Entertainment > Movies / TV DVD Releases: Week of August 16th Posted by R. Flagg on Aug 16, 2005, 16:17

Breakin' Collection (Breakin, Breakin 2, Beat Street & Bonus Disc)
Best Price: $20.74 @ DVDSoon.com
The Features:
� The Living Legends B-Boy Video Reel: Featuring battles and dance footage from the world's top B-boys, with music by the Living Legends
� The Culture Of Hip-Hop: New documentary exploring the history, evolution and culture of hip-hop, with interviews and footage from top talent
� The Four Elements of Hip- Hop: A raw and controversial documentary that explores B-boying, DJing, MCing and tagging
� The legendary Rock Steady Crew vs. New York City Breakers battle at the Roxy
� Shout-Outs
� Theatrical Trailers
� B-boy Photo Gallery

The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season
Best Price: $29.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� 25 episodes on four discs
� Special Introduction from Matt Groening
� Commentaries on every episode with Creator Matt Groening and Executive Producers James L. Brooks, David Mirkin, Al Jean and Mike Reiss, joined by writers, actors & directors
� "Springfield's Most Wanted" TV Special
� Insight from James L. Brooks
� The Simpsons Airplane Featurette
� "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" Suspect Gallery
� Original Sketches
� Multi-Angle Animation Showcases
� Illustrated Commentaries
� Deleted Scenes
� Commercials
� Special Language Feature and more

The Office: The First Complete Season (NBC Version)
Best Price: $19.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Commentary
� Deleted scenes

Undeclared: The Complete Series
Best Price: $29.91 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� All 17 episodes, including an unaired episode and a bonus director's cut
� 18 commentaries with directors, writers and cast
� Deleted Scenes
� Bloopers
� Auditions
� Rehearsals
� Behind-the-scenes footage
� Table reading
� Loudon Wainwright live concert footage
� Museum of Television & Radio Q&A
� 24 page booklet

'Allo 'Allo: The Complete Series Three
Best Price: $24.99 @ Circuit City
The Features:
� Six episodes on two discs
� Day to Day: An episode of this popular BBC talk show in which an 'Allo 'Allo! fan club are pitted against people who find the program offensive
Blankety Blank: British quiz program featuring the cast of 'Allo 'Allo! on the celebrity panel
� Gorden Kaye accepts the award for Funniest Show on Television from the UK's SOS Star Awards

Little Britain: The Complete First Series
Best Price: $23.39 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Eight episodes on two discs
� Commentary by Matt Lucas, David Walliams, and producer Myfanwy Moore on episodes 1-4
� Commentary by Matt Lucas, David Walliams, and director Steve Bendelack on episodes 5-8
� Behind-the-scenes documentary
� Pilot episode with commentary
� Deleted scenes with commentary
� Best sketches from the Matt Lucas/David Williams series Rock Profiles
� Four live sketches
� Little Britain "What Does Britain Mean to You" survey
� BBC TV and BBC Radio interviews with Matt Lucas and David Williams

The Barkleys of Broadway
Synopsis:
The last Astaire/Rogers movie, about a show-biz team divided by career ambitions, is also the duo's only color film. Highlights: Fred's Shoes with Wings On and the pair's They Can't Take That Away from Me.
Best Price: $13.26 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
� Vintage short: Annie Was a Wonder
� Classic Droopy cartoon: Wags to Riches
� Theatrical trailer

Follow the Fleet
Synopsis:
In the fifth of 10 Astaire/Rogers pairings, Fred trades his top hat for a sailor's cap, Randolph Scott gets the girl, Ginger gets a tap solo and viewers get the unending delight of seven sparkling Irving Berlin numbers. Astaire is Bake Baker, a hoofer now given to stepping a sailor's horn-pipe while he and other swabbies patrol the seas for democracy. Rogers is his former partner Sherry, now convoying the Navy around a ballroom for 10 cents a dance. But one day the fleet returns to home port. Bake again meets Sherry, and the partnership is renewed at least for one more show. In small early-career roles, look for a very blond Lucille Ball and a very young Betty Grable.
Best Price: $13.26 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Follow the Fleet: The Origins of Those Dancing Feet
� Musical short: Melody Master: Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra
� Classic Cartoon: Let It Be Me
� Theatrical trailer

The Glass Shield (Miramax Collector's Series)
Synopsis:
In this powerful action thriller, an ambitious rookie cop (Michael Boatman) and his station's only female deputy (Lori Petty) uncover widespread corruption and conspiracy when they realize that an innocent man (Ice Cube) has been jailed for a shocking murder. Suddenly, these two outsiders are forced to make an impossible choice. fit into an unjust system by breaking the law they're sworn to uphold, or break the unwritten code of silence that could be their only protection.
Best Price: $13.80 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary by writer/director Charles Burnett and composer Stephen James Taylor
� A Conversation with Charles Burnett
� Film Scoring with Stephen James Taylor
� Theatrical Trailer

