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5/6/03 V7.18

ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, May 6 -- MONDAY, May 12

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Based on the autobiography of a brilliant young master of
deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail, "Catch Me If You
Can" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in the extraordinary
true story of Frank W. Abagnale Jr. (DiCaprio), a runaway
teenager who passed millions of dollars of fraudulent checks and
who successfully passed himself off as a pilot, a lawyer and a
doctor -- all before his 21st birthday. Set in and -- and
delightfully evoking -- the swingin' 60s (Abagnale definitely had
a way with the women). Director: Steven Spielberg. Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Nathalie Baye,
Martin Sheen, Amy Adams, Jennifer Garner, James Brolin. 2002, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 141 min., Thriller, Box office gross:
$170.000 million, DreamWorks, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD:
Day & Date.

EMPEROR'S CLUB, THE
Extraordinary story about the true meaning of personal honor and
integrity stars Kevin Kline as a passionate and principled
professor who finds his tightly-controlled world inexorably
shaken by a new student. Based on the short story "The Palace
Thief" by Ethan Canin, the film stars Kevin Kline as William
Hundert, a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds
his universe altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell (Emile
Hirsch), walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle
of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but
results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a
quarter of a century later. Director: Michael Hoffman. Stars:
Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Edward
Herrmann. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 109 min., Drama, Box
office gross: $14.060 million, Universal, No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental. DVD: Day & Date.

JANE WHITE IS SICK & TWISTED
A cult favorite. Pity poor young Jane White (Kim Little). Raised
by television, and home schooled by her agoraphobic mother, Jane
has a unique perception of the world. Feeling the absence of her
father, Jane escapes into primetime episodes of his TV chat-fest,
"The Gerry Show" ... the most outrageous TV talk show in media
history. She transforms herself into the show's outrageous topics
in a desperate hope that she will be booked on the show, and one
day be reunited with her long lost dad. Along the way, Jane makes
friends with and encounters a whole sideshow filled with freaks,
weirdos, transvestite hookers, aliens, and even finds a serial
killer boyfriend. Fans of "Jane White is Sick & Twisted" have
started several clubs, and have even come up with games based on
the picture, many devoted to the film's popular TV era
references. The official Website -- www.janewhitemovie.com --
hosts a trivia game with real prizes: viewers just write down all
TV references mentioned, viewed, and/or insinuated in the film
and mail it in to the producers. The current record is 127
references. The film also has an official fan club, and holds
screening nights at colleges all over the U.S. Director: David
Michael Latt. Stars: Kim Little, Wil Wheaton, Alley Mills, Danica
McKellar, Colin Mochrie, David L. Lander, Debra Wilson, Maureen
McCormick, Chris Hardwick, Ted Shackleford, Michelle Phillips,
voice of Gary Owens. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: R, 84 min., Comedy,
MTI Home Video, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

THE WAY HOME (JIBEURO)
Touching story of two people who overcome their differences in an
effort to find a bond of understanding. When Sang-Woo's mother
goes off in search of work, he is left to stay with his deaf and
mute grandmother. He brings with him not only his GameBoy and
beloved action-figure postcards but also a chip on his shoulder.
Horrified to be in a place without electricity or indoor plumbing
and with absolutely nothing to do, Sang-Woo resists his
grandmother's attempts to please him. Defiant and ungrateful, he
begins to change as his grandmother's constant show of kindness
and love works on him. In Korean with English subtitles.
Director: Jeong-hyang Lee. Stars: Eul-boon Kim, Seung-ho Yu, Hyo-
hee Dong. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 88 min., Drama, Paramount,
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & date.


