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11/5/02 V6.13

ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, Nov. 5 -- MONDAY, Nov. 11

BLUE'S CLUES: IT'S JOE TIME!
Get to know the new host of pre-school delight "Blue's Clues."
Two episodes (the DVD, under the title "Blue's Clues: Get to Know
Joe" runs for 96 minutes and contains four episodes. 2002, CC,
MPAA rating: PG, 51 min., Animated, Paramount, $9.95 SRP. DVD:
Day & Date.

DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS, THE
Offbeat coming of age saga. An official entry at the 2002
Sundance Film Festival, "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" is a
dark comedy about a rebellious group of eighth grade boys at a
Savannah Catholic school. When the boys get caught drawing an
obscene comic book featuring priests and nuns having sex, they
avenge with daring prank on their ultra-strict teacher, nasty
peg-legged nun Sister Assumpta (Jodie Foster), in hopes of
becoming local legends. Also features comic book art by Thomas
Fleming and imagination animation segments art directed by Spawn
creator Todd McFarlane. Director: Peter Care. Stars: Jodie
Foster, Kieram Culkin, Jena Malone, Emile Hirsch, Vincent
D'Onofrio. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: R, 105 min., Drama, Box office
gross: $11.743 million, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for
rental. DVD: Day & Date.

DEAD ZONE, THE
The Premiere episode of TV series adapted from Stephen King's
novel of the same name. USA Network's highest rated show to date.
Director: Robert Lieberman. Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole
de Boer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams, David Ogden Stiers. 2002,
CC, MPAA rating: NR, 87 min., Science Fiction, Lions Gate, No
SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD
Sidda Lee Walker (Sandra Bullock), a prominent young playwright
living in New York City, is a long way from her Louisiana
hometown and a nice safe distance from her loving, but highly
dramatic and eccentric mother, Vivi (Ellen Burstyn). And that's
just fine with her. When a Time magazine profile on Sidda implies
that Vivi was not a good mother, Vivi is outraged and mother and
daughter begin a fight that threatens to destroy not only their
relationship but Sidda's tenuous wedding plans. Enter the Ya-Ya
Sisterhood (Fionnula Flanagan, Shirley Knight, Maggie Smith) --
Vivi's intrepid gang of lifelong friends, eager to restore peace,
no matter what it takes. Director: Callie Khouri. Stars: Sandra
Bullock, Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, Maggie Smith, James Garner,
Shirley Knight, Fionnula Flanagan, Angus Macfadyen. 2002, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 116 min., Comedy-Drama, Box office gross:
$68.684 million, Warner, $22.98 SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

FIGHTER
A unique adventure unfolds as two friends take a risky road trip
into their past. Together, Jan Wiener and Arnost Lustig -- both
survivors of Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia and now living
in America -- revisit scenes of romance and humor, of narrow
escapes from life-or-death confrontations. But their journey home
becomes a clash of personalities that takes their friendship to
the brink.  Director: Amir Bar-Lev. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR,
86 min., Documentary, First Run Features, $29.95 SRP. DVD:
November 19.

POWERPUFF GIRLS MOVIE, THE
Kids will get down to crime-busting action with the world's (or
at least Cartoon Network's) favorite pint-sized heroes, the
Powerpuff Girls, as Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup serve a
knockout punch in their feature film debut. Created by a
perfectly powerful experiment, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup
explode into action as the new kids in Townsville. But, after one
enthusiastic game of tag, they nearly destroy their beloved city.
Now called social freaks, they turn to the mysterious Mojo Jojo
for help ... but this sinister simian has other plans -- big
plans -- like leading an army of evil monkeys to destroy the
world! Will the Powerpuff Girls save Townsville and the world --
for the first time -- before bedtime? Unfortunately for the
Girls, their antics couldn't save themselves at the boxoffice,
and the film was a minor flop. Director: Craig McCracken. Voices
of Tara Strong, Cathy Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily, Robert L.
Jackson, Tom Kenny. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 87 min., Animated,
Box office gross: $11.411 million, Warner, $22.95 SRP. DVD: Day &
Date.

PUMPKIN
Offbeat comedy about sexy college girl Carolyn (Christina Ricci)
who has it all: great looks, a wealthy family, a hot boyfriend
and one wicked hula step. But when she meets wheelchair-bound
Pumpkin (Hank Harris) through her sorority's charity work,
Carolyn suddenly realizes that her "have-it-all" existence
doesn't have all she wants. Embracing the imperfection around her
-- and within her -- she embarks on an unlikely romance that
creeps out her glossy sorority sisters, appalls her jock
boyfriend and draws them all kicking and screaming into a culture
clash that leaves no one unchanged. Though rough in spots -- and
almost falling all over itself with its message of the need to
look into oneself to find meaning in life -- the film scores
points for its generous spirit. Carolyn must transform herself
from a preppy snob to a humanist -- and find pain in order to
find deep feelings and ultimate happiness -- and Ricci, with her
almost smoothly perfect exterior, does the job quite well.
Bubbling below that calm exterior is a warmth and depth that
finally comes to the surface. It's as if we were suddenly
transported back to the 1960s, when the "search for the meaning
of life" consumed a generation of middle-class kids fighting off
the repression of conformity: Carolyn -- and Ricci -- is a 21st
century flower child. The DVD of the film is sans any extras,
which is too bad because a backgrounder on the filmmakers would
have been illuminating. Best line in the film: "The pain inside
feels like a shattered mirror." And the soundtrack is great,
highlighted by Emillana Torrini's English version of Jacques
Brel's "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (If You Go Away). Director: Anthony
Abrams, Adam Larson Broder. Stars: Christina Ricci, Hank Harris,
Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain, Marisa Coughlan. 2002, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 117 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $0.250 million,
MGM, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

SPIDER-MAN
Director Sam ("Evil Dead," "Army of Darkness," "Darkman") Raimi
has taken the famous Stan Lee comic book hero and turned him into
a big-screen star. The outing is perfect: Tobey Maguire is
impeccable as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, a young man not so much a
superhero as a bewildered youth with super powers; Kirsten Dunst
is, well, the beautiful Kirsten Dunst; the settings, production
design, visual effects and direction all mesh to create a comic
book world that is easily normal -- and believable. The story:
Orphaned at an early age, Peter Parker lives in Queens, N.Y.,
with his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Peter leads the life of
a normal student, working as a photographer at the school paper
and pining away after the beautiful Mary Jane Watson (a glowing
Kirsten Dunst) and hanging out with buddy Harry Osborn (James
Franco). But on a school trip, during which Peter and his
classmates are given a science demonstration on arachnids, Peter
is bitten by a genetically altered spider and soon after
discovers that he has unusual powers: he is endowed with the
strength and agility of a spider along with a keen, ESP-like
"spider sense." Peter first uses his powers to try to make money,
but in the face of a tragedy that hits close to home, he vows to
dedicate his life to fighting crime, taking to heart the words of
his beloved Uncle Ben: "With great power comes great
responsibility." Meanwhile, megalomaniacal businessman Norman
Osborn (Willem Dafoe), Harry's father, is undergoing some changes
of his own. An experimental formula has gone awry, increasing his
intelligence and strength but also driving him insane. He is now
the Green Goblin, Spider-Man's arch-enemy, who will put young
Peter Parker's vow to fight crime and help innocent people to the
ultimate test. Director: Sam Raimi. Stars: Tobey Maguire, Willem
Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary
Harris, J.K. Simmons, Gerry Becker, Bill Nunn, Jack Betts,
Stanley Anderson, Ron Perkins. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 121
min., Action, Box office gross: $404.000 million, Columbia
TriStar, $24.96 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: SEA STORIES
Five adventures (10 on the DVD version, which runs 99 minutes and
sells for $19.99) of the hip darling of Nick. 2002, CC, MPAA
rating: PG, 62 min., Animated, Paramount, $12.95 SRP. DVD: Day &
Date.


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

**Band of Brothers. All 10 episodes on a six-disc set in an
embossed, metallic case. Extras: "We Stand Alone Together: The
Men of Easy Company" documentary; "The Making of Band of Brothers
featurette; actor Ron Livingston's personal "Video Diaries; a
featurette of HBO's premiere screening of the miniseries on the
beaches of Normandy; interactive, context sensitive reference
"Field Guide" that includes features spanning sections such as
Soldiers, Timeline, Map, Chain of Command, Glossary and
Briefings; still photo gallery; episodic previews; series index;
more; $119.99. (HBO Video).
**Blue's Clues: Get to Know Joe! (2002) Four episodes.
(Paramount).
**The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) Jodie Foster, Kieram
Culkin, Jena Malone, Emile Hirsch, Vincent D'Onofrio. Extras:
Commentary by director Peter Care, deleted scenes, animated
scenes collection, Sundance Channel "Anatomy of a Scene,"
interviews with cast and filmmakers, production notes, animation
illustrations. (Columbia TriStar).
**The Dead Zone (2002) Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer,
Chris Bruno, John L. Adams, David Ogden Stiers. (Lions Gate).
**The Decameron (1970 -- Italy) Dir.: Pier Paolo Pasolini; Franco
Citti, Ninetto Davoli. (MGM World Films Collection).
**Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) Dir.: Callie
Khouri; Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, Maggie Smith,
James Garner, Shirley Knight, Fionnula Flanagan, Angus Macfadyen
Extras: Two commentaries: one by director-screenwriter Khouri and
actor Judd, the other with Khouri, producers Bonnie Bruckheimer
and Hunt Lowry, executive producer Lisa Stewart, editor Andrew
Marcus and composer T-Bone Burnett; additional scenes; "Unlocking
the Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," chronicling the
page-to-screen journey; interactive Ya-Ya Sisterhood Scrapbook;
Alison Krauss "Sitting in the Window of My Room" music video;
widescreen and fullscreen editions. (Warner).
**Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Deluxe Edition (2000)
Dir.: Ron Howard; Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski,
Taylor Momsen, Molly Shannon, Anthony Hopkins. Two-disc set.
Extras: Commentary by Howard, "Spotlight on Location" making-of
featurette, sing-alongs and read-alongs, deleted scenes, Faith
Hill music video, featurettes on Whoville, Grinch makeup
application and special effects, outtakes, Who school, Seussian
set decoration, DVD-ROM features that include kids activities
such as games, puzzles, holiday recipes, holiday cards, and more.
(Universal).
**Felicity. Box set of the first season and pilot episode of
"Felicity"; $79.99. (Buena Vista).
**Fingers (1978) Dir.: James Toback; Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow,
Jim Brown, Marian Seldes, Tanya Roberts, Zack Norman, Tom
Signorelli, Michael V. Gazzo, Danny Aiello, Lenny Montana,
Dominic Chianese, Tony Sirico. Extras: Commentary by
writer-director Toback, featurette in independent film with
Keitel and Toback. (Warner).
**Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) Stellan Skarsgard. Swedish,
German and Hungarian with English subtitles. (First Run
Features).
**The Great Wall Is a Great Wall (1986 -- Chinese) Dir.: Peter
Wang; Peter Wang, Sharon Iwai. (MGM World Films Collection).
**Hairspray (1988) Dir.: John Waters; Divine, Ricki Lake, Sonny
Bono, Debbie Harry, Colleen (Vitamin C) Fitzpatrick. Extras:
Commentary by Waters and Lake. (New Line).
**Houseboat (1958) Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry
Guardino, Murray Hamilton. (Paramount).
**John Miles in Concert Performance filmed at Ohne Filter Studio
in Germany on October 5, 1993. (Music Video Distributors).
**Madame Bovary (1991 -- French) Dir.: Claude Chabrol; Isabelle
Huppert, Jean-Francois Balmer. (MGM World Films Collection).
**My Father's Glory (1990 -- France) Philippe Caubere, Nathalie
Roussel. (MGM World Films Collection).
**My Mother's Castle (1990 -- France) Philippe Caubere, Nathalie
Roussel. (MGM World Films Collection).
**Once and Again. Box set of the first season and pilot episode
of "Once and Again"; $79.99. (Buena Vista).
**The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002) Voices of Tara Strong, Cathy
Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily,Robert L. Jackson, Tom Kenny. Extras:
Behind-the-scenes footage with creator Craig McCracken; exclusive
cast interviews with new animation: The Powerpuff Girls, Mojo
Jojo and the Mayor sit down for a press junket interview and
reveal all about themselves and the movie; revealing
behind-the-scenes footage: see the voice talent in session, learn
how the movie is animated and meet the creator, Craig McCracken;
four very cool, never-before-seen additional scenes; early
animation test sequence; commentary on selected additional scenes
by the Powerpuff Girls, Mojo Jojo and the Mayor; DVD-ROM
features. (Warner).
**Pumpkin (2002) Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn,
Dominique Swain, Marisa Coughlan. (MGM).
**Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) Milla Jovovich, Brian Krause.
(Columbia TriStar).
**Spetters Director's Cut (1980 -- Netherlands) Dir.: Paul
Verhoeven; Hans van Tongeren, Renee Soutendijk. Extras:
Commentary by Verhoeven. (MGM World Films Collection).
**Spider-Man (2002) Dir.: Sam Raimi; Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe,
Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris,
J.K. Simmons, Gerry Becker, Bill Nunn, Jack Betts, Stanley
Anderson, Ron Perkins. Extras: The two-disc "Spider-Man" DVD set
will be available in widescreen and fullscreen editions: The
widescreen special edition packaging will feature Spider-Man
scaling the side of a skyscraper and the full screen special
edition packaging will feature Spider-Man crouching over a
skyline. Also available day and date will be a specially-packaged
limited-edition Collector's DVD Gift Set featuring the widescreen
special edition Spider-Man DVD and loaded with extras including a
reprint of Marvel Comic's "Amazing Fantasy" #15 in which
Spider-Man was created; an exclusive collectible drawing by
former Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. and current Spider-Man
artist John Romita Jr.; a collectible numbered film cel from the
movie; and more.
--Disc 1: Commentary by Raimi, producer Laura Ziskin, Dunst and
co-producer Grant Curtis; SFX commentary by special effects
designer John Dykstra and the visual effects crew; Branching
Web-i-sodes (access via Spider- Sense); Marketing campaigns:
Trailers & TV spots; Filmographies & character files; Music
videos: Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott, "Hero" & Sum 41,
"What We're All About"; Subtitled factoids "Weaving the Web":
Pop-On production notes and historical facts; DVD-ROM:
Comic/feature comparison, record-your-own commentary, countdown
to "Spider-Man 2," Weblinks.
--Disc 2: HBO "Making of Spider-Man"; "Spider-Mania": an E!
Entertainment special; Director profile: Sam Raimi; Composer
profile: Danny Elfman; Screen tests: Tobey Maguire, J.K. Simmons
and CGI Spider-Man costume and makeup tests; Gag/Outtake reel;
Conceptual art & production design gallery; Historical
documentary" "Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century"; The
Spider-Man Comic Book Archives; Rogues gallery; The loves of
Peter Parker; Comic Book artist pin-up gallery; Activision game:
Hints & tips; DVD-ROM: Activision Game (two playable levels for
PC), three exclusive Marvel dot.comics ("Spider- Man: Blue #1,"
"Black Cat #1,"and "Peter Parker: Return of the Goblin"), Spider-
Man: Visualizer.
**SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories (2002) 10 episodes.
(Paramount).
**Sports Night. Box set of the entire run of "Sports Night";
$79.99. (Buena Vista).
**Star Trek: The Next Generation -- The Complete Fifth Season DVD
Gift Set. Seven discs. Extras: Five featurettes: "Mission
Overview: Year Five," "Departmental Briefing: Year Five --
Production," "Departmental Briefing: Year Five -- Visual
Effects," "Memorable Missions" and "A Tribute to Gene
Roddenberry"; under $100.00. (Paramount).
**To Catch a Thief (1955) Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock; Cary Grant,
Grace Kelly. Extras: Four featurettes: "Writing and Casting To
Catch a Thief," "The Making of To Catch a Thief," "Alfred
Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation," "Edith Head --
The Paramount Years." (Paramount).
**Too Beautiful for You (1989 -- France) Dir.: Bertrand Blier;
Stephane Auberghen, Carole Bouquet, Gerard Depardieu. (MGM World
Films Collection).
**Toy Soldiers (1991) Sean Astin, Will Wheaton, Louis Gossett Jr.
(Columbia TriStar).
**The X-Files Season Six DVD Collection. Six-disc set with all 22
episodes. Extras: Episode specific commentary, deleted scenes,
documentary "The Truth About Season Six," "Behind the Scenes on
Season 6" featurette, "The X-Files Profile: Cigarette Smoking
Man," special effects clips with commentary, DVD-ROM game
"Dreamland"; $149.98 (Fox).


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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

**Band of Brothers. All 10 episodes on six volumes in a slipcase,
includes "We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company"
documentary (HBO Video): $109.98
**Blue's Clues: It's Joe Time! (2002) Two episodes (Paramount):
$9.95
**Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) Dir.: Callie
Khouri; Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, Maggie Smith,
James Garner, Shirley Knight, Fionnula Flanagan, Angus Macfadyen
(Warner): Additional scenes and Alison Krauss "Sitting in the
Window of My Room" music video, $22.98
**Fighter (2000) Documentary. (First Run Features): $29.95
**The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002) Voices of Tara Strong, Cathy
Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily,Robert L. Jackson, Tom Kenny (Warner):
$22.95
**Spider-Man (2002) Dir.: Sam Raimi; Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe,
Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris,
J.K. Simmons, Gerry Becker, Bill Nunn, Jack Betts, Stanley
Anderson, Ron Perkins (Columbia TriStar): $24.96
**SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories (2002) Five episodes
(Paramount): $12.95


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NEWS

NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Warner will release transgendered basketball comedy "Juwanna
Mann" on November 19; Columbia's thriller "Trapped," starring
Kevin Bacon, Charlize Theron and Courtney Love will be released
December 24; MGM has announced a January 1 release date for Ice
Cube's comedy "Barbershop"; comedy documentary "Martin Lawrence
Live: Runteldat" and hip thriller "Who Is Cletis Tout? starring
Christian Slater and Portia de Rossi will come to home video on
January 7, from Paramount; Universal has scheduled a January 14
release for retro comedy "Undercover Brother"; and psychological
French thriller "L'emploi du temps" (Time Out) will make its way
to video January 14, from Miramax.

BUZZING THE 'B'S:
Artisan will release two wild horror films this week: "Dog
Soldiers" (2002), about a squad of soldiers on maneuvers in the
wilds of Scotland who are attacked by hungry werewolves, and
"Legion of the Dead" (2000), about an army of undead killers
being assembled in a remote desert town ... On November 19 Buena
Vista will release "The Heroic Trio" (1992), starring Michelle
Yeoh as the leader of an all-female martial arts fighting force;
"Victory" (1995), starring Willem Dafoe and Sam Neil, an actioner
set in the exotic Dutch East Indies; and "Frank McKlusky, C.I."
(2002), starring Dave Sheridan and Randy Quaid in a comedy about
the world's clumsiest insurance investigator.

ON THE INDIE FRONT:
This week Warner will release to DVD the James Toback cult
classic "Fingers" (1978), starring Harvey Keitel; extras include
commentary by writer-director Toback and an independent film
featurette with Keitel and Toback ... "A Shot at Glory" (2002),
directed by Michael Corrente ("Federal Hill," "American Buffalo")
and starring Robert Duvall and Michael Keaton in a drama about
the emotional troubles facing the manager of a second tier
Scottish football team, will be released by Lions Gate on
November 19.

MANGA:
Pioneer Entertainment will release this week "Armitage III --
OVA: The Original Classic," on DVD, an animated sci-fi thriller
set on Mars in 2046 and revolving around robots so sophisticated
that they can pass as humans. On December 3 the company will
reissue the fabulous animated adventure "Akira" in a DVD
Collector's DTS Version featuring a digitally remastered 5.1 DTS
soundtrack (which was not available on the 2001 version) ... On
December 3, Fox will release to DVD the superb Japanese animated
adventure, "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988), directed by the famous
Hayao Miyazaki.


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10/29/02 V6.12

ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, Oct. 29 -- MONDAY, Nov. 4


DAY REAGAN WAS SHOT, THE
Dramatization of the events surrounding the attempted
assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinkley Jr., on
March 10, 1981. While Reagan lay in critical condition, and
Secretary of State Alexander Haig took control of the nation, the
U.S. was sliding into governmental chaos -- compounded by the
threat of nuclear war as the Soviet Union was poised to invade
Poland. Telefilm.  Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh. Stars: Richard
Dreyfuss, Richard Crenna, Holland Taylor. 2001, CC, MPAA rating:
R, 98 min., Biodrama, Paramount, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD:
Day & Date.

EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS
Residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate
chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate
overnight to the size of SUVs. The movie is kind of a spoof of
1950s 'B' giant bug science fiction movies, replete with
grown-ups who don't listen to their kids when the young ones
figure out what's really eating all the farm animals and pets in
town. The computer-generated spiders are a gas and the tongue-in
cheek attitude works -- for awhile. Should fare better on the
small screen. Movie tagline: Do you hate spiders? Do you really
hate spiders? Well they don't like you either.  Director: Ellory
Elkayem. Stars: David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra,
Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug, Rick Overton. 2002, CC, MPAA
rating: PG- 13, 99 min., Sci-Fi comedy, Box office gross: $16.500
million, Warner, $24.95 SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

FISH IN A BARREL
Dark comedy tells the story of four petty thieves who somehow
manage to steal $4 million worth of cut diamonds. To a paranoid
control freak, a constipated soul searcher, an apathetic drunk
and a sugar-fiend kleptomaniac, add one beautiful killer and a
testosterone driven cop and what you have is a crazy shoot-out
filled with twists and turns, double and triple crosses. And a
six-way split is just not an option.  Director: Kent Dalian.
Stars: Arly Jover, Jeremy Renner, David Kelsey. 2001, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 85 min., Thriller, Vanguard, No SRP, Priced for
rental. DVD: Day & Date.

HARVARD MAN
Alan Jensen is an all-star Harvard man. He's ambitious,
intelligent and star of the college basketball team. Enter Cindy
Bandolini, a sexy college cheerleader and mob daughter with all
the right moves -- and the beauty, money and power to lure Alan
right where she wants him. With the promise of a lucrative
payoff, Alan agrees to fix basketball games. The scheme works,
until the FBI catches on. Now Cindy and her mobster family have
turned against him and, with the mob -- and the FBI -- on his
trail, Alan's got nowhere to turn, except into the arms of
Chesney, his philosophy professor. Direct-to-video release.
Director: James Toback. Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren
Adams, Eric Stoltz, Adrian Grenier, Rebecca Gayheart, Gianni
Russo, Ray Allen. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: R, 99 min., Thriller,
Lions Gate, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

LATHE OF HEAVEN
Cursed with a singular -- and thoroughly unwanted -- ability to
alter everything in the world through his dreams, George Orr
(Lukas Haas) refuses to sleep, and nearly drugs himself to death.
His court appointed therapist (James Caan) launches upon this
unique opportunity to jettison his own dronish existence, and
remake the world to match his personal vision of utopia. The
result is an ever-changing reality, leading to increasingly
hazardous consequences. Quietly bolstered by a continually
supportive sidekick and ultimately revived by his initially
skeptical attorney, George confronts global warfare, world-wide
epidemics, and violent social upheaval in his simple quest for a
good night's sleep. Based on the classic sci-fi novel by Ursula
K. Le Guin. Director: Philip Haas. Stars: James Caan, Lukas Haas,
Lisa Bonet, David Strathairn. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 100
min., Science Fiction, A&E Home Video, $19.95 SRP. DVD: Day &
Date.

LEFT BEHIND II: TRIBULATION FORCE
Produced and distributed by Christian film company Cloud Ten
Productions. Their previous releases, "Judgment" and "Left
Behind," have been giant sellers on video and DVD and amass large
box office grosses, in particular by using the old exhibition
strategy of four-walling (licensing the film, in this case, to
church groups, who then rent out theatres for the screenings).
All the films chronicle the "last days" and the "Left Behind"
series, based on a best-selling series of books, is a fictional
account of Revelation, the last book of the bible. "Left Behind"
deals with world-wide catastrophic events: 40 million people
disappear off the face of the Earth, including all children,
leaving cars, train, planes suddenly unmanned. Worldwide chaos
ensues. In this sequel, which picks up just seven days after the
"great disappearances," the Antichrist has become the charismatic
leader of the U.N., seeking to deceive the world's survivors.
Four unlikely Christian heroes -- the Tribulation Force -- risk
their lives to go up against evil and open up the world's eyes to
the truth. Released on video first, then theatrically on New
Year's Eve. Director: Bill Corcoran. Stars: Kirk Cameron, Brad
Johnson, Clarence Gilyard, Janaya Stephens, Gordon Currie. 2002,
Christian Drama, Cloud Ten Pictures, SRP, Priced for rental. DVD:
Day & Date.

LOST WORLD, THE
The Four-hour miniseries remake of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The
Lost World," about a group of adventurers who travel to a remote
plateau in 1911 to discover a lost world where dinosaurs still
roam. This version has been updated with state-of-the art CGI
creatures. Aired Oct. 6-7. Director: Stuart Orme. Stars: Bob
Hoskins, Peter Falk, James Fox, Tom Ward, Matthew Rhys, Elaine
Cassidy. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 200 min., Science Fiction,
A&E Home Video, $24.95 SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

MEN WITH BROOMS
Comedy about four life-long friends on a quest for true love,
macho bonding and big time curling glory. Reunited by the last
wishes of their recently deceased coach, four not-quite-together
guys set out to win the local Super Bowl of curling -- an
ancient, inscrutable sport involving large "stones," icy arenas
and, yes, men with brooms. Under the guidance of their befuddled
new coach (Leslie Nielsen) the intrepid teammates fight their way
to the big championship showdown, facing everything from jilted
fiances, amorous sisters of jilted fiances, murderous thugs, low
sperm counts and more. To the winner goes the Canadian Golden
Broom.  Director: Paul Gross. Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Paul Gross,
Molly Parker, Connor Price, Peter Outerbridge, Jed Rees, Michelle
Nolden, Kari Matchett. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: R, 102 min.,
Comedy, Box office gross: $4.239 million, Artisan, No SRP, Priced
for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

SOUL ASSASSIN
Skeet Ulrich stars as young security agent Kevin Burke, who works
for a multinational banking firm. Ambitious and smart, Kevin is
soon promoted to the company's internal security team -- a highly
coveted position. The new job gives Kevin the confidence to ask
his girlfriend Rosalind (Catherine Orr) to marry him. But the
romantic moment is tragically ended when she is murdered by a
hitman. Determined to find Rosalind's killer, Kevin embarks on
the most dangerous mission of his life. As he unravels his
lover's secret double-life, Tessa (Kristy Swanson) appears as a
mysterious stranger who is also out to discover the truth.
Director: Laurence Malkin. Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Catherine Orr,
Kristy Swanson. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: R, 97 min., Thriller,
Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

SUM OF ALL FEARS, THE
Terrorist-themed, nuclear-blasting fourth big-screen Jack Ryan
spy adventure (based on the Tom Clancy books), here starring Ben
Affleck as a younger Ryan (he was portrayed in previous
incarnations by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford) who alone can
prevent World War III. It seems some real bad guys (ex-Nazi and
rogue Russian military types) have acquired a lost Israeli
nuclear bomb and blow up Baltimore in the hopes of causing a
face-off between the U.S. and Russia. Fortunately for the good
guys, Ryan and partner John Clark (Liev Schreiber) are on the
case, and track the mushroom cloud to the real villain, Richard
Dressler (Alan Bates). Now it's a race against time to prove
their case before the American president retaliates and sets off
armageddon. A frightening, harrowing thriller that scored at the
boxoffice, no doubt playing off -- and feeding -- post 9/11
fears. Director: Phil Alden Robinson. Stars: Ben Affleck, Morgan
Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Alan Bates, Philip Baker
Hall, Ron Rifkin, Bruce McGill, Bridget Moynahan. 2002, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 118 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $118.000
million, Paramount, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & date.

TRIUMPH OF LOVE, THE
The Period comedy follows the exploits of a powerful young
princess (Mira Sorvino) who dons disguises, switches gender,
breaks numerous hearts and knows no boundaries in her quest for
true love. Inadvertently falling madly in love with Agis, the
rightful heir to her kingdom, the princess immediately makes it
her mission to win Agis' hand in marriage and see justice done by
restoring him to his throne. No simple task to achieve, the
princess and her lady-in-waiting slip out of their corsets and
curls, slip into men's hats and clothing, and approach the
enemy's lair under the guise of a philosophy student and his
valet. But as they seduce the philosopher Hemocrates (Ben
Kingsley) and his scientist sister Leontine, the princess finds
herself no closer to her true goal. Even worse, her string of
lies begins to unravel and her true identity is exposed. Will
love really triumph over all? Director: Clare Peploe. Stars: Mira
Sorvino, Jay Rodan, Rachael Stirling, Ben Kingsley, Fiona Shaw.
2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 111 min., Comedy, Box office gross:
$0.446 million, Paramount, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day &
Date.

VIVA LA MUERTE (LONG LIVE DEATH)
A true cult classic, this was the big-screen debut of
Theatre-of-Cruelty playwright Fernando Arrabal. It's a wild
tour-de-force of avant-garde filmmaking, suffused with surreal
violence, sexuality and biting political commentary. The film
centers on Fando, a young boy whose father has been arrested for
treason during the Spanish Civil War. Fando struggles with his
father's arrest and, in a shocking moment, discovers a letter in
which his mother admits to betraying his father. She convinces
Fando that his father committed suicide in prison, but the boy
doubts this and attempts to discover the true fate of his father.
Uncut. Director: Fernando Arrabal. Stars: Fernando Arrabal,
Mohamed Bellasoued, Mahdi Chaouch, Suzanne Compte. 1970, CC, MPAA
rating: NR, 90 min., Drama, CAV Distributing, $29.95 SRP. DVD:
Only.


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:


**Baretta: Season One. Robert Blake TV series; $39.98.
(Universal).
**Best of Baretta: Volume 1. Robert Blake TV series; $19.98.
(Universal).
**Dark Shadows DVD Collection Three. Includes 40 complete
episodes (291-300) on four discs, with interviews with actors
Jonathan Frid, Sharon Smyth, Louis Edmonds and director Lela
Swift; $59.98. (MPI).
**The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001) Richard Dreyfuss, Richard
Crenna, Holland Taylor. Telefilm. (Paramount).
**Eight Legged Freaks (2002) David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott
Terra, Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug, Rick Overton.
Commentary with Arquette and director/co-writer Ellory Elkayem,
alternate endings, deleted scenes, "Larger Than Life" featurette
(director's original short film that inspired the movie), hidden
spider trivia; DVD-ROM spider-killing challenge; widescreen and
fullscreen editions. (Warner).
**Fish in a Barrel (2001) Arly Jover, Jeremy Renner, David
Kelsey. (Vanguard).
**Harvard Man (2002) Dir.: James Toback; Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Joey Lauren Adams, Eric Stoltz, Adrian Grenier, Rebecca Gayheart,
Gianni Russo, Ray Allen. (Lions Gate).
**The Hours and the Times (1991) David Angus, Ian Hart. Telefilm
biodrama about John Lennon and Brian Epstein. Making-of
featurette. (Choices Select).
**Intervista (1987) Dir.: Federico Fellini; Sergio Rubini,
Antonella Ponziani, Maurizio Mein, Anita Ekberg, Marcello
Mastroianni. (Choices Select).
**Lathe of Heaven (2002) James Caan, Lukas Haas, Lisa Bonet,
David Strathairn. Extra footage, making-of featurette. (A&E Home
Video).
**Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002) Kirk Cameron, Brad
Johnson, Clarence Gilyard, Janaya Stephens, Gordon Currie. (Cloud
Ten Productions).
**The Lost World (2002) Bob Hoskins, Peter Falk, James Fox, Tom
Ward, Matthew Rhys, Elaine Cassidy. Four-hour TV miniseries. Two
extra hours of bonus programming, including feature-length docu
"Dinosaur Secrets Revealed," "The Making of the Lost World"
featurette, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle biography/bibliography, more;
two-DVD set; $39.95. (A&E Home Video).
**Malcolm in the Middle Season One Three-disc set with all 16
episodes from season one. Commentary on selected episodes,
extended pilot episode, "Malcolm in the Middle: A Stroke of
Genius" featurette, deleted scenes, gag reel, alternate show
openings, Malcolm TVOgraphy, Malcolm Vision bloopers, more;
$39.98. (Fox).
**Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government World Tour (2002).
"The Death Parade," directed by Manson, a 30- minute short of the
band's last trip around the world. (Eagle Vision).
**Men With Brooms (2002) Leslie Nielsen, Paul Gross, Molly
Parker, Connor Price, Peter Outerbridge, Jed Rees, Michelle
Nolden, Kari Matchett. (Artisan).
**Mysterious Island (Ray Harryhausen Signature Collection) (1961)
Michael Craig, Beth Rogan, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert
Lom. "The Making of Mysterious Island," "The Harryhausen
Chronicles," "This Is Dynamation" featurette, photo gallery.
(Columbia TriStar).
**The Santa Clause Special Edition (1994) Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd,
Mary Gross, Judge Reinhold, Peter Boyle. Set-top game "Fly
Santa's Sleigh," Elf training featurette, holiday recipes, "The
Santa Clause 2" sneak peek, DVD-ROM extras. (Disney).
**Shaka Zulu: The Complete Mini-Series DVD Set (1983) Four-disc
boxed set of the complete 10-hour miniseries. "Making of Shaka
Zulu" featurette; interviews with director William Faure, star
Henry Cele, and cast and crew; gallery of preproduction concept
art; gallery of production photos; an essay on the history of
British Colonialism in Africa and the significance of the Zulu;
$79.95. (A&E Home Video).
**Soul Assassin (2002) Skeet Ulrich, Catherine Orr, Kristy
Swanson. Commentary by director Laurence Malkin, "Making of Soul
Assassin," cast interviews, photo gallery. (Columbia TriStar).
**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.
Commentary by Robinson and novelist Tom Clancy; commentary by
Robinson and cinematographer John Lindley; "Making-of"
featurette; "Making-of" visual effects. (Paramount).
**The Triumph of Love (2001) James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams,
Christopher Plummer, Lennie James. (Paramount).
**War and Remembrance (1988-1989) Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour,
Sir, John Gielgud, Sharon Stone, Barry Bostwick, Victoria
Tennant, Hart Bochner, Polly Bergen. Five-disc set of the 14-hour
miniseries plus a bonus sixth disc with interviews with the
actors, Herman Wouk, director/producer Dan Curtis; a 22-minute
featurette, "War and Remembrance -- A Living History"; a
32-minute documentary "The Making of War and Remembrance";
$129.98. (MPI Home Video).


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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:


**Astro Boy (1983) Volumes 7-9 (Manga Entertainment): Animated TV
series, six episodes per volume, $19.95 each
**Eight Legged Freaks (2002) David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott
Terra, Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug, Rick Overton (Warner):
Alternate ending and deleted scenes, $24.95
**Lathe of Heaven (2002) James Caan, Lukas Haas, Lisa Bonet,
David Strathairn (A&E Home Video): $19.95
**The Lost World (2002) Bob Hoskins, Peter Falk, James Fox, Tom
Ward, Matthew Rhys, Elaine Cassidy (A&E Home Video): Four-hour TV
miniseries in a two-volume VHS set, $24.95
**Marilyn Manson: Guns, God and Government World Tour (2002)
(Eagle Vision): $19.98
**Santa Clause Special Edition, The (1994) Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd,
Mary Gross, Judge Reinhold, Peter Boyle (Disney): Elf training
featurette, sneak peek of "The Santa Clause 2," $14.99


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NEWS

FOR CINEASTES:
Paramount has painstakingly restored (with transfers from newly
restored original film elements) two classic films: the
incredible "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), directed by Billy Wilder
and starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim,
Nancy Olson and Jack Webb; and "Roman Holiday" (1953), directed
by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and
Eddie Albert. Extras on "Sunset Boulevard" include commentary by
critic Ed Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and
Times of Billy Wilder"; "The Making of Sunset Boulevard"
documentary with interviews with Olson, Sikov, film critic Andrew
Sarris, Glenn Close (who performed in the Broadway musical
version), and Paramount producer A.C. Lyles; "Edith Head -- The
Paramount Years"; "The Music of Sunset Boulevard," including
interviews with John Waxman (son of composer Franz Waxman) and
conductor John Mauceri; The Morgue Prologue script pages intercut
with 3 1/2 minutes of surviving picture footage from the original
nitrate negative; Hollywood location map; photo galleries. Extras
on "Roman Holiday include "Remembering Roman Holiday," a
documentary that includes interviews with Albert, author Molly
Haskell, Wyler's daughter Catherine Wyler, and Paramount producer
A.C. Lyles; "Restoring Roman Holiday"; "Edith Head -- The
Paramount Years"; photo galleries. Due November 26, $24.99 each
... Paramount is also releasing DVD editions of Alfred
Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" (1955), starring Cary Grant and
Grace Kelly, and "Houseboat" (1958), starring Cary Grant and
Sophia Loren, on November 5; and Ridley Scott's "The Duellists"
(1977), Sidney Lumet's "Serpico" (1973), starring Al Pacino, and
King Vidor's "War and Peace" (1956), due December 3; $24.99 each.

Fox, meanwhile, has announced the launch of its Fox Studio
Classics line of DVDs, remastered and restored (from 35mm film
masters newly created from original negatives) editions of the
studio's Oscar winners and nominees, in commemoration of the 75th
anniversary of the Academy Awards. Kicking off the series are
"All About Eve," "Gentleman's Agreement" and "How Green Was My
Valley," due January 14. Subsequently, on the first Tuesday of
each month in 2003, the studio will release another restored
classic; February 4 will see "An Affair to Remember" released.
Each DVD will include a variety of extras: commentaries,
newsreels, A&E "Backstory" features, interviews, etc. $19.98
each.

PRICED TO OWN:
Paramount has repriced Britney Spears' "Crossroads" (due December
3) and Mel Gibson's "We Were Soldiers" (due December 31) to
$14.95 from rental ... Fox has announced a bevy of VHS titles
repriced to own from rental: "High Crimes," "Joe Somebody,"
"Kissing Jessica Stein," "Life or Something Like It" and "Super
Troopers," for $14.98 each, and "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist" and
"Waking Life" for $9.98 each, all due January 14.

FOR THE KIDS:
Paramount will release on November 5 the latest volume of
pre-school animated character Dora the Explorer: "Move to the
Music," featuring two play-along sing-and-dance stories, $12.95
VHS only ... For preschoolers, Child Smart has released "Your
Tiny Noel," a 30-minute video (using puppetry and live-action)
sleigh ride through holiday customs in France, Germany, Italy,
Mexico and the United States, backed by Christmas music; $12.95
VHS only.

FOR COLLECTORS:
Choices Select is a new video label that specializes in the
acquisition of specialized films and documentaries. Their first
two releases on DVD, due October 29, are "Intervista," by
Federico Fellini, that follows the making of a documentary by
Fellini that also serves as his semi-autobiography; and "The
Hours and the Times," a biodrama about John Lennon and Brian
Epstein. On November 26 the company will release "Elie Wiesel
Goes Home," a documentary that chronicles the Nobel Peace Prize
winner and his compelling return to Auschwitz, Germany (on DVD
and VHS).

DATE CHANGE:
The release date for the DVD and VHS editions of "One Hour
Photo," starring Robin Williams, has changed from January 28 to
February 18.


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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, Oct. 15 -- MONDAY, Oct. 21


E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
"E.T." finally comes home to DVD in two versions. There's "E.T.
The Extra-Terrestrial Limited Collector's Edition," a two-disc
set with the 2002 20th anniversary release (which Spielberg
tinkered with by adding new scenes and altering others: The guns
police brandish when chasing E.T. have been digitally changed to
walkie-talkies, and a line that Dee Wallace says to her son
during a Halloween sequence -- "No, you're not going as a
terrorist" -- has been deleted. Spielberg has also tweaked E.T.'s
performance using computer graphics) and 10-hours of goodies.
Extras: Two deleted scenes: "E.T. in the tub" and "E.T. drinks a
Coke"; "20 Years Later With Steven Spielberg" conversation with
the director; "John Williams Live Orchestra Segment": Exclusive
look at the preparation, rehearsal and live performance by John
Williams of the film's score at the 2002 Los Angeles premiere;
isolated 2002 live score; "Space Exploration" featurette with a
3-D interactive journey into space; "The Evolution of E.T."
featurette examining the development of the screenplay, casting
and production, with never-before-seen footage shot in 1982; Cast
reunion featurette; Interactive "E.T. Archives" of production
photos, conceptual drawings and original advertising; DVD-ROM
extras; DTS and Dolby; widescreen and full-frame versions;
$22.95. Then there's the "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Ultimate
Collector's Gift Set," a three-disc set with "E.T. The
Extra-Terrestrial Limited Collector's Edition" of the 2002
release, the original theatrical version, a CD soundtrack, a
script from the original feature, and a collectible senitype;
$69.98. Director: Steven Spielberg. Stars: Dee Wallace, Henry
Thomas, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore, C. Thomas Howell. 1982, CC,
MPAA rating: PG, min., Family, Universal.

FIGHTER
A unique adventure unfolds as two friends take a risky road trip
into their past. Together, Jan Wiener and Arnost Lustig -- both
survivors of Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia and now living
in America -- revisit scenes of romance and humor, of narrow
escapes from life-or-death confrontations. But their journey home
becomes a clash of personalities that takes their friendship to
the brink.   Director: Amir Bar-Lev. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR,
86 min., Documentary, First Run Features, $29.95 SRP. DVD: Day &
Date.

GANGSTER NO. 1
Gangland thriller of blackmail and murder in 1960s London, with a
jazzy soundtrack by John Dankworth. Paul Bettany stars as a
ruthless East End London Mafia boss who slugs, claws and kills
his way to the top. But when he learns that his former mentor
(David Thewlis), who he put into prison, is about to get out, the
self-made criminal monster must not only face a man he has ruined
-- but the twisted remnants of his own demented conscious as
well.   Director: Paul McGuigan. Stars: Malcolm McDowell, David
Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Saffron Burrows. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R,
103 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $0.030 million, MGM, No
SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

HELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER
Latest sequel in the Hellraiser series has Pinhead making another
attempt to unleash the demonic legions of Hell on Earth.
Direct-to-video release.   Director: Rick Bota. Stars: Doug
Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Dean Winter. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: R,
88 min., Horror, Buena Vista, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day
& Date.

LES DESTINEES
Sumptuous period drama that spans three decades, a world war and
the market crash of 1929. Charles Berling plays Jean Barnery, a
protestant minister living in the Charente region of France. He
is married to Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert), who he believes has
been unfaithful to him, and therefore demands she leave.
Twenty-year-old Pauline (Emmanuelle Beart) arrives in town and
upon first glance Jean is mesmerized. Pauline rejects Jean's
advances after hearing him speak with her uncle about Nathalie.
Jean asks Nathalie to move back in, but the two are unable to
communicate. When Jean finally realizes that Nathalie is
innocent, and that all their marital troubles stem from his lack
of love for her, he is overcome with guilt. As penance, he
decides immediately to give Nathalie his fortune from his family
business to get a divorce and to leave the ministry. Now Jean is
free to fall in love with Pauline, and the two get married and
move to the Swiss Alps. After many years they return to the
Charente region so Jean can take over the family-run porcelain
industry. As Jean's life becomes more and more consumed by the
factory, he and Pauline grow distant. It is only years later with
Jean near death that the two realize that their love for each
other has been the only thing that really mattered in their
lives. French with English subtitles.   Director: Olivier
Assayas. Stars: Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle
Beart. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 180 min., Drama, Box office
gross: $0.193 million, Wellspring, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.

LIBERTY STANDS STILL
Liberty Wallace, heiress to and co-president of America's largest
gun manufacturing corporation, is on her way to the theater when
her cell phone rings. As she stands in the street, the red laser
site hitting her chest is proof that a mysterious caller is dead
serious in the threats he makes against her life. As she is
forced to handcuff herself to the food cart in the middle of a
park, Liberty has become the target, finding herself at the mercy
of the very thing that has made her rich: a gun and a person with
their finger on the trigger. Telefilm.   Director: Gary Pearl.
Stars: Wesley Snipes, Linda Fiorentino, Oliver Platt. 2001, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 96 min., Thriller, Lions Gate, No SRP, Priced for
rental. DVD: Day & Date.

LUCKY BREAK
"Escapist" comedy from the director of "The Full Monty."
Small-time crook Jimmy Hands and his accomplice Rudy botch a bank
robbery and land in prison. Facing 12 years behind bars, Jimmy
befriends the prison warden, Graham, who loves musicals so much
that he has written one of his own. Convincing Graham to let him
produce an inmate performance of the musical, Jimmy conveniently
stages it in the Old Chapel, which is the best route of escape
for a prison break. While the prisoners are gearing up for the
production, Jimmy's elaborate plan begins to unravel. First of
all, Jimmy lands the lead and finds himself falling for the
leading lady, the prison social worker, Annabel, who reluctantly
shares his feelings. Then a prison tough-guy insists on escaping
with Jimmy and even blackmails him to leave his friends behind.
As the play goes on, will the wild escape plan succeed?
Director: Peter Cattaneo. Stars: James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams,
Christopher Plummer, Lennie James. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13,
108 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $0.054 million, Paramount, No
SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

MR. DEEDS
Adam Sandler takes on a classic film (Frank Capra's 1936 "Mr.
Deeds," which starred Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur) and the
classic loses -- that is, Sandler's mean-spirited and dimwitted
remake is an affront to the original. Where oh where is the Adam
Sandler of "The Wedding Singer"? That loveable spirit keeps
falling by the wayside in the bathroom humor and nastiness of the
actor's subsequent outings. Oh, well, they do make money. In the
modernization, Sandler is Longfellow Deeds, a simple-minded,
small-town pizzeria owner whose life is turned upside down when a
long-lost relative leaves him an inheritance of $40 billion. In
the tiny town of Mandrake Falls, N.H., Deeds has become a local
celebrity famous for reciting offbeat but hilarious greeting card
poetry. Life is good as the owner of the town's only pizza parlor
until Chuck Cedar (Peter Gallagher), a sleazy corporate mogul
come to whisk Deeds and his $40 billion inheritance away to
corporate America. It's a rags-to-riches story that quickly puts
Deeds in a full-fledged media frenzy. Leading the pack of tabloid
reporters salivating for the story is Babe Bennett (Winona
Ryder), a beautiful TV producer who devises a devious plan to get
the scoop and falls for Deeds in the process. Deeds moves to
Manhattan to take over his newly inherited business and
immediately shakes things up, letting everyone know that even
though he's a billionaire, he's still the same small town guy. As
sleazy Cedar tries to take over Deeds' empire, Deeds learns what
life is all about and sets out to prove that money changes
everything: but not everyone. Director: Steven Brill. Stars: Adam
Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, John Turturro, Allen
Covert, Jared Harris, Steve Buscemi. 2002, CC, MPAA rating:
PG-13, 91 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $120.000 million,
Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

NEXT BIG THING, THE
Gus Bishop (Chris Eigeman) is a struggling artist who cannot
catch a break. His art will not sell, his girlfriend breaks up
with him, and his apartment has just been robbed. When the thief
returns, it's with a proposition for Gus -- as a new business
partner. It turns out he created a new identity for Gus complete
with a tortured past and sold the stolen painting for a lot of
money. Soon a brilliant scam is born and "Geoff Buonardi" takes
the art world by storm. As more and more people become involved,
they soon find that being "the next best thing" is not so easy.
Indie send-up of the art world. Director: P.J. Posner. Stars:
Chris Eigeman, Jamie Harris, Connie Britton, Marin Hinkle. 2002,
CC, MPAA rating: NR, 87 min., Comedy, Wellspring, No SRP, Priced
for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

OUT OF THE BLACK
Thirteen years after watching his father die in a Pennsylvania
coal mining explosion, Cole (Tyler Christopher) and his brother
Patrick (Jason Widener) begin a quest to unravel the mysteries
behind what really happened on that fateful day, all the while
fighting for the love of one woman (Jaqueline Aries). What they
discover is -- sometimes the smallest towns have the biggest
secrets. Based on true events.    Director: Karl Kozak. Stars:
Tyler Christopher, Sally Kirkland, Jason Widener, Dee Wallace
Stone, Jack Conley, Jaqueline Aries, Allison Lange, Sally
Struthers, Michael J. Pollard, John Capodice. 2002, CC, MPAA
rating: NR, 105 min., Thriller, MTI Home Video, No SRP, Priced
for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
A sexually candid film, "Y Tu Mama Tambien" tells the story of a
beautiful older woman who schools two eager teenage boys in the
fine points of passion in this erotic and haunting coming of age
drama. Julio and Tenoch are two teens ruled by raging hormones
and a mission to consume exotic substances. But one summer, the
boys learn more about life than they bargain for when they set
off on a wild, cross-country road trip with seductive 28-year-old
Luisa. Both boys taste forbidden fruit, but will their mutual
desire for her destroy their friendship? Available in R-rated and
unrated versions. In Spanish with English subtitles.   Director:
Alfonso Cuaron. Stars: Mribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego
Lunas. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 105 min., Drama, Box office
gross: $3.622 million, MGM, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day &
Date.


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

**The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972) Dir.: Rainer Werner
Fassbinder; Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake,
Irm Hermann. (Wellspring Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection).
**The Bond Collection Volume 1. Reissue of seven Bond films in a
box set: "Dr. No," "Goldfinger," "Man With the Golden Gun," "Spy
Who Loved Me," "Licence to Kill," "GoldenEye" and "Tomorrow Never
Dies"; $124.96 or $19.98 each. (MGM).
**Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens, A Life in Animation
Documentary on the creator of Looney Toons characters Bugs Bunny,
Daffy Duck, Pepe Le Pew, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.
(Warner).
**The Doors Soundstage Performances. Three performances spanning
the group's career: from a Toronto soundstage in 1967, while on a
European tour in 1968, and on a public television soundstage in
New York in 1979. Extras: Commentary by Ray Manzarek, John
Densmore and Robby Krieger; $19.98. (Eagle Vision).
**Down by Law (1986) Dir.: Jim Jarmusch; Tom Waits, John Lurie,
Roberto Benigni, Ellen Barkin, Nicoletta Braschi. Extras:
Comments and reflections by Jarmusch; outtakes; video interview
with director of photography Robby Muller; 1986 Cannes
International Film Festival press conference with Jarmusch,
Lurie, Benigni and Braschi; Q&A with Jarmusch; isolated music
track; production Polaroids; location stills; music video of Tom
Waits' cover of Cole Porter's "It's All Right With Me," directed
by Jarmusch. (Home Vision/The Criterion Collection).
**E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Limited Collector's Edition (1982)
Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote,
Drew Barrymore, C. Thomas Howell. Two-disc set with the 2002 20th
anniversary release (which Spielberg tinkered with by adding new
scenes and altering others: The guns police brandish when chasing
E.T. have been digitally changed to walkie-talkies, and a line
that Dee Wallace says to her son during a Halloween sequence --
"No, you're not going as a terrorist" -- has been deleted.
Spielberg has also tweaked E.T.'s performance using computer
graphics) and 10-hours of goodies. Extras: Two deleted scenes:
"E.T. in the tub" and "E.T. drinks a Coke"; "20 Years Later With
Steven Spielberg" conversation with the director; "John Williams
Live Orchestra Segment": Exclusive look at the preparation,
rehearsal and live performance by John Williams of the film's
score at the 2002 Los Angeles premiere; isolated 2002 live score;
"Space Exploration" featurette with a 3-D interactive journey
into space; "The Evolution of E.T." featurette examining the
development of the screenplay, casting and production, with
never-before-seen footage shot in 1982; Cast reunion featurette;
Interactive "E.T. Archives" of production photos, conceptual
drawings and original advertising; DVD-ROM extras; DTS and Dolby;
widescreen and full-frame versions; $22.95. (Universal).
**E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Ultimate Collector's Gift Set (1982)
Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote,
Drew Barrymore, C, Thomas Howell. Three-disc set with "E.T. The
Extra-Terrestrial Limited Collector's Edition" of the 2002
release, the original theatrical version, a CD soundtrack, a
script from the original feature, and a collectible senitype;
$69.98. (Universal).
**Gangster No. 1 (2000) Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul
Bettany, Saffron Burrows. Extras: Commentary by director Paul
McGuigan, featurette, deleted scenes. (MGM).
**Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002) Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence,
Dean Winter. <strong>Extras:</strong> Commentary by director Rick
Bota, alternate scenes, visual effects walk-through. (Buena
Vista).
**High Noon 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition (1952) Dir.:
Fred Zinnemann; Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy
Jurado, Grace Kelly, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney Jr., Harry Morgan,
Lee Van Cleef, Sheb Wooley. Extras: Commentary by Maria
Cooper-Janis (Gary Cooper's daughter, Tim Zinnemann (Fred
Zinnemann's son), and John Ritter; "The Making of High Noon"
hosted by Leonard Maltin; "Behind High Noon Documentary" with
on-screen commentary by Maria Cooper, Tim Zinnemann, Jonathan
Foreman (Carl Foreman's son) and Prince Albert of Monaco (Grace
Kelly's son); digitally remastered; radio broadcast with Tex
Ritter; chapter stop for Oscar-winning song "Do Not Forsake Me,
Oh My Darlin.'" (Artisan).
**Les Destinees (2002 -- French) Charles Berling, Isabelle
Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart. (Wellspring).
**Liberty Stands Still (2001) Wesley Snipes, Linda Fiorentino,
Oliver Platt. Telefilm. (Lions Gate).
**The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Dir.: Michael
Powell, Emeric Pressburger; Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr. Extras:
High-definition transfer of the British Film Institute's
restoration of the original full-length version of the film;
commentary featuring Powell with Martin Scorsese; Carlton
International's 24- minute video profile; rare behind-the-scenes
and production stills; a collection of cartoonist David Low's
original Colonel Blimp cartoons. (Home Vision/The Criterion
Collection).
**Lucky Break (2001) James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams, Christopher
Plummer, Lennie James. (Paramount).
**Mad About You: The Complete First Season Two-disc set, $39.95.
(Columbia TriStar).
**Mr. Deeds Special Edition (2002) Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder,
Peter Gallagher, John Turturro, Allen Covert, Jared Harris, Steve
Buscemi. Fullscreen and widescreen versions. Extras: Commentary
by director Steven Brill and writer Tim Herlihy, deleted scenes,
"Clothes Make the Man" featurette, "From Mandrake Falls to
Manhattan" featurette, "Spare No Expense" featurette, Deeds'
greeting cards, an HBO special, a Comedy Central special, music
video: "Where Are You Going" by the Dave Matthews Band, outtakes,
DVD-ROM extras. (Columbia TriStar).
**Mr. Deeds Special Edition/Big Daddy Two- Pack $42.95. (Columbia
TriStar).
**The Next Big Thing (2002) Chris Eigeman,Jamie Harris, Connie
Britton, Marin Hinkle. (Wellspring).
**The Niklashausen Journey (1970) Dir.: Rainer Werner Fassbinder;
Michael Konig, Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla. (Wellspring
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection).
**Out of the Black (2002) Tyler Christopher, Sally Kirkland,
Jason Widener, Dee Wallace Stone, Jack Conley, Jaqueline Aries,
Allison Lange, Sally Struthers, Michael J. Pollard, John
Capodice. Extras: Commentary by director Karl Kozak,
behind-the-scenes featurette. (MTI).
**Patrick (1978) Robert Thompson, Robert Helpmann, Susan
Penhaligon. Full-length uncut European version. Extras:
Commentary by director Richard Franklin, still photo gallery.
(Elite Entertainment).
**The Quiet Man Collector's Edition (1952) Dir.: John Ford; John
Wayne, Maureen O'Hara. Extras: Commentary by O'Hara; "The Joy of
Ireland" documentary with O'Hara; "Remembering The Quiet Man"
montage featuring scene work, fights, stunts and romantic
moments; "The Making of the Quiet Man" hosted by Leonard Maltin.
(Artisan).
**Rio Grande Collector's Edition (1950) Dir.: John Ford; John
Wayne, Maureen O'Hara. Extras: Scene specific commentary by
O'Hara; minidocumentary "Along the Rio Grande With Maureen
O'Hara"; "The Making of Rio Grande" hosted by Leonard Maltin.
(Artisan).
**The Specialist: Portrait of a Modern Criminal (1999 -- French)
Documentary on the Adolf Eichmann trial. (Home Vision
Entertainment).
**Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Special Collector's Edition
(1984) Extras: Two-disc set with commentary by director Leonard
Nimoy, writer-producer Harve Bennett, director of photography
Charles Correll and Robin Curtis; text commentary by Michael
Okuda and Denise Okuda, co-authors of the "Star Trek
Encyclopedia"; "The Captain's Log" new cast and crew interviews;
"The Star Trek Universe" featurettes; scientific look at
"Terraforming and Prime Directive." (Paramount).
**Viva la Muerte (1970) Dir.: Fernando Arrabal. A true cult
classic, this was the bigscreen debut of theatre of cruelty
playwright Fernando Arrabal. It's a wild tour-de-force of
avant-garde filmmaking, suffused with surreal violence, sexuality
and biting political commentary. Uncut. Extras: Interview with
Arrabal, lobbycard gallery, six-page liner notes, digital
transfer. (CAV Distributing).
**Y Tu Mama Tambiem (2001) Dir.: Alfonso Cuaron; Mribel Verdu,
Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Lunas. Unrated and R-rated versions.
Extras: The unrated version contains commentary by cast and crew,
deleted scenes, making-of documentary, and a short comedy by
co-writer Carlos Cuaron, "Me la Debes" (You Owe Me One). In
Spanish with English subtitles. (MGM).


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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

**The Doors Soundstage Performances Three performances spanning
the group's career: from a Toronto soundstage in 1967, while on a
European tour in 1968, and on a public television soundstage in
New York in 1979 (Eagle Vision): $14.98
**Fighter (2000) Documentary. (First Run Features): $29.95
**Mr. Deeds (2002) Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher,
John Turturro, Allen Covert, Jared Harris, Steve Buscemi
(Columbia TriStar): $22.95
**Mr. Deeds/Big Daddy Two-Pack. (Columbia TriStar): $31.95


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NEWS

NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Line Cinema has announced a December 10 release date for
indie film "Cherish," starring Robin Tunney; the Eddie Murphy
bomb "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" will flip its way to home
video on December 24, from Warner; on December 31 Clint
Eastwood's "Blood Work" will arrive, from Warner; Jennifer
Aniston as "The Good Girl" will work her wiles on January 7, from
Fox; Universal will release surfer girl actioner "Blue Crush" on
January 14; spy thriller "The Bourne Identity" will snoop out
slots in video stores on January 21, from Universal; scary
thriller "One Hour Photo" will develop on January 28, from Fox;
and the audience pleasing sleeper "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" will
make its video vows on February 11, from Lions Gate.

THIS JUST IN:
Disney has finally announced (at least to retailers) a March 25
street date for the much-anticipated two-disc Vista Series
edition of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." The Robert Zemeckis film is
set to include THX-certified widescreen and full screen versions,
Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround tracks, an audio commentary
with the filmmakers, a deleted scene, three Roger Rabbit
theatrical cartoon shorts, "Who Made Roger Rabbit" and "Behind
the Ears: the True Story of Roger Rabbit" featurettes, "Toontown
Confidential" pop-up trivia, "The Valiant Files" interactive
gallery, a split-screen comparison and trailers. Retail is $29.95
... Universal's "About a Boy," directed by Chris and Paul Weitz
and starring Hugh Grant, has moved from December 24 to January 7.

FOR COLLECTORS:
CAV Distributing will release on October 22 "Viva la Muerte"
(1970), a true cult classic. "Long Live Death" was the big-screen
debut of theatre of cruelty playwright Fernando Arrabal. It's a
wild tour-de-force of avant-garde filmmaking, suffused with
surreal violence, sexuality and biting political commentary ...
Home Vision/The Criterion Collection will release on October 22
"Down by Law" (1986), directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Tom
Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Ellen Barkin and Nicoletta
Braschi; and "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" (1943), a
fabulous World War II drama, directed by Michael Powell and
Emeric Pressburger and starring Roger Livesey and Deborah Kerr
... Wellspring has reissued its VHS and DVD editions (originally
released  on the Fox Lorber label) of Lina Wertmuller's "Swept
Away," timed to coincide with the theatrical release of Guy
Ritchie's version, starring Madonna. The VHS and DVD editions
sell for $29.98.

BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
Due October 22 from Artisan is the off-beat comedy "The
Shipment," about a shipment of Mexican Viagra stolen from the mob
and smuggled into Paradise, Arizona, where gangsters shoot it out
with the cowboys, starring Paul Rodriguez, Matthew Modine,
Elizabeth Berkley, Nick Turturro and Robert Loggia.



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10/15/02 V6.10

ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, Oct. 15 -- MONDAY, Oct. 21


BEAT
William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac defined
what would come to be known as the "Beat Generation." This is
just one story about their shared interests ... and lovers. When
Ginsberg and friend Lucien Carr decide to visit their old friends
Burroughs and his wife Joan Villmer, Burroughs retreats to a
secret lover and leaves Joan behind. Allen, Joan and Lucien take
a trip of their own, re-igniting a past love affair between
Lucien and Joan. The situation is further complicated when
Ginsberg comes to terms with his sexuality and begins to fall for
Lucien as well. Direct-to-video release. Director: Gary Walkow.
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Courtney Love, Ron Livingston, Norman
Reedus. 2000, CC, MPAA rating:1 R, 80 min., Drama, Lions Gate, No
SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT
Jeff Daniels wrote, directed and starred in this great American
hunting misadventure. It's the day before the 1999 hunting season
opens. For generations, men of the Soady family have trekked to
the same ramshackle deer camp north of Escanaba in Michigan's
Upper Peninsula to drink, cause a little bit of trouble, and bag
bucks. But in the words of patriarch Albert (Harve Presnell),
"Dat year camp was as tense as a moose's butt durin' fly season."
At 43, Reuben Soady (Daniels) is in danger of becoming the oldest
member in the history of the family never to bag a buck. As the
fateful dawn approaches, Reuben attempts to change his luck by
altering several of the time tested rituals of Soady deer camp,
but only succeeds in fueling a series of strange and
unexplainable events. Director: Jeff Daniels. Stars: Jeff
Daniels, Harve Presnell. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 92 min.,
Comedy, Monarch Home Video, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day &
Date.

INSOMNIA
Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in
a small Alaska town, a veteran LAPD detective Will Dormer (Al
Pacino) accidentally shoots his partner while trying to apprehend
a suspect, whom Dormer believes is mystery writer Walter Finch
(Robin Williams as a repugnant creep). Instead of admitting his
guilt, the detective is given an unexpected alibi, but as an
ever-shining Midnight Sun wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his
body clock -- and multiplies the emotional complexity and guilt
over his partner's death -- his investigation begins to falter
and he enters a cat and mouse game with Finch. Meanwhile, a local
detective (Hilary Swank) conducts her own personal investigation
... of Dormer's partner's death. Involving follow-up by Nolan to
his much admired debut "Memento." Here he again takes us deep
into his characters' feelings and confusions, all the while
exerting a strong grip on the pacing and storyline. This
"Insomnia" is based on the fabulous 1997 Swedish film of the same
name. Director: Christopher Nolan. Stars: Al Pacino, Robin
Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan, Maura Tierney, Nicky
Katt, Paul Dooley, Jonathan Jackson. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: R,
118 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $66.700 million, Warner,
$22.98 SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

KILLER COP
When L.A.P.D. officer Callahan is chosen to star in a reality cop
show, the producers are disappointed by the routine life in the
patrol car. Desperate to make an impression, Callahan pressures
his partner to release two small time delinquents so that he can
single-handedly re-arrest them. Things get out of control when
Callahan loses his grip on reality and will do anything to give
the viewers what they want. Direct-to-video release. Director: .
Stars: Wade Hunt Williams, Sara Kay Rinde, Aaron Braxton. 2002,
CC, MPAA rating: NR, 90 min., Thriller, MTI Home Video, No SRP,
Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT
Lannie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie with a very unflattering hair
job) is an upwardly mobile, career-focused television reporter
with her eye on a network assignment. She has the perfect
boyfriend and the perfect apartment. In fact, she thinks her life
is perfect ... until she meets a homeless man who predicts she is
going to die the next week. When all of the predictions of the
street psychic start to come true, Lannie begins to take a hard
look at her life. With the help of her longtime co-worker and
nemesis Pete (Edward Burns), she tries to take control of her
destiny ... with unpredictable and unusual results. This film's
destiny was less assured at the boxoffice, and its weak mix of
comedy and romance made it something of a dud. Director: Stephen
Herek. Stars: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub,
Stockard Channing. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 103 min.,
Romantic comedy, Box office gross: $14.448 million, Fox, No SRP,
Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

WINDTALKERS
Failed war epic from action master John Woo. Though Woo throws
all he's got into the blistering action sequences, with
widespread World War II slaughter everywhere, the film falls
apart with its one-dimensional characterizations, particularly
that of lead Nicolas Cage (who's made a habit lately of putting
on one-note performances). The film tells the story of the secret
military program for which a small group of Navajo Indians were
recruited in order to develop their native language into a code
that the Japanese couldn't break. During the brutal battle of
Saipan, Sergeant Joe Enders (Cage) guards -- and ultimately
befriends -- Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach), one of the Navajo Code
Talkers. But Ender's job is more than that of a guard: If Yahzee
is in danger of being captured by the Japanese, Enders is
empowered to make sure that the code doesn't fall into enemy
hands -- using any means necessary. Director: John Woo. Stars:
Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark
Ruffalo, Christian Slater, Roger Willie. 2002, CC, MPAA rating:
R, 134 min., War, Box office gross: $41.000 million, MGM, No SRP,
Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

*The Angel Levine (1970) Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Milo
O'Shea. (MGM).
*Barbary Coast (1935) Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel
McCrea, Harry Carey. (MGM).
*Beat (2000) Kiefer Sutherland, Courtney Love, Ron Livingston,
Norman Reedus. (Lions Gate).
*The Big Knife (1955) Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey,
Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters. (MGM).
*Casino Royale (1967) Directors: John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert
Parrish, Joe McGrath, Val Guest. Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress,
David Niven, Orson Welles, Joanna Pettet, Woody Allen, Deborah
Kerr, William Holden, Charles Boyer, John Huston, George Raft,
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset. Extras: "Psychedelic
Cinema" making-of featurette, original 1954 TV adaptation of
"Casino Royale." (MGM).
*Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer in Concert. Recorded at Ohne
Filter Studio in Germany on March 30, 1990. (Music Video
Distributors).
*Escanaba in Da Moonlight (2002) Dir.: Jeff Daniels; Jeff
Daniels, Harve Presnell. (Monarch).
*Exodus (1960) Dir.: Otto Preminger; Paul Newman, Eva Marie
Saint, Ralph Richardson, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, Peter Lawford.
(MGM).
*Guide By Voices: Some Drinking Implied. Collection of songs and
never-before-seen footage of the Ohio-based indie rock band.
(Music Video Distributors).
*The Hoodlum Priest (1961) Don Murray, Keir Dullea. (MGM).
*How to Murder Your Wife (1965) Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Claire
Trevor. (MGM).
*Insomnia (2002) Dir.: Christopher Nolan; Al Pacino, Robin
Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan, Maura Tierney, Nicky
Katt, Paul Dooley, Jonathan Jackson. Extras: Commentary by Nolan
presented in the order the film was shot; commentary by Swank and
filmmakers; "180 degrees: A Conversation With Christopher Nolan
and Al Pacino"; "In the Fog," an exploration of Insomnia's
cinematography and the design of the "fog" sequence with two
separately selectable audio tracks -- one with director of
photography Wally Pfister and the second with production designer
Nathan Crowley; "Day For Night: The Making of Insomnia"; "Eyes
Wide Open" featurette on insomnia the sleep disorder; extended
scene with optional director's commentary; "From the Evidence
Room," a gallery of theatrical posters, stills and production
designs; widescreen and fullscreen versions. (Warner).
*Killer Cop (2002) Wade Hunt Williams, Sara Kay Rinde, Aaron
Braxton. (MTI).
*Law & Order: The First Season. Six-disc set, bonus material,
introduction by creator Dick Wolf; $99.98. (Universal).
*The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966) Dir.:
Norman Jewison; Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian
Keith, Jonathan Winters, Theodore Bikel, Paul Ford. Extras:
Featurette with Jewison. (MGM).
*Steve Lukather & Los Lobotomys. Ex-Toto guitarist and his
late-80s session group, recorded at Ohne Filter Studio in Germany
on June 29, 1994. (Music Video Distributors).
*The World of Henry Orient (1964) Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss,
Angela Lansbury, Tom Bosley. (MGM).

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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

*Guided By Voices: Some Drinking Implied. Collection of songs and
never-before-seen footage of the Ohio-based indie rock band
(Music Video Distributors): $14.95
*Insomnia (2002) Dir.: Christopher Nolan; Al Pacino, Robin
Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan, Maura Tierney, Nicky
Katt, Paul Dooley, Jonathan Jackson (Warner): $22.98

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NEWS

THIS JUST IN:
Paramount has announced a December 31 release for the animated
"Hey Arnold! The Movie," which fell flat at the box office but
should do well on video; blockbuster "Signs," directed by M.
Night Shyamalan and starring Mel Gibson, will be released on
January 7 by Buena Vista; and "Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost
Dreams," starring the Ozzie and Harriet family of spys -- Antonio
Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara -- and
directed by Robert Rodriguez, will fly to home video on February
11, courtesy of Miramax.

THE END:
Christian film company Cloud Ten Productions has set October 29
for the release of "Left Behind II: Tribulation Force." Their
previous releases, "Judgment" and "Left Behind," have been giant
sellers on video and DVD and have amassed large box office
grosses, in particular by using the old exhibition strategy of
four-walling (licensing the film, in this case, to church groups,
who then rent out theatres for the screenings). All the films
chronicle the "last days" and the "Left Behind" series, based on
a New York Times best-selling series of books, is a fictional
account of Revelation, the last book of the bible. "Left Behind
II" will be released on video first, then theatrically on New
Year's Eve.

BUZZIN' THE "B"S:
MTI Home Video will release "Kickboxing Academy" (1997), about a
kickboxing school challenged by a rival academy, on November 26
... Rap star Anthony "Treach" Criss (Naughty by Nature) stars as
a hitman in the urban thriller "Love and a Bullet" (2002), due
November 26 from Columbia TriStar ... York Entertainment has
scheduled three urban films for November and December: "Bling
Bling," an actioner about the trials and tribulations of an
up-and-coming rap artist (due 11/12), romantic comedy "Shacked
Up" (due 11/19), and "Makin' Baby," a hip-hop romance starring
rapper Mystikal (due 12/17); York also will release the
horror-thriller "Tail Sting," about genetically altered scorpions
invading L.A. (due 11/5), and "Mexican Blow," about a drug war
south of the border (due 12/10).

FOR THE KIDS:
The folks who brought you the highly successful VeggieTales
series, Big Idea Productions, has launched a new kidvid series,
"3-2-1 Penguins," about a pair of kids who join up on
intergalactic adventures with four wacky space cowboys, the
Penguins; each episode imparts life lessons with laughs. The
first volume, with four episodes, is available now on VHS and
DVD.

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10/8/02 V6.9

ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, Oct. 8 -- MONDAY, Oct. 14

BROTHER'S KEEPER. Lucinda Pond (Jeanne Tripplehorn) returns to
the police force to help track down a serial killer whom she
failed to capture years earlier. She soon discovers that the
killer is her brother. With the help of her former lover, Lucinda
follows a labyrinth of clues and riddles left by her brother in
hopes of finding him before he kills again. Telefilm. Director:
John Badham. Stars: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leland Orser, Corin
Nemec. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: R, 86 min., Thriller, New Line, No
SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

ENOUGH. A "Sleeping With the Enemy" for the 21st century.
Jennifer Lopez plays Slim, a working-class waitress who finds
herself transformed when she marries Mitch (Billy Campbell), a
wealthy yuppie contractor. She settles into an idyllic suburban
life and seems to have everything she wants: a loving husband, a
beautiful home and an adorable 5-year-old daughter. But Slim's
dream is shattered when she discovers her husband is anything but
perfect. His sudden violent and abusive behavior, as well as his
infidelities, force Slim to take her daughter and go on the run,
eluding an increasingly obsessive Mitch and his lethal henchmen.
Just when Slim thinks she has successfully started a new life,
Mitch reappears and the threats begin all over again. With
nowhere to turn for help, Slim is forced to fight back -- she
takes a crash course in Krav Maga, the Israeli army's martial art
-- and engages Mitch in a physical and psychological battle,
finally showing him that she's had enough. Director: Michael
Apted. Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Tessa Allen,
Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman, Noah Wyle, Fred Ward, Christopher
Maher. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 116 min., Revenge Thriller,
Box office gross: $39.177 million, Columbia TriStar, No SRP,
Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

THE HOMEBOY. Hip-hop comedy about a white rapper who hasn't had a
hit in three years and turns to an old school hip-hop star now
turned plumber for inspiration. Direct-to-video. Director: Dave
Gebroe. Stars: Dave McCrea, "Downtown" Julie Brown, Benjamin
Cain, Victoria Rong. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 95 min., Urban
comedy, MTI Home Video, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day &
Date.

IT HAD TO BE YOU. Charlie is marrying Claire. Anna is marrying
David. When their significant others are unable to attend a
weekend wedding conference at the Plaza Hotel, Charlie and Anna
end up spending three days together planning their weddings.
Along with the help of Charlie's alcoholic buddy Henry and Anna's
vibrant hairdresser friend Tracey, they simultaneously challenge
the institution of marriage and fall heads over heels for each
other. Now, neither of them can return to the life they had
planned and must search their souls for their true feelings.
Direct-to-video release.  Director: Steven Feder. Stars: Natasha
Henstridge, Michael Vartan, Michael Rispoli, Olivia D'Abo. 2000,
CC, MPAA rating: PG, 95 min., Romantic Comedy, Lions Gate, No
SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

JASON X. A team of government scientists working at the Crystal
Lake Research Facility has finally captured the seemingly
indestructible killer Jason Voorhees and, in order to contain
him, plan to freeze him in cryogenic suspension. But, as always,
something goes terribly wrong and Jason breaks free to continue
his murderous ways. The lone surviving scientist, Rowan, finally
manages to freeze the killer but, in a weird twist, is frozen in
time with him. Flash forward to 2455. Old Earth is a contaminated
abandoned planet, and humans have returned to research the
artifacts of the lost civilization. And as in any good horror
film, they uncover Rowan and Jason and take them back to their
starship. They unfreeze Rowan and guess what -- that other guy in
the hockey mask comes a callin'. Its mayhem in outer space as
Jason goes on his latest rampage, aided and abetted by the ship's
machines, who repair his body with the latest technologies. In
outer space, you can't hear any groans. Director: Jim Isaac.
Stars: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell,
Jonathan Potts, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade. 2002, CC, MPAA rating:
R, 93 min., Horror/Slasher, Box office gross: $12.610 million,
New Line, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

October 11 (Friday):
SCOOBY-DOO. Scooby-Doo goes CGI in this crowd pleasing big-screen
adaptation of the television cartoon dog-gone hero. Two years
after a clash of egos forced Mystery Inc. to close its doors,
Scooby-Doo and his clever crime-solving cohorts Fred (Freddie
Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew
Lillard) and Velma (Linda Cardellini) are individually summoned
to Spooky Island to investigate a series of paranormal incidents
at the ultra-hip Spring Break hot spot (college kids are being
turned into zombies, which is probably not far from the truth).
Concerned that his frightfully popular resort might truly be
haunted, Spooky Island owner Emile Mondavarious (Rowan Atkinson)
tries to reunite the notoriously meddling detectives to solve the
mystery before his supernatural secret scares away the college
crowds.  Scooby and the gang have to overcome their personal
differences and forget everything they think they know about fake
ghouls and phony creatures to crack the case, save themselves and
possibly the world. Director: Raja Gosnell. Stars: Freddie Prinze
Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini,
Rowan Atkinson. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 86 min., Comedy, Box
office gross: $151.000 million, Warner, $24.95 SRP. DVD: Day &
Date.


