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DVD Releases: Week of April 11th
Posted by R. Flagg on Apr 11, 2006, 21:17
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Notable Releases
Fun with Dick and Jane
Best Price: $16.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Commentary with Director Dean Parisot and Screenwriters Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller
� 6 Deleted Scenes
� Blooper Reel
� Press Junket Highlights
Mission: Impossible (Collector's Edition)
Best Price: $12.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Includes movie ticket to see Mission: Impossible III
� 40 years of creating the impossible
� Explosive Exploits
� Spies Among Us
� Catching the Train
� International Spy Museum
� Agent Dossiers
� Generation: Cruise
� Mission: Impossible teaser, trailer and TV spots
� MI3 teaser
� Photo gallery
� Stanley Kubrick Award for Excellence in Filmmaking Acceptance Speech
Mission: Impossible 2 (2-Disc Set)
Best Price: $9.44 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary by Director John Woo
� Alternate Title Sequence
� Behind the Mission: Exclusive Cast & Crew Interviews
� Mission Incredible: Stunts Featurette
� Impossible Shots: 11 Amazing Stunt Sequences including exclusive interviews with Tom Cruise, John Woo and Stunt Coordinator Brian Smrz
� Music Video: Metallica "I Disappear"
� Mission Improbable: M:I-2 parody from the MTV Movie Awards
� Trailer and TV Spot
� DVD Rom Features: Agent Dossiers, Mission Locations, Legend of Chimera, M:I-2 Tech Tools, M:I-2 DVD Online
The Laurel And Hardy Collection (Great Guns/Jitterbugs/The Big Noise)
Best Price: $24.95 @ DVDPlanet.com
The Features:
� Commentary by Laurel and Hardy author historian Randy Skretvedt on each feature
� Revenge of the Sons of the Desert
� Movietone News clip: "Inauguration of the Railway"
� Still galleries
� Original trailers
Ellie Parker
Synopsis:
Ellie Parker is a raw comedy about an aspiring actress looking to land a role in Hollywood. Written and directed by Scott Coffey, this acerbic look at the underside of the film industry features Chevy Chase as Ellie's agent and a cameo by Keanu Reeve's band, Dogstar.
Best Price: $16.67 @ Overstock.com
The Features:
� Commentary by Director Scott Coffey
� Deleted Scenes
� Trailers
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Synopsis:
From Walt Disney Pictures comes The Greatest Game Ever Played, the crowd-pleasing underdog epic that's based on an inspirational true story! Young amateur golfer Francis Ouimet (Shia LaBeouf) has nothing but talent and a seemingly impossible dream to challenge the world�s greatest player, his idol Harry Vardon. Soon, with the help of his spunky 10-year-old caddy Eddie, Francis boldly breaks down all barriers with a thrilling display of unrivaled drive, skill, and heart... and challenges the golf pro for the U.S. Open Championship!
Best Price: $19.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Commentary by Director Bill Paxton and Writer Mark Frost
� A View From The Gallery: On the set of The Greatest Game Ever Played
� Two Legends and the Greatest Game
� From Caddy to Champion: Francis Ouimet
An Unfinished Life
Synopsis:
Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman star in this powerful story of risk and redemption. Stoic and heartbroken, Einar Gilkyson (Redford) quietly lives in the rugged Wyoming ranchlands alongside his only trusted friend, Mitch Bradley (Freeman). Then, suddenly, the woman he blames for the death of his only son arrives at his door broke, desperate, and with a granddaughter he's never known. But even as buried anger and accusations resurface, the way is opened for unexpected connection, adventure, and forgiveness.
Best Price: $19.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Commentary with director Lasse Hallstrom, producer Leslie Holleran, and editor Andrew Mondshein
� The Making of An Unfinished Life
� Training Bart The Bear
� Still Gallery
Greenaway: The Falls
Synopsis:
Standing at a pivotal point in his filmography, poised between his earlier, witty shorts and the unique pleasures of Peter Greenaway�s post-Draughtsman�s Contract oeuvre, The Falls is arguably the most significant film of his prolific career. Shot as a pseudo-documentary, this magnum opus dazzlingly details 92 case histories of people who have been affected by the VUE (Violent Unknown Event), a mysterious, apocalyptic phenomenon related to birds, flying, and bizarre invented languages. Perfectly paired with it on this disc is Vertical Features Remake, in which a group of self-important academics argue about the work of Tulse Luper, Greenaway�s best-known fictional character and cinematic alter ego. Michael Nyman provided the score for both films, with back up from the father of ambient music, Brian Eno. This disc is also available as part of Greenaway: The Early Films box set.