For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
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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

**Bend of the River (1952) James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Julie
Adam. (Universal).
** Birth of the Blues/Blue Skies Double Feature (1941) Bing
Crosby, Brian Donlevy, Mary Martin/(1946) Fred Astaire, Bing
Crosby, Joan Caulfield. (Universal).
** Car Wash (1976) Ivan Dixon, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin
Corey, The Pointer Sisters, Richard Pryor. (Universal).
** Catch Me If You Can (2002) Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Leonardo
DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Nathalie Baye, Martin
Sheen, Amy Adams, Jennifer Garner, James Brolin. Extras: Double
disc DVD with Dolby and DTS. "Catch Me If You Can: Behind the
Camera" featurette; "Cast Me If You Can: The Casting of the Film"
with interviews with DiCaprio and Hanks as well as the film's
supporting cast including Walken, Baye, Sheen, Adams and Garner;
"Frank Abagnale: Between Reality and Fiction," an in-depth look
at the real Frank W. Abagnale Jr. that chronicles how, as a
runaway teenager, without so much as a high school diploma, he
managed to pass himself off as an airline pilot, a doctor, a
lawyer, and a college professor, all the while cashing millions
of dollars in fraudulent checks; "Scoring Catch Me If You Can"
with composer John Williams; "The FBI Perspective" in which the
film's FBI consultant gives an insider's view into the trials and
tribulations of tracking bank fraud, forgeries, check kiting and
elusive "paperhangers"; and "In Closing," featuring the talent
recounting their roles and unique experiences on the set, plus
behind-the-scenes footage of the last scenes shot. (DreamWorks).
** Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) Dir.: Michael Apted, Sissy
Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones. Extras: Commentary by Spacek and Apted,
"Tommy Lee Jones Remembers Coal Miner's Daughter," exclusive
interview with Loretta Lynn and Apted. (Universal).
** Come September (1961) Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra
Dee, Bobby Darin. (Universal).
** A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court/The Emperor Waltz
Double Feature (1949) Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric
Hardwicke, William Bendix/(1948) Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine.
(Universal).
** Cosi (1996) Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths. (Buena Vista).
** Danzig: Archive de la Morte (2003) Ten Danzig hard-rock music
videos. (Music Video Distributors).
** Destry Rides Again (1939) James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich.
(Universal).
** Detonator (1993) Pierce Brosnan, Christopher Lee, Ted Levine.
Telefilm. (New Line).
** Dream With the Fishes (1997) David Arquette, Cathy Moriarty,
Kathryn Erbe, Brad Hunt. Extras: Music video: "Sadness," by Greg
Brown. (Columbia TriStar).
** The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) Dir.: Don Siegel; Audie
Murphy, Lee Marvin. (Universal).
** The Electric Horseman (1979) Robert Redford, Jane Fonda.
(Universal).
** The Emperor's Club (2002) Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth
Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Edward Herrmann. Extras: Commentary by
director Michael Hoffman, "The Making of The Emperor's Club"
featurette, deleted scenes. (Universal).
** The Far Country (1954) James Stewart, Walter Brennan, John
McIntire, Ruth Roman, Jack Elam, Jay C. Flippen, Henry Morgan.
(Universal).
** God Said, Ha! (1998) Julia Sweeney. (Buena Vista).
** The Greatest '70s Cop Shows. Compilation of the first episodes
of "Charlie's Angels," "Starsky and Hutch," "S.W.A.T.," "Police
Woman" and "The Rookies." (Columbia TriStar).
** The Incredible Hulk Collection. Two-disc set with two full-
length Incredible Hulk telefilms: "The Incredible Hulk Returns"
and "The Trial of the Incredible Hulk," starring Lou Ferrigno and
Bill Bixby. Extras: Interview with Ferrigno, "The Marvelous World
of Stan Lee" featurette, "Stand Tall" Ferrigno documentary,
poster and still gallery. (Anchor Bay).
** It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) Kenneth Tobey, Faith
Domergue, Donald Curtis. Extras: "The Harryhausen Chronicles,"
"This Is Dynamation" featurette. (Columbia TriStar).
** Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection. "The Hunt for Red
October," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger" and "The
Sum of All Fears," $70-$80. (Paramount).
-- Clear and Present Danger Special Collector's Edition (1994)
Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, James Earl Jones, Benjamin Bratt.
Extras: DTS, new "Behind the Danger" featurette. (Paramount).
-- The Hunt for Red October Special Collector's Edition (1990)
Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones.
Extras: DTS, new "Beneath the Surface" featurette. (Paramount).
-- Patriot Games Special Collector's Edition (1992) Harrison
Ford, Anne Archer, Thora Birch, Sean bean, James Earl Jones,
James Fox. Extras: DTS, new featurette "Patriot Games Up Close."
(Paramount).
-- The Sum of all Fears (2002) Dir.: Phil Alden Robinson; Ben
Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Alan
Bates, Philip Baker Hall, Ron Rifkin, Bruce McGill, Bridget
Moynahan. Extras: Commentary by Robinson and novelist Tom Clancy;
commentary by Robinson and cinematographer John Lindley; "Making-
of" featurette; "Making-of" visual effects. (Paramount).
** Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002) Kim Little, Wil Wheaton,
Alley Mills, Danica McKellar, Colin Mochrie, David L. Lander,
Debra Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Chris Hardwick, Ted Shackleford,
Michelle Phillips, voice of Gary Owens. Extras: Commentary by
director David Michael Latt; commentary by Little and Hardwick;
one-on-one cast interviews; deleted scenes; seven-minute
featurette; party game information; behind-the-scenes featurette;
Website information; photo gallery. (MTI Home Video).
** King Rat (1965) George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox.
(Columbia TriStar).
** Law and Order (1953) Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone, Preston
Foster. (Universal).
** Live Wire (1992) Pierce Brosnan, Ron Silver, Ben Cross. (New
Line).
** Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) William Holden,
Jennifer Jones. Restored and remastered. Extras: William Holden
A&E Biography, original MovieTone News footage, restoration
comparison feature. (Fox Studio Classics).
** Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Blythe
Danner. (Buena Vista).
** Naked Lies (1998) Shannon Tweed, Steven Bauer, Jay Baker,
Fernando Allende. (Columbia TriStar).
** Night Passage (1957) James Stewart, Dan Duryea, Audie Murphy.
(Universal).
** Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) Ray Liotta, Danny Glover, Denis
Leary. (Buena Vista).
** Oscar (1991) Dir.: John Landis; Peter Riegert, Chazz
Palminteri. (Buena Vista).
** The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) Dir.: Milos Forman; Woody
Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton.Extras: Commentary by
Harrelson, Love, Norton; commentary by writers Scott Alexander
and Larry Karaszewski; deleted scenes; two featurettes: "Free
Speech or Porn?" and "Larry Flynt Exposed"; photo gallery.
(Columbia TriStar).
** Perfect Game (2000) Edward Asner, Patrick Duffy. (Buena
Vista).
** The Rare Breed (1966) Maureen O'Hara, Juliet Mills, Brian
Keith, James Stewart. (Universal).
** The Redhead From Wyoming (1953) Maureen O'Hara, William
Bishop, Alex Nicol. (Universal).
** Rhythm on the Range/Rhythm on the River Double Feature (1936)
Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer/(1940) Bing Crosby, Mary Martin,
Basil Rathbone. (Universal).
** Roommates (1995) Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore,
Ellen Burstyn. (Buena Vista).
** Sea of Love (1989) Al Pacino, John Goodman, Ellen Barkin.
Extras: Commentary by director Harold Becker, "The Creation of
Sea of Love," deleted scenes. (Universal).
** Shenandoah (1965) James Stewart, Doug McClure, Patrick Wayne.
(Universal).
** A Simple Twist of Fate (1994) Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne,
Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara. (Buena Vista).
** The Sixth Man (1997) Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, David
Paymer. (Buena Vista).
** Straight Talk (1992) Dolly Parton, James Woods. (Buena Vista).
** Summer of the Monkeys (1998) Michael Ontkean, Wilfred Brimley.
(Buena Vista).
** That Darn Cat (1997) Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, Dean
Jones, George Dzundza, Bess Armstrong. (Buena Vista).
** Tom and Huck (1995) Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro.
(Buena Vista).
** Toothless (1997 -- TV) Kirstie Alley, Dale Midkiff. (Buena
Vista).
** Two Mules for Sister Sara (1969) Clint Eastwood, Shirley
MacLaine. (Universal).
** The Way Home (Jibeuro) (2002 -- Korean) Eul-boon Kim, Seung-ho
Yu, Hyo-hee Dong. (Paramount).
** Vibrations (1995) James Marshall, Christina Applegate. (Buena
Vista).
** Winchester '73 (1950) James Stewart, Dan Duryea, John
McIntire, Rock Hudson, Stephen McNally, Shelley Winters, Tony
Curtis. Extras: Interview with James Stewart. (Universal).


