Entertainment > Movies / TV DVD Releases: Week of September 13th Posted by R. Flagg on Sep 13, 2005, 22:03

Fever Pitch (Curse Reversed Edition)
Best Price: $16.87 @ Wal-Mart
The Features:
� Commentary by Peter and Bobby Farrelly
� Seamlessly branched extended Red Sox ending
� 13 deleted scenes with optional commentary by Peter and Bobby Farrelly
� Gag reel
� "Break the Curse" featurette
� "Love Triangle" featurette
� Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making of a scene - "Fever Pitch"
� Theatrical trailer
� Inside Look: In Her Shoes

Ben-Hur (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
Best Price: $27.87 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
Discs 1 and 2: The 1959 Movie:
� Commentary by Film Historian T. Gene Hatcher with Scene Specific Comments from Charlton Heston
� Music-Only Track Showcasing Miklos Rozsa's Score
Disc 3: The 1925 Silent Version:
� The Thames Television Restoration with a Stereophonic Orchestral Score by Carl Davis
Disc 4: About The Movies:
� 2005 Documentary: The Epic That Changed Cinema - Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the film
� 1994 Documentary: The Making of an Epic Hosted by Christopher Plummer
� Directed by William Wyler: 1986 Emmy Award -nominated documentary featuring the last interview with Wyler before his death
� Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures: Audiovisual Recreation Via Stills, Storyboards, Sketches, Music and Dialogue
� Outtakes
� Screen Tests
� Vintage Newsreels Gallery
� Highlights from the 1960 Academy Awards Ceremony
� Theatrical Trailer Gallery

Coal Miner's Daughter (25th Anniversary Edition)
Best Price: $13.99 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary with Sissy Spacek and Director Michael Apted
� Tommy Lee Jones remembers Coal Miner's Daughter
� Exclusive Interview with Loretta Lynn and Director Michael Apted
� President George Bush Sr. salutes AFI and Coal Miner's Daughter
� Limited Edition Photo Journal

Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Fourth Season
Best Price: $29.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� 24 episodes on five discs
� Commentary by series creator Phil Rosenthal, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Patricia Heaton, and writers Lew Schneider and Aaron Shure on four episodes
� Bloopers
� Deleted scenes

Las Vegas: Season Two
Best Price: $39.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Gag Reel: Blooper Reels from Seasons 1 & 2
� VIP Access Only: A Palms executive takes you on a tell-all tour of everything they do to cater to their high-roller clientele

Smallville: The Complete Fourth Season
Best Price: $37.88 @ Wal-Mart
The Features:
� 22 episodes on six discs
� Commentary by Erica Durance, Annette O'Toole, and executive producers Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Ken Horton on Crusade
� Commentary by John Glover, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Ken Horton on Transference
� Commentary by Kristin Kreuk, Allison Mack, Erica Durance, and director Jeannot Szwarc on Spell
� Unaired scenes
� Behind Closed Doors: inside the writers' room
� Being Lois Lane: Noel Neill, Margot Kidder, Dana Delany, Erica Durance, and other portrayers share their thoughts
� Limited-edition bonus DVD while supplies last: an episode from season 1 of The Flash

Da Ali G Show: The Complete 2nd Season
Best Price: $19.88 @ Wal-Mart
The Features:
� Six episodes on two discs
� Ali G gives a commencement speech to the graduating class at Harvard, interviews linguistics professor Noam Chomsky and visits an historic naval vessel
� Borat learns American football in Texas, gets a hunting lesson at an exclusive ranch and lunches with the Arizona Republican Party
� Bruno dishes gossip with a Hollywood stylist and visits a psychic to speak to his late boyfriend and much more

One Tree Hill: The Complete Second Season
Best Price: $39.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� 23 episodes on six discs
� Commentary by series creator Mark Schwann on Don't Take Me for Granted
� Commentary by Mark Schwann and costar Bryan Greenberg on Unopened Letter to the World
� Commentary by director-actor Paul Johansoon on Something I Can Never Have
� Unaired scenes
� The Music of One Tree Hill, including a backstage glimpse of the concert tour
� Diaries from the Set: Charity Football Match, Get on the Bus
� Change Is Good: season 2's new characters
� Limited-edition bonus DVD featuring an episode from season 1 of What I Like About You