Best Price: $13.35 @ DVDPacific.com
The Features:
� Video pieces on both films created by Greenaway especially for the DVD release
� Extensive collection of Greenaway�s paintings from 1975�1990 and archival materials on The Falls
� Original BFI production catalogue essay and the original press book for all of the early Greenaway films
� Liner notes by Peter Greenaway
Greenaway: The Shorts
Synopsis:
"He has other reputations as well as an academic, as a maker of curious artifacts, as a cataloguer of the bizarre and as a librarian of the absurd." Peter Greenaway might well have been describing himself in this thumbnail sketch of Canton Remodell, a character in an unmade project. Before his international art house hits The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover and Prospero�s Books, Greenaway made a series of highly inventive films that established all the obsessions that run through his later work. The content of the six playful shorts featured on this disc varies widely, from the condensed, wry history of 37 people who have fallen to their deaths from windows (Windows), to a sequence of 92 maps to guide a dead ornithologist on his way into the afterlife (A Walk Through H) set to a thrilling score by award-winning composer Michael Nyman. All of these quirkily delightful works, take great pleasure in outlandish detail, fake erudition and corkscrew narratives. This disc is also available as part of Greenaway: The Early Films box set.
Best Price: $12.10 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Video pieces about each film created by Greenaway especially for the DVD release
� Extensive collection of Greenaway�s paintings and collages from 1968-1978, and notes for unmade projects
� Original BFI production catalogue essay and the original press book for all of the early Greenaway films
� Liner notes by Peter Greenaway
Other Releases
18 Fingers Of Death!
Antartida
The Beach Boys: In London 1966
The Beatles: Making of Help
The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete 3rd Season
Cartoon Classic Favorites, Vol. 10: Best Pals - Mickey And Minnie
Cartoon Classic Favorites, Vol. 11: Best Pals - Donald & Daisy
Cartoon Classic Favorites, Vol. 12: Best Pals - Mickey & Pluto
Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo
Cruzin TV
Dave Attell Insomniac Tour Presents: Sean Rouse, Greg Giraldo & Dane Cook
David Spade: Take The Hit
The Da Vinci Code: Where It All Began
The Da Vinci Files
Death Cab For Cutie: Directions
Deep Blue
Escape
The Fantastic World Of M.C. Escher
Grad Night
Greatest NBA Finals Moments
Greenaway: The Early Films
Hardcore Homecoming 2: November Reign
In Living Color: Season 5
June
Laugh Or I'll Shoot Collection
The Legacy of Karl Richter
Lena
Little Fish
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Michael Jordan: Above And Beyond
Michael Jordan: Air Time
Mission: Impossible - Collector's Set (Mission: Impossible/M:I-2)
My Little Pony: Flight To Cloud Castle And Other Stories
My Little Pony: The Quest Of The Princess Ponies And Other Stories
NBA Guts And Glory
Shaquille O'Neal: Like No Other
NBA Superstars Collection
The Newsroom: Season Three
Nicole C. Mullen: Bringin' It Home - Live In Cincinnati
Opus Dei and the Da Vinci Code
Pimp C: Pimpalation
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Red Shoe Diaries: The Movie
Red Skelton Show Collection
Replicant/Legionnaire
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever/South Beach Academy
Sukeban Deka: Counter Attack From The Kazama Sisters
Those Glory Glory Days
Tortillas Again
Upsets And Underdogs
Wagons East/Suicide Kings
Woman, Thou Art Loosed (Special Edition)
Notable Horror & Sci-Fi Releases
Wolf Creek (Unrated Edition)
Best Price: $17.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Commentary with Director Greg McLean, Executive Producer Matt Hearn, and Actors Cassandra MaGrath and Kestie Morassi
� The Making Of Wolf Creek Documentary
� Deleted Scene
� Theatrical Trailer
Farscape: Season 3, Collection 3 (Starburst Edition)
Best Price: $16.61 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Episodes: Revenging Angel, The Choice, Fractures, I-Yensch You-Yensch, Into the Lion's Den Part I: Lambs to the Slaughter, Into the Lion's Den Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Dog with Two Bones
� Commentary by Claudia Black (Aeryn) on The Choice
� Commentary by director Rowan Woods and writer Justin Monjo on The Choice
� Commentary by writer/series creator Rockne S. O'Bannon and executive producer David Kemper on Into The Lion's Den, Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
� Commentary by Ben Browder (Crichton) and Claudia Black (Aeryn) on Dog with Two Bones
� Deleted scenes
� Season 3: A Look Back with Executive Producer David Kemper
� Cast interviews with Claudia Black (Aeryn) and Anthony Simcoe (DArgo)
� Storyboard/Episode comparison for Revenging Angel
� Listening In with Composer Guy Gross
� Original Farscape TV promos
� Cool Farscape Facts by Paul Simpson (author of Farscape: The Illustrated Companion)
� Alien Encounters
� Extensive production design gallery
� Updated character histories: Lieutenant Braca, Ryget XVI, Pilot, Moya, Talyn
Carnage for the Destroyer
Synopsis:
Slaughter & mayhem isn�t just for serial killers anymore! It�s that time of year again for the kids of Bonejack Heights to prepare the haunted house for Halloween! And this year, one of them has a big surprise in store when he dedicates the spookshow to a legendary god named The Destroyer. But little do the teen misfits know that this well-intentioned heavy metal warrior has mistakenly awakened The Destroyer for real! And now he�s ready to teach them what carnage is all about...
