 1974-1979, $39.93. Includes the first (pilot) Sesame Street episode, which has never been broadcast; the set is packaged with a 12-page booklet with behind-the-scenes information and photos, and a special collectible reproduction cel from the popular Sesame Street animated film "Pinball Number Count"; from Genius Products ... "Pooh's Super Sleuth Christmas Movie" (2007) is an all-new Pooh feature that has Pooh and the gang find one of Santa's reindeers lost in the woods; afraid Christmas will be ruined, they set off to deliver him back to the North Pole, $26.99 from Disney ... It's holiday time and while New York bustles with yuletide celebrations, the Pink Panther suffers one misadventure after another ... all in hopes of finding a warm heart and a warm meal in the animated "The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas" (1978 -- TV), from MGM ... "Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 1" showcases 13 Pixar Animation Studios short films on DVD and Blu-ray Disc for the first time; includes "Luxo Jr.," "Tin Toy," "For the Birds," "One Man Band"; also included is "Pixar Shorts: A Short History." From Disney.

Special Interest:
"Movies 101" is a four-disc set with all 16 interviews from Season 1 and 2 of American Movie Classics' "Movie 101" series, hosted by New York University's Professor Richard Brown. Each interview is expanded with 20 minutes of additional footage. Interviewees: Martin Scorsese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Julianne Moore, Sigourney Weaver, George Cooney, Josh Lucas, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dennis Quaid, Jon Voight, Jeff Bridges, Willem Dafoe and Kevin Kline; $39.95 from City Lights Home Entertainment ... "Amazing Journey Project" (2007) is a two disc set that gives an incredibly in-depth look at The Who: "Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who" is a two-hour documentary featuring interviews with the band's Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey; and "Amazing Journey: Six Quick Ones" is a six-part feature with intimate portraits of each band member -- Townshend, Daltrey, Keith Moon and John Entwistle -- as well as a section called "Who Are You" takes viewers into the Mod world of 1960s England and a sixth section, "Who's Back," filmed during the 2003 recording of "Then and Now." $29.98 from Universal ... "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon" (2005) is an Imax 3-D documentary that gives viewers an approximation of a moon walk, with voiceover accounts from astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong and input from other such celebrities as Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey, Paul Newman, John Travolta, and more. It also includes an interactive bonus feature called "Lunar Exploration Command Center" that focuses on the Apollo missions -- including NASA photos, a video diary, trivia game, moon maps and more. Narrated by Tom Hanks. $19.98 from HBO Video ... "Run Granny Run" (2007) At the ripe age of 94, renowned activist Doris "Granny D" Haddock surprised the voters of New Hampshire when she became the Democratic nominee to U.S. Senate and went head to head against two-time incumbent Republican Judd Gregg just four months before Election Day. Doris had never run for office before, but she crafted a remarkable grassroots campaign that defied all expectations. "Audience Award" winner for Best Documentary at the 2007 South By Southwest Film Festival. $24.98 from Arts Alliance America ... In "Hope in Motion" (2007), Christopher Reeve's son, Matthew, has created a poignant and sincere portrait about the man known to the world as Superman, as he relentlessly fought to overcome paralysis after a horse-back riding accident in 1995. Filmed over a two year period, "Hope in Motion" comprises two documentaries: "Hope in Motion" and "Choosing Hope," which take viewers into Christopher and Dana Reeve's personal family life as Christopher fights to regain mobility and becomes the voice for others with spinal cord injuries. Portion of the DVDs' revenue will be donated to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. $26.98 from Arts Alliance America ... "The Forgotten Coast" (2007) is a documentary that follows seven of the world's top surfers as they journey to the remote islands of Indonesia to conquer that region's towering waves, from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment ... "Barry Manilow: The First Television Specials" offers five of the performer's television specials collected for the first time in a five-disc boxed set spotlighting programs that aired between 1977 and 1988; $39.99 from Rhino.

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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

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Amazing Journey Project (2007) Two disc set gives an incredibly in-depth look at The Who: "Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who" is a two-hour documentary featuring interviews with the band's Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey; and "Amazing Journey: Six Quick Ones" is a six-part feature with intimate portraits of each band member -- Townshend, Daltrey, Keith Moon and John Entwistle -- as well as a section called "Who Are You" takes viewers into the Mod world of 1960s England and a sixth section, "Who's Back," filmed during the 2003 recording of "Then and Now." $29.98. (Universal).

Barry Manilow: The First Television Specials. Five of the performer's television specials collected for the first time in a five-disc boxed set spotlighting programs that aired originally between 1977 and 1988; $39.99. (Rhino).

The Best of the Colbert Report. Single disc features the best sketches from the show. (Comedy Central/Paramount).

Blood Monkey (2007) F. Murray Abraham, Matt Reeves, Laura Aikman. Travelers fight for survival against man-eating chimpanzees during an African safari gone horribly wrong. (Genius Products).