The Mambo Kings
Synopsis:
Antonio Banderas (in his first English Language film) and Armand Assante star as Cuban musician brothers who take America by storm! Based on Oscar Hijuelos' Pulitzer Prize novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love and stylishly directed by Arne Glimcher, The Mambo Kings relates the brothers' quest for show-business fame. A big break comes when they appear on I Love Lucy, a charming scene in which they (and Desi Arnaz Jr. in a cameo as his dad) are inter-cut into actual Lucy footage. Performances by Top Latin artists provide a sensual, intoxicating soundscape.
Best Price: $13.26 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Unrated version of film, with one additional scene & a remastered soundtrack
� Commentary by director Arne Glimcher
� Behind-the-scenes featurette
� Theatrical trailer

My Left Foot (Miramax Collector's Series)
Synopsis:
Born with cerebral palsy, Christy Brown never gained the use of his limbs except for his left foot, with which he brushed canvases so stunning they earned him recognition as an acclaimed artist. With acute sensitivity, Day-Lewis depicts Brown as an intense, brooding, complicated and restless soul with a zest for life far beyond that of most people. Fine support comes from Brenda Fricker, who also won a much-deserved Oscar for her gutsy performance as Christy's resilient mother. A stunning portrait both passionate and intelligent.
Best Price: $13.80 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� The Real Christy Brown
� An Inspirational Journey: The Making of My Left Foot
� Still Gallery

Shall We Dance
Synopsis:
In their seventh movie, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers croon, swoon and sway to a glorious George and Ira Gershwin score. It's time to Slap That Bass when Fred taps to the mechanized rhythms of a luxury liner's Art Deco engine room. The two lace up roller skates and, in a sequence requiring 150 takes, spin through Let's Call the Whole Thing Off. The title tune finale, Oscar nominee They Can't Take That Away from Me, They All Laughed and more great numbers spread the melodic wealth, as ballet star Petrov (Astaire) and musical revue sensation Linda (Rogers) decide to wed and publicly divorce to quash persistent rumors ofia secret marriage. Once tied, however, perhaps they shouldn't call the whole thing off...
Best Price: $13.26 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary by songwriter Hugh Martin and pianist Kevin Cole
� They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of Shall We Dance
� The Music of Shall We Dance
� Musical short: Sheik to Sheik
� Classic cartoon: Toy Town Hall

Swing Time
Synopsis:
It's Swing Time anytime Fred and Ginger slip on their dancing shoes. Here, Fred's a gambler with a fiancee back home, but one look at Ginger and all bets are off! He pursues, she resists, and it's all tied together by a series of breathtaking dances. "Bojangles of Harlem," a tribute to hoofer Bill Robinson, has Astaire tapping with three giant Astaire shadows. The sly "Pick Yourself Up" features Ginger teaching the supposedly flub-footed Fred how to dance. Other highlights from the splendid Jerome Kern-Dorothy Fields score include "A Fine Romance," "Waltz in Swing Time," and the Academy Award winning "The Way You Look Tonight."
Best Price: $13.26 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary by John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing
� New featurette: The Swing of Things
� Musical short: Hotel a la Swing
� Classic cartoon: Bingo Crosbyana
� Theatrical trailer

Top Hat
Synopsis:
Perhaps the best remembered of the 10 Astaire/Rogers musicals, Top Hat has it all: Art Deco elegance, a wonderfully addled storyline, loopy support from skilled farceurs and the incomparable chemistry of the two leads cheek-to-cheeking to Irving Berlin's finest film score. It's a wake-up call for romance when Fred's exuberant No Strings dance in his hotel suite disturbs the sleeping beauty (Ginger) in the room below. They meet cute, Fred decides he'd like a few strings (preferably a tied knot) after all and love beckons, until Ginger mistakenly gets the idea that Fred is a married playboy. However, mistakes can be wonderfully, wackily resolved. Among the highlights: Fred mows down the chorus line in his signature Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, the shimmeringly dreamy Isn't It a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)? and the rhapsodically tender Cheek to Cheek. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Top Hat is top-drawer entertainment magic.
Best Price: $13.26 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary by Fred Astaire�s daughter, Ava Astaire McKenzie, and film dance historian Larry Billman
� On Top: Inside the Success of Top Hat
� Comedy short: Watch the Birdie with Bob Hope
� Classic cartoon: Page Miss Glory
� Theatrical trailer

The Wedding Date
Synopsis:
Kat Ellis (Debra Messing) is determined to attend her younger sister�s wedding with a date. Rather than face the ridicule of her family and in order to show up her ex-fianc�, she resorts to the Yellow Pages to find a last-minute escort, Nick (Dermot Mulroney). His dashing good looks and quick-witted charm may win over her family. But will they win over Kat? Filled with unexpected twists and endless laughs, The Wedding Date is the one date that you�ll want to keep!
Best Price: $17.88 @ Wal-Mart
The Features:
� Commentary with Debra Messing
� Deleted Scenes
� A Date with Debra