Peep Show: Series 1
Synopsis:
While there are some things people will never say or do, there's nothing they'll never think. Welcome to the private world of Jeremy and Mark -- two very ordinary weirdos. Wannabe pop star Jeremy (Robert Webb) is a lazy man with big ideas, mostly about himself. His old friend and roommate is the astonishingly tragic Mark (David Mitchell), an obsessive loser with a no-pain, no-gain view of the world. In an inventive twist, Jeremy and Mark's inner thoughts can be heard - whether they be dark, stupid, or embarrassingly over-blown. Or sometimes all three...
Best Price: $18.73 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary on 2 Episodes by the Writers and Principle Artists
� 6 Specially Film Stand-Alone Scenes

Rumble Fish (Special Edition)
Synopsis:
Francis Ford Coppola directs this unforgettable story of a young man�s struggle to live up to his adored brother�s reputation in an impoverished industrial town. Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke are Rusty James and The Motorcycle Boy, and lead an all-star cast including Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper and Diane Lane. This extraordinary adaptation of the best-seller by S.E. Hinton features a Golden Globe-winning score by Stewart Copeland of The Police, and reminds us that if you�re going to lead people, you have to have somewhere to go.
Best Price: $13.99 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary with Director Francis Ford Coppola
� Deleted Scenes
� On Location in Tulsa: The Making of Rumble Fish
� Rumble Fish: The Percussion-Based Score
� "Don't Box Me In" Music Video
� Theatrical Trailer

The Work Of Director Anton Corbijn
Synopsis:
Anton Corbijn is a name synonymous with many of the most iconic images of the last 25 years, from his massively acclaimed photography, the worldwide exhibitions of his work, his classic and highly sought after books, eye-catching album cover designs and videos for the likes of Nirvana, Metallica and most recently The Killers.
Best Price: $19.15 @ DVDPacific.com
The Features:
� Interviews and Commentaries with Depeche Mode, Travis, Michael Stipe, U2, Samantha Morton, Metallica, Nick Cave, Echo and The Bunnymen, Mercury Rev, New Order, Joseph Arthur, Kurt Cobain, Herbert Gronemeyer and others � MTV Promos: Beck and Dave Grohl � U2 - The Making of 'Electrical Storm' � Some Yo Yo Stuff: Excerpt from a film about Don van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart � Travis - Love Will Come Through (A home made video with Fran Healy) � Depeche Mode - 'It's No Good' tour projections � Palais Schaumburg - Hockey (Anton's first music video) � Front 242 - Front by Front � NotNa - A documentary about Anton � 56 Page Book - Anton's photos, text and drawings

Childstar
Synopsis:
Taylor is the world's most famous child actor and a monstrous brat. Rick is the 12-year-old's driver, which includes fringe benefits provided by Taylor's lonely mom. After Taylor confides in Rick about the pressures of work and his fast-approaching adolescence, the young star runs away. The film's producers and Taylor's agents are thrown into a panic and Rick sets out to find Taylor and to help Taylor find himself.
Best Price: $16.16 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary with writer/director/actor Don McKellar
� The "Making Of" Childstar Documentary
� Theatrical Trailer

Empire Falls
Synopsis:
Adapted by author Richard Russo from his 2001 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Empire Falls is a portrait of the gritty drama and human comedy that make up everyday life in blue-collar America. On a daily basis, goodhearted restaurant manager Miles Roby (Ed Harris) tries to keep his Empire Grill going, even as the wealthy and powerful Mrs. Whiting (Joanne Woodward), makes life difficult for him. If that wasn�t enough, Miles has to monitor his scoundrel of a dad, Max (Paul Newman) who is always looking for trouble. But, Miles has something much bigger than just restaurant receipts and a cantankerous father on his mind, he can�t shake the ghosts of his past that keeps his fate inevitably connected to Empire Falls.
Best Price: $19.88 @ Wal-Mart
The Features:
� Commentary by director Fred Schepisi and writer-author Richard Russo
� The Making of Empire Falls

EXPO: Magic of the White City
Synopsis:
Narrated by Gene Wilder, EXPO brings the Chicago World�s Fair to life. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Many of the world�s greatest achievements in science, technology and culture are unveiled there. In addition, fairgoers enjoy the popular and commercially successful Midway where the festive atmosphere of this one-mile entertainment center offers an array of guilty pleasures such as belly dancing, street fighting and beer.
Best Price: $13.48 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Video transfer from the Director's Cut High Definition master
� Commentary with World's Fair historian, David Cope
� Commentary tracks on Special Features by director, Mark Bussler and writer, Brian Connelly
� Deleted scenes
� Making the Fair Art of the Fair
� Storyboards of the Fair
� Pictures of the Fair
� Trailers