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:

** Danzig: Archive de la Morte (2003) Tem Danzig hard-rock music
videos (Music Video Distributors): $14.95


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


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NEWS

COMING SOON:
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have finally gotten together to
bring the Indiana Jones Trilogy to DVD. According to a report in
the Tuesday, May 5 edition of The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount
will release on Nov. 4 "The Adventures of Indiana Jones -- The
Complete DVD Movie Collection," a four-disc set to retail for
under $50.00. Each Indie film will occupy a single disk, sans
commentary, but the fourth disc will contain to-be-determined
extras, with the most likely candidate to be a series of
"archeological" featurettes. In both widescreen and fullscreen
editions.

Other new announcements: June 10: "They," a horror thriller
starring Laura Regan, Marc Blucas and Ethan Embry, from Dimension
... July 1: "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," starring Kate Hudson,
Matthew McConaughey, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Klein, Kathryn Hahn,
Annie Parisse and Adam Goldberg, from Paramount ... July 8: Talk
about short theatrical to video windows -- "Phone Booth," which
opened in early April and is still in theaters and still grossing
respectable figures, will arrive in a scant three months from
Fox; the film is directed by Joel Schumacher and stars Colin
Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell,
Katie Holmes and Paula Jai Parker; also on July 8 comes Army
thriller "Basic," directed by John McTiernan and starring John
Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Taye Diggs, Harry
Connick Jr., Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt and Roselyn Sanchez,
from Columbia TriStar ... July 15: Off-beat comedy "Laurel
Canyon," starring Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate
Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, Alessandro Nivola, from Columbia
TriStar ... and August 5: Smash comedy hit Bringing Down the
House," starring Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan
Plowright, Jean Smart and Betty White, on VHS to own at $24.99.

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
On June 3, Artisan will release an innovative edition of 1991's
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "T2: Extreme DVD," a new, loaded
two-disc set with two versions of the film: a new digital
transfer with Dolby 5.1 EX sound on Disc 1 and "T2: High
Definition," a first-ever Microsoft Windows Media 9 series
version playable in high resolution and 5.1 sound on Disc 2.
Other extras: Disc One: Dolby Headphone audio track, new
commentary, interactive mode with graphic commentary and behind-
the-scenes footage. Disc Two: "No Feat but What We Make"
documentary on the role of "T2" in the evolution of digital
effects; "T2: On the Set" retrospective montage of life on the
set; "Infiltration Unit Simulator and T2 FX Studio" which allows
you to morph imported images into a T-1000 or T-800 Terminator;
"Skynet Combat Chassis Designer" that allows you to construct and
field test your own fighting machine.

Warner Home Video will release on June 3 "The Animatrix," a
"fusion of CG-animation and Japanese anime" collection of nine
original short films conceived by the Wachowski Brothers, the
creators of "The Matrix" trilogy. Inspired by the visionary
action and innovative storytelling that power the trilogy, this
spectacularly visual short film series delves deeper into the
mind-bending world of The Matrix and the characters who inhabit
it. Created in the anime style pioneered by Japanese animation
artists and helmed by world-renowned anime directors, "The
Animatrix" also features the voices of actors Keanu Reeves (Neo)
and Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity) in two of the shorts. "The
Animatrix" debuts worldwide on DVD and videocassette between the
release of the next two films in "The Matrix" trilogy -- "The
Matrix Reloaded," which opens theatrically on May 15, followed by
"The Matrix Revolutions," which debuts in theaters in November.