Chinatown Special Collector's Edition (1974) Dir.: Roman Polanski; Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Roman Polanski. Extras: Three featurettes: "Chinatown: The Beginning and the End," "Chinatown: Filming" and "Chinatown: The Legacy." (Paramount).

The Coen Brothers Gift Set. Five-disc set with "Blood Simple," "Raising Arizona," "Millers Crossing," "Barton Fink" and "Fargo," $49.98. (MGM).

The Crown Prince (2006 -- TV) Max on Thum, Vittoria Puccini, Omar Sharif, Klaus Maria Brandaur. Saga of Austian Archduke Rudolf, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in the late 19th century, whose rebel ways didn't suit the political establishment and whose tragic end came when he sought love outside is marriage. (Koch Vision).

Deck the Halls (2006) Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Dylan Blue, Alia Shawkat. Extras: Commentary by John Whitesell and Danny DeVito, Dylan Blue cast interviews, deleted scenes, bloopers, "Construction of the Homes" featurette, "Lighting Design" featurette. (Fox).

A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007) Robert Wagner, Louise Fletcher, Maxwell Perry Cotton. The latest incarnation of Dennis as he ruins his school's Thanksgiving pageant, takes on the neighborhood bully, and, as always, makes life miserable for poor Mr. Wilson. Extras: "The Making of A Dennis the Menace Christmas," blooper reel, outtakes, deleted scene, commentaries. (Warner).

The Forgotten Coast (2007) Documentary follows seven of the world's top surfers as they journey to the remote islands of Indonesia to conquer that region's towering waves. Extras: Commentary featuring surfer Travis Potter and director Justin Le Pera, interview with surfer Brian Conley, "The Longest Wave Ever Filmed from Inside the Barrel," photo gallery, deleted scenes. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).

Full House: The Complete Eighth Season. Four-disc set with 24 episodes, $29.98. (Warner).

Full House: The Complete Series Collection. Thirty-two disc set with 192 episodes, $169.72. (Warner).

Future Force (1990) David Carradine. Futuristic thriller about a band of bounty hunters formed to restore order in a city overrun with crime. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).

Future Zone (1990) David Carradine, Charles Napier. Sequel to "Future Force" has bounty hunter's son arriving from the future to save his dad. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).

Help! (1965) Dir.: Richard Lester; John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti. Two-disc set in two editions: a standard digipack and a deluxe boxed set that will contain a reproduction of Richard Lester's original annotated script, eight lobby cards and a poster, plus a 60-page book with rarely seen photographs and production notes from the movie. Both the deluxe book and the standard booklet feature an introduction by Richard Lester and an appreciation by Martin Scorsese. Extras: "The Beatles in Help!" 30 minute documentary about the making of the film with Richard Lester, the cast and crew, with exclusive behind the-scenes footage of The Beatles on the set; missing scene featuring Wendy Richard; "The Restoration of Help!" featurette on the film's restoration process; "Memories of Help!" with the cast and crew. (EMI Music).

Hope in Motion (2007) Christopher Reeve's son, Matthew, has created a poignant and sincere portrait about the man known to the world as Superman, as he relentlessly fought to overcome paralysis after a horse-back riding accident in 1995. Filmed over a two year period, "Hope in Motion" comprises two documentaries: "Hope in Motion" and "Choosing Hope," which take viewers into Christopher and Dana Reeve's personal family life as Christopher fights to regain mobility and becomes the voice for others with spinal cord injuries. Portion of the DVD's revenue will be donated to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. $26.98. (Arts Alliance America).

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007) Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd. Extras: Deleted scenes, outtakes, behind-the-scenes featurette, stunt featurette, commentary by director Dennis Dugan, Sandler and James. (Universal).

In The Spider's Web (2007) Lance Henrisksen, Cian Barry, Emma Catherwood. Horror film about an American scientist experimenting with spiders in India. (Genius Products).

James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set. Forty-two disc set with all 21 James Bond films (each title has two discs: one for the film, one for bonus material such as documentaries, music videos, Interviews, more); $239.98. (MGM).

The King of Queens: The Complete Series.Twenty-seven disc set of all nine seasons, $232.95. Extras: Bonus disk with interviews, more. (Sony).

Leading Ladies Collection Volume 2. Five-disc set with "A Big Hand for the Little Lady" (1966)starring Joanne Woodward, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford, Charles Bickford, Kevin McCarthy; "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955) starring Susan Hayward , Jo Van Flee, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert; "Rich and Famous" (1981) directed by George Cukor starring Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen and Meg Ryan; "Shoot the Moon" (1982), directed by Alan Parker and starring Diane Keaton, Albert Finney, Karen Allen and Peter Weller; "Up The Down Staircase" (1967), directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart and Jean Stapleton ; $49.92 for the set or $19.97 each individual title. (Warner).

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005) Imax 3-D documentary that gives viewers an approximation of a moon walk, with voiceover accounts from astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong and input from other such celebrities as Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey, Paul Newman, John Travolta, and more. It also includes an interactive bonus feature called "Lunar Exploration Command Center" that focuses on the Apollo missions -- including NASA photos, a video diary, trivia game, moon maps and more. Narrated by Tom Hanks. $19.98. (HBO Video).