Head-On
Synopsis:
One of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, Head-On follows two young Turkish-Germans who are forced into a marriage of convenience which ultimately blossoms into a bond of mutual admiration. Erotically charged, darkly funny, Head-On isia journey you won't forget.
Best Price: $16.67 @ Overstock.com
The Features:
� Deleted scenes
� Outtakes
� Making of
� Trailer & German promo reel

The Work Of Director Jonathan Glazer
Synopsis:
Jonathan Glazer is a music video and commercial icon whose extraordinary work reveals his gift for intense visual ambition. After winning multiple awards for his music videos and commercials, he moved onto feature films and in 2001 released his debut film, Sexy Beast, starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone, followed in 2004 by the sublime yet sensational Birth starring Nicole Kidman and Lauren Bacall. His commercials for the likes of Stella Artois, Guinness, Levis, Barclays Bank and Volkswagen have turned adverts into high art perhaps best reflected in his Guinness ad Surfer-included on his DVD in a new extended version-being recently voted best ad of all time by the British Public. His music videos, which include Unkle, Radiohead, Jamiroquai, Blur and Massive Attack, have further showcased his ability to contort reality into baffling and ingenious new perspectives. Glazer's DVD showcases his advertising, film and music video work to maximum effect.
Best Price: $19.15 @ DVDPacific.com
The Features:
� Interviews and Commentaries with Nick Cave, Richard Ashcroft, Jamiroquai, Denis Lavant, 3D, Blur and James Lavelle
� Interviews with Nicole Kidman, Danny Huston, Harris Savides, Milo Addica and Jean Claude Carriere
� Interviews with Ray Winstone and Sir Ben Kingsley
� Sexy Beast (excerpt)
� Birth (excerpt)

The Work Of Director Mark Romanek
Synopsis:
Mark Romanek has directed some of the most memorable music videos of all time. From the monochrome voyeurism of Michael and Janet Jackson�s Scream to the poignant and haunting image of Johnny Cash�s version of Hurt, as well as Beck, David Bowie, Keith Richards, REM, Lenny Kravits and Madonna to name but a few. These videos have received numerous awards, including over 20 MTV VMAs, three Grammys, a Country Music Association award, and three Billboard Music Awards. Two of his music videos have even become part of the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art and in 1997 MTV made him the first director to be honored with their Video Vanguard lifetime achievement award.
Best Price: $19.15 @ DVDPacific.com
The Features:
� The work of director Mark Romanek: A brand new documentary featuring Beck, Jay Z, Rick Rubin, Michael Stipe, Janet Jackson, Trent Reznor, Anthony Kiedis, Gwen Stefani, Keith Richards and others
� Romanekian: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Robin Williams discuss Mark's work
� Making Of 99 Problems Interviews and Commentaries Individual artist and director commentaries for all the music videos
� 56 Page Book Includes photographs by Mark Romanek and Spike Jonze interview with Mark

Milwaukee Minnesota
Synopsis:
Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself after an unidentified car suddenly kills her. Free for the first time, Albert quickly responds to the bait dangling in front of him by two con artists, pitting one against the other in a race for his trust and fortune. Using the skills that make him a gifted fisherman, Albert turns the tables on his seemingly doomed fate, revealing nothing is quite what it seems in this Midwestern tale of love and deceit.
Best Price: $14.93 @ Overstock.com
The Features:
� Commentary by Director and Tony Garity
� Tartan Exclusive Director Interview
� Original Theatrical Trailer

Rock School
Synopsis:
Far from your typical documentary, Rock School follows the trials and tribulations of the far from your typical music school. Welcome to the hallowed halls of the Paul Green School of Rock Music, an after school, Philadelphia institute of rock, where kids ages nine to seventeen learn the how-to's of rock and roll, and serve under the tutelage of self-titled "uberlord" and founder of the school, Paul Green.

