April 2001
Pick of the Week
THAT
DARN PUNK (Kung Fu Films)
This ultra low-budget ($21,000!) independent
feature plays sort of like a parody of a Quentin Tarantino film. The story
follows a punk rocker who is having a really bad day. First, his girlfriend
leaves him, then he's kidnapped by hitmen, then a crazy woman with a human head
in her trunk gives him a ride, then he's abducted by flying saucers, then he's
framed by a conspiracy theorist - well, you get the picture. Often bizarre,
sometimes very funny film also features music by bands like The Vandals, Rancid,
Pennywise, Nerf Herder and Guttermouth. Sure, it's ultimately ridiculous but -
if you go with the flow - you can have a good time here. For more information,
please visit http://www.thatdarnpunk.com.
Also new this week
ANATOMY (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Franka Potente, Benno Furmann
An ambitious medical student uncovers a secret medical society that performs
autopsies on human beings - while they are still alive! Rated R;
Closed-captioned. 100m. In German but available in dubbed or subtitled versions.
Also available on DVD featuring:
Digital mastering;
Director's
commentary ;
Deleted Scenes
Music Video
Widescreen
presentation
Make-up and
Making-of featurettes
Theatrical trailers
Production
photos
Storyboard
Comparisons
$24.95
ATTILA (USA Home Entertainment)
Starring Gerard Butler,
Powers Booth
The original four-hour mini-series is released to DVD featuring:
Widescreen;
Documentary:
"Attila: The Making of an Epic Mini-Series";
Theatrical Trailer
DVD-ROM features
including:
extensive photo
gallery, storyboards, costumes
$19.98
CIRCUS (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring John Hannah, Famke Janssen, Peter
Stomare, Eddie Izzard
A couple of lowball criminals decide to break free by trying something daring
and perhaps even clever. But in the crime game, can you ever be sure of who's
telling the truth? Rated R; 95m; Closed-captioned. Also
available on DVD featuring:
Widescreen;
Producer and
Writer commentary;
Making of
Featurette
Deleted Scenes;
trailers:
Talent files
$29.95
CLEOPATRA: FIVE STAR COLLECTION (Fox)
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
The classic film, once the most expensive film ever made, is released in this
special edition on VHS and DVD.
VHS edition contains two cassettes and includes the original uncut theatrical
release of the film, a 1963 "Making Of" featurette entitled "The
Fourth Star of Cleopatra."
DVD edition contains three DVDs and over 10 hours of
programming including the original uncut theatrical release of the film, the
1963 "Making Of" featurette entitled "The Fourth Star of
Cleopatra"; an all-new 2001 two-hour documentary entitled "Cleopatra:
The Film That Changed Hollywood"; Fox Movie Tone New footage from the
Hollywood and New York premieres; audio commentary by the director's sons, Tom
and Chris Mankiewicz, Martin Landau and Cleopatra expert and former Fox
executive Jack Brodsky; English 5.1; English Dolby Surround and French Dolby
Surround Sound. $26.98.
COLUMBIA/TRI-STAR RE-PRICES
The following are released at sell-through
prices:
STUART LITTLE, starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and the voice of Michael J.
Fox; $19.96.
STEPMOM starring Susan Sarandon; $9.95
THE WAY WE WERE; $9.95
THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES starring Barbara Streisand; $9.95
GO; $9.95
IDLE HANDS; $9.95
13TH FLOOR; $9.95
STARSHIP TROOPERS; $9.95
8mm; $9.95
COMMON GROUND (Paramount)
Starring Edward Asner, Beau Bridges, Harvey
Fierstein, Margot Kidder, Brittany Murphy, Jason Priestly, Helen Shaver, Eric
Stoltz, Jonathon Taylor Thomas, Steven Webber
Three generations of discrimination are examined in this star-studded film from
director Donna Detich. Rated R; 104m.
DIGIMON 5: BATTLE WITH PIEDMON
(Fox)
The latest collection of the battling
animated creatures is released featuring "Joe's Battle," "The
Crest of Friendship," "Piedmon's Last Jest." $14.98.
DVD RELEASES (Anchor Bay)
The following films are released to DVD for
the first time ever:
THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER starring Michael Gambon and Tim Roth
featuring:
Widescreen presentation
Theatrical
trailers
$29.98. Also available on VHS at $14.98.
THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH starring Adrienne
Shelley and Robert Burke featuring:
Widescreen presentation
Theatrical trailers
A conversation
with the director, Hal Hartley
$29.98. Also available on VHS at $9.99.
LUST IN THE DUST starring Divine, Tab Hunter,
Henry Silva featuring:
Widescreen presentation
Theatrical trailers
Featurette entitled
"More Lust, Less Dust"
$29.98. Also available on VHS at $9.99.
DVD TITLES (Fox)
The following titles
are released to DVD:
ALIEN NATION starring James Caan and Mandy Patinkin
featuring:
A
Behind-the-Scenes short;
A featurette;
Theatrical Trailer
Three TV spots
Widescreen
presentation
English and
Spanish subtitles
English 4.1
surround; English Dolby Surround; French Dolby Surround
$24.98
ENEMY MINE starring
Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. featuring:
Behind-the-scenes
stills;
Theatrical Trailer
Widescreen
presentation
English and
Spanish subtitles
English 4.0
surround; English Dolby Surround; French Dolby Surround
$24.98
ZARDOZ starring Sean
Connery featuring:
New commentary by director John Boorman;
A still gallery;
Original trailer
Widescreen
presentation
English and
Spanish subtitles
English 3.0
surround; English Dolby Surround; French Dolby Surround
$24.98
FOR PETE'S SAKE (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Barbara Streisand,
Estelle Parsons, Michael Sarrazin
The beloved Streisand vehicle, in which she stars as a young wife who will do
anything to finance her husband's dreams, comes to DVD featuring:
Full screen and widescreen presentation
English and French language tracks
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
Chinese, Korean and Thai subtitles
Bonus trailers
Talent files
$19.95
KRULL (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Ken Marhsall,
Lysette Anthony
The fantasy adventure about a young prince who must capture a five-bladed sword
in order to save his princess and their planets from total destruction comes to
DVD featuring:
Audio commentary by director Peter Yates,
Editor Ray Lovejoy, Ken Marshall and Lysette Anthony;
Behind-the-Scenes audio commentary (Cinefantastique
Article)
Original featurette, "Journey to
Krull," narrated by Tom Bosley
Marvel Comics Video adaptation
247 photos including cast portraits;
behind-the-scenes; design and concept; vintage advertising
Filmographies
Widescreen presentation
Dolby 5.1 and Dolby 2-Channel Surround
English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
language tracks
Subtitles in English, French, Spanish,
Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai
Bonus trailers
$24.95
THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE
(Dreamworks)
Starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize
Theron
Robert Redford directs this tale of a local hero who has lost his way and the
mysterious stranger who helps get him back on track. Absolutely gorgeous film
with great performances but I wish it were a little less ambiguous. Also available on DVD
featuring:
Introduction
by Redford;
Behind-the-scenes
featurette;
Theatrical
trailers;
Widescreen
presentation;
Dolby
Digital; DTS
Production Notes;
$24.98
THE LOST WORLD (Image)
The classic 1925
science fiction movie, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (who created Sherlock
Holmes), is released on DVD. Fascinating because it pre-dates "King
Kong," the film features awe-inspiring special effects and is an important
piece of science fiction film history. Additional features include:
Commentary
by Roy Pilot, author of "The Annotated Lost World";
12
minutes of unseen outtakes;
Choice
of two stereo music scores;
20
page booklet, featuring a reproduction of the original film's souvenir program;
$24.99.
Also available on VHS.
THE NATURAL (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Robert Redford,
Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Kim Basinger, Barbara Hershey, Richard Farnsworth
Director Barry Levinson's beloved film about a baseball hero comes to DVD
featuring:
An
exclusive documentary, "The Heart of the Natural" starring Cal Ripken
Jr.;
A
book insert which contains reproductions of archival newspapers;
Filmographies;
Widescreen
presentation;
4.0
Discreet Surround and Dolby 2-Channel Surround;
English, French, Spanish and Portuguese language tracks;
Subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and
Thai;
Bonus
trailers.
$24.95.
A NAXOS MUSICAL JOURNEY TITLES
(DVD International)
Six new titles in the popular
classic music series are released including:
BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 4 - ROMANTIC
TCHAIKOVSKY: VIOLIN CONCERTO, OP. 35 & SERENADE FOR STRINGS, OP. 48
TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 6 - PATHETIQUE & EUGENE ONEGIN BALLET MUSIC
MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 13 & 20
HAYDN: SYMPHONY NO. 104, LONDON & SYMPHONY NO. 103, DRUM ROLL
VIVA ESPANA: LALO, SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE; SAINT-SAENS: HAVANAISE O SARASATE:
ZIGEUNERWEISEN
Each DVD runs 60m and is priced at $19.99.