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

*Alive (1993) Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano. (Buena Vista).
*Beauty and the Beast Platinum Series (1991) Voices of Paige
O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Richard
White, David Ogden Stiers, Jo Anne Worley. High-definition
digital transfer. Two-disc set with a never-before-seen (except
in the Imax version) animated song sequence of "Human Again."
Extras: Disc 1 will feature three enhanced versions of the film
(the original version, the Imax version, and a work in progress
screened at he 1991 New York Film Festival), commentary,
sing-along track and "Maurice's Invention Workshop" game. Disc 2
will include such features as "The Story Behind the Story," "A
Tale as Old as Time," character profile game, "Disney's Enchanted
Environments," "The Broadway Musical," "Disney's Animation
Magic," "Chip's Musical Challenge" game, music videos, "Break the
Spell" adventure game, "Bringing the Story to the Screen," an
early presentation reel, "designing Beauty and the Beast," art
and design galleries, "Animating Beauty and the Beast," layouts
and background galleries, "Tricks of the Trade," and much, much
more. $29.99. (Disney).
*The Big Picture (1989) Dir.: Christopher Guest; Kevin Bacon,
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael McKean, Teri Hatcher, Martin Short,
Fran Drescher, John Cleese, Elliott Gould. Extras: Commentary by
Guest and Bacon, deleted scenes. (Columbia TriStar).
*The Billion Dollar Hobo (1978) Tim Conway. (MGM).
*Billy Bathgate (1991) Dir.: Robert Benton; Dustin Hoffman,
Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis. (Buena Vista).
*Brother's Keeper (2002) Dir.: John Badham; Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Leland Orser, Corin Nemec. (New Line).
*The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers. $19.99. (Paramount).
*Clean Slate (1994) Dana Carvey, Valeria Golino, Kevin Pollak,
James Earl Jones. (MGM)
*8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997) Joe Pesci, Dyan Cannon, David
Spade. (MGM).
*Enough (2002) Dir.: Michael Apted; Jennifer Lopez, Billy
Campbell, Tessa Allen, Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman, Noah Wyle,
Fred Ward, Christopher Maher. Extras: Jennifer Lopez music video.
(Columbia TriStar).
*Flashdance (1983) Dir.: Adrian Lyne; Jennifer Beals, Michael
Nouri. (Paramount).
*Footloose (1984) Dir.: Herbert Ross; Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer,
John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Christopher Penn, Sarah Jessica
Parker. (Paramount).
*Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Anti-war anime directed by Isao
Takahata. Extras: Two-disc set; Restored with new digital
transfer and audio remastering; Alternate Angle Storyboards that
allows the viewer to watch the entire film through the 2,700
original, Takahata-penned storyboards; bonus scenes; interviews
with film critic Roger Ebert, Takahata, art director Nizo
Yamamoto, and Nosaka Akiyuki, author of "Hotaru no Haka," the
semi-autobiographical novel on which the film is based; alternate
storyboard angles; a fascinating historical perspective, layering
wartime footage and locations over the film; biographical
information; $29.99. (Central Park Media).
*The Grifters (1990) Dir.: Stephen Frears; Anjelica Huston, John
Cusack, Annette Bening. Extras: Commentary by Frears, Cusack,
Huston and screenwriter Donald E. Westlake; "The Making of the
Grifters"; The Grifters Scrapbook; more. (Miramax Collector's
Series).
*The Homeboy (2002) Dave McCrea, "Downtown" Julie Brown, Benjamin
Cain, Victoria Rong. Direct-to-video. (MTI).
*Honey, I Blew up the Kid (1992) Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman.
(Disney).
*Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer,
Marcia Strassman. (Disney).
*Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997) Rick Moranis, Eve Gordon,
Stuart Pankin. Direct-to-video. (Disney).
*Houseguest (1995) Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Kim Greist. (Buena
Vista).
*I Spy Returns (1994) Robert Culp, Bill Cosby. (Columbia
TriStar).
*It Had to Be You (2000) Natasha Jenstridge, Michael Vartan,
Michael Rispoli, Olivia D'Abo. (Lions Gate).
*Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) John D. LeMay, Kari
Keegan, Kane Hodder, Steven Williams, Steven Culp, Erin Gray.
(New Line).
*Jason X Platinum Series (2002) Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa
Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Jonathan Potts, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade.
Extras: Commentary by director Jim Isaac, writer Todd Farmer and
producer Noel Cunningham; "The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees"
documentary; "By Any Means Necessary: The Making of Jason X"
documentary; "Jump to a Death" feature with "Random Kill" and
"Kill All" buttons including a menu selection of death scenes
from the movie; DVD-ROM "script-to- screen" feature; DTS sound.
(New Line).
*Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams,
Lolita Davidovich. (Disney).
*Kazaam (1996) Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra. (Buena Vista).
*The Mechanic (1972) Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent. (MGM).
*MGM Double Features: American Ninja 2: The Confrontation and
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt; Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
and Braddock: Missing in Action III; The Long Shot and They Went
That-a-Way; $14.95.
*A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996) Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings.
(Buena Vista).
*The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Dir.: Brian Henson; Michael
Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire. (Disney).
*Of Love and Shadows (1994) Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly.
(Buena Vista).
*Saturday Night Fever (1977) Dir.: John Badham; John Travolta,
Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Julie Bovasso, Fran Drescher.
(Paramount).
*Since You've Been Gone (1998) Lara Flynn Boyle, Thom Cox.
Telefilm. (Buena Vista).
*Staying Alive (1983) Dir.: Sylvester Stallone; John Travolta,
Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Julie Bovasso, Frank Stallone.
(Paramount).
*Three Stooges: G.I. Stooges. Six shorts: "Boobs in Arms," "Back
From the Front," "G.I. Wanna Go Home," "Wee Wee Monsieur," "No
Dough Boys" and "Dizzy Pilots." (Columbia TriStar).
*Two Bits (1995) Jerry Barone, Mary Elizabeth Mastantonio, Al
Pacino. (Buena Vista).
*Unhook the Stars (1996) Dir.: Nick Cassavetes; Gena Rowlands,
Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu. (Buena Vista).
*Urban Cowboy (1980) Dir.: James Bridges; John Travolta, Debra
Winger, Scott Glenn. (Paramount).

October 11 (Friday)
*Scooby-Doo (2002) Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson. Extras: Two
commentaries from the cast and filmmakers; deleted scenes; four
mini-featurettes: "Scary Places," an informal, guided tour of the
sets and interviews with production designer Bill Boes, "Daphne
Fight Scenes," with Sarah Michelle Gellar and the Hong Kong Wire
Team rehearsing and shooting the difficult martial arts fight
scenes, "Mystery Guest," a glimpse into the "traditions" of
mystery guests, "Rain on the Set," in which fans can see what
happens when the cast and crew get rained-out; Outkast music
video; behind-the-scenes documentary; interactive DVD-ROM
challenges; hidden extras and more. (Warner).


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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

*Beauty and the Beast Special Edition (1991) Voices of Paige
O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Richard
White, David Ogden Stiers, Jo Anne Worley (Disney): $24.99
*The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers. (Paramount): $14.95
*My First Mister (2001) Dir.: Christine Lahti; Leelee Sobieski,
Albert Brooks, Michael McKean, Carol Kane, John Goodman, Mary Kay
Place (Paramount): $14.95
*Sidewalks of New York (2001) Dir.: Edward Burns; Edward Burns,
Heather Graham, Stanley Tucci, Brittany Murphy, Rosario Dawson,
David Krumholtz, Dennis Farina (Paramount): $14.95


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NEWS
Columbia TriStar has confirmed a December 31 release for "XXX,"
starring Vin Diesel. DVD extras will include commentary by
director Rob Cohen; deleted scenes with a director's commentary;
visual effects "How To's"; the "Xander Zone"; filmmaker's diary
documentary; Diesel Powered featurette; "The GTO Is Back"
featurette; "Designing the World of XXX" featurette; "Building
Speed: The Vehicles of XXX" featurette storyboard comparisons;
multi-angle deconstructions; visual effects "How To's"; more.

New Line has revealed the extras for its December 3 DVD release
of "Austin Powers in Goldmember": The infinifilm DVD format
includes pop-up navigation menus, "M1-6: International Men of
Mystery," "Fashion vs. Fiction," "Disco Fever," "English,
English," "Fact Track." Menu-based extras include commentary by
director Jay Roach and Mike Myers; "The World of Austin Powers";
"Jay Roach & Mike Myers: Creative Convergence"; "Confluence of
Characters"; opening stunts; "The Cars of Austin Powers in
Goldmember"; anatomy of three scenes; visual FX segment; 24
minutes of deleted and alternate scenes with optional director
commentary; music videos: Beyonce Knowles' "Work it Out," Britney
Spears' "Boys"; Ming Tea's "Daddy Wasn't There"; Dr. Evil and
Mini-Me "Hard Knock Life."

OTHER NEW RELEASES:
Dimension will release on December 10 the latest "Halloween"
installment, "Halloween: Resurrection," starring Jamie Lee
Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Sean
Patrick Thomas; on December 17 MGM will release "The  Crocodile
Hunter: Collision Course," starring Animal Planet network's Steve
and Terri Irvin, for $22.98 VHS and $26.98 DVD; also on that day,
Disney will release "The Country Bears," based on the Disneyland
kiddie attraction, for $22.99 VHS and $29.99 DVD.


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9/30/02 V6.8

Dear Subscribers:

It's been more than a month since our last issue of the OnVideo
News monthly newsletter. We've decided to discontinue that
version of the newsletter (which listed all forthcoming releases
in a monthly format) and replace it with a weekly newsletter,
which should arrive in your e-mail in-box every Tuesday morning.
Please enjoy this new format, with it's more up-to-date listing
of videos ad DVDs that will be released to stores every Tuesday.


ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, Oct. 1 -- MONDAY, Oct. 7

BARBIE AS RAPUNZEL. 2002, CC, Animated, Artisan, $19.98 SRP. DVD:
Day & Date.

BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF ("Le Pacte des loups") is a martial arts
horror werewolf movie that has garnered quite a cult following
despite its limited U.S. release and lack of representation on
video, til now. The story loosely follows a real-life incident in
18th century France: a mysterious beast is killing humans and
animals in the mountains of southwest France, and the king sends
in a pair of agents to stop the carnage. Director: Christophe
Gans. Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Casselm Emilie Dequenne,
Monica Bellucci, Jeremie Renier, Mark Dacascos, Jean Yanne. 2001,
CC, MPAA rating: NR, 140 min., Horror, Universal, No SRP, Priced
for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MOVIE. The Kids will get down to
crime-busting action with the world's (or at least Cartoon
Network's) favorite pint-sized heroes, the Powerpuff Girls, as
Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup serve a knockout punch in their
feature film debut. Created by a perfectly powerful experiment,
Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup explode into action as the new
kids in Townsville. But, after one enthusiastic game of tag, they
nearly destroy their beloved city. Now called social freaks, they
turn to the mysterious Mojo Jojo for help ... but this sinister
simian has other plans -- big plans -- like leading an army of
evil monkeys to destroy the world! Will the Powerpuff Girls save
Townsville and the world -- for the first time -- before bedtime?
Unfortunately for the Girls, their antics couldn't save
themselves at the boxoffice, and the film was a minor flop.
Director: Craig McCracken. Voices of Tara Strong, Cathy Cavadini,
Elizabeth Daily, Robert L. Jackson, Tom Kenny. 2002, CC, MPAA
rating: PG, 87 min., Animated, Box office gross: $11.411 million,
Warner, $22.95 SRP. DVD: Day & Date.


THE SCORPION KING. The Prequel of sorts to Universal's modern
"The Mummy" franchise, set 2000 years earlier than the Scorpion
King's introduction in "The Mummy Returns," this blessedly short
sword-and-sandal epic reminds one more of Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Conan than the Brendan Fraser outings. The plot is pure
adrenalin: Warlord Memmon (Steven Brand) has created a reign of
terror across the desert using a sorceress (Kelly Hu) who guides
him to his victories. Only a few free tribes remain and in order
to defeat Memmon they hire Mathayus (The Rock) to kill the
beautiful seer. Unfortunately being a true hunk, The Rock falls
for the woman and instead of killing her, he uses her to lure
Memmon into a trap. With the aid of the leader of one of the
tribes (Michael Clarke Duncan), the stage is set for the ultimate
showdown. Director: Chuck Russell. Stars: The Rock, Steven Brand,
Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu, Bernard Hill, Grant Heslov,
Peter Facinelli. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 88 min., Action,
Box office gross: $89.541 million, Universal, $14.95 SRP. DVD:
Day & Date.

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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

*Barbie as Rapunzel
(2002) Animated. (Artisan).
*Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel,
Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, Jeremie Renier, Mark Dacascos,
Jean Yanne. (Universal).
*Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On. Video documentary on the master.
(Eclectic DVD).
*The Collector (1965) Dir.: William Wyler; Terence Stamp,
Samantha Eggar. (Columbia TriStar).
*Engelbert Humperdinck: Live at the Royal Albert Hall With the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Music Video Distributors).
*I Love Lucy: Season One, Volumes Three and Four. $14.99 each.
(Paramount).
*The I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special. $19.99. (Paramount).
*The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) Don Knotts, Jack Weston, Carol
Cook, Andrew Duggan. New introduction by Don Knotts, original
behind-the-scenes featurette, "Henry Limpet's Fishtank" set-top
game, "Operation Limpet" DVD-ROM action adventure. (Warner).
*The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002) Voices of Tara Strong, Cathy
Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily,Robert L. Jackson, Tom Kenny.
Behind-the-scenes footage with creator Craig McCracken; exclusive
cast interviews with new animation: The Powerpuff Girls, Mojo
Jojo and the Mayor sit down for a press junket interview and
reveal all about themselves and the movie; revealing
behind-the-scenes footage: see the voice talent in session, learn
how the movie is animated and meet the creator, Craig McCracken;
four very cool, never-before-seen additional scenes; early
animation test sequence; commentary on selected additional scenes
by the Powerpuff Girls, Mojo Jojo and the Mayor; DVD-ROM
features. (Warner).
*The Scorpion King (2002) The Rock, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke
Duncan, Kelly Hu, Bernard Hill, Grant Heslov, Peter Facinelli.
Commentary by director Chuck Russell; commentary by The Rock; an
extended version of the film in Universal's Enhanced Viewing
Mode, which offers alternate versions of key scenes; Choreography
of a Fight Sequence; making-of documentary; visual effects
discussion; music video of Godsmack's "I Stand Alone"; DVD-ROM
sneak peek of The Rock's next film, "Helldorado"; (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:

*Barbie as Rapunzel (2002) Animated (Artisan): $19.98
*I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special. (Paramount): $14.95
*The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002) Voices of Tara Strong, Cathy
Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily,Robert L. Jackson, Tom Kenny (Warner):
$22.95
*Scorpion King, The (2002) The Rock, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke
Duncan, Kelly Hu, Bernard Hill, Grant Heslov, Peter Facinelli
(Universal): $22.98

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VIDEO NEWS

NEW RELEASES:
The big news this week is the confirmed December 3 release of the
$210 million smash hit "Austin Powers in Goldmember." No word
from New Line on VHS pricing but the DVD version will be released
in the compamy's infinifilm format ... Tentative release dates
have been set for "K-19: The Widowmaker," starring Harrison Ford,
on December 10 from Paramount; "XXX" starring Vin Diesel,
December 31 from Columbia TriStar; December 17 for Adrian Lyne's
lusty "Unfaithful," starring Diane Lane and Richard Gere;
December 10 for Lil' Bow Wow's basketball fantasy "Like Mike";
and January 1 for M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs," starring Mel
Gibson, from Buena Vista.

OFF-BEAT CLASSICS:

Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy," starring Robert De Niro
and Jerry Lewis, will get a DVD treatment on December 17. John
Waters' weird and wonderful "Hairspray," starring Divine and and
a pre-TV Ricki Lake, will be released by New Line as a single
DVD, with commentary by Waters and Lake, on November 5. John
Huston's definitive fight movie, Fat City," starring Jeff
Bridges, Stacy Keach, Candy Clark and Susan Tyrrell, will arrive
on DVD on December 10, sans any extras or specials. And Central
Park Media, an independent video distributor, will release a
two-DVD collector's edition of the poignant anti-war anime "Grave
of the Fireflies," directed by Isao Takahata, on October 8.

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AUGUST DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

August 6:
* The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina (2002) Voices of
Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Peter Gallagher, Bebe
Neuwirth, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Guillaume, Esai Morales, Jane
Leeves, Jon Stewart. (Disney).
* The Business of Strangers (2001) Stockard Channing, Julia
Stiles, Frederick Weller. (MGM).
* Busta Rhymes: Break Ya Neck With Busta Rhymes -- Unauthorized
Video bio. (Music Video Distributors).
* Chelsea Walls (2002) Dir,: Ethan Hawke; Rosario Dawson, Vincent
D'Onofrio, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Sean Leonard, Natasha
Richardson, Uma Thurman, Mark Webber, Steve Zahn. (Lions gate).
* Deuces Wild (2002) Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk,
Vincent Pastore, Frankie Muniz, Balthazar Getty, Norman Reedus,
Matt Dillon, Deborah Harry, James Franco. Extras: Commentary by
director Scott Kalvert. (MGM).
* Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002) Skateboarding documentary. Extras:
Commentary by director Stacy Peralta, deleted scenes, extended
"raw" skate footage, more. (Columbia TriStar).
* Elvis: The Great Performances. Three-disc set containing 45
performances, intimate video clips, never-before-seen footage
commemorating the 25th anniversary of Presley's death. (Rhino)
* Flash Frames: The Best of Internet Animation (2002) Celebrates
the work of more than 30 of the world's most innovative media
artists using Flash. Artists range from veteran Stan Lee and
cutting-edge cult hero Joe Cartoon to Flash music videos from
Todd Rundgren, DJ Spooky, Supreme Beings of Leisure and more.
(Music Video Distributors).
* Hot Shots! (1991) Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Cary Elwes,
Valeria Golino, Jon Cryer. (Fox)
* Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges,
Valeria Golino. (Fox).
* The Jeffersons - Season 1. Two-disc set. (Columbia TriStar).
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Dir.:
Peter Jackson; Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean
Astin, Christopher Lee, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Liv Tyler, Cate
Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Hugo Weaving, Dominic
Monaghan, Billy Boyd. Two disc set. Extras: Disc 1 contains both
widescreen and fullscreen versions with Dolby Digital EX 5.1
Surround Sound. Disc 2 contains more than two hours of additional
content, including an exclusive 10-minute behind-the-scenes
preview of the second film in the trilogy, "The Two Towers";
three in-depth programs that reveal the secrets behind the
production, including "Welcome to Middle-earth," "The Quest for
the Ring" and "A Passage to Middle-earth"; 15 featurettes
originally created for lordoftherings.net, which explore the
locales and cultures of Middle-earth and include interviews with
cast members Wood, McKellen, Mortensen, Tyler and others;
original theatrical trailers and TV spots; Enya "May It Be" music
video; preview of Electronic Arts' video game, "The Two Towers";
an inside look at the Special Extended DVD Edition of "The Lord
of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," which will be released
November 12; DVD-ROM content. (New Line).
* Popa Chubby: In Concert. Live concert by the self-proclaimed
"King of the New York City Blues." (Music Video Distributors).
* Repli-Kate (2000) Ali Landry, Desmond Askew, Eugene Levy, James
Roda. (Spartan Home Entertainment).
* Sanford and Son -- Season 1. Two-disc set. (Columbia TriStar).
* The Simpsons Season Two DVD Collection. Four-disc set with 22
episodes (and commentary). Extras:  Interview with James Brooks
and  Matt Groening, "Do the Bartman" director's cut music video,
"Deep Deep Trouble" music video, David Silverman on the "Creation
of an Episode," Butterfinger commercials, Easter eggs, early
drawings, gallery of animation and magazine covers, more; $49.98.
(Fox).
* Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan -- The Director's Edition
(1982) William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Nichelle
Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, George Takei, Ricardo
Montalban. Extras:  Two-disc set with an expanded 116-minute
director's cut, commentary by director Nicholas Meyer, text
commentary by "Star Trek Encyclopedia" co-author Michael Okuda,
"The Captain's Log" featuring new cast and crew interviews,
"Designing Khan"featurette, "The Visual Effects of Star Trek II,"
original interviews with cast members, "The Star Trek Universe --
A Novel Approach by Julia Ecklar and Greg Cox. (Paramount).
* Super Troopers (2001) Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve
Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brian Cox, Daniel Von Bargen,
Marisa Coughlan, Lynda Carter. Extras: Commentary by the Broken
Lizard comedy troupe, outtakes, 13 extended scenes, alternate
ending, a Road Trip Newswrap. (Fox).
* The Swarm (1978) Dir.: Irwin Allen; Henry Fonda, Michael Caine,
Richard Chamberlain, Richard Widmark, Slim Pickens. Extras:
Commentary by Caine, behind-the-scenes documentary. (Warner).
* Them! (1954) Dir.: Gordon Douglas; James Whitmore, Edmund
Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness. (Warner).
* Time After Time (1979) Dir.: Nicholas Meyer; Malcolm McDowell,
David Warner, Mary Steenburgen. (Warner).
* Wolfen (1981) Dir.: Michael Wadleigh; Albert Finney, Diane
Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines and Tom Noonan.
(Warner).
* Women in Film (2001) Beverly D'Angelo, Portia De Rossi,
Marianne Jean-Baptiste. (Lions Gate).

August 13:
* The Accidental Spy (2001) Jackie Chan. (Dimension).
* Another Stakeout (1993) Dir.: John Badham; Richard Dreyfuss,
Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Cathy Moriarty.
(Buena Vista).

* Beaches (1988) Dir.: Garry Marshall; Bette Midler, Barbara
Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan. (Buena Vista).
* Big Business (1988) Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward,
Edward Herrmann. (Buena Vista).
* Birthday Girl (2001) Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin. Extras:
Behind-the-scenes featurette, music video. (Miramax).
* Blink 182. Short set of interviews with the popular punk rock
group. (Music Video Distributors).
* The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Cadfael: The Potter's Field Derek Jacobi. Extras: Commentary by
Jacobi, "Cadfael" author Ellis Peters biography, production
scrapbook. (Acorn Media).
* Camilla (1994) Jessica Tandy, Bridget Fonda, Elias Koteas,
Maury Chaykin, Graham Greene, Hume Cronyn. (Buena Vista).
* Can't Buy Me Love (1987) Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson.
(Buena Vista).
* Clockstoppers (2002) Dir.: Jonathan Frakes; Jesse Bradford,
Paula Garces, French Stewart, Michael Biehn, Robin
Thomas, Gatikayi Mutambirwa, Julia Sweeney. Extras: "Making-of"
featurette, two music videos. (Paramount).
* Cocktail (1988) Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Kelly
Lynch, Gina Gershon. (Buena Vista).
* Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) Dir.: Paul Mazursky; Nick
Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Little Richard, Tracy
Nelson. (Buena Vista).
* Ed Wood (1994) Dir.: Tim Burton; Johnny Depp, Martin Landau.
(Buena Vista).
* Elvis: The Great Performances. Three-disc set containing more
than 40 renowned performances, rare interviews, intimate video
clips and additional in-depth footage that spotlights Presley,
with all three appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, rare home
movies, Elvis' long-lost screen test for Paramount, footage from
his 1968 comeback special, movie clips, and much, much more, in
blue suede-type packaging with silver embossing; $49.99. Each
disc (Vol. 1: Center Stage, Vol. 2: The Man and His Music and
Vol. 3: From the Waist Up) will be available for $19.99). (Rhino
Home Video).
* Flaming Star (1960) Dir.: Don Siegel; Elvis Presley, Barbara
Eden, Steve Forrest, Dolores Del Rio. (Fox).
* In the Bedroom (2001) Dir.: Todd Field; Tom Wilkinson, Sissy
Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, Celia Weston,
Karen Allen, Frank T. Wells, V. Clapham Murray. (Miramax).
* Last Orders (2001) Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David
Hemmings, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Ray Winstone. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Love Me Tender (1956) Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley.
(Fox).
* Love Serenade (1996) Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George
Shevtsov, John Alansu. (Buena Vista).
* The New Guy (2002) DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel,
Lyle Lovett, Eddie Griffin, Jerod Mixon, Illeana Douglas.
(Columbia TriStar).
* 976-EVIL (1988) Sandy Dennis, Jim Metzler. (Columbia TriStar).
* Pauline & Paulette (2000 -- Belgian) Dora van der Groen, Ann
Petersen, Rosemarie Bergmans, Julienne DeBruyn. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Poirot Collector's Set 1. Three one-hour episodes of Agatha
Christie's Belgian sleuth, played by David Suchet: "The
Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim," "The Veiled Lady" and "The Lost
Mine." (Acorn Media).
* Poirot Collector's Set 2. Three one-hour episodes of Agatha
Christie's Belgian sleuth, played by David Suchet: "The Cornish
Mystery," "Double Sin" and "The Adventure of the Cheap Flat."
(Acorn Media).
* The Preacher's Wife (1996) Dir.: Penny Marshall; Denzel
Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines,
Jennifer Lewis. (Buena Vista).
* Race to Space (2000) James Woods, Alex Linz, Annabeth Gish,
Wiiliam Atherton, Mark Moses. (Lions Gate).
* Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (2002) Animated
direct-to-video. (Disney).
* Showtime (2002) Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo,
Frankie R. Faison, William  Shatner, Drena De Niro, Pedro Damian.
* Extras: Commentary by director Tom Dey, producer Jorge
Sarralegui and editor Billy Weber; "HBO First Look: The Making of
Showtime"; five additional and two extended scenes. (Warner).
* So Little Time Vol. 1. Six episodes from the pre-teen TV series
starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Extras: Bloopers, trivia
quiz, photo gallery. (Warner).
* So Little Time Vol. 2. Six episodes from the pre-teen TV series
starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. * Extras: Bloopers, trivia
quiz, photo gallery. (Warner).
* Stakeout (1987) Dir.: John Badham; Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio
Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Dan Lauria. (Buena Vista).
* Wild in the Country (1961) Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday
Weld, Millie Perkins. (Fox).

August 20:
* All About the Benjamins Platinum Series (2002) Ice Cube,
Michael Epps, Tommy Flanagan, Carmen Chaplin, Eva Mendes, Valerie
Rae Miller, Anthony Michael Hall. Extras: Commentary by director
Kevin Bray, deleted scene, gag reel, "Shot Caller: From Video to
Features" documentary on Ice Cube's history of break-out work
with first-time directors, "Strictly Business" production
documentary, "Miami Nice" production design documentary, "All
About the Stunts" stunt documentary, theatrical press kit,
DVD-ROM "script-to-screen" feature. (New Line).
* Angels Over Broadway (1940) Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita
Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell. (Columbia TriStar).
* Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001) Dir.: Robert Townsend; Beyonce
Knowles, Mekhi Phifer, Mos Def, Rah Digga, Da Brat, Jermaine
Dupri, Lil Bow Wow, Wyclef Jean, Troy Winbush, Casey Lee, Fred
Williamson. MTV musical. Extras: "The Making of Carmen" MTV
special, "Select-a-Song" menu. (New Line).
* The Cat's Meow (2002) Dir.: Peter Bogdanovich; Kirsten Dunst,
Eddie Izzard, Carey Elwes, Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Tilly, Edward
Herrmann. (Lions Gate).

* Gremlins Special Edition (1984) Dir.: Joe Dante; Zach Galligan,
Phoebe Cates. Extras: Commentary by Dante, deleted scenes,
making-of featurette, more. (Warner).
* Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) Dir.: Joe Dante; Zach
Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Robert Prosky, Christopher
Lee. Extras: Commentary by Dante, deleted scenes, extra footage,
gag reel, making-of featurette, more. (Warner).
* Heavy Metal Comedy (2002) Documentary on the making of SNL
member and stand-up comedian Jim Breuer's Heavy Metal comedy
show, featuring Breuer's wild routine's backed by a hard-rock
band (The Breu Crew). (Eclectic DVD Distribution).
* Iris (2001) Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Jim
Broadbent, Penelope Wilton, Samuel West. Extras:
Behind-the-scenes featurette: "A Look at Iris," more. (Miramax).
* Jackie Brown Collector's Edition (1997) Dir.: Quentin
Tarantino; Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget
Fonda, Robert De Niro, Chris Tucker. Two-disc set. Extras:
Tarantino introduction; "How It Went" documentary; "A Look Back
at Jackie Brown" interview with Tarantino; "Chicks With Guns"
video; deleted and alternate scenes with Tarantino introductions
(Jackie and Sheronda extended scene, Michael & Pam, Louis &
Ordell walk into the Cockatoo Lounge, Jackie sets up Ordell,
alternate take "For Your Eyes Only," alternate opening credit
sequence); Siskel and Ebert "At the Movies" "Jackie Brown"
review; "Jackie Brown" on MTV ("Jackie Brown" promotional
contest, "MTV Live" with the cast); still galleries; reviews and
articles; trivia game; screenplay viewer; classic Pam Grier movie
trailers; classic Robert Forster movie trailers; classic Pam
Grier radio spots; DVD-ROM extras. (Miramax Collector's Series).
* Joe Somebody (2001) Tim Allen, James Belushi, Julie Bowen,
Patrick Warburton, Greg Germann, Kelly Lynch. Extras: Commentary
by director John Pasquin and producer Brian Reilly, gag reel,
"making-of" featurette, "Scarett's Method" featurette, five
deleted scenes with optional commentary, one Easter egg. (Fox).
* National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid,
Tim Matheson. Rated and unrated versions. Extras: Option to see
topless menus, "topless" tutor deleted scene, "Bouncing off the
Walls" music video. (Artisan).
* The Nightmare Room: Camp Nowhere (2002) Live-action kid scarer
from R.L. Stine. (Warner).
* The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For (2002)
Live-action kid scarer from R.L. Stine. (Warner).
* Pretty in Pink (1986) Molly Ringwald, John Cryer, Annie Potts,
James Spader, Andrew McCarthy. (Paramount).
* Pulp Fiction Collector's Edition (1994) Dir.: Quentin
Tarantino; Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma
Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Ving Rhames,
Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken. Two disc set.
Extras:  Five deleted scenes with introductions by Tarantino
(drug deal monologue, Mia & Vincent, Esmerelda cab scene, Monster
Joe's Truck and Tow, Extended Jack Rabbit Slim's scene);
behind-the-scenes featurette; Pulp Fiction still gallery; poster;
location scouting; blueprints for Jack Rabbit Slim's; set
construction; logo designs, props and memorabilia; special
photography; Siskel and Ebert "At the Movies -- The Tarantino
Generation"; Independent Spirit Awards: Michael Moore interviews
Tarantino, producer Lawrence Bender and Jackson; Cannes Film
Festival: Palm d'Or Award ceremony and acceptance speech; PBS
"Charlie Rose" show interview with Tarantino; original
documentary "Tarantino Fiction"; new production design
featurette; trivia game; screenplay viewer; reviews and articles;
behind-the-scenes montage: Jack Rabbit Slim's and Butch hits
Marsellus; DVD-ROM extras. (Miramax Collector's Series).
* The Razor's Edge (1984) Bill Murray, Theresa Russell. (Columbia
TriStar).
* REO Speedwagon: Real Artists Working. Documentary. (Music Video
Distributors).
* Return to Never Land (2002) Voices of Harriet Owen, Blayne
Weaver, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie. Extras: "Lost
Treasures": deleted scenes with commentary, music video of "I'll
Try," "Rescue the Lost Boys" game, "Disney StoryTime: Never
Land's New Hero," DVD-ROM extras. (Disney).
* Scooby-Doo Meets Batman (2002) Animated Extras: Games, music
videos, How-to-draw Scooby-Doo, more. (Warner).
* Shiner (2000) Michael Caine, Martin Landau. (Dimension).
* Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart
Masterson, Lea Thompson. (Paramount).
* The Sweetest Thing (2002) Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate,
Thomas Jane, Selma Blair, Jason Bateman, Parker Posey. Rated and
unrated versions. Extras: Director and cast commentary,
"Politically Erect" behind-the-scenes featurette. (Columbia
TriStar).
* System of a Down: Psycho Messiahs. Biography of the Los Angeles
rap-metal/punk/funk quartet. (Music Video Distributors).
* True Colors (1991) John Cusack, James Spader. (Paramount).
* We Were Soldiers (2002) Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg
Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper,
Don Doung.  Extras: Commentary by director Randall Wallace, 10
deleted scenes (with director's commentary), "Getting It Right"
featurette. (Paramount).

August 27:
* The Believers (1987) Martin Sheen. (MGM).
* The Dan Curtis Macabre Collection. Four telefilms from a TV
master of horror, Dan Curtis, who brought the world "Dark
Shadows." Includes "Dan Curtis' Dracula" (starring Jack Palance),
"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" (also starring
Palance), "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Turn of the
Screw"; box set: $49.98; available individually for $14.98 each.
(MPI Home Video).
* Daria: Is It College Yet? (2002) Second feature from MTV's
animated series. (Paramount).
* Dark Shadows DVD Collection Two. Four-disc set containing
Episodes 251-290 of the spooky vampire soap opera. (MPI Home
Video)
* Edge of Sanity (1988) (MGM).
* The Fog Special Edition (1979) Dir.: John Carpenter; Jamie Lee
Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, John Houseman, Hal Holbrook. Extras:
Commentary by Carpenter and producer Debra Hill, introduction by
Carpenter, "Tales From the Mist -- Inside the Fog" and "Fear on
Film -- Inside the Fog" featurettes, storyboard-to-film
comparison, outtakes, photo gallery, original advertising,
collectible four-page booklet, Easter egg. (MGM).
* Hannibal/The Silence of the Lambs 2-Pack. Special editions of
both films on three-discs; $39.99. (MGM).
* High Crimes (2002) Dir.: Carl Franklin; Ashley Judd, Morgan
Freeman, Jim Caviezel, Adam Scott, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower, Juan
Carlos Hernandez. Extras: Commentary by Franklin, six featurettes
including "How to Beat a Lie Detector Test" and "Comparing
Military Law to Civilian Law," more. (Fox).
* The Incubus (1982) John Cassavetes, John Ireland. (Elite
Entertainment).
* The Last House on the Left (1972) Dir.: Wes Craven. Extras:
Commentary by Craven and producer Sean Cunningham, deleted
scenes, outtakes, "It's Only a Movie" and "Forbidden Footage"
featurettes. (MGM).
* Lexx: The Complete Second Series. Five-volume set of all 20
episodes of the off-beat sci-fi series' second season. $99.95.
(Acorn Media).
* MGM Midnite Movie Double Features: Two films on one disc,
$14.95 each: "The Attic"/"Crawlspace," "Deranged"/"Motel Hell,"
"The Masque of the Red Death"/"The Premature Burial," "The Oblong
Box"/"Scream and Scream Again," "What's the Matter With
Helen"/"Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?"
* Needful Things (1993) Max Von Sydow. (MGM).
* Queen of the Damned (2002) Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau,
Aaliyah, Vincenr Perez, Lena Olin, Paul McGann. Extras:
Commentary by director Michael Rymer, deleted scenes,
behind-the-scenes featurette, gag reel. (Warner).
* Red Hawk. Anime. (Manga Entertainment).
* Reservoir Dogs 10th Anniversary Special Edition (1992) Dir.:
Quentin Tarantino; Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen,
Christopher Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Randy Brooks,
Quentin Tarantino. Two-disc set packaged with five different
box-art design covers: one each with Mr. Pink, Mr. White, Mr.
Orange, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blond. Each box cover will have a
swinging flap with the character's bio, as well as an eight-page
booklet with more information about the character. Goodies on the
two-discs will be the same for all five versions.  Extras: Select
scene commentaries with the filmmakers, cast and critics; "Real
Life Reservoir Dogs" documentary; documentary on the getaway
cars; film noir retrospective; tribute to indie filmmakers,
writers and directors who inspired the movie as well as to the
late Tierney, who played Joe Cabot; deleted scenes; outtakes; two
alternate camera angle takes of the notorious ear-cutting scene;
interviews with Tarantino, cast and crew; poster gallery; Dolby
and DTS; $26.98. (Artisan).
* The Return of the Living Dead (1984) Extras: Commentary by
director Dan O'Bannon and production designer William Stout.
(MGM).
* The Rookie (2002) Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay
Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T, Jones, Brian Cox, Rick Gonzalez.
Extras: Commentary by director John Lee Hancock and Quaid,
"Spring Training Baseball Tips: Video Baseball Camp," seven
deleted scenes (with director's introduction), Major League
footage of the real Jim Morris, widescreen and fullscreen
editions. (Buena Vista).
* Schoolhouse Rock Special 30th Anniversary Edition. Contains all
46 Schoolhouse Rock songs from the 1970s-80s show on a two-disc
set plus a new song, several songs never-before released on
video, "Arrange-a-Song Puzzles," "Earn Your Diploma" trivia game,
more. (Disney).
* The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season. Four-disc set of all
13 third season episodes. Extras: Commentaries by writer/actor
Michael Imperioli (Episode 9), episode director Steve Buscemi
(Episode 11) and series creator David Chase (Episode 12), a
behind-the-scenes featurette ("A Day on the Set of the
Sopranos"), recaps of Seasons 1 and 2, episodic synopses, more;
$99.98. (HBO).
* SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBoB Halloween. Ten new-to-DVD
episodes, including five Halloween-themed outings. (Paramount)
* Teen Wolf (1985) Michael J. Fox. (MGM).
* Teen Wolf Too (1987) Jason Bateman. (MGM).
* The Three Stooges: Cops and Robbers (Columbia TriStar).
* Tokyo Revelation. Anime. (Manga Entertainment).
* Vampire's Kiss (1989) Nicolas Cage. Extras: Commentary,
interview with Cage. (MGM).
* Wrestling With Alligators (1998) Aleksa Palladino, Joley
Richardson, Claire Bloom, Jay Sanders. (Vanguard).

August 30:
* Blade II Platinum Series (2002) Dir.: Guillermo del Toro;
Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Norman Reedus, Leonor Varela,
Luke Goss, Ron Perlman, Matt Schulze. Two-disc set, with Dolby
and DTS. Extras: Disc 1: Commentary by del Toro and writer David
Goyer; commentary by producer Peter Frankfurt and Snipes;
isolated score. Disc 2: Production Workshop: Director's Notebook
with interactive reproduction of director's notes with an intro
by del Toro; Production Workshop: A Pact in Blood, an interactive
collection of original documentaries on production, story and
other subjects; art gallery; theatrical press kit; deleted and
alternate scenes; music video; DVD-ROM script-to-screen feature.
(New Line).


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FROM TV TO VIDEO
National Geographic Home Video will release on August 27 the
fascinating documentary "Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West" --
narrated by Jeff Bridges -- that dramatizes the remarkable and
perilous journey undertaken by the Corps of Discovery 200 years
ago, to the Pacific Ocean and back; $14.95 VHS, $19.98 DVD ...
A&E Home Video will release an A&E Studios Original Movie
"Poirot: Evil Under the Sun" ($19.95 VHS and DVD) and "Poirot:
The Complete Collection," a boxed set featuring four feature-
length Hercule Poirot whodunits ("The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,"
"Lord Edgware Dies," "Murder in Mesopotamia" and "Evil Under the
Sun"), in both VHS and DVD four volume sets, $49.95 and $59.95
respectively; due August 27 ... New to DVD from A&E are The Royal
Shakespeare Company's nine-hour adaptation of "The Life and
Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" (four-disc set for $79.95) and
the last two seasons (fourth and fifth) of "Upstairs Downstairs"
on four-disc sets for $79.95 each; all due August 27 ... And on
August 27, National Geographic Home Video will release the
documentary, "Inside the Pentagon," $14.95 VHS and $19.98 DVD.

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FOR THE KIDS:
For pre-teens Warner Home Video will release two volumes (five
episodes each) of "So Little Time," the latest TV series starring
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The VHS versions ($14.94) contain
behind-the-scenes featurettes on each episode; the DVDs ($19.98)
contain an extra episode as well as bloopers, trivia quizzes and
photo galleries; due August 13.

For pre-schoolers, this month brings a joyful bouquet of videos:
Barney's latest direct-to-video, "Barney's Round and Round We Go"
has the purple dinosaur and friends heading out to Pop Wheeley's
wheel factory to learn about different modes of transportation
and safety tips, $14.95 VHS and $16.99 DVD, due August 27 from
HIT ... "Meet Joe" is the latest Blue's Clues' VHS, introducing
Joe, the brand-new host of the perennial kids favorite, $9.95 due
August 27 from Paramount ... On August 27 Buena Vista will
release "The Schoolhouse Rock Special 30th Anniversary Edition
DVD," a two-disc set that includes every song (and much, much
more) from the landmark series that teaches kids the fundamentals
of math, grammar, science, history and money, $29.99 ... The
folks at Disney have put together three Halloween kids releases:
a double feature Pooh DVD, "Winnie the Pooh:
FrankenPooh/Spookable Pooh" ($24.99), "The Book of Pooh: Just Say
Boo!" ($12.99 VHS only) and "Rolie Polie Olie: A Spookie Ookie
Halloween" ($12.99 VHS only), all due August 27 ... Paramount has
on hand the latest Little Bear video, "Little Bear: Snacktime
Tales," featuring four "cooking and eating" episodes, $9.95 VHS,
due August 27 ... And Anchor Bay will release on August 20 three
new entries in its Mighty Machines series: "Mighty Machines at
the Construction Site," "Mighty Machines in the Harbor" and
"Mighty Machines at the Race Track," $9.99 each; a limited amount
of the videos will come packed with free bonus toys relating to
each title for the same suggested retail price, while supplies
last.

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SPECIAL INTEREST:
The historic speeches of four of the last century's most notable
speakers debuts in a two-disc DVD boxed set from MPI Home Video:
"The Speeches Collection Volume 1" contains some of the most
famous addresses of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.,
Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, available now for $39.98.

"Flash Frames: The Best of Internet Animation" celebrates the
work of more than 30 of the world's most innovative media artists
using the Flash computer program. Artists range from veteran Stan
Lee and cutting-edge cult hero Joe Cartoon and include Flash
music videos from Todd Rundgren, DJ Spooky, Supreme Beings of
Leisure and more; $19.95 from Music Video Distributors.

The essential reggae concert film, "Bob Marley: Live in Concert,"
comes to home video August 27 in a new, extended director's cut
featuring 15 of the musical icon's greatest songs (in 5.1
Surround on the DVD version) as well as footage from Marley's
1981 funeral in Kingston, Jamaica; the DVD also includes a Marley
discography with album art, a biography, optional subtitle lyrics
for all 15 songs; $19.95 VHS and $24.95 DVD from Docurama.

Anime: Based on the popular Korean comic book of the same name,
Manga Entertainment will release on DVD August 27 "Red Hawk," an
action-packed feudal martial arts adventure that takes place in
the land of Chungwon, pitting a powerful gang, The Camelia
Blossoms, and their powerful ultimate "Weapon of Death," against
villagers and their defender, Red Hawk; $24.95 DVD only. Also on
that day Manga will release "Tokyo Revelation," a macabre tale of
dark forces, sinister magic and horrible demons set loose in
modern-day Tokyo, $24.95 DVD.


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AUGUST'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

BLADE II
Blade (Wesley Snipes) is back, and he's out to kill more
vampires. If you thought that killing vampires in the original
Blade was tough, then listen up: It just got tougher. Blade, as
you'll recall, is the original Daywalker -- half-human, half
vampire, able to live during daylight -- and his mission in life
is to put an end to the Vampire Nation. But hold on -- it turns
out that there's something worse out there than vampires --
Reapers, vampires who have been supercharged by a virus to become
supervamps. So the Vampire Nation and Blade make a truce, and
team up to go after the Reapers. Naturally the gore and bloodshed
-- which was pretty stupendous in Blade -- is multiplied tenfold
here. Fortunately for us, Blade II is directed by the talented
master of the macabre, Guillermo del Toro, whose "The Devil's
Backbone," released to video this June, is a spooky work of art,
and "Blade II" benefits from his deft hand behind the camera.
   Director: Guillermo del Toro. Stars: Wesley Snipes, Kris
Kristofferson, Norman Reedus, Leonor Varela, Luke Goss, Ron
Perlman, Matt Schulze. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 117 min.), Horror,
2002, Box office gross: $81.645 million, (New Line), $22.94 VHS
SRP, Available: 8/30, DVD: Day & Date.

CLOCKSTOPPERS
A sci-fi outing for the Nick bunch. Jesse Bradford plays a
Southern California teen whose main goals in life are to buy a
neat car and catch the eye of an attractive transfer student from
South America (Paula Garces). Naturally she'll have nothing to do
with him -- until one day he puts on a watch sent to his research
scientist dad by a former pupil (French Stewart). Seems the watch
speeds up the molecules of whomever comes in contact with it,
effectively making the world appear as if it has slowed down.
This makes for all kinds of fun and nifty special effects as
Jesse and Paula move through the city, playing practical jokes on
people. But there's something sinister afoot -- a bad guy techie
wants the watch for his own nefarious ends and goes so far as to
kidnap Jesse's dad in the hopes of perfecting the device. Now the
teens have to give up their stop-motion fun for a little
espionage. Innocuous fun that zips along fairly quickly. The kids
will love it -- and mom and dad can get some kicks too.
   Director: Jonathan Frakes. Stars: Jesse Bradford, Paula Garces,
French Stewart, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas. CC, (MPAA rating:
PG, 94 min.), Kids Science Fiction, 2002, Box office gross:
$36.225 million, (Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 8/13, DVD: Day & Date.

DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS
Documentary takes a wild and wonderful look at the rise of
skateboarding as a pop culture phenomenon by looking at its roots
in Southern California. In the early-mid 1970s, in the rundown
Dogtown section of Venice, a group of teenagers nicknamed the
Z-Boys hung out at the Jeff Ho & Zephyr Production Surf Shop as a
home away from home. In between bouts with waves, they took up
skateboarding as a way to "surf" on the street, where they
modeled their actions on surf board moves, something unheard of.
At the time skateboarding was considered a passe fad (from the
1960s), something "for the kids," but the Z-boys brought
skateboarding into the realm of popular culture sport. They began
doing stuff never done before -- like touching the ground with a
trailing hand while making a turn. Always looking for a new
frontier, the Z- Boys began practicing their skateboarding moves
in empty swimming pools, whose swooping sides emulated the sweep
of waves. Their free-form, assertive skateboarding style set new
precedents, and word of their feats spread. The public unveiling
of their unique brand of athletics -- as the Zephyr Skating Team
-- took place at the Bahne-Cadillac Skateboard Championship in
1975. As the aggressive Dogtown style (and pugnacious attitude
that went with it) began taking hold, the young masters of this
new style of sport became international superstars. Fabulous
clips from the era as well as a raucous heavy metal soundtrack.
   Director: Stacy Peralta. Stars: Narrated by Sean Penn. CC,
(MPAA rating: PG-13, 91 min.), Documentary, 2002, Box office
gross: $0.618 million, (Columbia TriStar), $19.96 VHS SRP,
Available: 8/6, DVD: Day & Date.

HIGH CRIMES
Run-of-the-mill thriller has Ashley Judd playing a high-powered
San Francisco attorney who risks her career to defend her husband
when he's arrested by the FBI and charged with the massacre of
eight civilians during a 1988 Marine raid on a small village in
El Salvador. He claims he's innocent and says he's being framed;
Judd takes on the Court Martial case and enlists the help of
ex-military attorney and ex-alcoholic Morgan Freeman. Together
with the court-appointed lawyer and Judd's sexy sister (Amanda
Peet) they uncover an elaborate coverup, missing and dead
witnesses, destroyed documents and, what's worse, find themselves
wiretapped, stalked and beaten by mysterious men. As Judd and
Morgan unravel it all and come closer to the truth, they come
closer to losing their lives. This is one of those films where
you can't quite believe what's happening onscreen but you're
impelled to sit it out to the bitter -- and in this case, twist
-- ending.
   Director: Carl Franklin. Stars: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman,
Jim Caviezel, Adam Scott, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower, Juan Carlos
Hernandez. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 115 min.), Thriller, 2002,
Box office gross: $41.131 million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 8/27, DVD: Day & Date.

IN THE BEDROOM
A resonant drama of loss and regeneration with deep emotions that
are forced to the surface by extraordinary circumstances
happening to seemingly ordinary people. Set in a quiet New
England fishing village, the film revolves around the Fowler
family: Matt and Ruth (Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek) and their
straight-arrow college-bound son Frank (Nick Stahl). But Frank
has more than books on his mind -- he ends up having an affair
with a local single-mother (Marisa Tomei) who's violent ex is
lurking in the wings. When the estranged husband shows up, Frank
gets in the way of a jealous rage and is senselessly killed. Now
the Fowlers are devastated and must find a way to heal their
wounds -- one that may involve taking justice into their own
hands. But not after a lot of soul searching and soul baring by
Matt and Ruth, and revelations about their deepest emotional
turmoil.
   Director: Todd Field. Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick
Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, Celia Weston, Karen Allen,
Frank T. Wells, V. Clapham Murray. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 130
min.), Drama, 2001, Box office gross: $36.000 million, (Miramax),
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 8/13, DVD: Day & Date.

JOE SOMEBODY
Weak-kneed get-even comedy has Tim Allen starring as Joe
everyman, a nondescript video specialist at a marketing company
whose life is incredibly dull and plain. Divorced and unattached
to anyone except his precocious daughter, Joe is so bland and
out-of-touch that he can't even pursue the possible romantic
interest embodied by the company's "wellness coordinator" (Julie
Bowen). But all that changes when Joe gets into an argument with
the company bully over a parking space in the company's parking
lot and is decked in front of his daughter. Demanding a rematch,
he enlists the aid of a martial arts instructor (Jim Belushi
imitating Steven Seagal) and begins to engender the admiration of
his co-workers as they support him in his venture. Unfortunately,
there's no where for this predictable schoolyard fantasy to go --
despite Joe's eventual growing awareness of what it really means
to be a man -- and the film falls apart and pulls its punches as
it approaches its climax.
   Director: John Pasquin. Stars: Tim Allen, James Belushi, Julie
Bowen, Patrick Warburton, Greg Germann, Kelly Lynch. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG, 98 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $22.700
million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 8/20,
DVD: Day & Date.

LORD OF THE RINGS, THE: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
"The Lord of the Rings" collectively tells the story of Frodo
Baggins, a Hobbit who battles against the Dark Lord Sauron to
save his world, Middle-earth, from the grip of evil. In the
trilogy of films, "The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers"
and "The Return of the King" (shot concurrently by director Peter
Jackson entirely on location in New Zealand), Frodo and his
Fellowship of friends and allies embark on a desperate journey to
rid the earth of the source of Sauron's greatest strength, the
One Ring -- a ring that has the power to enslave the inhabitants
of Middle-earth. The trilogy chronicles extraordinary adventures
across the treacherous landscape of Middle-earth and reveals how
the power of friendship, love and courage can hold the forces of
darkness at bay. Impeccably cast, written and directed, the
178-minute film is a monumental and delicious achievement.
   Director: Peter Jackson. Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen,
Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Sean Bean, Ian
Holm, Kiv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies,
Hugo Weaving, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd. CC, (MPAA rating:
PG-13, 178 min.), Fantasy, 2001, Box office gross: $310.000
million, (New Line), $22.94 VHS SRP, Available: 8/6, DVD: Day &
Date in a two-disc set for $29.95; a four-disc Special Extended
DVD Edition with 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage and more
than six hours of extras, will be released November 12 for
$39.99.

QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
Adapted from Anne ("Interview With the Vampire") Rice's series
"The Vampire Chronicles," this hot-blooded rock-infused vampire
tale focuses on Rice's vampire Lestat who becomes a pop star and
plays up his vampireness (violating the unspoken code of
vampirehood that states that vampires should keep away from the
limelight). Throw in a paranormal investigator and the centuries
old queen of the vampires (Aaliyah) who picks this time to wake
up, and the rivers of blood flow from New Orleans to Death
Valley, where a climactic rock concert takes place. Cutting edge
vamp flick keeps your attention and, in particular, shows off
Aaliyah and what she might have become on screen if she hadn't
died.
   Director: Michael Rymer. Stars: Stuart Townsend, Marguerite
Moreau, Aaliyah, Vincent Perez, Lena Olin, Paul McGann. CC, (MPAA
rating: R, 101 min.), Horror, 2002, Box office gross: $30.307
million, (Warner), $22.98 VHS SRP, Available: 8/27, DVD: Day &
Date.

RETURN TO NEVER LAND
Fanciful and well-wrought sequel to Disney's 1953 classic,
"Return to Never Land" takes you back to the enchanted place
where kids never grow up and where Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and the
Lost Boys still taunt the villainous Captain Hook. Set in WWII
London years after she left Never Land, Wendy is now grown up
with children of her own. She tries to comfort her young ones
with stories of Peter and Hook but practical 12-year-old Jane has
no time for make-believe -- until she's kidnapped by Captain
Hook, who mistakes Jane for Wendy and hopes to use the girl as
bait to capture Peter. But his plan is foiled and Peter and the
boys rescue Wendy, who promptly wants to get back to the real
world. Not believing in pixie dust and flying, she makes a deal
with Hook and Peter is captured. As things progress, Jane
realizes the errors of her ways, and learns that growing up means
tempering reality with a bit of youthful imagination and play,
and she joins the gang in foiling Hook once again. The film
deftly merges the original's animated style with some stunning
CGI effects (in particular the opening sequences of war-torn
London and the arrival of Hook's ship) and the story line is
solid enough to not betray its roots. Though not an "instant"
classic like "The Lion King," this Disney outing is a keeper for
the little ones.
   Director: Robin Budd. Stars: Voices of Harriet Owen, Blayne
Weaver, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie. CC, (MPAA
rating: G, 72 min.), Animated, 2002, Box office gross: $48.000
million, (Disney), $24.99 VHS SRP, Available: 8/20, DVD: Day &
Date.

ROOKIE, THE
Stirring story of courage and determination, based on the
real-life story of baseball player Jim Morris whose promising
career ended when he threw out his shoulder. Now a chemistry
teacher and baseball coach in a small Texas town, Morris makes a
bet with his losing team: If they win their district title, he'll
try out again for the majors. Incredibly, the boys win and Morris
has to fulfill his end of the bargain. And, amazingly, he tries
out for the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays -- with a 98 MPH
fastball. In three months he's in the majors -- winning games
with his amazing Arm. It's a dream of a story -- a great
inspiration for kids and adults alike.
   Director: John Lee Hancock. Stars: Dennis Quaid, Rachel
Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T, Jones, Brian Cox,
Rick Gonzalez. CC, (MPAA rating: G, 127 min.), Drama, 2002, Box
office gross: $72.544 million, (Buena Vista), $22.99 VHS SRP,
Available: 8/27, DVD: Day & Date.

SHOWTIME
Two of moviedom's most charismatic stars, Robert De Niro and
Eddie Murphy, team up for a cop comedy -- about a pair of
L.A.P.D. detectives who become fodder for a TV reality show --
with a less than stellar result. De Niro and Murphy are the cops
in question, who agree to let a network producer (Rene Russo)
follow them around and film their activities. The gimmick is that
Murphy's character really wants to be an actor, so he spends as
much time preening for the camera as he does fighting crime.
There's plenty of gags added on to the typical cop fare of car
crashes, chases and gunfights, as well as a subplot involving a
drug dealer who uses a super gun capable of launching rockets.
It's totally unbelievable but, hey, it's a comedy, and it stars
De Niro and Murphy, who are always worth watching, and Russo,
who's doubly worth watching.
   Director: Tom Dey. Stars: Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene
Russo, Frankie R. Faison, William Shatner, Drena De Niro, Pedro
Damian. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 95 min.), Comedy, 2002, Box
office gross: $37.948 million, (Warner), $22.98 VHS SRP,
Available: 8/13, DVD: Day & Date.

WE WERE SOLDIERS
Based upon the best selling book "We Were Soldiers Once ... and
Young," by Lieutenant-General Harold G. Moore and journalist
Joseph L. Galloway, this top-notch war drama follows Moore
(played by Mel Gibson) as he leads his troops into one of the
first major battles of the Vietnam War (in late 1965). In a place
soon to be known as the Valley of Death, 400 American soldiers
found themselves surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese troops. The
fighting is realistic (as is the won't with war films these days)
enough to make you squint away from the screen, and the
sentimentality is piled on (as the women at home find out about
their lovers and husbands' deaths), but the film is admirable in
its depiction of the war-is-hell ethos. And, it actually paints
the enemy as being human.
   Director: Randall Wallace. Stars: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe,
Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry
Pepper, Don Doung. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 138 min.), War action,
2002, Box office gross: $77.977 million, (Paramount), No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental, Available: 8/20, DVD: Day & Date.


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VIDEO NEWS: AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS

LORD OF THE DVDs:
The big noise at video stores will be the New Line release of
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001) in VHS
($22.94) and two-disc DVD ($29.95). Disc 1 contains both
widescreen and fullscreen versions with Dolby Digital EX 5.1
Surround Sound. Disc 2 contains more than two hours of additional
content, including an exclusive 10-minute behind-the-scenes
preview of the second film in the trilogy, "The Two Towers";
three in-depth programs that reveal the secrets behind the
production, including "Welcome to Middle-earth," "The Quest for
the Ring" and "A Passage to Middle-earth"; 15 featurettes
originally created for lordoftherings.net, which explore the
locales and cultures of Middle-earth and include interviews with
cast members; original theatrical trailers and TV spots; Enya
"May It Be" music video; preview of Electronic Arts' video game,
"The Two Towers"; an inside look at the four-disc Special
Extended DVD Edition of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring," which will be released November 12 as a four-disc set
with more than six hours of extras ($39.99); DVD-ROM content.

ON THE TV SET(s): There's several DVD sets of TV shows being
released this month. On August 6 Columbia TriStar will release
two-disc DVD sets of "The Jeffersons - Season 1" and "Sanford and
Son -- Season 1."  Fox, meanwhile, will release on that day "The
Simpsons Season Two DVD Collection," a four-disc set with 22
episodes (and commentary), with such extras as an interview with
James Brooks and Matt Groening, "Do the Bartman" director's cut
music video, "Deep Deep Trouble" music video, David Silverman on
the "Creation of an Episode," Butterfinger commercials, Easter
eggs, early drawings, gallery of animation and magazine covers,
more; $49.98. On August 27 HBO will release "The Sopranos: The
Complete Third Season," a four-disc set of all 13 third season
episodes with extras that include commentaries by writer/actor
Michael Imperioli (Episode 9), episode director Steve Buscemi
(Episode 11) and series creator David Chase (Episode 12), a
behind-the-scenes featurette ("A Day on the Set of the
Sopranos"), recaps of Seasons 1 and 2, episodic synopses, more;
$99.98. (A five-volume VHS set will also be available for
$99.98).


FOR COLLECTORS:
On August 6 Paramount will release to DVD "Star Trek II: The
Wrath of Khan -- The Director's Edition" (1982), starring William
Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols,
Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, George Takei and Ricardo Montalban.
The two-disc set includes the expanded 116-minute director's cut,
commentary by director Nicholas Meyer, text commentary by "Star
Trek Encyclopedia" co-author Michael Okuda, "The Captain's Log"
featuring new cast and crew interviews, "Designing Khan"
featurette, "The Visual Effects of Star Trek II," original
interviews with cast members, "The Star Trek Universe -- A Novel
Approach by Julia Ecklar and Greg Cox."

Warner is releasing four nifty films on DVD on August 6: "The
Swarm" (1978), directed by Irwin Allen and starring Henry Fonda,
Michael Caine, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Widmark and Slim
Pickens, with commentary by Caine and a behind-the-scenes
documentary; "Them!" (1954), directed by Gordon Douglas and
starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon and James
Arness; "Time After Time" (1979), directed by Nicholas Meyer and
starring Malcolm McDowell, David Warner and Mary Steenburgen; and
"Wolfen" (1981), directed by Micahel Wadleigh and starring Albert
Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines and Tom
Noonan. (Warner).


DO THE TARANTINO DVD DANCE:
Under the Miramax Collector's Series banner, Buena Vista will
release two special editions of Quentin Tarantino films, on
August 20: "Jackie Brown" and "Pulp Fiction." On August 27,
Artisan Home Entertainment will release a special edition of
"Reservoir Dogs."

"Jackie Brown Collector's Edition" (1997), starring Pam Grier,
Robert Forster, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda, Robert De Niro
and Chris Tucker, is a two-disc set with an introduction by
Tarantino; "How It Went" documentary; "A Look Back at Jackie
Brown" interview with Tarantino; "Chicks With Guns" video;
deleted and alternate scenes with Tarantino introductions (Jackie
and Sheronda extended scene, Michael & Pam, Louis & Ordell walk
into the Cockatoo Lounge, Jackie sets up Ordell, alternate take
"For Your Eyes Only," alternate opening credit sequence); Siskel
and Ebert "At the Movies" "Jackie Brown" review; "Jackie Brown"
on MTV ("Jackie Brown" promotional contest, "MTV Live" with the
cast); still galleries; reviews and articles; trivia game;
screenplay viewer; classic Pam Grier movie trailers; classic
Robert Forster movie trailers; classic Pam Grier radio spots;
DVD-ROM extras; $29.99.

"Pulp Fiction Collector's Edition" (1994), starring Bruce Willis,
Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim
Roth, Amanda Plummer, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette
and Christopher Walken, is a two-disc set with five deleted
scenes with introductions by Tarantino (drug deal monologue, Mia
& Vincent, Esmerelda cab scene, Monster Joe's Truck and Tow,
Extended Jack Rabbit Slim's scene); behind-the-scenes featurette;
Pulp Fiction still gallery; poster; location scouting; blueprints
for Jack Rabbit Slim's; set construction; logo designs, props and
memorabilia; special photography; Siskel and Ebert "At the Movies
-- The Tarantino Generation"; Independent Spirit Awards: Michael
Moore interviews Tarantino, producer Lawrence Bender and Jackson;
Cannes Film Festival: Palm d'Or Award ceremony and acceptance
speech; PBS "Charlie Rose" show interview with Tarantino;
original documentary "Tarantino Fiction"; new production design
featurette; trivia game; screenplay viewer; reviews and articles;
behind-the-scenes montage: Jack Rabbit Slim's and Butch hits
Marsellus; DVD-ROM extras; $29.99.

"Reservoir Dogs 10th Anniversary Special Edition" (1992),
starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Christopher
Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Randy Brooks and Quentin
Tarantino. The two-disc set is packaged with five different
box-art design covers: one each with Mr. Pink, Mr. White, Mr.
Orange, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blond. Each box cover will have a
swinging flap with the character's bio, as well as an eight-page
booklet with more information about the character. Goodies on the
two-discs will be the same for all five versions.  Extras: Select
scene commentaries with the filmmakers, cast and critics; "Real
Life Reservoir Dogs" documentary; documentary on the getaway
cars; film noir retrospective; tribute to indie filmmakers,
writers and directors who inspired the movie as well as to the
late Tierney, who played Joe Cabot; deleted scenes; outtakes; two
alternate camera angle takes of the notorious ear-cutting scene;
interviews with Tarantino, cast and crew; poster gallery; Dolby
and DTS; $26.98. (Artisan).


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AUGUST VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

August 6:
* Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina, The (2002) Voices of
Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Peter Gallagher, Bebe
Neuwirth, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Guillaume, Esai Morales, Jane
Leeves, Jon Stewart (Disney): $19.99
* Anniversary Party, The (2001) Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason
Leigh, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Kline, Phoebe Cates, John C.
Reilly, Parker Posey, Jane Adams (New Line): $14.94
* Busta Rhymes: Break Ya Neck With Busta Rhymes -- Unauthorized
(2002) Video bio (Music Video Distributors): $14.95
* Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002) Skateboarding documentary (Columbia
TriStar): $19.96
* Burnin' Down the House -- Etta James and the Roots Band (2002)
Shot in December 2001, featuring a live performance by Etta James
and the Roots Band on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles (Eagle Eye
Media/Pioneer): $14.98
* Ghost World (2001) Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve
Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Bob Balaban, Illeana Douglas (MGM): $9.94
* Hardball (2001) Keanu Reeves (Paramount): $14.95
* Invisible Circus, The (2001) Jordana Brewster, Cameron Diaz,
Christopher Eccleston (New Line): $14.94
* Legend of 1900, The (1998) Dir.: Guiseppe Tornatore; Tim Roth,
Clarence Williams III, Bill Nunn  (New Line): $19.98
* Lord of the Rings, The: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Dir.:
Peter Jackson; Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean
Astin, Christopher Lee, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Kiv Tyler, Cate
Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Hugo Weaving, Dominic
Monaghan, Billy Boyd (New Line): $22.94
* Man of the Century (1998) Cara Buono, Brian Davies, Susan Egan
(New Line): $19.98
* True Blue (2001) Tom Berenger, Lori Heuring. (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95

August 13:
* Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (2002) Animated,
direct to video (Disney): $19.99
* Showtime (2002) Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo,
Frankie R. Faison, William Shatner, Drena De Niro, Pedro Damian
(Warner): $22.98
* So Little Time Vol. 1. Five episodes from the pre-teen TV
series starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. (Warner): $14.94
* So Little Time Vol. 2. Five episodes from the pre-teen TV
series starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. (Warner): $14.94

August 20:
* All About the Benjamins (2002) Ice Cube, Michael Epps, Tommy
Flanagan, Carmen Chaplin, Eva Mendes, Valerie Rae Miller, Anthony
Michael Hall (New Line): $22.98
* Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman (Fox):
$14.98
* Black Knight (2001) Martin Lawrence (Fox): $14.98
* Deep End, The (2001) Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan
Tucker, Peter Donat, Josh Lucas, Raymond J. Barry, Tamara Hope,
Jordan Dorrance (Fox): $9.98
* Don't Say a Word (2001) Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy,
Oliver Platt, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen (Fox): $14.98
* Glimpse of Hell (2001) James Caan, Robert Sean Leonard (Fox):
$9.98
* Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, The (2001) Telefilm (Fox):
$14.98

August 27:
* Astro Boy Volumes 4-5-6 Anime; five episodes per volume (Manga
Entertainment): $19.95 each
* Jeepers Creepers (2001) Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan
Breck, Patricia Belcher, Brandon Smith, Eileen Brennan (MGM):
$9.94
* Queen of the Damned (2002) Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau,
Aaliyah, Vincenr Perez, Lena Olin, Paul McGann (Warner): $22.98
* Reservoir Dogs 10th Anniversary Special Edition (1992) Dir.:
Quentin Tarantino; Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen,
Christopher Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Randy Brooks,
Quentin Tarantino (Artisan): $14.98
* Rookie, The (2002) Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay
Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T, Jones, Brian Cox, Rick Gonzalez
(Buena Vista): $22.99
* The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season. Five-volume set of all
13 episodes (HBO): $99.92
* SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Halloween (2002) Animated
(Paramount): Five episodes, $12.95

August 30:
* Blade II (2002) Dir.: Guillermo del Toro; Wesley Snipes, Kris
Kristofferson, Norman Reedus, Leonor Varela, Luke Goss, Ron
Perlman, Matt Schulze (New Line): Music video; $22.94


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JULY DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

July 2:
* The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) Kin Novak, Tyrone Power. (Columbia
TriStar).
* The Harmonists (1997 -- German-Austrian) Ben Becker, Heino
Ferch. (Buena Vista).
* I Love Lucy: Season One, Volume One. Four episodes plus
bloopers, radio interviews, behind-the-scenes, more. (Paramount).
* I Love Lucy: Season One, Volume Two. Four episodes plus
bloopers, radio interviews, behind-the-scenes, more. (Paramount).
* Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) Voices of Debi Derryberry,
Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo, Patrick Stewart, Martin Short,
Carolyn Lawrence, Rob Paulsen, Jeff Garcia, Candi Milo. Extras:
"The Making of Jimmy Neutron" featurette, two music videos, 12
promo spots that introduced Jimmy Neutron to the Nick audience,
DVD-ROM games. (Paramount).
* Kolya (1996 -- Czech-British) Dir.: Jan Sverak; Zdenek Sverak,
Andrej Chalimon. (Buena Vista).
* Nickelback -- Unauthorized: Fragile This Side Up! Unauthorized
biography of the Canadian alternative band with interviews, tour
footage but no music from the group. (Music Video Distributors).
* Old Gringo (1989) Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Pearl Harbor Vista Series (2001) Dir.: Michael Bay; Ben
Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin, Cuba
Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, William Lee Scott, James
King. Director's cut. Extras: Historical documentary "Unsung
Heroes," Faith Hill's "There You'll Be" music video, "Journey to
the Screen: The Making of Pearl Harbor," a definitive
bibliography, "One Hour Over Tokyo," multiple commentaries,
multiple "making-of" featurettes, multi-angle scene: The Surprise
Attack, storyboards, animatics, multiple audio tracks, veteran
commentaries, historic timeline set-up feature and more. Twelve
hours of special features, 24-page booklet, four collectible
postcards, four-disc set: $39.99. (Buena Vista).
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Complete Third Season Gift Set.
Seven-disc box set with all 22 episodes on five discs (in 5.1
Surround) and special features on the sixth disc. Features
include Mission Overview: Cast and crew discussions of the major
changes in Season Three; Selected Crew Analysis: In-depth look at
the growth of continuing characters, plus a look at crew member
Dr. Beverly Crusher; Departmental Briefing -- Production:
Behind-the-scenes look at specific key episodes, including
interviews with production staff; Departmental Briefing --
Memorable Missions: Third Season episode discussions; suggested
list price under $100. (Paramount).
* Teenage Caveman (2001) Dir.: Larry Clark; Andrew Keegan, Tara
Subkoff, Jeffrey Pritz, Richard Hillman, Tiffany Limos. TV
"Creature Feature." (Columbia TriStar).
* Temptress Moon (1996 -- Hong Kong) Dir,: Chen Kaige; Gong Li,
Leslie Cheung, Zhou Yemang. (Buena Vista).
* X-Mix: The DVD Collection Part 3. X-Mix electronic dance music
original released on three separate videos, here on one disc:
X-Mix 7 -- Electro Boogie by Dave Clarke, X-Mix 9 -- Transmission
From Deep Space Radio by Kevin Saunderson, X-Mix 10 -- Jack the
Box by Hardfloortracks. (Music Video Distributors).

July 9:
* Beijing Bicycle (2001 -- Chinese) Lin Cui, Xun Zhou, Yuanyuan
Gao, Shuang Li, Yiwei Zhao, Yan Pang. (Columbia TriStar).
* Big Wednesday (1978) Dir.: John Milius; Jan-Michael Vincent,
William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville, Lee Purcell.
Extras: Commentary by Milius. (Warner).
* The Champ (1979) Dir.: Franco Zeffirelli; Jon Voight, Faye
Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Strother Martin, Joan
Blondell. (Warner).
* Charlotte Gray (2001) Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael
Gambon, Rupert Penry-Jones, Anton Lesser, Ron Cook. Extras:
Commentary by director Gillian Armstrong; two behind-the-scenes
featurettes: "A Village Revisits History," shot on location, and
"Living Through Wartime," a discussion of the Charlotte Gray
character with Blanchett and Armstrong. (Warner).
* Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) James Caan, Elliott
Gould, Michael Caine, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning, Lesley Ann
Warren. (Columbia TriStar).
* Hart's War (2002) Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard,
Vicellous Shannon, Cole Hauser, Rick Ravanello, Marcel Iures, Sam
Worthington. Extras: Commentary by Willis, director Gregory
Hoblit and writer Billy Ray; commentary by producer David
Forster; deleted scenes with director's commentary. (MGM).
* Impostor: The Director's Cut (2002) Dir.: Gary Fleder; Gary
Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub, Mekhi
Phifer, Gary Dourdan. Extras: Includes the original 38-minute
short the feature is based on as well as "The Impostor Files," an
original featurette about the making of the film. (Dimension).
* Innerspace (1987) Dir.: Joe Dante; Dennis Quaid, Martin Short,
Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis, William Schallert, Henry
Gibson, Orson Bean, Kevin Hooks. Commentary by Dante. (Warner).
* Milton Berle: An All-Star Tribute to Mr. Television. All-star
tribute featuring Steve Allen, Red Buttons, Norm Crosby, Larry
Gelbart, Buddy Hackett, Art Linkletter, Rich Little. (Eclectic
DVD Distribution).
* My Favorite Year (1982) Dir.: Richard Benjamin; Peter O'Toole,
Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Lainie Kazan,
Lou Jacobi. Extras: Commentary by Benjamin and O'Toole.
(Warner).
* No Such Thing (2002) Dir.: Hal Hartley; Sarah Polley, Robert
John Burke, Helen Mirren, Julie Christie, Baltasar Kormakur.
(MGM).

* Oh, God! (1977) Dir.: Carl Reiner; John Denver, George Burns,
Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bellamy, William Daniels,
Barnard Hughes, Paul Sorvino, Barry Sullivan. Extras: Commentary
by Reiner. (Warner).
* Punchline (1988) Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Mark
Rydell. (Columbia TriStar).
* The Royal Tenenbaums Criterion Collection DVD (2001) Dir: Wes
Anderson; Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Luke
Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny Glover, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray.
Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by Anderson; "With the
Filmmakers: Portraits by Albert Maysles" feature on Anderson and
the making of the film; video interviews and behind-the-scenes
footage of Hackman, Huston, Stiller, Paltrow, more; "The Peter
Bradley Show," featuring interviews with cast members; "The Art
of the Movie" in-depth feature on art direction and production
design; outtakes and deleted scenes; collectible booklet with
insights into the director's vision, DTS and Dolby Digital;
$29.99. (Buena Vista).
* Sunset Park (1996) Rhea Perlman, Carol Kane, Fredro Starr.
(Columbia TriStar).
* A Walk to Remember (2002) Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter
Coyote, Daryl Hannah. Extras: Commentary by West, Moore and
director Adam Shankman; commentary by novelist Nicholas Sparks
(who wrote the book on which the film is based) and screenwriter
Karen Janszen; Mandy Moore's "Cry" music video. (Warner).
* Zig Zag (2002) Wesley Snipes, John Leguziamo, Oliver Platt,
Natasha Lyonne. Extras: Commentary by director David Goyer.
(Columbia TriStar).

July 16:
* Ablaze (2000) Ice-T, Tom Arnold, John Bradley. Extras:
Commentary by director Lim Wynorski and writer Steve Latshaw.
(Fox).
* Amelie (2001) Dir.: Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Audrey Tautou, Mathieu
Kassovitz, Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Artus de Penguern. Extras: "The
Amelie Effect" featurette; "The Look of Amelie" featurette;
"Fantasies of Audrey Tautou"; Q&A with Jeunet; Q&A with Jeunet
and cast; auditions; storyboard comparisons; home movies: "Inside
the Making of Amelie"; "A Quai" music video; "The Amelie
Scrapbook: "Behind the Scenes," French poster concepts, "The
Garden Gnome's Travels" and storyboards. In French with English
subtitles. (Miramax).
* Better Off Dead (1985) John Cusack, Amanda Wyss, Aaron Dozier,
Diane Franklin. (Paramount).
* The Big Bus (1975) Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John
Beck. (Paramount).
* Black Sheep (1996) Tim Matheson, Chris Farley, David Spade,
Christine Ebersole. (Paramount).
* Fathom (1967) Raquel Welch, Anthony Franciosa. (Fox).
* Gung Ho (1986) Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt,
John Turturro. (Paramount).
* In Like Flint (1967) James Coburn, Andrew Duggan. (Fox).
* It Came From Hollywood (1982) Look at sci-fi and horror films
from the 1950s, hosted by Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner,
Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong. (Paramount).
* John Q. (2002) Dir.: Nick Cassavetes; Denzel Washington, Robert
Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Ray Liotta, Kimberly Elise,
Eddie Griffin, Dhawn Hatosy, Daniel E. Smith. Extras: Commentary
by Cassavetes, screenwriter James Kearns, producer Mark Burg,
director of photography Rogier Stoffers and Elise; deleted and
alternate scenes; "Fighting for Care" documentary; "Behind the
Scenes of John Q" documentary; DTS and Dolby 5.1; DVD-ROM
script-to-scene feature, more. New Line's infinifilm feature
offers "pop-up" navigation menus -- that appear in a band at the
bottom of the screen -- that allow viewers to explore certain
aspects of the film in greater depth by linking supplemental
material in a scene specific manner. You can ignore the "pop-ups"
and continue watching the film or "click-through and go beyond
the movie." (New Line).
* Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) Dave Foley, Kevin
McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson, Kathryn
Greenwood. (Paramount).
* The Last Man (1999) David Arnott, Jeri Ryan. (Lions Gate).
* Lord Peter Wimsey: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
(1972) Ian Carmichael. Two-disc set. BBC miniseries. Extras:
Carmichael interviews, interactive trivia, series author Dorothy
L. Sayers materials. (Acorn Media).
* Mean Machine (2001 -- British) Vinnie Jones,David Kelly, David
Hemmings, Ralph Brown. (Paramount).
* Modesty Blaise (1966) Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk
Bogarde. (Fox).
* New Best Friend (2002) Mia Kirshner, Meredith Monroe, Dominique
Swain, Rachel True, Taye Diggs, Oliver Hudson. Commentary by
director Zoe Clarke-Williams. (Columbia TriStar).
* Our Man Flint (1965) James Coburn, Gila Golan, Lee J. Cobb.
(Fox).
* Robin and Marian (1976) Dir.: Richard Lester; Sean Connery,
Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris, Nicol Williamson,
Denholm Elliott, Ian Holm. (Columbia TriStar).
* 1776 -- The Director's Cut (1972) William Daniels, Howard Da
Silva, Ken Howard. (Columbia TriStar).
* Storytelling (2001) Dir.: Todd Solondz; Selma Blair, Robert
Wisdom, Leo Fitzpatrick, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Julie
Hagerty, Lupe Ontiveros, Mark Webber, Jonathan Osser. Extras:
R-rated and unrated versions. (New Line).
* The Tea Party Collection -- Illuminations (2002) Collection of
music videos of this Canadian rock band. Extras: Commentary by
the band, album discography, lyrics, photo gallery,
behind-the-scenes footage, Easter eggs, Dolby and DTS. (Eagle
Vision).
* Top Secret (1984) Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Jeremy Kemp.
(Paramount).