Fallen rock angel, Green becomes the deliciously deviled music teacher, pushing the kids to their farthest reaches and beyond, all the while fulfilling his own rock god fantasies. Watch as Paul takes a rag-tag group of students out of music oblivion, and molds them into a force to be reckoned with on the stage at Zappanale, a five day music fest of all things Zappa in Bad Doberon, Germany.
Best Price: $18.39 @ Overstock.com
The Features:
� Commentary with Director/Cinematographer/Producer Dan Argott, Producer Sheena Joyce and Editor Demian Fenton
� Deleted Scenes

The Work Of Director Stephane Sednaoui
Synopsis:
Since 1985 Stephane Sednaoui has applied his unique photographic style to editorial fashion, celebrity portraiture, advertising print, and photojournalism, becoming one of its most celebrated players. His first major video breakthrough was the MTV award winning music video Give It Away for Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1992, perhaps their most defining visual moment as a band. He has since gone on to create classic music videos for the likes of U2, REM, Alanis Morrisette and Bjork to name but a handful, each of which has brought an inspirational visual aesthetic to the song.
Best Price: $19.15 @ DVDPacific.com
The Features:
� Army of Me Animation inspired by Bjork's song
� Aqua Natasa Short film featuring Natasa Vojnovic
� Reve Reche Stephane's first short film attempt
� Interviews and Commentaries featuring Bjork, Bono, Jean Paul Gaultier, Michael Stipe, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shirley Manson, Tricky and more
� Stephane's presentation at New York University Film School
� 56 Page Book: Diary of photos, storyboards, sketches and comments

Other Releases
Apocalyptica: Live
Bad Acid
The Bengali Night
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
The Brady Bunch: The Complete Third Season
Branded
Buddha Bar Nature
Charley Chase Collection II
Chasing Freedom
Cheers: The Complete Sixth Season
Chesterfield Kings: Where Is The Chesterfield King?
The Committee
Conduct Unbecoming
Congratulation on Your Impending Geography
Cruzin' Island Style: Volume 1
Curse of Candlemass
The Day My Parents Ran Away
The Dick Cavett Show: Ray Charles Collection
Die Entf�hrung aus dem Serail
Doctor Detroit
Earthquake: Nature Unleashed
East Of Sunset
Fingersmith
Frasier: The Complete Sixth Season
Fugitive Hunter
George Lopez: Why You Crying?
Glitter & Queer
Harold Lloyd Collection - Volume 2 (Two Gun Gussie/The City Slicker/The Non-Stop Kid/Ring Up the Curtain/Captain Kidd's Kids/From Hand to Mouth/High and Dizzy/Never Weaken/Among Those Present/Now or Never)
Heartbeeps
Hero Of Rome/Invincible Gladiator
The History of USC Football
Hitler in Colour
Impaler: 20 Years Undead
It's All About Love
Jack Reed: Death & Vengeance
Japan's War in Colour
El Lute
Lydia Lunch: Willing Victim
Last Time I Committed Suicide
Madison
Midsomer Murders Set 6
Night at the Family Dog
Nina's Tragedies
Nobody Knows
The Oliver Hardy Collection
Palindromes
Pretty Boy
Project: Alf
Richard Lewis: Concerts From Hell - The Vintage Years
Schizo
Scotland Forever
SCTV - Volume 4
Seduction of Misty Mundae
Shaw Martial Arts Legends
Taxi: The Complete Third Season
Margaret Cho: Revolution
Today You Die
Tom Jones: The Ultimate Collection
Tony Orlando and Dawn: The Ultimate Collection
Twin Sisters
Two Fisted
Winter Solstice
Would I Lie To You?

Notable Horror & Sci-Fi Releases
Alone in the Dark
Synopsis:
At a secluded mental institution, Dr. Bain (Donald Pleasence) maintains order while electricity fuels the asylum's hi-tech security system that keeps the nearby neighborhoods safe from menaces like Frank Hawkes (Jack Palance) and "Preacher" (Martin Landau). Meanwhile a new doctor, Dan Potter (Dwight Schultz), arrives in town with his family, but the inmates don't take kindly to his presence and believe he has killed off their former therapist. Suddenly a power outage leaves the town in chaos...and now the maniacs are free to roam the streets and hunt down the man they believe has invaded their lives. With the area quickly descending into riots and chaos, the innocent few must fight for their lives when they're left terrified, cornered and Alone in the Dark! One of the most memorable and terrifying cult horror films of the 1980s, this white-knuckle shocker from director Jack Sholder features shocking special effects from Tom Savini, delivers one seat-jumping scare after another along with a thick vein of sly, pitch-black humor. Turn off the lights and watch...if you dare!
Best Price: $10.96 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary with Director Jack Sholder
� New Video Interview with Director Jack Sholder
� New Video Interview with Actress Carol Levy
� New Video Interview with Underground NY Punk Favorites The Sic F*cks
� Theatrical Trailer
� Liner Notes by Fangoria's Michael Gingold
� Extensive Gallery containing Rare Artwork, Lobby Cards and more

