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4/29/03 V7.17

ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, April 29 -- MONDAY, May 5

LOCKDOWN
Richard T. Jones stars as Avery, a talented young swimmer with a
bright future and hopes for collegiate glory. But a night out
with his buddies Cashmere and Dre turns into a shocking case of
mistaken identity and the three friends are wrongly accused of
murder. Now behind bars, Cashmere quickly falls under the wing of
the prison's chief goods smuggler (Master P); Avery does his best
to stay out of trouble per the guidance of his older, wiser
cellmate; and Dre is confronted by both physical and
psychological abuse. The three young men quickly learn that in
prison there's a whole new set of rules -- it's all about
survival. Director: John Luessenhop. Stars: Master P, Richard T.
Jones, Gabriel Casseus, De'aundre Bonds, Clifton Powell. 2002,
CC, MPAA rating: R, 105 min., Urban drama, Columbia TriStar, No
VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

TREASURE PLANET
Animated futuristic take on Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure
Island" has young Jim Hawkins, in possession of a secret map,
join up with a cosmic space crew headed by daring Captain Amelia
on a treasure hunt across the universe. Aboard the glittering
solar galleon, Jim meets the ship's cyborg cook, John Silver, who
teaches him the value of friendship and the power of dreams. Jim
soon teams up with crazy new robot pal B.E.N., and the shape-
shifting Morph to discover a treasure greater than he ever
imagined. Disappointing critical and boxoffice response for
Disney. Director: John Musker and Ron Clements. Stars: Voices of
Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Emma Thompson, Brian Murray, Martin Short.
2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 95 min., Family, Box office gross:
$37.486 million, Disney, $24.99 SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

TWO WEEKS NOTICE
Sexy comedy about an eccentric attorney and her client who
discover it's never too late to arbitrate an "I love you." Lucy
Kelson (Sandra Bullock) -- a brilliant but neurotic, liberal
attorney with a strategic mind who's more interested in saving
her Coney Island neighborhood than in earning a big paycheck --
is presented with the opportunity to do both when she accepts a
position as chief counsel for real estate tycoon George Wade
(Hugh Grant). However, the handsome, charming but totally self-
absorbed Wade pushes Lucy to the limit by treating her more like
a nanny and a personal assistant than the Harvard Law School grad
she is. When Lucy decides to quit, her two weeks notice makes
them realize they have fallen in love. There's a definite
magnetism between Grant and Bullock and they play off each other
with wonderful timing energy. A well-wrought outing. Director:
Marc Lawrence. Stars: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, David Haig,
Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Heather Burns, Dorian
Missick. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 110 min., Romantic Comedy,
Box office gross: $95.000 million, Warner, $22.99 VHS SRP. DVD:
Day & Date.