July 23:
* Comic Book Confidential (1988) A fascinating history of the
comic book medium, features interviews with tons of comic book
gurus, including Frank Miller, Stan Lee and Will Eisner. The DVD
includes a poster and liner notes by DC's Hellblazer and 100
Bullets writer Brian Azzarello. (Home Vision Entertainment).
* Crossroads Special Collector's Edition (2002) Britney Spears,
Zoe Saldana, Anson Mount, Taryn Manning, Justin Long, Dan
Aykroyd, Kim Cattrall. Extras: DVD welcome by Spears;
"Breakthrough Britney": Fun facts and inside comments from Spears
accessed during the movie; two music videos; commentary by
director Tamra Davis; "The Making of Crossroads: 40 Days With
Britney"; "First in Line: Inside the Crossroads' Premiere"; seven
deleted scenes; "Sing-along With Britney": karaoke videos for
"Overprotected" and "I'm Not a Girl"; edit your own music video;
"Taryn's T-shirts": How to make the T-shirts from the "I Love
Rock 'n' Roll" karaoke scene; more. (Paramount).
* Hopscotch (1980) Dir.: Ronald Neame; Walter Matthau, Glenda
Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom. High-definition
digital transfer. Extras: Video introduction featuring interviews
with Neame, and novelist-screenwriter Brian Garfield; original
television audio track remixed for family viewing, presented as
an alternate audio track. (Home Vision/Criterion).
* Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002) Steve Oedekerk. Extras:
Commentary by Oedekerk, two full-length alternate dialogue
tracks, 12 deleted scenes, six scenes with alternate dialogue,
foreign language clips, visual effects "before and after" reel,
"making-of" featurette, photo gallery. (Fox).
* M*A*S*H Season Two. Three-disc set with all 24 of the second
season's episodes; $39.98. (Fox).
* Ratcatcher (1999) Dir.: Lynne Ramsay; William Eadie, Tommy
Flanigan, Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart. Extras: Interview
with Ramsay, three short films by Ramsay, stills gallery. (Home
Vision/Criterion).
* Red Beard (1965) Dir.: Akira Kurosawa; Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo
Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya. High-definition digital transfer.
Extras: Commentary by Kurosawa film scholar Stephen Prince, notes
by Japanese film historian Donald Richie. (Home
Vision/Criterion).
* Tarzan & Jane (2002) Animated direct-to-video Extras: "Tarzan &
Jane's Adventure Builder" story, "Build Your Own Tree House"
game, Mandy Moore music video. (Disney).
* The Time Machine (2002) Dir.: Simon Wells; Guy Pearce, Samantha
Mumba, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, Phyllida law,
Sienna Gregory, Omero Mumba. (DreamWorks).
* Twist (1992) Documents the history of post-World War II popular
dance up to the mid-sixties, spotlighting the twist dance craze.
Includes flashy poster and liner notes by Gary Giddins, music
columnist for The Village Voice. (Home Vision Entertainment).

July 30:
* Collateral Damage (2002) Dir: Andrew Davis; Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Francesca Neri, Elias Koteas, Cliff Currtis, John
Leguizamo, John Turturro. Extras: Commentary by Davis, HBO
"Behind the Scenes" documentary, "The Hero in a New Era"
documentary, more. (Warner)
* Contract Killer (1998) Jet Li, Eric Tsang. (Columbia TriStar).
* Dinotopia (2002) Tyron Leitso, Wentworth Miller, Katie Carr,
Favid Thewlis, Jim Carter, Alice Krige. TV miniseries. (Artisan).

* Dragonfly (2002) Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Joe Morton,
Ron Rifkin, Kathy Bates, Robert Bailey Jr., Linda Hunt, Jacob
Vargas. Extras: Commentary by director Tom Shadyac, deleted
scenes, making-of featurette, featurette with best-selling author
Betty Eadie and her near-death experience, DVD-ROM features.
(Universal).
* The Honeymooners Lost Episodes Volumes 21 and 22. Episodes that
originally aired as part of the "Jackie Gleason Show" in the
1950s. Volume 21 and Volume 22 each contain three episodes.
(MPI).
* K-9:PI (2002) James Belushi, Gary Basaraba, Kim Huffman.
Direct-to-video sequel. (Universal).
* Lexx S3*V3. Episodes 8, 9, 10 of season three of the offbeat
Sci Fi Channel series. Extras: Behind-the-scenes segments,
storyboards, location photos, production sketches, interactive
trivia. (Acorn Media).
* The Principal (1987) James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn
Chong. (Columbia TriStar).
* Resident Evil (2002) Milla Jovovich, Eric Mabius, Michelle
Rodriguez, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, Colin Salmon. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Speed Five Star Collection (1994) Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock,
Jeff Daniels, Dennis Hopper. Two disc set. Extras:  Disc 1:
"Speed" with two commentaries: one by director Jan De Bont and
one by writer Graham Yost and producer Mark Gordon. Disc 2: Five
extended scenes; multi-angle stunt comparisons: "Bus Jump" (nine
angles), "Cargo Jet Explosion (nine angles), "Jack vs. Payne"
(four angles), "Metro Rail Crash" (nine angles); five
featurettes: "On Location," "Stunts," "Visual Effects," "Bus
Jump" and "Metro Rail Crash"; story board to film comparisons:
"bombs on Bus," "Baker Sequence," "Bus Jump" and "Metro Rail
Fight & Crash"; interviews with Reeves, Bullock, Hopper, Daniels
and De Bont; HBO Special; 11 television spots; Billy Idol music
video; Easter eggs; original screenplay; image gallery with more
than 400 images including production design, behind-the-scenes,
and press kit images; THX certified, Dolby and DTS. $26.98.
(Fox).
* Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric,
Willem Dafoe. Extras: HBO making-of special, THX certified, Dolby
and DTS. (Fox).
* Speed Collection Pack Includes two-disc "Speed" Five Star
Collection and "Speed 2: Cruise Control" in a box set. $39.98.
(Fox).
* That Little Monster (1994) Melissa Baum. Extras: Commentary by
writer-director Paul Bunnell and producer Carl Mastromarino,
interview footage. (Elite Entertainment).

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COLLECTIBLES:
Universal will commemorate the 25th anniversary (August 16, 1977)
of the death of Elvis Presley with "Elvis: His Best Friend
Remembers," a real-life tribute from "Diamond Joe" Espositio, one
of Elvis' closest confidants. The feature includes hundreds of
rare photos, home movies, newsreels, press conferences, film
clips and interviews. Available on VHS ($14.98) and DVD ($19.98)
on July 30.

It's 1980 and aliens are invading the Earth, kidnapping people
and harvesting their organs. The invaders are opposed by
S.H.A.D.O., a top-secret agency with headquarters in a lead-lined
bunker 80 feet beneath a London film studio. From here, the group
deploys an incredible arsenal of high-tech weapons to stop the
extra-terrestrial invaders. Sound like the plot for a Sci Fi
Channel summer series? Nope, its the story line of "UFO," a 1970s
British TV series by Gerry Anderson, producer of such giant cult
shows as "Space: 1999," "Thunderbirds" and "Fireball XL5." The
show ran for 26 episodes in 1970 (1972 in the U.S.) and has
spawned a fanatical cult following. Now A&E Home Video has
packaged the series on DVD, with the first 13 episodes being
released July 30 as "UFO, Set 1" (Four discs, $79.95).


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FOR THE KIDS:
Join Murray the Monkey and his colorful puppet friends in "Your
Tiny Jungle Tot," the newest VHS release in the "Your Tiny"
series, designed to spark imaginations through a musical tour of
the zoo. Through live-action, puppetry and real-life scenes of
children and their favorite animals, this Child Smart release
takes kids on a magical trip aboard the Jungle Tot train to see
where animals (zebras, bears, parrots and wallaroos, among
others) reside. Due July 30, $12.95.

Anchor Bay will release to DVD on July 23 the "Best of Percy,"
featuring nine favorite stories about Thomas the Tank Engine, his
friend Percy, and other favorites from the Island of Sodor --
with storytelling by Ringo Starr and George Carlin. The DVD
features sing-alongs, character gallery, and more interactive
features; $14.98.

The latest pre-school fav is precocious five-year old Maggie
(created by mother-son team of Betty and Michael Paraskevas, who
consult on the Nick Jr. TV series based on their books), who
imagines Nowhere Land where she and her two favorite toys,
Hamilton Hocks (a cautious pig) and the Ferocious Beast (a red
polka-dotted creature who's anything but ferocious) have one
adventure after another while learning life lessons in a gentle,
non-threatening way. On August 6, Columbia TriStar will release
the first videos in the series: "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast:
Adventures in Nowhere Land" and Maggie and the Ferocious Beast:
We Are Family," with five stories each, $12.95 VHS (a DVD of
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast: Adventures in Nowhere Land" is
available, with a bonus story, for $19.95).

Old standby "Bob the Builder" has made his way to DVD ($16.99)
with "Celebrate With Bob," an anthology of four separate stories
-- "Bob's Birthday," "Bob's Big Surprise," "Bob's Day Off" and
"Buffalo Bob" -- as well as four mini-adventures reinforcing
themes about teamwork and cooperation. This seventh title in the
"Bob the Builder" series from HIT Entertainment will also be
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SPECIAL INTEREST:
The human body has been described as the world's most exquisite
machine -- a fully integrated system of muscles, organs, bones,
arteries, nerves and cells that is life and gives life. National
Geographic Home Video explores the enigmatic human form from the
inside out in "The Incredible Human Body," available on VHS
($19.98) and DVD ($24.98) on July 16.

A&E Home Video celebrates the statesmen who helped shape
America's destiny with VHS and DVD boxed sets of "Founding
Brothers," the History Channel documentary based upon historian
Joseph Ellis' Pulitzer Prize winning book. Anchored by Roger Mudd
and narrated by Edward Herrmann, "Founding Brothers" chronicles
the first chapter in American nationhood from the point of view
of the original band of brothers: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin,
Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George
Washington. Two-discs or four videos, $39.95, due July 30.

WGBH Boston Video will release on July 30 an imposing three-part,
six-hour TV series "Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World
Economy," the first major series on the global economy to appear
on American television in 22 years, and the first in-depth docu
to tell the inside story of our new global economy and what it
means for individuals around the world. Filmed in 20 countries on
five continents, the program features interviews with former
President Clinton, Vice President Cheney, former USSR President
Mikhail Gorbachev and Mexican President Vicente Fox. $39.95.
(www.wgbh.org, 800-949-8670).

"The Incomparable Nat 'King' Cole" is a two-volume set featuring
the best performances from Cole's 1957 NBC television series,
including 47 full-length songs with such music luminaries as Ella
Fitzgerald, Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis Jr., Johnny Mercer, The
Mills Brothers and The Oscar Peterson trio. Available July 25
from Kultur Home Video, VHS and DVD $19.95 each
(www.kulturvideo.com. 800-718-1300).

Two home video releases take a look at the events of September
11: "Why the Towers Fell" investigates the collapse of the World
Trade Center Towers, from WGBH Boston Video (www.wgbh.org,
800-949-8670) on VHS and DVD ($19.95 each), due July 9; and "WTC:
The First 24 Hours," devoid of music or commentary to let the
images speak for themselves, from Docurama (www.docurama.com,
800-314-8822) on VHS and DVD ($19.95 each), available now.


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JULY'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

AMELIE
Delightful fantasy-romance about a young Parisian woman -- Amelie
(Audrey Tautou) -- raised by her father after her mother is
killed and who, as a lonely child, uses her imagination to
explore the world around her. Working in a Paris cafe, she pretty
much keeps to herself until one day, fatefully, she discovers a
box of mementos belonging to a boy who used to live in her
apartment. She decides to track down the owner of the box and
return his possessions, and this simple act of giving changes her
life. She now discovers the immense joy of bringing happiness to
others through random, anonymous and secret acts of kindness. Now
opened up to the world around her, she meets an intriguing young
man and decides to win his heart, hoping that she can find
happiness for herself. A charming, feel-good tale by the director
of "The City of Lost Children" and "Alien 4." In French with
English subtitles.
   Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu
Kassovitz, Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Artus de Penguern. CC, (MPAA
rating: R, 122 min.), Romance, 2001, Box office gross: $32.000
million, (Miramax), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
7/16, DVD: Day & Date.

COLLATERAL DAMAGE
By-the-book Schwarzenegger actioner notable only because it was
the first major studio film pulled from last fall's release
schedule because of September 11. Schwarzenegger stars as Gordy
Brewer, a Los Angeles firefighter whose wife and son are killed
in a terrorist bombing masterminded by a South American bad guy.
Against the advice of friends, as well as the CIA and FBI, Brewer
heads down to Columbia to get even. He infiltrates rebel
strongholds, destroys cocaine cash crops and generally wreaks
havoc with the guerrillas. Numbing.
   Director: Andrew Davis. Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Francesca
Neri, Elias Koteas, Cliff Currtis, John Leguizamo, John Turturro.
CC, (MPAA rating: R, 109 min.), Action, 2002, Box office gross:
$40.048 million, (Warner), $19.95 VHS SRP, Available: 7/30, DVD:
Day & Date.

CROSSROADS
A road trip movie for the Z-generation, this Britney Spears
vehicle (no pun intended) falls flat on all accounts -- in
particular any resemblance to the real world. Yes, the writers
throw in such real-world concerns as rape, miscarriages,
abandonment by parents, and a hint of sex (no, Britney is no
longer a virgin) but it's played out as the soap opera adventures
of three high-school grads traveling cross-country in a
convertible driven by a hunk, seeking to reconstruct their past.
And, yes, there are Britney songs, and fun-loving dancing, but
the film is mostly a downer that must have spouted from someone
who has watched just one too many MTV reality shows.
   Director: Tamra Davis. Stars: Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana,
Anson Mount, Taryn Manning, Justin Long, Dan Aykroyd, Kim
Cattrall. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 90 min.), Drama, 2002, Box
office gross: $37.188 million, (Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced
for rental, Available: 7/23, DVD: Day & Date.

DRAGONFLY
Weak supernatural thriller has Kevin Costner starring as a
Chicago ER doctor who loses his beloved wife in a bus accident in
Venezuela while on a mercy mission. The grieving doctor throws
himself into his work and wears himself out. It's then that he
begins to believe that his wife -- whose body was never recovered
-- is trying to communicate with him from the dead. There's the
prevalence of a dragonfly icon (his wife's birthmark) all over
the place, a parrot that only talked when the wife was nearby
(and who talks now on a creepy, windy night), a patient who dies
and comes back to life saying he saw the wife in a "rainbow" and
many, many more strange occurrences that, unfortunately don't add
up to any chill factor: There just aren't enough goosebumps to
sustain the plodding and by-the-rote story line. Is the wife
communicating from the hereafter? Is Kevin crazy? Who cares.
   Director: Tom Shadyac. Stars: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson,
Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Kathy Bates, Robert Bailey Jr., Linda
Hunt, Jacob Vargas. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 104 min.), Horror,
2002, Box office gross: $30.000 million, (Universal), No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental, Available: 7/30, DVD: Day & Date.

HART'S WAR
Prisoner of war drama set in a Nazi camp. Bruce Willis plays Col.
William McNamara, the leader of the American prisoners and Colin
Farrell plays Lt. Hart. The film starts off with Hart being
captured and sent off to Stalig VI in Belgium, where he bumps up
against Willis -- Willis doesn't quite trust Hart. Into this mix
comes two black American pilots -- don't forget that this was a
time when America, and its Army, was still segregated. A racist
sergeant (Cole Hauser) is not two pleased with the men joining
the barracks, and he sets one of them up to be killed by the
Germans. Later the sergeant is murdered, and the second black
pilot is pegged for the crime. Hart persuades the German
commandant to hold a court martial, with Hart as the defense
attorney. The only problem is, in order to mount his defense,
Hart may have to reveal a secret escape route that would endanger
all the Americans. Of course there's a lot going on under the
action -- McNamara has his own agenda, and by the film's end he
turns out to be the hero. A straight-ahead war drama.
   Director: Gregory Hoblit. Stars: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell,
Terrence Howard, Vicellous Shannon, Cole Hauser, Rick Ravanello,
Marcel Iures, Sam Worthington. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 125 min.),
War, 2002, Box office gross: $19.036 million, (MGM), No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental, Available: 7/9, DVD: Day & Date.

IMPOSTOR: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT
Dimension Films missed the boat with its January release of
director Gary Fleder's "Impostor." The film, based on the short
story by Philip K. Dick, was unceremoniously dumped into the
marketplace with little or no fanfare or marketing push. And that
was a shame, for the film, to be released to video as "Impostor:
The Director's Cut," is visually stunning, with an imaginative
story line, workmanlike performances (by Gary Sinise, Madeleine
Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio and Mekhi Phifer) and special-effects
that rival the best that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg can
come up with (the work was done, in fact, by Lucas' Industrial
Light & Magic). Originally designed as the centerpiece of a
three-short anthology film, "Impostor" was retooled into a
feature, and shot two years ago -- but the company lost faith,
which is a pity as this is the kind of film that sci-fi fans
slaver over.

It's the near future -- 2079 -- and the Earth is in a losing war
with beings from Alpha Centauri. There's destruction -- and
police states -- everywhere, but the heart of major cities --
where the elite live -- are domed and protected. One elite pair
is made up of scientist Spencer (Sinise) and his wife Maya
(Stowe), a well-respected doctor. But Spencer's calm life is
shattered when, abruptly, he's arrested by a ruthless security
agent (D'Onofrio in a particularly nasty turn) and informed that
he is not really Spencer but an alien clone with a time bomb
implanted in his heart, set to blow up key government figures.
But Spencer knows he's human and the agent is wrong (though the
agent claims that when the aliens killed the real Spencer, they
ported his memories and feelings into the clone, making him think
that he's the real Spencer). Spencer escapes, and a chase ensues
through the dark underworld of the city outside the dome -- where
the poor live in sickness and misery. It's out there that Spencer
meets Cale (Phifer), a hardened criminal who offers to get him
back into the city -- undetected -- and back to his wife, to
prove his innocence -- in exchange for needed medical supplies.
But is Spencer really Spencer? There's moments when even he has
his doubts. His quest to prove his humanness will keep you
totally enthralled.

In sheer straight ahead action and effects, this is one of the
top adult sci-fiers to come down the pike in a long time. And the
dystopia of this future world comes close to that -- in rendering
and effect -- of Ridley Scott's great vision (based on Dick's, of
course) in "Blade Runner." The production and art design is
top-notch, creating a realistic world that is "futuristic" but
still plausible (the designers spent many, many hours talking to
architects and scientists to extrapolate what the world will be
like -- and how technology will function -- 75 years hence).
Right down to the great twist ending, Dick would be proud.

The DVD edition of the film has few frills: there's a very short
behind-the-scenes featurette that gives viewers insights into the
design of the film, and the original 30-minute short from which
the feature was extrapolated. The sound is all that one would
expect from a masterful DVD 5.1 soundtrack, with tasteful rolling
subwoofer rumbles, and surrounds that are almost always in play,
enveloping the viewer in this futuristic universe.
   Director: Gary Fleder. Stars: Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe,
Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub, Mekhi Phifer, Gary Dourdan. CC,
(MPAA rating: PG-13, 95 min.), Science Fiction, 2002, Box office
gross: $6.110 million, (Buena Vista), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 7/9, DVD: Day & Date.

JOHN Q
This hostage-taking, get-even melodrama has Denzel Washington
starring as John Q. Archibald, an ordinary man whose life
revolves around his son, Michael, and his wife, Denise. When
Michael falls seriously ill and needs an emergency heart
transplant operation that John Q. can't afford and his health
insurance won't cover, he vows to do whatever it will take to
keep his son alive. With time and options running out, a
desperate gamble becomes his only hope -- he takes the hospital
emergency room hostage. For anyone who has felt oppressed by the
"powers-that-be" -- in particular the faceless, nameless HMO
bureaucrats -- this film gets the adrenalin and blood boiling.
It's a one-sided, heavy-handed affair as the villains -- a
cold-hearted hospital administrator (Anne Heche), a by-the-book
hostage negotiator (Robert Duvall) and a trigger-happy cop (Ray
Liotta) -- are all painted in black-and-white and John Q. comes
off as the ordinary Joe whose emotions make him human -- and the
hero. The bureaucrats never had a chance.
   Director: Nick Cassavetes. Stars: Denzel Washington, Robert
Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Ray Liotta, Kimberly Elise,
Eddie Griffin, Dhawn Hatosy, Daniel E. Smith. CC, (MPAA rating:
PG-13, 118 min.), Thriller, 2002, Box office gross: $71.000
million, (New Line), $22.94 VHS SRP, Available: 7/16, DVD: Day &
Date.

RESIDENT EVIL
Muddled sci-fi horror actioner based on a computer game series.
In a mysterious underground research center called the Hive a
group of scientists are working on bioweapons and genetic
experimentation but something has gone awry. The facility is
being wiped out by a deadly virus and locked down, allowing no
one to leave. Into this horrific scene comes Milla Jovovich as
part of a rescue operation -- but she has amnesia after being
gassed with a memory loss drug. She doesn't know exactly why
she's there (apparently there are people both within and without
the operation trying to either undermine the center or undermine
those trying to undermine the center) but that doesn't prevent
her from battling a host of flesh-eating zombies that have
overrun the facility. As in most computer games, the gist of the
story isn't in the plot but in the action -- kick butt and ask
questions later.
   Director: Paul W.S. Anderson. Stars: Milla Jovovich, Eric
Mabius, Michelle Rodriguez, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, Colin
Salmon. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 100 min.), Sci-Fi Horror Thrill,
2002, Box office gross: $40.000 million, (Columbia TriStar), No
VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 7/30, DVD: Day & Date.

ROYAL TENENBAUMS, THE
A wild and romp-filled black comedy about the ultimate
dysfunctional New York family. Although starting out two decades
earlier as a promising upper-class family, the eccentric
Tenenbaums have fallen on hard times. The three children all
earned success early in life but when their parents Royal (Gene
Hackman) and Etheline (Anjelica Huston) split up the family went
to pot. Chas (Ben Stiller) began as a financial whiz but has
turned paranoid, fearful that some disaster will strike and take
his life, so he wears red just to be safe; Richie (Luke Wilson)
started out as a tennis pro but choked in his final tennis
matches; Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was an award-winning playwright
but has left her neurologist husband (Bill Murray) and is messing
around with a family friend. And, after 17 years, Royal, broke
and with no place to live, decides to come home and worm his way
back into the family, to "make amends" and "set things right."
And, to do so, he fakes having stomach cancer. Now, together
under one roof, the family deals with their convoluted past and
complicated present. An absurdist wonder from the director of
"Bottle Rocket" and "Rushmore," with delightfully understated
acting by all involved.

The DVD release was created by the folks at The Criterion
Collection, which means a clean, crisp image and superb sound,
The DVD comes in a case designed to resemble a book, and includes
two booklets about the film that give background information on
the production. There's plenty of extras, including a surprise
Easter egg. And the soundtrack -- which features the Beatles, the
Ramones, Bob Dylan and vintage Stones -- fits the mood of the
film like a tight leather glove. Highly recommended.
   Director: Wes Anderson. Stars: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston,
Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny Glover, Owen
Wilson, Bill Murray. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 109 min.), Comedy,
2001, Box office gross: $52.000 million, (Buena Vista), No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 7/9, DVD: Day & Date.

TIME MACHINE, THE
Imaginative reworking of H.G. Wells' classic novella by the
author's great-grandson, director Simon Wells. Though the
original story and the 1960 film of the same name (directed by
George Pal and starring Rod Taylor) focused on political and
social matters, this version is more down to earth -- the time
traveler (Guy Pearce) builds his time machine not so much to
explore the future (in hopes of finding a better world) but to go
into the past to prevent the murder of his fiance. When his
attempts at stopping fate fail, he jumps into the future to find
out if there is any way to change the past. After traveling
800,000 years into the future, he comes upon an Earth devastated
by the breakup of the moon and populated by two races: the
peaceful Eloi and the underground dwelling Morlocks (and here,
finally, this "Time Machine" catches up with H.G.'s version). The
Morlocks prey on the Eloi and when an Eloi woman he has
befriended (Samantha Mumba) is kidnapped, the time traveler hits
the underworld, meeting up with the Morlock leader (Jeremy Irons
in white, reptile-like makeup) and battles to the death for his
past and future. Great special effects.
   Director: Simon Wells. Stars: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba,
Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, Phyllida law, Sienna
Gregory, Omero Mumba. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 96 min.), Science
Fiction, 2002, Box office gross: $55.761 million, (DreamWorks),
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 7/23, DVD: Day & Date.


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VIDEO NEWS: JULY HIGHLIGHTS


ON THE SET(S): There's four big collectible DVD sets being
released this month.

* On July 2 there's the "Pearl Harbor Vista Series" (2001),
directed by Michael Bay and starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett,
Kate Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore,
Jon Voight, William Lee Scott and James King. This is a giant
four-disc set packed in a simulated pilot's attache case with the
director's cut and a bevy of extras: Historical documentary
"Unsung Heroes," Faith Hill's "There You'll Be" music video,
"Journey to the Screen: The Making of Pearl Harbor," a definitive
bibliography, "One Hour Over Tokyo," multiple commentaries,
multiple "making-of" featurettes, multi-angle scene: The Surprise
Attack, storyboards, animatics, multiple audio tracks, veteran
commentaries, historic timeline set-up feature and more. Twelve
hours of special features, 24-page booklet, four collectible
postcards; $39.99. (Buena Vista).

* Also on July 2 "Star Trek: The Next Generation Complete Third
Season Gift Set" warps to DVD. This is a seven-disc box set with
all 22 episodes on five discs (in 5.1 Surround) and special
features on the sixth disc. Those features include Mission
Overview: Cast and crew discussions of the major changes in
Season Three; Selected Crew Analysis: In-depth look at the growth
of continuing characters, plus a look at crew member Dr. Beverly
Crusher; Departmental Briefing -- Production: Behind-the-scenes
look at specific key episodes, including interviews with
production staff; Departmental Briefing -- Memorable Missions:
Third Season episode discussions; suggested list price under
$100. (Paramount).

* On July 23 Fox will release a three-disc set (devoid of extras)
of "M*A*S*H Season Two," containing all 24 of the second season's
episodes; $39.98.

* On July 30 "Speed Five Star Collection" pushes its way home.
The 1994 film, directed by Jan De Bont and starring Keanu Reeves,
Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels and Dennis Hopper will be released
as a two disc set with a variety of extras. Disc 1: "Speed" with
two commentaries: one by De Bont and one by writer Graham Yost
and producer Mark Gordon. Disc 2: Five extended scenes;
multi-angle stunt comparisons: "Bus Jump" (nine angles), "Cargo
Jet Explosion (nine angles), "Jack vs. Payne" (four angles),
"Metro Rail Crash" (nine angles); five featurettes: "On
Location," "Stunts," "Visual Effects," "Bus Jump" and "Metro Rail
Crash"; story board to film comparisons: "Bombs on Bus," "Baker
Sequence," "Bus Jump" and "Metro Rail Fight & Crash"; interviews
with Reeves, Bullock, Hopper, Daniels and De Bont; HBO Special;
11 television spots; Billy Idol music video; Easter eggs;
original screenplay; image gallery with more than 400 images
including production design, behind-the-scenes, and press kit
images; THX certified, Dolby and DTS. $26.98. (Fox).

IT'S PSYCHEDELIC, BABY:
With the latest edition of the Austin Powers' spy spoof series
("Austin Powers in Goldmember") due for theatrical release this
month, the folks at Fox have released to DVD a trio of 1960s spy
spoofs sure to tickle your camp funny bone: "In Like Flint"
(1967), starring James Coburn and Andrew Duggan; "Modesty Blaise"
(1966), starring Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp and Dirk Bogarde;
and "Our Man Flint" (1965), starring James Coburn, Gila Golan and
Lee J. Cobb; due July 16.

NEW CRITERION EDITIONS:
In addition to the July 9 release (with Buena Vista) of "The
Royal Tenenbaums" two-disc DVD set, the folks at The Criterion
Collection (with Home Vision) have scheduled July 23 for three
DVD releases of important modern films: "Hopscotch" (1980),
directed by Ronald Neame and starring Walter Matthau, Glenda
Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty and Herbert Lom, featuring a
high-definition digital transfer and such extras as a video
introduction featuring interviews with Neame and
novelist-screenwriter Brian Garfield, and the original television
audio track remixed for family viewing and presented as an
alternate audio track; "Ratcatcher" (1999), directed by Lynne
Ramsay and starring William Eadie, Tommy Flanigan, Mandy Matthews
and Michelle Stewart, with such extras as an interview with
Ramsay, three short films by Ramsay and a stills gallery; and
"Red Beard" (1965), directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring
Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama and Yoshio Tsuchiya, with a
high-definition digital transfer, commentary by Kurosawa film
scholar Stephen Prince and notes by Japanese film historian
Donald Richie.

Meanwhile, Home Vision's own label, Home Vision Entertainment,
will release two video documents of pop culture to DVD: "Comic
Book Confidential" (1988), a fascinating history of the comic
book medium, featuring interviews with tons of comic book gurus,
including Frank Miller, Stan Lee and Will Eisner. The DVD
includes a poster and liner notes by DC's "Hellblazer" and "100
Bullets" writer Brian Azzarello; and "Twist" (1992), which
examines the history of post-World War II popular dance up to the
mid-sixties, spotlighting the twist dance craze. Includes a
flashy poster and liner notes by Gary Giddins, music columnist
for The Village Voice; due July 23.


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JULY VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

July 2:
* Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) Voices of Debi Derryberry,
Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo, Patrick Stewart, Martin Short,
Carolyn Lawrence, Rob Paulsen, Jeff Garcia, Candi Milo
(Paramount): $14.95

July 9:
* Charlotte Gray (2001) Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael
Gambon, Rupert Penry-Jones, Anton Lesser, Ron Cook (Warner):
Behind-the-scenes featurette "A Village Revisits History," $14.95
* A Walk to Remember (2002) Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter
Coyote, Daryl Hannah (Warner): $14.95

July 16:
* Fathom (1967) Raquel Welch, Anthony Franciosa (Fox): $9.98
* John Q (2002) Dir.: Nick Cassavetes; Denzel Washington, Robert
Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Ray Liotta, Kimberly Elise,
Eddie Griffin, Dhawn Hatosy, Daniel E. Smith (New Line): $22.94
* Modesty Blaise (1966) Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde
(Fox): $9.98

July 23:
* Legend of the Red Dragon, The Jet Li (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* M*A*S*H Season Two. Three-tape gift set with all 24 second
season episodes (Fox): $26.98
* Tarzan & Jane (2002) Animated direct-to-video (Disney): $24.99

July 30:
* Advertising Rules (2001 -- German) Alexander Scheer, Gotz
George, Chulpan Khamatova (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Astro Boy (1983) Volumes 4-6 (Manga Entertainment): Animated TV
series, six episodes per volume, $19.95 each
* Collateral Damage (2002) Dir: Andrew Davis; Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Francesca Neri, Elias Koteas, Cliff Currtis, John
Leguizamo, John Turturro (Warner): "The Hero in a New Era"
documentary, $19.95
* Dinotopia (2002) Tyron Leitso, Wentworth Miller, Katie Carr,
Favid Thewlis, Jim Carter, Alice Krige (Artisan): TV miniseries,
$14.98
* Haiku Tunnel (2001) Josh Kornbluth, Warren Keith, June Lomena
(Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Lexx S3*V3. Episodes 8, 9, 10 of season three of the offbeat
Sci Fi Channel series. Includes behind-the-scenes segments (Acorn
Media): $19.95
* Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001 -- French) Dir.: Jacques Rivette;
Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castelitto, Marianne Basler, Jacques
Bonnaffe, Helene De Fougerolles, Bruno Todeschini (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95
* Zoolander (2001) Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor,
Will Ferrell (Paramount): Includes Derek Zoolander promotional
spots, $14.95

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JUNE DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

June 4:
* Annie (1999) Telefilm. Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Alan
Cumming, Audra McDonald, Victor Garber, Kristin Chenoweth. (Buena
Vista).
* Bad Company (1972) Dir.: Robert Benton; Jeff Bridges, Barry
Brown, David Huddleston, John Savage. (Paramount).
* Best Seller (1987) James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria
Tennant. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Blue Velvet Special Edition (1986) Dir.: David Lynch; Isabella
Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope
Lange, Dean Stockwell. Digital transfer supervised by Lynch.
Extras: "Mysteries of Love" documentary with new interviews with
MacLachlan, Rossellini, Hopper and Dern as well as rare interview
footage with Lynch; "Are You a Pervert?" deleted scene
featurette; collectible booklet. (MGM).
* Cadfael: The Pilgrim of Hate. Derek Jacobi. Extras: Commentary
by Jacobi, interview with "Cadfael" author Ellis Peters,
production scrapbook. (Acorn Media).
* Caveman (1981) Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, Jack
Gilford, Barbara Bach. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) Cheech Marin,
Tommy Chong. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Five Card Stud (1968) Dean Martin, Roddy McDowall, Robert
Mitchum. (Paramount).
* Goin' South (1978) Dir.: Jack Nicholson; Jack Nicholson, Mary
Steenburgen, John Belushi, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito.
(Paramount).
* The Good Mother (1988) Dir.: Leonard Nimoy; Diane Keaton, Liam
Neeson, Jason Robards, Ralph Bellamy, Teresa Wright, James
Naughton, Joe Morton, Katey Sagal. (Buena Vista).
* Great Balls of Fire (1989) Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec
Baldwin, Lisa Blount, John Doe, Stephen Tobolowsky. (MGM Movie
Time Collection).
* The Great Race (1965) Dir.: Blake Edwards; Jack Lemmon, Tony
Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Jenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell,
Vivian Vance, Dorothy Provine, Larry Storch, Ross Martin, George
Macready. Extras: "Behind-the-Scenes With Blake Edwards"
featurette. (Warner).
* Hero and the Terror (1988) Chuck Norris. (MGM Movie Time
Collection).
* High Spirits (1988) Dir.: Neil Jordan; Peter O'Toole, Donal
McCann, Mary Coughlan. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Hocus Pocus (1993) Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica
Parker. (Disney).

* Hombre (1967) Paul Newman, Martin Balsam, Diane Cilento,
Frederic March, Richard Boone, Barbara Rush. (Fox).
* The Hustler Special Edition (1961) Dir.: Robert Rossen; Paul
Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron
McCormick, Michael Constantine. Extras: Commentary by editor Dede
Allen, assistant director Ulu Grosbard, Newman, Carol Rossen (the
director's daughter), film critic Richard Schickel; three
featurettes; pool trick shot analysis by pool expert Mike Massey;
behind-the-scenes still gallery. (Fox).
* The Joy Luck Club (1993) Dir.: Wayne Wang; Kieu Chinh, Tsai
Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu, Ming-Na, Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom,
Rosalind Chao. (Buena Vista).
* Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman,
Natasha Lyonne, Elaine Stritch, Tom Poston, David Ogden Stiers,
Lily Tomlin. (Buena Vista).
* McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Dir.: Robert Altman; Warren Beatty,
Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck,
Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine. (Warner).
* The Manhattan Project (1986) John Lithgow. (MGM Movie Time
Collection).
* Men at Work (1990) Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Keith David.
(MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Mr. Saturday Night (1992) Dir.: Billy Crystal; Billy Crystal,
David Paymer, Julie Warner, Helen Hunt, Mary Mara, Jerry Orbach,
Ron Silver. Extras: Commentary by Crystal and Paymer, three
featurettes ("The Buddy Young Jr. Story," "See What We Did?" and
"Make-Up"), interviews with Crystal and Paymer, deleted scenes,
gag reel. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Mr. Wrong (1996) Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack,
Dean Stockwell, Joan Plowright, John Livingston, Robert Goulet,
Hope Davis. (Buena Vista).
* The Mothman Prophecies (2002) Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will
Patton, Devra Messing, Lucinda Jenney, Alan Bates. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Tim
Curry, Kevin Bishop, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders. (Disney).
* Poirot: The Movie Collection, Set 2. Four Poirot movies: "Dumb
Witness," "Hercule Poirot's Christmas," "Hickory Dickory Dock"
and "Murder on the Links." $59.95. (Acorn Media).
* Sarafina! (1992) Whoopi Goldberg, John Kani, Leleti Khumalo,
Miriam Makeba. (Buena Vista).
* The Scarlet Letter (1995) Dir.: Roland Joffe; Demi Moore, Gary
Oldman, Robert Duvall, Lisa Joliffe-Andoh, Edward Hardwicke,
Robert Prosky. (Buena Vista).
* Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School. "Back-to-School" game, "How to
Draw Scooby-Doo and Shaggy," original "America Loves Scooby-Doo"
music video, DVD-ROM games. (Warner).
* Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood. Extras: "Scooby-Doo's Yearbook,"
"The Scooby-Doo Network Game," "How to Draw Scooby-Doo," original
"Scooby-Doo and Shaggy Love to Eat" music video, DVD-ROM games.
(Warner).
* Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers. Extras: "The Mystery Game,"
original "Mystery, Inc." music video, "How to Draw Scooby-Doo and
the Mystery, Inc. Gang," DVD-ROM games. (Warner).
* Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries. First five Scooby-Doo
episodes, including the series pilot. Extras: Jukebox sampler
featuring four songs, Scooby-Doo trivia challenge, original
recipes from Mystery, Inc. (Warner).
* Shallow Hal (2001) Dir.: Bobby and Peter Farrelly; Gwyneth
Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Rene Kirby,
Tony Robbins. Extras: Eleven deleted scenes with optional feature
commentary by the Farrellys; four featurettes including an HBO
making-of special, "Reel Comedy TV Special," "Seeing Through the
Layers" special on makeup, "In the Deep End With Shallow Hal"
about the famous pool stunt; Shelby Lynne "Wall in Your Heart"
music video. (Fox).
* She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) Dir.: John Ford; John Wayne,
Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Victor
McLaglen. (Warner).
* Skin Deep (1989) Dir.: Blake Edwards; John Ritter, Vincent
Gardenia, Alyson Reed, Joel Brooks, Julianne Phillips. Extras:
Commentary by Edwards and Ritter, featurette. (Warner).
* S.O.B. (1981) Dir.: Blake Edwards; Julie Andrews, William
Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman, Robert Loggia, Stuart
Margolin, Richard Mulligan, Robert Preston, Craig Stevens,
Loretta Swit, Robert Vaughn, Robert Webber, Shelley Winters,
Jennifer Edwards, Rosanna Arquette. (Warner).
* UHF (1989) "Weird Al" Yankovic, Michael Richards. Extras:
Commentary with Yankovic, director Jay Levey, Richards, Victoria
Jackson and Emo Philips; behind-the-scenes footage; "Weird Al"
music video; deleted scenes. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Unforgettable (1996) Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter
Coyote, David Paymer. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* V.I. Warshawski (1991) Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles
Durning, Angela Goethals.
* The Verdict (1982) Dir.: Sidney Lumet; Paul Newman, Charlotte
Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse.
Extras: Commentary by Lumet and Newman, behind-the-scenes still
gallery. (Fox).
* Victor/Victoria (1982) Dir.: Blake Edwards; Julie Andrews,
James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras,
John Rhys-Davies. Extras: Commentary by Edwards and Andrews.
(Warner).
* Will Penny (1968) Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald
Pleasence, Lee Majors, Bruce Dern, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens.
Extras: "Remembering Will Penny" retrospective, "The Cowboys of
Will Penny" featurette. (Paramount).

June 11:
* Behind the Sun (2001) Dir.: Walter Salles; Jose Dumont, Rita
Assemany. Portuguese with English subtitles. (Miramax).
* Black Hawk Down (2001) Dir.: Ridley Scott; Josh Hartnett, Ewan
McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard,
Gabriel Casseus, Ron Eldard, Jeremy Piven. On-the-set featurette.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Two. Six-disc set with
commentary by co-writers David Grennwalt and Marti Moxom, and
writer-director Josh Whedon; interviews; "Designing Buffy," "A
Buffy Beastiary" and "Beauty and Beasts" featurettes; scripts,
more; $59.98. (Fox).
* Dune Special Edition Director's Cut (2000) William Hurt,
Giancarlo Giannini. Three-disc set with more than 30 minutes of
new footage, Dolby and DTS. Extras: Commentary by "Dune's"
production team; documentary featuring "Dune Encyclopedia" author
Willis McNelly; "Remember Tomorrow" featurette with Frank
Herbert; "The Color Wheel: Lessons of Life and Life With Master
Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro"; "Walking and Talking With John
Harrison" ("Dune's" writer-director); "Defining Messiah:
featurette; "Science Future/Science Fiction Roundtable"
featurette (on the emerging technological paradigm shift and the
moral issues that surround it) with sci-fi writers Harlan
Ellison, Octavia Butler and Michael Cassutt, director Harrison
and inventer Ray Kurzweil, moderated by Arthur Cover; "The Lure
of Spice" behind-the-scenes featurette; "The Cinematographic
Ideation of Frank Herbert's Dune," an essay by Storaro; photo
gallery, more; $26.98. (Artisan).
* Getting There (2002) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Extras:
Alternate ending, Sweet 16 party planning tips, "Getting There"
interactive movie quiz, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Warner).
* The Judy Garland Show: Legends. Best of Judy Garland's work
with other entertainment legends, including Barbra Streisand,
Tony Bennett, Liza Minnelli, Bobby Darin, Peggy Lee, others, from
Garland's 1963-64 TV show. (Pioneer Entertainment).
* Kate & Leopold (2001) Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber,
Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, Paxton
Whitehead. Both the theatrical version and a director's cut
version. Extras: Commentary with director James Mangold, deleted
scenes with director commentary, Sting music video "Until,"
on-the-set featurette, stills gallery, costume featurette.
(Miramax).
* Look Who's Talking Now (1993) John Travolta, Kirstie Alley.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Lost in Yonkers (1993) Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, Irene
Worth. (Columbia TriStar).
* Mr. Show: The Complete First and Second Seasons. Bob Odenkirk,
David Cross. All 10 episodes; $34.98.
* Monster's Ball (2001) Dir: Marc Forster; Billy Bob Thornton,
Halle Berry, Peter Boyle, Heath  Ledger, Sean Combs, Mos Def,
Coronji Calhoun. Extras: Commentary by Forster and director of
photography Roberto Schaefer; commentary by Berry, Thornton and
Forster; deleted scenes, outtakes; making of the music
featurette. (Lions Gate).
* Ray Charles Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. (Pioneer
Entertainment).
* Real Genius (1985) Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret. (Columbia TriStar).
* Speedway Junkie (1999) Daryl Hannah, Jesse Bradford, Jonathan
Taylor Thomas, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Patsy Kensit. Extras:
Commentary by director Nickolas Perry, behind-the-scenes
featurette. (Pioneer Entertainment).
* Sure Fire (1982) Tom Blair. (World Artists).

June 18:
* Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002) Kevin Zegers, Richard
Karns, Caitlin Wachs, Cynthia Stevenson. Extras: Air Bud Grand
Slam set-top game, a behind-the-scenes featurette, a gag reel,
sing-along version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
Direct-to-video. (Buena Vista).
* The Final Hit (The Last Producer) (2000) Dir.: Burt Reynolds;
Burt Reynolds, Benjamin Bratt, Lauren Holly, Charles Durning, Ann
Margret, Rod Steiger. Extras: Commentary by Reynolds,
behind-the-scenes interviews. (Artisan).
* Hard Cash (2002) Christian Slater, Val Kilmer, Daryl Hannah,
Bookeem Woodbine, Verne Trover. (Artisan).
* Happy Campers (2001) Brad Refro, Dominique Swain, James King,
Emily Bergl, Justin Long, Jordan Bridges, Keram Malicki-Sanchez.
(New Line).
* I Am Sam Platinum Series (2001) Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff,
Laura Dern. Extras: Commentary by director Jessie Nelson, deleted
and alternate scenes with optional commentary, "Becoming Sam"
documentary, DTS sound, DVD-ROM script-to-screen feature. (New
Line).
* The Majestic (2001) Dir.: Frank Darabont; Jim Carrey, Laurie
Holden, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Alan Garfield. Extras:
Additional scenes, "Sand Pirates of the Sahara" movie within the
movie. (Warner).
* Max Keeble's Big Move (2001) Alex D. Linz, Zena Grey, Josh
Peck, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Orlando Brown, Amber Valletta,
Robert Carradine, Nora Dunn, Noel Fisher. Extras: Commentary by
Linz, Kennedy, Miller, director Tim Hill and producer Mike Karz;
"Alex to the Max" featurette; "Max's Missing Scenes": 18 minutes
of deleted scenes; "Max's Halls of Knowledge & Stuff": trivia
maze set-top game based on the film; DVD-ROM food fight game.
(Buena Vista).
* The Mountain Men (1980) Charlton Heston, Brian Keith. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Orange County (2002) Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk,
Lily Tomlin, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow. Extras: Commentary
by director Jake Kasdan and writer Mike White, 15 promotional
spots from the MTV media campaign. (Paramount).
* Phoebe Snow in Concert. Live in concert at Ohne Filter TV
Studio in Baden-Baden, Germany, May 9, 1989. (Music Video
Distributors).
* Rollerball Special Edition (2002) Dir.: John McTiernan; Chris
Klein, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romlin-Stamos, Jean Reno. Extras:
Commentary by Klein, LL Cool J, Romlin-Stamos; "Future Sport"
featurette that lets viewers experience the film's action up
close; interactive "Rollerball Yearbook" with player bios and
team roster; "The Stunts of Rollerball" featurette; Rob Zombie
music video; more. Expanded R-rated version. (MGM).
* The Shipping News (2001) Dir.: Lasse Hallstrom; Kevin Spacey,
Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Jason Behr,
Gorodn Pinsent, Pete Postlethwaite, Cate Blanchett, Alyssa,
Kaitlyn and Lauren Gainer. Extras: Commentary by the filmmakers,
"Dive Beneath the Surface of the Shipping News" featurette, a
"Shipping News" photo archive. (Miramax).
* Sins of the Father (2002) Tom Sizemore, Ving Rhames, Richard
Jenkins. FX telefilm. (Artisan).
* The Women (1939) Dir.: George Cukor; Norma Shearer, Joan
Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Joan
Fontaine, Marjorie Main. (Warner).
* Zebrahead (1992) Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, N'Bushe
Wright, Ray Sharkey. (Columbia  TriStar).

June 25:
* The Affair of the Necklace (2001) Hilary Swank, Jonathan Price,
Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Brian Cox, Joely Richardson,
Christopher Walken. Extras: Commentary by director Charles Shyer,
"Designing Affair" documentary on the period design of the film,
HBO First Look behind-the-scenes documentary, 11 minutes of
additional scenes with commentary, gag reel. (Warner).
* Back to Stax: Memphis Soul. 154 minutes of Memphis Soul
featuring Sam Moore, Carla Thomas, the Memphis Horns, Phil
Upchurch, Eddie Floyd, and Booker T & the M.G.'s. (Music Video
Distributors).
* A Beautiful Mind Awards Edition (2001) Dir.: Ron Howard;
Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer,
Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas. Two-disc set. Extras:
Disc 1: Commentary by Howard; commentary by screenwriter Akiva
Goldman; deleted scenes with optional commentary by Howard. Disc
2: "A Beautiful Partnership," behind-the-scenes with Howard and
producer Brian Grazer; , "Development of the Screenplay,"
conversation with Goldman, hosted by Grazer; "Meet John Nash,"
hosted by Howard; "Inside A Beautiful Mind"; "The Process of Age
Progression"; Casting; Storyboards; Special effects features;
Scoring the film. (Universal).
* Brideshead Revisted (1982) Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana
Quick, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud. Three-disc
DVD Collector's edition contains all 11 hours of the show --
digitally remastered -- with a Brideshead Revisited Companion
Guide that includes an introduction by director Charles
Sturridge, episode descriptions, an Evelyn Waugh biography, and
filming location details. Other DVD extras include production
notes and location photos, cast and crew biographies, and facts
and photos from Castle Howard, the real Brideshead; $79.95.
(Acorn Media).
* Cool Summer: Bobby Hutcherson & Flora Purim. Recorded at the
Harvest Jazz Festival at the Paul Masson Vineyards in Northern
California. (Music Video Distributors).
* The Devil's Backbone (2001 -- Spain) Dir.: Guillermo del Toro;
Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve,
Irene Visedo. Extras: Commentary by del Toro, "making-of"
featurette, storyboard comparisons, deleted scenes, director's
sketchbook. (Columbia TriStar).
* Fox and His Friends (1975) Dir.: Rainer Werner Fassbinder;
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Irm Hermann, Harry Baer. (Wellspring
Media Masterworks DVD).
* Ghost Sweeper Mikami. Anime. (Manga Entertainment).
* Gosford Park (2001) Dir.: Robert Altman; Michael Gambon,
Kristen Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Charles Dance, Jeremy
Northam, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Helen Mirren, Stephen Fry,
Derek Jacobi, Emily Watson, Richard E. Grant, Ryan Phillippe.
Extras: Commentary by Altman, production designer Stephen Altman
and producer David Levy; commentary by screenwriter Julian
Fellowes; "The Making of Gosford Park," "Authenticity of Gosford
Park" and "Cast & Filmmakers Q&A Session" featurettes; deleted
scenes with optional commentary by Robert Altman, Stephen Altman
and Levy. (Universal).
* The Honeymooners Lost Episodes Volumes 19 and 20. Episodes that
originally aired as part of the "Jackie Gleason Show" in the
1950s. Volume 19 and Volume 20 each contain three episodes.
(MPI).
* The Lost Command (1966) Anthony Quinn, George Segal, Alain
Delon, Michele Morgan, Maurice Ronet, Claudia Cardinale.
(Columbia TriStar).
* The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) Dir.: Rainer Werner
Fassbinder; Irm Hermann, Hans Hirschmuller, Hanna Schygulla,
Andrea Schober, Ingrid Caven. Extras: "Life, Love and Celluloid"
and "The Many Women of Fassbinder" documentaries; commentary by
Wim Wenders. (Wellspring Media Masterworks DVD).
* Place Vendome (1998 -- French) Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre
Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jacques Dutronc, Bernard Fresson.
(Wellspring Media).
* Psychic Wars Anime. (Manga Entertainment).
* A Rumor of Angels (2001) Vanessa Redgrave, Ray Liotta,
Catherine McCormack, Trevor Morgan, Ron Livingston. (MGM).
* Space 1999 Set 7. Two-disc set. Extras: Promotional spots, BBC
behind-the-scenes, rarely seen production artwork, photo
galleries of production stills; $39.95. (A&E Home Video).
* Space 1999 Set 8. Two-disc set. Extras: Cast and crew
interviews. special effects featurette, a rare Blackpool "Space
City" exhibit short, photo galleries of production stills;
$39.95. (A&E Home Video).
* Thesis (Thesis) (1996 -- Spain) Dir.: Alejandro Amenabar; Ana
Torrent, Fele Martinez, Eduardo Noriega Extras: "The Making of
Thesis." (Vanguard).
* 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) William Hopper, Joan Taylor,
Thomas Browne Henry, Frank Puglia. Extras: "The (Ray) Harryhausen
Chronicles" documentary, "This Is Dynamation" featurette.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Vampire Wars Anime. (Manga Entertainment).
* What's the Punk? An MVD Sampler (2002) Clips from Music Video
Distributors' vast library of punk rock, including videos of Bad
Religion, Dead Kennedys, Nirvana, Sleater-Kinney, Patti Smith
Group, TSOL, Debbie Harry, The Ramones, The Hives, Butthole
Surfers, more. (Music Video Distributors).
* Z (1969) Dir.: Costa-Gavras; Yves Montand, Irene Papas,
Jean-Louis Trintignant. Restored and remastered with 5.1
Surround. Extras: Commentary by Costa-Gavras, interviews,
restoration demonstration, photo gallery. (Wellspring Masterworks
Collection).


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JUNE'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

BEAUTIFUL MIND, A
Academy Award-winning, stirring bio-drama of the life of
mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr., a genius diagnosed as a
paranoid-schizophrenic at the peak of his career. In order to
tell this intriguing story -- Nash eventually overcame his mental
illness and went on to win a Nobel Prize -- Oscar-winning
director Ron Howard creates whole scenes and story lines that
appear to be part of the biography but turn out to be Nash's
delusions. It's a nice touch but at times a tad disconcerting,
and it drove some critics nuts (so to speak) for what they felt
was cheating. Nevertheless, audiences loved this tale, which is
part mystery (what caused the man to go over the edge?), part
romance (Nash's wife -- played by Jennifer Connelly -- was
central in nurturing him through his tough times), part
sentimental tear-jerker. Towering over it all is Russell Crowe as
Nash -- the film is, really, all about Nash, and it all comes
together in Crowe's dominating performance. And despite the fake
delusional sequences, this film is a text-book model of
fine-tuned acting, music, cinematography, and directing.
   Director: Ron Howard. Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer
Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Josh
Lucas. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 135 min.), Drama, 2001, Box
office gross: $170.000 million, (Universal), $14.95 VHS SRP,
Available: 6/25, DVD: Day & Date.

BLACK HAWK DOWN
Harrowing true story of a group of elite American soldiers sent
into Mogadishu, Somalia, in October, 1993, to abduct several top
lieutenants of a Somalian warlord as part of a strategy to quell
the civil war that was tearing the country apart (the U.N.
peacekeeping effort was having a difficult time bringing order to
the country). But two out of the four Black Hawk helicopters --
sent to provide cover for the assault force -- are shot down and
what began as a "quickie" strike turned into a prolonged rescue
mission. Before it was over, 18 Americans were dead and 73 were
wounded. Young Rangers and veteran Delta Force soldiers fought
side-by-side against overwhelming odds in one of the most
fearsome firefights since Vietnam. While the film is true to the
horrors of war, the lack of characterization and individualism in
the story line makes it difficult to truly emphasize with any of
the soldiers. Although for some, the gritty fighting and an
amorphous us (as in U.S.) vs. them emotionalism will suffice to
carry the film, particularly in this post-Sept. 11 world. On the
spectacular DVD, helicopters swoop overhead and around the
viewer, adding more verisimilitude to a soundtrack and image that
is already frighteningly real. You can't help but be sucked into
the action -- and though there's times when the viewer is totally
disoriented as to the course of action (it's hard to tell exactly
which group of soldiers are stranded and where, and who is
rescuing whom), the fear of uncertainty and the pain of defeat
are palpable. It's a stunning technical tour-de-force for
director Ridley Scott and crew.
   Director: Ridley Scott. Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor,
Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, Gabriel
Casseus, Ron Eldard, Jeremy Piven. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 144
min.), War drama, 2001, Box office gross: $110.000 million,
(Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
6/11, DVD: Day & Date.

GOSFORD PARK
Robert Altman's distinctively American take on British manners
and society circa 1932 owes as much to his "Nashville" and "The
Player" as to "Upstairs Downstairs," which has become the
standard for the new breed of British comedy of manners. Here
Altman and his gigantic ensemble cast (he would have it no other
way) take on both the upper- and lower-crust in a bucolic country
setting as Sir William McCordle and his wife host a weekend
shooting party. Invited are a melange of guests ranging from
family and friends to a matinee idol and a Hollywood producer.
There's all sorts of deceits, power struggles and affairs, both
among and between the denizens of the upstairs and downstairs
(maids, foot men and all), culminating in a murder. There's so
many subplots and overlapping events that you need a scorecard to
keep track, but that's the beauty of Altman's work and this
delightful and involving (and wonderfully well-acted) outing.
   Director: Robert Altman. Stars: Michael Gambon, Kristen Scott
Thomas, Maggie Smith, Charles Dance, Jeremy Northam, Bob Balaban,
Alan Bates, Helen Mirren, Stephen Fry, Derek Jacobi, Emily
Watson, Richard E. Grant, Ryan Phillippe. CC, (MPAA rating: R,
137 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $41.000 million,
(USA/Universal), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 6/25,
DVD: Day & Date.

I AM SAM
Stirring melodrama about the trials and tribulations of a
mentally retarded single father fighting to regain custody of his
seven-year-old daughter. Sean Penn plays Sam, who has raised his
daughter Lucy single-handedly despite his handicap. But one day
-- through a set of implausible circumstances -- he's arrested on
false charges and a social worker is called in to evaluate the
situation. Naturally the child is whisked away, and it's up to
the court to evaluate Sam on his ability to continue to raise
Lucy. Sam, encouraged by his friends, seeks a lawyer to represent
him and he comes across Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), a
high-powered attorney whose personal life is a shambles (she
cares more about her work than her unloved, resentful son).
Initially resistant, Rita takes the case pro bono. Now Sam and
Rita must struggle to convince the system that Sam deserves to
get his daughter back. Along the way Rita is transformed, of
course, learning, from Sam and Lucy, the power of unconditional
love.
   Director: Jessie Nelson. Stars: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff,
Laura Dern. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 134 min.), Drama, 2001, Box
office gross: $40.000 million, (New Line), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 6/18, DVD: Day & Date.

KATE & LEOPOLD
Fluffy time travel romance about a 19th century English nobleman
in New York whisked into the 21st century. Beginning in 1876, the
film maps the predicament of Leopold (Hugh Jackman), an inventor
with dwindling resources who has come to N.Y.C. to wed into
money. At a grand ball Leopold sees a man in odd clothes with a
small camera, gives chase and the two fall into a time portal
into modern Manhattan. The odd-clothed man is Stuart, Leopold's
great-great-grandson, who has discovered the means of time
travel. Into this mix comes Kate (Meg Ryan), a high powered ad
agency exec who lives directly below Stuart's apartment. Soured
on modern men, Kate wants nothing to do with the visitor -- until
his mannered ways and old-fashioned ideas about romance start to
win her over. Much of the fun of the film derives from the
juxtaposition of a 19th century man in the 21st century: Not only
does Leopold have to adapt to his new surroundings, but the
modern world has to make way for Leopold. This one's an innocuous
way to while away an evening.
   Director: James Mangold. Stars: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev
Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford,
Paxton Whitehead. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 123 min.), Romantic
comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $46.849 million, (Miramax), No
VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 6/4, DVD: Day & Date.

MAJESTIC, THE
From the director of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green
Mile" comes predictably sentimental and pat drama that stands out
only for delivering a toned-down Jim Carrey. The year is 1951 and
ambitious Hollywood screenwriter Peter Appleton (Carrey) is
suddenly targeted as a suspected Communist. He loses his job and
his girl in quick succession and then in a serious car accident,
he's left with amnesia and loses his identity altogether.
Stumbling into a charming small California town where he's
mistaken for Luke Trimble, one of their many long lost World War
II heroes, Peter meets Luke's beautiful girlfriend Adele (Laurie
Holden). His "father" Harry (Martin Landau) reintroduces Peter to
the life he led before the war, and they work together as father
and son to restore and reopen The Majestic, the town's long
abandoned movie palace. Though his true memory eventually
returns, Peter falls in love with Adele, and he discovers the
courage and the conviction to become the hero of his own life.
   Director: Frank Darabont. Stars: Jim Carrey, Laurie Holden,
Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Alan Garfield. CC, (MPAA rating: PG,
152 min.), Drama, 2001, Box office gross: $27.796 million,
(Warner), $14.98 VHS SRP, Available: 6/18, DVD: Day & Date.


MAX KEEBLE'S BIG MOVE
Nerdy movie about a nerdy 12-year-old facing the rites of passage
of his first year in junior high school. Alex D. Linz stars as
Max Keeble, who faces several obstacles in his efforts to be cool
on campus: his nerdy friends, the school bully, the principal
(Larry Miller) out to get him and an evil ice cream man (Jamie
Kennedy). When Max's parents tell him they're going to move, Max
seizes the opportunity to turn the tables on his foes and with
his friends begins a week-long all-out retaliation. But just when
things are looking up for the reinvigorated Max, his parents
inform him that they're not going to move after all, and Max must
now face the consequences of his actions. Mean-spirited humor
that works as a kiddie revenge opus.
   Director: Tim Hill. Stars: Alex D. Linz, Zena Grey, Josh Peck,
Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Orlando Brown, Amber Valletta,
Robert Carradine, Nora Dunn, Noel Fisher. CC, (MPAA rating: PG,
86 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $17.268 million, (Buena
Vista), $29.99 VHS SRP, Available: 6/18, DVD: Day & Date.

MONSTER'S BALL
Hard-hitting Southern drama tempered by the redemptive story of a
life-changing love. Billy Bob Thornton plays Hank Grotowski, an
embittered second generation prison guard who works on Death Row
at a Georgia penitentiary. By a twist of fate, he ends up having
an affair with the widow (Halle Berry) of a condemned man who
spent his last hours in the company of Hank and his son, Sonny
(Heath Ledger), who also works on death row. There's plenty of
coupling and soul-baring and adroit acting by all involved (and,
of course, Berry won a best actress Oscar for her role). Boyle is
right on as the bigoted, hateful family patriarch whose venom has
poisoned his family, and Ledger is fine as the son hell-bent on
getting out. A fine outing for Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster.
   Director: Marc Forster. Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry,
Peter Boyle, Heath Ledger, Sean Combs, Mos Def, Coronji Calhoun.
CC, (MPAA rating: R, 108 min.), Drama, 2001, Box office gross:
$30.000 million, (Lions Gate), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 6/11, DVD: Day & Date.

MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, THE
Lackluster supernatural thriller has Richard Gere starring as
a journalist for the Washington Post whose wife is killed in a
car accident just after "seeing" a man-sized moth-like entity
fluttering nearby. Distraught by her death, Gere finds himself
mysteriously drawn to a small West Virginia town where his car
inexplicably strands him. Rescued by the sympathetic but
skeptical local police sergeant (Laura Linney), Gere soon learns
that many of the town's residents have been beset by bizarre
events, including sightings of the eerie mothman. After further
investigation and terrifying encounters with the creature, Gere
becomes obsessed with the idea that this supernatural being can
predict impending doom and is trying to warn the town. Is it a
psychic delusion brought on by grief or can he convince Linney
that there's a tragedy that can be averted? Based on a 1975 book
based on the real collapse of the Ohio River Bridge in December
1967.
   Director: Mark Pellington. Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney,
Will Patton, Devra Messing, Lucinda Jenney, Alan Bates. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG-13, 119 min.), Horror, 2002, Box office gross: $36.000
million, (Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 6/4, DVD: Day & Date.

ORANGE COUNTY
Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks) is an Orange County, Calif.,
high-school teen who suddenly decides he wants to reassess his
life after a friend's freak surfing accident. He trades in his
hours at the beach for hours of studying and replaces surfing
with classes. With a stellar GPA, excellent SAT scores and a long
line of extracurricular activities, he's convinced he's a shoe-in
for Stanford University. But when the letter finally arrives,
he's not accepted. The reason: his high school counselor (Lily
Tomlin) sent Stanford the wrong transcripts. With only 24 hours
to set the record straight, and with no real help from his
dysfunctional parents (Catherine O'Hara and John Lithgow), Shaun
sets out on a comedic mission -- with some help from his
girlfriend (Schuyler Fisk) and brother (Jack Black) -- to get his
rightful acceptance into school. Innocuous teen comedy.
   Director: Jake Kasdan. Stars: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler
Fisk, Lily Tomlin, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG-13, 90 min.), Comedy, 2002, Box office gross: $41.000
million, (Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
6/18, DVD: Day & Date.

ROLLERBALL
Very weak remake of the 1975 cult-classic that stared James Caan
and was directed by Norman Jewison. Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein)
is the newest recruit in the most extreme sport of all time --
Rollerball, a death-defying game that melds rollerskaters and
motorcyclists in a no-holds-barred tourney of destruction on an
enclosed track, with the goal being to capture a rolling steel
ball and score a goal with it. Jonathan's fast moves and good
looks make him an instant superstar on the Rollerball circuit,
which takes place (unlike the original) in the present day, set
in the rugged former Soviet republics. But his life in the fast
lane collides with reality when he learns that the league's owner
(Jean Reno in a nasty outing) is orchestrating serious on-court
"accidents" to boost ratings. Now Jonathan and teammates Marcus
(LL Cool J) and Aurora (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) plan to take down
the owner and his ruthless sport before the game puts an end to
them. Action-director John McTiernan has really dropped the ball,
so to speak, on this one: there's zero character development, the
action sequences are muddled, and the suspense non- existent. In
a word, a boring, shell of a film. Expanded R-rated version.
   Director: John McTiernan. Stars: Chris Klein, LL Cool J,
Rebecca Romlin-Stamos, Jean Reno. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 99 min.),
Science Fiction, 2002, Box office gross: $18.894 million, (MGM),
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 6/18, DVD: Day & Date.

SHALLOW HAL
The Farrelly brothers desert their gross out bathroom humor of
previous outings ("There's Something About Mary") and here go for
some humor based a bit higher up in the anatomy -- the heart.
Well, almost. Jack Black plays a superficial skirt chaser
interested in "supermodel babes" only. Stuck in an elevator one
day with self-help guru Tony Robbins, Hal is "hypnotized" into
seeing only the inner beauty in women and starts going after
women who are gentle, friendly and sincere -- but not his typical
centerfold prey. He finally meets the girl of his dreams --
Rosemary, who appears to Hal as a sinuous, gorgeous blonde
(Gwyneth Paltrow) who is, in fact, a 300-pound woman. But Hal
doesn't see that -- he only sees her inner beauty which, of
course, gets him into all sorts of jams. Jason Alexander plays
Hal's smarmy buddy Mauricio, who eggs him on to chase after babes
and attempts to get Robbins to break the spell, resulting in the
film's sentimental conclusion. There's plenty of fat jokes which,
for the Farrellys, is an improvement -- well, sort of.
   Director: Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow,
Jack
Black, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Rene Kirby, Tony Robbins.
CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 113 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office
gross: $98.467 million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 6/4, DVD: Day & Date.

SHIPPING NEWS, THE
Story of one man's redemption, directed by Lasse ("The Cider
House Rules") Hallstrom from E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel. Kevin Spacey plays Quoyle, a newspaper
worker in New York who has a self-esteem problem: not only does
his parents abuse him but he's the butt of derision by his
unfaithful wife (Cate Blanchett). An abrupt twist of fate allows
Quoyle, along with his young daughter (played by the Gainer
triplets), to move to his ancestral home in a small shipping
community in New Foundland. There he takes a job as a reporter at
the local newspaper and, with each article he writes, his sense
of himself slowly returns. Along the way he begins to get a
handle on the quirky community as well as learning to come to
terms with his dark family history. And he even builds a tenuous
relationship with another damaged soul, Wavey Prowse (Julianne
Moore). As his new life unfolds in this Northern place of magic,
beauty and hardship, his past melds with his present and Quoyle
is transformed.
   Director: Lasse Hallstrom. Stars: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore,
Judi Dench, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Jason Behr, Gorodn Pinsent,
Pete Postlethwaite, Cate Blanchett, Alyssa, Kaitlyn and Lauren
Gainer. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 111 min.), Drama, 2001, Box office
gross: $11.405 million, (Miramax), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 6/18, DVD: Day & Date.

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VIDEO NEWS: JUNE HIGHLIGHTS

For collectors: Wellspring Media has launched The Rainer Werner
Fassbinder Collection, a series of restorations of the German
director's films from the 1960s and 1970s. Fassbinder was one of
the most prolific directors of the German cinema, leaving behind
-- he died in 1982 of a drug overdose -- 41 feature films, two
shorts, 14 plays, four radio dramas and numerous essays. On June
25, Wellspring will begin to release Fassbinder's films as part
of their Media Masterworks DVD collection. First up on that day:
"Fox and His Friends" (1975), starring Fassbinder, Irm Hermann
and Harry Baer; and "The Merchant of Four Seasons" (1972)
starring Irm Hermann, Hans Hirschmuller, Hanna Schygulla, Andrea
Schober and Ingrid Caven. Extras include "Life, Love and
Celluloid" and "The Many Women of Fassbinder" documentaries; and
commentary by director Wim Wenders. Retail price: $29.98. Future
releases will include "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant," "The
Marriage of Maria Braun," "The American Soldier," "Effi Briest"
and more.

The folks at Acorn Media have pulled out all the stops in
releasing to DVD for the first time PBS' award-winning series
"Brideshead Revisited" (starring Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews,
Diana Quick, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom and John Gielgud) on
the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its U.S. premiere. The
three-disc DVD Collector's edition contains all 11 hours of the
show -- digitally remastered -- with a Brideshead Revisited
Companion Guide that includes an introduction by director Charles
Sturridge, episode descriptions, an Evelyn Waugh biography, and
filming location details. Other DVD extras include production
notes and location photos, cast and crew biographies, and facts
and photos from Castle Howard, the real Brideshead. The DVD sells
for $79.95; a five volume VHS box set (digitally remastered) will
sell for $99.95; due June 25.


Special DVD releases:
On June 4, MGM will release a "Blue Velvet Special Edition",
(1986) directed by David Lynch and starring Isabella Rossellini,
Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange and Dean
Stockwell, in a digital transfer supervised by Lynch. Extras:
"Mysteries of Love" documentary with new interviews with
MacLachlan, Rossellini, Hopper and Dern as well as rare interview
footage with Lynch; "Are You a Pervert?" deleted scene
featurette; collectible booklet; $24.98.

Also on June 4, Fox will release three Paul Newman films:
"Hombre" (1967), with Newman, Martin Balsam, Diane Cilento,
Frederic March, Richard Boone and Barbara Rush, in a plain DVD
edition; "The Hustler Special Edition" (1961), directed by Robert
Rossen and starring Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George
C. Scott, Myron McCormick and Michael Constantine, with extras
such as commentary by editor Dede Allen, assistant director Ulu
Grosbard, Newman, Carol Rossen (the director's daughter), film
critic Richard Schickel; three featurettes; pool trick shot
analysis by pool expert Mike Massey; behind-the-scenes still
gallery; and "The Verdict" (1982), directed by Sidney Lumet and
starring Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason,
Milo O'Shea and Lindsay Crouse, with such extras as commentary by
Lumet and Newman and a behind-the-scenes still gallery; $19.98
each.

Warner will release the great "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971),
directed by Robert Altman and starring Warren Beatty, Julie
Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck, Shelley
Duvall and Keith Carradine, in a vanilla DVD edition, on June 4,
(Fox).


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JUNE VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

June 4:
* Hedwig and the Angry (2001) John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor,
Theodore Liscinski (New Line): $14.94
* Poirot: The Movie Collection, Set 2. Four Poirot movies: "Dumb
Witness," "Hercule Poirot's Christmas," "Hickory Dickory Dock"
and "Murder on the Links" (Acorn Media): $69.95
* Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries. Animated. Featuring the first
five Scooby-Doo episodes, including the series pilot (Warner):
$14.95
* What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) Martin Lawrence,
Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Glenne Headly, Carmen  Ejogo,
Bernie Mac, Larry Miller, William Fichtner (MGM): $14.95

June 11:
* Ray Charles Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. (Pioneer
Entertainment): $19.98

June 18:
* Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002) Kevin Zegers, Richard
Karns, Caitlin Wachs, Cynthia Stevenson (Buena Vista):
direct-to-video, $19.99
* Majestic, The (2001) Dir.: Frank Darabont; Jim Carrey, Laurie
Holden, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Alan Garfield (Warner):
$14.95
* Max Keeble's Big Move (2001) Alex D. Linz, Zena Grey, Josh
Peck, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Orlando Brown, Amber Valletta,
Robert Carradine, Nora Dunn, Noel Fisher (Buena Vista): $29.99

June 25:
* Beautiful Mind, A (2001) Dir.: Ron Howard; Russell Crowe, Ed
Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany,
Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas (Universal): $14.95
* Brideshead Revisted (1982) Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana
Quick, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud. Five-volume
box set, digitally remastered (Acorn Media): $99.95


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MAY DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

May 7:
* MGM Action 2-Pack sets: "The Alamo" and "The Kentuckian," "A
Bridge Too Far" and "Paths of Glory," "The Great Escape" and "Run
Silent, Run Deep," and "Support Your Local Sheriff" and "Support
Your Local Gunfighter," $19.99 each.
* All the Vermeers in New York (1980) Stephen Lack, Emmanuelle
Chaulet. Isolated music score. (World Artists).
* Any Which Way You Can (1980) Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke,
Geoffrey Lewis, Harry Guardino, Ruth Gordon. (Warner).
* The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) David Hemmings, Vanessa
Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Trevor Howard. (MGM
Vintage Classics).
* The Devil's Brigade (1968) William Holden, Cliff Robertson,
Vince Edwards. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Earth Vs. the Spider (2001) TV Feature Creature. Dan Aykroyd,
Theresa Russell, Devon Gummersall, Amelia Heinle. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Every Which Way but Loose (1978) Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke,
Beverly D'Angelo, Geoffrey Lewis. (Warner).
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) Christopher Lee, Peter
Cushing. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) Salma Hayek, Edward
James Olmos, Marc Anthony. (MGM).
* I Want to Live (1958) Susan Hayward. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Khartoum (1966) Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard
Johnson, Ralph Richardson. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* The Last Waltz Special Edition. See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Macbeth (1971) Dir.: Roman Polanski. Jon Finch, Francesca
Annis, Martin Shaw, Nichola Selby. (Columbia TriStar).
* The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 25th Anniversary Edition
(1977) Digitally remastered and restored. Comprises four animated
short films: "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree," "Winnie the
Pooh and a Day for Eeyore," "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" and
"Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day." Never-before-seen music
video of "The Winnie the Pooh Theme Song" performed by Carly
Simon, "A Day for Eeyore" featurette, "making-of" footage,
child-friendly game with multiple play options, DVD storybook,
Winnie the Pooh scrapbook, sing- along. (Disney).
* Ocean's Eleven (2001) Steven Soderbergh; George Clooney, Brad
Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Eddie
Jemison, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan,
Shaobo Qin, Elliott Gould. Commentary by Soderbergh and writer
Ted Griffin; commentary by Pitt, Damon and Garcia; "HBO First
Look: Behind the Scenes" documentary; "The Look of the Con"
behind the scenes featurette; DVD-ROM extras. (Warner).
* Old Yeller (1957) Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Jeff York,
Tommy Kirk, Chuck Connors. (Disney).
* The Parent Trap (1961) Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian
Keith, Cathleen Nesbitt, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Nancy Kulp,
Leo G. Carroll, Joanna Barnes. (Disney).
* Pollyanna (1960) Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan, Karl
Malden, Nancy Olson, Adolphe Menjou, Donald Crisp, Agnes
Moorehead, Kevin Corcoran, James Drury. (Disney).
* The Pride and the Passion (1957) Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra,
Sophia Loren. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Complete Second Season Gift Set.
Six-disc box set with all 22 episodes on five discs (in 5.1
Surround) and special features on the sixth disc. Features
include Mission Overview: Cast and crew discussions of the major
changes in Season Two; Selected Crew Analysis: In-depth look at
the growth of continuing characters, plus a look at new crew
members; Departmental Briefing -- Production: Behind-the-scenes
look at specific key episodes, including interviews with
production staff; Departmental Briefing -- Memorable Missions:
Second Season episode discussions; Inside Starfleet Archives:
Exclusive tour of an extraordinary array of Star Trek sets, props
and more; suggested list price under $100. (Paramount).
* Sweet Hearts Dance (1988) Susan Sarandon, Don Johnson, Jeff
Daniels, Elizabeth Perkins. (Columbia TriStar).
* Swiss Family Robinson (1960) John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James
MacArthur, Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa, Tommy Kirk, Kevin
Corcoran. (Disney).
* To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996) Michelle Pfeiffer, Peter
Gallagher, Claire Danes, Kathy Bates. Freddie Prinze Jr.
(Columbia TriStar).
* The Vikings (1958) Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Janet Leigh,
Ernest Borgnine. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Waking Life (2001) Dir.: Richard Linklater; Wiley Wiggins,
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, and an ensemble cast of 70 other
actors. Fantastic live action/animation originally shot and
edited in live action on video then "graphically" painted with
special computer software by a team of 30 animator/artists.
Commentary by Linklater, art director Bob Sabiston, producer
Tommy Pollatta and Wiggins; commentary by 25 of the animators who
created the film's animation style; feature-length text
commentary; animation software tutorial; a featurette; short
films by Sabiston, more. (Fox).

May 14:
* Atlantic City (1980) Dir.: Louis Malle; Burt Lancaster, Susan
Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy,
Robert Goulet. (Paramount).
* The Brotherhood (1968) Dir.: Martin Ritt; Kirk Douglas, Alex
Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler, Susan Strasberg, Murray
Hamilton.
* Corky Romano (2001) Chris Kattan, Chris Penn, Peter Berg, Peter
Falk, Fred Ward, Vinessa Shaw, Richard Roundtree, Matthew Glave.
(Buena Vista).
* Cowboy (1958) Dir.: Delmer Daves; Jack Lemmon, Glenn Ford, Anna
Kashfi, Brian Donlevy, Richard Jaeckel, Dick York. (Columbia
TriStar).
* From Hell (2001) Dir.: Albert and Allen Hughes; Johnny Depp,
Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane. Two disc set. Disc 1:
Commentary by the Hughes brothers, more than 20 deleted scenes,
alternate ending. Disc 2: Interactive documentary "Jack the
Ripper: Six Degrees of Separation," including a mini-doc "Tour of
Whitechapel"; five featurettes: HBO First Look Special "A View
From Hell" hosted by Graham, "Tour of the Murder Sites" hosted by
the Hughes brothers, "Production Designs" showing how production
designer Martin Childs recreated London in the Czech Republic,
"Graphic Novel" exploration of the original comic novel and
"Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" history of the
hallucinogenic drug; image gallery; Easter egg. (Fox).
* The Gambler (1974) Dir.: Karel Reisz; James Caan, Paul Sorvino,
Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young,
Carmine Caridi. (Paramount).
* John Wayne DVD Gift Set: "El Dorado," "The Sons of Katie
Elder," "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence," "True Grit," "The
Shootist." (Paramount).
* Keep Your Right Up! (1987) Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard; Jean-Luc
Godard, Jane Birkin, Fred Chichin, Michel Galabru, Pauline
Lafont. (Facets Video, www.facets.org).
* Marilyn Monroe: The Diamond Collection, Volume II: Five disc
set with "Don't Bother to Knock" (1952), Let's Make Love" (1960),
"Monkey Business" (1952), "Niagara" (1953) and "River of No
Return" (1954), $79.98 or $19.98 each. Each title includes still
galleries, restoration comparisons, more. (Fox).
* The Naked Gun DVD Gift Set: "The Naked Gun," "The Naked Gun 2
1/2," "The Naked Gun 33 1/3." (Paramount).
* Oliver & Company Special Edition (1988) Voices of Joey
Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Roscoe Lee
Browne, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Dom DeLuise, Taurean Blacque, Robert
Loggia and Bette Midler. "The Making of Oliver & Company,"
"Disney's Animated Animals" featurette, fun film facts,
"Puss-Cafe" classic Disney animated short (starring Pluto), still
frame scrapbook, behind-the-scenes production and concept art,
"Why Should I Worry" sing-along, "Streets of Gold" sing-along,
"Lend a Paw" short (1941). (Disney).
* The Others (2001) Dir.: Alejandro Amenabar; Nicole Kidman,
Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher
Eccleston, Eric Sykes, Elaine Cassidy. Two-disc special edition.
(Dimension).
* Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) Dir.: Ralph Nelson; Anthony
Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Snow Dogs (2001) Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Sisqo,
Nichelle Nichols, Joanna Bacalso, M. Emmet Walsh, Graham Greene.
(Buena Vista).
* Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels. See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* The X-Files: Season Five DVD Collection. Six-disc set with all
20 episodes in anamorphic widescreen, with an all-new documentary
"The Truth About Season Five"; a 46-minute FX special "Inside The
X- Files"; deleted scenes with optional commentary by creator
Chris Carter; 11 "Behind-the-Truth" FX spots; 40 promotional TV
spots; DVD-ROM game and more. $149.98. (Fox).