Movies 101. Four-disc set with all 16 interviews from Season 1 and 2 of American Movie Classics' "Movie 101" series, hosted by New York University's Professor Richard Brown. Each interview is expanded with 20 minutes of additional footage. Interviewees: Martin Scorsese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Julianne Moore, Sigourney Weaver, George Cooney, Josh Lucas, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dennis Quaid, Jon Voight, Jeff Bridges, Willem Dafoe and Kevin Kline; $39.95. Extras: Interviews with Brown. (City Lights Home Entertainment).

Peter Pan (2000) Cathy Rigby. Extras: Behind-the-scenes with Cathy Rigby and the cast; sing-a-long showstoppers "I'm Flying", "I Won't Grow Up" and "I Gotta Crow." (Arts Alliance America).

The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas (1978 -- TV) Animated. It's holiday time and while New York bustles with yuletide celebrations, the Pink Panther suffers one misadventure after another ... all in hopes of finding a warm heart and a warm meal. Finally, the Panther learns the true meaning of Christmas ... and friendship. Extras: Two additional specials: "The Olym-pinks" and "Pink at First Sight." (MGM).

Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 1. Thirteen Pixar Animation Studios short films on DVD and Blu-ray Disc for the first time; includes "Luxo Jr.," "Tin Toy," "For the Birds," "One Man Band." Extras: Commentaries, "Pixar Shorts: A Short History." (Disney).

Princes in the Tower (2005) Mark Umbers, Nadia Cameron-Blakey, Nicholas Rowe. British Channel 4 drama that explores the 500-year-old mystery of the man who challenged Henry VII's right to the British throne. (Koch Vision).

Project Runway Season 3. Four-disc set with 15 extended episodes, $27.95. (The Weinstein Co./Genius Products).

Ratatouille (2007) Voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Peter O'Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett, Julius Callahan, James Remar, John Ratzenberger. Extras: Deleted scenes, "Your Friend the Rat" all-new animated short film, "Fine Food and Film: A Conversation with Brad Bird and Thomas Keller" behind-the-scenes featurette, "Lifted": Pixar's latest short, more. Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Disney).

Run Granny Run (2007) At the ripe age of 94, renowned activist Doris "Granny D" Haddock surprised the voters of New Hampshire when she became the Democratic nominee to U.S. Senate and went head to head against two-time incumbent Republican Judd Gregg just four months before Election Day. Doris had never run for office before, but she crafted a remarkable grassroots campaign that defied all expectations. "Audience Award" winner for Best Documentary at the 2007 South By Southwest Film Festival, airs on HBO Television on October 18th and again on Election Night. $24.98. (Arts Alliance America).

Seinfeld Season 9. Four-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.95. Extras: "Notes About Nothing," "Inside Looks" (episode-specific mini making-of documentaries), "The Last Lap" featurette, "In the Vault" deleted scenes, "Not That There's Anything Wrong With That" bloopers, "Yada Yada Yada" commentaries, more. (Sony).

Seinfeld: The Complete Series Collector's Edition. Thirty-two discs with 180 episodes, $283.95. Extras: "The Official Coffee Table Book," a 226-page anthology; bonus disc of the cast reunion. (Sony).

Sesame Street: Old School Volume Two. Three-disc set featuring episodes and bonus bits from 1974-1979, $39.93. Extras: The first (pilot) Sesame Street episode, which has never been broadcast; set is packaged with a 12-page booklet with behind-the-scenes information and photos, and a special collectible reproduction cel from the popular Sesame Street animated film "Pinball Number Count." (Genius Products).

She Wolves of the Wasteland (1987) Kathleen Kinmont . Sexploitation romp . (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).

Sicko (2007) Dir.: Michael Moore. Documentary. Extras: Five never-before-seen segments adding nearly 30 minutes of exclusive footage; interview gallery with Former New England Journal of Medicine editor Marica Angel and Elizabeth Warren, author and Harvard Law Professor, among others; Los Angeles premiere; "Alone Without You" music video performed by Tom Morello. (The Weinstein Co./Genius Products).

Stalking Santa (2006) Chris Clark, Lisa Clark, Travis Eberhard, Bern Kubiak. Off-beat comedy about a self-proclaimed "Santologist" (The Science of Santa) who will stop at nothing to take on government conspiracy, corporate suppression, and phony mall Santas to prove the existence of Santa Claus. Extras: Deleted scenes, director's commentary, alternate ending, artifacts. (Excel Entertainment).

The Two Jakes Special Collector's Edition (1990) Dir.: Jack Nicholson; Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Ruben Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth. Extras: "Jake on Jake" featurette. (Paramount).

Wings: The Fifth Season (1993-94) Four-disc set with 24 episodes, $42.99. (Universal).

The X-Files -- The Complete Collector's Edition. Sixty-one-disc set loaded with extras, $329.98. (Fox).

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