For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar.htm>


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

**American Family: Season One Six-disc set with all 22 episodes
of the PBS series Extras: Select scene commentary, home movies,
interviews, "Behind the Scenes of American Family" featurette;
$69.98. (Fox).
**Babylon 5: The Complete Second Season. Six-disc set. Extras:
Introduction by series creator-producer J. Michael Straczynski
and various cast members, episode commentaries, "Building
Babylon: Blueprint of an Episode" featurette, "Shadows and
Dreams: Honors of Babylon" featurette, "The Universe of Babylon
5" data/tech/personnel files, gag reel, "Babylon 5" timeline,
original episode promos; $99.98. (Warner).
**Big Jake (1971) John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne,
Christopher Mitchum. (Paramount).
**Dark Shadows DVD Collection 5 Forty episodes (372-412) on four
discs; $59.98. (MPI Home Video).
**Drole de Drame (1937 -- France) Die.: Marcel Carne; Michel
Simon, Francoise Rosay, Louis Jouvet, Jean-Louis Barrault. New
digital transfer with liner notes by film critic Jonathan
Rosenbaum. (Home Vision Entertainment).
**Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me (1998) Thomas Walter Blake
Jr. (Anchor Bay)
**Francois Truffaut's The Adventures of Antoine Doinel. "The 400
Blows," "Stolen Kisses," "Bed and Board," "Love on the Run" and
the 1962 short subject, "Antoine and Colette," in a special
edition five-disc box set. Extras: New digital transfers of all
films, enhanced for widescreen televisions; Truffaut's early
short film, "Les Mistons"; audio commentary for "Les Mistons" by
assistant director and future co-writer Claude de Givray;
audio/visual "primer" for "Les Mistons" by film historian Serge
Toubiana ; "Working With Francois Truffaut: Claude de Givray and
Bernard Revon," an exclusive re-edited version of a 1986
interview with Truffaut co-writers de Givray and Revon,
originally conducted for Rainer Gansera's documentary "Arbeiten
mit Francois Truffaut"; excerpt from the rare documentary
"Francois Truffaut" (1961) featuring Truffaut discussing his
influences and beginnings, along with "Les Mistons" and "The 400
Blows"; interview from the 1981 French TV show "Champ contre
champ" in which Truffaut discusses Jean-Pierre Leaud and the
challenges of creating films that are intensely personal, yet
popular in appeal; promotional art gallery for "The 400 Blows,"
"Stolen Kisses," "Bed and Board" and "Love on the Run"; two audio
commentaries for "The 400 Blows": one by cinema professor Brian
Stonehill and another by lifelong friend of Truffaut, Robert
Lachenay; rare audition footage of "The 400 Blows" stars Leaud,
Patrick Auffay and Richard Kanayan; newsreel footage of Leaud in
Cannes for the showing of "The 400 Blows"; excerpt from a French
TV program with Truffaut discussing his youth, critical writings,
and the origins of the character Antoine Doinel (played by Jean-
Pierre Leaud) in "The 400 Blows" and "Antoine and Colette";
television interview with Truffaut about the global financial
reception of "The 400 Blows" and his own critical impression of
the film; theatrical trailers for "The 400 Blows," "Stolen
Kisses," "Bed and Board" and "Love on the Run"; introduction to
"Stolen Kisses" by film historian Serge Toubiana; excerpt from
the TV show "Cineastes de notre temps: Francois Truffaut, dix
ans, dix films" in which Truffaut discusses his vision of the
Doinel cycle, and the complex relationship between Doinel and
Leaud; archival newsreel footage of the "Langlois Affair,"
documenting protests by Truffaut and other French film industry
luminaries against the removal of Cinematheque francaise director
Henri Langlois; promotional spot featuring Jean-Luc Godard and
Truffaut appealing for public support of Henri Langlois; newsreel
footage of Truffaut's impassioned rally to shut down the 1968
Cannes Film Festival in support of striking students and workers;
rare behind-the-scenes footage with Truffaut at work on the "Bed
and Board" set, and being interviewed along with actress Claude
Jade; rare television interview with Leaud discussing his
feelings about Truffaut and Doinel, and his thoughts about
"ending" the series; excerpt from the 1972 documentary "Approches
du cinema: Francois Truffaut ou la nouvelle vague," in which
Truffaut addresses the complexities of Doinel; rare television
interview excerpt of Truffaut and actress/co-writer Marie-France
Pisier discussing their working styles and their feelings about
"Love on the Run"; excerpt from the 1980 TV show "Cinescope" in
which Truffaut addresses his misgivings about his finale to the
Doinel series, and illuminates his feelings about Leaud and
Doinel; new and improved subtitle translation for all films;
$99.95. (The Criterion Collection/Home Vision).
**George Carlin: George's Best Stuff HBO special. (MPI Home
Video).
**A Girl Called Rosmarie (Das Madchen Rosemarie) (1996 -- German)
Nina Hoss, Til Schweiger. (Anchor Bay).
**Le Mans (1971) Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch. (Paramount).
**Little Big Man (1970) Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin
Balsam, Richard Mulligan. (Paramount).
**Lockdown (2002) Master P, Richard T. Jones, Gabriel Casseus,
De'aundre Bonds, Clifton Powell. (Columbia TriStar).
**A Man Called Horse (1970) Richard Harris, Judith Anderson.
(Paramount).
**Rio Lobo (1970) John Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Jack Elam.
(Paramount).
**The Swimmer (1968) Dir.: Frank Perry and Sydney Pollack; Burt
Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Kim Hunter. (Columbia TriStar).
**Treasure Island (1950) Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton. Restored
and remastered. (Disney).
**Treasure Planet (2002) Voices of Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Emma
Thompson, Brian Murray, Martin Short. Extras: Commentary by
directors John Musker and Ron Clements, behind-the-scenes
specials, deleted scenes (including alternate ending), "RLS
Legacy game" (virtual 3-D tour of the ship and treasure hunt),
"Disney's Animation Magic" (behind the scenes with Roy Disney),
"Disney Pedia: The Life of a Pirate Revealed," still art
galleries, character galleries, animation featurette, dimensional
staging, merging 2-D and 3-D worlds, music featurette, music
video, more. (Disney).
**Two Weeks Notice (2002) Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, David Haig,
Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Heather Burns, Dorian
Missick Extras: Fullscreen and widescreen editions. Commentary by
director-writer Lawrence, Grant and Bullock; additional scenes;
gag reel; "The Making of Two Weeks Notice: HBO First Look
Special." (Warner).
**Walk, Don't Run (1966) Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton.
(Columbia TriStar).
**White Sheik (1952 -- Italy) Dir.: Federico Fellini; Alberto
Sordi, Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina, Lilia
Landi. Extras: New digital transfer; new video interviews with
actors Brunella Bovo and Leopoldo Trieste, and Fellini friend
Moraldo Rossi; essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum; new and
improved English subtitle translation. (The Criterion
Collection/Home Vision).
**Xena: Warrior Princess Season One. All 24 episodes from season
one. Seven-disc set. Extras: Series trivia, "Xena Chronicles,"
photo gallery. (Anchor Bay).
**Zatoichi: Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold #6 (1964) Dir: Kazuo
Ikehiro; Shintaro Katsu. With newly translated electronic
subtitles, digitally mastered from newly created film elements,
enhanced for 16x9 televisions, original theatrical trailers,
collectible Zatoichi poster. (Home Vision Entertainment).
**Zatoichi: Zatoichi's Flashing Sword #7 1964) Dir: Kazuo
Ikehiro; Shintaro Katsu. With newly translated electronic
subtitles, digitally mastered from newly created film elements,
enhanced for 16x9 televisions, original theatrical trailers,
collectible Zatoichi poster. (Home Vision Entertainment).
**Zatoichi: Fight, Zatoichi, Fight #8 Dir: Kenji Misumi; Shintaro
Katsu. With newly translated electronic subtitles, digitally
mastered from newly created film elements, enhanced for 16x9
televisions, original theatrical trailers, collectible Zatoichi
poster. (Home Vision Entertainment).