May 21:
* Agnes of God (1985) Dir.: Norman Jewison; Jane Fonda, Anne
Bancroft, Meg Tilly. (Columbia TriStar).
* Between Heaven and Hell (1956) Robert Wagner, Terry Moore,
Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen. (Fox War Classics).
* The Boondock Saints (1999) Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery,
Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly. (Fox).
* Born Romantic (2000) Craig Ferguson, Ian Hart, Jane Horrocks,
Adrian Lester, Catherine McCormack, Jimi Mistry, David Morriseey,
Olivia Williams. (MGM)
* Brewster's Millions (1985) Dir.: Walter Hill; Richard Pryor,
Lonette McKee, Hume Cronyn. (Universal).
* D-Day the Sixth of June (1950) Robert Taylor, Richard Todd,
Dana Wynter, Edmond O'Brien. (Fox War Classics).
* Date With an Angel (1987) Michael E. Knight, Phoebe Cates,
Emmanuelle Beart. (Anchor Bay).
* The Desert Rats (1953) Dir.: Robert Wise; Richard Burton, James
Mason. (Fox War Classics).
* Duel (1971) Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Dennis Weaver. (Universal).
* 84 Charing Cross Road (1986) Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins,
Judi Dench. (Columbia TriStar).
* Five Aces (1999) Charlie Sheen, Christopher McDonald, David
Sherrill
* How High (2001) Method Man, Redman, Obba Babatunde, Fred
Willard, Mike Epps, Anna Maria Horsford, Spalding Gray, Jeffrey
Jones, Hector Elizondo, Lark Voorhies, Essence Atkins. Commentary
by Redman and Method Man; deleted scenes, outtakes, "WTHC
Special" (The Making of How High BET Special)"; music videos;
DVD-ROM game. (Universal).
* In the Shadows (2001) James Caan, Cuba Gooding Jr., Matthew
Modine, Joey Lauren Adams. (Lions Gate).
* It Came From Outer Space (1953) Dir.: Jack Arnold; Richard
Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake. (Universal).
* Lantana (2001) Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara
Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Leah Ourcell, Vince
Colosimo, Daniela Farinacci, Peter Phelps. (Lions Gate).
* Legend Ultimate Edition (1985) Dir.: Ridley Scott; Tom Cruise,
Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty,
Cork Hubbert, Robert Picardo. Two-disc set. Disc 1: 113-minute
director's cut with original soundtrack by Oscar-winning composer
Jerry Goldsmith; commentary by Scott. Disc 2: U.S. theatrical
release; documentary: "Creating a Myth: The Making of Legend";
isolated music score by Tangerine Dream; lost scenes; alternate
opening: "Four Goblins"; "The Faerie Dance"; storyboards; Lily
and the Unicorns; Jack's Challenge; Downfall of Darkness; photo
galleries; publicity photographs; production photographs;
continuity polaroids; Bryan Ferry "Is Your Love Strong Enough?"
music video; DVD-Rom features including the original screenplay.
(Universal).
* La Buche (2001) Francoise Fabian, Sabine Azema, Emmanuelle
Beart, Charlotte Gainsbourg. Interview with director Daniele
Thompson. (Wellspring Media).
* L.I.E. (2001) Brian Cox, Paul Franklin Dano, Billy Kay, Bruce
Altman, James Costa. (New Yorker).
* Memento Limited Edition (2001) Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss,
Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Stephen Tobolowsky. Two-disc
set. Disc 1: Remastered in high definition, with commentary by
director Christopher Nolan, in DTS and Dolby Surround. Disc 2:
Sundance channel "Anatomy of a Scene" documentary; a "director's
script" that allows the viewer to dissect the film's structure by
switching between a scene and Nolan's annotated film script using
the player's angle feature; original short story; production
stills and sketches; hidden features and more. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Men in Black Deluxe Edition (1997) Two-disc set loaded with
features. (Columbia TriStar).
* On the Edge (2000) Stephen Rea, Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey,
Jonathan Jackson, Paul Hickey. (Universal).
* Reckless + Wild (1999) Christine Taylor, Paget Brewster. (Fox).
* Sidewalks of New York (2001) Dir.: Edward Burns; Edward Burns,
Heather Graham, Stanley Tucci, Brittany Murphy, Rosario Dawson,
David Krumholtz, Dennis Farina. Commentary by Burns, "Anatomy of
a Scene: Sidewalks of New York" featurette. (Paramount).
* Silent Running (1971) Dir.: Douglas Trumbull; Bruce Dern.
(Universal).
* Sex and the City: The Complete Third Season. Eighteen
uncut episodes on three discs, with commentary by executive
producer, writer and director Michael Patrick King; $49.99.
(HBO).
* Stuart Little Deluxe Edition (1999) Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie,
Jonathan Lipnicki, voices of Michael J. Fox and Nathan Lane.
Includes sneak peek at "Stuart Little 2," "A Little Look With
Stuart" game, free "Stuart Little 2" movie ticket, more.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Three Dog Night: Live With the Tennessee Symphony Orchestra
(2002) Recorded live at the Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tenn.
(Image Entertainment).
* To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) John Payne, Randolph Scott,
Maureen O'Hara. (Fox War Classics).
* TSOL Live at O.C. Filmed live at U.C. Irvine in 1991. (Music
Video Distributors).
* Vanilla Sky (2001) Dir.: Cameron Crowe; Tom Cruise, Penelope
Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor, Timothy
Spall, Tilda Swinton. Commentary by Crowe and composer Nancy
Wilson, featuring a conversation with Cruise; featurette "Prelude
to a Dream," which serves as a portal to the film and its
mysteries; "Hitting It Hard" short on the film's worldwide
publicity tour; interview with Paul McCartney about his title
song; "Afrika Shox" music video; photo gallery. (Paramount).
* A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John
Sutton. (Fox War Classics).

May 28:
* Dunston Checks In (1996) Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Eric
Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Paul Reubens. (Fox Family Features).
* The Fan (1981) Lauren Bacall, James Garner, Maureen Stapleton,
Hector Elizondo, Michael Biehn. (Paramount).
* Graveyard Shift (1990) Davis Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen
Macht. (Paramount).
* Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) SEE VIDEO NEWS,
Part 1.
* Home Team (1998) Steve Gutenberg, Larry Day, Tyler Hynes, Derek
Lebrero, Sophie Lorain, Johnny Morina, Michael Perron, Ryan
Slater. (Monarch).
* The Honeymooners Lost Episodes Volumes 17 and 18. Episodes that
originally aired as part of the "Jackie Gleason Show" in the
1950s. Volume 17 contains four episodes and Volume 18 contains
three. (MPI).
* Lexx S3*V2. Episodes 5, 6, 7 of season three of the offbeat Sci
Fi Channel series. Behind-the-scenes segments, storyboards,
location photos, production sketches, interactive trivia. (Acorn
Media).
* Macross Plus: The Movie Edition. Anime. (Manga Entertainment).
* The Man From Snowy River (1982) Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan,
Kirk Douglas, Tommy Dysart, Bruce Kerr. (Fox Family Features).
* On the Road With Duke Ellington. Documentary. (Docurama).
* The Pagemaster (1994) Macaulay Culkin, Canan J. Howell, Alexis
Kirschner, Jessica Kirschner, Guy Mansker. (Fox Family Features).
* 20th anniversary metal box set with "First Blood," "Rambo:
First Blood Part II," "Rambo III," with a fourth disc containing
seven featurettes and three documentaries, $59.98. Each film will
be available separately for $19.98. Disc 1: "First Blood" with
commentary by writer David Morrell, new documentary "Drawing
First Blood: Creating John Rambo," production notes. Disc 2:
"Rambo: First Blood Part II" with commentary by director George
Cosmatos, new documentary "We Get to Win This Time: The Rambo
Phenomenon," production notes. "Rambo III" with commentary by
director Peter MacDonald, new documentary "Afghanistan: Land in
Crisis," production notes. Disc 4: Seven featurettes: "First
Blood: A Look Back," "Rambo: Full Circle," "Those That Wanted
More," "The Forging of Heroes: America's Green Berets,"
"Rambo-Nomics," "Suiting Up: Rambo Survival Gear," "Selling a
Hero"; Three documentaries: "An American Hero's Journey," "The
Real Nam: Voices From Within," Guts and Glory"; Rambo Trilogy
trivia game. (Artisan).
* Rare Birds (2001) William Hurt, Molly Parker, Andy Jones.
(Lions Gate).
* The Real World You Never Saw: Chicago (2002) MTV reality
series. Cast video profiles, house tour, art gallery, series
highlights, unseen footage. (Paramount).
* The Real World: A Decade of Bloopers (2002) MTV reality series.
(Paramount).
* The Rifleman Volume Seven and Eight of the classic TV series
(five episodes per volume). (MPI).
* The Rifleman Boxed Set #2. Contains Volumes 5-6-7-8 of the
classic TV series (20 episodes in all). (MPI).
* The Saint, Sets 5 & 6 (1968) Last 14 episodes of Roger Moore as
Simon Templar. Two discs per set, $39.95 each set. (A&E Home
Video).
* Silver Bullet (1985) Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim.
(Paramount).
* Slackers (2002) Devon Sawa, Jason Schwartzman, Jason Segel,
Michael C. Maronna, James King. (Columbia TriStar).
* Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Dir.: Anatole Litvak; Barbara
Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley,
Leif Erickson, William Conrad. (Paramount).
* The Villain (1979) Dir.: Hal Needham; Kirk Douglas, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Which Way Is Up? (1977) Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee.
(Universal).

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FROM TV TO VIDEO:

On May 28 A&E Home Video will unveil the final 14 episodes of
"The Saint." With the debonair Roger Moore as Leslie Charteris'
daredevil man-about-the-world and master swindler, "The Saint"
became a household word in the 1960s. After 118 hour-long
episodes, it was time to call it quits, and in 1968 The Saint
drove off into the cult television sunset in his trademark Volvo
P-1800 sports car. To finish off their series, A&E has packaged
the last episodes in "The Saint, DVD Sets 5&6," with seven
episodes per $39.95 two-disc set.

Two more episodes from CBS's ever-popular "Touched by an Angel"
arrive on VHS May 28: "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave" and
"An Angel Is Born"; both titles contain two episodes; $14.95 each
from Paramount.

MPI Home Video has scheduled some interesting classic TV releases
this month on DVD. "The Honeymooners Lost Episodes Volumes 17 and
18" contain "The Honeymooners" episodes that originally aired as
part of the "Jackie Gleason Show" in the 1950s. These episodes --
part of 70 that were stored in Gleason's air-conditioned basement
-- continued the riotous adventures of the Flatbush couples the
Kramdens (Gleason and Audrey Meadows) and the Nortons (Art Carney
and Joyce Randolph) that, until Gleason unveiled the "new"
episodes in 1984, were limited to the 39 half-hour sketches
that had run continually for 30 years (on late-night and
syndication). Volume 17 contains four episodes and Volume 18
contains three; $14.98 each. ... Also from MPI comes episodes of
"The Rifleman," starring Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain, a widower
who guides his son (Johnny Crawford) through the hardships of
maintaining a ranch in New Mexico in the 1880s (the half-hour
series ran from 1958-1963). Volume 7 and 8 each contain four
episodes ($14.98) while "The Rifleman Boxed Set #2" contains 20
episodes comprising Vols. 5-6-7-8, $49.98. All MPI's releases are
due May 28.

A&E Home Video will release on May 28 a multi-volume set
exploring the life and times of Queen Elizabeth I, the Virgin
Queen who took the throne of England at a time when the country
was threatened from forces abroad and by collapse internally;
when she died after a reign of 45 years, she left behind a nation
protected by the greatest navy on earth and in the midst of a
cultural revolution she made possible. The History Channel docu
is hosted by world-renowned historian David Starkey and runs 200+
minutes; both the two-disc DVD set and the four-volume VHS set
sell for $39.95.

From Acorn Media comes several interesting releases. First up is
"Sex, Chips and Rock N' Roll," a British romantic-drama (which
aired in six-parts on BBC America) set in 1965 about twin sisters
-- who work dead-end jobs at a Manchester chip shop -- and how
their lives are changed when they meet up with a trio of long-
haired musicians. The two-disc DVD set includes 1965 interactive
trivia, a photo gallery, a music video, 1965 top UK singles
charts and more, $39.95; the three-volume VHS set includes a
bonus video, $49.95. Available May 7. ... The popular BBC program
"Good Neighbors" finishes its run on DVD with "Good Neighbors:
The Complete Final Series," a two-disc set of the BBC comedy
series about a middle-class couple who quit their jobs and live
off what they can raise and grow on their land in the middle of
snooty suburbia; the set also includes the 44-minute post-season
special "When I'm 65," known as "The Royal Command Performance"
because it was filmed before a studio audience of VIPs, including
Queen Elizabeth; $39.95. Available May 7.


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FOR THE KIDS:

This month's pre-school highlights include: "Dora's Backpack
Adventure" (Paramount); "Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House:
Tidy Time With Bear" and "Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue
House: Everybody's Special," in both DVD and VHS (Columbia
TriStar); "Teletubbies Silly Songs and Funny Dances" on DVD
(Warner); and "Little Bear: Campfire Tales" on VHS (Paramount).

A new -- and wonderful -- animated series arrives simultaneously
to TV (on PBS) and video this month: Angelina Ballerina, a
diminutive mouse who dreams of ballet stardom while managing to
propel herself into humorous and challenging escapades that teach
valuable life lessons. The series is based on the Angelina
Ballerina children's books that have sold millions of copies in
the U.S., and features the voices of Finty Williams and Judi
Dench. The first two videos -- due May 21 -- are "Rose Fairy
Princess" (in VHS and DVD) and "Angelina in the Wings" (VHS). For
kids three to eight.

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SPECIAL INTEREST:

* Documentaries: "Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost World" explores
the rise and fall of the once great civilization, from National
Geographic Home Video, VHS $19.98, due May 21; "Fashion Victim:
The Killing of Gianni Versace," the story of the famous fashion
designer, from Wellspring Media, VHS $19.98 and DVD $24.98, due
May 21; "Masters of Technology" profiles five revolutionary
modern-day thinkers and their innovations, including Vinton Cerf,
the "father of the Internet," Donna Shirley, the first female to
lead a NASA team, Geoffrey Ballard and his hydrogen fuel cells,
Robert Langer and his medical inventions, and Burt Rutan, who
creates experimental aircraft, from WGBH Boston Video, VHS
$29.95, due May 28.

* Anime: Manga Entertainment will release on May 28 two
interesting Japanese animated adventures to DVD: the science
fiction mystical tale "Landlock," with character designs by the
world renowned Masamune Shirow, creator of "Ghost in the Shell";
and "Macross Plus: The Movie Edition," which extrapolates the
four-parter "Macross" into a feature film.

* Music: "Quincy Jones: In the Pocket" is a PBS American Masters
celebration of Jones' 50 years in show business, available from
Wellspring Media, $19.98 VHS and $24.98 DVD, due May 21; "TSOL
Live at O.C." is a 45-minute performance by the Los Angeles
punkers, recorded at the UC Irvine campus on March 23, 1991, from
Music Video Distributors, $14.95 VHS and $19.95 DVD, due May 21;
"On the Road With Duke Ellington" is an intimate documentary of
the American jazz legend, recorded six years before his death in
1974, from Docurama, VHS $19.95 and $24.95 DVD, due May 28.


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MAY'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

CORKY ROMANO
Comedy vehicle for "Saturday Night Live's" Chris Kattan. Kattan
plays Corky Romano, the black sheep of a mob family. His father
is the infamous Pops Romano (Peter Falk) and brothers Peter
(Chris Penn) and Paulie (Peter Berg) are macho hoods. But Corky
shies away from sicko gangsters -- he prefers sick animals at
Poodles and Pussies, where he's a top vet. But dad is facing a
tough trial, and comes up with the idea of getting a fake FBI
identity for his son so he can infiltrate FBI headquarters and
steal trial evidence. To show family solidarity, Corky goes along
with the plan. But Corky is a bungler (hint: this movie has a lot
of slapstick and pratfalls) and every time he tries to nab the
evidence he gets into outlandish situations. Fortunately he's
able to maneuver his way out of every bad spot, and his FBI
career skyrockets (think Martin Lawrence in "Blue Streak") to the
dismay of his family. Throw in a nasty rival agent and a
beautiful female FBI love interest and the plot comes to a mild
boil.
   Director: Rob Pritts. Stars: Chris Kattan, Chris Penn, Peter
Berg, Peter Falk, Fred Ward, Vinessa Shaw, Richard Roundtree,
Matthew Glave. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 86 min.), Comedy, 2001,
Box office gross: $23.978 million, (Buena Vista), No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental, Available: 5/14, DVD: Day & Date.

FROM HELL
Dark, dreary and thoroughly frightening take on the Jack the
Ripper legend by the Hughes brothers ("Menace II Society" and
"Dead Presidents"). Based on a gigantic graphic (comic book)
novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, the directors see fit to
show each and every murder by Jack in all their grisly and
horrific detail. Jack the Ripper, who murdered five prostitutes
in 1888 in the Whitechapel district of London, was never caught,
though some historians made a connection between the Royal family
and the murders. In this take, young police detective Fred
Abberline (Johnny Depp) -- who spends his spare time smoking
opium and drinking absinthe to have visions that enhance his
detective work -- gets involved in the case and uncovers evidence
pointing to the fact that the murderer is not only well-versed in
human anatomy and human dissection but may in fact be
well-educated and upper class. With the aid of a sympathetic
inspector (Robbie Coltrane), Abberline starts to make connections
that worry the powers-that-be and that point all the way up to
the Royals. Throw in a love interest with one of the targeted
prostitutes (Heather Graham), a Free Mason conspiracy, and the
Royals' family physician (Ian Holm) and this Ripper tale becomes
an interesting mystery tale -- though one in which the bloodshed
and mayhem gets considerably more graphic as Jack gets bolder.
Definitely not for the squeamish.
   Director: Albert and Allen Hughes. Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather
Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 121
min.), Horror thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $31.958 million,
(Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 5/14, DVD: Day &
Date.

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE
J.K Rowling's first book of wizards and witchcraft made it to the
big screen as the family film of 2001. As transcribed here by
screenwriter Steve Kloves and director Chris Columbus, this
"Harry" is a wonder to behold: for its acting, continuity of
story line, and special effects. Warners spent upwards of $126
million on "Harry " and it bought them box office supremacy
("Harry" is now the second-highest grossing film of all time,
behind "Titanic") and a wonderful franchise (there will be Harrys
for many Christmas seasons to come). The story of Harry, alerted
on his 11th birthday that he's the orphaned son of two powerful
wizards and who's whisked away to the Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry to learn the tricks of the trade (and
fight off the evil wizard who killed his parents), runs two and a
half hours but is so full of nuanced acting, screenwriting and
direction that the time just flies (so to speak). And kudos to
the great talents who support the Hogwarts School: Maggie Smith,
Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Rickman. The VHS will
sell for $24.99 while the DVD -- loaded with extras -- has a
suggested retail price of $26.99.
   Director: Chris Columbus. Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson,
Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan
Rickman, Ian Hart. CC, (MPAA rating: PG, 153 min.), Fantasy,
2001, Box office gross: $318.000 million, (Warner), $24.99 VHS
SRP, Available: 5/28, DVD: Day & Date.

HOW HIGH
Notch-up on the normal urban comedy has Method Man playing a
Staten Island slacker who sells herbal brews and spends his time
with hookers. When his buddy Ivory dies, he honors him by
planting some seeds in Ivory's cremated remains, creating a wild
smokeable plant. He also decides to try to get into medical
school. At the entrance exam he meets Jamal (Redman), and the two
decide to share a smoke. Out of the haze comes Ivory, who
promises to give the pair the answers they need to ace the exam.
And, sure enough, the pair get accepted to Harvard. There they
chase girls and have fun, relying on the smoke-haze induced Ivory
to provide them with great test scores. Soon they run afoul of
the dean whose greatest desire is send the duo back to the
"ghetto." Things get more complicated as the young men find women
they want to woo, careers they want to head in to -- and a
shortage of the special smoke. Features a great hip-hop
soundtrack.
   Director: Jesse Dylan. Stars: Method Man, Redman, Obba
Babatunde, Fred Willard, Mike Epps, Anna Maria Horsford, Spalding
Gray, Jeffrey Jones, Hector Elizondo, Lark Voorhies, Essence
Atkins. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 94 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office
gross: $31.155 million, (Universal), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 5/21, DVD: Day & Date.

LEGEND
The long-awaited DVD treatment of this cult film arrives as a
two-disc set: The "Legend Ultimate Edition" DVD includes both the
never-before-released, 113-minute Director's Cut with its
extraordinary original soundtrack by Oscar-winning composer Jerry
Goldsmith and the version that was released theatrically in the
United States, for $24.98. A VHS version of the theatrical
release is available at $9.99. The story goes like this: Once,
long ago, before there was such a thing as time, the world was
shrouded in darkness. Then came the splendor of light, bringing
life and love into the Universe, and the Lord of Darkness
retreated deep into the shadows of the earth, plotting his return
to power ... by banishing light forever. In this classic
fantasy/adventure, pure good and foulest evil will soon battle to
the death. Set amid a timeless mythical forest inhabited by
fairies, goblins and other magical folk is the story of Jack, a
forest dweller who lives in solitude and harmony with the animals
of the wood ... including Unicorns, who are key to keeping light
alive and evil at bay. Chosen by fate to undertake a heroic
quest, Jack must brave a host of terrors to not only save his
true love -- a beautiful princess named Lili -- from the clutches
of the demonic Lord of Darkness, but also rescue a captive
unicorn ... or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice
age where the dawn never comes and evil reigns supreme.
   Director: Ridley Scott. Stars: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry,
David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Robert
Picardo. CC, (MPAA rating: PG, 114 min.), Fantasy, 1985,
(Universal), $9.98 VHS SRP, Available: 5/21, DVD: Day & Date.

OCEAN'S ELEVEN
Glamorous Hollywood remake of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack's
1960 film about a team of thieves who plot and then pull off a
heist of several Las Vegas casinos. Danny Ocean (George Clooney)
is the mastermind behind the scheme, putting together a group of
gentlemen crooks (including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle,
Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck and Scott Caan) to rip off a sleazy
casino owner (Andy Garcia) who also happens to be sleeping with
Ocean's ex-wife (Julia Roberts). There's plenty of suspense,
witty dialogue and just plain fun -- it's a heist film you don't
have to take seriously to enjoy. And it's directed with a smooth,
deft hand by Steven Soderbergh. The VHS is priced for
sell-through and includes a "The Look of the Con"
behind-the-scenes featurette; the DVD includes commentaries by
Soderbergh and Pitt, Damon and Garcia; the "Con" featurette; and
an HBO documentary.
   Director: Steven Soderbergh. Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt,
Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Eddie
Jemison, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan,
Shaobo Qin, Elliott Gould. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 116 min.),
Thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $183.000 million, (Warner),
$22.98 VHS SRP, Available: 5/7, DVD: Day & Date.

OTHERS, THE
Chilling horror drama has a tour-de-force performance by Nicole
Kidman as a young mother with two small children living in an
isolated house on one of the Channel Islands between Britain and
France just at the end of WWII. The house -- which has no phone
or electricity -- is eerily alive with unwanted visitors and
events -- a young boy named Victor who cries all the time, a
piano that plays by itself, chandeliers that shake when no one's
walking in the room above. To make matters worse, the two
youngsters are allergic to sunlight, and the windows are
constantly covered, making the house perpetually dark. Into this
terrifying place come three new servants, who seem to know
something that the young woman won't come to terms with. What is
really the true terror of the house? What do the others know that
we don't? Sans a heavy reliance on special effects, this film
chills and thrills the soul with its emphasis on unseen, unknown
terrors. It's a welcome addition to the literary horror film that
is epitomized by "The Innocents," that frightening 1961
adaptation of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw." What a
pleasure to be scared from the inside out.
   Director: Alejandro Amenabar. Stars: Nicole Kidman, Alakina
Mann, James Bentley, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston,
Eric Sykes, Elaine Cassidy. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 104 min.),
Thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $96.471 million, (Dimension),
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 5/14, DVD: Day & Date.

SNOW DOGS
Crowd-pleasing family comedy has Cuba Gooding Jr. starring as a
sun-loving Miami dentist named Ted, with a thriving practice and
plenty of young females to keep him company. That all changes one
day when he discovers that he was adopted and that his recently
deceased biological mother has left him a small inheritance -- in
a small town in Alaska. So to uncover his past -- and get his
inheritance -- Ted trudges off to Alaska, where, along with his
mother's meager possessions and cabin he has become the owner of
a rascally dog sled team. The dogs -- Diesel, Scooper, Nana,
Yodel, Sniff, Mack, Duchess and Demon -- have their way with the
city slicker. To make matters worse, Ted has a run-in with a
scheming mountain man (James Coburn) and gets forced into a dog
sled competition and has to learn how to mush as best as he can.
There's a few little twists here and there, but in the end, Ted
learns to never give up, even when his luck is "going to the
dogs."
   Director: Brian Levant. Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn,
Sisqo, Nichelle Nichols, Joanna Bacalso, M. Emmet Walsh, Graham
Greene. CC, (MPAA rating: PG, 99 min.), Family, 2001, Box office
gross: $80.000 million, (Buena Vista), $22.99 VHS SRP, Available:
5/14, DVD: Day & Date.

VANILLA SKY
It's hard to believe that this mishmash of a production came from
the pen and camera of Cameron ("Say Anything," "Jerry Maguire,"
"Almost Famous") Crowe. Although based on Alejandro ("The
Others") Amenabar's 1997 adept thriller "Abre Los Ojos," which
also starred Cruz, this Americanized version just doesn't click,
and one wonders how much of the fault can be laid at the feet of
Crowe or Cruise's C/W Prods., which produced the film. The film
opens with Cruise's character, smug and spoiled rich playboy
David Aames, being awakened in the morning by the voice of Sofia
(Cruz) ("Open Your Eyes. Wake Up"). David gets dressed and heads
to work in a suspiciously empty Manhattan -- devoid of cars and
people. Aha, its a dream, and David wakes up. The scene repeats
itself, but this time David awakes with Julie (Diaz) next to him,
and he goes off to work (as the head of a publishing empire) in a
Manhattan filled with people. Dream vs reality. But as things
develop, the line between the two becomes seriously blurred. It's
not too long before David meets Sofia in real life, and he falls
for her. But Julie is the jealous type, and, on the morning after
David spends the night with Sofia, Julie entices David into her
car, hits the gas and proceeds to drive off a bridge, killing
herself and putting David into a coma. When David awakes he's
seriously disfigured, and the film spends the rest of its time
following him around as he tries to figure out the difference
between reality and fiction. But by this point, the viewer is
hard-pressed to care for any of the characters here, from the
totally obnoxious and self-absorbed David to the flighty Sofia.
No help is the ponderous dialogue and slowly developing scenes
that just go nowhere. It's a major disappointment all around. The
only saving grace in the outing is Diaz, who surprisingly puts in
a delightfully real turn as the spurned (and nasty) lover.
   Director: Cameron Crowe. Stars: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz,
Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor, Timothy
Spall, Tilda Swinton. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 133 min.), Drama,
2001, Box office gross: $101.000 million, (Paramount), No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 5/21, DVD: Day & Date.

WAKING LIFE
A true visionary film by Richard Linklater, the director of
"Slacker" and "Dazed and Confused." The story line -- akin to
"Slacker's" plot of interconnected vignettes that stream one off
the other (with a true debt to Luis Bunuel's "Phantom of
Liberty") -- follows the travels of a young man as he drifts from
one encounter to another in a dreamscape world in which he is
constantly awakening from one reality (or dream) to confront
another from which he also awakens. Within each segment he
encounters characters who discuss the meaning of existence and
the nature of reality; it's a nonlinear philosophical and
ontological treatise. What makes the film even more fantastic is
the way in which Linklater produced it: Originally shot and
edited in live action on video, the footage was "graphically"
painted with special computer software by a team of 30
animator/artists. The result is a breakthrough in live
action/animation that allows viewers to experience an
almost-watery, floating world in which one must constantly ask:
"Are we sleep-walking through our waking state or wake-walking
through our dreams?"
   Director: Richard Linklater. Stars: Wiley Wiggins, Ethan Hawke,
Julie Delpy, and an ensemble cast of 70 other actors. CC, (MPAA
rating: R, 99 min.), Fantasy, 2001, Box office gross: $2.777
million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 5/7,
DVD: Day & Date.

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VIDEO NEWS: MAY HIGHLIGHTS

Last year's smash hit "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,"
directed by Chris Columbus and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma
Watson, Rupert Grant, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie
Coltrane, Alan Rickman and Ian Hart, will come to video on May
28. The VHS version, with extra scenes tacked on at the end of
the movie, will sell for $24.99. The feature loaded DVD, with a
$26.99 price tag, is a two-disc set with never-before-seen
footage; a 360 Degree Self-guided tour of Hogwarts; new
interviews with director Columbus and producer David Heyman; a
tutorial on how to play Quidditch; a meet the ghosts of Hogwarts
feature; a feature that allows viewers to cast a spell over a
scene in eight languages; other features allow you to mix
potions, perform transfigurations, sneak past Fluffy, explore
Diagon Alley, have a wand choose you, catch a snitch and much,
much more; DVD-ROM features include Wizard trading cards, sorting
by the Sorting Hat, downloadable screensaver and Remembrall, owl
e-mails, link to the Harry Potter Web site, more. (Warner).

A classic rock movie gets the special DVD treatment on May 7.
"The Last Waltz Special Edition," (1978) directed by Martin
Scorsese and featuring The Band, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Ronnie
Hawkins, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Neil Diamond,
Muddy Waters, Stephen Stills, Bobby Charles, Carl Radle, Eric
Clapton, Ringo Starr and Ron Wood, features a digital transfer
with original stereo mix as well as a new digital mix in 5.1
Surround supervised by the Band's Robbie Robertson; commentary by
Scorsese and Robertson; commentary by featured musicians and
music journalists; "Revisiting The Last Waltz" featurette;
previously unseen footage and memorabilia; photo gallery with 100
rare images chronicling the concert and the film's premiere;
collectible booklet with introduction by Robertson. (MGM).

With Sony's "Spider-Man" grabbing an amazing $114 million at the
box office last weekend, Columbia TriStar's release of "Stan
Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels" is timed perfectly to latch on
to the Spidey mania. In the May 14 DVD release, the legendary
comic book creator of Spider-Man shares the secrets of his
incredible career and stories about how he created indelible
characters. Stan Lee, who defined comic books as a popular art
form for millions of readers, offers an exclusive glimpse into
his career when he joins director Kevin Smith on a journey
through Lee's history in this exclusive home-entertainment
release. It's a one-of-a-kind oral history -- a lively
conversation between two mutual admirers. The docu explores the
history of comic books during what is now called the "Silver
Age," a time when Stan Lee -- as a writer, editorial director
and, later, publisher of Marvel Comics -- co-created an
astonishing number of the most legendary characters in comics.
Smith acts as a wise and witty surrogate for the legion of fans
who have followed Lee's career since his beginnings as a
17-year-old writer at Timely Comics, the predecessor to Marvel.
Lee divulges his storied past in two separate features on the
DVD: "Creating Spider-Man" and "Here Come the Heroes." In
"Creating Spider-Man," Lee gives a definitive set of answers to
Smith's questions about Spider-Man, who may be Lee's most famous
creation. With complete candor, Lee discusses the creator-credit
controversy between him and artist Steve Ditko; Peter Parker's
role as a new kind of  hero -- a kid with real problems to whom
readers could relate; Spidey's arch-villains and true loves; and
the Spider-Man movie. In the program's second feature, "Here Come
the Heroes," Lee traces his own personal history and the
beginnings of his 60-plus years in the business. (Columbia
TriStar)

The foreign-and-independent film lovers over at Facets Video have
released another film by the iconoclastic French master, Jean-Luc
Godard. "Keep Your Right Up!" (1987) is an episodic comedy that
simultaneously revolves around "The Idiot" (played by Godard) --
who has been guaranteed financing for a film if he can deliver it
in 24 hours  -- and a pop group working on a new album. All sorts
of hilarious problems get in the way of the filmmaker and the
musicians. Called an homage to Jerry Lewis with plenty of sight
gags. Also stars Jane Birkin, Fred Chichin, Michel Galabru and
Pauline Lafont. Available May 14 on VHS and DVD. Facets can be
reached at www.facets.org or 800-331-6197.


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MAY VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

May 7:
* The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 25th Anniversary Edition
(1977) Digitally remastered and restored. Comprises four animated
short films: "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree," "Winnie the
Pooh and a Day for Eeyore," "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" and
"Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day." Never-before-seen music
video of "The Winnie the Pooh Theme Song" performed by Carly
Simon, "A Day for Eeyore" featurette, "making-of" footage
(Disney): $24.99
* Ocean's Eleven (2001) Dir.: Steven Soderbergh; George Clooney,
Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia,
Eddie Jemison, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck, Scott
Caan, Shaobo Qin, Elliott Gould (Warner): $22.98
* Score Special Edition, The (2001) Dir.: Frank Oz; Robert De
Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando, Gary Farmer,
Paul Soles (Paramount): Behind-the-scenes featurette; $14.95

May 14:
* Marilyn Monroe: The Diamond Collection, Volume II. Five VHS set
with "Don't Bother to Knock" (1952), Let's Make Love" (1960),
"Monkey Business" (1952), "Niagara" (1953) and "River of No
Return" (1954) (Fox): $43.98 or $9.98 each
* Oliver & Company Special Edition (1988) Voices of Joey
Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Roscoe Lee
Browne, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Dom DeLuise, Taurean Blacque, Robert
Loggia and Bette Midler (Disney): "Lend a paw" short (1941),
$22.99
* Snow Dogs (2001) Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Sisqo,
Nichelle Nichols, Joanna Bacalso, M. Emmet Walsh, Graham Greene
(Buena Vista): $22.99
* Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels (2002) Documentary
(Columbia TriStar): $19.96

May 21:
* American Pie 2 Special Edition (2001) Jason Biggs, Shannon
Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas
Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Sean William Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie
Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy, Demise Faye, Lisa Arturo (Universal):
With "Outrageous Deleted Scenes" and "Hilarious Behind the Scenes
With the Cast," in R-rated and unrated versions, $9.95
* Extreme Limits (2000) Treat Williams, Julie St. Claire (Fox):
$9.98
* The Fast and the Furious Special Edition (2001) Paul Walker,
Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune, Chad
Lindberg, Johnny Strong, Matt Schulze (Universal): With "High
Speed Deleted Scenes" and "Behind the Scenes Street Car Racing,"
$9.95
* Five Aces (1999) Charlie Sheen, Christopher McDonald, David
Sherrill (Fox): $9.98
* Legend (1985) Dir.: Ridley Scott; Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim
Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert,
Robert Picardo (Universal): $9.99
* Reckless + Wild (1999) Christine Taylor, Paget Brewster (Fox):
$9.98
* Sex and the City: The Complete Third Season. Eighteen uncut
episodes on four cassettes in slipcase (HBO): $49.92
* TSOL Live at O.C. Filmed live at U.C. Irvine in 1991. (Music
Video Distributors): $14.95
* Venomous (2001) Chas. Allan, Anthony Azizi (Fox): $9.98

May 28:
* An American Rhapsody (2001) Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett
Johansson, Tony Goldwyn (Paramount): $14.95
* Bride of the Wind (2001) Dir.: Bruce Beresford; Jonathan Pryce,
Sarah Wynter, Vincent Perez (Paramount): $14.95
* Lexx S3*V2. Episodes 5, 6, 7 of season three of the offbeat Sci
Fi Channel series. Includes behind-the-scenes segments (Acorn
Media): $24.95


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APRIL DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

April 2:
* Bandits Special Edition (2001) Dir.: Barry Levinson; Bruce
Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Troy Garity, Bobby
Slayton, Brian F. O'Bryne, Stacey Travis. Alternate ending;
deleted scenes; "Inside Scene 71" featurette, which looks at how
one scene in the film evolved and changed as it went from script
to scene; "Making of Bandits" featurette. (MGM).
* Bite the Bullet (1975) Dir.: Richard Brooks; Gene Hackman,
Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Jan Michael Vincent,
Dabney Coleman, Sally Kirkland.
* Bull Durham Special Edition (1988) Kevin Costner, Susan
Sarandon, Tim Robbins. Commentary by director Ron Shelton,
commentary by Costner and Robbins, new documentary on the making
of the film, photo gallery, advertising materials, more (MGM).
* Diane Krall Live in Paris (2002) Recorded live at the Paris
Olympia Theatre on December 1, 2001. Selections from her "The
Look of Love" and "When I Look in Your Eyes" albums. In Dolby
Digital Surround 5.1 and DTS, with behind-the-scenes features.
(Eagle Vision).
* Dick Tracy (1990) Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Glenne Headly,
Al Pacino, Madonna, William Forsythe, Seymour Cassel, Charles
Durning, Mandy Patinkin, R.G. Armstrong, Dustin Hoffman, Dick Van
Dyke, Paul Sorvino, Henry Silva, James Caan, Estelle Parsons.
(Paramount).
* Grass (1999) Ron Mann's controversial hit film in a groovy
special edition set. Grass, narrated by Woody Harrelson and
featuring Richard Nixon, stylishly documents the history of the
American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century.
Stuffed with lots of stash like collectable poster and
state-by-state marijuana laws, this deluxe Grass DVD is a far-out
video high for the "happening" collector. (Home Vision
Entertainment).
* Drunken Master (1978) Dir.: Yuen Woo-Ping; Jackie Chan.
(Columbia TriStar).
* The Net Special Edition (1995) Dir.: Irwin Winkler; Sandra
Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker, Ken Howard.
Commentary by Winkler and producer Rob Cowen; commentary by
writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris; HBO "Inside the Net"
featurette; "making-of" featurette, more. (Columbia TriStar).
* Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988) Michael Villani, Harvey
Weber, John Astin, Karen Mistal, J. Stephen Peace, George
Clooney. (Anchor Bay)
* Return to Horror High (1987) Richard Brestoff, George Clooney,
Vince Edwards, Al Fann. (Anchor Bay)
* She Creature (2001) Rufus Sewell, Carla Gugino, Gil Bellows.
Telefilm. Commentary by special effects maven Stan Winston,
"Behind the Scenes From a Fan's Perspective" featurette.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Taking Care of Business (1990) Dir.: Arthur Hiller; James
Belushi, Charles Grodin, Hector Elizondo. (Buena Vista).
* The Tall Guy (1989) Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma
Thompson, Geraldine James, Anna Massey. (Buena Vista).
* Thirteen Ghosts (2001) Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew
Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Alec Roberts, Rah Digga, F. Murray
Abraham, JR Bourne. Commentary by production designer Sean
Hargreaves and creator of special make-up effects Howard Berger:
"Ghost Files," 12 in-depth vignettes describing the back stories
of the ghosts in the film -- their life experiences and how they
became ghosts; behind-the- scenes documentary "Thirteen Ghosts
Revealed." (Warner).
* 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Dir.: Delmer Daves; Glenn Ford, Van Heflin,
Felicia Farr, Richard Jaeckel. (Columbia TriStar).
* Tin Men (1987) Dir.: Barry Levinson; Richard Dreyfuss, Danny
DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Jackie Gayle, Stanley
Brock, Seymour Cassel, Bruno Kirby, J.T. Walsh. (Buena Vista).
* Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Bologna, Ed
Begley Jr., Carol Kane, Geena Davis, Michael Richards. (Anchor
Bay)
* The Usual Suspects Special Edition (1995) Dir.: Bryan Singer;
Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak, Stephen Baldwin, Pete
Postlethwaite, Chazz Palminteri, Benicio Del Toro. Audio
commentary by Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie; commentary
by composer and editor John Ottman; deleted scenes; "Round Up --
Deposing the Usual Suspects" featurette; "Keyser Soze -- Lie or
Legend" featurette (that answers the question <EM>"Who Is Keyser
Soze?"</EM>); "Heisting Cannes With The Usual Suspects"
featurette; new in-depth interviews with cast and crew; gag reel
created by Singer; Easter eggs; more. (MGM).
* The Watcher in the Woods (1980) Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly
Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker, David McCallum. Commentary
by director John Hough; original deleted ending and a second
alternate ending that includes a legendary "spaceship" sequence;
deleted scenes; 20-page booklet and rarely seen poster art.
(Anchor Bay).

April 9:
* Adventures of Mini-Goddess: The Belldany Files (2001) New anime
series based on the "Oh! My Goddess" comics published by Dark
Horse. Twelve episodes (Pioneer Entertainment).
* Gumby. Collected shorts ranging from "The Gumby Show" in 1956
to syndicated episodes in 1967. Seven-disc box set comes with a
miniature Gumby figure and bonus features including an interview
with Gumby's creator, Art Clokey, and his son Joe; the Gumby
pilot, interview with Dal McKennon, the voice of Gumby; brand new
claymation scenes featuring Gumby, Pokey and Rocky Rhino;
storyboards; behind-the-scenes footage; more; 690 minutes,
$99.95. A single disc containing the first 21 episodes ("Gumby
Volume 1") is also available for $19.95 (Rhino Home Video).
* High Heels and Low Lifes (2001) Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack,
Kevin McNally, Michael Gambon, Mark Williams, Kevin Eldon.
Commentary by director Mel Smith and writer Kim Fuller,
featurette. (Buena Vista).
* Mulholland Drive (2001) Dir.: David Lynch; Naomi Watts, Laura
Elena Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Robert Forster, Dan
Hedaya. (Universal).
* No Man's Land (2001) Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip
Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis, Serge-Henri Valcke. (MGM).
* Serendipity (2001) John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven,
Molly Shannon, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Eugene Levy.
Commentary by director Peter Chelsom; Chelsom's production diary
(a still-page record of the director's notes); deleted scenes
with commentary; Starz Encore "On the Set" behind-the-scenes
featurette; still gallery; storyboard comparisons. (Miramax).
* The Skulls II (2002) Robin Dunne, Aaron Ashmore, Ashley Lyn
Cafagna, Christopher Ralph, Nathan West. Direct-to-video sequel.
Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Universal).
* Spy Game (2001) Dir.: Tony Scott; Robert Redford, Brad Pitt,
Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Larry Bryggman, Michael
Paul Chan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ken Leung, David Hemmings.
Commentary by Scott, producers Marc Abraham and Douglas Wick;
alternate and deleted scenes including an alternate ending;
script-to-storyboard feature; "Clandestine Ops" enhanced viewing
option that allows viewers to jump from the film to see
scene-specific behind-the-scenes information; "How to Become a
Secret Agent" featurette. (Universal).
* A Woman of Substance Trilogy Deluxe Collector's Set (1983) All
three miniseries of Barbara Taylor Bradford best-selling trilogy
in a box set: "A Woman of Substance," "Hold the Dream," and "To
Be the Best," with interviews with executive producer Diane Baker
and Bradford, $59.95; each title is available separately for
$24.95 each. (Acorn Media).

April 16:
* The Accused (1988) Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Leo Rossi,
Carmen Argenziano. (Paramount).
* Aviator (1985) Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette. (MGM Movie
Time Collection).
* Ballad of a Soldier (1959 -- Russian) Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna
Prokhorenko. (Home Vision Entertainment/The Criterion
Collection).
* Best Men (1997) Luke Wilson, Drew Barrymore, Dean Cain, Andy
Dick, Fred Ward. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Bio-Dome (1996) Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin. (MGM Movie Time
Collection).
* Black Knight (2001) Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom
Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Burgess,
Isabell Monk. Commentary by director Gil Junger, scene-specific
commentary by Lawrence, three deleted scenes, outtakes, stunt
scenes, background on the film's choreography with Paula Abdul,
storyboard-to- scenes feature, background on set construction.
(Fox).
* Bob le Flambeur (1955) Jean-Pierre Melville; Roger Duchesne,
Isabel Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decombe, Andre Garet. (Home
Vision Entertainment/The Criterion Collection).
* Breaking In (1989) Dir.: Bill Forsyth; Burt Reynolds, Casey
Siemaszko. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Cadillac Man (1990) Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed.
(MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Can't Stop the Music (1980) Alex Briley, David Hodo, Glenn
Hughes, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg, June
Havoc, Barbara Rush, Tammy Grimes, Paul Sand. (Anchor Bay)
* The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) Dir.: Dusan Makavejev; Eric Roberts,
Greta Scacchi. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Coming Home (1978) Dir.: Hal Ashby; Jane Fonda, Jon Voight,
Bruce Dern. Commentary by Voight, Dern and cinematographer
Haskell Wexler; "Coming Back Home" documentary with Voight, Dern
and Wexler; a tribute to Ashby. (MGM Contemporary Classics).
* The Cranes Are Flying (1957 -- Russian) Tatyana Samojlova,
Aleksei Batalov. (Home Vision Entertainment/The Criterion
Collection).
* Cuba (1979) Dir.: Richard Lester; Sean Connery, Brooke Adams,
Jack Weston. (MGM Contemporary Classics).
* Deceiver (1997) Chris Penn, Michael Rooker, Tim Roth, Renee
Zellweger. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* The Deep End (2001) Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan
Tucker, Peter Donat, Josh Lucas, Raymond J. Barry, Tamara Hope,
Jordan Dorrance. Commentary by writer-producer-director David
Siegel and producer-director Scott McGehee, Sundance special
"Anatomy of a Scene," behind-the-scenes featurette, still
gallery. (Fox).
* Delirious (1991) John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms,
Raymond Burr. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Desperate Hours (1990) Mickey Rourke, Mimi Rogers, Anthony
Hopkins, Kelly Lynch. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Diamonds (1975) Robert Shaw, Richard Roundtree, Barbara
Hershey, Shelley Winters. (Anchor Bay)
* Domestic Disturbance (2001) Dir.: Harold Becker; John Travolta,
Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Matt O'Leary, Susan Floyd, Steve
Buscemi. Commentary by Becker, six deleted scenes with commentary
by Becker, storyboards. (Paramount).
* Extremities (1986) Farrah Fawcett, James Russo, Diana Scarwid,
Alfre Woodard. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Eye for an Eye (1996) Sally Field, Ed Harris, Kiefer
Sutherland, Joe Mantegna, Beverly D'Angelo. (Paramount).
* Fatal Attraction (1987) Dir.: Adrian Lyne; Michael Douglas,
Glenn Close, Anne Archer. Commentary by Lyne, new featurette on
the cultural impact of the film, behind-the-scenes look at the
production, rehearsal footage, cast and crew interviews,
behind-the-scenes, alternate ending with introduction by Lyne.
(Paramount).
* Flesh and Bone (1993) Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, James Caan,
Gwyneth Paltrow. (Paramount).
* Full Moon in Blue Water (1988) Teri Garr, Gene Hackman, Burgess
Meredith, Elias Koteas. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Hell Is a City (1960) Stanley Baker, Maxine Audley, Joby
Blanshard, Sarah Branch. (Anchor Bay)
* Hidden Agenda (1990) Dir.: Ken Loach; Frances McDormand, Brian
Cox. (MGM Contemporary Classics).
* Highlander Special Edition (1965) Dir.: Russell Mulcahy;
Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery,
Alan North. Commentary by Mulcahy, producers Peter Davis and
William Panzer; stills gallery. (Anchor Bay).
* Highlander: The Immortal Edition (1965) Dir.: Russell Mulcahy;
Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery,
Alan North. Commentary by Mulcahy, producers Peter Davis and
William Panzer; stills gallery; Queen music videos with
commentary by Queen members Brian May, Roger Taylor and composer
Michael Kamen; CD compilation of songs from the movie plus
additional rarities; packaged in metal slipcase; $39.98. (Anchor
Bay).
* Husbands and Wives (1992) Dir.: Woody Allen; Woody Allen, Judy
Davis, Mia Farrow, Sydney Pollack, Juliette Lewis, Lysette
Anthony. (Columbia TriStar).
* Indecent Proposal (1993) Dir.: Adrian Lyne; Woody Harrelson,
Demi Moore, Robert Redford, Seymour Cassel. Commentary by Lyne.
(Paramount).
* The January Man (1989) Kevin Kline, Harvey Keitel, Susan
Sarandon, Danny Aiello, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. (MGM Movie
Time Collection).
* Joe (1970) Dir.: John G. Avildsen; Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon,
Dennis Patrick. (MGM Contemporary Classics).
* Lenny (1974) Dir.: Bob Fosse; Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine.
(MGM Contemporary Classics).
* The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Dir.: Joel Coen; Billy Bob
Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Adam Alexi-Malle,
Michael Badalucco, Katherine Borowitz, Richard Jenkins, Scarlett
Johansson, Jon Politio, Tony Shalhoub. Commentary by director
Joel Coen, producer Ethan Coen and Thornton; making-of
featurette; interview with cinematographer Roger Deakins; deleted
scenes; deleted shots; photo gallery. (USA).
* 1969 (1988) Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Downey Jr., Bruce Dern,
Winona Ryder. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Nomads (1986) Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down. (MGM Movie Time
Collection).
* Paragraph 175 (1999) Documentary, narrated by Rupert Everett,
about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals during the Third Reich.
In German, French and English with English subtitles. (New
Yorker).
* Plenty (1985) Dir.: Fred Schepisi; Meryl Streep, Charles Dance,
Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting, Ian McKellen, Sam Neill.
Featurette with Streep. (Anchor Bay).
* Rough Air (2002) Eric Roberts, Alexandra Paul, Mark Lutz. (York
Entertainment).
* Shatter (1974) Stuart Whitman, Lung Ti, Peter Cushing. (Anchor
Bay).
* '68 (1988) Shony Alex Braun, Anna Dukasz, Mirlan Kwun. (Anchor
Bay).
* Slipknot: Behind the Mask. Unauthorized Metal monster music.
(Music Video Distributors).
* The Temp (1993) Lara Flynn Boyle, Timothy Hutton, Oliver Platt,
Steven Weber, Faye Dunaway, Maura Tierney. (Paramount).
* Thief of Hearts (1984) Steven Bauer, David Caruso, Christine
Ebersole, George Wendt (Paramount).
* Tender Mercies Special Edition (1983) Dir.: Bruce Beresford;
Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen
Barkin. Featurette with Harper, Duvall, Beresford and writer
Horton Foote. (Anchor Bay)
* Texas Rangers (2001) Dylan McDermott, James Van Der Beek,
Ashton Kutcher, Robert Patrick, Randy Travis, Usher Raymond,
Alfred Molina, Tom Skerritt, Rachael Leigh Cook. "Behind the
Badge" featurette, storyboard sequences: original scripted
opening, Palo Alto shoot out). (Dimension).
* The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, June
Thorburn, Lee Patterson, Basil Sydney. Digitally remastered audio
and video, "This Is Dynamation" and "The Making of The 3 Worlds
of Gulliver" featurettes, "The Harryhausen Chronicles"
documentary. (Columbia TriStar).
* Triumph of the Spirit (1989) Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos.
(MGM Contemporary Classics).
* Ultimate Fights (2002) Fast on the heels of FlixMix's
compilation of the best scenes from horror films comes this
package of the best fights ever to grace the big screen. There's
fistfights, swordfights, streetfights, gunfights, gangfights,
girlfights, boxing fights, martial arts fights and more. There
are 16 fights from such films as "Gladiator," "Rumble in the
Bronx," "Blade," "Scarface," "Black Mask," "Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon," "Snatch," "Legend of Drunken Master," "First
Blood" and more. Extras (five hours in all) include "Behind the
Punches," a featurette on staging your own Hollywood fight scene;
commentary by legendary Hong Kong martial arts director Tsui
Hark; "The Ultimate Rumble Party Mix," an original music
soundtrack scored to each fight; Flix Fact pop-up trivia and
production notes for every scene; movie still quizzes; fighter
profiles; "stats" for each fight; and DVD-ROM features.
(FlixMix/Universal).
* Wild Orchid (1990) Mickey Rourke, Carrie Otis, Jacqueline
Bisset. (MGM Movie Time Collection).

April 23:
* Ambush (Rukajerven tie) (1999 -- Finnish) Peter Franzan, Irina
Bjurklund, Kari Heiskanen. (Vanguard Cinema).
* Angels in the Outfield (1994) Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker,
Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Ben Johnson. (Disney).
* Battle of the Planets Volumes 5 & 6 (1978) Animated. (Rhino).
* Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Charles
Malik Whitfield, Joaquim de Almeida, David Keith, Gabriel Macht,
Olek Krupa, Vladimir Mashkov. Commentary by director John Moore
and editor Martin Smith with additional commentary by producers
John Davis and Wick Godfrey; behind-the-scenes featurette; three
extended scenes; original main title and end credits sequences
with optional commentary; alternate jet take-off montage with
optional commentary; Easter egg. (Fox).
* Brigham City (2001) Richard Dutcher, Matthew A. Brown, Wilfred
Brimley. Commentary by director Richard Dutcher,
behind-the-scenes interviews. (Spartan Home Entertainment).
* Butterflies Are Free (1972) Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen
Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser. (Columbia TriStar).
* Cactus Flower (1969) Dir.: Gene Saks; Walter Matthau, Goldie
Hawn, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Weston. (Columbia TriStar).
* Happenstance (2001 -- French) Audrey Tautou, Faudel, Eric
Savin, Irene Ismailoff. (New Yorker).
* Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996) Voices of
Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Ralph Waite, Al Michaels, Tommy
Lasorda, Bob Uecker. (Disney).
* Iron Will (1994) Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden
Stiers, Brian Cox. (Disney).
* The Juniper Tree (1990) Bjork. Interview with director-writer
Nietzchka Keene, deleted scenes, publicity photos. (Rhino).
* The Learning Curve (2001) Carmine Giovinazzo, Monet Mazur,
Vincent Ventresca, Majandra Delfino, Steven Bauer. (MGM).
* Metropolis (2001) Anime. Two-disc set with first-ever "pocket
DVD" (3-inch disc) of added visual elements in special fold-out
packaging. Features widescreen and fullscreen presentations,
subtitled and dubbed versions, DTS and Dolby Surround, "Animax
Special: The Making of Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis," interview with
director Rintaro Katsushiro, two animation comparisons, history
of the "Metropolis" comic book, more. (Columbia TriStar).
* My First Mister (2001) Dir.: Christine Lahti; Leelee Sobieski,
Albert Brooks, Michael McKean, Carol Kane, John Goodman, Mary Kay
Place. Commentary by Lahti. (Paramount).
* Novocaine (2001) Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura
Dern, Elias Koteas, Scott Caan, Keith David, Lynne Thigpen.
Commentary by director David Atkins, five deleted scenes,
"Getting the Shot" making-of featurette, "Bitten" tooth forensics
documentary, music of "Novocaine," more. (Artisan).
* Soultaker: Volume 2 -- Flickering Faith Anime. (Pioneer
Entertainment).
* The Survivors (1983) Dir.: Michael Ritchie; Walter Matthau,
Robin Williams, Jerry Reed. (Columbia TriStar).
* The Three Stooges -- All Time Favorites "Family Album," a
treasure trove of Stooge visual memorabilia, including home
movies; "Jerks of All Trades," a never-aired pilot for ABC;
"Kook's Tour," the Stooges' last film, shot as a travelogue.
(Anchor Bay).
* The Three Stooges -- Greatest Hits & Rarities Four classics:
"Malice in the Palace," "Sing a Song of Six Pants," "Disorder in
the Court" and "Brideless Groom"; rarities include "Camel Comedy
Caravan," a 1950 television classic, "Knife of the Party," a
little-known 1934 musical comedy, "Hollywood on Parade," a 1933
short cited as Curly's first appearance as a Stooge; movie
trailers and TV commercials. (Anchor Bay).
* Transformers Season 1 Box Set (1984) Four-disc set of the first
season's 16 episodes, with bumpers, outtakes, alternate
sequences, an original "Transfomers" series script, a
never-before- seen mini-documentary. Each box set includes
two-limited edition "Transformers" cels; $59.95. (Rhino)
* Voodoo Nightmare (Return to Pontianak) (2001) Hiep Thi Le,
Fadali, Fadzlinda, Eleanor Lee, Fadzlina Mohamad Shafie.
(Vanguard Cinema).
* White Fang (1991) Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jed (White Fang),
Ethan Hawke, Seymour Cassel, Susan Hogan, James Remar. (Disney).
* White Fang II: Myth of the White Wolf (1994) Scott Bairstow,
Charmaine Craig, Al Harrington. (Disney).
* Windham Hill in Concert (2002) Live performance from Red Rocks
Amphitheater in Colorado in 1986. (Pioneer Entertainment).

April 30:
* Ali (2001) Dir.: Michael Mann; Will Smith, Jamie Fox, Jon
Voight, Mario Van Pebbles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti
Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona Gaye. (Columbia TriStar).
* Calamity Jane (1953) Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie,
Philip Carey, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey. (Warner).
* Cruel and Unusual (Watchtower) (2001) Tom Berenger, Rachel
Hayward, Tygh Runyan, Mitchell Kosterman. (Columbia TriStar).
* Friends: The Complete First Season. Five-disc set with all 24
episodes. Includes extended versions; unseen footage; pilot
episode commentary by executive producers Kevin S. Bright, Marta
Kauffman and David Crane; "A Peek at Central Park" interactive
tour of the set to discover inside secrets from the crew;
"Friends of Friends," a guide to season one's special guest
appearances; "How Well Do You Know Your Friends" trivia
challenge; "The One With the Trailer of Season 2"; cast profiles;
$69.98. (Warner)
* The Harvey Girls (1946) Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger,
Preston Foster, Angela Lansbury, Marjorie Main, Chill Wills, Cyd
Charisse. (Warner).
* Jerry Maguire Special Edition (1996) Dir.: Cameron Crowe; Tom
Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kelly Preston, Jerry
O'Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King, Jonathan Lipnicki.
Two-disc set with commentary by Crowe, Cruise, Zellweger and
Gooding; deleted scenes with optional commentary; video
commentary with Crowe, Cruise, Zellweger and Gooding; Bruce
Springsteen's "Secret Garden" music video; "How to Be a Sports
Agent" featurette with footage of the "real" Jerry Maguire,
sports agent Drew Rosenhaus; Rod Tidwell commercial featuring
Gooding; rehearsal footage with optional commentary; mission
statement; photo gallery; DVD-ROM script. (Columbia TriStar).
* Not Another Teen Movie (2001) Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime
Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Mia Kirshner, Randy Quaid, Deon
Richmond, Eric Jungmann, Cerina Vincent, Riley Smith, Cody
McMains, Samm Levine, Sam Huntington, Lacy Chabert. Commentary by
director Joe Gallen, 17 deleted scenes, three behind-the-scenes
featurettes, Marilyn Manson music video (Columbia TriStar).
* Race the Sun (1996) Halle Berry, Jim Belushi, Steve Zahn, Eliza
Dushku, Casey Affleck, Kevin Tighe. (Columbia TriStar).
* Strange Dawn: Strange Journey Episodes 5, 6, 7. Unedited
version, English language/Japanese language with English
subtitles. (Urban Vision Entertainment).


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FOR THE KIDS:

Buena Vista Home Entertainment has picked up for distribution
"The Baby Einstein Company" line of pre-school videos that
promote learning and discovery for infants and toddlers. The
initial line of releases, available now, include "Baby Einstein,"
"Baby Mozart," "Baby Bach," "Baby Dolittle: World Animals," "Baby
Dolittle: Neighborhood Animals,' "Baby Van Gogh," "Baby
Shakespeare," "Baby Santa's Music Box" and "Baby Newton"; $14.99
VHS and $19.99 DVD.

"Fun Songs for Kids" is a new series of sing-along videos aimed
at introducing pre-schoolers to classic songs and rhymes. The
first four VHS releases -- each with easy-to-read onscreen lyrics
-- includes "25 Fun Songs for Kids Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,"
"25 Fun Songs for Kids Old MacDonald Had a Farm," "25 Fun Songs
for Kids Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "25 Fun Songs for Kids
Humpty Dumpty"; 30 minutes and $6.98 each from Madacy Kids!
(800-784-0991, www.madacy.com).

Two new videos and two new DVDs from hit PBS animated TV series
"Dragon Tales" arrive this month from Columbia TriStar: "Let's
Stick to It" (which promotes persisting at challenging tasks) and
"We're Special" (which promotes accepting differences) are
available now on VHS, each with three adventures linked by songs,
$12.95; "Yes, We Can!" and "It's Cool to Be Me" are available now
on DVD, each with five adventures linked by songs, $19.95.

Pre-school standbys Kipper, Barney, Thomas the Tank Engine and
The Wiggles have new videos. "Kipper: Cuddly Critters" is
available now from HIT Entertainment for $9.99 VHS. "Barney's
Beach Party" will arrive April 30 from HIT on VHS ($14.95) and
DVD ($16.99). "The Best of James" (James is the red engine friend
of Thomas the Tank Engine), which contains three adventures
featuring James, Thomas and friends on the Island of Sodor, on
VHS ($12.98); "The Best of James" on DVD contains eight episodes
with storyteller George Carlin, four sing-along songs, a "Hooray
for Thomas" read-along story, three games, more, $19.98,
available now from Anchor Bay. "Hoop-Dee-Doo! It's a Wiggly
Party" features 55 minutes of the Down Under musical group's
signature blend of danceable rhythms, catchy tunes and whimsical
sets, $14.95 VHS and $19.99 DVD from HIT.

New kids on the block: Warner Home Video has put together the
Warner Bright Kids Collection, bringing together videos from the
Child Smart, PBS Kids and Sesame Workshop franchises. Available
now are two developmental Child Smart videos ($12.95 each VHS):
"Your Tiny Artist" and "Your Tiny Maestro"; two new pre-school
PBS Kids' animated Caillou adventures, "Caillou: I Want to Grow
Up" and "Caillou: Goodbye Winter, Hello Springtime!" ($12.95 each
VHS); the DVD debut of Sesame Street's full-length theatrical
feature "Follow That Bird" ($19.95); and a DVD compilation from
the award-winning Reel Wheels video series, "Reel Wheels Truck
Adventures" ($19.95).

"Jay Jay the Jet Plane," the hot new Public Television series,
has four new titles debuting on April 23 from Columbia TriStar:
"Friends Take Flight" and "Soaring Sky High" videos ($12.95 each)
and "Supersonic Pals" and "Learning Life's Little Lessons" DVDs
($19.95 each). "Jay Jay" adventures are designed to introduce
pre-schoolers to the wonders of science and nature while
promoting healthy, imaginative interaction and behavior.


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SPECIAL INTEREST:

She's made jazzy ballads, pop standards and love songs popular
again and now she's on VHS and DVD: Grammy Award-winning Diana
Krall has released her first video of a concert performance --
"Diana Krall Live in Paris" -- on the Eagle Vision label.
Recorded live at the Paris Olympia Theatre on December 1, 2001,
to a sold-out audience, the video features the multiplatinum
songstress delivering a sensual collection of romantic ballads
and bossa novas from her "The Look of Love" and "When I Look in
Your Eyes" albums. The DVD version includes a behind-the-scenes
feature and music videos and is recorded in both Dolby Digital
Surround 5.1 and DTS formats.

WGBH Boston Video will release on April 23 "Misunderstood Minds,"
a documentary that addresses the problems posed by children with
"learning differences," learning difficulties that cause perhaps
as many as one in five families to cope with children who
struggle to learn but don't fit any clinical diagnosis -- for
some reason, they're not learning. Though they may be suffering
from learning problems, their teachers, classmates and even their
families often mistakenly label them "lazy" or "stupid." This VHS
illustrates the emerging view that specific identification and
customized management of learning differences is the key to
success for millions of struggling children. $19.95 (800-949-
8670).

Manga Entertainment will release on April 30 the first three VHS
volumes of the 1983 animated series "Astro Boy" (which is
actually an updated color version of the hit Japanese series that
wowed American audiences in 1963 when it aired on NBC) by anime
giant Osamu Tezuka. The show -- about an android boy abandoned by
his creator and adopted by a kindly doctor who teaches him to use
his special powers to aid and protect mankind -- is the basis for
a live-action feature by Jim Henson Pictures/Columbia Pictures
due for a 2004 release. Each of the first three volumes contains
five 30-minute episodes; Volumes 4--6, with six episodes each,
will be released July 30; Volumes 7--9, with six episodes each,
will be released October 29; $19.95 each. A multi-volume DVD
series will be released in 2004. Manga is cross-promoting the
release with Dark Horse Comics as they publish (for the first
time in the U.S.) the original manga comic book in English. For
more info: www.astro-boy.net.

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APRIL'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

ALI
Impressionistic look at the life and times of "The Greatest,"
Muhammad Ali (Will Smith), filled with recreations of seminal
fights, Ali's conversion to Islam, his refusal to be inducted
into the Army, the stripping of his title and boxing license, and
his eventual return to fame.
   Director: Michael Mann. Stars: Will Smith, Jamie Fox, Jon
Voight, Mario Van Pebbles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti
Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona Gaye. CC, (MPAA rating: R,
154 min.), Biodrama, 2001, Box office gross: $58.183 million,
(Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
4/30, DVD: Day & Date.

BANDITS
Caper-comedy-thriller about a misfit gang of bankrobbers who end
up beguiling the public and the media with their robberies. Joe
(Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) break out of an
Oregon jail and embark on a series of bank robberies, getting
dubbed the Sleepover Bandits for their modus operandi: they
kidnap a bank manager at home, hold him and his family hostage
overnight (including dinner), and then force him to open the
vault in the morning when the bank opens -- and no one gets hurt.
All goes well with the robbers until, by accident, they meet up
with Kate (Cate Blanchett), who joins the gang by sleeping, first
with Joe, then Terry. The film is told in flashbacks -- it opens
with a reality show host at a police siege surrounding the
bandits' last robbery, recounting the "gang's" crime spree, ala
"America's Most Wanted," including footage of the suspects when
they invaded the host's home and demanded to be interviewed. It's
a wacky crime romance that continues Levinson's ouvre of
examining the way people live in -- and how they react to -- the
world around them.
   Director: Barry Levinson. Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob
Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Troy Garity, Bobby Slayton, Brian F.
O'Bryne, Stacey Travis. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 122 min.),
Comedy Thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $41.523 million, (MGM),
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 4/2, DVD: Day & Date.

BEHIND ENEMY LINES
Straight-ahead action thriller about a U.S. jet shot down behind
enemy lines during the NATO peace-keeping mission in Bosnia. Owen
Wilson plays a jet navigator who photographs the graves of
genocide victims on a recon mission over Bosnia on Christmas day.
When the jet is shot down by Serbians (who are covering up the
massacres), Wilson and his pilot parachute to safety but the
pilot is immediately executed by the nasty Serb troops. Wilson
goes on the run behind enemy lines while his commanding officer,
Gene Hackman as Navy Adm. Reigert, paces the decks of his
aircraft carrier, waiting for the OK from NATO to rescue his
"boy." But due to politics, the rescue is aborted, and Wilson
must stay one step ahead of the Serbs tracking him down, out for
his photographs and his life. The action and violence is
non-stop, with the characterizations delightfully painted in
cardboardish black and white: the Serbs are evil and nasty
cold-blooded killers, the Navy crew good and All-American, the
NATO advisors weasely. It's an old-fashioned root-for-the-good
guys adventure that keeps you on the edge of your sofa.
   Director: John Moore. Stars: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Charles
Malik Whitfield, Joaquim de Almeida, David Keith, Gabriel Macht,
Olek Krupa, Vladimir Mashkov. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 105 min.),
Action thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $58.553 million, (Fox),
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 4/23, DVD: Day & Date.

BLACK KNIGHT
Sloppy and banal comedy is an urban riff on "A Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur's Court." A wildly-preening Martin Lawrence stars
as a worker at a failing South Central L.A. Medieval World
amusement park who falls into the moat and is transported to 14th
century England. Making his way to a nearby castle, he's mistaken
for a messenger from the court of a lord from Normandy (he tells
the king he's from the corner of Florence and Nomandie) and he
finds himself embroiled in a revolution to put the rightful ruler
back on the throne. The comedy consists of Lawrence mugging the
camera and baffling the 14th century denizens with his attitude
and language (but no one, it seems, is taken aback by his
outlandish 21st century clothes). One highlight: Lawrence
teaching the court how to dance to a medieval version of Sly and
the Family Stone's "Dance to the Music." Marsha Thomason plays a
sexy lady-in-waiting and Lawrence's ultimate love interest. For
Lawrence fans only, since he pretty much hogs the screen, at the
detriment of story line, logic and characterization.
   Director: Gil Junger. Stars: Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason,
Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Burgess,
Isabell Monk. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 96 min.), Comedy, 2001,
Box office gross: $33.268 million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 4/16, DVD: Day & Date.

DEEP END, THE
Moody, visually delightful mystery starts out promising but
loopholes prevent it from becoming a believable thriller. Tilda
Swinton stars as Margaret Hill, a lonely Lake Tahoe housewife
whose husband is always away at sea. She's an ideal mom to her
two kids, Beau and Paige, and they lead an outwardly cushy life
at the lake. But below the surface there's trouble: Beau is gay
and hangs out in Tahoe's fast lane, preyed upon by unsavory
types, including a nasty club owner. In one of many unbelievable
occurrences, mom goes to the club owner and threatens him. But he
comes to their house and leaves with the teenager. The next
morning, mom finds the body of the club owner washed up on the
shore. Not sure of her son's involvement, what's the good
suburban mom to do but dump the body in the lake. But mom messes
up and dumps the body in shallow water. Now the film spirals
downward as blackmailing Tahoe thugs show up with a revealing
video of her son in action. The further the film unspools, with a
final twist, the less believable it becomes. But what visuals.
   Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel. Stars: Tilda Swinton,
Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Peter Donat, Josh Lucas, Raymond
J. Barry, Tamara Hope, Jordan Dorrance. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 101
min.), Mystery Thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $8.821 million,
(Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 4/16, DVD: Day &
Date.

DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE
Typical paterfamilias thriller has John Travolta as a loving dad
pitched against a nasty would-be stepfather in a setup that
hardly pushes the boundaries of the genre, but is still an
audience pleaser. Travolta plays hardworking, divorced father and
everyman Frank with a rebellious teenage son Danny (Matt
O'Leary). When Frank's ex-wife (Teri Polo) is about to get
married to smarmy town rich man Rick (Vince Vaughn), Danny begins
to butt heads with him and starts to act out in typical teen
fashion. But when he sees his new step dad murder a man (Steve
Buscemi) and goes to the cops, no one believes him and he gets
written off as just another troubled kid. But Rick, now knowing
that Danny knows about his evil deed, threatens the kid with
bodily harm -- not to him, but good old dad Frank. And so we're
set up for a final battle between good dad and bad dad. Freud
would have loved it.
   Director: Harold Becker. Stars: John Travolta, Vince Vaughn,
Teri Polo, Matt O'Leary, Susan Floyd, Steve Buscemi. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG-13, 88 min.), Thriller, 2001, Box office gross:
$45.207 million, (Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 4/16, DVD: Day & Date.

MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, THE
The Coen brothers (director Joel, producer Ethan, both
screenwriters) have done it again with this film noir set in a
1940 small town in California. Done what? Created an encapsulated
world on the screen that draws the viewer in and totally
transfixes one for almost two hours of pure cinematic joy. As in
their past outings -- most recently "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
and "The Big Lebowski" -- the story line may founder a bit but
it's the overall cinematic impulse that creates a burst of color
on the screen. "Man" is no exception -- and even more so since
it's shot in glorious black and white by legendary
cinematographer Roger Deakins. Billy Bob Thornton plays a Santa
Rosa barber who's life is in such a rut he can't even begin to
figure a way out. Ahh, then the muse of the Coen serendipity
enters. A new customer shows up, hawking the wonders of the
future -- dry cleaning -- and tries to persuade the barber to
invest in his suspicious plan. When the barber discovers that his
wife (Frances McDormand) is messing around with the local
department store scion, Big Dave (James Gandolfini), the future
offers change -- blackmail as a way to bankroll the dry cleaning
scheme. But as in all the Coen films, things go awry, and
blackmail turns to murder. It's trademarked Coen "normal life on
the edge," challenging and threatening the viewer. What a
pleasure.
   Director: Joel Coen. Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances
McDormand, James Gandolfini, Adam Alexi-Malle, Michael Badalucco,
Katherine Borowitz, Richard Jenkins, Scarlett Johansson, Jon
Politio, Tony Shalhoub. CC, (MPAA rating: 116, R min.), Thriller,
2001, Box office gross: $8.000 million, (USA), No VHS SRP, Priced
for rental, Available: 4/16, DVD: Day & Date.

MULHOLLAND DRIVE
Labyrinthine mystery from the master of the unexpected and
bizarre. Director David Lynch brings willing viewers into a
suspense-filled Los Angeles netherworld where nothing is as it
seems. The film has at its heart two mysterious women who
accidentally encounter each other and change their worlds. A
beautiful young woman (Laura Elena Harring) is riding in a limo
on Mulholland Drive when a another car crashes into her. Dazed,
she stumbles down a hill and enters an apartment as the tenant is
leaving for a long trip. The next morning another young woman
(Naomi Watts) arrives at the apartment, which is owned by her
aunt, where she discovers the first woman, now suffering from
amnesia. From there on out the story gets more complex as the
women start to have feelings for each other and a host of oddball
characters enter the scene, including a film director whose
latest project is pulled from him, a prying landlady, and an
assassin whose hit goes awry. There's strange rooms and boxes and
dread in every corner of the film. A complex film for serious
moviegoers.
   Director: David Lynch. Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring,
Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Robert Forster, Dan Hedaya. CC, (MPAA
rating: R, 146 min.), Mystery, 2001, Box office gross: $6.866
million, (Universal), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
4/9, DVD: Day & Date.

MY FIRST MISTER
Auspicious first feature-length directorial outing for actress
Christine Lahti (she previously won a short film Oscar for her
"Lieberman in Love"). Leelee Sobieski stars as a 17-year-old with
a Goth attitude and the dark clothes and piercings to go with her
gloomy outlook on life. When she wanders into a conservative
men's clothing store operated by paunchy 49-year-old Albert
Brooks, something clicks in the minds (and hearts?) of this
disparate pair. He's as lonely as she is -- his wife left him 19
years earlier -- and he hires her to work in the store's
stockroom. From there a relationship between the two blossoms --
and might move on to emotional bindings if the film didn't veer
off at the end to avoid a real confrontation: is their pairing
one of surrogate father and daughter or of a deeper romantic
nature? Uniformly good acting throughout, with Michael McKean and
Carol Kane as Leelee's stepfather and mother, and John Goodman as
her aging hippie father. Deserves a wider audience than it got
theatrically.
   Director: Christine Lahti. Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Albert
Brooks, Michael McKean, Carol Kane, John Goodman, Mary Kay Place.
CC, (MPAA rating: R, 109 min.), Drama, 2001, Box office gross:
$0.616 million, (Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 4/23, DVD: Day & Date.

NOVOCAINE
Off-the-wall black comedy about a dentist (Steve Martin) who has
it all -- a thriving business, a lovely and loyal dental
hygienist/assistant (Laura Dern) who also happens to be his
fiancee -- and throws it all away when he gets involved with a
seductive patient (Helena Bonham Carter) who gets him implicated
in the murder of her no-good brother. First outing from
director-screenwriter David Atkins elicits a kind of noirish
sensibility from his cast (who all put in outstanding work) and
crew.
   Director: David Atkins. Stars: Steve Martin, Helena Bonham
Carter, Laura Dern, Elias Koteas, Scott Caan, Keith David, Lynne
Thigpen. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 95 min.), Black Comedy, 2001, Box
office gross: $2.025 million, (Artisan), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 4/23, DVD: Day & Date.

SERENDIPITY
Serendipity is a word defined as "the faculty of making fortunate
discoveries by accident." And serendipity is at the heart of --
or at least occurs in the beginning of -- this light comedy that
was a delightful blip on the fall film release schedule. John
Cusack stars as Jonathan Trager and Kate Beckinsale stars as Sara
Thomas, two Manhattan singles who meet over a glove in
Bloomingdales in a pre-Christmas shopping rush. They spend a
wonderful day together in N.Y. and there's definitely something
electric between them. But Sara is a believer of preordination
and instead of giving in to the moment, tells Jonathan that if
they're meant to be, they will find each other -- she puts her
name in a copy of a book she's going to sell the next day, and if
Jonathan finds it, then the pair will reconnect. But they don't.
Several years later, Jonathan and Sara are on the verge of
getting married -- but not to each other. He's still in N.Y.,
she's in the West, and as their respective marriage vows near,
they can't stop thinking of each other. So both enlist their best
friends in a last minute effort to track down their mystery
lovers. Which just goes to show that ya gotta work at it to make
love flourish.
   Director: Peter Chelsom. Stars: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale,
Jeremy Piven, Molly Shannon, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan,
Eugene Levy. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 90 min.), Romantic comedy,
2001, Box office gross: $50.255 million, (Miramax), $29.99 VHS
SRP, Available: 4/9, DVD: Day & Date.