Columbia TriStar will release on June 3 "Black Hawk Down Deluxe
Edition" (2001), directed by Ridley Scott and starring Josh
Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore and Sam Shepard, in a new
three-disc set. Disc One: Commentary by producer Jerry
Bruckheimer and Scott; commentary by author Mark Bowden and
screenwriter Ken Nolan; commentary by U.S. Special Forces
veterans ('93). Disc Two: "The Essence of Combat: Making Black
Hawk Down" six-piece documentary; eight deleted and alternate
scenes with optional filmmaker commentary; production design
archive; storyboards with optional commentary; Ridleygrams with
optional commentary; Bruckheimer's "Black Hawk Down" photo album;
opening title explorations with optional commentary; photo
galleries. Disc Three: "The History Channel Presents: The True
Story of Black Hawk Down"; "PBS Presents: Frontline -- Ambush in
Mogadishu" (with interactive mission map and timeline); target
building insertion: multi-angle sequence with optional
commentary; question and answer forums: BAFTA with Scott,
Bruckheimer, Hartnett, McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Mark Bowden and
Tom Matthews, Motion Pictures Editor's Guild with Pietro Scalia,
American Cinematheque with Bruckheimer and Scott; "Gortoz a Ran -
- J'Attends" music video performed by Denez Prigent & Lisa
Gerrard; theatrical poster explorations.

Also from Warner on June 3 comes "Fame" (1980), directed by Alan
Parker and starring Irene Cara, Laura Dean, Paul McCrane, Gene
Anthony Ray and Anne Meara, with such extras as a "class reunion"
commentary by Parker, making-of featurette and a "Fame" field
trip to the real New York City High School for the Performing
Arts.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
On May 6 Columbia TriStar will release "The Greatest '70s Cop
Shows" on DVD, a compilation of the first episodes of "Charlie's
Angels," "Starsky and Hutch," "S.W.A.T.," "Police Woman" and "The
Rookies" ... "The Incredible Hulk Collection" is a two-disc set
with two full-length Incredible Hulk telefilms: "The Incredible
Hulk Returns" and "The Trial of the Incredible Hulk," starring
Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby. Extras include an interview with
Ferrigno, "The Marvelous World of Stan Lee" featurette, "Stand
Tall" Ferrigno documentary, a poster and still gallery; from
Anchor Bay.

BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
Due this week from Lions Gate is "The Pilot's Wife" (2001), a
thriller about a woman who discovers that her pilot husband led a
secret life when his passenger jet explodes over the ocean,
killing all 103 passengers on board, with the finger of guilt
pointing to her husband, starring Christine Lahti, Campbell Scott
and John Heard ... "People From Space" (1999) is a weird sci-fi
thriller about two couples who head out into the wilds to look
for an alien crash site, along the way encountering a plethora of
strange people, places and things, including a sex-tree, Orgasm
Trail, Twig Man and a weird, pulsing light; from Elite
Entertainment.

FOR THE KIDS:
The latest direct-to-video from Down Under's The Wiggles is
"Wiggle Bay," a sand 'n' surf adventure featuring a beautiful
mermaid, a magical shell and a barbecue on the beach, for pre-
schoolers this week from HIT Entertainment, $14.95 VHS and $19.99
DVD ... MGM has launched a new collection of animated features
dubbed "Movie Toons" for kids six to 11, with the first batch of
three set for this week: "Inspector Gadget's Last Case," "Sabrina
the Teenage Witch: Friends Forever" and "Time Kid"; all have been
featured on Nick's "Sunday Noon Movie Toons" block; $9.94 VHS and
$14.95 DVD.


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