For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>


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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

**George Carlin: George's Best Stuff. HBO special (MPI Home
Video): $14.98
**Treasure Planet (2002) Voices of Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Emma
Thompson, Brian Murray, Martin Short (Disney): $24.99
**Two Weeks Notice (2002) Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, David Haig,
Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Heather Burns, Dorian
Missick (Warner): $22.99


For more sell-through info, check out our Sell-Through/Repriced
pages at <http://www.onvideo.org/reprice.htm>


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NEWS

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
On May 27, Home Vision and The Criterion Collection will release
new high definition transfers of four classic films:

Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Quai des Orfevres" (1947), starring Suzy
Delair, Bertrand Blier, Simone Renant and Louis Jouvet.
Blacklisted for his daring "anti-French" masterpiece, "Le
Corbeau," Henri-Georges Clouzot returned to cinema four years
later with the 1947 crime fiction adaptation, "Quai des
Orfevres." Set within the vibrant dancehalls and historic crime
corridors of 1940s Paris, ambitious performer Jenny Lamour (Suzy
Delair), her covetous piano-playing husband Maurice Martineau
(Bertrand Blier), and their devoted confidante Dora Monier
(Simone Renant) attempt to cover one another's tracks when a
sexually aggressive high-society acquaintance is murdered. Enter
Inspector Antoine (Louis Jouvet), whose seasoned instincts lead
him down a circuitous path in this classic whodunit murder
mystery. The DVD includes a new high-definition digital transfer;
collection of intimate interview excerpts from French television
with director Clouzot and key actors; original theatrical
trailer.

Volker Schlondorff's "Coup de Grace" (1976), starring Margarethe
von Trotta, is a story of psychosexual depression, promiscuity,
and revolutionary collaboration set against the backdrop of the
Russian Civil War. The DVD includes a new digital transfer; video
interview with Schlondorff and screenwriter/star von Trotta, new
and improved English subtitle translation.

Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" (1957), starring Toshiro
Mifune and Isuzu Yamada. One of the most celebrated screen
adaptations of Shakespeare into film, Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of
Blood" re-imagines Macbeth in feudal Japan. The DVD includes a
new high-definition digital transfer; commentary by Japanese film
expert Michael Jeck; original theatrical trailer; new essay by
Stephen Prince ("The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira
Kurosawa"); two alternative subtitle translations: a new version
from renowned Japanese film translator Linda Hoagland, and
Kurosawa expert Donald Richie's subtitles using Jacobean diction;
notes on subtitling by Linda Hoagland and Donald Richie; new and
improved English subtitle translation.

Derek Jarman's "Jubilee" (1977), starring Jenny Runacre, Nell
Campbell, Toyah Willcox, Jordan, Hermine Demoriane, Ian
Charleson, Richard O'Brien and Adam Ant. When Queen Elizabeth I
asks her court alchemist to show her England in the future, she's
transported 400 years to a post-apocalyptic wasteland of roving
girl gangs, an all-powerful media mogul, fascistic police,
scattered filth, and twisted sex. Music by Brian Eno. The DVD
includes a new high-definition digital transfer, supervised by
director of photography Peter Middleton; original documentary on
Jarman and "Jubilee" made by Jarman actor Spencer Leigh,
featuring interviews with stars Runacre and Willcox, film
historian Tony Rayns, production designer Christopher Hobbs,
filmmakers John Maybury and Lee Drysdale, with rare Super 8 clips
and memorabilia from the film; ephemera from Jarman's personal
collection, including his scrapbook from the film illustrated
with rare photos and notes; liner notes by Jarman biographer Tony
Peake and cultural historian Jon Savage.

BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
From MTI Home Video, due April 29, comes "Icebreaker," starring
Sean Astin, Bruce Campbell and Stacy Keach, about terrorists who
take a winter resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device; "The
Atlantis Conspiracy," a thriller starring Amanda Donohoe, Jeremy
Davies, Bill Sage and Adrienne Shelly; and "Driven," starring
Chad Lowe, Daniel Roebuck and Tony Todd, about a group of road-
weary cab drivers trying to make sense of their desperate lives
while eking out a living on the mean streets of L.A. ... From
Lions Gate comes "100 Women," a romance about the travails of
love and kismet: a young man, through a twist of fate, finally
meets a woman who restores his faith in life, loses her when she
enters a woman's residence in a state of depression, and tries to
restore her zest for living.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
A&E will release this week a compilation of the cult British TV
series Mr. Bean,"Mr. Bean: The Whole Bean." The three-volume set
includes all 14 Mr. Bean episodes; the DVD edition also includes
a 40-minute documentary, never-before-seen skits, and more;
$49.95 DVD and VHS ... also from A&E comes the recent lavish A&E
production of "Napoleon," starring Christian Clavier, John
Malkovitch, Isabella Rosselini and Anouk Aimee; the three-disc
DVD set sells for $49.95 and the four-volume VHS set goes for
$59.95 ... Docurama will release this week a four-disc set of
Michael Moore's Emmy- nominated TV show "The Awful Truth." "The
Awful Truth: The Complete DVD Set" includes all 24 episodes with
behind-the-scenes commentary, extra footage and "Moore" Awful
Truths, $69.95.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
Docurama will release this week the exciting true-life courthouse
thriller (and 2001 Academy Award-winning documentary) "Murder on
a Sunday Morning." In May 2000, in Jacksonville, Florida, Mary
Ann Stephens was shot in the head in front of her husband during
a mugging and, two hours later, Brenton Butler, a 15-year-old
black male, was arrested for the murder. Stephens' husband
identifies Butler, and the young man signs a confession. Everyone
is ready to condemn Butler, except his lawyer, who reopens the
inquiry and uncovers a slew of shocking and troubling elements
about the case. Available on DVD and VHS, $24.95.

FOR THE KIDS:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment will release this week "X-Men: The
Legend of Wolverine," an animated epic that has the X-Men joining
forces with Magneto in a fight to save all mutants from
annihilation; the DVD includes a bonus episode, commentary and a
Stan Lee featurette; $19.99 DVD and $14.99 VHS.

DATE CHANGE:
Warner Home Video has cancelled the June 3 release of "The Ben
Stiller Show" DVD; a new date has not been set.


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