Frankenstein (2004)
Synopsis:
From the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and producer Martin Scorsese comes this contemporary re-telling of Mary Shelley's gothic horror classic. Renowned scientist Victor Helios (Thomas Kretschmann) and his prototype creation, Deucalion (Vincent Perez) have managed to exist nearly 200 years through genetic manipulation. Now operating out of New Orleans, Helios has established a genome research institute that secretly produces a perfect race of people designed to replace mankind. But tortured by their own existence, the mad doctor's creations are becoming increasingly unpredictable and dangerous. Learning of his inventor's plan, Deucalion seeks help from local detectives O'Connor (Parker Posey) and Sloan (Adam Goldberg) to stop Helios from going through with his evil scheme.
Best Price: $12.38 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary with Director Marcus Nispel
� Monsters And Mayhem: Inside the Making of Frankenstein

Other Horror & Sci-Fi Releases
AMC Monsterfest (The Strangler/The Devil's Hand/Chandu On The Magic Island/Svengali/The Black Raven/Hands Of A Stranger)
The Being
The Black Torment
Bloodsuckers
Bloody Mallory
El Chupacabra/Scream Bloody Murder
Dead Life
Devil's Island Lovers
Hell's Highway
I Accuse
Locker
Fright Pack: Man's Worst Friends (Rats: Night of Terror/Zoltan: Hound of Dracula/The Cat O' Nine Tails/Slugs/The Black Cat/Parasite)
Monster of Venice
One Missed Call
The Perfect Neighbor
Psycho II
Psycho III
The Revolting Dead/The 13th Sign
Satan's Black Wedding/Criminally Insane 1 & 2
Shower of Blood
SS Camp: Women's Hell
Terror at Baxter U
Terror Toons
Torture Chamber Of Dr Sadism
Fright Pack: Walking Dead (City Of The Living Dead/Let Sleeping Corpses Lie/Dead Heat/Nightmare City/Hell Of The Living Dead/The House By The Cemetery)
Within the Woods

Anime Releases
Area 88: A Lonely Crossing Of Paths - Volume 2
Burst Angel: East Meets West - Volume 3
Cowboy Bebop Remix: Volume 1
Escaflowne: The Movie - Ultimate Edition (3-Disc Box Set)
Full Metal Panic? FUMOFFU: Full Metal Fervor! - Volume 3
Galaxy Railways - Volume 2
Genshiken: Model Citizens - Volume 2
Gravitation: Lyrics Of Love
Gundam Wing: The Movie - Endless Waltz (Special Edition)
Initial D: Battle Of The Souls - Volume 13
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Special Edition)
Mars Daybreak Vol. 1 (Limited Edition)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: The Movie II - The Far-Away Dawn
Otogi Zoshi: Modern History - Volume 4
Peacemaker: Decision - Volume 7
Le Portrait De Petite Cossette
Psychic Academy Bundle (DVD Volume 1 and Manga Volume 1)
Rune Soldier: Complete Collection
Shadow Star Narutaru - Volume 3
Shura No Toki: Age Of Chaos - Volume 6

Circuit City Weekly Deals
$7.49:
National Lampoon's Animal House (Double Secret Probation Edition)
Cop Land (Collector's Edition)
Dracula 2000 (Special Edition)
Easy Rider (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
End of Days (Collector's Edition)
Field of Dreams (Anniversary Edition)
From Dusk Till Dawn (Collector's Edition)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Collector's Edition)
The Mummy (Collector's Edition)
Notting Hill (Collector's Edition)
Rain Man (Special Edition)
Shakespeare in Love (Collector's Edition)
Spy Game (Collector's Edition)
Almost Famous
Con Air
Dead Presidents
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Duplex
Erin Brockovich
The Game
Higher Learning
Hook
My Boss's Daughter (R-Rated)
The Natural
Poetic Justice
St. Elmo's Fire
Something's Gotta Give
SPY Kids
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
What Lies Beneath