SPY GAME
Above average spy thriller, set in 1991, about a rogue CIA agent
named Bishop (Brad Pitt) who's captured in China and given 24
hours to live when an unauthorized mission to rescue a prisoner
goes awry. Back in the States, the CIA summons Bishop's former
boss, Muir (Robert Redford), who, coincidentally, is on his last
day on the job, to compile reasons why not to save Bishop. Their
main worry is that any attempt to rescue Bishop will scuttle
Chinese trade talks -- it's more expedient to brand him as a
failed agent and let him die. As Muir relates Bishop's history
with the CIA -- told in flashbacks -- from Bishop's recruitment
during the Vietnam War to Muir's tutoring Bishop to their working
together in various covert operations to their eventual falling
out -- Muir tries to figure out a way to outsmart his superiors
and free Bishop from China -- without leaving CIA headquarters in
Langley, Va. There's plenty of edge-of-the-seat thrills,
explosive situations and sizzling suspense -- both in the
flashbacks and in the "present" -- as Muir outwits his bosses and
puts together a rescue mission. Plus there's the added feature of
straight-ahead acting by the always reliable (and likeable)
Redford.
   Director: Tony Scott. Stars: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt,
Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Larry Bryggman, Michael
Paul Chan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ken Leung, David Hemmings. CC,
(MPAA rating: R, 121 min.), Thriller, 2001, Box office gross:
$62.326 million, (Universal), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 4/9, DVD: Day & Date.

THIRTEEN GHOSTS
Loose remake of the campy William Castle 1960 haunted house
scarer that milked the film's cheesy thrills with one of Castle's
typical marketing gimmicks: the "ghosts" could only be seen with
Illusion-O viewers (similar to 3-D glasses). No such luck with
this version: it's a run-of-the-mill special effects thriller
about a family who mysteriously inherits a house from an
eccentric uncle. Naturally the house is haunted and the family --
joined by a psychic and a ghostbuster -- spend most of the film
running from the spooks -- or getting killed. From the folks who
brought you the remake of Castle's "House on Haunted Hill."
Where's the master when we really need him?
   Director: Steve Beck. Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz,
Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Alec Roberts, Rah Digga, F.
Murray Abraham, JR Bourne. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 91 min.), Horror,
2001, Box office gross: $41.867 million, (Warner), $22.98 VHS
SRP, Available: 4/2, DVD: Day & Date.

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Dangerously good:
Before Bond, before Napoleon Solo, before the Avengers, there was
British special agent John Drake in "Danger Man," a half-hour TV
series put together by Lew Grade and Ralph Smart and featuring
Patrick McGoohan as a NATO security agent whose primary objective
was to put out "fires" and help keep the peace around the world.
The show -- which was set in Washington (in keeping with Grade's
desire to sell the series to the U.S. market) -- began its run in
September, 1960, in Great Britain and, though was a success
there, never caught on in the States. Drake was initially thought
of as a Bond-like agent: a woman's man, quick on the draw and the
repartee. But when McGoohan was cast in the role, he quickly made
it his own: giving Drake a quiet personality and strong moral
values. Guns were used only as a last resort and women -- though
there were plenty -- weren't the sex objects that littered
latter-day spy films. With the success of the James Bond films
and the public's fascination with spies, "Danger Man" was
resurrected in October 1964 as an hour-long series, and lasted
for two seasons (it was exported to the U.S. as "Secret Agent" in
1965, with a new opening title sequence set to Johnny Rivers'
"Secret Agent Man") before McGoohan -- and his character -- moved
on to "The Prisoner." In the second "Danger Man" series Drake was
now an agent for England's M9 security  agency. And though more
jaded, he still took the moral high road, using words rather than
weapons to get out of sticky situations. He was less perfect and
more fallible and though still quick with his fists, his wit and
intelligence more often than not saved his missions. And, unlike
other spies of the time, the politics of the Cold War dominated
the stories, with Drake sent to a different locale around the
world each week to save a mission from the grips of "the other
side" (no acronymed super-villains here). A&E Home Video is in
the throes of releasing the entire hour-long series on DVD, with
"Danger Man A.K.A. Secret Agent" DVD Sets 1 (with six episodes),
2 and 3 (with eight episodes each) already on the market ($39.95
per set). These are the British editions (in glorious black &
white) sans the Johnny Rivers' opening (though that opening is
included as the only extra on the discs). And the show still
holds up well. The pacing, the literary and intelligent dialogue,
and straight-ahead story lines still put to shame most of what
passes for drama on TV today. Not to be missed. Thank you, A&E.

Duck and Cover: Many man-made innovations have changed
civilization, but few have had a greater impact than the atomic
bomb. Initially filling the world with wonderment, the bomb's
devastating possibilities quickly turned awe into unshakable
dread. On the 20th anniversary of its theatrical release, "The
Atomic Cafe" is back to provide the public with a much needed
release of comic energy. A dark comedy in the truest sense, this
classic took the country by storm with its chilling, poignant and
often hilarious reminder of Cold War era paranoia in the U.S.
Artfully presenting a collage of newsreel footage, government
archives, military training films, and 50s music, the documentary
captures a panicked nation during the Atomic Age, with fall-out
shelters and duck-and-cover drills as part of our culture's
social consciousness. An ode to a bygone era? $19.95 VHS, $24.95
DVD. (Docurama: 800-314-8822, www.docudrama.com).

Gunn Shoots Again:
Those folks at A&E Home Video have cornered the market on cult TV
series, bringing our wonderful box sets of "The Avengers," "The
Prisoner," "Space: 1999," "The Saint" and "Secret Agent A.K.A.
Danger Man" (see above). Now they've upped the ante with the
release of the first two DVD sets of the late-50s super-cool TV
private eye "Peter Gunn." Created and produced by Blake Edwards,
Peter Gunn -- played by Craig Stevens -- was hip, suave and
sophisticated. The weekly show had a great jazz-influenced score
by Henry Mancini, skillful plotting, witty dialogue and a great
supporting cast with Lola Albright and Herschel Bernardi. Each
DVD set contains 16 episodes on two discs; $39.95.

Clay Me Over: On April 9 Rhino Home Video presents the DVD
premiere of the beloved animated classic Gumby. The stop-motion,
clay-animated Gumby was created in 1955 by Art Clokey and first
appeared in shorts on "The Howdy Doody Show." It then became a
Saturday morning TV series, "The Gumby Show, and continued in
syndication until 1967. Gumby is still popular worldwide with
books, toys, clothing and the ever-popular green bendable
keychain. Rhino's seven-disc box set -- replete with a bendable
Gumby -- collects together some 110 shorts ranging from "The
Gumby Show" in 1956 to syndicated episodes in 1967. Bonus
features include an interview with Gumby creator Clokey, and his
son Joe; the Gumby pilot, interview with Dal McKennon, the voice
of Gumby; brand new claymation scenes featuring Gumby, Pokey and
Rocky Rhino; storyboards; behind-the-scenes footage; more; 690
minutes, $99.95. A single disc containing the first 21 episodes
("Gumby Volume 1") is also available for $19.95 (Rhino Home
Video). Remember this about Gumby: He never takes unfair
advantage in any situation; he's environmentally aware and
responsible; he loves books and reading; he drinks fruit juices;
he is never mean; he doesn't drink or smoke; he's nonviolent; he
doesn't wisecrack; he doesn't talk about people behind their
back; he never hides his bump under a hat. Ah heck: "Gumby for
President."

For movie lovers:
April offerings from Wellspring Media should warm the cockles of
cinema lovers' hearts. "Directed by Alan Smithee" is a 50-minute
in-depth look at the films of infamous "director" Alan Smithee --
the pseudonym used by directors when, because of infighting,
disputes, power struggles or betrayals, they disown their film
and remove their name from it. The Smithee name has gone on 47
films, ranging from "Meet Joe Black" to "Scent of a Woman," and
this docu explores the intrigue and drama behind the name and the
films. Available in VHS ($19.98) and DVD ($24.98). "Kurosawa" is
the first major documentary to be made since the director's death
in 1998, and includes interviews with his family and colleagues
as well as clips from "Rashomon," "Seven Samurai," "Throne of
Blood," "Yojimbo" and "Ran," among others. Available in VHS
($19.98) and DVD ($24.98). In conjunction with this release,
Wellspring has reduced the price on two of Kurosawa's later
films, "Ran" and "Madadayo," to $19.98 VHS. And, lastly, the
company has lowered the VHS and DVD prices (to $14.98 and $19.98
respectively) for its Francois Truffuat Collection, covering a
group of 12 films that includes "The 400 Blows," "The Last
Metro," "Love on the Run," "Shoot the Piano Player," "Two English
Girls," "Stolen Kisses," "Bed and Board" and "Jules and Jim." All
releases are available April 23.

"Dead" alive again
George A. Romero's chilling low-budget horror classic "Night of
the Living Dead" has received a quality DVD makeover courtesy of
Elite Entertainment. Their Millennium Edition of the black &
white saga of the hungry undead includes a restored, THX-approved
transfer and such extras as dual commentary tracks with Romero
and the cast; "Night of the Living Bread" parody; original mono
soundtrack and Dolby 5.1 remix; still photo gallery; history of
Romero's The Latent Image company; scenes from the "lost" Romero
film "There's Always Vanilla"; interviews; posters and
collectibles; props; the entire original shooting script; and
much more. Available now for $24.95.


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APRIL VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

April 2:
* Diane Krall Live in Paris (2002) Recorded live at the Paris
Olympia Theatre on December 1, 2001 (Eagle Vision)
* Heartbreakers (2001) Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt,
Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Anne Bancroft, Nora Dunn, Gene Hackman
(MGM): $14.95
* Legally Blonde (2001) Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma
Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland
Taylor (MGM): $14.95
* Pootie Tang (2001) Lance Crouther, JB Smoove, Jennifer
Coolidge, Reg E. Cathey, Robert Vaughn, Wanda Sykes, Chis Rock
(Paramount).: $14.95
* Pros & Cons (1999) Larry Miller, Tommy Davidson, Delroy Lindo,
David Rasche, Christina Eversole, Julie Warner (New Line): $14.94
* Thirteen Ghosts (2001) Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew
Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Alec Roberts, Rah Digga, F. Murray
Abraham, JR Bourne (Warner): $22.98
* Town & Country (2001) Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn,
Garry Shandling, Andie MacDowell, Charlton Heston, Marian Seldes,
Josh Hartnett, Jenna Elfman, Natassja Kinski, Katherine Towne
(New Line): $14.94

April 9:
* Gumby Volumes 1 and 2. Collected shorts ranging from "The Gumby
Show" in 1956 to syndicated episodes in 1967; 21 episodes
(Rhino): $9.95 each
* Serendipity (2001) John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven,
Molly Shannon, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Eugene Levy
(Miramax): $29.99

April 23:
* Bob le Flambeur (1955) Jean-Pierre Melville; Roger Duchesne,
Isabel Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decombe, Andre Garet (Home
Vision Entertainment/The Criterion Collection): $29.95
* Gang of Four (La Bande des quatre) (1988 -- French) Dir.:
Jacques Rivette; Bulle Ogier, Benoot Ragent, Laurence Cote,
Fejria Deliba, Bernadette Giraud, Ines de Medeiro (Vanguard
Video): $29.95
* Secret Defense (1998 -- French) Dir.: Jacques Rivette; Sandrine
Bonnaire, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Gragoire Colin, Laure Marsac,
Franioise Fabian, Christine Vouilloz (Vanguard Video): $29.95
* Transformers Season 1 (1984) (Rhino): $49.95
* We Are Going to America (1992 -- Russian) Based on a story by
Sholom Aleichem (Facets Video, www.facets.org): $29.95
* Wuthering Heights (1985 -- French) Dir.: Jacques Rivette;
Fabienne Babe, Lucas Belvaux, Sandra Montaigu, Alice de
Poncheville, Olivier Cruveiller (Vanguard Video): $29.95

April 30:
* Astro Boy (1983) Volumes 1-3 (Manga Entertainment): Animated TV
series, five episodes per volume, $19.95 each
* Breed, The (2001) Adrian Paul, Bokeem Woodbine, Bai Ling, Zen
Gesner (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Divided We Fall (2000 -- Czech) Bolek Polivka, Csongor Kassai,
Jaroslav Dusek, Anna Siskova (Columbia TriStar): In Czech with
English subtitles, $14.95
* Friends: The Complete First Season. Box set of all 24 episodes
(Warner): $49.98
* Ghosts of Mars (2001) Dir.: John Carpenter; Ice Cube, Natasha
Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea Duvall, Joanna
Cassidy, Liam White (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Road Home, The (1999 -- Chinese) Dir.: Zhang Yimou ("Raise the
Red Lantern"); Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei (Columbia TriStar): In
Mandarin and French with English subtitles, $14.95
* Strange Dawn: Strange Journey Episodes 5, 6, 7. (Urban Vision
Entertainment): Edited version, English dubbed, $12.95


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MARCH DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

March 5:
* A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) Dir.: Steven Spielberg;
Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake
Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt. Two-disc set with a
documentary about the film's journey from Brian Aldiss' short
story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" to the big screen; an
in-depth look at the development and creation of the film's
robots; a rare look at the production design from the original
conceptual drawings to the building of the sets;
behind-the-scenes featurette on the design, lighting and
costumes; interviews with Spielberg, Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law,
and special effects mavens Dennis Muren and Scott Farrar of
Industrial Light + Magic; the creation of various special effects
on the set with effects supervisor Michael Lantieri; a visit to
Skywalker Sound with set designer Gary Rydstrom; a conversation
with composer John Williams; storyboard sequences; production
drawings; photo gallery; $22.95 (DreamWorks).
* America in Concert (2001) Features America live in Ohne Filter
TV-Studio in Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1999 during their last
European tour, with 16 songs including "A Horse With No Name,"
"Ventura Highway," "Tin Man," more. (Music Video Distributors,
www.musicvideodistributors.com).
* Barabbas (1962) Dir.: Richard Fleischer; Anthony Quinn, Jack
Palance, Ernest Borgnine, Arthur Kennedy, Silvana Mangano.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Dark Asylum (2001) Paulina Porizkova, Jurgen Prochnow, Judd
Nelson, Larry Drake. (Lions Gate).
* East Drink Man Woman (1994) Dir.: Ang Lee. Interview with Lee.
(MGM World Films).
* Electra (1962-Greek) Irene Papas. (MGM World Films).
* The Evil Dead Special Edition (1982) Dir.: Sam Raimi; Bruce
Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Hal Delrich, Betsy Baker, Sarah York.
Dolby Digital and DTS; commentary by Raimi and producer Bob
Tapert; commentary by Campbell, outtakes, deleted scenes, still
gallery. (Anchor Bay).
* The Evil Dead: Book of the Dead (1982) Dir.: Sam Raimi; Bruce
Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Hal Delrich, Betsy Baker, Sarah York.
Dolby Digital and DTS; commentary by Raimi and producer Bob
Tapert; commentary by Campbell; outtakes; deleted scenes; still
gallery; all-new 26-minute documentary "Fanalysis" by Campbell;
"Discovering Evil Dead" featurette; two-disc set housed in a
special "Book of the Dead" box with "human flesh" latex cover
designed by makeup artist Tom Sullivan; $49.95. (Anchor Bay).
* The Last Castle (2001) Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark
Ruffalo, Steve Burton, Delroy Lindo, Paul Calderon, Samuel Ball,
Brian Goodman. (DreamWorks).
* Mademoiselle (1966-French) Dir.: Tony Richardson; Jeanne
Moreau. (MGM World Films).
* The One Special Edition (2001) Dir.: James Wong; Jet Li, Delroy
Lindo, Jason Statham, Carla Gugino. Commentary by Wong and
co-screenwriter (with Wong) Glen Morgan; "making-of" featurettes:
"Jet Li Is the One" and "Multiverses and Creating The One";
special effects featurettes: "About Face" and "The Many Faces of
Jet Li"; animatic comparison "RE-Shoot"; more. (Columbia
TriStar).
* The Replacement Killers Special Edition (1998) Dir.: Antoine
Fuqua; Chow Yun Fat, Mira Sorvino, Jurgen Prochnow. Commentary by
Fuqua, HBO Making of: "Where the Action Is," featurette "Chow Yun
Fat Goes to Hollywood," deleted scenes, alternate ending.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (2002) Animated. Features
include "How to Draw Scooby-Doo," music video, "And the Race Is
On" game, DVD-ROM games, more. (Universal).
* Soccer Dog (1999) James Marshall, Olivia d'Abo, Jeremy Foley.
(Columbia TriStar).
* The Strange Case of Senior Computer (2000) Rich Ziegler, Gladys
Hans, Lisa Goodman, Barbara Beneville. Commentary by director Tom
Sawyer, a 1940 General Motors industrial short "Leave It to Roll-
oh," a 1950s robot movie trailer archive.
* A Tale of Springtime (Conte de Printemps) (1989-French) Dir.:
Eric Rohmer; Anne Teyssedre, Hugues Quester. (MGM World Films).
* Through the Years of Hip-Hop: Volume 1 -- Graffiti/Classic
Videos (2002) Ninety minute feature on graffiti and Hip-Hop
culture, with videos by Run DMC, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Crash
Crew and more. $19.95. (Music Video Distributors,
www.musicvideodistributors.com).
* True Blue (2001) Tom Berenger, Lori Heuring. (Columbia
TriStar).
* X-Mix: The DVD Collection Part 1. Compilation of house, techno,
tronik, acid and trance music combined with computer-generated
video animation by selected graphic designers. (Music Video
Distributors, www.musicvideodistributors.com).

March 12:
* All the Right Moves (1983) Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea
Thompson, Chris Penn. (Fox).
* Andre (1994) Keith Carradine, Tina Majorino, Joshua Jackson.
(Paramount).
* The Best of the Blues Brothers. Retrospective hosted by Dan
Aykroyd and Elwood Blues featuring the Brothers performing their
biggest hits including "I'm a King Bee," "Soul Man," and "Shotgun
Blues." (Rhino Home Video).
* Cheap Trick: Music for Hangovers (1998) Live 25th anniversary
performance recorded at four sold-out concerts at Chicago's The
Metro. (Rhino Home Video).
* Conspiracy (2001) Dir.: Frank Pierson; Kenneth Branagh, Stanley
Tucci, David Threlfall, Colin Firth. Telefilm. (HBO Home Video).
* Dave Mason Live at Perkins. Place Baker's dozen of songs from a
1981 performance. (Pioneer Entertainment).
* The Education of Little Tree (1997) Joseph Ashton, James
Cromwell, Tantoo Cardinal. (Paramount).
* George Washington (2000) Dir.: David Gordon Green; Paul
Schneider. New digital transfer; commentary by Green and
Schneider; deleted scene with commentary; Green's short films
made while a student at the North Carolina School of the Arts;
Charlie Rose interview with Green; new video interviews with the
cast; more (The Criterion Collection/Home Vision Entertainment).
* Heist (2001) Dir.: David Mamet; Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito,
Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Patti
LuPone, Jim Frangione. (Warner).
* Homicidal (1961) Dir.: William Castle; Glenn Corbett, Patricia
Breslin. "Psychette: William Castle and Homicidal." (Columbia
TriStar).
* Joy Ride Special Edition (2001) Dir.: John Dahl; Steve Zahn,
Leelee Sobieski, Paul Walker. Commentary by Dahl, Zahn, Sobieski,
writers Clay Tarver and J.J. Abrams; four alternate endings with
optional commentary, including a 28-minute never-before-seen
third act; voice auditions for the film's creepy unseen villain
with a "More Than One Rusty Nail" feature; making-of featurette;
deleted footage.
* Juliet of the Spirits (1965) Dir.: Federico Fellini; Giulietta
Masina. Fully restored with new digital transfer, new and
improved English subtitles, trailer. (The Criterion
Collection/Home Vision Entertainment).
* Lassie (1994) Tom Guiry, Jon Tenney, Michelle Williams.
(Paramount).
* Less Than Zero (1987) Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert
Downey Jr., James Spader, Tony Bill. (Fox).
* Liam (2000) Dir.: Stephen Frears; Ian Hart, Anne Reid. (Lions
Gate).
* Mr. Sardonicus (1961) Dir.: William Castle; Oskar Homolka,
Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Guy Rolfe. "Making-of" featurette.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Mystery Science Theatre 3000: I Accuse My Parents (Rhino Home
Video).
* Mystery Science Theatre 3000: Red Zone Cuba (Rhino Home Video).
* New Fist of Fury (1976) Jackie Chan. (Columbia TriStar).
* The Order (2001) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Charlton Heston, Ben
Cross, Sofia Milos. (Columbia TriStar).
* Othello (2001) Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston, Keeley
Hawes. (Acorn Media).
* Romeo + Juliet Special Edition (1996) Dir.: Baz Luhrmann;
Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes. Commentary by Luhrmann;
"Cinematography Gallery: Scene Selections," "Director's Gallery:
Go Behind the Scenes With Baz Luhrmann; cast and crew interviews;
music videos. (Fox).
* Say Anything Special Edition (1989) Dir.: Cameron Crowe; John
Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor, Loren Dean.
Commentary by Crowe, Cusack and Skye; 10 deleted scenes; 13
extended scenes; "making-of" documentary. (Fox).
* Sexy Beast (2001) Dir.: Jonathan Glazer; Ray Winstone, Ben
Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox, Cavan Kendall,
Julianne White, Alvaro Monje. Commentary by Kingsley and producer
Jeremy Thomas, making-of featurette. (Fox).
* Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin (1978) Jackie Chan. (Columbia
TriStar).
* SpongeBob SquarePants (2002) Animated. Two sets of five tales:
"Nautical Nonsense" and "Sponge Buddies." Music video: "The
Violent Femmes Singing SpongeBob"; "Backstage Pants at SpongeBob
SquarePants"; "More SpongeBob Secrets" including "Why a Sponge,"
"Drawing Characters," "SpongeBob's Start" and "Graveyard Shift:
In the Beginning." (Paramount).
* Strait-Jacket (1964) Dir.: William Castle; Joan Crawford, Diane
Baker, Leif Erickson, George Kennedy. "Battle-Axe: Making of
Strait-Jacket" featurette, Screen Test: Wardrobe and make-up test
for Crawford, Screen Test: Axe test. (Columbia TriStar).
* Taps (1981) Dir.: Harold Becker; George C. Scott, Timothy
Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise. (Fox).
* To Kill With Intrigue (1977) Jackie Chan. (Columbia TriStar).
* Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002) Animated. Added features
include "How to draw Tom and Jerry," "The Sorcerer's Surprise"
game, "Jerry's Magic Recipe" game, a making-of featurette, two
bonus magic-themed Tom and Jerry cartoons, more. (Warner).
* Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) Animated. Added features
include "The Race Is On" game, "How to Draw Tom and Jerry," two
bonus Tom and Jerry cartoons. (Warner).
* WWF Tough Enough: The First Season. Three-disc box set
($49.99). Paramount. MTV's Behind WWF Tough Enough ($19.99).
(Paramount).
* The Wash (2001) Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, George Wallace, Angell
Conwell, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., DJ Pooh. (Lions Gate).
* Zoolander (2001) Dir.: Ben Stiller; Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson,
Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Jerry Stiller,
Jon Voight. Commentary by Stiller and writers Drake Sather and
John Hamburg; five deleted scenes with commentary by Stiller;
five extended scenes with commentary by Stiller; outtakes and gag
reel; two original VH1 fashion awards skits; music video;
interstitial promo spots; public service announcements featuring
Derek Zoolander; Derek Zoolander photo shoot. (Paramount).

March 19:
* Angels & Insects (1995) Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas,
Patsy Kensit. (MGM Avant Garde Collection).
* Bar Girls (1994) Nancy Allison Wolfe, Liza D'Agostino. (MGM
Avant Garde Collection).
* Because Why (1993) Michael Riley. (Vanguard Cinema).
* Boxcar Bertha (1972) Dir.: Martin Scorsese; Barbara Hershey.
(MGM Avant Garde Collection).
* The Charcoal People (1999) Documentary. (Vanguard Cinema).
* Crimes of Passion Special Edition (1984) Dir.: Ken Russell;
Kathleen Turner, Bruce Davison, Gordon Hunt, Anthony Perkins,
Annie Potts. (Anchor Bay)
* Daisies (1966 -- Czech) Dir.: Vera Chytilova; Jitka Cerhova,
Ivana Karbanova, Julius Albert, Marie Ceskova, Jan Klusak.
(Facets Video Czech New Wave series, www.facets.org)
* De Sade (1969) Keir Dullea, Senta Berger, Lilli Palmer, John
Huston. (MGM Avant Garde Collection).
* Donnie Darko (2001) Dir.: Richard Kelly; Jake Gyllenhaal, Noah
Wyle, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Mary
McDonnell, Maggie Gyllenhal, Katharine Ross. Commentary by Kelly,
Jake Gyllenhaal, Barrymore, Malone and McDonnell;
deleted/extended scenes with optional commentary; "Cunning
Visions" (Patrick Swayze's self-help guru infomercials); "The
Philosophy of Time Travel" (book excerpt); "Mad World" music
video, still gallery. (Fox).
* 18 Again (1988) Geroge Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts,
Red Buttons. (Anchor Bay)
* The Evil That Men Do (1984) Dir.: J. Lee Thompson; Charles
Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Jose Ferrer. (Columbia TriStar).
* Focus (2001) Dir.: Neal Slavin; William H. Macy, Laura Dern,
David Payner, Meat Loaf. (Paramount).
* Fraternity Vacation (1985) Stephen Geoffreys, Sheree J. Wilson,
Cameron Dye, Tim Robbins. (Anchor Bay)
* The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) Animated sequel. Voices
of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline, Jennifer Love Hewitt,
Haley Joel Osment, Michael McKean. Bonus features include "A
Gargoyle's Life," a tribute to an 800-year-old "pigeon perch" by
Jason Alexander; "Festival of Fun" activities: musical adventure
"Bells of Notre Dame" and kid-controlled "Puppet Theater";
behind-the-scenes with Jennifer Love Hewitt. (Disney).
* Impromptu (1991) Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Judy Davis. (MGM
Avant Garde Collection).
* The Joke (1968 -- Czech) Dir.: Jaromil Jires; Josef Somr,
Jaroslava Obermaierova, Jana Ditetova, Jaromir Hanzlik, Vera
Kresadlova (Facets Video Czech New Wave series, www.facets.org)
* The Locusts (1997) Kate Capshaw, Vince Vaughn, Ashley Judd.
(MGM Avant Garde Collection).
* Oz: The Complete First Season. Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney,
Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker, Lee Tergesen, Rita Moreno, Tony
Musante. Eight episodes on three discs. Commentary by creator,
writer and co-executive producer Tom Fontana; commentary by star
Lee Tergesen; deleted scenes with commentary by Fontana;
behind-the-scenes featurette; music video; episodic previews;
episode index; $64.98. (HBO Home Video).
* A Regular Frankie Fan -- Rocky Horror Lives On. Documentary
takes a unique look at one of the most fascinating phenomenon in
motion picture history -- the midnight movie rise of "The Rocky
Horror Picture Show," released in 1976 and still going strong.
Hosted by Paul Williams, this is the first docu to explore the
flamboyant and colorful fans of the film. DVD extras include
commentary, convention footage, special performances, photo
gallery, music by The Dusted Brothers, The Jennifer Project,
Redeye, more. (Music Video Distributors,
www.musicvideodistributors.com).
* Riding in Cars With Boys (2001) Dir.: Penny Marshall; Drew
Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, James Woods, Lorraine
Bracco, Adam Garcia, Sara Gilbert, Peter Facinelli, Maggie
Gyllenhaal, Rosie Perez. (Columbia TriStar).
* Risk (2000) Bryan Brown, Tom Long, Claudia Karvan. (Lions
Gate).
* Romeo Is Bleeding (1994) Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Anabella
Sciorra. (MGM Avant Garde Collection).
* Samurai Jack (2002) First feature-length video for the Cartoon
Network hero. Extras include a 22-minute action packed bonus
episode; "Behind the Sword," a 10-minute documentary featuring
creator Genndy Tartakovsky; "Samurai Jack" archives: A look
inside the making of "Samurai Jack" from the drawing board to
television; DVD-ROM extras. (Warner).
* Seems Like Old Times (1980) Dir.: Jay Sandrich; Goldie Hawn,
Checy Chase, Charles Grodin, Robert Guillaume, Harold Gould.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Soul Man (1986) C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Ayre Gross,
James Earl Jones. (Anchor Bay)
* Training Day (2001) Dir.: Antoine Fuqua; Denzel Washington,
Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin, Raymond J.
Barry, Cliff Curtis, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray. Commentary
by Fuqua, behind-the-scenes documentary, two music videos,
additional scenes, alternate ending. (Warner).
* 2001: A Space Travesty (2000) Leslie Nielsen, Ophelie Winter,
Ezzio Greggio. (Columbia TriStar).
* Wild Orchid (1990) Carre Otis, Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline
Bisset. (MGM Avant Garde Collection).
* Wilde Special Edition (1997) Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Tom
Wilkinson, Vanessa Redgrave. Commentary by cast and crew, "Simply
Wilde" featurette, "Still Wild About Wilde" featurette, photo
montage, DVD-ROM content of the complete official "Wilde" Web
site. (Columbia TriStar),
* The Wrong Guys (1988) Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard
Belzer, John Goodman. (Anchor Bay)
* You Are Here (2000) Ajay Naidu

March 26:
* All in the Family: The Complete First Season. Carroll O'Connor,
Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers. Three-disc set, 286
minutes, $24.95. (Columbia TriStar).
* Bread & Tulips (2000 -- Italian) Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Broadway Theatre Archive. Five classic Broadway plays produced
for television during its Golden Era: "Death of a Salesman"
starring Lee J. Cobb; "Awake and Sing!" starring Walter Matthau,
"The Human Voice" starring Ingrid Bergman, "Journey of the Fifth
Horse" starring Dustin Hoffman and "June Moon" starring Susan
Sarandon and Estelle Parsons; $24.95 each. (Kultur Video,
www.kultur.com).
* Fast Sofa (2001) Jake Busey, Jennifer Tilly, Adam Goldberg,
Natasha Lyonne, Bijou Phillips, Seymour Cassel, Crispin Glover,
Eric Roberts. (Lions Gate).
* First Men in the Moon (1964) Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel
Jeffries, Peter Finch. "This Is Dynamation" featurette, "The
Harryhausen Chronicles" documentary, photo gallery. (Columbia
TriStar).
* The Gambler (1999) Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker,
Dominic West, Luise Rainer, William Houston. (Wellspring).
* Highway (2001) Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selma Blair.
Direct-to-video. (New Line).
* How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000) Kenneth Branagh, Robin
Wright, Suzi Hofrichter, Lynn Redgrave, Jared Harris, Peter
Riegert, David Krumholtz, Johnathon Schaech. (Artisan).
* Iron Monkey (1993 -- Chinese) Dir.: Yuen Wo-Ping; Yu
Rong-Guang, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Tsang Sze-Man, Yuen Shun-Yi,
James Wong, Yen Yee-Kwan. In Cantonese with English subtitles.
(Miramax).
* K-PAX Collector's Edition (2001) Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges,
Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard, Ajay Naidu, Conchata Ferrell.
Commentary by director Iain Softley, alternate ending, deleted
scenes, making-of featurette, more. (Universal).
* Life as a House (2001) Dir.: Irwin Winkler; Kevin Kline,
Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen, Mary Steenburgen, Jena
Malone, Jamey Sheridan, Sam Robards, Scott Bakula. Commentary by
Winkler, co-producer Rob Cowen and writer Mark Andrus;
documentary "Character Building Inside Life as a House"; "From
the Ground Up" documentary; four deleted scenes with optional
filmmaker commentary; press kit. (New Line).
* New Waterford Girl (1999) Liane Balaban, Tara Spencer-Nairn,
Mary Walsh, Nicholas Campbell, Cathy Moriarty, Andrew McCarthy,
Darren Keay, Kevin Curran, Krista MacDonald, Cassie MacDonald,
Adrian Dixon. (Wellspring).
* Original Sin (2001) Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas
Jane, Jack Thompson, Gregory Itzin, Allison Mackie. Commentary by
director Michael Cristofer, photo gallery, Gloria Estefan "You
Can't Walk Away From Love" music video. An unrated version is
also available with never-before-seen footage in two new scenes
and an extended love scene. (MGM).
* Our Lady of the Assassins (2000) Dir.: Barbet Schroeder; German
Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo. In Spanish
with English subtitles. (Paramount).
* Rashomon (1950) Dir.: Akira Kurosawa; Toshiro Mifune, Machiko
Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura. New high-definition transfer
with restored image and sound; commentary by Japanese film
historian Donald Richie; video introduction by Robert Altman;
excerpts from "The World of Kazuo Miyagawa, a documentary on
"Rashomon's" cinematographer; reprints of the "Rashomon" source
stories, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a Grove" and "Rashomon";
Kurosawa on "Rashomon," a reprinted excerpt from his book
"Something Like an Autobiography"; optional English-dubbed
soundtrack; new and improved English subtitle translation. (The
Criterion Collection/Home Vision Entertainment).
* Slap Shot 25th Anniversary Special Edition (1977) Dir.: George
Roy Hill; Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer
Warren, Melinda Dillon, Strother Martin, Swoosie Kurtz, M. Emmet
Walsh, Paul Dooley, Dave Hanson, Steve Carlson, Jeff Carlson.
Commentary by the "Hanson Brothers" (ex-hockey players and hockey
goodwill ambassadors/cult heroes Dave Hanson, Steve Carlson and
Jeff Carlson), "Puck Talk With the Hansons" featurette, "Hanson
Brothers Classic Scenes" feature with direct access to the
best-loved Hanson Brothers scenes. (Universal).
* Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002) Stephen Baldwin, Gary
Busey, Dave Hanson, Steve Carlson, Jeff Carlson. Direct-to-video
sequel. Making-of featurette, interview with the "Hansons" (ex-
hockey players and hockey goodwill ambassadors/cult heroes Dave
Hanson, Steve Carlson, Jeff Carlson). (Universal).
* Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season One. Seven-disc
collector's box with all 26 episodes, four new documentaries on
the series ("The Beginning," "Selected Crew Analysis," "The
Making of a Legend," "Memorable Missions"; booklet of episode
information and panoramic montage of the crew. (Paramount).
* Three Stooges. Five shorts: "Three Arabian Nuts," "Three Little
Beers," "Three Smart Saps," "Three Dark Horses" and "Three Loan
Wolves." (Columbia TriStar).
* Xena: Warrior Princess -- Series Finale. Lucy Lawless, Renee
O'Connor. Director's cut with 30 minutes of additional footage,
commentary with Lawless and O'Connor, photo gallery. (USA).

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FOR THE KIDS:

* For kids of all ages: On March 5 Universal will release the
latest animated Scooby-Doo adventure, "Scooby-Doo and the
Reluctant Werewolf" (2002), on VHS and DVD. On March 12,
Paramount will release the first compilations of Nick's hip
"SpongeBob SquarePants" (2002), on DVD and VHS.Also on that day
Warner will release on "Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring" (2002), a
feature-length direct-to-video animated Tom & Jerry cartoon, on
VHS and DVD. On March 19 Disney will release the direct-to-video
animated sequel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame II" (2002), with the
voices of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline, Jennifer Love
Hewitt, Haley Joel Osment and Michael McKean, on VHS and DVD.
Also on that day, Warner will release "Samurai Jack" (2002), the
first feature-length video for the Cartoon Network hero, on VHS
and DVD.

"Cody's Crew: The Big Building" is the first kids video from
Marcus/Wiseman Entertainment, a small Canadian company devoted to
quality children's entertainment. Available on VHS only, the CGI
animated story follows the adventures of Cody the Excavator,
Mitch the Dump Truck, Wally the Wheel Loader, Rachel the Skid
Steer, Gus the Cement Truck and Barry the Bulldozer as they learn
about planning and working together. It's non-violent, with a
positive message, for pre-schoolers. $13.99 (Canadian);
www.CodysCrew.com.

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FROM TV TO VIDEO:

From Acorn Media comes two topnotch productions on March 12:
"Othello," Shakespeare's story of passion, jealousy and betrayal
is reworked in a thoroughly modern setting by screenwriter Andrew
("Bridget Jones's Diary," "Pride and Prejudice") Davies. Airing
last December on the BBC and in January on the Masterpiece
Theatre in the U.S., this version recast's the Bard's tragedy as
a taut police drama set in New Scotland Yard in a time of racial
unrest and political chicanery; on VHS and DVD. "Tommy &
Tuppence, Set 2," is a PBS Mystery! favorite. Created by Agatha
Christie, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford proved that two attractive
and clever heads are better than one when it comes to solving
mysteries. In this collection of episodes from the popular TV
series "Partners In Crime," the stylish pair ply their trade as
proprietors of Blunt's Detective Agency, set in 1920s England; on
VHS only as a three-Volume Boxed Set (324 minutes), $49.95.


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SPECIAL INTEREST:

Tour some of the world's most fabulous places from your living
room in "Going Places ," a series of whirlwind jaunts to some of
the globe's most popular vacation spots. The entire first season,
eight episodes on two discs, has been released on DVD by MPI Home
Video. The first season (1997) of the PBS series takes audiences
to exciting destinations such as London, Las Vegas, New Orleans,
The Caribbean, The Wild West, Biking the Black Hills, Tuscany and
Sydney and host Al Roker unearths secrets known only by seasoned
travelers. Eight Episodes on two discs, 7.5 hours, $59.98.

Due March 26 from Wellspring Media is "Body Art," a documentary
that explores the unique and growing trend of body modification.
From body painting to piercing to scarification, from tattoos to
plastic surgery, "Body Art" explores not only the art form
itself, but also celebrates its stunning diversity; available in
VHS for $14.98 and DVD for $19.98.

"Journey to the West: An In-Depth Look at Chinese Medicine" is a
contemporary exploration of the ways in which Chinese medicine is
being practiced today. As millions of Americans are turning to
the healing powers of alternative medicine, director Katy
Chevigny explores the contemporary development of Traditional
Chinese Medicine, including acupuncture and herbal remedies. Shot
in China and in the U.S., this documentary introduces
practitioners of different forms of Asian Healing, and examines
how Chinese medical practices are being imported, taught and
replicated in the United States. From Wellspring on March 26, VHS
($19.98) and DVD ($24.98).

Following on the success of legendary scholar Joseph Campbell's
famous "Power of Myth," Wellspring Media will release two new
Joseph Campbell programs: "Joseph Campbell -- Mythos" and "Joseph
Campbell -- The Hero's Journey." "Mythos" is a production of
lectures delivered by Campbell, which examine myths and
spirituality, narrated by Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon, on
DVD for $99.98 (10 hours on 3 discs) and VHS in two boxed sets
("Mythos I": 5 VHS, $89.98 and "Mythos II": 5 VHS, $89.98). "The
Hero's Journey" is a biographical portrait of the man himself,
DVD $24.98 and VHS $19.98. Both programs will be available March
26.

White Star Video will pay homage to Waylon Jennings with a
rush-release of a two-hour DVD, containing two programs featuring
the legendary, gruff and gritty country music star. "The
Authorized Biography" is a bio of Jennings -- from his days as
Buddy Holly's protege, to his battles with the Nashville system.
"The Lost Outlaw Performance" documents Jennings and The Waylors
performing on the concert stage of The Grand Ole Opry in
Nashville on the evening of August 12, 1978. The DVD will be
available March 26 for $24.95.

National Geographic Home Video has two interesting documentaries
due in March. "SuperCroc" follows paleontologists as they unearth
the fossilized remains of one of the largest predators to ever
walk the Earth, the 110 million-year-old Sarcosuchus Imperator, a
40-foot-long crocodile. Using CG animation, the video brings
these gigantic predators -- which didn't just walk with dinosaurs,
it ate them -- back to life ($14.95 VHS, $19.95 DVD). "Inside the
Vatican" is a privileged look inside the walls of the Holy City,
exploring not only the revered places and sacred ceremonies but
also the politics of the Holy See, the central government of the
Roman Catholic Church ($19.98 VHS, $24.98 DVD).


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MARCH'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
This either-you-love-it-or-hate-it-there's-no-middle-ground
Steven Spielberg outing, a sort-of collaboration between the
director and the ghost of Stanley Kubrick (who had been working
on the Brian Aldiss sci-fi story for years) is indeed a kind of
merging of "E.T." and "2001: A Space Odyssey." As with Tim
Burton's recent "Planet of the Apes," Spielberg's opus on
childhood loss and redemption (and the meaning of existence?)
can't be taken out of the context of previous, similar sci-fi
opuses. When compared to, say, a "Blade Runner," "A.I." certainly
comes up short in the action and mystery department. When
compared to "2001," "A.I." certainly can't compete with the
levels of intellectual discourse that Kubrick heaped on
audiences. But, taken by itself, the film shines in its
dissertation on human emotions -- in particular love -- and how
the basic underpinnings of humanness remains the same, regardless
of the future or the possessor of those feelings (human or
humanoid). The robotic knee-jerk negative reactions to this film
has us baffled -- this is one of the few films in recent years
that has a brain ... and a heart.
   Director: Steven Spielberg. Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law,
Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, Brendan Gleeson,
William Hurt. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 145 min.), Science
Fiction, 2001, Box office gross: $78.6 million, (Warner), No
VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 3/5, DVD: Day & Date.

DONNIE DARKO
A very, very dark psychological black comedy about Donnie Darko
(Jake Gyllenhaal), a slightly askew middle-class high school
student in 1988 suburbia whose sleepless nights and nocturnal
wanderings around the neighborhood -- brought on by his
medication or the nightly visits by Frank, a six-foot-tall,
sharp-toothed rabbit -- saves his life when a jet engine falls
from the sky into his empty bedroom. Though Donnie is now a
celebrity -- and gets close to the cute new girl in school --
nothing changes for the better: his visits with his shrink, his
fascination with time travel, his horrible visions when he looks
in his bathroom mirror, and the visits by Frank -- the bunny
warns him that the world will end in 28 days -- leads to more and
more bizarre behavior. All takes place against a sexually and
politically repressed suburban high school background (the best
teachers are fired while the worst ply the students with videos
of a self-help guru -- a smarmy Patrick Swayze -- who's mantra is
"love and fear") and Donnie's dysfunctional family. Originally
creating a buzz of anticipation at the 2001 Sundance Film
Festival, "Darko" left fest audiences -- who possibly were
expecting a less-complex horror film -- cold, and presented Fox
with a difficult, hard-to-market film. Fox billed it as a teen
thriller, which it's not, and it tanked at the boxoffice. It
certainly deserves a wider audience in video incarnation.
   Director: Richard Kelly. Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle,
Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell,
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Katharine Ross. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 113
min.), Black comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $0.450 million,
(Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 3/19, DVD: Day &
Date.

HEIST
Heist thriller revolves around a master thief (Gene Hackman)
forced into one last job before he retires. After his most recent
heist was botched, Hackman's Joe Moore decides to pack it in and
retire to a remote island with his much-younger wife. But those
plans are thwarted when the frontman for the botched job -- Danny
DeVito -- forces Moore into one more job: the interception of
millions of dollars in gold bars arriving on a Swiss cargo plane.
Now comes the usual double-crossing and plot twists. As with most
David Mamet films (he directed and wrote the screenplay) talk and
language come to the fore, almost upstaging the action. But the
cast is a pleasure to watch -- and, at times, hear.
   Director: David Mamet. Stars: Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito,
Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Patti
LuPone, Jim Frangione. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 109 min.), Thriller,
2001, Box office gross: $23.483 million, (Warner), $19.96 VHS
SRP, Available: 3/12, DVD: Day & Date.

JOY RIDE
Straight-ahead thrills and chills make this teen suspenser a real
joy ride of an outing. Paul Walker stars as college student Lewis
who sets out on a trip home, along the way picking up his errant
brother Fuller, whom he bails out of jail. The boys have fun with
their CB radio, playing a prank on a trucker by creating a
fictitious female named Candy Cane and setting up a meeting in a
motel room. When the meeting turns to murder and the police can't
find the trucker, the boys resume their trip, stopping to pick up
Paul's unrequited love, Venna (Leelee Sobieski in skimpy,
revealing T-shirts). But the trio is being pursued by the
never-seen trucker (you only hear his voice on the CB), setting
up all sorts of nasty encounters, including a wild chase scene in
a cornfield, some kidnappings, and a thrilling denouement in a
motel room. The scary action -- all you ever see is the gigantic
truck bearing down on the threesome in their car -- will leave
you on the proverbial edge of your seat.
   Director: John Dahl. Stars: Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, Paul
Walker. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 96 min.), Thriller, 2001, Box office
gross: $21.973 million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 3/12, DVD: Day & Date.

K-PAX
A stranger who calls himself Prot (Kevin Spacey) seemingly
appears out of nowhere following a disturbance at New York's
Grand Central Station. Claiming to come from the distant planet
of K-PAX, Prot is whisked off to a Manhattan psychiatric hospital
where he is attended by overworked Dr. Powell (Jeff Bridges).
Prot amazes everyone with his knowledge of outer space, his
seeming ability to talk to dogs and cure other patients. But
under hypnosis, Prot regresses to an all-too human past. Or does
he? Is he really from another world, or is he a schizophrenic
who's put up shields to protect himself from his traumatic past?
Are Prot and Powell the flip sides of the same coin, each moving
through life with their own teflon coating? It's an interesting
film that contrasts conceits of madness and sanity ... with the
added benefits of wonderful performances by Spacey and Bridges.
  Director: Iain Softley. Stars: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary
McCormack, Alfre Woodard, Ajay Naidu, Conchata Ferrell. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG-13, 121 min.), Dramatic Comedy, 2001, Box office
gross: $50.315 million, (Universal), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 3/26, DVD: Day & Date.

LAST CASTLE, THE
Robert Redford and James Gandolfini star in this old-fashioned
military movie that takes place in a U.S. military prison with a
prisoner revolt as its centerpiece. Redford plays a three-star
general stripped of his rank and imprisoned for disobeying an
order; Gandolfini plays the slightly cracked warden who rules
with a nasty, iron hand. Its obvious from the outset when he's
brought to the prison that Redford and Gandolfini will be at odds
throughout the film; Redford just wants to serve his sentence and
go home but Gandolfini is too much of a sadist, and he decides
that he wants to break Redford. Wrong. Redford takes a leadership
role in the prison, and soon organizes the men, culminating in
the aforementioned revolt. It's pat and predictable but
straight-ahead fun. For men only.
   Director: Rod Lurie. Stars: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini,
Mark Ruffalo, Steve Burton, Delroy Lindo, Paul Calderon, Samuel
Ball, Brian Goodman. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 131 min.), Action,
2001, Box office gross: $18.208 million, (DreamWorks), No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 3/5, DVD: Day & Date.

LIFE AS A HOUSE
Tearjerker about a California architect (Kevin Kline) who loses
his job and discovers that he has terminal cancer in one short
flick of the screenplay. Determined to go out with a bang of
sorts, he decides to tear down his ramshackle seaside home and
build his long-postponed dream house. He enlists the aid of his
troubled, pierced teenage son and soon his tenacity ensnares the
help of his ex-wife (Kristen Scott Thomas), his next-door
neighbor (Mary Steenburgen) and her footloose daughter (Jena
Malone). Naturally his efforts bring everyone together in
unexpected -- and at times hankywetting -- ways.
   Director: Irwin Winkler. Stars: Kevin Kline, Kristen Scott
Thomas, Hayden Christensen, Mary Steenburgen, Jena Malone, Jamey
Sheridan, Sam Robards, Scott Bakula. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 124
min.), Drama, 2001, Box office gross: $15.652 million, (New
Line), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 3/26, DVD: Day &
Date.

ONE, THE
Jet Li does multiple duty in this science fiction thriller about
a future world in which multiple universes are the norm and a
Multiverse Bureau of Investigation maintains control of the
alternate realities. Into this mix comes renegade MBI agent
Gabriel Yulaw (Li) who discovers that if he destroys his
alternate life forces in the other universes, he will assume
God-like powers. And he does just that. The last one left is Los
Angeles Sheriff Gabriel Yulaw (Li), setting up a final battle
between good and evil. Chasing the bad guy through quantum
tunnels is Yulaw's old partner (Delroy Lindo). Yulaw's wife in
each universe is played by Carla Gugino.
   Director: James Wong. Stars: Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Jason
Statham, Carla Gugino. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13,  88 min.),
Science Fiction, 2001, Box office gross: $43.905 million,
(Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
3/5, DVD: Day & Date.

RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS
Delightful comedy drama about a young woman's coming of age in a
small town in Connecticut from 1961 to 1986, starring Drew
Barrymore in a demanding role as Beverly D'Onofrio (the film is
based on D'Onofrio's book) as she grows from a silly 15-year-old
to a 36-year-old mother. The film shifts back and forth in time
and explores D'Onofrio's life and loves, including an early,
disastrous marriage to Ray (Steve Zahn) and her crucial
friendship with Fay (Brittany Murphy). A great woman's (and
sympathetic man's) film. Powered by a strong soundtrack that
defines the sixties, seventies and eighties.
   Director: Penny Marshall. Stars: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn,
Brittany Murphy, James Woods, Lorraine Bracco, Adam Garcia, Sara
Gilbert, Peter Facinelli, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rosie Perez.. CC,
(MPAA rating: PG-13, 131 min.), Comedy-Drama, 2001, Box office
gross: $29.781 million, (Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced
for rental, Available: 3/19, DVD: Day & Date.

SEXY BEAST
Offbeat gangster thriller with a tour-de-force performance by Ben
Kingsley as an angry, psychotic killer who threatens and cajoles
an over-the-hill hood to come out of retirement for a high stakes
bank vault break-in. Ray Winstone plays Gal, who has become
flabby (but happy) sunning himself with his wife and friends at
his villa in Spain. One day a boulder comes crashing down the
hill into his pool, an ominous omen as, shortly later, Kingsley,
as Don Logan, shows up from London as a human boulder, demanding
that Gal join in on a bank heist. Gal is comfortable with his new
life and demurs; Logan won't take no for an answer. He's a
bulldog, nasty and threatening and out of his mind, and he
screams and yells and beats Gal down until the latter joins in --
but not before a twist revealed in flashback at the end of the
film. In London Gal joins up with his old crew -- and they rob
the bank by drilling into it from inside a turkish bath next
door, flooding the vault and setting off some humorous but
macabre incidents. A meeting with the crew's boss -- almost as
mean and nasty as Don Logan -- reveals the film's unsuspected
developments. It's a loud and nasty film, hard to follow at times
because of accents, but spellbinding.
   Director: Jonathan Glazer. Stars: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley,
Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox, Cavan Kendall, Julianne
White, Alvaro Monje. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 88 min.), Thriller,
2002, Box office gross: $6.946 million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced
for rental, Available: 3/12, DVD: Day & Date.

TRAINING DAY
Denzel Washington puts in an exciting change of pace here as the
head of an elite narcotics police squad who has blurred the line
between cop and criminal. An idealistic, young LAPD cop (Ethan
Hawke) is assigned to the squad and, under the tutelage of
Washington, has just one day in which to prove his mettle.
Unfortunately for him, his mentor takes the role of street cop as
being a little to much above the law, and things spiral out of
control as the rookie begins to suspect that his training day is
really a setup for something more insidious. Fine action directed
with a strong hand by actioner-master Antoine Fuqua.
   Director: Antoine Fuqua. Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke,
Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin, Raymond J. Barry, Cliff
Curtis, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 122
min.), Thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $76.261 million,
(Warner), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 3/19, DVD:
Day & Date.

ZOOLANDER
Ben Stiller co-produced, co-wrote, directed and stars in this
broad spoof of the fashion industry. Stiller plays Derek
Zoolander, a vacuous, empty-headed male fashion model at the peak
of his runway powers -- until he fails to win the Male Model of
the Year Award for the fourth year in a row. Thrown for a loop,
he endeavors to "discover" himself, and takes off after his
roots, going home to his family who, unfortunately, are ashamed
of him and his "sissy" job. Returning to New York, he gets
involved in a competition with a model even dumber than him (Owen
Wilson) and embroiled in a plot to assassinate an Asian leader
who frowns upon child labor in the clothing biz. At best a TV
comedy skit gone awry.
   Director: Ben Stiller. Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will
Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Jerry Stiller, Jon
Voight. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 89 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box
office gross: $45.162 million, (Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced
for rental, Available: 3/12, DVD: Day & Date.

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VIDEO NEWS -- MARCH HIGHLIGHTS

March 12:
* "Juliet of the Spirits" (1965) Dir.: Federico Fellini;
Giulietta Masina. Fully restored with new digital transfer, new
and improved English subtitles, trailer. DVD only. (The Criterion
Collection/Home Vision Entertainment).

* "SpongeBob SquarePants" (2002) Nick's offbeat "SpongeBob
SquarePants" cartoon -- about the misadventures of a yellow,
optimistic sea sponge who lives in the deep blue sea hometown of
Bikini Bottom with his pet snail Gary and assorted friends,
including best pal Patrick the starfish, next-door neighbor
Squidwad and surfer girlfriend Sandy Cheeks the squirrel -- has
enthralled kids and hip older viewers alike. This is SpongeBob's
first outings, on two VHS tapes: -- "Nautical Nonsense" and
"Sponge Buddies" -- with five episodes of wild and wacky tales
each, $12.95. A DVD with all 10 episodes will be available for
$19.99.

March 19:
* Facets Video has released five films that are prime examples of
the flowering of the Czech New Wave in the mid-1960s (before
Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968). Included are the
madcap proto-feminist farce "Daisies" (1966), available on VHS
and DVD; "The Joke" (1968), from Milan Kundera, author of "The
Unbearable Lightness of Being," and director Jaromil Jires, who
adapted Kundera's novel of the same name about an ironic
professor and ladies man sentenced to six years of hard labor for
an irreverent postcard, available on VHS and DVD; "Capricious
Summer" (1967), set in a sleepy second-class resort at the turn
of the century in which three friends experience a coming of age:
middle age, VHS only; "Adelheid" (1969), an emotionally powerful
love story set in the aftermath of World War II, VHS only; and
"Lemonade Joe" (1964), a whacked-out Czech spoof of Westerns.
(Facets Video: www.facets.org).

* "A Regular Frankie Fan -- Rocky Horror Lives On. " This
documentary takes a unique look at one of the most fascinating
phenomenon in motion picture history -- the midnight movie rise
of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," released in 1976 and still
going strong. Hosted by Paul Williams, this is the first docu to
explore the flamboyant and colorful fans of the film. On VHS and
loaded DVD. (Music Video Distributors:
www.musicvideodistributors.com).

March 26
* "Broadway Theatre Archive." Five classic Broadway plays
produced for television during its Golden Era: "Death of a
Salesman" starring Lee J. Cobb; "Awake and Sing!" starring Walter
Matthau, "The Human Voice" starring Ingrid Bergman, "Journey of
the Fifth Horse" starring Dustin Hoffman and "June Moon" starring
Susan Sarandon and Estelle Parsons; $24.95 each on VHS and DVD.
(Kultur Video: www.kultur.com).

* "Rashomon" (1950) Dir.: Akira Kurosawa; Toshiro Mifune, Machiko
Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura. New high-definition transfer
with restored image and sound; commentary by Japanese film
historian Donald Richie; video introduction by Robert Altman;
excerpts from "The World of Kazuo Miyagawa, a documentary on
"Rashomon's" cinematographer; reprints of the "Rashomon" source
stories, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a Grove" and "Rashomon";
Kurosawa on "Rashomon," a reprinted excerpt from his book
"Something Like an Autobiography"; optional English-dubbed
soundtrack; new and improved English subtitle translation. DVD
only. (The Criterion Collection/Home Vision Entertainment).

* "Slap Shot" (1977) Dir.: George Roy Hill; Paul Newman, Michael
Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Warren, Melinda Dillon,
Strother Martin, Swoosie Kurtz, M. Emmet Walsh, Paul Dooley, Dave
Hanson, Steve Carlson, Jeff Carlson. The cult classic gets a 25th
Anniversary Special Edition DVD with commentary by the "Hanson
Brothers" (ex-hockey players and hockey goodwill ambassadors/cult
heroes Dave Hanson, Steve Carlson and Jeff Carlson), "Puck Talk
With the Hansons" featurette, "Hanson  Brothers Classic Scenes"
feature with direct access to the best-loved Hanson Brothers
scenes. (Universal).

* Baby boomers will remember "Winky Dink," television's first
interactive show that appeared in the 1950s and followed the
animated adventures of Winky and his trusted friend Woofer as
they outwitted villains to save the world, calling upon kids in
the TV audience to affix a clear plastic sheet to the TV tube and
trace a bridge, a net or a vehicle to help the duo escape a
desperate situation. The show was a big hit in the '50s and then
again in the late 1960s and early '70s, and each week millions of
American kids (this writer included) covered their sets with
plastic so they could use their Winky markers to help the hero
escape the clutches of the evil Harem Scarem or Foxey Maxey.
Vanguard for Kids has reintroduced the show on VHS for a new
generation of preschoolers. The first three volumes (40 minutes
each) are now available: Volume 1, at $14.99, comes packed in a
lunch-box size kit with a video, plastic sheet and markers;
Volumes 2 and 3, sans the kit, sell for $9.99 each. (Vanguard
Cinema: 800-218-7888).

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MARCH VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

March 5:
* Along Came a Spider (2001) Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter,
Michael Wincott, Mika Boorem, Anton Yelchin, Kim Hawthorne, Dylan
Baker (Paramount): Cast and crew interviews, $14.95
* Crimson Rivers (2001) Jean Reno (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Double Teamed (2002) Poppi Monroe, Annie McElwain, Nick Searcy,
Teal Redmann, Mackenzie Phillips. Disney Channel movie (Buena
Vista): $14.99
* Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Animated (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95
* Forsaken, The (2001) Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95
* Hounded (2001) Tahj Mowry, Ed Begley Jr., Shia LaBeouf. Disney
Channel movie (Buena Vista): $14.99
* Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001) Lee Thompson Young, Kerry Duff,
Lindy Booth, Michael Ironside. Disney Channel movie (Buena
Vista): $14.99
* Johnny Tsunami (1999) Brandon Baker, Kirsten Storms. Disney
Channel movie (Buena Vista): $14.99
* Jumping Ship (2001) Andy Lawrence, Joey Lawrence. Disney
Channel movie (Buena Vista): $14.99
* Luck of the Irish, The (2001) Ryan Merriman, Alexis Lopez,
Glenndon Chatman, Marita Geraghty. Disney Channel movie (Buena
Vista): $14.99
* Planet of the Apes Special Edition (2001) Dir.: Tim Burton;
Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke
Duncan, Paul Giamatti, Estella Warren, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa,
David Warner (Fox): "Clues to the Ending" featurette, HBO "Making
of Planet of the Apes" featurette hosted by Duncan, $14.98
* Reptilian (1999) Dan Cashman, Bruce Cornwell, Harrison Young,
Donna Philipson (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (2002) Animated
(Universal): $9.95
* Strange Case of Senior Computer, The (2000) (World Artists):
$24.98
* Through the Years of Hip-Hop: Volume 1 -- Graffiti/Classic
Videos (2002) Ninety minute feature on graffiti and Hip-Hop
culture, with videos by Run DMC, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Crash
Crew and more (Music Video Distributors): $12.95

March 12:
* Best of the Blues Brothers. Retrospective hosted by Dan Aykroyd
and Elwood Blues featuring the Brothers performing their biggest
hits including "I'm a King Bee," "Soul Man," and "Shotgun Blues."
(Rhino): $12.98
* Heist (2001) Dir.: David Mamet; Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito,
Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Patti
LuPone, Jim Frangione (Warner): $19.96
* Othello (2001) Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston, Keeley
Hawes (Acorn Media): $19.95
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense (2002) Animated
(Paramount): Five episodes, $12.95
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Buddies (2002) Animated
(Paramount): Five episodes, $12.95
* Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002) Animated (Warner):
Direct-to-video feature, $14.95

March 19:
* Charcoal People, The (1999) Documentary (Vanguard Cinema):
$19.95
* Hunchback of Notre Dame II, The (2001) Animated sequel, voices
of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline, Jennifer Love Hewitt,
Haley Joel Osment, Michael McKean (Disney): Direct-to-video,
$26.99
* Moulin Rouge Special Edition (2001) Dir.: Baz Luhrmann; Nicole
Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard
Roxburgh (Fox): Kidman and McGregor featurettes, three deleted
scenes, extended dance scene, "Lady Marmalade" MTV performance,
$14.98
* Oz: The Complete First Season. Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney,
Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker, Lee Tergesen, Rita Moreno, Tony
Musante (HBO Home Video): Eight episodes on four VHS volumes,
$64.92
* A Regular Frankie Fan -- Rocky Horror Lives On. SEE VIDEO NEWS
-- MARCH HIGHLIGHTS, above.
* Samurai Jack (2002) Animated. First feature-length video for
the Cartoon Network hero (Warner): $14.95
* Some Folks Call It Sling Blade (1993) Dir.: George
Hickenlooper; Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh
(Vanguard Cinema): Short that inspired the Oscar-winning feature,
$14.99
* Training Day (2001) Dir.: Antoine Fuqua; Denzel Washington,
Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin, Raymond J.
Barry, Cliff Curtis, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray (Warner):
Includes alternate ending, $14.95

March 26:
* America's Sweethearts (2001) Dir.: Joe Roth; Julia Roberts,
Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Stanley Tucci,
Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Seth Green, Hank Azaria (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95
* Animal, The (2001) Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C.
McGinley, Edward Asner, Michael Caton, Louis Lombardi, Guy Torry
(Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Broadway Theatre Archives. See VIDEO NEWS -- MARCH HIGHLIGHTS,
above
* Cheap Trick: Music for Hangovers (1998) Live 25th anniversary
performance recorded at four sold-out concerts at Chicago's The
Metro (Rhino): $14.98
* Dead Sexy (2001) Shannon Tweed, John Enos, Kenneth White, Eric
Keith, Mary Shannon (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Poirot 12. David Suchet. Three volume set of three-one hour
episodes: "The King of Clubs," "The Dream" and "The Incredible
Theft" (Acorn Media): $39.95
* Slap Shot 25th Anniversary SEE VIDEO NEWS -- MARCH HIGHLIGHTS,
above.
* White River (aka The White River Kid) (2001) Bob Hoskins,
Antonio Banderas, Ellen Barkin, Wes Bentley, Beau Bridges, Randy
Travis, Swoosie Kurtz, Kim Dickens (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Winky Dink & You. See VIDEO NEWS -- MARCH HIGHLIGHTS, above.
* Xena: Warrior Princess -- Series Finale Lucy Lawless, Renee
O'Connor (USA): $14.95

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FEBRUARY'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

BONES
Run-of-the-mill horror outing stars Snoop Dogg as a legendary
protector of his urban neighborhood who is betrayed and murdered
in 1979 by those close to him. Flash forward to the present day.
The once elegant brownstone Bones lived in is abandoned and
spooky. Not knowing the house's history, the sons of one of the
men who betrayed Bones move in with the idea of turning the place
into a club. Once there, though, they find that old Bones has
come back to get even. Too much suspension of disbelief for this
one to really click.
   Director: Ernest Dickerson. Stars: Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier,
Khalil Kain, Merwin Mondesir, Sean Amsing, Katharine Isabelle.
CC, (MPAA rating: R, 92 min.), Horror, 2001, Box office gross:
$7.300 million, (New Line), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 2/26, DVD: Day & Date.

CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN
Disappointing adaptation of Louis de Bernieres' novel strands
some good talent in a bogged-down WWII romance that just doesn't
click. Nicolas Cage stars as mandolin-playing Italian officer
Antonio Corelli whose company of soldiers is sent to the
beautiful (and as-yet untouched by war) Greek isle of
Cephallonia. He instantly falls for Pelagia (Penelope Cruz), the
proud daughter of the island's doctor. She's engaged to a local
fisherman but becomes weakened by Corelli's advances. Soon
they're in an impassioned affair -- but the war comes crashing
down on them forcing each to make dangerous sacrifices for
country and home -- at the risk of losing each other forever.
   Director: John Madden. Stars: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John
Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, Irene Papas, Piero Maggio.
CC, (MPAA rating: R, 124 min.), Romantic war drama, 2001, Box
office gross: $25.528 million, (Universal), No VHS SRP, Priced
for rental, Available: 2/5, DVD: Day & Date.

DON'T SAY A WORD
By the books thriller that stretches one's suspension of
disbelief but still comes off as an edge-of-the-seat suspenser.
Michael Douglas plays an Upper West Side N.Y. psychiatrist who's
summoned by a colleague (Oliver Platt) to a psychiatric hospital
to help a crazy teenage girl (Brittany Murphy) with viscous
tendencies who's spent the past 10 years in mental institutions.
Douglas is intrigued by the girl, who doesn't speak, and gets
drawn into her case even further when his daughter is kidnapped
by a nasty Englishman (Sean Bean) and he is forced to try to pry
from the disturbed girl's mind a six-digit number that is somehow
connected to a bank robbery 10 years earlier. Shades of Alfred
Hitchcock show up here and there (in particular when the shrink's
wife, Famke Janssen, bedbound with a broken leg, spies on the bad
guys spying on her, ala "Rear Window"): It's kind of "The Man Who
Knew Too Much" on steroids.
   Director: Gary Fleder. Stars: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean,
Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Guy Torry, Jennifer
Esposito, Famke Janssen, Oliver Platt. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 115
min.), Thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $55.000 million, (Fox),
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 2/19, DVD: Day & Date.

GHOST WORLD
Based on co-screenwriter Daniel Clowes' comic book of the same
name, this offbeat black comedy follows the less-than-ideal lives
of two girls, friends from high school and recent grads Enid
(Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson). Though the two
try to make ends meet to get an apartment together, Enid can't
hold down a job and instead lives her eclectic life (with tastes
that include 1960s musicals from India) in the home of her
laid-back father. On a lark, the pair respond to a personals ad
placed by a lonely man (Steve Buscemi), make a date, and then
watch from a distance to see him become humiliated. But Enid
becomes intrigued with the man (who collects vintage 78s) and
begins to drift from Rebecca and toward the loner, eventually
sleeping with him and entering a world that she discovers is more
like hers than she would have ever admitted. One of the small
unheralded treasures and pleasures of 2001.
   Director: Terry Zwigoff. Stars: Thora Birch, Scarlett
Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Bob Balaban, Illeana
Douglas. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 111 min.), Black Comedy, 2001, Box
office gross: $6.000 million, (MGM), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 2/5, DVD: Day & Date.

HARDBALL
Keanu Reeves vehicle and for his fans only. Reeves plays a
gambler deep in debt who decides to take a $500-a-week job
coaching a group of trash-talking ghetto kids in a little league
baseball league. There's all the typical plot-strings: the snotty
coach of the league's best team, a teacher who urges the kids to
"learn" their way out of the ghetto, the obligatory love interest
(Diane Lane), the team that turns itself around and becomes a
winner when Reeves finds his soul. Spare us.
   Director: Brian Robbins. Stars: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John
Hawkes, Michael Perkins, Julian Griffith, DeWayne Warren, A.
Delon Ellis Jr., Michael Jordan, D.B. Sweeney. CC, (MPAA rating:
PG-13, 102 min.), Drama, 2001, Box office gross: $40.000 million,
(Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 2/19, DVD:
Day & Date.

HEARTS IN ATLANTIS
Anthony Hopkins turns in another one of his classy performances
as a strange man who enters the life of an 11-year-old boy in the
summer of 1962. Young Bobby (Anton Yelchin) lives with his
widowed mother (Hope Davis) in a boarding house in a small
Connecticut town when Ted Brautigan (Hopkins) rents a room
upstairs. Ted has psychic powers, of sorts, and also claims that
nasty men are after him because of it. He pays Bobby a dollar a
week to keep an eye out for the men, and to read the daily
newspaper to him. In short order Ted becomes a hero to Bobby as
the older man teaches him how to look at the world in new and
exciting ways. But trouble brews: there's bigotry, betrayal and
nastiness in the town, and the only one who can offer any help is
the strange man upstairs. Told in flashbacks by a grown-up Bobby
(David Morse). Based on a pair of Stephen King stories.
   Director: Scott Hicks. Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin,
Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, David Morse, Will Rothhaar. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG-13, 101 min.), Drama, 2001, Box office gross: $24.185
million, (Warner), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
2/12, DVD: Day & Date.

JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK
Kevin Smith's final film in his New Jersey series ("Clerks,"
"Mallrats," "Chasing Amy," "Dogma") is one for his fans -- only.
There's so many inside jokes and self-referential asides that
most audiences unfamiliar with Smith's work will be left in the
cold. That said, if you're a Smith fan, you'll love this. Jay
(Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith), who heretofore have
pretty much kept to the background of Smith's previous outings
(except for the crucial "Chasing Amy" explication in that film)
now take center stage. It turns out that big, bad movie company
Miramax (which bankrolled this real film through their Dimension
label) has usurped the comic book characters Bluntman and
Chronic, which are based on Jay and Silent Bob, and are about to
make a motion picture of their antics. Well, the boys will have
none of this, so they take off for Hollywood to shut down the
production. And that's where the fun comes in, as Smith and
company get every opportunity to poke fun at themselves and
tinseltown. There's plenty of misunderstandings, slapstick,
offbeat sexual jokes, snide attacks at Miramax films
(particularly those that star Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (stars,
as it were, of Smith's "Dogma"), homages to a variety of other
films ("Star Wars," for one) and twisted realities (with Ben
Affleck playing both himself and the character Holden from
"Chasing Amy") as the boys make an abortive trek out West. It's a
melange of shticks in search of a plot -- kinda reminds us of
Olsen and Johnson's great "Hellzapoppin'" -- that you gotta love.
   Director: Kevin Smith. Stars: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben
Affleck, Matt Damon, Shannon Elizabeth, Will Ferrell, Mark
Hamill, Eliza Dushku, Judd Nelson, George Carlin, Carrie Fisher.
CC, (MPAA rating: R, 104 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office gross:
$29.885 million, (Dimension), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 2/26, DVD: Day & Date.

MUSKETEER, THE
Revisionist reworking of Alexandre Dumas' classic set in 17th
century France pitting the King's musketeers against the evil
Cardinal Richelieu and his henchmen. Here the three musketeers
take a back seat to D'Artagnan (Justin Chambers) as the young man
-- with the aid of martial arts choreographer Xin-Xin Xiong --
takes on the bad guys single-handedly. Oh, there's some minor
love interest (Mena Suvari) and a nasty villain (Tim Roth's
Febre) but the story is merely a setup for the high-flying
martial arts stunts.
   Director: Peter Hyams. Stars: Justin Chambers, Jean-Pierre
Castaldi, Mena Suvari, Tim Roth, Catherine Deneuve, Stephen Rea,
Nick Moran, Steve Speirs, Jan Gregor Fremp. CC, (MPAA rating:
PG-13, 104 min.), Swashbuckler, 2001, Box office gross: $27.053
million, (Universal), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
2/26, DVD: Day & Date.

O
Modern, urban retelling of Shakespeare's "Othello," set on the
basketball court instead of the battle field and involving
interracial sex, drug abuse and school violence. Mekhi Phifer
plays Odin James, the only black student at a private Southern
school -- he's there on a basketball scholarship. O, as he's
called, is extremely popular, even dating Desi, the daughter
(Julia Stiles) of the dean. But then the Shakespearian tragedy
starts in -- the son (Josh Hartnett) of the team's coach starts
insinuating that Desi is having an affair with another student.
It's an insidious plot, you know, and we watch with trepidation
as rumors and jealousy tear the lovers apart.
   Director: Tim Blake Nelson. Stars: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett,
Julia Stiles, Andrew Keegan, Martin Sheen, Elden Henson, Rain
Phoenix, John Heard. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 94 min.), Drama, 2001,
Box office gross: $15.900 million, (Lions Gate), No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental, Available: 2/19, DVD: Day & Date.

VA SAVOIR (WHO KNOWS?)
Any film by the great director Jacques Rivette (one of the
lynchpins of the New Wave) is a cause for celebration. One of
Rivette's motifs has been the exploration of life and love as
theater (many of his films have lovers embroiled in relationships
that parallel plays they're performing in) and "Va Savoir" is no
exception. Taking place in contemporary Paris, the film bounces
back and forth between six character's whose lives become
entwined around performances of Pirandello's "As You Desire Me."
French actress Camille, living in Italy, returns to paris with
her Italian director-lover to star in the play. While there, she
tracks down her ex-lover, Ugo, who's still working on his
philosophy thesis and is married to a dancer. In his spare time,
Ugo searches for an obscure play, aided by a beautiful blonde,
Dominique. Add in Dominique's half-brother, Arthur, who shows up
and tries to seduce all the women. Rivette sets up several
coincidences to get these oddballs moving into each other's
paths, and, all the while, the play goes on, with the principals
inhabiting the stage at the end for a happy ending. It's playful,
stagy, funny, tender and, coming from the 73-year-old Rivette,
downright fresh compared to most of what passes today for
romantic comedies.
   Director: Jacques Rivette. Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Sergio
Castelitto, Marianne Basler, Jacques Bonnaffe, Helene De
Fougerolles, Bruno Todeschini. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 154
min.), Romantic Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $0.751 million,
(Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
2/26, DVD: Day & Date.


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VIDEO NEWS -- JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS

On February 5, Disney will release "Peter Pan Special Edition"
(1953), in a restored and THX-certified DVD version. The disc
will contain the featurettes "The Making of Peter Pan" and "The
Peter Pan Story"; commentary hosted by Roy Disney and featuring
Walt Disney and veteran Disney animators Frank Thomas, Ollie
Johnson and Mark Davis, plus film historian Leonard Maltin; a
still frame gallery; a "Following the Leader" sing-along; a DVD
storybook, "Peter's Playful Prank"; and a pirate treasure hunt
game.

On February 12, the folks at The Criterion Collection/Home Vision
Cinema will give their exacting DVD special treatment to Ingmar
Bergman's "Wild Strawberries" (1957), starring Victor Sjostrom,
Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin and Gunnar Bjornstrand. The disc
features a new digital transfer; commentary by film scholar Peter
Cowie; "Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work," a 90-minute documentary
by filmmaker and author Jorn Donner; stills gallery featuring
rare behind-the-scenes photos; and new and improved English
subtitle translation.

On February 19, Music Video Distributors will released the "Elvis
Presley: The Missing Years" box set, featuring a documentary on
the events in Elvis' life during his two years in Germany after
being drafted just three weeks after his mother's death. Included
is a 55-minute audio documentary spanning Elvis' life and career
as well as a CD of seven 1954 recordings Elvis made with the Blue
Moon Boys ("Maybellene," "That's Alright Mama," "Blue Moon of
Kentucky," more) and a 32 page booklet of photos, interviews,
articles, $29.95.

On February 26, New Line will release to DVD "Twin Peaks Fire
Walk With Me," director David Lynch's 1992 "prequel" to his
offbeat TV series, starring Kyle MacLachlan, Chris Isaak, Sheryl
Lee, Kiefer Sutherland, Moira Kelly, Harry Dean Stanton, Miguel
Ferrer, David Bowie, Ray Wise, Pamela Gidley, Madchen Amick and
Peggy Lipton. Lynch supervised the remastering of the video and
sound for this DVD release. In 5.1 Dolby and DTS. Includes
original documentary, "Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin
Peaks."