The Features:
� Commentary with writer/director Chris Seaver
� Commentary with the cast & crew
� Behind-the-scenes
� Cast rehearsal
� Epic Metal commercial
� Splatter Rampage DVD trailers
Pray
Synopsis:
Down on their luck and desperate for money to buy drugs, Mitsuru (Tetsuji Tamayama) and Maki (Asami Mizukawa) have the perfect plan. They kidnap a young girl and hide out in an abandoned school, awaiting acceptance of their demands. Everything is a going according to plan, except for one gross miscalculation. Their hostage died a year ago today. Now it's their turn.
Best Price: $15.10 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� The making of Pray
� Interview with Director and Actor
� Original theatrical trailer
The Scorned (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Synopsis:
In a secluded beach house on the Malibu shore, an engaged couple�s argument sends Matt (Bob Guiney) into the arms of his fiance Raina�s maid-of-honor Nichola (Trishelle Cannatella). After Raina (Trish Schneider) finds them together, horrible violence ensues which ends with Raina facedown with her throat slit in the hot tub.
17 Months Later: Oliver (Steven Hill), his ex- girlfriend Kirsten (Jenna Lewis), Seth (Reichen Lehmkuhl), and DQ (Jonny Fairplay) decide to rent the now abandoned beach house for the summer, unaware of the horrific secret that kept the house vacant all this time. One by one, temptation begins to seduce the housemates into betraying their romantic relationships and unleashes an avenging angel of death. When the first victim is killed, Murry Ellis (Ethan Zohn), a whacked out spiritualist, believes that it was in fact, the ghost of Raina. With the help of Murry, Oliver and Kirsten fight to survive and search desperately to unlock the shocking mystery of... The Scorned.
Best Price: $11.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Outrageous Filmmaker Commentary
� Director Reveals the Challenges of an All Reality Star Cast
� Rob C.�s History of Reality TV
� Real Auditions
� Uncensored Outtakes, Bloopers & On Set Fights!
� Kill Reality - A Sizzling Look at E!�s Hit TV Show!
� And Many More Surprises...Including the Member�s Only Key to the Never-Ending DVD Extra!
Other Horror & Sci-Fi Releases
Attack of the Sabretooth
Blood Stained Bride
Camp Slaughter
Caved In: Prehistoric Terror
Cyber Wars
The Dark
Grizzly
House of Whipcord
Leprechaun/Leprechaun 2
Mortuary
Tales of Terror From Tokyo: The Movie
Anime Releases
Digi Charat Nyo!: Volume 2
Escaflowne: Anime Legends Complete Collection
Fantastic Children: Volume 1
Fantastic Children: Volume 1 (w/ Collector's Box)
Ghost Stories, Volume 4: Senior Screams
Hare + Guu: Volume 2
IGPX: Volume 2 (Uncut Edition)
Maburaho, Volume 7: Wizard Of Ahhhs!
Mars Daybreak: Volume 5
Otogi Zoshi: Premium Box
Panda-Z: The Robonimation - Volume 5
Saint Seiya: Collection 2
Tenjho Tenge: Round Six
Best Buy Weekly Deals
$9.99:
Ice Age (Super Cool Edition)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
The Princess Diaries (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
The Shaggy Dog (The Wild & Woolly Edition)
Batman Begins
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Dinosaur
Napoleon Dynamite
Spongebob Squarepants: Lost In Time
Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
Circuit City Weekly Deals
2 For $20:
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Unrated Special Edition)
Gone With The Wind (2-Disc Special Edition)
Good Morning Vietnam (Special Edition)
The Gospel (Special Edition)
L.A. Confidential (Special Edition)
The Longest Yard (2005 Collector's Edition)
Predator (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Stealth (Special Edition)
Team America: World Police (Unrated Collector's Edition)
A Lot Like Love
Apocalypse Now: Redux
Batman Begins
Ben-Hur
Best In Show
The Cave
Coach Carter
The Day After Tomorrow
Fantastic Four
Freak Friday (2003)
The Goonies
The Gospel Of John
House of Wax (2005)
Into The Blue
Kingdom of Heaven
Monster-In-Law
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
The Passion Of The Christ
Predator 2
Racing Stripes
Raise Your Voice
Rebound
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Sahara
Shark Tale
Shrek
Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie
Tombstone
Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
Wallace & Gromit: 3 Amazing Adventures
$8.99:
Million Dollar Baby (2-Disc)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Crash
Diary Of A Mad Black Woman: The Movie
Finding Neverland
The Interpreter
The Notebook
Robots
Target Weekly Deals
$7.50:
Matilda (Special Edition)
Matrix: Revolutions (2-Disc)
Quest For Camelot/Cat's Don't Dance (Target Exclusive)
Spies Like Us/Nothing But Trouble (Target Exclusive)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Spanglish
$10:
Million Dollar Baby (2-Disc)
Fantastic Four
Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Pack
House of Wax (2005)
Monster-In-Law
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Rebound
Roll Bounce
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