Other Releases
El Alamein
AMC Westerns: Arizona Kid/Robin Hood
AMC Westerns: Grand Canyon Trail/Land Of Hunted Men
AMC Westerns: Utah Trail/Riders of the Rockies
The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Third Season
Anything Can Happen
Art of Thug Pimpin: Chapter 1
Astaire & Rogers Collection, Vol. 1 (Top Hat/Swing Time/Follow the Fleet/Shall We Dance/The Barkleys of Broadway)
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
The Beat
Bereft
Booty Poppin 2
Borsalino and Co
Breakin' Vs Krumpin'
The Brown Bunny
Cabalgando Con La Muerte
La Cantina
Capo Boost
Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth
The Deal
Decadent Dreams
De La Cabeza Con Bersuit
The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons
Disney's Timeless Tales, Vol. 1 (The Prince And The Pauper/Three Little Pigs/The Tortoise And The Hare)
Disney's Timeless Tales, Vol. 2 (The Country Cousin/Ferdinand the Bull/The Ugly Duckling/The Wind in The Willows)
Divine Emanuelle: Love Cult
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Beyond the Beginning
Escape Sangriento
Escolta Muerte En Primavera
Fist of Golden Monkey
Flic Story
For All Eternity
Funny Ha Ha
Los Gatos De Las Azoteas
Girl Play
Halcon Asesino Professional
Harley Davidson: The Spirit Of America
Hazlo Por Mi
Helloween: Hellish Videos
House of Luk
I Got Five on It
I Love Lucy: The Complete Fifth Season
Jamboree
Krump 1.0: Basic Techniques
Krump 2.0: Advanced Techniques
The Krzysztof Kieslowski Collection (A Short Film About Love/Blind Chance/Camera Buff/No End/The Scar/A Short Film About Killing)
Las Mas Pegadas De Durango Y Tierra C
Machine Head: Elegies
The Man Who Copied
Master Of Death
Metallimania: Metallica Rockumentary
Mi Reino Por Un Torero
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Ninja Dragon
Ninja Squad
Ninja Terminator
One Man's Vengeance
Optics & Sonics
Platform
Pom Poko
Primo Amore
Psychic
Rampart
Rapto De Las Sabinas
Saved by the Bell: New Class - Season 4
Silver Sword Collection
South Shaolin Master
Souvenir
Strings
Super Brawl Warriors
Sword of the Master
Taste of Jupiter
Tragico Terremoto En Mexico
Tres Lancheros Muy Picudos
Two Men in Town
Under the Gun
The Way To Fight
Will & Grace: Season 4
A Young Prisoner's Revenge

Horror & Sci-Fi Releases
Alien Planet
Bloodsuckers (Nosferatu/Dead Men Walk/Chain Of Souls)
Creepies
Darkness Tolls (The Satanic Rites Of Dracula/Horror Express/Horror Hotel)
Feeding the Masses
Ghost Killers (Tormented/Nightmare Castle/The Spirit Hunter)
Killer Gorilla (King Of Kong Island/White Pongo/Bride Of The Gorilla)
King of the Undead (White Zombie/The Corpse Vanishes/One Body Too Many)
Love Bites
The Off Season
Psycho Killers (Kiss the Girls Goodbye/Wes Craven's Chillers/Bloodlust)
Satanic Yuppies
Tales Of Voodoo, Vol 1: Hell Hole/Jungle Virgin Force
Tales Of Voodoo, Vol 2: Ghost Ninja/Primitives
Undead Rising (Night Of The Living Dead/Revolt Of The Zombies/Hard Rock Zombies)
Vicious Vixens (Lady Frankenstein/The Vampire Happening/Vicious Kiss)
Warnings From Space (Zontar: The Thing from Venus/Slipstream/Sci-Fighters)
Wicked Carnival (The Cabinent Of Dr. Caligari/Carnival Of Souls/Funland)

Anime Releases
Cromartie High School: Mount Rockmore - Volume 4
Gatchaman - Volume 3
Gatchaman - Volume 4
Maburaho: Witching Hour - Volume 3
Phantom
Samurai Gun - Volume 1 (Collector's Box)
Slam Dunk - Volume 6
Spiral: Notes of Truth - Volume 6
Teacher's Pet - Volume 4
Tenjho Tenge: Round 2 - Volume 2

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The Doors (Special Edition)
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Selena
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Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)
The Exorcist (Expanded Version)
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Forrest Gump (Collector's Edition)
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The Untouchables (Collector's Edition)
The 13th Warrior
The Big Lebowski
Cool Hand Luke
Die Hard
Die Hard 2
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