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FEBRUARY VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

February 5:
* 'Crocodile' Dundee in Los Angeles Special Edition (2001) Paul
Hogan (Paramount): Cast and crew interviews, $14.98
* Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) Matthew Modine,
Vanessa Redgrave, Mia Sara, Daryl Hannah, Jon Voight, Richard
Attenborough. TV miniseries (Artisan): $14.98
* A Knight's Tale (2001) Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shanynn
Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk
(Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Memento (2001) Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano,
Mark Boone Junior, Stephen Tobolowsky (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Nightmaster (Watch the Shadows Dance) (1986) Nicole Kidman, Tom
Jennings, Vince Martin (Trimark): $9.99
* Poirot 11. David Suchet. Three volume set of three-one hour
episodes: "The Third Floor Flat," "Triangle at Rhodes" and
"Problem at Sea" (Acorn Media): $39.95
* Wicked (1998) Julia Stiles, William R. Moses, Patrick Muldoon,
Vanessa Zima, Chelsea Field (Columbia TriStar): $14.95

February 12:
* Peter Pan Special Edition (1953) Restored, THX-certified, "The
Making of Peter Pan" (Disney): $15.95

February 19:
* Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002) Animated sequel (Universal):
Direct-to-video, $13.95
* Escape to Grizzly Mountain (2001) Dan Haggerty, Jan Michael
Vincent (MGM): Direct-to-video, $14.95
* Humanite (1999 -- France) Emmanuel Schotte (Wellspring): $19.98
* Pola X (1999 -- French) Guillaume Depardieu, Delphine Chuillot
(Wellspring): $19.98
* Yi Yi (2000) Wu Nien-Jen, Elaine Jin, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang
(Wellspring): $19.98

February 26:
* Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2001) Animated (Disney):
Direct-to-video, $26.99
* Living It Up (2000) Salma Hayek, Carmelo Gomez (Columbia
TriStar): Spanish with English subtitles, $14.95
* Luzhin Defence, The (2000) John Turturro, Emily Watson
(Columbia TriStar): $21.96
* Me You Them (2000) Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia,
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos (Columbia TriStar): Portuguese with
English subtitles, $21.96
* Shadow Magic (2000) Jared Harris, Xia Yu, Liu Pei Qui, Lu Li
Ping (Columbia TriStar): $21.96
* Tailor of Panama, The (2001) Dir.: John Boorman; Pierce
Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson,
Catherine McCormack (Columbia TriStar): $14.95


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FEBRUARY DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

February 5:
* After the Fox (1966) Dir.: Vittorio De Sica; Peter Sellers.
(MGM Vintage Classics).
* Agatha Christie's Poirot: Hickory, Dickory, Dock. David Suchet.
Poirot trivia, Agatha Christie materials. (Acorn Media).
* The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Dir.: Vincente Minnelli; Lana
Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry
Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll. "Lana
Turner: A Daughter's Memory" featurette. (Warner).
* Blind Date (1987) Dir.: Blake Edwards; Bruce Willis, Kim
Basinger, John Larroquette, William Daniels, Phil Hartman.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) Kirk Douglas, Angie Dickinson, Yul
Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) Dir.: John Madden; Nicolas
Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey,
Irene Papas, Piero Maggio. Commentary by Madden, deleted scenes,
music video. (Universal).
* Designing Woman (1957) Dir.: Vincente Minnelli; Gregory Peck,
Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray, Sam Levene, Mickey Shaughnessy.
(Warner).
* Extreme Days (2001) Derek Hamilton, Dante Basco, A.J. Buckley,
Ryan Browning, Cassidy Rae. Commentary by the cast, music videos,
extreme sports featurette, "behind-the-scenes" featurette.
(Spartan Home Entertainment).
* Funny Girl (1975) Dir.: Herbert Ross; Barbra Streisand, James
Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall, Ben Vereen. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Ghost World (2001) Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve
Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Bob Balaban, Illeana Douglas. Deleted and
alternate scenes, "making-of" featurette. (MGM).
* Girl With Green Eyes (1964) Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn
Redgrave. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Hallelujah I'm a Bum! (1933) Al Jolson. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) Matthew Modine,
Vanessa Redgrave, Mia Sara, Daryl Hannah, Jon Voight, Richard
Attenborough. TV miniseries. (Artisan).
* Kings Go Forth (1958) Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood.
(MGM Vintage Classics).
* Klute (1971) Dir.: Alan J. Pakula; Jane Fonda, Donald
Sutherland, Roy Scheider. "Klute in New York: Background for
Suspense" featurette. (Warner).
* Life Without Dick (2001) Sarah Jessica Parker, Harry Connick
Jr., Johnny Knoxville, Teri Garr, Craig Ferguson, Ever Carradine.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness. Ian Carmichael. Two-disc
set with Carmichael interview, filmographies, interactive trivia
and author Dorothy L. Sayers materials; 225 minutes; $39.95.
(Acorn Media).
* Maze (2000) Dir.: Rob Morrow; Rob Morrow, Laura Linney, Craig
Sheffer.
* Nightmaster (Watch the Shadows Dance) (1986) Nicole Kidman, Tom
Jennings, Vince Martin. (Trimark).
* Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) Dir.: Karel Reisz;
Albert Finney, Rachel Roberts. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* The Smokers (2000) Dominique Swain, Busy Philipps, Keri Lynn
Pratt, Nicholas M. Loeb, Oliver Hudson. (MGM).
* Summer of '42 (1971) Dir.: Robert Mulligan; Jennifer O'Neil,
Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, Katherine Allentuck,
Christopher Norris. (Warner).
* Town Without Pity (1961) Kirk Douglas, Christine Kaufmann. (MGM
Vintage Classics).
* A Touch of Class (1973) George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Paul
Sorvino. (Warner).
* Used Cars (1980) Dir.: Robert Zemeckis; Kurt Russell, Jack
Warden, Deborah Harmon, Michael McKean. (Columbia TriStar).

February 12:
* Adventures of Mini-Goddess (2001) New anime series based on the
"Oh! My Goddess" comics published by Dark Horse. (Pioneer
Entertainment).
* The Bad News Bears (1976) Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Walter
Matthau, Jackie Earle Haley. (Paramount).
* The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) William Devane,
Jackie Earle Haley, Clifton James. (Paramount).
* The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle
Haley. (Paramount).
* Black Jesus (1968) Woody Strode, Jean Servais. (Eclectic DVD
Distribution).
* Dead in the Water (2001) Henry Thomas, Dominique Swain, Scott
Baristow. (Studio Home Entertainment).
* Hearts in Atlantis (2001) Dir.: Scott Hicks; Anthony Hopkins,
Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, David Morse, Will
Rothhaar. Commentary by Hicks, Anthony Hopkins interview, stills
gallery. (Warner).
* Legend of the Red Dragon. Jet Li. (Columbia TriStar).
* Love Come Down (2000) Lorenz Tate, Deborah Cox. (Trimark).
* Luminarias (1999) Evelina Fernandez, Scott Bakula, Cheech
Marin, Robert Beltran, Seidy  Lopez. (MTI Home Video).
* Mrs. Winterbourne (1996) Dir.: Richard Benjamin; Shirley
MacLaine, Riki Lake, Brendan Fraser, Jane Krakowski. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Passport to Paris (1999) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. (Warner).
* Peter Pan Special Edition (1953) Restored, THX-certified; "The
Making of Peter Pan"; "The Peter Pan Story"; commentary hosted by
Roy Disney and featuring Walt Disney and veteran Disney animators
Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnson and Mark Davis, plus film historian
Leonard Maltin; still frame gallery; "Following the Leader"
sing-along; DVD storybook "Peter's Playful Prank"; pirate
treasure hunt game. (Disney).
* The Prime Gig (2001) Ed Harris, Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond,
Wallace Shawn, Stephen Tobolowsky, George Wendt. Direct-to-video.
(New Line).
* Triangle (2002) Luke Perry, Dan Cortese, Olivia D'Abo.
(York/Maverick).
* Wild Strawberries (1957) Dir.: Ingmar Bergman; Victor Sjostrom,
Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand. New digital
transfer; commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; "Ingmar Bergman
on Life and Work," a 90-minute documentary by filmmaker and
author Jorn Donner; stills gallery featuring rare
behind-the-scenes photos; new and improved English subtitle
translation. (The Criterion Collection/Home Vision Cinema).
* Winning London (2001) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. (Warner).

February 19:
* Advertising Rules! (Viktor Vogel: Commercial Man)
(2001 -- German) Alexander Scheer, Gotz George, Chulpan
Khamatova. "Making-of" featurette, deleted scenes, alternate
opening and ending, B-roll footage. (Columbia TriStar).
* Balto (1995) Animated. Voices of Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins,
Bridget Fonda, Jim Cummings, Phil Collins, Miriam Margolyes, Lola
Bates-Campbell. (Universal).
* Balto II: Wolf Quest (2001) Animated sequel. (Universal).
* Close-Up (1990 -- Iran) Dir.: Abbas Kiarostami; Hossain
Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abolfazi Ahankhah. (Facets
Multimedia: www.facets.org).
* Don't Say a Word (2001) Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany
Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito,
Famke Janssen, Oliver Platt. Commentary by director Gary Fleder;
scene specific commentary by Douglas, Bean, Murphy, Janssen and
Platt; "making-of" featurette; Cinema Master Class; conversations
with Fleder; producing workshop (with producers Arnold and Anne
Kopelson); Brittany Murphy screen tests; two multi-angle
storyboard scenes; more. (Paramount).
* Elvis Presley: The Missing Years (2002) Documentary on the
events in Elvis' life during his two years in Germany after being
drafted just three weeks after his mother's death. Features a 55-
minute audio documentary spanning Elvis' life and career.
Includes a CD of seven 1954 recordings Elvis made with the Blue
Moon Boys ("Maybellene," "That's Alright Mama," "Blue Moon of
Kentucky," more) as well as a 32 page booklet of photos,
interviews, articles, $29.95. (Music Video Distributors).
* Escape to Grizzly Mountain (2001) Dan Haggerty, Jan Michael
Vincent. Direct-to-video.
* FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) Animated. Voices of Tim
Curry, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams, Cheech
Marin, Thomas Chong, Grace Zabriski, Tone Loc. (Fox).
* FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1997) Animated. Voices of
James Baker, Erik Bergmann, Laura Erlich, Digory Oaks. (Fox).
* Frances (1982) Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard,
Anjelica Huston. Cast and crew featurette. (Anchor Bay).
* Good Men, Good Women (1995) Dir.: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Annie
Shizuka. Taiwanese with English subtitles. (Wellspring).
* Goodby South, Goodbye (1996) Dir.: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Jack Kao.
Taiwanese with English subtitles. (Wellspring).
* Hardball (2001) Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Michael
Perkins, Julian Griffith, DeWayne Warren, A. Delon Ellis Jr.,
Michael Jordan, D.B. Sweeney. Commentary by director Brian
Robbins and writer John Gatins, "The Making of Hardball," three
deleted scenes, music video. (Paramount).
* Hot Pursuit (1987) John Cusack, Wendy Cazelle, Jerry Stiller,
Ben Stiller, Robert Loggia. (Paramount).
* Intersection (1994) Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita
Davidovich, Martin Landau. (Paramount).
* Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) Dir.: Richard Pryor;
Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Michael Ironside. (Columbia TriStar)
* Little Shots of Happiness (1997) Dir.: Todd Verow; Bonnie
Dickenson, Todd Verow. (Vanguard Cinema).
* Nothing in Common (1986) Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie
Saint, Sela Ward, Bess Armstrong, Hector Elizondo. (Columbia
TriStar).
* O (2001) Dir.: Tim Blake Nelson; Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett,
Julia Stiles, Andrew Keegan, Martin Sheen, Elden Henson, Rain
Phoenix, John Heard. Two-disc set with commentary by Nelson,
Stiles and cinematographer Russell Lee Fine; widescreen and
fullscreen versions; cast and crew interviews; deleted scenes;
and the classic version of "Othello" with a newly remastered
score. (Trimark).
* Punchline (1988) Tom Hanks, Sally Field, John Goodman, Mark
Rydell, Paul Mazursky, Damon Wayans, Taylor Negron. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Shannon Tweed Twofer. Double-disc set starring Shannon Tweed:
"Forbidden Sins" and "Human Desires." (Columbia TriStar).
* Sudden Manhattan (1997) Dir.: Adrienne Shelly; Adrienne Shelly,
Tim Guinee, Roger Rees, Louise Lasser, Paul Cassell. (Vanguard
Cinema).
* Thumbelina (1994) Animated. Dir.: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman;
voices of Jodi Benson, Gary Imhoff, Gino Conforti, Barbara Cook,
Kenneth Mars, John Hurt, Carol Channing. (Fox).
* A Troll in Central Park (1994) Animated. Dir.: Don Bluth, Gary
Goldman; voices of Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leachman, Phillip Glaser,
Jonathan Pryce, Charles Nelson Reilly, Tawney Sunshine Glover,
Hayley Mills. (Fox).

February 26:
* Bones (2001) Dir.: Ernest Dickerson; Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier,
Khalil Kain, Merwin Mondesir, Sean Amsing, Katharine Isabelle.
Commentary by Dickerson, Dogg, and screenwriter Adam Simon;
deleted scenes; two documentaries: "Digging Up Bones" and "Urban
Gothic: Bones and Its Influences"; two versions of Dogg's music
video "A Dogg Named Snoop"; DVD-ROM extras. (New Line).
* Cadfael: The Rose Rent. Derek Jacobi. (Acorn Media)
* Cadfael III. Box set of three Brother Cadfael mysteries: "The
Rose Rent," "The Raven in the Foregate," "A Morbid Taste for
Bones"; $49.95. (Acorn Media).
* Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2001) Animated sequel.
Cinderella DVD storybook (new interactive tale read by Juliet
Mills); "Put It Together" music video with clips set to the
Brooke Allison song; "Musical Magic" segment that shows how the
film's composer makes music; "Cinderella's Enchanted Castle"
game; DVD-ROM sample of "Cinderella's Dollhouse" interactive
Disney product. (Disney).
* Don Giovanni (1998) Performed by the Paris Opera conducted by
Lorin Maazel. (Columbia TriStar).
* A Glimpse of Hell (2001) James Caan, Robert Sean Leonard.
Telefilm. (Fox).
* Haiku Tunnel (2001) Josh Kornbluth, Warren Keith, June Lomena.
Commentary by director-writers Josh and Jacob Kornbluth, deleted
scenes, outtakes, production notes. (Columbia TriStar).
* Hidden Agenda (2001) Dolph Lundgren. (Trimark).
* Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) Dir.: Kevin Smith; Kevin
Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Shannon Elizabeth,
Will Ferrell, Mark Hamill, Eliza Dushku, Judd Nelson, George
Carlin, Carrie Fisher. Commentary, deleted scenes, gag reel,
still galleries, behind-the-scenes featurette, music videos,
DVD-ROM extras. (Dimension).
* The Larry Sanders Show: Season One. Three-disc set with all 13
episodes and two featurettes with Garry Shandling; $50.95.
(Columbia TriStar).
* The Long Run (2000) Armin-Mueller-Stahl, Nthati Moshesh,
Paterson Joseph, Hilda Snyman. (Universal).
* Lush (1999) Campbell Scott, Laura Linney, Jared Harris, Laurel
Holloman. (Studio Home Entertainment).
* Madame Butterfly (1995) Dir.: Frederic Mitterand; Ying Huang,
Richard Troxell. "Portrait of a Butterfly" featurette. (Columbia
TriStar).
* The Musketeer (2001) Dir.: Peter Hyams; Justin Chambers,
Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Mena Suvari, Tim Roth, Catherine Deneuve,
Stephen Rea, Nick Moran, Steve Speirs, Jan Gregor Fremp. Stunt
montage, Chambers casting tape. (Universal).
* No Telling (1991) Featurette by director Larry Fessenden.
(World Artists).
* Sherlock Hound -- Case File 1 (2001) New animated series based
on Sherlock Holmes, here recreated in the world of canines.
(Pioneer Entertainment).
* SoulTaker -- The Monster Within (2001) New sci-fi/horror anime
series. (Pioneer Entertainment).
* Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me (1992) Dir.: David Lynch; Kyle
MacLachlan, Chris Isaak, Sheryl Lee, Kiefer Sutherland, Moira
Kelly, Harry Dean Stanton, Miguel Ferrer, David Bowie, Ray Wise,
Pamela Gidley, Madchen Amick, Peggy Lipton. Lynch supervised the
remastering of the video and sound for this DVD release. In 5.1
Dolby and DTS. Includes original documentary, "Reflections on the
Phenomenon of Twin Peaks." (New Line).
* Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001) Dir.: Jacques Rivette; Jeanne
Balibar, Sergio Castelitto, Marianne Basler, Jacques Bonnaffe,
Helene De Fougerolles, Bruno Todeschini. (Columbia TriStar).


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FOR THE KIDS:

** For preschoolers: Columbia TriStar is releasing to VHS and DVD
the first set of adventures of "Jay Jay the Jet Plane," a Public
Television series that features a perky 6-year-old jet plane that
introduces kids to the wonders of nature and science and teaches
children valuable life lessons through engaging stories of
discovery. Due February 5 are "New Friends, New Discoveries,"
"Fun to Learn" and "Nature's Treasures" on VHS ($12.95, with
three episodes per tape) and "Adventures in Learning" on DVD
($19.95 with five episodes). ... Also due February 5 is "Dora
Saves the Prince," featuring two activity filled adventures in
which animated Dora the Explorer and friend Boots help a prince
and a special frog reach their destination. Dora, a spirited
Latina heroine, is bilingual and teaches viewers a Spanish word
or phrase in every interactive episode; $12.95 from Paramount.
... Back on video this month to tickle the little ones are three
kids standbys: Barney, in a new video, "Barney: You Can Be
Anything!" set in a costume shop and featuring 19 songs, $14.95
VHS from HIT Entertainment; animated Little Bear in his latest
outing, "Little Artist Bear," with four "picture-perfect"
episodes, $9.95 VHS from Paramount; and the latest learn-
along/play-along from Nick's Blue's Clues, "Telling Time With
Blue," $9.95 VHS from Paramount.

** For slightly older kids there's "Rugrats Easter," a
double-length Rugrats animated special (to air in March on Nick)
in which love is in the air as Spike and Fifi, the Rugrats' dogs,
start a springtime affair. Led by Angelica, the Rugrats decide to
stage a wedding for the love struck pets, but the real surprise
occurs when Fifi delivers puppies at the Finsters' Easter brunch.
Explores the symbols of Easter, including the symbolism of the
egg as a representation of rebirth. In paper sleeve or clamshell
packaging, due February 5 at $12.95 from Paramount.

** For kid fans of anime come two new adventures from Pioneer
Entertainment: "Sherlock Hound -- Case File 1," the first of an
animated series based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle detective
(here with humanlike dog characters), directed by acclaimed anime
director Hayao Miyazaki ("Totoro," "Princess Mononoke"), for ages
seven and up, $29.98 DVD only, due February 26; and "Adventures
of Mini-Goddess," based on the popular characters from the "Oh!
My Goddess" Dark Horse Comics, a comedy about three pint-sized,
charming goddesses who explore the world in search of adventure,
for ages 13 and up, $24.98 VHS, $29.98 DVD, due February 12.

** For healthy kids: A new trilogy of fitness and wellness videos
has been created for kids ages 3 and up by American Gladiator
champion Cheryl Ann Silich. Titled "Adventures in Oz With
Cheryl," the videos use the story of Dorothy in the land of Oz as
a springboard for kid exercises and lessons on fitness, health
and self-esteem. The live-action videos are loaded with music,
adventure, computer-animated special effects and animatronics.
The three volumes (VHS only) are "Munchkidland" (for beginners),
"Yellow Brick Road" (intermediate) and "The Emerald City"
(advanced); $9.95 each from OZsome Enterprises (888-850-7547 or
www.ozercise.com); due February 12.

Other family offerings: Artisan Home Entertainment will release
on February 5 the TV miniseries "Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real
Story," starring Matthew Modine, Vanessa Redgrave, Mia Sara,
Daryl Hannah, Jon Voight and Richard Attenborough, on VHS and
DVD. ... The folks at Disney have created a "sequel" to
"Cinderella" that explores Cinderella's "happily ever after" life
as a princess: "Cinderella II: Dreams Come True," on VHS and DVD,
the latter featuring a Cinderella DVD storybook (new interactive
tale read by Juliet Mills); "Put It Together" music video with
clips set to the Brooke Allison song; "Musical Magic" segment
that shows how the film's composer makes music; "Cinderella's
Enchanted Castle" game; DVD-ROM sample of "Cinderella's
Dollhouse" interactive Disney product; available February 26. ...
And don't forget Disney's "Peter Pan Special Edition" (see
FEBRUARY DVD HIGHLIGHTS above) due February 12.

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FROM TV TO VIDEO:

A&E Home Video has released "The Lost Battalion," an A&E Original
Movie about a U.S. Army division surrounded by German troops in
the Argonne Forest during the waning days of World War I. The
telefilm stars Rick Schroder and was directed by Russel
("Highlander") Mulcahy. Available for $19.95 VHS and DVD.

Acorn Media will release this month several popular BBC
productions. First up are DVD editions of the acclaimed mystery
series "Cadfael," with a three-disc set "Cadfael III" featuring
three complete 75-minute episodes ("The Rose Rent," "The Raven in
the Foregate" and "A Morbid Taste for Bones") for $49.95. Next
comes "Poirot Collector's Set 11," a three-VHS box set of
mysteries featuring Agatha Christie's elegant detective Hercule
Poirot (played by David Suchet) and containing "The Third Floor
Flat," "Triangle at Rhodes" and "Problem at Sea," $39.95;
"Hickory Dickory Dock," a two-episode Poirot "Mystery!" special,
will be available on DVD for $24.95. Lastly, the company will
release a two-disc DVD set of "Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of
Witness," featuring Ian Carmichael as Dorothy L. Sayers'
aristocratic sleuth; $39.95.

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SPECIAL INTEREST:

Wellspring Media will release on February 19 two more additions
to its line of "The Director's Collection," produced in
association with the American Film Institute. Profiles of Michael
("Ali") Mann and prolific director-producer Roger Corman will be
available for $9.98 VHS and DVD.

Documentaries: WGBH Boston Video will release a timely
documentary on February 12: "Bioterror," an hour-long look at
germ warfare, put together by NOVA and reporters from the New
York Times, $19.95 VHS. ...  A&E Home Video has just released a
four-hour insider's view of global crime syndicates, "The World
History of Organized Crime," available as a four-VHS pack or two-
disc DVD set, $39.95 each.

Music: Docurama will release on February 26 "Sophie B. Hawkins:
The Cream Will Rise," an 87-minute look at the iconoclastic
singer-songwriter featuring rare concert and video footage as
well as 20 of Hawkins' song, $19.85 VHS and $24.95 DVD
(www.docurama.com or 800-314-8822). ... Pioneer Entertainment has
set a February 19 release date for "Wynton Marsalis: Blues &
Swing," a 79-minute DVD program featuring the Marsalis quartet
(Marcus Roberts on piano, Bob Hurst, bass, and Jeff "Tain" Watts
on drums) recorded at an intimate concert performance at the
Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles in 1988 and during a series of
workshops with students at Harvard University and at the Duke
Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. In 5.1 Dolby
Surround; $24.98. ... Music Video Distributors has released a 60-
minute DVD tracing the background of the controversial singer
Eminem, "Eminem: Behind the Mask," with commentary from Bono,
Dido and Courtney Love, $19.95 (www.musicvideodistributors.com or
800-888-0486).

Religion: Wellspring Video and Mystic Fire will release on
February 19 "The Four Holy Truths," a two-disc DVD set featuring
six hours of talks on Buddhist sacred teachings by the XIV Dalai
Lama, $59.98.


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JANUARY DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

January 2:
* Blankman (1994) Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Robin Givens.
* Brother (2000) Dir.: Takeshi Kitano; Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps,
Kuroudo Maki, Masaya Kato, Susumu Terajima, Royale Watkins.
(Columbia TriStar).
* California Suite (1978) Dir.: Herbert Ross; Jane Fonda, Alan
Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Walter Matthau, Elaine
May, Herb Edelman, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby.
* The Fast and the Furious Special Edition (2001) Paul Walker,
Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune, Chad
Lindberg, Johnny Strong, Matt Schulze. Six hours of extras
including commentary by director Rob Cohen; interactive
eight-camera angle stunt sequence (a behind-the-camera glimpse
from eight different locations enables viewers to witness as
never before the final stunt); Movie Magic Interactive Special
Effects (a unique look at the train and car footage shot
independently and then shown merged to create the final film
sequence); visual effect montage featuring the first race; Racer
X: the Vibe magazine article that inspired the movie; "The Making
of The Fast and the Furious"; featurette on editing to get a
rating from the Motion Picture of America Association; deleted
scenes with optional commentary; storyboards to final feature
comparison; DVD-ROM features; Ja Rule music video; more.
(Universal).
* The Glass House (2001) Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan
Skarsgard, Bruce Dern, Kathy Baker, Trevor Morgan. Commentary by
director Daniel Sackheim and writer Wesley Strick, deleted scene
with optional director and writer commentary, filmmaker
interviews, more. (Columbia TriStar).
* Greenfingers (2000) Clive Owen, Helen Mirren, David Kelly.
(Columbia TriStar).
* The Long Gray Line (1955) Dir.: John Ford; Tyrone Power,
Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Donald Crisp, Ward Bond, Betsy
Palmer.
* The Man Who Cried (2001) Dir.: Sally Potter; Christina Ricci,
Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton,
Miriam Karlin, Oleg Yankovsky.
* Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) TV. Lesley Ann
Warren, Stuart Damon, Walter Pidgeon, Ginger Rogers, Celeste
Holm, Jo Van Fleet, Pat Carroll. Retrospective featurette, "In My
Own Little Corner" sing-along, more.
* What's the Worst That Could Happen? Special Edition (2001)
Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Glenne Headly,
Carmen Ejogo, Bernie Mac, Larry Miller, William Fichtner. Two
commentary tracks: one with director Sam Weisman and producer
David Hoberman, the other with DeVito and other cast members;
"Scene Stealers" behind-the-scenes featurette; outtakes; deleted
scenes including an alternate ending; music video. (MGM).

January 4:
* The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
(1984) Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum,
Christopher Lloyd. Commentary by director W.D. Richter; deleted
scenes with commentary by Richter; new "making-of" documentary
with Richter, Lithgow, Weller, Goldblum; rare prologue sequence
starring Jamie Lee Curtis; NUON-enhanced extras (allowing viewers
to pre-select close-up zooms, scene-specific behind-the-scenes
background facts, scene-specific commentary, Viddie Composer that
allows viewers to isolate the film's high points, more). (MGM).
* Mad Max Special Edition (1979) Dir.: George Miller; Mel Gibson,
Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger
Ward. Remastered with 5.1 digital sound and new transfer, and
boasting Gibson's original audio track (U.S. audiences heard
Gibson's lines dubbed by an actor with an "American" accent). Two
hours of bonus materials include "Mel Gibson: The Birth of a
Star" featurette; "Mad Max: The Film Phenomenon" making-of
documentary with details on the legendary and excessively
dangerous automobile and motorcycle stunts; audio commentary by
special effects coordinator Chris Murray, cinematographer David
Eggby, and production designer Jon Dowding; animated "Road Rant
Facts" trivia feature in the bottom blackbar; more. (MGM).

January 8:
* 4 for Texas (1963) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg,
Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Victor Buono. Behind-the-scenes
documentary. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Jeepers Creepers Special Edition (2001) Gina Philips, Justin
Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher, Brandon  Smith, Eileen
Brennan. Commentary by director Victor Salva; 10 deleted and
extended scenes including alternate opening and ending; "Behind
the Peepers": six "making-of" featurettes ("Finding Trish and
Darry," "Designing the Creeper," "Cars and Trucks," "The Creeper
Comes to Florida," "Night Shoots" and "Composed by Bennett
Salvay"); "Last Looks" photo gallery; hidden menu features; more.
(MGM).
* Mark Twain (2001) Fifth film in Ken Burns' popular American
Lives series, a definitive look at Samuel Clemens. Three years in
the making and drawing from 63 hours of material, thousands of
archival photos and nearly 20 interviews with top writers and
Twain scholars. Narrated by Keith David. Set to air on PBS
January 14 and 15; single disc DVD contains outtake interviews,
12 great Twain quotations and photographs, a "making-of"
interview with Burns, and the short documentaries "Ken Burns:
Making History" and "A Conversation With Ken Burns." (Warner).
* MASH Five Star Collection (See VIDEO NEWS -- Part 1)
* M*A*S*H: The Complete First Season. Three disc set with 24
episodes; $39.98. (Fox).
* Nicholas Nickleby (2002) Charles Dance, James D'Arcy, Sophia
Myles, Lee Inleby, Dominic West. Cast filmographies, Dickens
material, production stills. (Acorn Media).
* The Object of My Affection (1998) Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston.
Featurette.
* Ocean's Eleven (1960) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis
Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson. Commentary by Frank Sinatra
Jr. and Angie Dickinson; "Las Vegas Then and Now" interactive
map; scene from "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" with
guest host Frank Sinatra and guest Angie Dickinson. (Warner).
* Prophecy (1979) Dir.: John Frankenheimer; Robert Foxworth,
Talia Shire, Armand Assante, Richard A. Dysart
* Queer as Folk -- Season One (2000) The complete 22-episode
first season of the critically-acclaimed and highly-rated
landmark Showtime series, about the lives of a group of gay men
and women living in Pittsburgh, with graphic sexual content,
provocative dialogue and unflinching portraits of an aspect of
gay cultural life. Presented in a six-disc Special Edition
Collectors DVD set featuring almost three hours of extras.
Special editions of episodes 1, 11 and 18 with actor and producer
commentary; gag reel of outtakes; extended scenes with
introduction by actor Hal Sparks; a sneak peek at Season Two;
"Meet the Folk" -- unique biographies on the eight key characters
as described by the actors playing them, as well as filmographies
on the actors and producers; photo gallery put to music from the
series; "At a Glance" -- an index outlining the content on each
disc; show bumpers; widescreen format; 990 min; $119.98. Showtime
Entertainment.
* Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy
Davis Jr., Peter Falk, Bing Crosby. Commentary by Frank Sinatra
Jr., "What They Did to Robin Hood" behind-the-scenes featurette.
(Warner).
* Seconds (See VIDEO NEWS -- Part 1)
* Stealing Beauty (1999) Dir.: Bernardo Bertolucci; Liv Tyler.
Featurette.

January 15:
* The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) Dir.: Stephen Sommers;
Elijah Wood, Anne Heche, Courtney B. Vance, Ron Perlman, Jason
Robards. (Disney).
* American Pie 2 (2001) Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson
Hannigan, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara
Reid, Sean William Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene
Levy, Demise Faye, Lisa Arturo. Ten hours of extras including
"The Baking of American Pie 2," a look at the making of the film
with commentary by director J.B. Rogers, writer Adam Herz, Biggs,
Suvari, Nicholas and Thomas; outtakes and deleted scenes; public
service announcement by Biggs about the perils of confusing
lubricant with Ultra-Glue; casting tapes from the original
"American Pie" auditions; "Good Times With the Stars"
behind-the-scenes footage; "Be Like That" music video; results of
the "American Pie" poll in which consumers voted on MSN.com for
their favorite scenes from both films, with access to the winning
top-10 scenes; quick access to the film's most memorable lines;
music highlights; DVD-ROM extras. Released in four versions:
R-rated fullscreen, R-rated widescreen, unrated fullscreen,
unrated widescreen. In Dolby 5.1 and DTS. (Universal).
* The Anniversary Party (2001) Dir.:  Jennifer Jason Leigh and
Alan Cumming; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming, Gwyneth
Paltrow, Kevin Kline, Phoebe Cates, John C. Reilly, Jane Adams,
Parker Posey, John Benjamin Hickey, Jennifer Beals, Michael
Panes, Mina Badie, Denis O'Hare. Commentary by Leigh and Cumming,
"Anatomy of a Scene," a Sundance Channel documentary, DVD-ROM
extras. (New Line).
* Blue Moon (2000) Ben Gazzara, Rita Moreno, Alanna Ubach, Brian
Vincent. (Winstar).
* Boycott (2001) Jeffrey Wright, Terrence Howard, CCH Pounder,
Carmen Ejogo, Reg E. Cathey, Brent Jennings, Shawn Michael
Howard, Iris Little-Thomas, Whitman Mayo, Mike Hodge, Erik Todd
Dellums. Commentary by director Clark Johnson, behind-the-scenes
featurette with cast and crew interviews, historical background
information. HBO telefilm.
* Bubble Boy (2001) Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley
Shelton, Danny Trejo, John Carroll Lynch, Verne Troyer, Dave
Sheridan. (Buena Vista).
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete First Season. Three-disc
set with all 12 episodes plus such extras as commentary on
"Welcome to Hellmouth" episode, interviews with creator Josh
Whedon, original pilot script, more; $39.95.
* Cousins (1989) Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young,
William Petersen. (Paramount).
* Daria: The Movie: Is It Fall Yet? (2001) Animated. Voices of
Carson Daly, David Grohl, Amir Williams. Based on MTV's animated
series. (Paramount).
* Dinner With Friends (2001) Dir.: Norman Jewison; Dennis Quaid,
Andie MacDowell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette. Commentary by
Jewison. HBO telefilm.
* Falling in Love (1984) Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey
Keitel, Dianne Wiest. (Paramount).
* Glitter (2001) Dir.: Vondie Curtis Hall; Mariah Carey, Max
Beesley, Da Brat, Tia Texada, Valerie Pettiford, Dorian Harewood,
Terrence Howard, Eric Benet. Commentary by Hall, two Mariah Carey
music videos. (Columbia TriStar).
* Lies (Gojitmal) (1999) Sang Hyun Lee, Tae Yeon Kim, Hye Jim
Jeon, Hyun Joo Choi, Kwon Taek Han. (Winstar).
* Melies the Magician (See VIDEO NEWS -- Part 1).
* Mr. Bill Goes Hollywood/Mr. Bill Does Vegas. New compilation of
24 "Mr. Bill" shorts. (Lions Gate).
* Newsies Collector's Edition (1992) Christian Bale, Bill
Pullman, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, Michael Lerner, Kevin Tighe.
Commentary by director Kenny Ortega, sing along feature. (Buena
Vista).
* Pavilion of Women (2000) Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Shek Sau, John
Cho, Yi Ding, Koh Chieng Mun, Anita Loo. (Universal).
* Roots 25th Anniversary Edition (See VIDEO NEWS -- Part 1)
* Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994) Dir.: Stephen Sommers;
John Cleese, Sam Neill, Cary Elwes, Jason Scott Lee, Lena Headey,
Jason Flemyng. (Disney).
* Sabrina (1995) Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear,
Lauren Holly. (Paramount).
* The Sixth Sense Vista Series (1999) Bruce Willis, Haley Joel
Osment, Toni Collette. Disney gives the Vista Series treatment
(premium picture, sound and packaging) to M. Night Shyamalan's
chiller. Two-disc set features "Reflections From the Set"
featurette, documentary on the paranormal hosted by Shyamalan,
"M. Night Shyamalan: Storyteller," a special collectible, DTS and
Dolby Digital, THX-certified; $19.95 minimum advertised price.
(Buena Vista).
* Tombstone Vista Series (1993) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer. Disney
gives the Vista Series treatment (premium picture and sound) to
the director's cut of George Cosmatos' vision of the shootout at
the O.K. Corral. Two-disc set with commentary by Cosmatos;
production featurette featuring "An Ensemble Cast," "Making an
Authentic Western" and "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral";
Tombstone timeline (set-top activity); the Tombstone Epitaph;
original storyboards of the O.K. Corral sequence; DVD-ROM games;
DTS and Dolby Digital; THX certified; in deluxe packaging; $19.95
minimum advertised price. (Buena Vista).
* Tortilla Soup (2001) Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors,
Elizabeth Pena, Tamara Mello, Paul Rodriguez, Raquel Welch.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Tron 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition (See VIDEO NEWS --
Part 1)
* Wynton Marsalis: Blues & Swing (2001) Wynton Marsalis and his
quartet recorded in 1988 at the Westwood Playhouse in Los
Angeles. (Pioneer Entertainment).

January 22:
* An American Rhapsody (2001) Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett
Johansson, Tony Goldwyn. (Paramount).
* Belle de Jour (1967-French-Italian) Dir.: Luis Bunuel;
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Genevieve Page.
(Buena Vista).
* The Blonde (1992) Nastassja Kinski, Sergio Rubini. Italian with
English subtitles. Vanguard Cinema.
* Brian's Song (2001) Sean Maher, Mekhi Phifer. Telefilm.
(Columbia TriStar).
* Bully (2001) Dir.: Larry Clark; Brad Renfro, Bijou Phillips,
Nick Stahl, Rachel Miner, Michael Pitt. (Trimark).
* Carmen Jones (1954) Dir.: Otto Preminger; Dorothy Dandridge,
Harry Belafonte, Olga James, Joe Adams, Pearl Bailey, Diahann
Carroll.
* Children of Paradise (See VIDEO NEWS -- Part 1)
* Dogtown (1998) Jon Favreau, Mary Stuart Masterson, Karen Black,
Trevor St. John. Commentary by director George Hickenlooper.
Vanguard Cinema.
* Dragstrip Girl (1994) Mark Dacascos, Raymond Cruz, Natasha
Gregson Wagner, Traci Lords. (Dimension).
* The Five Heartbeats (1991) Dir.: Robert Townsend; Robert
Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Diahann Carroll.
Featurette.
* Horsey (2000) Holly Ferguson, Todd Kerns. (Vanguard Cinema).
* James Dean (2001) James Franco, Michael Moriarty. TNT telefilm.
(Warner).
* Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tcheky Karyo,
Laurence Ashley, Burt Kwouk. Commentary by Li, Fonda and director
Chris Nathon; a martial arts demo; fight choreography demo;
storyboard to scene comparisons; production stills; two
featurettes highlighting the martial arts mastery of Li
("Fighting Philosophy") and legendary fight choreographer Corey
Yuen ("Action Academy"); more. (Fox).
* Live From the Met Highlights Volume 1 (2001) Filmed live at the
Metropolitan Opera. Showcases highlights from six operas
featuring performances by Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo,
Jose Carreras, Eva Marton and Joan Sutherland. (Pioneer
Entertainment).
* Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) Judy Davis,
Tammy Blanchard, Victor Garber, Hugh Laurie, John Benjamin
Hickey, Sonja Smits, Al Waxman, Jayne Eastwood, Marsha Mason.
Telefilm. Audio commentary by Lorna Luft, behind-the scenes
featurette. (Buena Vista).
* Purple Noon (1960-French-Italian) Dir.: Rene Clement; Alain
Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet. (Buena Vista).
* Robinson Crusoe (1996) Pierce Brosnan, Polly Walker, William
Takaku. (Miramax).
* Rock Star (2001) Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West,
Timothy Spall, Timohty Olyphant, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jason
Flemyng. Commentary by director Stephen Herek, making-of
featurette, Everclear music video, HBO First Look Special:
Backstage Pass. (Warner).
* The 6th Day Special Edition (2000) Dir.: Roger Spottiswoode;
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Duvall, Michael Rapaport, Tony
Goldwyn, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter. Disc. 1: Digitally
mastered film with commentary by composer Trevor Rabin with 5.1
isolated music score; Disc 2: "On the 6th Day": nine
behind-the-scenes featurettes, Showtime making-of featurette "The
Future Is Coming," three storyboard comparisons, two animatics,
RePet infomercial and TV spot, more. (Columbia TriStar).
* Venomous (2001) Treat Williams. Commentary by director Ed
Raymond, behind-the-scenes footage, still gallery, inside look at
rattlesnakes featurette. (Fox).
* You Light Up My Life (1977) Didi Conn, Joe Silver, Melanie
Mayron.
* The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967-French) Dir.: Jacques Demy;
Catherine Deneuve, Francoise Dorleac, Gene Kelly.

January 29:
* Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Animated with the voices of
Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil
Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley,
Corey Burton, Jim Varney, John Mahoney. Available in two
editions: Standard DVD with choice of widescreen and fullframe
viewing options, filmmakers' commentary, deleted scene, "How to
Speak Atlantean," visual tours of the CG models, $29.99; Two-Disc
Collector's Edition that adds DTS sound, Visual Commentary
(producer Don Hahn and directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
take viewers behind the scene during key scenes, showing how the
film was created), two-hour documentary, extras covering story &
editorial, art direction, character designs, music and sound,
publicity, more, $39.99. (Buena Vista).
* Baby's Day Out (1994) Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe
Pantoliano.
* Beverly Hills Cop (See VIDEO NEWS -- Part 1)
* The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars (1976) Dir.: John Badham;
Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor.
* Breaking Away (1979) Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel
Stern, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley.
* Bright Eyes (1934) Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell,
Jane Withers. Black & white or color viewing options.
* The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) Dir.: Woody Allen; Woody
Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd, Elizabeth Berkley, Wallace Shawn,
David Ogden Stiers, Charlize Theron. (DreamWorks).
* Dean Koontz's Black River (1993) Jay Mohr, Lisa Edelstein,
Stephen Tobolowsky, Dabid Ogden Steirs. (MTI Video).
* Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol (1999) Gary Daniels, Bentley
Mitchum, Mike Norris. (Warner).
* Dimples (1936) Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, John Carradine.
Black & white or color viewing options.
* Groundhog Day Special Edition (1993) Dir.: Harold Ramis; Bill
Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian
Doyle-Murray. Commentary by Ramis, "The Weight of Time"
featurette, Dolby Digital and DTS. (Columbia TriStar).
* Harlem Nights (1989) Dir.: Eddie Murphy; Eddie Murphy, Richard
Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner, Della Reese,
Jasmine Guy, Arsenio Hall. (Paramount).
* Heart (2001) Christopher Eccleston, Rhys Ifans. (Spartan).
* Heidi (1937) Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher,
Sidney Blackmer. Black & white or color viewing options.
* Lexx S2*V5 (Series 2, Video set 5). Last four episodes of
Season Two:  (The Net, Brigadoom, Brizon, End of the Universe);
additional footage, interview with director of photography Les
Krizan, a "Rated Lexx" segment not seen on American TV,
storyboards; $29.95. (Acorn Media).
* The Man Who Loved Women (1983) Dir.: Blake Edwards; Burt
Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Kim Basinger, Sela Ward. (Columbia
TriStar).
* Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001) Profile of
Ali as seen through the eyes of celebrities and world leaders.
(Universal).
* My Bodyguard (1980) Dir.: Tony Bill; Chris Makepeace, Adam
Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Paul Quandt, Joan Cusack, Hank Salas.
* The Prime Gig (2001) Ed Harris, Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond,
Wallace Shawn, Stephen Tobolowsky, George Wendt. Direct-to-video.
(New Line).
* The Princess and the Warrior (2000) Dir.: Tom Tykwer; Franka
Potente, Benno Furmann. Commentary by Tykwer; commentary by
Tykwer, Potente, Furmann; "making-of" featurette; deleted scenes;
music video directed by Tykwer. (Columbia TriStar).
* Rat Race (2001) Dir.: Jerry Zucker; Whoopie Goldberg, Cuba
Gooding Jr., Rowan Atkinson, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimy, Seth
Green, Vince Vieluf, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, John Cleese, Lanai
Chapman, Wayne Knight, Paul Rodriguez, Dean Cain. Interviews with
Zucker and writer Andy Breckman, "Making of Rat Race" featurette,
gag reel, six deleted scenes, one outtake. (Paramount).
* Richard Pryor Here and Now (1983) Stand-up concert at the
Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. (Columbia TriStar).
* Rookie of the Year (1993) Dir.: Daniel Stern; Thomas Ian
Nicholas, Gary Busey, Albert Hall, Amy Morton, Dan Hedaya, Bruce
Altman, Eddie Bracken, Daniel Stern.
* The Sandlot (1993) Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna,
Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, James
Earl Jones.
* Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) Dir.: Wes Craven; Eddie Murphy,
Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon,
Joanna Cassidy. (Paramount).
* WWF Tough Enough: The First Season. Three-disc box set;
($49.99). MTV's Behind WWF Tough Enough, $19.99. (Paramount).


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MORE NEWS:

Rhino Home Video, long known for their cult releases, starts
off the new year with a bevy of interesting videos. Coming
January 8 are two DVD volumes of anime "Battle of the Planets"
and a DVD of "The Three Stooges Cartoon Classics." On January 29
Rhino will release Fox Kids' "Beast Wars" animated series on VHS
and DVD. On February 12 comes a DVD of "The Last Hurrah," a
chronicle of Muhammad Ali's last bout against Trevor Berbick in
1981, and a three-DVD box set of the "World of Sid & Marty
Krofft." Scheduled for February 26 is a DVD of Mel Brooks' and
Carl Reiner's classic "2000 Year Old Man" and DVD and VHS
editions of Cheap Trick's 1998 Chicago concerts, "Music for
Hangovers." On March 12 the company will release a retrospective
DVD of "The Best of the Blues Brothers" and on March 26 comes the
long-awaited seven-DVD box set of "Gumby," including episodes
from the 1950s through the 1960s (111 shorts plus extras).

A&E Home Video has released "American Classics," a four-VHS set
that explores the enduring impact of cultural icons on the
national consciousness. Hosted by Dick Clark (himself an icon),
the series highlights the people, places and things that embody
the American Experience, examining the significance of cultural
icons that range from Uncle Sam to Marilyn Monroe, from Main
Street to the Corvette, from GI Joe and Barbie to Lincoln Logs;
$49.95. Also from A&E in January are box DVD sets of "Upstairs
Downstairs the Complete Second Season" (four discs, $79.95);
"Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Set 2" (three discs, $49.95);
"Jeeves and Wooster: The Complete Third Season" (two discs,
$39.95); and box sets of the classic 1960s TV series "The Saint,"
starring Roger Moore: DVD Set 3 and DVD Set 4, each containing
seven episodes from the show's first season presented in full-
color, 1966-67, available for $39.95 each.

From Acorn Media comes "Nicholas Nickleby," a new British
production of Charles Dickens' classic about a penniless young
gentleman who struggles to make his way in the unforgiving world
of Victorian England. The feature, starring Charles Dance, James
D'Arcy, Sophia Myles, Lee Inleby and Dominic West, airs this
month on the Bravo channel; $29.95 VHS and DVD.

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FOR THE KIDS:

For preschoolers, HIT Entertainment will release on January 15
the newest title in the Kipper series, "Kipper: Imagine That!",
chronicling the playful animated adventures of Kipper the curious
hound and his animal friends, $9.99 VHS. The folks at Disney will
release on January 8 three Valentine's Day videos: "The Book of
Pooh: A Valentine for Eeyore," "Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's
Day" and "Rolie Polie Olie: Happy Hearts Day"; each VHS sells for
$12.99 and comes with a Valentine card.

For older kids Urban Vision Entertainment will release on January
22 the first four episodes of the anime series "Strange Dawn" --
about two school kids mysteriously transported to a world where
everything is half their size -- on one cassette ($22.95, in
English) and one DVD ($29.95 in English and Japanese with
subtitles).

For the pre-teen set, Disney has released four Disney Channel
movies to VHS: "Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century" and "Zenon the
Zequel," featuring the adventures of a mischievous intergalactic
teen starring Kirsten Storms; "Miracle in Lane 2," starring
Frankie Muniz as a wheel chair-bound 12-year-old who perseveres
against all odds to enter the soapbox derby national
championships; and "Motorcrossed," about a family of motorcross
bike racers.


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JANUARY'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

AMERICAN PIE 2
The cast from 1999's raunchy smash "American Pie" returns for
more sex laced comedy in this sequel that pretty much follows the
original's trajectory but with slightly different trappings. In
the original, four high school buddies sought to lose their
virginity on grad night; here the boys return home after their
first year at college hoping to get more of the same from the
girls they left behind. They rent a lake beach house and set
their traps -- but a year at college hasn't improved these limpid
lotharios, and bumbling (and dysfunctional) sex is the order of
the day. It's more of the same: the famous pie scene is replaced
by super glue (don't ask) and the original's Internet sex
broadcast here becomes a cell phone/walkie talkie/short wave
radio transmission.
   Director: J.B. Rogers. Stars: Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth,
Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian
Nicholas, Tara Reid, Sean William Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye
Thomas, Eugene Levy, Demise Faye, Lisa Arturo. CC, (MPAA rating:
R, 105 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $140.000 million,
(Universal), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 1/15, DVD:
Day & Date.

ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE
Disney animated Jules Verne-like adventure about a team of
explorers who embark in a super-scientific submarine in 1914 in
search of the mythical, sunken lost city of Atlantis. A nerdish
academic (Michael J. Fox) is bankrolled by an eccentric
millionaire (John Mahoney) for the underwater expedition and,
using a mysterious journal, the team of adventurers indeed find
the city: It's a lost civilization ruled by a 25,000-year-old
king and powered by a magical crystal that supplies all energy
and heals all sickness. But it turns out that part of the crew
are mercenaries, bent on stealing the crystal, and it's up to the
good guys to save the day. Throw in the pretty 8,500-year-old
daughter of the king for a love interest, and you have all the
makings of a delightful boy's fantasy adventure.
   Director: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Voices of Michael J.
Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia
Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, Corey Burton,
Jim Varney. John Mahoney. CC, (MPAA rating: PG, 95 min.),
Animated, 2001, Box office gross: $83.000 million, (Buena Vista),
$26.99 VHS SRP, Available: 1/29, DVD: Day & Date.

BUBBLE BOY
Lame comedy about a young man who was born without immunities and
has been forced to live in an isolated bubble all his life.
Supported by his overprotective Lysol-spraying mother (Swoosie
Kurtz), bubble boy (Jake Gyllenhaal) happily lives his
encapsulated life until he meets his new -- and beautiful -- next
door neighbor. They become the best of friends -- but the bubble
prevents anything going any further -- until the day bubble boy
learns that the girl next door is off to Niagara Falls to marry a
rock star. Bubble decides to take off after them, mobilizing his
bubble and embarking on a variety of weird and at times obnoxious
adventures (many involving him getting smacked by cars, buses and
even female mud wrestler). Along the way he encounters a host of
strange people -- cultists, gurus, bikers, circus freaks and
assorted odd characters -- in this freakish attempt at humor.
   Director: Blair Hayes. Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz,
Marley Shelton, Danny Trejo, John Carroll Lynch, Verne Troyer,
Dave Sheridan. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 84 min.), Comedy, 2001,
Box office gross: $5.000 million, (Buena Vista), No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental, Available: 1/15, DVD: Day & Date.

CURSE OF THE JADE DRAGON, THE
One of Woody Allen's better recent outings. Set in the 1940s, a
time when men were men and women were, well, not supposed to be
men, the film is a combination noir detective mystery and homage
to a bygone era, laced with a wonderful jazz soundtrack but sans
Allen's by-now tiresome neurotic humor. Someone is stealing
millions in jewels from New York City's upper crust and the only
man who can crack the case is completely clueless. Allen stars as
CW Briggs, a top insurance investigator who goes up against his
company's new efficiency expert (a thoroughly modern Helen Hunt).
The pair hate each other instantly -- which, as is typical of
films of the era, means they'll fall in love. But there's other
problems too. She's having an affair with the company head, a
wily hypnotist puts CW under his control, a rich nymphomaniac
gets in the way, and all clues point to the jewel robberies being
an inside job. And guess who gets fingered?
   Director: Woody Allen. Stars: Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan
Aykroyd, Elizabeth Berkley, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers,
Charlize Theron. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 103 min.), Comedy,
2001, Box office gross: $7.496 million, (DreamWorks), No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental, Available: 1/29, DVD: Day & Date.

FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE
Fabulous street racing adventure with sexy cars, sexy young
actors, and very sexy racing action scenes. Vin Diesel plays an
existential anti-hero whose life only comes alive during the 10
seconds or so it takes to race a quarter mile in his souped- up
street racer. He's the muscle-bound king of the "rice-burners."
Enter Paul Walker, a wannabe racer who challenges Diesel's crown
and, though he loses, joins in with the racing family, which
includes an interesting assortment of grease monkeys, racers and
their women. Turns out, however, that Walker is really an LAPD
cop sent to investigate a series of truck hijackings attributed
to the racers. Will he turn in his new friends? Forget the plot
-- this a action all the way, set to a raucous rap and hip-hop
soundtrack.
   Director: Rob Cohen. Stars: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle
Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune, Chad Lindberg, Johnny
Strong, Matt Schulze. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 107 min.), Action,
2001, Box office gross: $143.424 million, (Universal), No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 1/2, DVD: Day & Date.

GLASS HOUSE, THE
Slow moving thriller about a young woman (Leelee Sobieski) turned
over to mysterious foster parents when her real parents are
killed in a car accident. New mom and dad (Stellan Skarsgard and
Diane Lane) are not the greatest -- he's overbearing, drives too
fast, and even makes eyes at Leelee; mom's addicted to drugs;
there's even problems with a loan shark (they live in a stylish
glass house in Malibu). The pair make life miserable for the girl
-- and it's revealed that she and her younger brother are worth
millions. Aah! Time for revenge.
   Director: Daniel Sackheim. Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane,
Stellan Skarsgard, Bruce Dern, Kathy Baker, Trevor Morgan. CC,
(MPAA rating: PG-13, 106 min.), Thriller, 2001, Box office gross:
$20.000 million, (Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 1/2, DVD: Day & Date.

GLITTER
Star vehicle for Mariah Carey in which she plays a singer in the
1980s who's discovered and rises very quickly to the top of the
musical world, bringing along with that climb all sorts of
problems, including jealousy and betrayal. This is Carey's
(inauspicious) movie debut, and aside from plugging several new
songs, there's not much going on here. Oh yeah: There is some
romance, and the obligatory pair of backup singers who outshine
the star, but who cares?
   Director: Vondie Curtis Hall. Stars: Mariah Carey, Max Beesley,
Da Brat, Tia Texada, Valerie Pettiford, Dorian Harewood, Terrence
Howard, Eric Benet. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 104 min.), Musical
drama, 2001, Box office gross: $4.200 million, (Columbia
TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 1/15, DVD:
Day & Date.

JEEPERS CREEPERS
Scary thriller about a brother and sister (Justin Long and Gina
Phillips) who head home for spring break and find a frightening
world they couldn't imagine even in their wildest nightmares. On
a desolate country road the two homeward siblings are nearly run
off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck. They later see the
truck near a church, and spot a cloaked figure shoving what
appears to be a bloody body down a sewer pipe. They must never
have seen a horror film in their lives, cause they return to the
church to investigate and -- well, you know what happens -- they
find a grisly world inhabited by a winged devil out to collect
human body parts. Can't these kids ever leave well-enough alone?
   Director: Victor Salva. Stars: Gina Philips, Justin Long,
Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher, Brandon Smith, Eileen Brennan.
CC, (MPAA rating: R, 90 min.), Horror, 2001, Box office gross:
$37.470 million, (MGM), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
1/8, DVD: Day & Date.

KISS OF THE DRAGON
Non-stop martial arts actioner has Jet Li as a Hong Kong cop
called to Paris to help local police crack a heroin smuggling
operation. It turns out, however, that the cops are on the take,
and Li is soon set up for murder. With only his fists, a set of
acupuncture needles and the aid of a local prostitute (Bridget
Fonda), Li fights off hordes of bad cops with heftier firepower,
including one scene where he takes on a classroom of 40 plus cops
in a martial arts class. There's so many fights, chases,
shootouts, fires and explosions that the scenario soon gets lost
in the action -- but that's the point. A rousing return of the
exciting martial arts genre that has been watered down as of
late.
   Director: Chris Nahon. Stars: Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tcheky
Karyo, Laurence Ashley, Burt Kwouk. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 98
min.), Thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $36.746 million, (Fox),
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 1/22, DVD: Day & Date.

MAN WHO CRIED, THE
Sweeping saga of the intertwined lives of two women that travels
from Russia in the '20s to Paris in the '30s and ends up in
Hollywood, directed by Sally Potter ("Orlando" and "The Tango
Lesson"). As in her previous films, Potter offers up plenty of
dance and music -- opera, gypsy, Yiddish, H'Wood musical numbers
-- as she follows the adventures of a young Jewish girl in Russia
(Christina Ricci) sent overseas to escape persecution. Instead of
arriving in the States with her father, Suzie ends up in England
and is raised by a dreary English couple. With a penchant for
singing, she travels to Paris 10 years later and gets a job as a
chorus girl, where she meets and befriends Lola (Cate Blanchett),
a Russian dancer. The two eventually get jobs in an opera
company, where Suzie falls for gypsy Cesar (Johnny Depp) and Lola
is attracted by Italian singer Dante (John Turturro). When the
Nazis invade Paris, Lola and Dante side with the Germans while
Suzie and Cesar hide out with a band of gypsies. Eventually Lola
and Suzie reconcile and decide to leave for America, where Suzie
searches for her father, who, as fate would have it, has become a
Hollywood studio boss. Plot contrivances aside, Potter has weaved
a fascinating tale, a luminous glimpse of an era long gone by
with the strong emotional and political undertones that shaped
the 20th century. Though it faltered at the box office, "The Man
Who Cried" is well worth a look.
   Director: Sally Potter. Stars: Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett,
Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton, Miriam Karlin,
Oleg Yankovsky. CC, (MPAA rating: 97, R min.), Drama, 2001, Box
office gross: $0.730 million, (Universal), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 1/2, DVD: Day & Date.

RAT RACE
The creator of "Airplane!" tries his hand at a 2001 version of a
combination "It's a Mad Mad Mad World/The Great Race" road race
comedy, with mixed results. The loose story line -- a Las Vegas
casino owner concocts a road race with six randomly chosen
participants with the grand prize being $2 million in a locker in
a New Mexico railroad station, with no set rules as to how the
race is run -- sets off a wild and wooly adventure across the
desert with all sorts of side misadventures and weird characters,
including a busload of "I Love Lucy" wannabes. The contestants
try anything to get to the finish line, from hitching a ride in
an ambulance to commandeering a helicopter. It's fast-paced,
thankfully, so if one of the slapstick jokes falls flat there's
another right behind it.
   Director: Jerry Zucker. Stars: Whoopie Goldberg, Cuba Gooding
Jr., Rowan Atkinson, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimy, Seth Green, Vince
Vieluf, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, John Cleese, Lanai Chapman,
Wayne Knight, Paul Rodriguez, Dean Cain. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13,
112 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $57.000 million,
(Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 1/29, DVD:
Day & Date.

ROCK STAR
By-the-numbers rock and roll rags to riches story, set in the
1980s at the height of Heavy Metal. Mark Wahlberg plays a
Pittsburgh photocopy-machine repair man who lives at home and
worships a metal group called Steel Dragon. He loves them so much
that he's formed his own group, a cover band, that mimics his
idols note for note. All he wants to do is play metal but his
band, fed up with his compulsive purism, kicks him out. But guess
what? The Steel Dragons have just fired their frontman, and they
call up Mark and ask him to audition for the band. Guess what? He
makes it, changes his name to Izzy, and rides music, sex and
drugs to the top. Guess what? He gets tired of it all and quits,
hoping to get back together with his ex-girlfriend/ex-manager
(Jennifer Aniston) while playing in small clubs. Guess what?
   Director: Stephen Herek. Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer
Aniston, Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Timothy Olyphant, Dagmara
Dominczyk, Jason Flemyng. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 106 min.), Drama
with Music, 2001, Box office gross: $17.000 million, (Warner), No
VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 1/22, DVD: Day & Date.

WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Failed comedy about revenge among thieves. Kevin (Martin
Lawrence) is a man of discerning tastes -- and a thief. He falls
in love with a woman he meets at an auction (Carmen Ejogo) and
she gives him a ring to signify their love. But when Kevin and
his partner Berger (John Leguizamo) hit the house of another
master thief, Max Fairbanks, the beleaguered "dark prince of
plunder," Kevin is caught by Max and arrested. What's the worst
that can happen now? Max lies and claims that Kevin's ring is his
and takes it. Now the two men play a game of thieving
one-upmanship as Kevin tries to get even -- and get his ring
back.
   Director: Sam Weisman. Stars: Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito,
John Leguizamo, Glenne Headly, Carmen Ejogo, Bernie Mac, Larry
Miller, William Fichtner. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 97 min.),
Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $32.267 million, (MGM), No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 1/2, DVD: Day & Date.


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VIDEO NEWS -- JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS

On January 8, Fox will release to DVD the "MASH Five Star
Collection" (1970), directed by Robert Altman and starring Donald
Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert
Duvall, Jo Ann Pfug, Rene Auberjonois, Gary Burghoff, Fred
Williamson and John Shuck. The two-disc set with film and
soundtrack restoration was overseen by Altman. Disc 1: Entire,
uncut theatrical version with commentary by Altman, "AMC
Backstory" featurette; still gallery. Disc 2: "Enlisted: The
Story of MASH" and "MASH: History Through the Lens" featurettes;
"MASH 30th anniversary reunion; film restoration segment; Easter
Egg; $26.98. A VHS special edition will also be available with
the restored and uncut version and the "AMC Backstory" for $9.98.

Also on that day, Paramount will release a DVD version of John
Frankenheimer's idiosyncratic look at conformity and
individuality, "Seconds" (1966), starring Rock Hudson, John
Randolph, Frances Reid, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey and Richard
Anderson, (with gorgeous black and white cinematography by James
Wong Howe). The only DVD extra is commentary by Frankenheimer.

On January 15, Facets Video will release "Melies the Magician"
(1997). This DVD includes more than a dozen magnificent films by
turn-of-the-19th-century filmic experimenter Georges Milies, the
spiritual godfather to Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg, George
Lucas and generations of fantasy and special effects filmmakers.
Produced by the European TV channel ARTE in collaboration with
Melies' granddaughter, the disc also includes "The Magic of
Melies," a film by Jacques Malthete, which explores Melies' work
through clips, reconstructions, interviews and original research.
Included: "A Trip to the Moon," "Four Troublesome Heads," "The
Infernal Cakewalk," "The Scheming Gambler's Paradise," "The Music
Lover," "The Infernal Boiling Pot," "The Man With the Rubber
Head," "The Living Playing Cards," more. $29.95. Info:
www.facets.org.

Warner is releasing on January 15 the "Roots 25th Anniversary
Edition" (1977) DVD, starring Louis Gossett Jr., Edward Asner,
Ben Vereen, Leslie Uggams, LeVar Burton, Todd Bridges, Maya
Angelou, Lorne Greene, George Hamilton, Cicely Tyson, Georg
Stanford Brown, Lloyd Bridges, John Amos, Burl Ives, Ian McShane,
Richard Roundtree, O.J. Simpson, Chuck Connors, Ralph Waite,
Macdonald Carey, Scatman Crothers, Brad Davis, Yaphet Kotto, Doug
McClure, Vic Morrow and Raymond St. Jacques. The three-disc set
contains the entire eight-part miniseries with commentaries by
executive producer David Wolper, Asner, Burton, Uggams, Amos,
Brown, and other key members of the cast and crew (viewers will
be able to click out of the film and watch a video of the actors
as they speak their commentary); "Remembering Roots" featurette;
"Roots" Family Tree; DVD-ROM extras; 573 minutes, $59.98.

Also on January 15, Disney is releasing the "Tron 20th
Anniversary Collector's Edition" (1982) on DVD and VHS. Directed
by Steven Lisberger, the film stars Jeff Bridges, Bruce
Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes and Dan
Shor. The two-disc DVD set contains the restored and remastered
film with commentary by Lisberger, producer Donald Kushner and
visual effects supervisors Harrison Ellenshaw and Richard Taylor;
a new 75-minute "making-of" documentary "The Making of Tron";
deleted scenes with introductions by Lisberger and Ellenshaw;
production photo gallery; storyboard to film comparisons; still
frame galleries; pre-production animation tests; original
soundtrack music deleted from the film; computer animation design
and demo reels; original publicity material; $29.99. The VHS
version contains just the film, for $14.99.

One of the greatest films of all time, Marcel Carne's "Children
of Paradise" (1945), will get the terrific Criterion treatment on
a double-disc DVD on January 22. Disc one: "Part 1: The Boulevard
of Crime," with new digital transfer, commentary by film scholar
Brian Stonehill, introduction by Terry Gilliam, restoration
demonstration, new and improved English subtitle translation;
Disc two: "Part 2: The Man in White," with new digital transfer,
commentary by film scholar Charles Affron, screenwriter Jacques
Prevert's film treatment, production designs by Alexandre
Trauner, production stills gallery, Carne and Prevert
filmographies, U.S. theatrical trailer, new and improved English
subtitle translation. Includes a 24-page booklet that features
transcribed excerpts from Brian Stonehill's 1990 interview with
Carne, cast biographies, and an essay by film historian Peter
Cowie; $39.95. (The Criterion Collection/Home Vision
Entertainment).

Also on that day, Buena Vista will release two fabulous French
films: Luis Bunuel's "Belle de Jour" (1967), starring Catherine
Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Genevieve Page; and Rene
Clement's "Purple Noon" (1960), starring Alain Delon, Marie
Laforet and Maurice Ronet (remade in 1999 as "The Talented Mr.
Ripley").

Paramount has finally put together DVD versions of the "Beverly
Hills Cop" series, with three DVDs and a set available on January
29. Available individually are: "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984),
directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy, Judge
Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher and Ronny Cox, with
commentary by Brest, a "Casting Beverly Hills Cop" featurette,
location map, a "Music of Beverly Hills Cop" featurette, new cast
and crew interviews and a photo gallery; "Beverly Hills Cop II"
(1987), directed by Tony Scott and starring Eddie Murphy, Judge
Reinhold, Jurgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte
Nielsen and Allen Garfield, with a deleted scene with an
introduction by Scott, a making-of featurette, new cast and crew
interviews, and a "Shakedown" music featurette; "Beverly Hills
Cop III" (1994), directed by John Landis and starring Eddie
Murphy, Jon Tenney, Joey Travolta and Eugene Collier, with new
cast and crew interviews; $24.99 each. "Beverly Hills Cop: The
Complete Lineup," with all three "Beverly Hills Cop" films in a
box set, will be available for $74.97.

On January 29, Universal is releasing "Bob Hope: The Tribute
Collection," a set of VHS tapes that includes seven of Hope's
best outings: "The Big Broadcast of 1938" (1938) with Hope, W.C.
Fields, Dorothy Lamour and Martha Raye; "The Ghost Breakers"
(1940) with Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas
and Anthony Quinn; "The Paleface" (1948) with Hope and Jane
Russell, "Road to Morocco" (1942), "Road to Singapore" (1940),
"Road to Utopia" (1945) and "Road to Zanzibar" (1941), all four
starring Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour; $9.98 each. "The
Road Show Series: Road to Collection Four-Pack" contains all four
road pictures for $29.98.


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JANUARY VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

January 8:
* Mark Twain (2001) Fifth film in Ken Burns' popular American
Lives series, a definitive look at Samuel Clemens, three years in
the making and drawing from 63 hours of material, thousands of
archival photos and nearly 20 interviews with top writers and
Twain scholars; narrated by Keith David; set to air on PBS
January 14 and 15; two-cassette set (220 minutes) (Warner):
$24.98
* MASH Special Edition (See VIDEO NEWS)
* M*A*S*H: The Complete First Season. Three VHS volumes each
containing eight TV episodes (Fox): $9.98 each, $26.98
three-volume set
* Nicholas Nickleby (2002) Charles Dance, James D'Arcy, Sophia
Myles, Lee Inleby, Dominic West (Acorn Media): Two-cassette set,
$29.95
* Queer as Folk -- Season One (2000) The complete 22-episode
first season of the critically-acclaimed and highly-rated
landmark Showtime series, about the lives of a group of gay men
and women living in Pittsburgh, with graphic sexual content,
provocative dialogue and unflinching portraits of an aspect of
gay cultural life. Presented in a five-tape VHS set (Showtime
Entertainment): 990 minutes, $119.98

January 15:
* Mr. Bill Does Vegas. Animated compilation, contains title
feature and four shorts (Lions Gate): $9.99
* Mr. Bill Goes Hollywood. Animated compilation, contains 20
shorts (Lions Gate): $9.99
* Newsies Collector's Edition (1992) Christian Bale, Bill
Pullman, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, Michael Lerner, Kevin Tighe
(Disney): remastered, $14.99
* Tron 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition (See VIDEO NEWS)

January 22:
* Big Momma's House Special Edition (2000) Martin Lawrence, Nia
Long (Fox): $14.98
* Say It Isn't So (2001) Heather Graham, Chris Klein, Orlando
Jones, Sally Field (Fox): $14.98
* Kingdom Come (2001) LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A.
Fox, Loretta Devine, Anthony Anderson, Toni Braxton, Cedric the
Entertainer, Darius McCrary, Whoopi Goldberg (Fox): $14.98
* Someone Like You (2001) Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh
Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin (Fox): $14.98

January 29:
* Adventures of Joe Dirt, The (2001) David Spade, Dennis Miller,
Christopher Walken, Brittany Daniel, Kid Rock, Jaime Pressly,
Rosanna Arquette (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Animated, voices of Michael J.
Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia
Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, Corey Burton,
Jim Varney, John Mahoney (Disney): $26.99
* Beyond Suspicion (2001) Jeff Goldblum, Anne Heche (Fox): $9.98
* Bob Hope: The Tribute Collection (See VIDEO NEWS)
* Boondock Saints (1999) Willem Dafoe (Fox): $9.98
* Deep Water (1997) Costas Mandylor, James Coburn (Fox): $9.98
* Freddy Got Fingered (2001) Tom Green, Rip Torn, Harland
Williams, Julie Hagerty, Marisa Coughlan, Anthony Michael Hall
(Fox): $9.98
* Lexx: S2*V5 (Series 2, Video set 5). Last four episodes of
Season Two: The Net, Brigadoom, Brizon, End of the Universe.
(Acorn Media): $29.95
* Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) Judy Davis,
Tammy Blanchard, Victor Garber, Hugh Laurie, John Benjamin
Hickey, Sonja Smits, Al Waxman, Jayne Eastwood, Marsha Mason.
Telefilm. (Buena Vista): $14.99
* Monkeybone (2001) Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan,
John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Rose McGowan, David Foley,
Whoopi Goldberg (Fox): $9.98
* Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001) Profile of
Ali as seen through the eyes of celebrities and world leaders
(Universal): $14.98
* Rangers (2001) Corbin Bernsen, Matt McCoy (Fox): $9.98
* Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) TV musical. Lesley
Ann Warren, Stuart Damon, Walter Pidgeon, Ginger Rogers, Celeste
Holm, Jo Van Fleet, Pat Carroll (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* These Old Broads (2000) Shirley MacLaine, Debbie Reynolds, Joan
Collins, Elizabeth Taylor (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Time and Tide (2000) Dir.: Tsui Hark; Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai,
Candy Lo (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Tomcats (2001) Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey,
Horatio Sanz, Bill Maher, Jamie Pressly (Columbia TriStar):
$14.95

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DECEMBER DVD HIGHLIGHTS (continued):

December 11:
* The Basket (1999) Peter Coyote, Karen Allen. Commentary by
director Rich Cowan and director of photography Dan Heigh,
"Behind The Basket": collection of six mini-featurettes on the
making of the film, deleted scenes with audio commentary,
outtakes, photo gallery.
* Casualties of War (1989) Dir.: Brian De Palma; Michael J. Fox,
Sean Penn, John Leguizamo, John C. Reilly, Ving Rhames.
"Eriksson's War: A Conversation With Michael J. Fox," "The
Making of Casualties of War," five deleted scenes, more.
* The Defiant Ones (1958) Dir.: Stanley Kramer; Tony Curtis,
Sidney Poitier. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Dodsworth (1936) Dir.: William Wyler; Walter Huston, Ruth
Chatterton, Mary Astor, David Niven, Paul Lukas. (MGM Vintage
Classics).
* Druids (2001) Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max
Von Sydow, Ines Sastre.
* Elephant Man (1980) SEE VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Following (1998) Dir.: Christopher Nolan ("Memento"); Jeremy
Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell. Commentary by Nolan, second
angles with director's shooting script, ability to restructure
the story (told in flash-forwards and doubling backs)
chronologically. (Columbia TriStar).
* 4 Dogs Playing Poker (1999) Olivia Williams, Stacy Edwards,
Balthazar Getty, Tim Curry, Forest Whitaker. (Warner).
* Fritz the Cat (1972) Dir.: Ralph Bakshi. Un-rated version
(originally released with an X). (MGM Avant Garde Collection).
* The Handmaid's Tale (1990) Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway,
Robert Duvall. (MGM Avant Garde Collection).
* Hedwig and the Angry Inch Platinum Edition (2001) John Cameron
Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Theodore Liscinski. Filmmaker commentary,
original feature-length documentary, deleted scenes, DVD-ROM
extras. (New Line).
* The Indian Runner (1991) Dir.: Sean Penn; David Morse, Viggo
Mortensen, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette. (MGM Avant Garde
Collection).
* Inherit the Wind (1960) Dir.: Stanley Kramer; Spencer Tracy,
Fredric March, Gene Kelly. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Jurassic Park III Collector's Edition (2001) Dir.: Joe
Johnston; Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alessandro
Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter, John Diehl, Bruce A. Young.
Ten hours of entertainment including commentary by Johnston, "The
Making of Jurassic Park III," "The New Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park
III," a guided tour of the Stan Winston studio, a visit to ILM,
"Dinosaur Turntable" (three-dimensional look at the dinosaurs
created for the film), storyboards, games, more. Widescreen and
fullscreen versions. (Universal).
* The Jurassic Park Trilogy. Four-disc set with "Jurassic Park,"
"The Lost World: Jurassic Park," "Jurassic Park III," "Beyond
Jurassic Park" (a two hour feature with never-before-seen footage
from all three films); $75.98. (Universal).
* Look Back in Anger (1959) Richard Burton, Claire Bloom. (MGM
Vintage Classics).
* The Lover (1992) Dir.: Jean-Jacques Annaud; Jane March, Tony
Leung, narrated by Jeanne Moreau. French with English subtitles.
(MGM Avant Garde Collection).
* Medium Cool (1969) Dir.: Haskell Wexler; Robert Forster,
VernaBloom, Marianna Hill, Peter Bonerz, Peter Boyle. Commentary
by Wexler, Hill, and editorial consultant Paul Golding.
(Paramount).
* The Mists of Avalon (2001) Angelica Huston, Julianna Margulies,
Joan Allen. TNT miniseries. Additional scenes; gallery of photos,
storyboards, costume/production designs; Camelot characters
family tree. (Warner).
* The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) Animated. (MGM Avant
Garde Collection).
* Orfeu (2000) Dir.: Carlos Diegues. Toni Garrido, Patricia
Franca, Murilo Benicio. New Yorker Video.
* The Party (1968) Dir.: Blake Edwards; Peter Sellers, Claudine
Longet, Marge Champion, Carol Wayne. (MGM Avant Garde
Collection).
* Rush Hour 2 (2001) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi
Zhang, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin, Alan King, Kenneth Tsang,
Don Cheadle, Saul Rubinek. Commentary by director Brett Ratner
and writer Jeff Nathanson; behind-the-scenes documentary "Making
Magic Out of Mire"; humorous tour of "Fashion of Rush Hour 2";
"Evolution of a Scene" analysis of three scenes (Chicken Chop,
The Bomb, Slide for Life); deleted scenes; outtakes; DVD-ROM
extras; infinifilm "behind the movie" features: "Jackie Chan's
Hong Kong" introduction (a brief look at Hong Kong through the
eyes of one of its biggest stars); "Culture Clash: West Meets
East"; "Attaining International Stardom" documentary on Chan and
Tucker; "Kung Fu Choreography;" and "Lady Luck," an early student
film by Ratner. (New Line).
* Separate Tables (1958) Dir.: Delbert Mann; David Niven, Burt
Lancaster, Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, Rod Taylor, Wendy Hiller.
Commentary by Mann. (MGM Vintage Classics).
* Sahara (1943) Humphrey Bogart, Lloyd Bridges, Bruce Bennett,
Dan Duryea, J. Carrol Naish. Vintage advertising.
* The Score (2001) Dir.: Frank Oz; Robert De Niro, Edward Norton,
Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando, Gary Farmer, Paul Soles.
Commentary with Oz and director of photography Rob Hahn, "The
Making of the Score" featurette, additional footage. (Paramount).
* Star Trek: Original Series Volumes 39 and 40.
* Topkapi (1964) Dir.: Jules Dassin; Melina Mercouri, Maximilian
Schell, Robert Morley, Akim Tamiroff, Peter Ustinov. (MGM Vintage
Classics).
* Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Dir.: Billy Wilder; Charles
Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power. (MGM Vintage Classics).

December 18:
* All Over the Guy (2001) Dan Bucatinsky, Richard Ruccolo, Adam
Goldberg, Sasha Alexander. (Trimark).
* The Big Heat (1953) Dir.: Fritz Lang; Glenn Ford, Gloria
Grahame, Lee Marvin, Carolyn Jones.
* Burnzy's Last Call (2000) Sherry Stringfield, Sam Gray, David
Johansen, James McCaffrey, Chris Noth, Roger Robinson, Tony Todd,
Carolyn McCormick, Michael Massee, Jamie Waters, Eddie Brill,
James Burton. Vanguard Cinema.
* Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001) Ashley Rose Orr,
Emily Hart, Connie Britton, Colin Friels. Commentary with
executive director Melissa Joan Hart, "Child Star: The Making of
a Legend" featurette. Telefilm.
* The Dirk Bogarde Collection "The Accident," "The Servant" and
"The Mind Benders." $19.95 each; $39.95 for gift pack. (Anchor
Bay).
* Jackpot (2001) Jon Gries, Garrett Morris, Adam Baldwin, Peggy
Lipton, Crystal Bernard, Camilia Clouse, Daryl Hannah, Mac Davis,
Rick Overton, Anthony Edwards.
* Motorama (1991) Jordan Christopher Michael, Martha Quinn, John
Diehl, Robert Picardo, Garrett Morris, Drew Barrymore.
* Moulin Rouge Special Edition (2001) Dir.: Baz Luhrmann; Nicole
Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard
Roxburgh. Two DVD set (created, directed and produced by
Luhrmann) with six hours of extras. Disc 1: Dolby 5.1 Surround
and DTS versions with two commentary tracks featuring Luhrmann,
production and costume designer Catherine Martin, director of
photography Donald McAlpine and co-writer Craig Pearce; branching
footage; exclusive "Behind the Velvet Curtain" version featuring
a little green fairy that leads viewers into the
behind-the-scenes world of Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge; Disc 2:
Multiple featurettes that bring the viewer deep into the
four-year production process from conception to release: "The
Writers Gallery," "Creating the Intro to the Film," "The Actor's
Gallery," "Dance Galley" (with uncut choreography sequences),
"Editorial Gallery" (extended scenes), "Music Gallery,"
"Animating the Green Fairy," more; 10 Easter Eggs; HBO First Look
Special; multiple extended scenes; several key choreography-laden
scenes featuring multi-angle options; "Come What May" and "Lady
Marmalade" music videos; MTV Movie Awards performance of "Lady
Marmalade"; still gallery; $29.98. (Fox).
* The Princess Diaries (2001) Dir: Garry Marshall; Julie Andrews,
Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Caroline
Goodall, Robert Schwartzman, Kathleen Marshall, Sandra Oh.
Commentary by Marshall, eight deleted scenes, "A New Princess"
behind-the-scenes featurette, "The Ultimate Tea Party" commentary
with Andrews and Hathaway, music videos. (Buena Vista).
* Princess of Thieves (2001) Keira Knightley, Malcolm McDowell,
Jonathan Hyde, Stephen Moyer, Stuart Wilson. Commentary by
director Peter Hewitt, "Princess of Thieves: The Adventure Behind
the Adventure." Telefilm.
* Scary Movie 2 (2001) Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris,
Regina Hall, Chris Masterson, Tim Curry, Tori Spelling, James
Woods, Natasha Lyonne, Andy Richter, Kathleen Robertson, Chris
Elliott, David Cross, Richard Moll. Bonus footage. (Buena Vista).
* Twin Peaks: The First Season Episodes 1-7. SEE VIDEO NEWS, Part
1.
* The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) Tran Nu Yen-Khe, Nguyen Nhu
Quynh, Le Khanh, Ngo Quang Hai, Tran Manh Cuong, Chu Ngoc Hung,
Le Tuan Anh, Le Van Loc.
* The Vigil: For Kurt Cobain (1998) Vanguard Cinema.
* War of the Roses Special Edition (1989) SEE VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.

December 26:
* Amazing Grace (1974) Moms Mabley, Sleppy White, Moses Gunn.
(MGM Soul Cinema Collection).
* Carrington (1995) Jonathan Pryce, Emma Thompson. Behind the
scenes featurette.
* China Moon (1991) Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe.
* Echo Park (1986) Susan Dey, Tom Hulce.
* Evolution (2001) Dir.: Ivan Reitman; David Duchovny, Julianne
Moore, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Ted Levine, Dan
Aykroyd. DreamWorks.
* The Favor (1991) Elizabeth McGovern, Harley Jane Kozak, Bill
Pullman, Brad Pitt.
* Fires Within (1991) Jimmy Smits, Greta Scacchi, Vincent
D'Onofrio.
* The Good Wife (1987) Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill.
* Jack & Sarah (1996) Samantha Mathis, Richard E. Grant.
Featurette.
* J.D.'s Revenge (1976) Lou Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Joan
Pringle.
* Lonely Hearts (1983) Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye.
* Mannequin (1987) Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall.
* Maria's Lovers (1984) Nastassja Kinski, John Savage.
* Romantic Comedy (1983) Dudley Moore, Mary Steenburgen.
* The Russia House (1990) Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer.
* Speechless (1994) Michael Keaton, Geena Davis.
* Truly Madly Deeply (1991) Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman.
Commentary by director Anthony Minghella, video interview with
Minghella.
* Two Can Play That Game (2001) Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut,
Anthony Anderson, Mo'Nique, Tamala Jones, Raquel Robinson,
Gabrielle Union, Bobby Brown. Commentary by director Mark
Brown, "Two Can Play That Game: Surviving the Battle of the
Sexes," "First Time at Bat" making-of featurette, "Vivica A. Fox
Makes Her Move" featurette, music video. (Columbia TriStar).
* Wuthering Heights (1970) Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton.

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MORE COLLECTIBLES:

Walt Disney Home Video has released "Walt: The Man Behind the
Myth," the fascinating story of an American icon, featuring
interviews with 70 colleagues and friends, commentary by film
historians, clips, and more. The $19.99 VHS commemorates the
100th anniversary of Disney's birth (December 5).

SlingShot Entertainment has released five volumes of classic and
cult films on DVD for $12.99 each. The "Roger Corman
Retrospective Volume II" contains three of Corman's best films:
"The Little Shop of Horrors," "The Terror" and "Creature From the
Haunted Sea." The "Bela Lugosi Collection Volume II" includes
White Zombie," "The Ape Man" and "The Gorilla." "German Silent
Masterworks" contains F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" and "The Last
Laugh" and Paul Wegener's "Der Golem." "Crime Stoppers Volume 1"
includes "Mr. Wong, Detective," "Dick Tracy's Dilemma" and "Dick
Tracy Meets Gruesome. "Crime Stoppers Volume II" contains "Fog
Island," "The Black Raven" and "Dick Tracy vs. Cueball."

Winstar Home Video has released a collection of six obscure war
films under the WWII Video Arsenal appellation. Included for
$9.98 VHS/$14.98 DVD each are "Mission to Death" (1966), "The
Ravagers" (1965), "The Walls of Hell" (1964-Philippine/U.S.),
"The Raiders of Leyte Gulf" (1963-Philippine/U.S.), "Submarine
Attack" (1954-Italy) and "The Fighting Rats of Tobruk" (1948-
Australia).


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FOR THE KIDS:

Small Fry Productions will release on December 11 eight
educational The Brainy Baby Company DVDs for the diaper set: "The
Brainy Baby Company Presents "French," "Spanish," "Shapes &
Colors," "ABCs," "123s," "Animals," "Left Brain Learning" and
"Right Brain Learning." Each DVD sells for $19.98 and offers a
multitude of visual and auditory experiences for children ages 1
to 5, and features interactive storybooks (which can be printed
out for coloring), interactive games and puzzles, sing-alongs and
parent's guides. (www/small-fry.com or 800-521-5311).

For older kids there's "Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire," a
new Christmas tale about a lazy, chubby and lovesick Robbie the
Reindeer who's unfit to join Santa's team until he learns that
there is no easy route to success and that hard work and talent
get rewarded in the end; $19.98 DVD and $14.95 VHS. Released to
DVD for the first time is the animated "Grandma Got Run Over by a
Reindeer," about a young boy who goes on the misadventure of a
lifetime to find his grandma, save the family store and prove
that Santa is real; $19.98. Both are from Warner Home Video.

For kids of all ages, A&E Home Video has released VHS and DVD box
sets of the fabulous "Supermarionation" futuristic cult classic
British TV series (1965-1966) "The Thunderbirds." The puppet
heroes of International Rescue save the world (over and over) in
"Thunderbirds Set 3" (with three one-hour episodes, "Vault of
Death," "Operation Crash Dive" and "Move and You're Dead") and
"Thunderbirds Set 4" (with three one-hour episodes, "Martian
Invasion," "Brink of Disaster" and "The Perils of Penelope." Each
three-VHS set sell for $29.95. The DVD editions differ from their
VHS counterparts: "Thunderbirds Set 3" includes all six episodes
from the VHS 3 and 4 sets while the DVD edition of "Thunderbirds
Set 4" includes episodes "The Impostors," "The Man From M.I. 5,"
"Cry Wolf," "Danger at Ocean Deep," "The Duchess Assignment" and
"Attack of the Alligators." Each DVD two-disc set sells for
$39.95.

For Pokemon fans, Warner has released the all-new direct-to-video
animated "Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns," a sequel to the Pokemon
theatrical feature films, in which Ash and the Pokemon protect
Mewtwo's psychic powers from the evil Team Rocket. $14.95 VHS and
$19.98 DVD; the DVD edition has such extras as the uncut version
of "The Story of Mewtwo's Origins" and the new TV show opening
theme song.

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SPECIAL INTEREST:

From Kultur Video: "The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard
by Leonard Bernstein," in which the master composer and conductor
examined music from every age and place in the search for a
worldwide, innate musical grammar. The six-volume set (13 hours)
sells for $99.95 in both VHS and DVD versions. (www.kultur.com or
800-718-1300).

From A&E Home Video: "A History of Britain, Set 2," the second
video series in the landmark PBS/The History Channel presentation
adapted from historian Simon Schama's best-selling books. "Set 2"
chronicles Great Britain from the Elizabethan Era to the Age of
Empire. VHS, three-volumes, $39.95. ... "In the Footsteps of the
Holy Family" is a religious documentary that traces the footsteps
taken by Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus on their prolific flight
to escape King Herod death decree; $29.95 VHS and DVD. ...
"Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years," an eight-hour
documentary, is available for the first time on DVD at $39.95.
... "Heroes of Iwo Jima" is a documentary about the world-famous
"flag-raising" on the island of Iwo Jima during one of the
fiercest battles of WWII (and the story behind the famous image
captured by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal and the lesser-known
photo that Marine Corps photographer Lou Lowery took hours
earlier), narrated by Gene Hackman; $19.95 VHS and DVD.

From Winstar's Wellspring Media: "The Secrets of the Warrior's
Power: Kung Fu," available new to DVD, featuring a host of
martial arts experts, from Grandmaster Chan Pui to Bruce Lee;
"Tai Chi: 6 Forms," "Tai Chi: 24 Forms" and "Qi Gong for Health,"
all featuring Dr. Paul Lam, on VHS and DVD; and "The Universal
Form," created by Master Lawrence Tan and combining the best of
Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Yoga, on VHS and DVD. (www.winstarvideo.com
or 800-414-1690).

From Facets Video: "Giacometti, a DVD featuring two films about
the work of one of the 20th century's greatest artists, Alberto
Giacometti, an extremely important figure in the surrealist
movement whose approach to the human body and miniature
sculptures have greatly influenced modern art. "What Is a Head?"
by Michael Van Zele, is a penetrating and insightful film that
reveals Giacometti's brilliance and pays particular attention to
his approach to the head, be it sculpted, drawn, or painted,
featuring countless interviews with art world luminaries; In "A
Man Among Men: Alberto Giacometti," the artist reveals himself
before the camera, shedding new light on more than 180 of his
greatest works. More info: www.facets.org or 800-331-6197.

Warner Home Video will release on December 11 a whole host of
fitness and self-help titles, including: "Total Yoga: The Flow
Series," a three-part series of Hatha Vinyasa yoga taught by
Ganga White and Tracey Rich, directors of the White Lotus
Foundation and retreat in Santa Barbara, Calif.: "Total Yoga: The
Flow Series - Earth," for beginners, "Total Yoga: The Flow Series
- Water," an intermediate level, and "Total Yoga: The Flow Series
- Fire," for more experienced practitioners; $14.95 each VHS or
$44.98 per box set. ... A new Richard Simmons fitness tape,
"Silver Foxes 2: Shape Up America," brings back celebrity moms
and dads to claim fitness and vitality for their generation with
a non-aerobic, full-body conditioning and stretching program;
$9.95 VHS. ... Released by Warner on the PBS Home Video label is
"Suze Orman: The Road to Wealth," featuring a dynamic Q&A
session with Orman, a discussion of the critical financial issues
facing people today, and an evaluation of the emotional aspects
of money matters; $14.95 VHS.

Music: On December 11 Pioneer Entertainment will release "Bach:
Greatest Organ Works Volume 2," performed by Hans Andre-Stamm on
the famous Trost organ at the Baroque Church in Walterhausen,
Germany, and including Fantasia G Minor BWV 542/1, Fugue G Minor
BWV 542/2, Prelude G Major BWV 541/1 and more, $29.98 DVD in
Dolby 5.1. ... "Losing Aaliyah" is a video retrospective and
tribute to the up-and-coming hip-hop and R&B star who died in a
plane crash this year, $14.95 VHS and $19.95 DVD, from Azure
Entertainment, distributed by Music Video Distributors
(www.musicvideodistributors.com or 800-888-0486).


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11/25/01 V5.1A (Part 1 of 2 parts)

DECEMBER'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

AMERICAN OUTLAWS
Revisionist look at the legend of Jesse James, with Colin Farrell
playing the infamous outlaw as if he were a Robin Hood of the
West. Returning from the Civil War, the James brothers are
confronted by a railroad robber baron (Harris Yulin) and his
henchman (Timothy Dalton) who kill and maim in their effort to
clear a path for their intercontinental railroad. When the James'
matriarch (Kathy Bates) and farm are blown up, the James boys go
on a rampage, robbing the rich railroads and giving the money to
the poor. There's plenty of action, some weak attempts at humor,
and a perfunctory love story between Jesse and girlfriend Zee
(Ali Larter), but for the most part this misfires on all
chambers.
   Director: Les Mayfield. Stars: Colin Farrell, Gabriel Macht,
Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Will McCormack, Timothy Dalton, Harris
Yulin, Nathaniel Arcand, Gregory Smith, Kathy Bates. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG-13,  94 min.),  Western comedy,  2001,  Box office
gross: $12.726 million, (Warner),  No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 12/4, DVD: Day & Date.

EVOLUTION
A bumbling sci-fi comedy about a trio of scientists attempting to
stop a strange outer space lifeform from taking over the Earth.
When a meteorite slams into the desert one night, two
junior-college scientists/teachers (David Duchovny and Orlando
Jones) are the first on the scene, discovering an alien ooze that
breeds like crazy in the Earth's atmosphere, jumping though
billions of years of evolution in a matter of days. Soon there's
weird prehistoric animals threatening the cities and country side
of Arizona, and a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control
(Julianne Moore) and the Army are sent out to investigate. Only
the two teachers -- and the scientist -- know the real truth --
that the final stage of evolution is a gigantic blob that will
eradicate life as we know it. But to get to this revelation,
we're treated to broad, corny and generally unfunny slapstick,
many cases of bodily-function humor, a lame fireman-apprentice
(Seann William Scott) who joins the trio to stop the monster,
cardboard disbelieving government officials, and boring dialogue
explications. It's all too mangled and goofy to really stick
together and work as a whole, which of course the aliens do when
they get you. Great special effects -- to a point.
   Director: Ivan Reitman. Stars: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore,
Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Ted Levine, Dan Aykroyd. CC,
(MPAA rating: PG-13,  101 min.),  Science Fiction,  2001,  Box
office gross: $38.311 million, (DreamWorks),  No VHS SRP, Priced
for rental,  Available: 12/26, DVD: Day & Date.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
John Cameron Mitchell directs and stars in this film adaptation
of his Broadway rock musical about an "internationally ignored"
rock singer and her search for stardom and love. Hedwig, born a
boy with a life's dream to find a missing part of himself,
submits to a sex change operation to marry an American G.I. and
get over the Berlin Wall to freedom. The operation is botched,
leaving an "angry inch," and Hedwig finds herself alone and
divorced in a Kansas trailer park. She forms a rock band and
meets a lover/protege, who turns around and steals her songs and
becomes a huge rock star. Hedwig forms a pan-Slavic band, the
Angry Inch, and goes on tour in seedy dives in the shadow of her
ex-lover, seeking to make her way in the rock world.
   Director: John Cameron Mitchell. Stars: John Cameron Mitchell,
Miriam Shor, Theodore Liscinski. CC, (MPAA rating: R,  91 min.),
Rock theater,  2001,  Box office gross: $4.000 million, (New
Line),  No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 12/11, DVD: Day
& Date.

JURASSIC PARK III
The long-awaited second sequel to "Jurassic Park," though not up
to the snuff of its predecessors despite new and nastier
dinosaurs, is still out there gobbling up the box office, having
chomped almost $81 million in its first five days of release. The
film is non-stop thrills and chills, as is to be expected, with
excitingly believable action, at least on the part of the dinos.
This time out, though, one has to double one's suspension of
disbelief to go along with the implausible human antics on
display. Sam Neil returns as Dr. Alan Grant, conned by divorced
husband and wife William H. Macy and Tea Leoni to rescue their
son, who disappeared on the dino island during a parasailing
adventure. And off we go.
   Director: Joe Johnston. Stars: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea
Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter, John
Diehl, Bruce A. Young. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13,  91 min.),
Science Fiction,  2001,  Box office gross: $180.000 million,
(Universal), $22.98 VHS SRP, Available: 12/11, DVD: Day & Date.

MOULIN ROUGE
An unconventional dance musical -- to say the least -- by the
director of the genre-bending "Romeo + Juliet." Set in 1899 Paris
the film loosely revolves around a romance between the Moulin
Rouge club's luscious and desirable star Satine (a glowing Nicole
Kidman) and a penniless writer (Ewan McGregor) who falls in love
with her. And that's where the reality stops. This Paris is
created digitally, with post-modern sets and a soundtrack (sung
by the stars) that ranges from the Elton John to "The Sound of
Music" to "Roxanne" (as well as recurring versions of "Diamonds
Are a Girl's Best Friend"). Lurking in the background are an
assortment of seedy characters, including a Duke obsessed with
Satine, the famous Toulouse Lautrec, and the temple of sin's
impresario. Director Baz Luhrmann's flashy, trashy, irreverent
style just barely falls short of creating a true experimental
mixed-multi-media-montage filmic style (he owes a lot, however,
to Bob Fosse's mind-bending juxtapositions of dance, music and
time in "All That Jazz," and perhaps a bit to Monty Python).
Still this is one heck of an eye-mind candy ride ... one that
particularly suffers from being scaled down to the small screen.
   Director: Baz Luhrmann. Stars: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor,
John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG-13,  126 min.),  Drama with Music,  2001,  Box office
gross: $56.578 million, (Fox),  No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 12/18, DVD: Day & Date.

PEARL HARBOR
Disney's epic recreation of the attack on Pearl Harbor -- with a
price tag of $135 million -- has gotten more press than any film
this year (though Spielberg's "A.I." has come in a close second).
It's been chastised and attacked for political incorrectness, but
hey, its just basically a love story that takes place before,
during and after Pearl Harbor, with great special effects and a
hip, young cast. So just sit back and enjoy three hours of top
moviemaking, eat three bags of popcorn, and ponder this: Disney
spent $50 million (the cost of an entire film in anyone else's
hands) on the premiere of the film in Hawaii.
   Director: Michael Bay. Stars: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate
Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon
Voight, William Lee Scott, James King. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13,
183 min.),  War drama,  2001,  Box office gross: $200.000
million, (Buena Vista), $24.99 VHS SRP, Available: 12/4, DVD: Day
& Date.

PRINCESS DIARIES, THE
Second surprise hit of the summer revolving around the trials and
tribulations of young women trying to find their way in the world
(the other being "Legally Blonde") that shows that there is
always a large audience for innocuous comedy sans explicit sex
and bathroom humor. This typical Disney comedy (a throwback to
the 1960s/1970s) stars Anne Hathaway as a clumsy 10th-grader in
San Francisco who discovers she is in fact the heir to the throne
of the small country of Genovia. With the aid of her grandmother
Queen Clarisse (Julie Andrews) the ugly duckling is turned into a
lovely, poised princess. A delightful film for young girls that
has found a much wider family audience.
   Director: Garry Marshall. Stars: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway,
Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Caroline Goodall, Robert
Schwartzman, Kathleen Marshall, Sandra Oh. CC, (MPAA rating: G,
115 min.),  Comedy,  2001,  Box office gross: $105.000 million,
(Buena Vista),  $22.99 VHS SRP,  Available: 12/18, DVD: Day &
Date.

RUSH HOUR 2
The boys are back in town -- or rather the modern-day crime
fighting Abbott and Costello of police enforcement are back on
screen for more of the same that made "Rush Hour" a $250 million
smash hit. Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker return as hapless heroes
who use fist and mouth (respectively) to disarm their enemies.
This time around motor-mouth LAPD cop Tucker travels to Hong
Kong, where he's squired around as a tourist by Chan's Inspector
Lee. But the fun and games in massage parlors, yachts and
nightclubs eventually take a back seat to crime, as the duo begin
a rogue cop investigation into the deaths of two U.S. Customs
agents involving counterfeit money, taking them to L.A. and Las
Vegas and getting involved with a triad leader (John Lone), a
nasty henchwoman (Ziyi Zhang), a casino boss (Alan King) and a
possibly corrupt secret agent (Roselyn Sanchez). The patented
Chan martial arts and Tucker motor mouth mesh well again for two
hours of sheer entertainment.
   Director: Brett Ratner. Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John
Lone, Ziyi Zhang, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin, Alan King,
Kenneth Tsang, Don Cheadle, Saul Rubinek. CC, (MPAA rating:
PG-13,  90 min.),  Comedy,  2001,  Box office gross: $220.000
million, (New Line),  $22.94 VHS SRP, Available: 12/11, DVD: Day
& Date.

SCARY MOVIE 2
More of the same horror-spoof shenanigans that made "Scary Movie"
a teen-college audience smash hit. This time around the surviving
cast members of "SM" (now in college) are invited by a nasty
professor (Tim Curry) to spend the weekend in a haunted house,
giving the filmmakers the opportunity to spoof "The House on
Haunted Hill," "The Exorcist," "The Changling" and even
"Charlie's Angels." And there's the usual soft-core sex added in,
with enough prurient ghostly sex scenes to definitely give this
one a strong R-rating.
   Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans. Stars: Marlon Wayans, Shawn
Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Chris Masterson, Tim Curry, Tori
Spelling, James Woods, Natasha Lyonne, Andy Richter, Kathleen
Robertson, Chris Elliott, David Cross. CC, (MPAA rating: R,  82
min.),  Horror spoof,  2001,  Box office gross: $71.277 million,
(Buena Vista),  No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 12/18,
DVD: Day & Date.

SCORE, THE
Robert De Niro has paid his dues. From "Greetings" to "Mean
Streets" to "The Godfather II" to "Taxi Driver" to "The Last
Tycoon" to "Raging Bull" through later work in "Cape Fear," "Wag
the Dog" and "Ronin," De Niro has created some of the 20th
Century's greatest characters. But in his last several outings --
"15 Minutes" and this by-the-numbers thriller, he's just been
wiring home his parts (though he did again step out in "Meeting
the Parents"). A departure for comedy director Frank Oz, "The
Score" is a throwback to the days before heist films were laden
with blood and explosions. That's laudable, but unfortunately
this I'm-out-for-one-last-score thriller is a bit too routine and
predictable. De Niro plays an expert heist man Jazz club owner
drawn into the robbery of a priceless golden French scepter by
puffy fence Marlon Brando. Though no job seems too tough for De
Niro, this one has a major catch: its stored in the basement of
the Customs House in Montreal. With the aid of a rather nasty
apprentice crook with a giant chip on his shoulder, played by
Edward Norton, who happens to have gotten a job at the Customs
House in the guise of a mentally-challenged janitor, and with $4
million dangled in front of him, De Niro takes on the job. De
Niro is a the consummate pro while Norton is out to screw anyone
he thinks is better than him. The film's plotting of the
preparation for the crime and its twists and turns are elaborate
but, in the long run, lacks the impact of true heist gambits (By
contrast, check out the December 11 DVD release of Jules Dassin's
1964 "Topkapi," a classic of the genre starring Melina Mercouri,
Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Akim Tamiroff, and Peter
Ustinov). This is definitely a boy's film -- Angela Bassett
appears briefly as De Niro's wallpaper love interest.
   Director: Frank Oz. Stars: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton,
Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando, Gary Farmer, Paul Soles. CC, (MPAA
rating: R,  123 min.),  Thriller,  2001,  Box office gross:
$70.307 million, (Paramount),  No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 12/11, DVD: Day & Date.

SUMMER CATCH
Post-WWII sentimental drama with a baseball background. Set in
small New England towns in the innocence after the second World
War, the film revolves around the Cape Cod Baseball League, a
kind of farm team where college all-stars battle it out to
impress pro baseball scouts. Into the picture comes Ryan, the
first local boy (from the wrong side of the tracks) to make it on
the Cape Cod lineup. Throw in a love affair with a rich girl
(Jessica Biel), her "villainous" father (Bruce Davison), rival
ballplayers, a tough-guy coach, a loser of a brother (Jason
Gedrick), plenty of barroom and baseball scenes, and you have an
old-fashioned soap opera that, unfortunately, belongs on the
small screen.
   Director: Mike Tollin. Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel,
Matthew Lillard, Brian Dennehy, Fred Ward, Jason Gedrick,
Brittany Murphy, Bruce Davison, Corey Pearson, Beverly D'Angelo.
CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13,  106 min.),  Baseball drama,  2001,  Box
office gross: $19.037 million, (Warner),  No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental,  Available: 12/4, DVD: Day & Date.

TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME
Failed romantic comedy about a self-assured, self-made female
advertising executive (Vivica A. Fox) who discovers that her
boyfriend (Morris Chestnut) has been playing around with her
rival (Gabrielle Union). To get even -- and teach her ex a
lesson, she decides that two can play that game -- and undertakes
a 10-day plan that she's certain will make him come running back
to her. But she soon finds out that playing the field isn't as
easy as she thought. In typical sitcom fashion, the writers bring
in a bevy of girlfriends and their beaus for comic support, but
the main underpinnings of the romp are way too weak.
   Director: Mark Brown. Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut,
Anthony Anderson, Mo'Nique, Tamala Jones, Raquel Robinson,
Gabrielle Union, Bobby Brown. CC, (MPAA rating: R,  90 min.),
Romantic Comedy,  2001,  Box office gross: $20.000 million,
(Columbia TriStar),  No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,  Available:
12/26, DVD: Day & Date.

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VIDEO NEWS -- FOR COLLECTORS:

On December 4, DreamWorks will release to DVD "Almost
Famous/Untitled -- The Bootleg Cut" (2000), starring Patrick
Fugit, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand and Kate
Hudson. When DreamWorks released "Almost Famous" last March, they
promised an extended version of Cameron Crowe's rock odyssey
would hit the market before the year was out -- and here it is.
Crowe went back and reworked the film, delivering here a
159-minute extended cut. This two-disc set -- with almost five
hours of additional material -- includes that cut; the original
theatrical release; commentary with Crowe and his mother, Alice
Crowe, on the Untitled version; a specially created featurette
including behind-the-scenes footage plus rehearsal footage from
rock group Stillwater's San Diego show, and more; deleted scenes
with commentary by Crowe, including real-life rock 'n' rollers
Pete Droge and Elaine Summer singing "Small Times Blues" and
Stillwater's Cleveland concert including six songs performed
live; Crowe's Rolling Stone articles from the 1970s; Crowe's
Top-10 1973 album picks; the Academy Award-winning script; Nancy
Wilson's original music made exclusively for the DVD menus; more;
in Dolby and DTS; the DVD package has been designed to resemble a
classic rock album from the 1970s and includes an exclusive
23-minute "Stillwater" CD featuring never before released tracks
by the film's band; $26.95.

Also on December 4, the folks at Disney are releasing four DVD
collections of "Walt Disney Treasures":
*** Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Color.
A collection of 26 famous Mickey Mouse color adventures such as
"The Band Concert," "Thru The Mirror," "Mickey's Rival," "Clock
Cleaners" and more. Fans have never had such a remarkable set of
Mickey Mouse films collected together on DVD before; packaged in
a collectible tin DVD edition that features a themed, exclusive
lithograph. $32.99.
*** Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland USA. Fascinating early
programs on Disneyland, including "The Disneyland Story,"
"Dateline Disneyland" "Disneyland After Dark," the "Disneyland
10th Anniversary Show" and a special featurette with Leonard
Maltin; packaged in a collectible tin DVD edition that features a
themed, exclusive lithograph. $32.99.
*** Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies. Thirty-six of Walt's
seminal early animated films are collected together. These
amazing creations preceded Disney's feature film creations.
Included are: "The  Wise Little Hen" (features the very first
appearance of Donald Duck); "Flowers and Trees" (the very first
Disney cartoon in Technicolor, and an Academy Award-winner, 1932,
best cartoon); "The Old Mill" (the first Disney cartoon to use
the multiplane camera, a breakthrough in animation); packaged in
a collectible tin DVD edition that features a themed, exclusive
lithograph. $32.99.
*** Walt Disney Treasures: Davy Crockett. Five classic "Davy
Crockett" television episodes, including "Davy Crockett Goes to
Congress" and "Davy Crockett at the Alamo," plus special features
with Leonard Maltin; featurettes; Easter Eggs; art galleries;
packaged in a collectible tin DVD edition that features a themed,
exclusive lithograph. $32.99.

Three classic films are due out on DVD December 11: Paramount's
"Elephant Man" (1980), directed by David Lynch and starring
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud and Wendy
Hiller. Disc extras include retrospective cast and crew
interviews, interview with Academy Award-winning makeup artist
Christopher Tucker, narrated photo gallery. MGM will release
"Inherit the Wind" (1960), directed by Stanley Kramer and
starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March and Gene Kelly; and
"Topkapi" (1964), directed by Jules Dassin and starring Melina
Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Akim Tamiroff and
Peter Ustinov.

On December 18, Columbia TriStar will release a DVD of "The Big
Heat" (1953), directed by Fritz Lang and starring Glenn Ford,
Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin and Carolyn Jones. Anchor Bay has
scheduled that day for the release of "The Dirk Bogarde
Collection," a three-disc set that includes "The Accident," "The
Servant" and "The Mind Benders"' $19.95 each; $39.95 for gift
pack. The wild and wonderful "War of the Roses Special Edition"
(1989), directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas,
Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sagebrecht, Sean Astin
and Heather Fairfield, comes to DVD. The disc features commentary
by DeVito, deleted scenes montage with introductions by DeVito,
storyboards, computer sketches, more; from Fox. And last but not
least, Artisan will release a DVD set of "Twin Peaks: The First
Season," with Episodes 1-7 on four discs. The episodes are
remastered, in full-screen with DTS and Dolby Digital sound.
Extras include select episode commentary by the directors;
interviews with cast, cinema and TV experts; optional Log Lady
introductions to each episode; script notes; optional guide to
the "Unseen Twin Peaks"; archival material from "Wrapped in
Plastic," the official Twin Peaks fanzine. Artisan.


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DECEMBER VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

December 4:
* Beethoven's 4th (2001) Judge Reinhold, Julia Sweeney, Joe
Pichler, Michaela Gallo, Kaleigh Krish, Matt McCoy, Veanne Cox,
Mark Lindsay Chapman, Nick Meaney (Universal): Direct-to-video,
$19.98
* Down to Earth Special Edition (2001) Chris Rock (Paramount):
Cast and crew interviews, $14.95
* Land Before Time, The: The Big Freeze. Animated (Universal):
Direct-to-video, $19.98
* Pearl Harbor 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (2001) Ben
Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin, Cuba
Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, William Lee Scott, James
King (Buena Vista): Two-cassette set with a bonus documentary,
$24.99
* Pearl Harbor 60th Anniversary Commemorative Gift Set (2001)
(Buena Vista): Two-cassette set with a bonus documentary and
one-hour "National Geographic: Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor,"
$39.99

December 11:
* Jurassic Park III (2001) Dir.: Joe Johnston; Sam Neill, William
H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael
Jeter, John Diehl, Bruce A. Young (Universal): $22.98
* Rush Hour 2 (2001) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi
Zhang, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin, Alan King, Kenneth Tsang,
Don Cheadle, Saul Rubinek (New Line): $22.94

December 18:
* Beyond the Clouds (1995) Dir.: Michelangelo Antonioni; John
Malkovich, Peter Weller, Jeanne Moreau (Vanguard Cinema): $29.95
* Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001) Ashley Rose Orr,
Emily Hart, Connie Britton, Colin Friels (Disney): Telefilm,
$19.99
* Portraits Chinois (1996) Helena Bonham Carter, Romane Bohringer
(Vanguard Cinema): French with English subtitles, $29.95
* The Princess Diaries (2001) Dir: Garry Marshall; Julie Andrews,
Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Caroline
Goodall, Robert Schwartzman, Kathleen Marshall, Sandra Oh (Buena
Vista): $22.99
* Princess of Thieves (2001) Keira Knightley, Malcolm McDowell,
Jonathan Hyde, Stephen Moyer, Stuart Wilson (Disney): Telefilm,
$19.99
* Son of Gascogne (1995) Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Dinara Drukarova,
Gregoire Colin (Vanguard Cinema): French with English subtitles,
$29.95
* Strawberry Fields (1997) Suzy Nakamura, James Sie (Vanguard
Cinema): $29.95

December 26:
* AntiTrust (2001) Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire
Forlani, Tim Robbins (MGM): $9.94
* Claim, The (2000) Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Nastassja
Kinski, Peter Mullan, Sarah Polley (MGM): $9.94
* Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2001) Glenn Close,
Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Amy Brenneman, Holly Hunter,
Kathy Baker, Valeria Golino, Gregory Hines (MGM): $9.94

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DECEMBER DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

December 4:

* Almost Famous/Untitled -- The Bootleg Cut (2000) SEE VIDEO
NEWS.
* American Outlaws (2001) Colin Farrell, Gabriel Macht, Scott
Caan, Ali Larter, Will McCormack, Timothy Dalton, Harris Yulin,
Nathaniel Arcand, Gregory Smith, Kathy Bates. Commentary by
director Les Mayfield, editor Michael Tronick and co-writer John
Rogers; four featurettes: "The Making of American Outlaws,"
"Creating the Old West," "How to Be an Outlaw" and "Costuming the
Cowboys"; deleted scenes; publicity gallery; storyboards;
production stills; Easter eggs. (Warner).
* Beethoven's 4th (2001) Judge Reinhold, Julia Sweeney, Joe
Pichler, Michaela Gallo, Kaleigh Krish, Matt McCoy, Veanne Cox,
Mark Lindsay Chapman, Nick Meaney. Commentaries, deleted scenes.
(Universal).
* Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter,
George Carlin, William Sadler. Behind-the-scenes featurette. (MGM
Contemporary Classics).
* Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1988) Keanu Reeves, Alex
Winter, George Carlin. (MGM Contemporary Classics).
* Britannia Hospital (1982) Dir.: Lindsay Anderson; Malcolm
McDowell, Leonard Rossiter, Vivian Pickles. (Anchor Bay).
* Clockwise (1986) John Cleese, Penny Leatherbarrow. (Anchor
Bay).
* Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) Michael Caine, Steve Martin.
Commentary by director Frank Oz, behind-the-scenes featurette.
(MGM Contemporary Classics).
* Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) Ralph Bates, Martine
Beswick. (Anchor Bay).
* Frankie & Johnny (1991) Dir,: Garry Marshall; Al Pacino,
Michelle Pfeiffer.
* John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars Special Edition (2001) Dir.:
John Carpenter; Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam
Grier, Clea Duvall, Joanna Cassidy, Liam White. Commentary by
Carpenter and Henstridge, "Video Diary: Red Desert Nights,"
"Scoring Ghosts of Mars" featurette, special effects
deconstructions. (Columbia TriStar).
* Land Before Time, The: The Big Freeze (2001) Animated, with
sing-alongs, read-alongs, Littlefoot's Seek and Find game.
(Universal).
* Mixed Nuts (1994) Dir.: Nora Ephron; Steve Martin, Madeline
Kahn, Rita Wilson.
* MTV's The Real World You Never Saw: Back to New York
(2001) From the hit reality series. Seven people share a New York
apartment in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Cast
biographies, a house tour, audition tapes, NYC haunts.
* National Geographic Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor (2001)
Documentary about what happened before, during and after December
7, 1941. Includes bonus programs on the 1940s U.S. Japanese
relocation and Army Nurses, a Pearl Harbor newsreel and timeline.
* One Small Hero (2001) Nathan Kiley, Matthew Peters, Bonnie
Burroughs, Lindsay Lewis.
* Pearl Harbor 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (2001)
Dir.: Michael Bay; Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale,
Alec Baldwin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, William
Lee Scott, James King. Two-disc set with historical documentary
"Unsung Heroes," Faith Hill's "There You'll Be" music video,
"Journey to the Screen: The Making of Pearl Harbor"; $29.99.
(Buena Vista).
* Pearl Harbor 60th Anniversary Commemorative Gift Set (2001)
Two-disc set with historical documentary "Unsung Heroes," Faith
Hill's "There You'll Be" music video, one-hour "National
Geographic: Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor," "Journey to the
Screen: The Making of Pearl Harbor," actual Pearl Harbor newsreel
footage, bonus historical footage, documentaries on the Japanese
Relocation and the role of the Army nurse during the war; $49.99.
(Buena Vista).
* Sheena (Queen of the Jungle) (1984) Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass.
* Silent Rage (1982) Chuck Norris, Ron Silver.
* Soapdish (1991) Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr.,
Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Shue, Carrie Fisher,
Garry Marshall, Teri Hatcher. Behind-the-scenes featurette.
* Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) Dir.:
Lamont Johnson; Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson.
Includes an original featurette.
* Summer Catch (2001) Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, Matthew
Lillard, Brian Dennehy, Fred Ward, Jason Gedrick, Brittany
Murphy, Bruce Davison, Corey Pearson, Beverly D'Angelo.
Commentary by director Mike Tolin, writer John Gatins, Biel;
additional scenes. (Warner).
* 'Til There Was You (1990) Mark Harmon, Deborah Unger.
* Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Color. SEE VIDEO
NEWS.
* Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland USA. SEE VIDEO NEWS.
* Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies. SEE VIDEO NEWS.
* Walt Disney Treasures: Davy Crockett. SEE VIDEO NEWS.
* Weekend at Bernies II (1993) Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan
Silverman.
* White Water Summer (1987) Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, Jonathan
Ward, Caroline McWilliams.

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NOVEMBER DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

November 2:
* Shrek (2001). See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.

November 6:
* The Age of Innocence (1993) Dir.: Martin Scorsese; Daniel
Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder. Original HBO
documentary.
* Anzio (1968) Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan, Earl
Holliman, Arthur Kennedy.
* Baby Boy (2001) Dir.: John Singleton; Tyrese Gibson, Snoop
Dogg, Ving Rhames, A.J. Johnson, Taraji P. Hens. Commentary by
Singleton, "making-of" featurette, deleted and alternate scenes,
outtakes and bloopers, storyboard comparisons, music video.
* The Blue & The Gray (1982) Three-disc set of TV miniseries.
Gregory Peck, Geraldine Page, Lloyd Bridges, Kathleen Beller,
Paul Benedict, Rory Calhoun, Colleen Dewhurst, Sterling Hayden,
Stacy Keach, Rip Torn, Robert Vaughn, Paul Winfield.
* Choose Me (1983) Dir.: Alan Rudolph; Keith Carradine, Genevieve
Bujold, Lesley Ann Warren. (MGM Contemporary Classics).
* Doctor Zhivago (1965). See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Dominick and Eugene (1988) Ray Liotta, Tom Hulce. (MGM
Contemporary Classics).
* Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) Jim Henson, Frank Oz.
Made-for-TV movie.
* Empire of the Sun (1987) Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Christian
Bale, John Malkovitch, Miranda Richardson. Behind-the-scenes
featurette.
* The Golden Bowl (2000) Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale, Nick
Nolte, Jeremy Northam, Anjelica Huston, James Fox.
* Gregory's Girl (1981) Dee Hepburn. (MGM Contemporary Classics).
* Guadalcanal Diary (1943) Preston Foster, Richard Conte, William
Bendix, Lloyd Nolan. (Fox War Classics).
* Halls of Montezuma (1950) Richard Widmark, Jack Palance. (Fox
War Classics).
* Inside Fear (2001) In-depth look at the popular MTV show
"Fear." Alternate camera angles, cast biographies,
never-before-seen footage.
* Legally Blonde Special Edition (2001) Reese Witherspoon, Luke
Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer
Coolidge, Holland Taylor. Two commentaries, by director Robert
Luketic and by Witherspoon, deleted scenes, two featurettes,
trivia.
* A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) Jim Henson, Frank Oz.
Made-for-TV movie.
* Of Mice and Men (1992) Dir.: Gary Sinise; John Malkovich, Gary
Sinise. (MGM Contemporary Classics).
* The Prince of Tides (1991) Dir.: Barbra Streisand; Barbra
Streisand, Nick Nolte, Kate Nelligan, Blythe Danner, Jeroen
Krabbe, Melinda Dillon, George Carlin, Jason Gould.
* The Remains of the Day Special Edition (1993) Anthony Hopkins,
Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve, James Fox. Commentary by
director James Ivory and Thompson; deleted scenes; HBO making-of
documentary; new documentary featuring interviews with Thompson,
Hopkins and Reeve; costume and production designs and location
footage.
* Santa Who? (2000) Leslie Nielson, Tommy Davidson, Steven
Eckholdt, Max Morrow. Disney TV movie.
* Sister Act (1992) Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel,
Kathy Najimy, Mary Wicker. "Inside Sister Act" featurette.
* The Sopranos: The Complete Second Season. See VIDEO NEWS, Part
1.
* Star Trek -- The Motion Picture: Director's Edition (1979). See
VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Subway (1985) Dir.: Luc Besson; Christopher Lambert, Isabelle
Adjani.
* The Young Lions (1958) Dir.: Edward Dmytryk; Marlon Brando,
Dean Martin, Montgomery Clift, Maximilian Schell, Hope Lange,
Barbara Rush. (Fox War Classics).
* A Wing and a Prayer (1944) Don Ameche, Dana Andrews. (Fox War
Classics).
* Woody Allen Collection -- 3. See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.

November 13:
* America's Sweethearts (2001) Dir.: Joe Roth; Julia Roberts,
Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Stanley Tucci,
Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Seth Green, Hank Azaria.
"Close-Up: America's Sweethearts" featurette, deleted scenes.
* Bride of the Wind (2001) Dir.: Bruce Beresford; Jonathan Pryce,
Sarah Wynter, Vincent Perez.
* The Cheap Detective (1978) Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen
Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise,
Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, Marsha Mason, Phil
Silvers, Fernando Lamas.
* crazy/beautiful (2001) Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Lucinda
Jenney, Taryn Manning, Rolando Molina, Soledad St. Hilaire, Bruce
Davison. Commentary by director John Stockwell and Dunst, deleted
scenes, "Blurring Fiction & Reality" behind-the-scenes
featurette, special trailer with director's commentary.
* Diary of a Sex Addict (2001) Rosanna Arquette, Natassja Kinski,
Michael Des Barres. Unrated version.
* Don Juan (or if Don Juan Were a Woman) (1973). See VIDEO NEWS,
Part 1.
* Henry Rollins: Up For It. (2001) 90-minute stand-up performance
from London's Astoria Theatre, in-depth interview, new music
video "Your Number Is One," making-of documentary. Pioneer
Entertainment.
* Lara Croft: Tomb Raider  (2001) Dir.: Simon West; Angelina
Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig, Leslie
Phillips. "Digging into Tomb Raider" featurette, "Visual Effects
of Tomb Raider" featurette, "Are You Game?" visual evolution of
the Lara Croft game phenomenon, Tomb Raiders video game demo,
more.
* Little Women (1933). See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Madonna: Drowned World Tour Live (2001) HBO concert.
* Now Voyager (1942). See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Osmosis Jones (2001) Dir.: Peter and Bobby Farrelly; Bill
Murray, Elena Franklin, Molly Shannon; voices of Laurence
Fishburne, Chris Rock, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood, William
Shatner. A "Voice Inside Frank's Head" commentary by the writer,
animation director and producer; HBO First Look Special "Under
the Microscope"; "Investigating the Vocal Cords"
behind-the-scenes look at the recording sessions; special menu
feature: Frank's Gross Anatomy; deleted scenes, special hidden
features.
* The Point Men (2001) Christopher Lambert.
* Spirits of the Dead: Three Tales of the Macabre by Edgar Allan
Poe (1968). See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* The Toy (1982) Dir. Richard Donner; Richard Pryor, Jackie
Gleason, Ned Beatty.
* The X-Files Season Four Collection. See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.

November 20:
* The Angry Red Planet (1959) Gerald Mohr, Nora Hayden, Jack
Kruschen, Les Tremayne. (MGM Midnite Movies).
* Apocalypse Now Redux (1979). See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Arctic Blue (1993) Rutger Hauer, Dylan Walsh. Commentary by
director Peter Masterson.
* At the Earth's Core (1976) Peter Cushing, Doug McClure. (MGM
Midnite Movies).
* Bad Taste (1987) Dir.: Peter Jackson. Anchor Bay.
* The Best of Friends: Volumes 3 and 4. Episodes are digitally
remastered and expanded with never-before-seen footage. Also
contains a behind-the-scenes documentary "Friends: On the Inside"
that allows viewers to witness the creation of an actual episode
from start to finish.
* The Breed (2001) Adrian Paul, Bokeem Woodbine, Bai Ling, Zen
Gesner. Commentary by director Michael Oblowitz and the cast.
* Cement (1998) Dir.: Adrian Pasdar; Chris Penn, Sherilyn Fenn,
Jeffrey Wright, Henry Czerny, Anthony De Sando.
* The Dogs of War (1981) Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger. (MGM
Movie Time Collection).
* Dirty Harry Gift Set. See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Jim Carrey,
Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Taylor Momsen, Molly Shannon,
Anthony Hopkins. "Spotlight on Location" making-of featurette,
sing-alongs and read-alongs, deleted scenes, Faith Hill music
video, featurettes on Whoville, Grinch makeup application and
special effects, outtakes, Who school, Seussian set decoration,
Wholiday recipes, Grinch game, DVD-ROM features.
* 8 1/2 (1963). See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Empire of the Ants (1977) Robert Lansing, Joan Collins. (MGM
Midnite Movies).
* The Enemy (2001) Luke Perry, Olivia D'Abo, Roger Moore, Tom
Conti.
* An Eye for an Eye (1981) Chuck Norris. (MGM Movie Time
Collection).
* Gang Related (1997) Tupac Shakur, James Belushi. "Making-of"
featurette.
* I Bury the Living (1957) Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel. (MGM
Midnite Movies).
* Invasion USA (1985) Chuck Norris. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Keepin' It Real (2001) Kurupt, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., Sean
Blakemore, Portia Realer.
* The Last Wave (1977). See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) Chuck Norris, Dabid Carradine. (MGM
Movie Time Collection).
* Lord of the Flies (1990) Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh. (MGM
Movie Time Collection).
* The Matrix Revisited (2001) Companion to "The Matrix" that
looks at the development of the ground-breaking sci-fi film with
never-before-seen footage from the original; new interviews with
stars and filmmakers (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne,
Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, the Wachowski brothers, producer
Joel Silver, fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping); background on the
origins of the film; development of the special effects; sneak
peek of behind-the-scenes footage from the two upcoming "The
Matrix" sequels; a preview of "The Matrix" anime project with a
first look at sketches, storyboards, interviews and footage with
the animators; three extra hours of hidden features (Easter Eggs)
including 188 minutes of music and seven minutes of concealed
bonus video material; $19.98.
* Morons From Outer Space (1985) Griff Rhys Jones, James B.
Sikking, Mel Smith. (MGM Midnite Movies).
* The Outlaw Josey Wales 25th Anniversary (1976) Dir.: Clint
Eastwood; Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke.
Introduction by Eastwood, 1999 documentary "Hell Hath No Fury:
The Making of the Outlaw Josey Wales," 1976 documentary "Eastwood
in Action."
* The People That Time Forgot (1977) Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure.
(MGM Midnite Movies).
* Planet of the Apes Special Edition (2001). See VIDEO NEWS, Part
1.
* Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series. See VIDEO NEWS,
Part 1.
* The Pornographer (2000) Michael DeGood, Katheryn Cain, Craig
Wasson, Monique Parent. Uncut outtakes, evolution of a scene,
commentary by the actors, director's intro. Also available in an
unrated director's cut. Vanguard Cinema.
* Rebecca (1940). See VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Romantic Comedy DVD Gift Set: "My Best Friend's Wedding Special
Edition," "Sleepless in Seattle," "The Wedding Planner," "As Good
As It Gets," $80.95.
* St. Elmo's Fire (1985) Dir. Joel Schumacher; Robe Lowe, Demi
Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emillio
Estevez, Mare Winningham. Commentary by Schumacher, original
featurette, music video.
* Strange Invaders (1983) Nancy Allen, Paul LeMat, Diana Scarwid,
Louise Fletcher. Two commentaries, one by director Michael
Laughlin, the other by writer Bill Condon. (MGM Midnite Movies).
* Stuart Bliss (1998) Michael Zelnicker. Vanguard Cinema.
* The Stunt Man (1980) Dir.: Richard Rush; Peter O'Toole, Steve
Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco. Anchor
Bay.
* That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). SEE VIDEO NEWS, Part 1.
* Uncorked (1998) Nigel Hawthorne, Minnie Driver, Rufus Sewell
* War Gods of the Deep (1965) Vincent Price, Tab Hunter. (MGM
Midnite Movies).

November 27:
* Bread & Roses (2000) Dir.: Ken Loach; Pilar Padilla, Adrien
Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee.
* Divided We Fall (2000) Bolek Polivka, Csongor Kassai, Jaroslav
Dusek, Anna Siskova. In Czech with English subtitles.
* Made (2001) Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Sean Combs, Peter Falk,
Famke Janssen, Makenzie Vega, Faizon Love, David O'Hara.
* Moscow on the Hudson (1984) Dir.: Paul Mazursky; Robin
Williams, Alejandro Rey, Maria Conchita Alonso. Commentary by
Mazursky.
* The Owl & the Pussycat (1970) Dir.: Herbert Ross; Barbra
Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein, Allen Garfield.
* Pootie Tang (2001) Lance Crouther, JB Smoove, Jennifer
Coolidge, Reg E. Cathey, Robert Vaughn, Wanda Sykes, Chis Rock.
* The Road Home (1999) Dir.: Zhang Yimou ("Raise the Red
Lantern"); Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei. In Mandarin and French with
English subtitles.
* Star Trek: The Original Series: Volumes 37 and 38.
* Time Lapse (2001) Roy Scheider, Dina Meyer, William McNamara,
Henry Rollins.
* What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Dir.: Lasse Hallstrom;
Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio.
* Willow (1988) Dir.: Ron Howard; Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley,
Warwick Davis. Two commentary tracks, two documentaries.
* Wind River (1998) Karen Black, Blake Heron, A Martinez, Wes
Studi, Russell Means.


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FOR THE KIDS:

*** For pre-schoolers: Paramount has released "Rugrats: Kwanzaa,"
a 46-minute videocassette in which America's favorite babies
learn about Kwanzaa and the holiday festivities, $12.95; and the
50-minute "Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Holiday," in which young
viewers join Blue and real-life host Steve Burns to explore the
winter holidays, $9.95.

On November 27 Columbia TriStar will release two "Jim Henson's
Bear in the Big Blue House" DVDs: "Potty Time With Bear," a self-
explanatory video with three episodes and three sing-alongs; and
"Visiting the Doctor," with three episodes and four sing-alongs
exploring the theme of health, $24.95 each.

Pioneer Entertainment has released two more episodes of the
animated "Miffy," based on the series of books by dutch artist
and author Dick Bruna (the adorable white bunny turns 47 this
year, and has been featured in more than 100 books, with 80
million copies sold worldwide, translated into 40 languages). In
"Miffy Tell Me a Story," episodes have Miffy and family and
friends telling such fairy tales as Cinderella, Little Red Riding
Hood, Snow White and Hop 'O My Thumb; "Miffy at School" includes
episodes that introduce cuddly characters such as Boris Bear, his
girlfriend Barbara, Kitty Nelly and Poppy Pig; $12.98 each VHS.

"Newton in a Bottle: Physics for Kids" is the first early
learning video that combines stimulating and entertaining
programming with demonstrations of scientific principles. The
27-minute 3-D animated video features an inquisitive cat named
Max who interacts with spheres and other objects that move in
ways that demonstrate various physical principles -- simple
mechanics, leverage, gravitation, momentum, projectile motion and
light. Music ranges in style from Strauss waltzes to African
rhythms. It's all handled in ways that the little ones (ages
three months to three years) will relate to. There's even a
parent's guide to the video, which is available free online.
$14.95 VHS; for more info: 800-840-4460.

*** For older kids there's "Whispers: An Elephant's Tale," a
live-action adventure about a lost baby elephant who joins up
with a fiercely independent older elephant on a bickering,
laughing and singing journey in search of his mother, with the
voices of Betty White, Joan Rivers and Angela Bassett, from
Disney, $22.99 VHS, $29.99 DVD. Also from Disney comes the
animated "Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street," featuring
the Recess kids and their teachers as they experience a special
Third Street School Christmas and learn to believe in the true
spirit of the holiday: when Principal Prickly's car gets stuck in
the snow, he and his marooned passengers, Miss Finster and Miss
Grotke, start to relive their students' outrageous escapades and
come to the conclusion that the kids are both naughty and nice;
with the voices of Dick Clark, Robert Goulet and James Earl
Jones, $22.99 VHS, $29.99 DVD, due November 6.

Pioneer Entertainment keeps kids anime hopping with new additions
to their "Pokemon: The Johto Journeys" series ("Azalea
Adventures" and "Buggy Boogie," $14.98 VHS and $24.98 DVD) and
the "Gatekeepers" series ("Gatekeepers: New Fighters - Volume 2,"
$24.98 VHS and $29.98 DVD), as well as releasing a "Sailor Moon
DVD Box Set" featuring three adventures, "Sailor Moon R," "Sailor
Moon S -- Hearts in Ice" and "Sailor Moon Super S," $69.98 on
DVD.

*** For the dancer in your kid, Kultur Video has released three
instructional programs: "Baby Ballet," "Tot Tap" and "Junior
Jazz," for ages four through six, $12.95 each (800-718-1300 or
www.kultur.com).

*** This is the time of the year that holiday videos for kids
start to trickle into the marketplace: Disney's offerings (in
addition to the aforementioned "Recess Christmas: Miracle on
Third Street") include "Rolie Polie Olie: A Jingle Jangle
Holiday," featuring four adventures of Olie and his friends as
they explore a magical, all-robot world where everything is
round, $14.99 VHS; "The 12 Days of Christmas Sing Along Songs"
featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and friends,
$9.99 VHS; "Spot's Magical Christmas," featuring the delightful
dog and his adventures on a surprise-filled journey that takes
him all the way to Santa's workshop at the North Pole, $9.99 VHS;
"Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse," a
direct-to-video adventure in which Mickey Mouse joins other
Disney characters (Belle, Ariel, Snow White, Mulan, Pooh and
others) to celebrate Christmas, $22.99 VHS, $29.99 DVD, due
November 6; and "Santa Who?" (2000), starring Leslie Nielson,
Tommy Davidson, Steven Eckholdt and Max Morrow, a TV movie about
Santa developing amnesia and forgetting about Christmas, $29.95
VHS. ... Columbia TriStar will release to DVD on November 6
"Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas," a made-for-TV Jim Henson
movie that features Emmet Otter as he joins a jug band to raise
extra money to buy Christmas presents, featuring Henson (as
Kermit the Frog) and Frank Oz, $19.95; as well as Jim Henson's
delightful 1987 made-for-TV movie "A Muppet Family Christmas,"
$19.95 ... Warner has released "Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of
Fire," featuring the animated adventures of Robbie the Reindeer,
who's a bit lazy, a bit chubby and totally lovesick, but still
determined to join Santa's sleigh team, $9.99 VHS, $14.98 DVD;
and "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," an animated adventure
about an outrageous case of hit-and-run that starts out as a tale
about a missing grandmother and ends up proving that Santa is
indeed "real," new to DVD at $19.98.

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SPECIAL INTEREST:

Palm Pictures has released DVD and VHS box sets of "American
Roots Music," a four-hour series broadcast in one-hour increments
every Monday on PBS for four consecutive Mondays beginning
October 29 at 10 p.m. "American Roots Music" explores the
development of American music genres from the beginning of the
20th century, featuring rarely seen historical footage and
musical performances by the pioneers of American-roots music
while tracing the cultural evolution that shaped and influenced
this country's rich tapestry of music. Masters in the fields of
of folk, country, blues, gospel, Western swing, bluegrass, Cajun,
Zydeco, Tejano and Native American music are profiled, including
Bob Dylan, the Carter family, Jimmie Rodgers, B.B. King, Muddy
Waters, Son House, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Bill Monroe, Hank
Williams, Clifton Chenier, Flaco Jimenez, R. Carlos Nakai and
many, many more. Collaborating in the series are the Library of
Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, Experience Museum Project,
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame,
the NEA, PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and AT&T.
For more info: www.palmpictures.com.

Docudrama's "Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story," is an
interesting cultural document that chronicles the frenetic and
shocking life and times of Berlin, a blueblood socialite from an
upper-crust New York City family who rose to fame as one of Andy
Warhol's bad-girl divas. Expected by her family to follow in
their perfect footsteps, Brigid defected to Warhol's New York
Factory in the 1960s, where she blossomed (to 260 pounds), became
addicted to speed and appeared in many Warhol performance art
projects and films (most notably "Chelsea Girls"). Today, at the
age of 60, Brigid's obsessions have shifted to weighing and
measuring each meal, keeping a perfect house, collecting pugs,
and making her own brand of unusual ephemera and art. Due
November 27, $19.95 VHS, $24.95 DVD.

On November 20, York/Maverick Entertainment will release a VHS
box set of HBO's controversial erotic series "Pleasure Zone," 13
episodes of people searching for love and sex in the modern
world, and generally finding some sort of resolution at "Plato's
Retreat." The VHS set contains four volumes of three episodes
each (Volume 1 contains a bonus episode) for rental; DVD versions
of Volume 1 and 3 will also be released.

Pioneer Entertainment has several interesting entertainment
releases out this month: "Henry Rollins: Up For It," a 90-minute
stand-up performance from the ex-lead singer of the seminal punk
group Black Flag, recorded at London's Astoria Theatre in May, on
VHS ($19.98) and DVD ($24.98); the DVD includes an in-depth
interview, new music video "Your Number Is One," and making-of
documentary. "The Sam Kinison Family Entertainment Hour"
showcases the wild and raucous comedian at his last recorded
concert at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles before his death in
a car accident in 1992, on VHS ($19.98) and DVD ($24.98); the DVD
includes rare excerpts from early stand-up performances, a
biography of Kinison, and home movies. Pioneer has packaged this
title and a previous Kinison release, "Breaking the Rules," into
box sets, $29.98 VHS and $49.98 DVD.

"The Press Secretary" is an unprecedented look at the real West
Wing, taking viewers behind the scenes for an exclusive look of
how the real-time pace of today's 24-hour news coverage affects
journalism and government. This is the first time since 1962 that
a documentary filmmaker has been allowed behind-the-scenes into
private presidential meetings in the Oval Office; longtime White
House press secretary Joe Lockhart granted unprecedented access
to himself, his press office and even President Clinton.
Available November 20, $19.95 VHS from WGBH Boston Video (800-949-8670
or www.wgbh.org).

Other Documentaries: WhiteStar Video has released "Paul Anka: The
Music Man," a biography of the singer/songwriter that follows his
career from teen idol in the 1950s and '60s ("Put Your Head on My
Shoulder") to pop hitmaker ("She's a Lady" and "My Way") to the
present, $19.95 VHS (info: www.whitestar.com) ... WGBH Boston
Video will release several interesting documentaries this month,
all available November 20. "The Motley Fool Money-Making Life-
Changing Special" is a financial self-help video from brothers
David and Tom Gardner, the founders of the Motley Fool multi-
media network that offers financial solutions to millions. The
video covers investing, reducing debt burden, criteria for
choosing stocks, investment "don'ts," and more, $19.95 VHS.
"Evolution" is the video version of PBS' eight-hour series that
presents evolution from the perspective of science journalism;
the seven-tape (four discs in DVD) collection includes "Darwin's
Dangerous Idea," "Great Transformations," "Extinction!" "The
Evolutionary Arms Race," "Why Sex?" "The Mind's Big Bang" and
"What About God?"; $99.95. And finally, "Sister Wendy's
American Collection," a six-hour video series that follows Sister
Wendy Beckett as she comes to America for a spectacular tour that
blends art, history, culture and storytelling into one delightful
experience, has been packaged by WGBH in a three-disc DVD set for
$79.95.


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NOVEMBER'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS
This comedy with a fabulous cast starts out like gangbusters but
then slows down at the stretch. A cynical press agent (Billy
Crystal) is called in to put out a studio fire: An eccentric
auteur (Christopher Walken) is holding the print of his
mega-budget film hostage until the film's press junket -- if
there is a press junket. The film's stars -- married actors
(Catherine Zeta Jones and John Cusack) have broken up after a
string of nine hits. So it's up to the agent to get this pair
back together at a remote Nevada desert casino, with the aid of
the diva's assistant (and sister) (Julia Roberts) who, it seems,
has had a torch for her sister's soon-to-be ex, who's just left a
wellness guru's retreat. It all comes together at the casino,
with unexpected revealed secrets that takes an askant look at
Hollywood endings.
   Director: Joe Roth. Stars: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Stanley Tucci, Christopher
Walken, Alan Arkin, Seth Green, Hank Azaria. CC, (MPAA rating:
PG-13, 103 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $95.000
million, (Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental
Available: 11/13, DVD: Day & Date.

BABY BOY
Tough, unflinching look at modern urban life, third in director
John Singleton's Los Angeles trilogy (that began with "Boyz N the
Hood"). Jody is a 20-year-old African-American trying to live
large in South Central L.A., but lacking the job to power his
wallet. He's got two babies by two different women and still
lives at home with his mother. Growing up is tough on Jody, but a
series of events involving his mother's new boyfriend and her
ex-con ex-boyfriend force him to learn some hard lessons about
living, loving and surviving as a man in the hood.
   Director: John Singleton. Stars: Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg,
Ving Rhames, A.J. Johnson, Taraji P. Henson. CC, (MPAA rating: R,
130 min.), Drama, 2001, Box office gross: $27.823 million,
(Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
11/6, DVD: Day & Date.

CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL
Run-of-the-mill teen romance tries to spice up the age-old
wrong-sides-of-the-track love affair with a modern tone, music
and dancing but just succeeds in being ho-hum. Kirsten Dunst
plays a spoiled congressman's daughter who's an accident waiting
to happen. Her last brush with authority forced her to make
amends by picking up trash on the beach by her Pacific Palisades
home. There she meets a handsome young man (Jay Hernandez) from
East L.A. and the sparks fly. He's got good grades and a bright
future; she doesn't wear bras. The film gets hot and heavy as
these star-crossed lovers try to make a go of it.
   Director: John Stockwell. Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez,
Lucinda Jenney, Taryn Manning, Rolando Molina, Soledad St.
Hilaire, Bruce Davison. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 88 min.), Teen
romance, 2001, Box office gross: $17.000 million, (Buena Vista),
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 11/13, DVD: Day & Date.

DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!
Dr. Seuss' classic Christmas tale comes to the big screen in an
overdone, bloated production that drains the story of its life
and meaning -- exacerbated by another scene chewing performance
by Jim Carrey. But we're in the minority -- audiences flocked to
director Ron Howard's outing to the tune of $260 million -- and
the prospects of a video blockbuster awaits in the wings.
   Director: Ron Howard. Stars: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey
Tambor, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon, Bill Irwin, Clint
Howard, Anthony Hopkins. CC, (MPAA rating: PG, 105 min.), Family,
2000, Box office gross: $260.031 million, (Universal), $24.98 VHS
SRP. Available: 11/20, DVD: Day & Date.

LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER
Slam-bam action film based on the Lara Croft interactive game
series. Angelina Jolie plays Lara Croft, a well-endowed heroine
whose one goal in life, it seems, is to save the universe from
the bad guys. She travels the world to find the broken pieces of
a magical triangle and keep them from falling into the hands of a
mystical cabal called the Illuminati. Why? Well, once every 5,000
years there's this solar eclipse when all the planets line up,
and it will bestow godlike powers on the owner of the amulet. And
so Lara is off to save humankind. But she also has an ulterior
motive -- to use the amulet to give her the powers to talk to her
long-dead dad. Is Lara really Indiana Jones in a push-up bra?
   Director: Simon West. Stars: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain
Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig, Leslie Phillips. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG-13, 100 min.), Action, 2001, Box office gross:
$131.043 million, (Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 11/13, DVD: Day & Date.

LEGALLY BLONDE
Surprise summer romantic comedy stars Reese Witherspoon as Elle,
a soon-to-be-college grad pegged as a dumb blonde whose
priorities are shopping, clothes, hair, nails and marriage and
whose boyfriend dumps her because she's not good enough for him
on his journey to become a U.S. Senator by age 30 after a stint
at Harvard Law School. Devastated -- but smarter than she acts --
Elle bones up and enters Harvard herself to get her man, finding,
however, that he's taken up with another woman. Now Elle must
outperform her rival and win over skeptical law students and
professors, eventually finding that her new personae is much more
important than husband chasing. A wonderful family film moral
tale.
   Director: Robert Luketic. Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Luke
Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer
Coolidge, Holland Taylor. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 96 min.),
Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $95.000 million, (MGM), No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental, Available: 11/6, DVD: Day & Date.

OSMOSIS JONES
Combination live-action and CGI bodily function comedy that sinks
to new lows, so to speak. Osmosis Jones is an Alka Seltzer
commercial come to life, with its story existing in two realms:
the real world of junk-food addict Frank (Bill Murray) and the
interior, CGI-created world inside his body. The action is
officially kicked off when Frank eats a hard-boiled egg that has
landed on the ground, gulping down with it a good dose of an evil
virus. Thrax the virus rides the egg into Downtown Frank, where
he's chased by Osmosis Jones, a member of the Immunity Police.
There's an entire city inside Frank, with an election, wannabe
cops and red blood cell girl friends. It's oh so clever in its
execution as the film jumps back and forth between the two
worlds, but the heavy-handed humor consistently falls flat (like
an Alka Seltzer left in a glass of water for too long) in both
universes.
   Director: Peter and Bobby Farrelly. Stars: Bill Murray, Elena
Franklin, Molly Shannon; voices of Laurence Fishburne, Chris
Rock, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood, William Shatner. CC,
(MPAA rating: PG, 98 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office gross:
$14.000 million, (Warner), $22.96 VHS SRP, Available: 11/13, DVD:
Day & Date.

PLANET OF THE APES
Tim Burton's reimagining of the 1968 "Planet of the Apes" is not
the breathtaking tour-de-force that fans of the director -- and
the series -- expected, but it still stands as a fine cinematic
accomplishment in its own right. If there had been no original,
this film would certainly be applauded but, alas, there is that
first one and we'll always carry that version in our mind (kind
of like our first boyfriend or girlfriend -- we can never shake
the beauty of that first encounter). This remake loosely follows
the original, with some extra twists and turns (including the
ending) and some delightful, typically Burtonesque flourishes
along the way. A fast paced, fun, enjoyable outing.
   Director: Tim Burton. Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena
Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, Estella
Warren, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, David Warner. CC, (MPAA rating:
PG-13, 119 min.), Science Fiction, 2001, Box office gross:
$180.000 million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 11/27, DVD: Day & Date.

SHREK
Delightful story about the adventures of an odious ogre, Shrek
(Mike Myers), who is definitely not the hero of your
run-of-the-mill fairy tales: he's got bad breath, he's green and
ornery, and he just wants to be left alone. His warm, isolated
swamp becomes overrun by a host of fairy tale creatures -- blind
mice, pigs, a wooden boy with a long nose, a big, bad wolf
(DreamWorks' spoof on Disney) -- banished from an antiseptic
kingdom by a pint-sized king (John Lithgow). To get his swamp
back, Shrek teams up with a talking donkey (Eddie Murphy) to
rescue a princess (Cameron Diaz) from a fire-breathing dragon.
Somewhere along the line there's love and revenge (as in most
fairy tales) and plenty of satire and just plain fun.
   Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson. Stars: Voices of Mike
Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel.
CC, (MPAA rating: PG, 85 min.), Animated, 2001, Box office gross:
$265.000 million, (DreamWorks), $15.95 VHS SRP, Available: 11/2,
DVD: Day & Date.

SOPRANOS, THE: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
The second season of the smash series, packaged in a five-volume
VHS Collector's Edition box set for $99.92 and a four-disc DVD
Collector's Edition box set for $99.98. The DVDs include four
audio commentaries by the directors of selected episodes;
interviews with the cast and creator David Chase; "The Real Deal"
featurette that features discussions about "The Sopranos" with
critics, psychiatrists, former FBI agents and other experts;
first season recap; episodic synopses; previews and recaps; more.
Contains all 13 episodes.
   Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael
Imperioli, Nancy Marchand, Dominic Chianese. CC, (MPAA rating:
NR, 696 min.), Drama, 2001, (HBO), Available: 11/6, DVD: Day &
Date.


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VIDEO NEWS -- FOR COLLECTORS:

Home Vision Entertainment, the premier distributor of foreign and
classic films in North America, has launched a collection of DVDs
under the Home Vision Entertainment label. HVE will premiere four
films starring international sex symbol Brigitte Bardot including
"Plucking the Daisy" (1956, starring Bardot, Daniel Grelin, Darry
Cowl, Jacques Dumesnil and Robert Hirsch), available now; "The
Night Heaven Fell" (1957, directed by Roger Vadim and starring
Bardot, Stephen Boyd and Alida Valli), available now; "Don Juan
(or if Don Juan Were a Woman)" (1973, directed by Roger Vadim and
starring Bardot in her last film), available November 13; and
"Spirits of the Dead: Three Tales of the Macabre by Edgar Allan
Poe" (1968, an anthology directed by Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and
Federico Fellini, starring Bardot, Alain Delon, Jane Fonda,
Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Carla Marlier, Francoise Prevost,
James Robertson-Justice, Renzo Palmer, Salvo Randone, Fabrizio
Angeli, Marina Yaru, and Vincent Price as the narrator, available
November 13). The seminal collection of French language films,
sold separately, will include new widescreen digital transfers
enhanced for 16x9 televisions, original theatrical trailers,
liner notes by film critic Chris Gore, deluxe animated menus and
more. In 2002 the company will release Liv Ullmann's "Kristin
Lavransdatter" and "Private Confessions," as well as programs
from the BBC Arts line that include the outstanding documentary
"Jackson Pollack: Love and Death on Long Island," a BBC film on
Robert Crumb, and "Master Builders," a three-part series on great
architects. For more information: www.homevision.com.

The complete 22-episode first season of the critically-acclaimed
and highly-rated landmark Showtime series "Queer as Folk," about
the lives of a group of gay men and women living in Pittsburgh,
with graphic sexual content, provocative dialogue and unflinching
portraits of an aspect of gay cultural life, will be released to
VHS and DVD on January 8. Presented in a five-tape cassette set
and a six-disc Special Edition Collectors DVD set featuring
almost three hours of extras. The DVD includes special editions
of episodes 1, 11 and 18 with actor and producer commentary; gag
reel of hilarious outtakes; extended scenes with introduction by
actor Hal Sparks; a sneak peek at Season Two; "Meet the Folk" --
unique biographies of the eight key characters as described by
the actors playing them, as well as filmographies on the actors
and producers; photo gallery put to music from the series; "At a
Glance" -- an index outlining the content on each disc; show
bumpers; widescreen format; 990 min; $119.98. Showtime
Entertainment.

Other notable releases this month:

* November 2: "Shrek" (2001), with the voices of Mike Myers,
Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel, on VHS
and DVD. The two-disc DVD comes with director's commentary, three
minutes of new footage as well as 11 hours of extra features.
Disc 1: Pan-and-scan version with extended ending that picks up
where the theatrical release stopped and continues the story to
show what goes on after the fairy tale ending; behind-the-scenes
featurette; DVD-ROM Shrek's Revoice Studio that enables viewers
to voice the lines of their favorite characters; set-top and
DVD-ROM games and activities: "Bugs and Slugs" (tic tac toe),
"Ask the Magic Mirror," "Hangman," "Color a Scene," "Dragon
Heart," "Fairy Tale Bowling," "Learn to Draw Shrek," "Coloring
Pages," "Ogre Masks," "Soup Slam," "Shrek Pinball," "Trivia
Game," "Pin the Tail on the Donkey," "Fire Donkey," "Rescue the
Princess" and "Decorate the Gingerbread Man"; Shrek's Music Room
including The Baha Men's music video and Smash Mouth's "I'm a
Believer" music video; character interviews; hidden fun
facts about the creation of the film. Disc 2: Widescreen version
with extended ending; filmmakers' commentary; "The Tech of
Shrek"; Shrek X-box game playing hints; storyboard pitch of
deleted scenes; technical goofs and outtakes; international
dubbing featurette; DTS; $19.95. DreamWorks. The VHS contains
extra footage, $15.95.

* November 6: "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), directed by David Lean and
starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Tom
Courtenay, Alec Guiness, Ralph Richardson, Rod Steiger and Rita
Tushingham, in a two-disc set with six hours of additional
content, including commentary by Sharif, Steiger and David Lean's
wife, Sandra Lean; $29.98. Warner.

* November 6: "The Young Lions (1958), directed by Edward Dmytryk
and starring Marlon Brando, Dean Martin, Montgomery Clift,
Maximilian Schell, Hope Lange and Barbara Rush. One of the great
anti-war films of all time. Fox War Classics.

* November 6: "The Sopranos: The Complete Second Season," a
four-disc Collector's Edition box with all 13 episodes plus four
commentaries by the directors of selected episodes, interviews
with creator David Chase and the cast, "The Raw Deal" featurette
(with discussions about "The Sopranos" with critics,
psychiatrists, former FBI agents and other experts), first season
recap, episodic synopses, episode index, more; $99.98. Also
available in a five-volume VHS Collector's Edition box set for
$99.92. HBO/Warner.

* November 6: "Star Trek -- The Motion Picture: Director's
Edition" (1979), starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy,
DeForest Kelley, Stephen Collins, Persis Khambatta, James Doohan,
Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, George Takei and Majel Barrett,
a two-disc set with commentary by director Robert Wise, special
photographics director Douglas Trumbull, special photographics
effects supervisor John Dykstra, music composer Jerry Goldsmith,
actor Stephen Collins; three new retrospective documentaries;
five additional scenes; outtakes; deleted scenes. Digital
restoration of sound and visual effects; $29.99. Also available
in widescreen VHS with bonus interview featurette, $19.95.
Paramount.

* November 6: "Woody Allen Collection -- 3," six DVDs with
"Broadway Danny Rose," "Hannah and Her Sisters," "A Midsummer
Night's Sex Comedy," "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Radio Days,"
and "Zelig"; $99.96. MGM

* November 13: Two classic films from Hollywood's golden era on
DVD for the first time: "Little Women" (1933), directed by George
Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Jean Parker,
Paul Lukas and Spring Byington, with a new digital transfer and
audio restoration, additional audio track music cues from Max
Steiner's score, notes on the Hepburn/Cukor collaboration, more;
and "Now Voyager" (1942), starring Bette Davis, Claude Rains and
Paul Henreid, with a new digital transfer and audio restoration,
scoring session cues from Max Steiner's score; $19.98 each.
Warner.

* November 13: "The X-Files Season Four Collection," a seven-disc
set with bonus materials including "The Truth About Season Four"
documentary, interviews, "behind the truth" segments, more;
$149.98. Fox.

* November 20: "Apocalypse Now Redux" (1979); this reworked
version of Francis Ford Coppola's classic adds 49 minutes to the
film. In VHS ($24.95) and DVD ($29.99); the only DVD goodie will
be the film's trailer. Paramount.

* November 20: "Dirty Harry Gift Set" with all five Dirty Harry
films on DVD: "Dirty Harry" (1972), with the documentary "Dirty
Harry: Celebrating 30 Years of an American Hero," all-new special
hosted by Robert Urich and featuring interviews with Eastwood and
cast and crew members from the Dirty Harry films; "Magnum Force"
(1973), with the documentary "The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today";
"The Enforcer" (1976), with the documentary "Harry Callahan/Clint
Eastwood: Something Special in Films"; "Sudden Impact" (1983);
and "The Dead Pool" (1988); $79.92; each title is available
separately for $19.98 each. Also available in VHS $44.92 the set;
each title $9.94. Warner.

* November 20: Four classic films from Home Vision/The Criterion
Collection:

"8 1/2" (1963), directed by Federico Fellini and starring
Marcello Mastroianni and Anouk Aimee. A two-disc set with
introduction by Terry Gilliam, commentary by film critic Gideon
Bachmann, excerpts from Fellini interviews, "Fellini: A
Director's Notebook," "Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert,"
more.

"The Last Wave" (1977), directed by Peter Weir and starring
Richard Chamberlain. The DVD includes an interview with Weir.

"Rebecca" (1940), directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson. The DVD
includes commentary by film scholar Leonard J. Leff; isolated
music and effects track; excerpts from conversations between
Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut; 1938 broadcast of the Campbell
Playhouse radio adaptation; Hitchcock's casting notes; deleted
scene excerpts; screen, hair, makeup and costume tests; more.

"That Obscure Object of Desire" (1977), directed by Luis Bunuel
and starring Fernando Rey and Carole Bouquet. The DVD includes an
interview with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere, excerpts from
Jacques de Baroncelli's 1929 silent "La Femme et le Pantin," text
interview with Bunuel.

* November 20: "Planet of the Apes Special Edition" (2001),
directed by Tim Burton and starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth,
Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti,
Estella Warren, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and David Warner. Two-disc
set (DTS and Dolby 5.1 Surround) with 13 hours of bonus material.
Disc 1: Commentary by Burton; audio track by composer Danny
Elfman; enhanced viewing mode that enables viewers to choose when
to go behind the scenes, search cast and crew biographies, or
view special effects; two Easter Eggs; NUON-enhanced features
such as Viddies and Cool Zooms; DVD-ROM with
screenplay/script/storyboard comparison; Disc 2: HBO First Look
Special; five extended scenes; multiple featurettes: "Simian
Academy" (Ape Movement), "Face Like a Monkey" (A day in the
makeup chair), "Costume Tests"; "On Location in Lake Powell";
"Chimp Symphony Op. 37" (Behind the scenes on scoring the film)
and "Swinging From the Trees" (stunt work); makeup, group and
movement tests; a gallery of multi-angle features that lets
viewers climb into the director's chair for several key scenes, a
cutting room and mixing studio similar to that on "Die Hard" that
allows viewers to cut and mix sequences; a music video; concept
art and design gallery; additional DVD-ROM features; $29.98. Fox.

In conjunction with the modernized version of "Apes," Fox will
release "Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series" in a
four-disc box set of all 14 episodes from the TV series,
including a rare bonus episode never aired on network TV; $49.98.


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NOVEMBER VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

November 2:
* Shrek (2001). See VIDEO NEWS.

November 6:
* Cast Away Special Edition (2000) Tom Hanks (Fox): "Making of"
featurette, $19.98
* Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) Ashton Kutcher, Seann William
Scott (Fox): $14.98
* Quills (2000) Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine (Fox):
$14.98
* Santa Who? (2000) Leslie Nielson, Tommy Davidson, Steven
Eckholdt, Max Morrow (Buena Vista): Disney TV movie, $29.99
* Save the Last Dance Special Edition (2001): Julia Stiles, Sean
Patrick Thomas (Paramount): Cast and crew interviews, making-of
featurette, K-Ci and JOJO music video,  $14.95
* Sopranos, The: The Complete Second Season. See VIDEO NEWS.
* Star Trek -- The Motion Picture: Director's Edition (1979). See
VIDEO NEWS.
* Subway (1985) Dir.: Luc Besson; Christopher Lambert, Isabelle
Adjani (Columbia TriStar): $19.95
* Wedding Planner, The (2001) Jennifer Lopez, Matthew
McConaughey, Alex Rocco, Judy Greer, Kevin Pollak, Joanna Gleason
(Columbia TriStar): $19.95

November 13:
* Henry Rollins: Up For It (2001) 90-minute stand-up performance
from London's Astoria Theatre (Pioneer Entertainment): $19.98
* Osmosis Jones (2001) Bill Murray, Elena Franklin, Molly
Shannon; voices of Laurence Fishburne, Chris Rock, David Hyde
Pierce, Brandy Norwood, William Shatner (Warner): $22.96
* Shatter Dead (1995) Stark Raven (Sub Rosa Studios:
www.b-movie.com): $29.98
* Thirteen Days (2000) Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven
Culp (New Line): "Bringing History to the Silver Screen"
documentary, $14.98

November 20:
* Apocalypse Now Redux (1979). See VIDEO NEWS.
* The Best of Friends: Volumes 3  and 4 (Warner): Five episodes
each $14.95 volume
* Dirty Harry Gift Set. See VIDEO NEWS.
* Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Jim Carrey,
Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Taylor Momsen, Molly Shannon,
Anthony Hopkins (Universal): $24.98
* Matrix Revisited, The (2001) Two-hour companion to "The Matrix"
that looks at the development of the ground-breaking sci-fi film
with never-before-seen footage from the original; new interviews
with stars and filmmakers (Keanu Reeves, Lawrence Fishburne,
Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, the Wachowski brothers, producer
Joel Silver, fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping); background on the
origins of the film; development of the special effects; sneak
peek of behind-the-scenes footage from the two upcoming "The
Matrix" sequels; a preview of "The Matrix" anime project with a
first look at sketches, storyboards, interviews and footage with
the animators (Warner): $14.95
* Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976) Dir.: Clint Eastwood; Clint
Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke. (Warner): Pan-and-scan
and widescreen editions, $14.95

November 27:
* Body, The (2001) Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95
* Meltdown (2000) Jet Li (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Blackout, The (1997) Dir.: Abel Ferrara; Matthew Modine, Dennis
Hopper, Claudia Schiffer (Columbia TriStar): $14.95


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OCTOBER DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

October 2:
* Across 110th Street (1972) Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto. (MGM
Soul Cinema Collection).
* Airheads (1994) Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler,
Chris Farley, Michael McKean, Joe Mantegna.
* American Ninja (1986) Michael Dudikoff. (MGM Movie Time
Collection).
* Beautiful Creatures (2000) Rachel Weisz, Susan Lynch.
* Bogeymen (2001) Compilation disc of "only the best" scenes from
eighteen horror films, including "Texas Chainsaw Massacre,"
"Halloween," "Candyman," "A Nightmare on Elm Street," "I Know
What You Did Last Summer," "Wishmaster," "Hellraiser,"
"Puppetmaster," "Leprechaun," "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final
Friday," "Scream," "Phantasm" and more. Onscreen movie trivia and
production notes for every scene; "Legend of the Boogeymen"
character backgrounds; audio commentary by Robert Englund (Freddy
Krueger); horror trivia games such as "Name That Frame;" more.
FlixMix/Universal.
* Brannigan (1975) John Wayne, Richard Attenborough. (MGM Movie
Time Collection).
* Bucktown (1975) Fred Williamson, Pam Grier. (MGM Soul Cinema
Collection).
* Clambake (1967) Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby.
(MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Colors (1988) Dir.: Dennis Hopper; Sean Penn, Robert Duvall.
(MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) Moses Gunn, Bernie Casey,
Laurence Fishburne. (MGM Soul Cinema Collection).
* Dead Sexy (2001) Shannon Tweed, John Enos, Kenneth White, Eric
Keith, Mary Shannon. Unrated version.
* Fiddler on the Roof 30th Anniversary Edition (See For
Collectors, October News Part 1)
* Five on the Black Hand Side (1973) Clarice Taylor, Leonard
Jackson. (MGM Soul Cinema Collection).
* The Greatest (1977) Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, Robert
Duvall.
* Heart of Dixie (1989) Ally Sheedy, Phoebe Cates, Virginia
Madsen. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Hell Up in Harlem (1973) Fred Williamson, Julius W. Harris.
Commentary by director Larry Cohen. (MGM Soul Cinema Collection).
* Kansas (1988) Andrew McCarthy, Matt Dillon. (MGM Movie Time
Collection).
* Lexx. Four more episodes of Season Two: S2*V4 (Series 2, Video
set 4) (Twilight, Patches in the Sky, Woz, The Web); $29.95.
Behind-the-scenes "making of" segment, additional footage,
interview with robot head 790, a "Rated Lexx" segment not seen on
American TV, storyboards. Acorn Media.
* Making the Grade (1984) Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee. (MGM Movie Time
Collection).
* The Mummy Returns (2001) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John
Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velasquez, Freddie
Boath, The Rock. Commentary by director Stephen Sommers,
behind-the-scenes featurette, spotlight on location, interactive
visual and special effects formations, deleted scenes, Egyptology
201 historical background, outtakes, DVD-ROM extras, more.
Available in widescreen and fullscreen versions.
* Not Without My Daughter (1991) Sally Field, Alfred Molina. (MGM
Movie Time Collection).
* Pink Flamingos/Female Trouble Two-Pack. Two-disc set of John
Waters' "Pink Flamingos" and "Female Troubles," with commentary
by Waters.
* Prancer (1989) Sam Elliott, Rebecca Harrell, Cloris Leachman.
(MGM Movie Time Collection).
* Running Scared (1986) Dir.: Peter Hyams; Gregory Hines, Billy
Crystal. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* The Scout (1994) Dir.: Michael Ritchie; Albert Brooks, Brendan
Fraser.
* She-Devil (1989) Dir.: Susan Seidelman; Meryl Streep, Roseanne
Barr, Ed Begley Jr. (MGM Movie Time Collection).
* The Terminator Special Edition (See For Collectors, October
News Part 1)
* 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998) Victor Wong, Jim
Varney, Hulk Hogan, Loni Anderson.
* Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) Michael Gross, Charlotte
Stewart, Shawn Christian, Susan Chuang, Ariana Richards, Robert
Jayne, Tony Genaro. Second direct-to-video sequel.
* White River (aka The White River Kid) (1999) Bob Hoskins,
Antonio Banderas, Ellen Barkin, Wes Bentley, Beau Bridges, Randy
Travis, Swoosie Kurtz, Kim Dickens.

October 9:
* Bridget Jone's Diary (2001) Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin
Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Shirley Henderson, Sally
Phillips, Embeth Davidtz, James Callis. Commentary by director
Sharon Maguire, behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scenes,
music videos, original Bridget Jones diary columns.
* Bruiser (2000) Dir.: George Romero; Jason Flemyng, Peter
Stormare. Direct-to-video.
* Children of the Corn: Fields of Terror
* Children of the Corn: The Gathering
* Children of the Corn: Revelation
* Children of the Corn: Urban Harvest
* The Godfather DVD Collection (See For Collectors, October News
Part 1)
* Places in the Heart (1984) Dir.: Robert Benton; Sally Field,
Lindsay Crouse, John Malkovich, Ed Harris, Danny Glover, Amy
Madigan.
* Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (See For the Kids below)
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Platinum Collection (See For
Collectors, October News Part 1)
* 2103: The Deadly Wake (2000) Malcolm McDowell, Michael Pare.
* When a Stranger Calls (1979) Carol Kane, Charles Durning,
Colleen Dewhurst.

October 16:
* Angel Eyes (2001) Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Terrence
Howard, Jeremy Sisto, Sonia Braga, Victor Argo, Shirley Knight.
Commentary by director Luis Mandoki, more.
* Anima (1998) George Bartenieff, Jacqueline Bertrand, Bray Poor,
Geoffrey Cantor. Vanguard Cinema.
* The Bible (1966) Dir.: John Huston; George C. Scott, Peter
O'Toole, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, Stephen Boyd, John Huston,
Franco Nero.
* Cats & Dogs (2001) Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander
Pollock, voices of Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin, Sean Hayes, Susan
Sarandon, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Lovitz,
Charlton Heston. Commentary by director Lawrence Guterman, Hayes,
producer Chris DeFaria, art director James D. Bissell; trivia
game; storyboard-to-scene comparisons; "Teaching a New Dog New
Tricks" featurette; HBO First Look Special.
* Chunhyang (2000) Dir.: Im Kwon Taek. Korean with English
subtitles.
* The Crimson Rivers (2001) Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia
Fares, Dominique Sanda. Commentary by director Mathieu Kassovitz
and the cast, "The Investigation" indepth look at the making of
the film, four behind-the-scenes featurettes.
* Let It Snow (2001) Kip Marcus, Alice Dylan, Judith Malina,
Henry Simmons, Bernadette Peters.
* The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (2001) Documentary on Hank
Greenberg, a secular Jew from the Bronx who became the" baseball
Moses" (the game's first Jewish star) for the WII era Detroit
Tigers and who came close to breaking Babe Ruth's homerun record.
Plenty of interviews, with Hammerin' Hank and his teammates, as
well as a host of others. Ends up with actor Mandy Patinkin's
rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in Yiddish.
Commentary by director Aviva Kempner, Hank Greenberg biography
and baseball stats, interview outtakes, still gallery.
* Rat (2000) Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunron, Ed Byrne,
Andrew Lovern, Kerry Condon.
* Replicant (2001) Dir.: Ringo Lam; Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Michael Rooker.
* The Robe (1953) Dir.: Henry Koster; Richard Burton, Jean
Simmons, Victor Mature.
* Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace. (See For
Collectors, October News Part 1).
* Toys (1992) Dir.: Barry Levinson; Robin Williams, Michael
Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright.
* The Three Stooges Six episodes on one disc: "Healthy, Wealthy &
Dumb," "If a Body Meets a Body," "Rockin' Through the Rockies,"
"Phony Express," "Gents Without Cents" and "Whoops, I Am an
Indian."

October 23:
* About Adam (2000) Kate Hudson, Stuart Townsend, Frances
O'Connor, Charlotte Bradley, Rosaleen Linehan, Alan Maher.
* Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001) Animated; direct-to-video;
Artisan/Family Home Entertainment; $19.98.
* Boss of Bosses (2001) Chazz Palminteri, Daniel Benzali, Clancy
Brown. TNT biodrama.
* The Butcher's Wife (1991) Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, Mary
Steenburgen, Frances McDormand, George Dzundza.
* Christina's House (1999) Brendan Fehr, Brad Rowe, John Savage,
Allison Lange, Lorne Stewart.
* Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wilson,
Raven-Symone, Kyla Pratt, Lil' Zane, Kevin Pollak, Jeffrey Jones.
Commentary by director Steve Carr, two extended scenes with
optional commentary, "Making Movie Magic With Rhythm and Hughes"
special effects documentary, five storyboard comparisons, HBO
Special "Bare Necessities: A Kid's Guide to Grizzlies," HBO First
Look Special "The Making of Dr. Dolittle 2," music videos.
* Dumbo Special 60th Anniversary Edition (See For Collectors,
October News Part 1)
* Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Animated with voices
of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Ming-Na, Ving
Rhames, Donald Sutherland and James Woods. Directed by Hironobu
Sakaguchi, creator of the "Final Fantasy" game series. Two-disc
set includes two feature-length commentaries, one with
co-director Motonori Sakakibara, sequence supervisor Hiroyuki
Hayashida, sets & props lead artist Tatsuro Maruyama, and Phantom
supervisor Takao Noguchi, the other with animation director Andy
Jones, editor Chris S. Capp and staging director Tani Kunitake;
isolated score with commentary by composer Elliot Goldenthal;
storyboard/playblast selections from the film with optional
filmmaker commentary or subtitled factoids; interactive animated
menus, featuring CGI introductions created by Square Pictures;
scene selections with motion images; original interactive
documentary "The Making of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within,"
with information pods that spotlight "Final Fantasy" thriller
music video, alternate opening sequence, mini-movie "Aki's
Dream," trailer exploration; multiple interactive workshops that
include seven in-depth character files, three vehicle scale
comparisons (Bandit, Quatro, Black Boa), two face wraps (Aki, Dr.
Sid), character morphs, compositing builds, matte art
exploration, sets and props; "Final Fantasy Shuffler" that allows
viewers to become the filmmaker by re-editing a pivotal scene
from the film; DVD-ROM extras.
* Freddy Got Fingered (2001) Tom Green, Rip Torn, Harland
Williams, Julie Hagerty, Marisa Coughlan, Anthony Michael Hall.
Commentary by director-writer-star Green, the three-minute PG
version, MTV "making-of" featurette, behind-the-scenes
featurette, Tom Green interview, eight deleted scenes, more.
* From Here to Eternity Special Edition (See For Collectors,
October News Part 1)
* He Said, She Said (1991) Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Sharon
Stone, Nathan Lane, Anthony LaPaglia. Commentary by directors Ken
Kwapis and Marisa Silver, writer Brian Hohlfeld, cinematographer
Stephen H. Burum.
* Jabberwocky (1977) Dir.: Terry Gilliam; Michael Palin.
Commentary by Gilliam and Palin, sketch to screen comparisons,
poster gallery, commentary by Palin and Gilliam, photo gallery.
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail Special Edition (See For
Collectors, October News Part 1)
* No Telling (1991) Featurette by director Larry Fessenden. World
Artists.
* On the Waterfront Special Edition (See For Collectors, October
News Part 1)
* Play It Again, Sam (1972) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony
Roberts, Susan Anspach, Jerry Lacy.
* Ricochet River (1998) Kate Hudson, Douglas Spain, Linda
Hawkins, Matthew Glave, John Cullum, Dan Lauria.
* Songcatcher (2000) Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Jane Adams, David
Patrick Kelly, Taj Mahal
* Star Trek: The Original Series Volumes 35 and 36.
* Town & Country (2001) Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn,
Garry Shandling, Andie MacDowell, Charlton Heston, Marian Seldes,
Josh Hartnett, Jenna Elfman, Natassja Kinski, Katherine Towne.
* With a Friend Like Harry (2000) Laurent Lucas, Mathilde
Seigner, Sergi Lopez, Sophie Guillemin. French with English
subtitles.

October 30:
* The Animal Special Edition (2001) Rob Schneider, Colleen
Haskell, John C. McGinley, Edward Asner, Michael Caton, Louis
Lombardi, Guy Torry. Commentary by Schneider, commentary by
director Luke Greenfield, "Animal Instincts" featurette, Comedy
Central's "The Reel Comedy: The Animal," deleted scenes with
introductions by Schneider, "What's in Marvin" set-top game.
* Black Magic M-66 (1987) Anime. Dir.: Masamune Shirow and
Hiroyuki Kitakubo. Japanese with English subtitles. Manga
Entertainment.
* MacArthur (1977) Gregory Peck
* Midway Collector's Edition (1976) Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda,
James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Robert Mitchum, Cliff
Robertson, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Wagner, Edward Albert.
Documentary featuring a new interview with Heston, featurette on
composer John Williams, featurette on Sensurround Sound,
additional scenes shot for the network TV version.
* Route 666 (2000) Lou Diamond Phillips, Lori Petty, Steven
Williams.
* See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder.
* Swordfish (2001) John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don
Cheadle, Vinnie Jones,  Sam Shepard, Camryn Grimes. Commentary by
director Dominic Sena, "The Making of Swordfish" documentary,
"The Effects in Focus: The Flying Bus" featurette, three
alternate endings.
* Tekkaman -- Blade II (1994) Anime. Contains all three "stages"
of the new Tekkaman saga: "Stage 1: The New Generation," "Stage 2
-- The Alien Intruder," "Stage 3 -- Final Encounter." Urban
Vision.


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FROM TV TO VIDEO

On October 2 Paramount will release "The Best of I Love Lucy,"
two volumes of the 10 best "I Love Lucy" episodes, as voted upon
by consumers in an Internet poll. Vol. 1 includes "Lucy Does a TV
Commercial," "Lucy's Italian Movie," "Lucy Does the Tango," "The
Freezer" and "Harpo Marx." Vol. 2 includes "Job Switching," "L.A.
At Last!" "Lucy is Enceinte," "The Ballet" and "Ethel's Home
Town." Each volume sells for $12,95; a two-pack set of both
volumes sells for $25.90 and includes the American Masters
documentary "Finding Lucy." VHS only.

On October 30 Acorn Media will release "Cadfael: The Raven in the
Foregate," starring Derek Jacobi as the intuitive 12 century
detective in this ongoing PBS "Mystery!" series, on DVD. With
behind-the-scenes comments by Jacobi, production scrapbook, more.
Acorn Media.


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FOR THE KIDS:

"Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase" is the latest in the Scooby-Doo
franchise. Here Scooby and the gang face their most electrifying
case ever when they're zapped into a high-tech computer game
based on their own Mystery Inc. adventures. While pursuing the
Phantom Computer Virus through the 10 levels of the video game,
the gang travels from prehistoric past to space-age future and
even manages to meet up with their own digital doubles along the
way. From Warner, $19.96 VHS SRP, due October 9.

Columbia TriStar will release on October 23 the first two volumes
of the Kids' WB! Saturday morning cartoon "Jackie Chan
Adventures": "The Power Within" and "The Day of the Dragon," with
two episodes each, for $12.95; a DVD, "The Search for the
Talismans," featuring three episodes, will be available for
$19.95.


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SPECIAL INTEREST:

Universal is pumping out Andrew Lloyd Webber this month.
Available on October 30 will be "Cats Ultimate Edition," a
two-disc set, with interviews with Webber, stage director Trevor
Nunn, choreographer Gillian Lynne, set designer John Napier and
producers Cameron Mackintosh and Gerry Sheonfeld, mini-feature on
makeup designer Karen Dawson (including making up three of the
actors before a performance), $26.98 DVD; "Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Royal Albert Hall Celebration," with performances from Webber's
greatest productions, with guest stars Glenn Close, Sarah
Brightman, Antonio Banderas, Donny Osmond, $24.98 DVD; and the
"Andrew Lloyd Webber's Spotlight Performance Boxed Set," with
"Jesus Christ Superstar," "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat," "Cats," "Andrew Lloyd Webber's Royal Albert Hall
Celebration," $49.98 VHS, $89.98 DVD.

Universal will also release "Michael Flatley Gold," featuring
Flatley's greatest dancing routines, on October 30 at $19.98 VHS,
$24.98 DVD.

Columbia will release on October 16 "Sarah Brightman in Concert"
(2001), featuring Sarah Brightman, Andrea Bocelli, Andrew Lloyd
Webber and Antonio Banderas, recorded at London's Royal Albert
Hall in 1997, $24.95 DVD.

Columbia has also put together a large skein of Cirque du Soleil
releases, including "Journey of Man," October 9; "A Baroque
Odyssey," "Saltimbanco," "La Nouvelle Experience," "Le Cirque
Reinvente" and "La Magic Continue," due October 30; $19.95 VHS,
$24.95 DVD each.

Pioneer Entertainment has several musical treats this month: "The
Judy Garland Show: Just Judy," featuring the best of Judy
Garland's  legendary solos from her 1963-1964 television series,
boasting 28 songs, $19.98, due October 16 on DVD; "Psychedelic
Furs: Live From House of Blues." the group's 2001 reunion
concert, due October 16, $19.98 VHS, $24.98 Dolby DVD, $29.98 DTS
DVD; and "Queen: We Will Rock You," featuring 22 of Queen's hit
songs, due October $19.98 VHS, $24.98 Dolby DVD, $29.98 DTS DVD
(The DVDs include photo gallery, discography, commentary, trivia
game, band biography and timeline, Easter eggs.

Another musical feast this month is "The Songmakers Collection,"
an in-depth look at the group of mostly teenagers who created the
pop music of the early 1960s, including Carole King, Dionne
Warwick, Neil Sedaka, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Jerry Leiber and
Mike Stoller, Bobby Darin, Doc Pomus, Paul Simon and Neil
Diamond, available from A&E Home Video in a two-DVD set for
$39.95 and a four-cassette VHS set for $39.95.

Documentaries: On October 2 Warner will release the "Imax Space
Collection," which includes "Destiny in Space," "Mission to Mir,"
and "Hail Columbia!" $14.95 each VHS, $19.95 DVD; a five-volume
collection including all three above plus "Blue Planet" and "The
Dream Is Alive" will be available for $75.92 VHS, $98.92 DVD. ...
Columbia TriStar will release on DVD on October 9 "Goldwyn," a
two-hour look at entertainment mogul Samuel Goldwyn, based on A.
Scott Berg's biography "Goldwyn: A Biography," and narrated by
Dustin Hoffman, $24.95. ... "W.I.S.O.R.," a fascinating look at
the real-life exploits of a team of visionary scientists and
engineers as they design and build the futuristic subterranean
robo-welder W.I.S.O.R. (Welding and Inspection Steam Operations
Robot), created to travel beneath cities to repair decaying steam
pipes, $19.95 VHS and $24.95 DVD, from New Video's Docurama label
(800-314-8822 or www.docurama.com). ... Cigarettes take a big hit
in two documentaries: "The Last Cigarette," a fascinating look at
smoking in the 20th century, including the acceptance of
cigarettes in films (and by film stars), cigarette ads, the House
of Representatives' hearings on cigarettes and health hazards,
anti-smoking films, and more, from New Yorker Video, $29.95 VHS;
and "Search for a Safe Cigarette," a WGBH Boston Video
documentary on the tobacco industry's response to attacks on
smoking, $19.95 VHS (800-949-8670 or www.wgbh.org).

Comedy: Winstar's Fox Lorber Centerstage label will release on
October 9 "I'm the One That I Want," a 96-minute stand-up routine
by comedian Margaret Cho, filmed at The Warfield in San
Francisco, $14,98 VHS and $19.98 DVD.

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9/30/01 V5.9a (Part 1 of 2 parts)

OCTOBER'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

ANGEL EYES
A romantic drama disguised as a cop suspenser, with  Jennifer
Lopez as a beautiful and intelligent Chicago cop who likes to
hang with her male pals at restaurants and bars but has some
difficulties with family matters (an abusive father and brother)
and affairs of the heart (her trysts with civilian men leave her
cold). Enter a strange man, Catch, played by Jim Caviezel, who
comes to the policewoman's rescue when a thug almost kills her.
He's a child-like wanderer of the city, but the woman is oddly
drawn to him. What follows, then, is the story of their romance,
told in a leisurely, emotional way. Forget violence and
explosions, this is a lush of love.
   Director: Luis Mandoki. Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel,
Terrence Howard, Jeremy Sisto, Sonia Braga, Victor Argo, Shirley
Knight. CC, (MPAA rating: R,  103 min.),  Drama,  2001,  Box
office gross: $23.021 million, (Warner),  No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 10/23, DVD: Day & Date.

ANIMAL, THE
Gross-out comedy has Rob Schneider starring as an inept property
room cop in a small town police department who ends up killing
himself (by driving off a cliff) when he get's his first
opportunity to prove his mettle. Bought back to life by a
mysterious vet (and stitched up with  parts from various denizens
of the animal kingdom), Schneider becomes a super-human cop, with
extraordinary animal powers (running, swimming, jumping and even,
yes, sexual) that constantly allow him to save the day and in the
end, win the woman of his dreams. At times crude and, with a
slightly ghoulish ending, this animal is definitely aimed at
those adolescents more fond of bodily functions than
intelligence.
   Director: Luke Greenfield. Stars: Rob Schneider, Colleen
Haskell, John C. McGinley, Edward Asner, Michael Caton, Louis
Lombardi, Guy Torry. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13,  83 min.),  Comedy,

2001,  Box office gross: $55.000 million, (Columbia TriStar),
VHS SRP, Priced for rental,  Available: 10/30, DVD: Day & Date.

BRIDGET JONE'S DIARY
Delightful, warm, witty filmization of the best-selling book,
about an overweight thirtysomething young woman searching for
career and love in London. American Renee Zellweger raised
eyebrows when she was cast as the lead but she pulls off the role
with zeal and aplomb. Bridget Jones has simple goals in life: to
lose weight, cut back on her drinking, and find true love. She's
a publicist for a British publisher and has a habit of striking
out with men, including a set-up date with the son (Colin Firth)
of a neighbor, who snubs her. She eventually has an affair with
her boss (Hugh Grant), but that too goes sour when she finds he's
having another affair. When both men have a change of heart, so
to speak, and come after her, she has to make a romantic
decision. What's a post-feminist to do?
   Director: Sharon Maguire. Stars: Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant,
Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Shirley Henderson, Sally
Phillips, Embeth Davidtz, James Callis. CC, (MPAA rating: R,  94
min.),  Romantic Comedy,  2001,  Box office gross: $70.366
million, (Miramax),  No VHS SRP, Priced for rental, Available:
10/9, DVD: Day & Date.

CATS & DOGS
Delightful family-friendly live action/animatronic/computer
assisted comedy about the age-old battle between cats and dogs.
Except here the dogs -- fitted with enough super high-tech
gadgets to make James Bond envious -- are the centuries long
protectors of human kind against a world takeover by cats. Enter
Mr. Tinkles, a white Persian on his own mission, who wants to
thwart human professor Brody (Jeff Goldblum) from perfecting an
antidote for human allergies to dogs. To stop this evil gambit,
the dogs send in a green-behind-the-ears beagle puppy to protect
the family, and the action begins. This one belongs to the
special effects, as the humans are here strictly for window
dressing for the special-effected cat and dog antics.
   Director: Lawrence Guterman. Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth
Perkins, Alexander Pollock, voices of Tobey Maguire, Alec
Baldwin, Sean Hayes, Susan Sarandon, Joe Pantoliano. CC, (MPAA
rating: PG,  88 min.), Family,  2001,  Box office gross: $93.000
million, (Warner), $22.98 VHS SRP, Available: 10/16, DVD: Day &
Date.

DR. DOLITTLE 2
The good doctor who talks to animals is back, and this time out
he's making house calls -- or should we say forest calls. Doctor
Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) is called upon by the furry denizens of
the wilderness to help save a forest about to be strip-cut by a
nasty developer. It turns out that a judge will prevent the
destruction, if it can be proved that there's an endangered
species living there. So it's up to Dolittle to persuade a
city-dwelling circus bear to head out to the wilds to woo the
last remaining female of his species and prevent the destruction.
That's pretty much the story line, though there are side trips
with Dolittle's daughter (Raven-Symone) who's embarrassed by
dad's animalistic conversations. There's plenty of cute animal
jokes (including a standing gag about a chameleon who has trouble
blending in) and lots of animal potty humor, but in the long run
its just for the kids.
   Director: Steve Carr. Stars: Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wilson,
Raven-Symone, Kyla Pratt, Lil' Zane, Kevin Pollak, Jeffrey Jones.
CC, (MPAA rating: PG,  88 min.),  Comedy,  2001,  Box office
gross: $114.000 million, (Fox),  $22.98 VHS SRP,  Available:
10/23, DVD: Day & Date.


FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
Produced and directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, who created the
video game series that the movie is based upon, this hyperReal
CGI animated feast for the eyes is still a comic book struggling
to become a big screen event. The story line revolves around an
adventure team of space travelers who have to reclaim the Earth
from human spirit cannibalizing aliens. May hold up better on the
small screen.
   Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi. Voices of Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin,
Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Donald Sutherland, James
Woods.  CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13,  106 min.),  Animated,  2001,
Box office gross: $32.000 million, (Columbia TriStar),  No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental,  Available: 10/23, DVD: Day & Date.

FREDDY GOT FINGERED
Repulsive Tom Green outing about an aspiring animator who leaves
his folks' basement, heads for Hollywood, fails at a job at a
cheese sandwich factory, and returns home to his basement. In
between there's all sorts of the sick humor -- with cows, horses,
and a paraplegic girlfriend -- that Green has become known for.
Director: Tom Green. Stars: Tom Green, Rip Torn, Harland
Williams, Julie Hagerty, Marisa Coughlan, Anthony Michael Hall.
CC, (MPAA rating: R,  87 min.),  Comedy,  2001,  Box office
gross: $14.249 million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 10/23, DVD: Day & Date.

MUMMY RETURNS, THE
The cast and crew of 1999's "The Mummy" return for a smash sequel
that keeps viewers on the edges of their seats. As in the
original, there's plenty of action-adventure scenes, irreverent
humor, PG-13 violence (lots of killings but no blood) and
romance, though this time adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan
Fraser) and Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) are married. It's 10 years
after the action in "The Mummy," and the pair lead a quiet life
with 9-year-old son Alex. But hold on to your seats. There's evil
forces afoot -- some new bad guys want to resurrect mummy Imhotep
(Arnold Vosloo) so he can take over the (reincarnated) invincible
army of the Scorpion King (The Rock) to conquer the world.
There's reincarnation flashbacks, scarabs, a jungle journey, more
creepy monsters and a host of plot lines that keep this
supercharged action adventure on a non-stop roller coaster ride
from beginning to end. And the special effects push the  genre up
one more notch.
   Director: Stephen Sommers. Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz,
John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velasquez,
Freddie Boath, The Rock. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13,  129 min.),
Action-Adventure,  2001, Box office gross: $202.000 million,
(Universal),  $22.98 VHS SRP, Available: 10/02, DVD: Day & Date.

SWORDFISH
Complicated but explosive techno thriller about a reclusive rich
villain (John Travolta in an especially nasty role reminiscent of
"Face/Off") who enlists a superhacker (Hugh Jackman) to crack a
secret code to get access to a billion-dollar bank account that
once belonged to a now defunct secret government project. Throw
in plenty of hostages, an SUV chase, a cybercrime federal agent
(Don Cheadle), a covert right-wing patriot Senator (Sam Shepard),
a sexy assistant (Halle Berry), tons of plot twists and twisting
characters, plenty of explosions, and a finale with a bus hoisted
through the streets of downtown L.A. by a helicopter, and you
have non-stop, breathtaking action and excitement.
   Director: Dominic Sena. Stars: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman,
Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones, Sam Shepard, Camryn
Grimes. CC, (MPAA rating: R,  99 min.),  Thriller,  2001,  Box
office gross: $40.000 million, (Warner),  $22.98 VHS SRP,
Available: 10/30, DVD: Day & Date.

TOWN & COUNTRY
You wonder what was on everyone's minds when this dud was
greenlighted. Apparently it took three years for this baby to
come to the big screen, and it'll take at least that long for
everyone involved here to live it down. This film of marital
infidelities, neurotic behavior, midlife crises and men acting
like boys is so clumsy that it's embarrassing to contemplate.
Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton, and Goldie Hawn and Garry
Shandling are married couples. Shandling cheats on Hawn, she
files for divorce. Keaton sends Beatty to comfort Hawn; they
sleep together (it's not his first extramarital affair). Soon
they're all divorced, and Beatty and Shandling head to Sun Valley
with Elfman. There's attempts at slapstick and farce but few real
laughs.
   Director: Peter Chelsom. Stars: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton,
Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling, Andie MacDowell, Charlton Heston,
Marian Seldes, Josh Hartnett, Jenna Elfman, Natassja Kinski,
Katherine Towne. CC, (MPAA rating: R,  104 min.),  Comedy,  2001,

Box office gross: $6.712 million, (New Line),  No VHS SRP, Priced
for rental, Available: 10/16, DVD: Day & Date.


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VIDEO NEWS -- FOR COLLECTORS:

This month all the news for film lovers is on the DVD front, with
a wild slate of collectible releases:

* October 2: "Fiddler on the Roof 30th Anniversary Edition"
(1971). Directed by Norman Jewison and starring Topol and Leonard
Frey. With commentary by Jewison and Topol, documentary on
Jewison, new introduction by Jewison, Tevye's dream sequence in
color with an introduction by Jewison, Jewison reading the
stories of Sholom Aleichem, historical photo gallery,
storyboards. From MGM.

* October 2: "The Terminator Special Edition" (1984). Directed by
James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton,
and Michael Biehn. Digital transfer from high-def master; 5.1
stereo remix; with deleted scenes with commentary by Cameron;
documentary "Other Voices" with new interviews with Cameron,
Biehn, producer Gale Anne Hurd; retrospective interviews with
Schwarzenegger and Hamilton; original mono soundtrack; packaged
with hologram cover image. From MGM.

* October 9: "The Godfather DVD Collection." With commentary by
director Francis Ford Coppola; extra disc with three hours of
bonus material that includes: "Francis Ford Coppola's Notebook,"
an inside look at Coppola and the creative process taking "The
Godfather" from book to screen; "On Location" with Academy
Award-winning art director and set director Dean Tavoularis; "The
Godfather Family: A Look Inside" 73-minute documentary; "The
Godfather Behind the Scenes 1971" featurette; additional scenes
added to later versions of I and II, presented within a timeline
of events from 1898 forward that chronicles the Corleones and
real-life events; "The Cinematography of The Godfather" featuring
Gordon Willis; two "The Music of The Godfather featurettes
looking at the musical contributions of Nino Rota and Carmine
Coppola; "Coppola and Puzo on Screenwriting"; storyboards; "The
Corleone Family Tree" character and cast bios; Academy Award
acceptance speeches; photo galleries; trailers; $105 from
Paramount.

* October 9: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Platinum
Collection" (1937). Digitally remastered and restored, with Dolby
Digital 5.1 Surround. Two-disc set with four-hours of bonus
material, including a music video of Barbra Streisand singing
"Someday My Prince Will Come," recorded for the DVD; commentary
by Walt Disney pieced together from hours of archival recordings;
"Still the Fairest of Them All: The Making of Snow White";
"Dopey's Wild Mine Ride" game; "Goddess of Spring" animated
short; "Snow White's Wishing Well" (Walt Disney biographical
timeline, Snow White production timeline, Brothers Grimm original
version of Snow White, storyboard-to-film comparisons); "The
Queen's Castle" (Virtual gallery 3-D animated environment of the
queen's castle, early camera tests, character voice talent); "The
Queen's Dungeon" (abandoned concepts, restoration of Snow White
featurette); "The Dwarf's Mine" (deleted scenes including the cut
song "Music in Your Soup"); "The Dwarf's Cottage" (Los Angeles
theatrical premiere, eight decades of trailers, two black and
white shorts: "A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios" and "How
Disney Cartoons Are Made," publicity materials, vintage audio
programs); more. From Disney.

* October 9: Three classic New Wave films from Jean-Luc Godard:
"Breathless" (1960), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg;
"Le Petit Soldat" (1963), starring Michael Subor and Anna Karina;
and "Les Carabiniers" (1963), starring Albert Juross, Maruno
Mase, Catherine Ribeiro and Genevieve Galea; from Fox Lorber for
$24.98 each.

* October 23: "Dumbo Special 60th Anniversary Edition" (1941).
Digitally remastered and restored with Dolby Digital 5.1
Surround, commentary, art gallery, original Walt Disney TV
introduction, "Celebrating Dumbo" featurette (the origins and
history of Dumbo), storybook, cartoon shorts, singalongs,
production materials, more. From Disney.

* October 23: "From Here to Eternity Special Edition" (1953).
Directed by Fred Zinnemann and staring Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed,
Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Ernest Borgnine
and Jack Warden. Commentary by Zinnemann's son, Tim Zinnemann,
and Alvin Sargent, longtime friend of the director and a featured
player in "From Here to Eternity"; "The Making of From Here to
Eternity" featurette; "Excerpts from Fred Zinnemann -- As I See
It" featurette; from Columbia TriStar $24.95.

* October 23: "On the Waterfront Special Edition" (1954).
Directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando, Eva Marie
Saint, Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden and Leif Erikson.
Commentary by film critic/writer Richard Schickel and Kazan
biographer Jeff Young, "Contender: Mastering the Method"
featurette, Kazan interview, vintage photo gallery; from Columbia
TriStar $24.95.

* October 23: "Monty Python and the Holy Grail Special Edition"
(1975). Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, and starring
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry
Jones, Michael Palin. Two disc set. Disc one: High definition
widescreen presentation with pink frilly edges. Soundtrack in
glorious 5.1 Dolby Digital. Subtitles for people who don't like
the film (taken from Shakespeare's Henry IV, part II). On-screen
screenplay: Read the screenplay while you watch the film.
Enlightening commentaries by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, plus
general complaints and back-biting by John Cleese, Eric Idle and
Michael Palin. Extraordinary animated menus with very loud stereo
sound. Fascinating scene selection feature: all-moving,
all-singing, all-tax-avoidance. Exciting "Follow the Killer
Rabbit" feature. A special version for the hard of hearing. A
glorious extra 24 seconds absolutely free. Mono soundtrack in
glorious old-fashioned mono. Disc two: Three mindless
sing-alongs. Join Michael Palin and Terry Jones in their special
documentary: "The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations." "How to
Use Your Coconuts" (an educational film). "Monty Python and the
Holy Grail in Japanese" (with English subtitles). "Monty Python
and the Holy Grail" in Lego. "On Location With the Pythons,"
genuine 18-minute location report made in 1974 by BBC Film Night
(broadcast December 19, 1974). Interactive cast directory:
Discover just how many roles Michael Palin plays. Tons of Terry
Gilliam's original sketches plus posters. Behind-the-scenes
photos: Hitherto unseen by human eyes. A Load of old rubbish: A
surprise package of mystery items specially included for the
mentally challenged. Unused locations. How the directors' recce
used up the budget. Unused ideas. Plus theatrical trailers and,
of course, Weblinks for real nurds. From Columbia TriStar.

Also due this month from Home Vision/Criterion Collection are
classics "The Ruling Class" (1972), directed by Peter Medak and
starring Peter O'Toole and Alastair Sim; "Shanghai Express"
(1932), directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene
Dietrich and Clive Brook; "Haxan" (Witchcraft Through the Ages)
(1922), directed by Benjamin Christiansen; "Notorious" (1946)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Ingrid
Bergman and Claude Rains; and "Rashomon" (1951), directed by
Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Machiko Kyo;
$39.95 each.

If you want the best in image and sound without all the frills,
Columbia TriStar has just initiated its Superbit Collection,
which remasters DVD at the highest-bit rate digital encoding
possible with both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS. The company's
philosophy: sacrifice all the extras for better sound and
picture, The first five releases (already available in standard
DVD editions): "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Johnny
Mnemonic," "The Fifth Element," "Air Force One" and "Desperado,"
due October 9 at $27.96 each.

And don't forget the month's monster DVD release: "Star Wars:
Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" (1999) two-disc set on October
16. Disc one: Scene-specific commentary by director George Lucas,
producer Rick McCallum, special effects experts. Disc two:
Deleted scenes documentary with seven new sequences completed
just for the DVD release, including extended Podrace scenes; an
hour-long documentary "The Beginning," that takes audiences
behind the scenes and inside Lucasfilm and ILM during the
production of "Episode I"; multi-angle storyboard-to-animatic-to
finished product option available in various key action
sequences, including the submarine and Podrace sequences; five
behind-the-scenes featurettes that explore the story line,
design, costumes, visual effects and fight scenes; 12-part Web
documentary chronicling the production; "Duel of the Fates" music
video; production photo gallery with special caption feature;
theatrical posters and print campaigns from around the world;
theatrical teaser and launch trailers, and seven TV spots; more.
Suggested retail price: $29.98, from Fox.


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OCTOBER VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

October 2:
* Anatomy (2000) Franka Potente, Benno Furmann (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95
* Bamboozled (2000) Dir.: Spike Lee; Damon Wayans, Jada
Pinket-Smith, Tommy Davidson (New Line): $14.98
* Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001) Animated, direct-to-video
(Artisan/Family Home Entertainment): $19.98
* Before Night Falls (2000) Dir.: Julian Schnabel; Javier Bardem
(New Line): $14.98
* Best of I Love Lucy, The. (See From TV to Video, October News
Part 2)
* Boogeymen (2001) A "butcher's dozen" of "only the best" scene
excerpts from horror flicks, including "Texas Chainsaw Massacre,"
"Halloween," "Candyman," "Nightmare on Elm Street," "I know What
You Did Last Summer," "Wishmaster," "Hellraiser," "Puppetmaster,"
"Leprechaun," "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday," "Scream,"
"Phantasm," more. (Flixmix/Universal): $14.98
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Dir.: Ang Lee; Chow
Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Gang Zip Ii, Chang Chen, Lung Sihung,
Cheng Pei Pei (Columbia TriStar): $19.96
* Female Trouble (1974) Dir.: John Waters; Divine, Mink Stole,
Edith Massey (New Line): Full theatrical version, $19.98
* Lexx. Four more episodes of Season Two: S2*V4 (Series 2, Video
set 4) (Twilight, Patches in the Sky, Woz, The Web). (Acorn
Media): Two cassette set, additional footage, interview with
robot head 790, $29.95
* The Mummy Returns (2001) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John
Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velasquez, Freddie
Boath, The Rock (Universal): $22.98
* Shadow of the Vampire (2000) John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe
(Universal): $14.98
* What Women Want Special Edition (2000) Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt
(Paramount): Cast and crew interviews, behind-the-scenes
featurette, $14.95

October 9:
* Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (See For the Kids, October News
Part 2)

October 16:
* Cats & Dogs (2001) Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander
Pollock, voices of Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin, Sean Hayes, Susan
Sarandon, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Lovitz,
Charlton Heston. (Warner): $22.98

October 23:
* Dumbo Special 60th Anniversary Edition (1941) (Disney): $22.99
* Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wilson,
Raven-Symone, Kyla Pratt, Lil' Zane, Kevin Pollak, Jeffrey Jones
(Fox): $22.98
* No Telling (1991) (World Artists): $19.98
* State and Main (2000) William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Charles
Durning, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Jessica Parker (New Line):
$14.98
* Vertical Limit (2000) Chris O'Donnell, Robin Tunney (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95

October 30:
* Beautiful Joe (2000) Sharon Stone, Billy Connolly (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95
* Circus (2000) John Hannah, Famke Janssen (Columbia TriStar):
$14.95
* Hangman (2001) Lou Diamond Phillips, Madchen Amik (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95
* The House of Mirth (2000) Gillian Anderson, Laura Linney
(Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Just Looking (2000) Gretchen Mol, Patti Lupone (Columbia
TriStar): $14.95
* Kept (2001) Ice-T (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) Jet Li (Columbia TriStar):
$14.95
* Snatch (2000) Dir.: Guy Richie; Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro,
Dennis Farina (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Swordfish (2001) John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don
Cheadle, Vinnie Jones,  Sam Shepard, Camryn Grimes (Warner):
$22.98


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SEPTEMBER'S TOP VIDEO RELEASES

ALONG CAME A SPIDER
Sequel to 1997's successful "Kiss the Girls," which starred
Morgan Freeman as Washington police detective, forensic
psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross, who foiled the
work of a rather nasty serial killer. Here Freeman reprises his
role, with Monica Potter coming on board as a discredited Secret
Service agent who becomes his sidekick. It seems that a Senator's
daughter is kidnapped by a criminal mastermind who wants Cross to
write him up as the greatest criminal of the new century. It's up
to Cross to figure out the obtuse clues and bring the baddie to
justice. Plenty of plot twists and turns.
   Director: Lee Tamahori. Stars: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter,
Michael Wincott, Mika Boorem, Anton Yelchin, Kim Hawthorne, Dylan
Baker. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 103 min.), Thriller, 2001, Box office
gross: $72.752 million, (Paramount), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 9/25, DVD: Day & Date.

BLOW
True story of George Jung, the first American to import cocaine
to the United States on a large scale. Johnny Depp plays George,
a shallow young man who really doesn't know what he wants from
life. Wafting through the cool, hip California landscape in the
1970s, George falls into a great but illegal way to make money:
importing marijuana from Mexico in the customs-free luggage of
his stewardess girlfriend and selling it to his buddies on the
East Coast. Soon he becomes rich and complacent and busted
(several times) -- his own mother, at one point, rats on him for
a parole violation. Out of jail at the end of the decade, he
links up with the Medellin drug cartel and becomes the largest
importer of cocaine -- 85% of the market -- into America. But
again George falls on hard times -- the Colombians and the Feds
are both after him. Facing middle age, George's life of greed has
left him dreary in a world decidedly lacking the fun he sought
all his life. George could do only three things well in his life
-- sell dope, make money, and go to prison. In the end, sitting
out a 30-year sentence, he's alone and lonely, long-deserted by
his wife and daughter. Depressing. Depp, as usual, turns in a
bravura performance and the film is worth watching just for him.
   Director: Ted Demme. Stars: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Jordi
Molina, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Ray Liotta, Paul
Reubens, Ethan Suplee. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 123 min.), Drama,
2001, Box office gross: $52.566 million, (New Line), No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental, Available: 9/11, DVD: Day & Date.

DRIVEN
Exciting auto-racing actioner written by and starring Sylvester
Stallone. The pedal-to-the-metal film follows the duel between a
top German driver (Til Schweiger) and an unstable American rookie
(Kip Pardue) on the Formula One racing circuit. Enter Stallone as
a washed-up veteran racer hired to help the rookie. Throw in tons
of point-of-view racing shots, loud music, spectacular crashes,
flying debris, and a little love and you get a 240-MPH adrenaline
rush. Stallone apparently spent four years researching the action
on the racing circuit, and the film was shot over eight months in
nine countries. The story line and acting definitely take a back
seat to the cars, but isn't that the point? It's "Grand Prix" for
the new millennium, with director Renny Harlin's patented brand
of stunts & effects.
   Director: Renny Harlin. Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Burt
Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Stacy Edwards, Gina Gershon, Estella
Warren, Robert Sean Leonard, Til Schweiger, Stacy Edwards. CC,
(MPAA rating: PG-13, 116 min.), Action, 2001, Box office gross:
$32.076 million, (Warner), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 9/18, DVD: Day & Date.

HEARTBREAKERS
Screwball comedy about a mother-daughter team (Sigourney Weaver
and Jennifer Love Hewitt) of con artists whose scam is to bilk
rich men out of their fortunes. The con works like this: Weaver
meets, woos and marries the man, while Hewitt entices him into an
extramarital affair. Bingo! Adultery pays big in divorce court.
But the pair get more than they bargain for when they travel to
Palm Beach, Fla., for mom's last sting: their latest mark (Gene
Hackman) dies, the daughter falls in love with a handsome bar
owner (Jason Lee) and their last mark (Ray Liotta) tracks them
down for retribution. While the comedy has its moments
(particularly Hackman), for the most part it wallows in slapstick
sight gags that fall far short of their marks.
   Director: David Mirkin. Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love
Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Anne Bancroft, Nora Dunn, Gene
Hackman. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 122 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box
office gross: $40.000 million, (MGM), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 9/25, DVD: Day & Date.

KNIGHT'S TALE, A
Fourteenth century jousting adventure set to a musical backdrop
of 20th century music ("We Will Rock You," "Golden Years," etc.).
The anachronisms don't stop there: all the characters are imbued
with modern-day attitudes and speech. The story line is right out
of Screenwriting 101: a servant (Heath Ledger) to a knight dons
his master's armor and becomes a champion of the court, beating
out the evil knight and winning the fair lady. There's even an
unemployed Geoffrey Chaucer (in his pre-"Canterbury Tales" days)
to add flowery prose and humor to the affair. For the teen set
only.
   Director: Brian Helgeland. Stars: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell,
Shanynn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Mark Addy, Alan
Tudyk. CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 122 min.), Action, 2001, Box
office gross: $55.261 million, (Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental, Available: 9/25, DVD: Day & Date.

MEMENTO
A complex mystery of murder and revenge told in a non-linear
fashion. Leonard (Guy Pearce) is an insurance investigator whose
memory has been damaged following a head injury while intervening
in his wife's murder. Unable to remember anything that happened
more than 15 minutes prior, Leonard has taken to prolifically
taking notes, shooting Polaroid photos with cryptic messages
written on the back, and tattooing important clues about his
wife's death on his torso, arms and legs. It's a tough road to
hoe for a detective seeking revenge, especially since it keeps
getting harder for him to determine whether some of the people
coming to his aid (including Carrie-Anne Moss as a seemingly
friendly bartender and Joe Pantoliano, who's either a helpful
friend, an undercover cop, a two-bit hustler or the murderer) are
messing with his already messed up mind. The plot unravels
backwards (the film's opening is actually the last few seconds of
the story) but the flashbacks and alternating time sequences are
structured in such a way that observant viewers won't get lost.
An incisive exploration of memory and reality.
   Director: Christopher Nolan. Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne
Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Stephen Tobolowsky. CC,
(MPAA rating: R, 113 min.), Thriller, 2000, Box office gross:
$17.271 million, (Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental, Available: 9/4, DVD: Day & Date.

ONE NIGHT AT MCCOOL'S
Off-kilter dark comedy that plays out "Rashomon"-style, with
three men -- McCool's bartender Randy (Matt Dillon), hot-shot
attorney Carl (Paul Reiser) and police detective Dehling (John
Goodman) -- telling the overlapping stories of each man's
involvement in the death of another man at the bar, which kicks
things off, but more crucially, their involvement with sexy young
Jewel (Liv Tyler). Each story is related by the three men to
their confessors -- a hit-man (Michael Douglas) in a senior
citizen bingo parlor for Randy, a shrink (Reba McEntire) for Carl
and a priest for Dehling. And each story, though going over the
same ground, differs from the others, giving the film a shifting
shape that is delightfully wild.
   Director: Harald Zwart. Stars: Matt Dillon, Liv Tyler, John
Goodman, Paul Reiser, Michael Douglas, Reba McEntire, Richard
Jenkins. CC, (MPAA rating: R, 93 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office
gross: $6.276 million, (USA), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 9/25, DVD: Day & Date.

SOMEONE LIKE YOU
Light-hearted comedy about a young woman with a broken heart who
tries to understand why things went wrong with her last affair --
and to understand modern romance and what men really want. Ashley
Judd plays Jane, a talent booker for a TV talk show whose latest
love affair with a new executive producer (Gregg Kinnear) goes
sour too fast. Jane tries to figure things out -- with the help
of her best buddy (Marisa Tomei) and her new roommate Eddie, an
inveterate womanizer (Hugh Jackman). Add in Jane's stint as a
secret -- and suddenly successful -- Dr. Ruth-like sex columnist,
and a growing attraction between Jane and Eddie, and love and
relationships get more and more complex. What's a modern girl to
do? Fine acting in a well-thought out -- if not stunning --
script. A welcome reprieve from the babbling teen comedies that
have dominated recent big-screen love stories.
   Director: Tony Goldwyn. Stars: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh
Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin, Laura Regan, Catherine Dent.
CC, (MPAA rating: PG-13, 97 min.), Comedy, 2001, Box office
gross: $27.284 million, (Fox), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 9/18, DVD: Day & Date.

SPY KIDS
At last! A kids action adventure that the whole family can really
enjoy -- and from the pen and camera of Robert Rodriquez, known
more for his bloodletting epics ("El Mariachi" and "From Dusk
Till Dawn") than for his gentle touch. This surprise spring hit,
pushing past $100 million at the box office, follows a pair of
kids -- the children of retired, married spies who gave up their
life of danger for parenthood -- as they embark on a wild
adventure to rescue their folks from a nefarious villain and save
the world from an army of robots. There's plenty of action,
gadgets and gizmos, and wholesome laughs to appeal to the kids in
us all. This one works for ages 6 to 60.
   Director: Robert Rodriguez. Stars: Antonio Banderas, Carla
Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub,
Teri Hatcher, Cheech Marin, Robert Patrick. CC, (MPAA rating: PG,
85 min.), Family Action Comedy, 2001, Box office gross: $100.000
million, (Miramax), $15.95 VHS SRP, Available: 9/18, DVD: Day &
Date.

TAILOR OF PANAMA, THE
Set in the seamy and steamy streets of Panama City after the
Noriega years, this delightfully written, directed and acted spy
thriller (based on the John Le Carre best seller), has Pierce
Brosnan playing a discredited British spy sent to Panama to
redeem himself. He enlists -- or rather blackmails -- a cockney
ex-con (Geoffrey Rush) who has reinvented himself as a popular
tailor to the rich and powerful to be his source for inside
information. It doesn't hurt that the tailor is married to a
beautiful American woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) who works for the
director of the Panama Canal company. No one trusts anyone in
this dark and dreary world, and when the tailor stars creating
stories for the spy -- involving a fake radical political group
-- a chain of events is set off that threatens to destroy the
lives of everyone. There are no gadgets or spy gimmicks here --
just deception, misinformation, distrust and disloyalty -- and
some very, very fine acting.
   Director: John Boorman. Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush,
Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack. CC, (MPAA
rating: R, 109 min.), Thriller, 2001, Box office gross: $13.256
million, (Columbia TriStar), No VHS SRP, Priced for rental,
Available: 9/11, DVD: Day & Date.

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VIDEO NEWS -- FOR COLLECTORS:

French connections: The folks at Fox Home Entertainment have put
together an impressive package to celebrate the 30th anniversary
of "The French Connection" (1971): "The French Connection 30th
Anniversary Five Star Collection," directed by William Friedkin
and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey and Tony
LoBianco will arrive on September 25 as a two-disc DVD set with a
director-supervised 5.1 Dolby transfer, with commentary by
Friedkin, Hackman and Scheider, "Making the Connection: Untold
Stories of the French Connection" documentary, BBC documentary
"Poughkeepsie Shuffle," seven deleted scenes, deleted scenes
documentary hosted by Friedkin, and a behind-the-scenes stills
gallery; $26.98. A VHS version, with seven deleted scenes, will
sell for $9.98.

To make things even better, Fox also will release "The French
Collection DVD Box Set," which contains the two-disc "The French
Connection Five Star" edition plus the one-disc "French
Connection II" (1975), directed by John Frankenheimer and
starring Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Jean-Pierre
Castaldi and Cathleen Nesbit, with commentary by Frankenheimer,
Hackman and producer Robert Rosen, wardrobe and storyboard
galleries, and a behind-the-scenes gallery; $39.98. A VHS set
contains both "French Connections" for $17.98.

Warner Home Video has set September 25 as the release date for a
beautifully restored edition of Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane"
(1941): "The Citizen Kane Special Edition DVD," starring Welles,
Joseph Cotton, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloan, Dorothy Comingore
and Ray Collins, is a two-disc set with storyboards; two
commentaries, one by critic Roger Ebert and one by Welles
biographer and writer-director Peter Bogdanovich; with the
documentary "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" on the second disc.

Artisan Entertainment has put together two nifty packages for
September 18: "Basic Instinct Special Edition" (1992), starring
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza and Jeanne
Tripplehorn. Available in rated and unrated versions, with the
unrated version containing audio commentary by director Paul
Verhoeven and director of photography Jan de Bont, and explicit
footage deemed too controversial for domestic theatrical release.
The unrated and rated versions contain the making-of documentary
"Blonde Poison," and a "Cleaning up Basic Instinct" montage
comparing the TV version to the theatrical version. The DVD is
housed in a clear plastic "ice" case with an ice-pick pen with
red ink. The other merchandising outing for Artisan is the "Total
Recall Special Edition" (1990), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside and Sharon Stone. The
DVD is packaged in a round metal "Mars" container and features
audio commentary by Schwarzenegger and director Paul Verhoeven,
"Imagining Total Recall" documentary, "Rekall's Virtual
Vacations," "Visions of Mars" featurette, visual storyboard
comparisons, conceptual art, photo gallery, and more.

Home Vision Entertainment will release on September 11 an amazing
project: "Heritage: Civilization and the Jews" (2001), a
four-disc set of the nine-part Thirteen/WNET New York series
hosted by former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Abba
Eban that traces the history of the Jewish people from biblical
times to the present, telling their story as part of the broader
history of Western civilization. The nine episodes comprise three
of the discs; the fourth is a DVD-ROM, called Heritage
Interactive, based on the Encyclopedia Judaica, that is an
interactive museum of the Jewish experience, with 650 annotated
historical documents, 541 map views with 2,500 explanatory
essays, more than 3,600 articles, and 4,000 captions that
accompany the nine hours of the original series video, more than
100 interactive multimedia presentations containing more than 800
historical images, and a searchable index of 7,000 multimedia
elements; $99.95.


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SEPTEMBER VHS SELL-THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS:

September 4:
* Bedazzled (2000) Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley (Fox): $14.98
* Cruel Intentions 2 (2000) Robin Dunne, Amy Adams, Sarah
Thompson, Keri Lynn Pratt (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Girlfight (2000) Michelle Rodriguez, Jaime Tirelli, Ray
Santiago (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Ladies Man Special Edition, The (2000) Tim Meadows (Paramount):
Cast and crew interviews, $14.95
* Lucky Numbers (2000) John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow (Paramount):
$14.95
* Men of Honor (2000) Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert De Niro (Fox):
$14.98
* One Day in September (1999) Documentary (Columbia TriStar):
$14.95
* Space Cowboys (2000) Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James
Garner, Donald Sutherland (Warner): Interviews with the effects
team, $13.95
* Tigerland (2000) Colin Farrell (Fox): $14.98
* Woman on Top (2000) Penelope Cruz (Fox): $14.98

September 11:
* Adam Sandler Nice 'n' Naughty Gift Set: "Little Nicky" and "The
Wedding Singer" (New Line): $24.98
* An Affair of Love (1999) Nathalie Baye, Sergi Lopez (New Line):
$19.98
* Dancer in the Dark (2000) Bjork (New Line): $14.98
* Five Senses, The (1999) Mary Louise Parker, Marco Leonardi (New
Line): $19.98
* Filth & the Fury, The (2000) Dir.: Julien Temple; Sex Pistols
documentary (New Line): $14.98
* Good Men, Good Women (1995) Dir.: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Annie
Shizuka (Fox Lorber): Taiwanese with English subtitles $19.98
* Goodby South, Goodbye (1996) Dir.: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Jack Kao
(Fox Lorber): Taiwanese with English subtitles $19.98
* Saving Grace (2000) Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson (New Line):
$19.98
* 61* (2001) Dir.: Billy Crystal; Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane,
Richard Masur, Bruce McGill, Chris Bauer, Christopher McDonald,
Donald Moffat, Jennifer Crystal Foley, Renee Taylor, Bob Gunton,
Anthony Michael Hall (Fox): $14.95

September 18:
* American Werewolf in London 20th Anniversary Edition, An (1981)
Dir: John Landis; David Naughton, Griffin Dunne (Universal):
$9.98
* Cape Fear (1991) Dir.: Martin Scorsese; Robert De Niro, Nick
Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Gregory Peck (Universal):
Widescreen, $9.98
* Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995) Dir.: Claude Sautet;
Emmanuelle Beart, Michel Serrault (New Yorker Video): French with
English subtitles, $29.95
* Spy Kids (2001) See reviews above.

September 25:
* Broken Hearts Club, The (2000) Timothy Olyphant, Dean Cain,
John Mahoney (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* The French Connection: See For Collectors above.
* Right Temptation, The (2000) Rebecca DeMornay, Kiefer
Sutherland, Dana Delaney (Columbia TriStar): $14.95
* Survivor -- The Australian Outback. Season 2: The Greatest and
Most Outrageous Moments (2001) (Paramount): $14.95


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SEPTEMBER DVD HIGHLIGHTS:

September 4:
* Along Came Jones (1945) Gary Cooper, Lorretta Young.
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) Dir.: Fran Rubel Kuzui; Kristy
Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Luke Perry, Rutger Hauer.
* Chato's Land (1972) Charles Bronson, Jack Palance.
* Comes a Horseman (1978) Dir.: Alan J. Pakula; Jane Fonda, James
Caan, Jason Robards.
* Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) Tom Berenger, Michael Pare, Ellen
Barkin, Joe Pantoliano.
* Forgive and Forget (1999) Steve John Shepherd, John Simon,
Laura Fraser. Commentary by director Aisling Walsh. First Run
Features.
* The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Meryl Streep, Jeremy
Irons.
* The Fury (1978) Dir.: Brian De Palma; Kirk Douglas, Andrew
Stevens, Amy Irving.
* Home for the Holidays (1995) Holly Hunter, Anne Bancroft,
Robert Downey Jr., Dylan McDermott, Charles Durning. Commentary
by director Jodie Foster.
* Lawman (1971) Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Robert Duvall.
* The Legend of Hell House (1973) Dir.: John Hough; Roddy
McDowall, Pamela Franklin.
* Little Man Tate (1991) Dianne Wiest, Jodie Foster, Harry
Connick Jr., Debi Mazur, Adam Hann-Byrd. Commentary by
director-actor Foster.
* Memento (2001) Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss, Joe Pantoliano,
Mark Boone Junior, Stephen Tobolowsky. IFC interview with
director-writer Christopher Nolan, tattoo gallery.
* Phantom of the Paradise (1974) Dir.: Brian De Palma; William
Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper.
* Polyester/Desperate Living Two Pack. Two-disc set of John
Waters' "Polyester" and "Desperate Living." "Polyester" features
a scratch-and-sniff "Odorama" card. Commentary by Waters.
* The Princess Bride Special Edition (1987) Dir.: Rob Reiner;
Robin Wright Penn, Carey Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn,
Christopher Guest, Billy Crystal, Andre the Giant. Commentaries
by Reiner and screenwriter William Goldman; "As You Wish"
documentary featuring new interviews with Penn, Elwes, Reiner,
Crystal, Guest, Patinkin and Goldman; original "Making of The
Princess Bride" featurette; more.
* Quigley Down Under (1990) Tom Selleck.
* The Return of a Man Named Horse (1976) Richard Harris.
* Surrender Dorothy (1998) Kevi Di Novis. Commentary by
director-star Di Novis, behind-the-scenes footage. First Run
Features.
* Under Fire (1983) Dir.: Roger Spottiswoode; Nick Nolte, Ed
Harris, Gene Hackman.
* Valdez Is Coming (1971) Burt Lancaster.
* When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001) Christopher Lloyd, Joe Pichler.
Direct-to-video R.L. Stine kids horror tale.
* Wit (2001) Dir.: Mike Nichols; Emma Thompson, Christopher
Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward,
Harold Pinter. HBO telefilm.
* The Woman in Red (1984) Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kelly
LeBrock.

September 11:
* Adam Sandler Nice 'n' Naughty Gift Set: "Little Nicky" and "The
Wedding Singer"; $44.98.
* The Blob (1988) Kevin Dillon, Joe Seneca, Donovan Leitch, Candy
Clark.
* Blow (2001) Director: Ted Demme; Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz,
Jordi Molina, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Ray Liotta, Paul
Reubens, Ethan Suplee. New Line infinifilm DVD includes
interviews with George Jung, upon whose life the film was based;
two documentaries on drugs, "Lost Paradise" and "Addiction: Body
and Soul"; character outtakes; production diary; commentary by
director Demme and Jung; deleted scenes with optional commentary;
infinifilm content includes pop-up of archival footage from the
1970s and 80s and gag reels; DVD-ROM extras.
* The Bride (1985) Sting, Jennifer Beals, Geraldine Page, Quentin
Crisp, Cary Elwes. Commentary by director Franc Roddam.
* Good Men, Good Women (1995) Dir.: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Annie
Shizuka. Taiwanese with English subtitles. Fox Lorber.
* Goodby South, Goodbye (1996) Dir.: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Jack Kao.
Taiwanese with English subtitles. Fox Lorber.
* Heritage: Civilization and the Jews. See For Collectors above.
* The Hobbit (1978) Animated. Dir.: Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin
Jr.; voices of John Huston, Otto Preminger, Cyril Richard, Paul
Frees, Brother Theodore, Orson Bean, Richard Boone, Hans Conried.
* Just Visiting (2001) Jean Reno, Christina Applegate, Christian
Clavier, Matthew Ross, Tara Reid, Malcolm McDowell.
* The Lord of the Rings (1978) Animated. Dir.: Ralph Bakshi;
voices of Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes,
John Hurt.
* Lord Peter Wimsey: The Nine Tailors. Ian Carmichael. Interview
with Carmichael, interactive trivia, more. Acorn Media.
* Me You Them (2000) Regina Case, Lima Duarte. Commentary by
director Andrucha Waddington. Portuguese with English subtitles.
* The Return of the King (1980) Animated. Dir.: Jules Bass and
Arthur Rankin Jr.; voices of William Conrad, Orson Bean, Paul
Frees, John Huston, Casey Kasem, Roddy McDowall, Brother
Theodore, Glenn Yarbrough.
* Shadow Magic (2000) Jared Harris, Xia Yu, Liu Pei Qui, Lu Li
Ping. Commentary by director Ann Hu.
* 61* (2001) Dir.: Billy Crystal; Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane,
Richard Masur, Bruce McGill, Chris Bauer, Christopher McDonald,
Donald Moffat, Jennifer Crystal Foley, Renee Taylor, Bob Gunton,
Anthony Michael Hall. Hour-long special "The Greatest Summer of
My Life: Billy Crystal and the Making of 61*," commentary by
Crystal, historical information on Mantle and Maris, 1961 homerun
timeline.
* The Tailor of Panama Special Edition (2001) Dir.: John Boorman;
Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson,
Catherine McCormack. Commentary by Boorman. "The Perfect Fit: A
Conversation With Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush," alternate
ending with optional commentary.
* 13 Ghosts (1960) Dir.: William Castle; Charles Herbert, Jo
Morrow, Martin Milner, Rosemary DeCamp, Margaret Hamilton.
Features Illusion-O special effects enhanced for viewing with a
special Illusion-O viewer included in the DVD, "13 Ghosts: The
Magic of Illusion-O" featurette.

September 18:
* An American Werewolf in London Collector's Edition (1981) Dir.:
John Landis; David Naughton, Griffin Dunne. Interviews with
Landis and make-up artist Rick Baker, featurette, storyboards to
final scene comparisons.
* Basic Instinct Special Edition. See For Collectors above.
* Blood Simple (1984) Dir.: Joel Coen; John Getz, Dan Hedaya,
Frances McDormand, M. Emmet Walsh.
* Cape Fear (1962) Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen,
Shelley Fabares. New documentary, photo and poster gallery with
original Bernard Herrmann score.
* Cape Fear Collector's Edition (1991) Dir.: Martin Scorsese;
Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis,
Gregory Peck. Documentary with new interviews with Scorsese, De
Niro, Lange, Nolte, Lewis, Peck and composer Elmer Bernstein;
deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes footage; storyboards; matte
painting montage; script to scene; photo gallery; portrait
gallery; DVD-ROM extras.
* Closely Watched Trains (1966) Dir.: Jiri Menzel. Home
Vision/The Criterion Collection.
* "Crocodile" Dundee (1986) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski.
* "Crocodile" Dundee 2 (1988) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski.
Behind-the-scenes featurette.
* "Crocodile" Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) Paul Hogan, Linda
Kozlowski, Jere Burns, Jonathan Banks, Alec Wilson, Aida
Turturro. "The Making of 'Crocodile' Dundee in Los Angeles"
featurette.
* Driven (2001) Dir.: Renny Harlin; Sylvester Stallone, Burt
Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Stacy Edwards, Gina Gershon, Estella
Warren, Robert Sean Leonard, Til Schweiger, Stacy Edwards.
Commentary by Harlin, deleted scenes with commentary by Stallone,
featurettes "The Making of Driven" and "Conquering Speed Through
Live Action and Visual Effects," more.
* Halloween II (1981) Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence.
* A Hole in the Head (1959) Dir.: Frank Capra; Frank Sinatra,
Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter,
Eddie Hodges, Keenan Wynn, Joi Lansing.
* Irma La Douce (1963) Dir.: Billy Wilder; Jack Lemmon, Shirley
MacLaine.
* It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Dir.: Stanley Kramer;
Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Spencer Tracy, Mickey
Rooney, Edie Adams, Ethel Merman, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers,
Dorothy Provine, Jonathan Winters, Peter Falk, Jimmy Durante,
Terry-Thomas and guest stars. "Something a Little Less Serious"
documentary offering interviews with Kramer, Berle, Caesar,
Rooney, Carl Reiner, Jerry Lewis and others; outtakes.
* King Solomon's Mines (1937) Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young.
* Le Trou (1960) Dir.: Jacques Becker. Home Vision/The Criterion
Collection.
* Let It Ride (1989) Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Jennifer Tilly,
David Johansen. Behind-the-scenes featurette.
* The Little Foxes (1941) Dir.: William Wyler; Bette Davis,
Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson.
* Living It Up: La Gran Vida (2000) Salma Hayek, Carmelo Gomez.
"Making-of" featurette. Spanish with English subtitles.
* The Luzhin Defence (2000) John Turturro, Emily Watson.
Commentary by director Marleen Gorris, "making-of" featurette.
* Play Misty for Me Collector's Edition (1971) Dir.: Clint
Eastwood; Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills.
Documentary with new interviews with Eastwood, Mills, Walter,
producer Robert Daley, screenwriter Dean Reisner, film
historian/critic Robert Schickel; featurette; photo gallery;
poster concepts; DVD-ROM extras.
* Pocketful of Miracles (1961) Dir.: Frank Capra; Bette Davis,
Glenn Ford, Hope Lange.
* Richard Strauss. Concert of Strauss' work, performed by the
Munich Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. In Dolby 5.1 Surround.
Pioneer Entertainment.
* Sayonara (1957) Marlon Brando, James Garner, Red Buttons,
Miyoshi Umeki.
* The Shop on Main Street (1965) Dir.: Jan Kadar. Home Vision/The
Criterion Collection.
* Someone Like You (2001) Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh
Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin, Laura Regan, Catherine Dent.
Commentary by director Tony Goldwyn, seven extended scenes, an
alternate ending, featurette.
* Spy Kids (2001) See reviews above.
* Star Trek: The Original Series Volumes 33 and 34.
* Total Recall Special Edition. See For Collectors above.
* The Vanishing (1988) Dir.: George Sluizer; Bernard-Pierre
Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets. Remade in 1993 with Kiefer Sutherland
and Jeff Bridges. Home Vision/The Criterion Collection.
* The Widow of Sainte-Pierre (1999) Juliette Binoche, Daniel
Auteuil. French with English subtitles.

September 25:
* Along Came a Spider (2001) Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter,
Michael Wincott, Mika Boorem, Anton Yelchin, Kim Hawthorne, Dylan
Baker. "Making-of" featurette.
* Amores Perros (2000) Emilio Echevarria, Goya Toledo. Spanish
with English subtitles.
* Circuitry Man/Circuitry Man 2. Double DVD.
* Citizen Kane Special Edition DVD. See For Collectors above.
* Dark Days (2000) Dir.: Marc Singer. Documentary. "The Making of
Dark Days" featurette, additional footage, "Life After the
Tunnel" follow up.
* The Dress Code (1999) Dir.: Shirley MacLaine; Shirley MacLaine,
Alex D. Linz, Gary Sinise, Joey Lauren Adams, Jennifer Tilly,
Kathy Bates.
* The Forsaken (2001) Jonathon Schaech, Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr.
Commentary by writer-director J.S. Cardone, deleted scenes,
making-of featurette.
* The French Connection: See For Collectors above.
* Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning (1985) John Shepherd,
Melanie Kinnaman, Shavar Ross.
* Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986) Thom Mathews,
Jennifer Cooke.
* Heartbreakers (2001) Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt,
Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Anne Bancroft, Nora Dunn, Gene Hackman.
Commentary by director David Mirkin, Weaver and Hewitt; "The
Making of Heartbreakers" documentary; bloopers featurette "Laffs
and Gaffes"; 19 deleted scenes with optional director's
commentary.
* Hercule Poirot's Christmas. David Suchet. Poirot trivia, Agatha
Christie materials. Acorn Media.
* Kingdom Come (2001) LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A.
Fox, Loretta Devine, Anthony Anderson, Toni Braxton, Cedric the
Entertainer, Darius McCrary, Whoopi Goldberg. Deleted scenes,
behind-the-scenes featurette.
* A Knight's Tale (2001) Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shanynn
Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk.
Commentary by director Brian Helgeland and Bettany, 11
behind-the-scenes featurettes, HBO making-of special, deleted
scenes, Robbie Williams and Queen's "We Are the Champions" music
video, more.
* The Mask of Zorro Special Edition (1998) Anthony Hopkins,
Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Two-disc set with
commentary by director Martin Campbell, "Unmasking Zorro"
documentary, deleted scenes, music videos, publicity photos,
costume design gallery, DTS.
* One Night at McCool's (2001) Matt Dillon, Liv Tyler, John
Goodman, Paul Reiser, Michael Douglas, Reba McEntire, Richard
Jenkins. Behind-the-scenes: Director's Making of McCool's,
deleted scenes; wardrobe, hair, makeup tests; cast read-throughs;
Where Did We Shoot That? location maps; shot-by-shot storyboards
to film comparisons.
* Pet Sematary 2 (1992) Anthony Edwards, Edward Furlong, Jason
McGuire.
* The Simpsons Complete First Season. Three-disc set of 13
episodes with original "Simpson" shorts that debuted on "The
Tracey Ullman" show, commentary, documentaries, original scripts,
unaired footage, outtakes, still gallery, more; $39.98.
* Survivor 2: The Australian Outback: The Greatest and Most
Outrageous Moments. Retrospective interviews with the 16
survivors, more.
* Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990) Debbie Harry, Matthew
Lawrence, Christian Slater, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi.
Commentary by director John Harrison and screenwriter George A.
Romero.
* When Worlds Collide (1951) Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Larry
Keating, Peter Hanson.
* X (2000) Anime. English and Japanese Dolby Surround, interview
with the director, photo gallery. Manga Entertainment.


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FROM TV TO VIDEO

The folks at Acorn Media have released more editions of two very
British series: "Poirot 10," a three-cassette boxed set
containing three PBS "Mystery!" Agatha Christie-Hercule Poirot
episodes ("Murder in the Mews," "The Adventures of Johnnie
Waverly" and "Four and Twenty Blackbirds") for $39.95, due
September 25; and "A Fine Romance, Set 3," the concluding
episodes of the BBC comedy gem starring Judi Dench as a brainy
translator and Michael Williams as a shy landscape gardener,
three
cassettes for $39.95, also due September 25. Acorn is also
releasing the single volume "Hercule Poirot's Christmas" on DVD
and VHS.


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FOR THE KIDS:

Fox Home Entertainment has added three new titles to its Family
Features video line: "Ping," about a Chihuahua, adopted by a hip
grandmother, that foils a robbery, starring Shirley Jones, Judge
Reinhold and Clint Howard; "To Walk With Lions," starring Richard
Harris as George Adamson, a man who rehabilitates lions born in
captivity in spite of poachers, politics and his own personal
demons; and "Mom's Outta Sight," about an invisible mother who
must save her husband's atomizing ray from an unscrupulous lab
assistant; $9.98 VHS and $19.98 DVD, available September 4.

"When Good Ghouls Go Bad" is a new made-for-video/TV kids horror
film based on a book by the prolific R.L. Stine ("Goosebumps").
Twelve-year-old Danny moves to his dad's old town with his Uncle
Fred, only to find out that the town is haunted by a curse that
prevents it from celebrating Halloween. As Halloween approaches,
prankster ghouls arise from the ground to terrorize the city.
Only Danny and his now-deceased Uncle Fred can save the day. Airs
on Fox Family Channel in October. Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Joe
Pichler. From Fox, $14.98 VHS SRP, $19.98 DVD.

On September 11 Warner Home Video and PBS Kids Home Video will
release the debut videos of PBS' hit preschool cartoon series
"Caillou," about a very adventuresome little boy and his friends.
"Caillou" videos are already a hit in Canada and are now making
the foray into the States. First out are "Caillou's Furry
Friends" and "Caillou the Explorer"; $12.95 each VHS.

Anchor Bay Entertainment has scheduled two interesting releases
for preschoolers (2 to 5), both due September 25. "Baby Songs
Silly Songs" is the latest outing in the Baby Songs series,
featuring singer/songwriter Hap Palmer in renditions of 10 songs
that demonstrate his talent for integrating music and movement
into preschool education while celebrating a child's natural
enjoyment of silly situations and wordplay; $12.98 VHS. The other
new release is "The Best of Thomas," featuring eight Thomas the
Tank Engine episodes; $12.98 VHS; the $19.98 DVD version includes
a "Thomas and the Dinosaur" read-along story, interactive games,
sing-alongs and a "Howard the Helicopter" CD-ROM game.

Madacy Kids has launched a new line of kids videos, the "Mommy &
Me" series, which feature real moms and their children inviting
viewers to participate with parent-child interaction and
activities, encouraging parents and kids to have fun through
songs, dance, visual and musical patterns, stories and nursery
rhymes, and other multi-sensory segments. The first three videos
are "Fun & Friends," "Splish Splash" and "Lullaby & Goodnight."
Suggested prices are $14.98 VHS, $19.98 DVD. Info: 800-784-0991.


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SPECIAL INTEREST:

* Music: Pioneer Entertainment will release on September 18
"Richard Strauss," a live concert performed by the Munich
Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra featuring "Concerto for Horn and
Orchestra No. 1, E flat major op. 11," "Capriccio: Introduction
for String Sextet," "Romance for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat
major" and "Der Burger als Edelmann." Presented in 5.1 Dolby
Digital and non-compressed stereo; $29.98.

* Art and Culture: WGBH Boston Video will release "Sister Wendy's
American Collection," a six-hour video series that follows Sister
Wendy Beckett as she comes to America for a spectacular tour that
blends art, history, culture and storytelling into one delightful
experience. Sister Wendy shares her contagious enthusiasm,
eloquent descriptions, self-taught expertise and warm humor as
she guides viewers through some of the U.S.'s greatest art
museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland
Museum of Art, and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The
boxed set, available September 25, sells for $79.95. ... Winstar
Home Video's Mystic Fire label will release on September 11 a DVD
version of the best-selling "Joseph Campbell and the Power of
Myth With Bill Moyers" (first broadcast on PBS in July, 1988, and
later becoming a hit on VHS); the six-DVD set will sell for
$59.98. ... Warner Home Video and PBS will release on September
25 a seven-cassette VHS set and seven-disc DVD set of the Emmy
Award-winning series "New York," directed by Ric Burns, that
chronicles the history of the Big Apple from its beginning in
1609 as a Dutch trading post through the turbulent years of
change after WWII to the present day; $99.98 VHS, $139.98 DVD.


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