NURSE BETTY (USA Entertainment)
Starring Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger,
Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear
An obsessed fan goes after her favorite soap star. Despite great performances
from all - and another winning character courtesy Zellweger, picture doesn't
quite hold up. Rated R. Also
available on DVD featuring:
Widescreen;
Dolby Sound;
Audio
commentaries by the director, cast, crew;
"A
Reason to Love" soap segments;
Deleted
Scenes;
Theatrical trailer and six TV spots;
Hidden bonus features;
$26.98.
POWERPUFF GIRLS (Warner)
The popular superheroes from the Cartoon
Network make a big splash on VHS and DVD as
follows:
BOOGIE FRIGHTS VHS featuring:
Five episodes;
A never-before-seen episode entitled "Helter Shelter"
A sneak peek at the upcoming series "Samurai Jack"
Special cartoon bonus: "Courage the Cowardly Dog"
Music Video
$14.95
TWISTED SISTER VHS featuring
Five episodes
A never-before-seen episode entitled "Power Lunch"
A sneak peek at the upcoming series "Samurai Jack"
Special cartoon bonus: "Dexter's Laboratory"
Music Video
$14.95
THE MANE EVENT DVD featuring:
Two never-before-seen episodes
The original Powerpuff Girls cartoon with alternate angle versions
Commentary on two of the episodes with the Mayor and Mojo Jojo
Music video
Interactive games
DVD-ROM
$19.95
RE-PRICED TITLES
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
The following films are re-priced for
sell-through:
STUART LITTLE starring Hugh Laurie, Geena Davis and the voice of Michael J. Fox;
$19.96
THE PATRIOT starring Mel Gibson and Heath Lodger; $19.96
TRUE BELIEVER (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring James Woods,
Robert Downey Jr.
The film starring Woods as a jaded lawyer whose passion for justice is rekindled
by a seemingly hopeless murder case is released to DVD featuring:
Full Screen and widescreen presentation
Dolby 2 Channel Surround
English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
language tracks
Subtitles in English, French, Spanish,
Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai
Bonus trailers
$19.95
THE WIGGLES DANCE PARTY (Lyrick)
A dance video featuring 15 tunes for the
youngsters who love The Wiggles, the popular music group from Australia. $14.95.
WWF TITLES (WWF)
The following titles are released:
ROYAL RUMBLE: available on DVD only, featuring exclusive
interviews, commentary, and a special look at the events leading up to the Royal
Rumble; 180m; $24.95
NO WAY OUT; 180m; $19.95
DIVAS IN HEDONISM; 60m; $14.95
BEST OF RAW VOLUME 2: 60m; $14.95
YANNI: TRIBUTE (Virgin)
Internationally renowned
composer/performer Yanni performs in 1997 at India's Taj Mahal and China's
Forbidden City, the first performance ever by a Western artist there. Although
previously available on CD and VHS, this is the first time these concerts have
been released on DVD. Also featured is a "No Borders, No Boundaries"
documentary and an interview with Yanni. R
4 DAYS (Paramount)
Starring Kevin Zegers, Lolita Davidovich,
William Forsythe, Colm Meaney
A young boy and his father doublecross a bank robbery partner who follows the
boy as he goes to meet up with his dad. Along the way, the boy meets a number of
interesting characters, most notably a woman escaping from a cruel husband, all
of whom are unpleasant and unsavory - much like this grim film. Great cast can't
pull this one out of the depression doldrums. There are unpleasant good films -
like "Requiem For a Dream" - and there are bad unpleasant films - like
this one. Rated R.
AGENT RED (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Dolph Lundgren, Randolph Mantooth
A Russian terrorist group tries to steal a deadly viral weapon from the U.S. New
Orleans and Lundgren must stop them. Rated R; 95m; Closed-captioned. Also
available with Spanish subtitles. Also available on DVD
featuring:
Widescreen presentation
Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Surround
Audio commentary by director Damian Lee
English and Spanish subtitles
Trailer
$29.95
CANDY (Anchor Bay)
Starring Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter
Matthau, John Astin, Ringo Starr
The legendary film about a young woman whose coast-to-coast adventure of carnal
discovery and its consequences comes to video in this special Anchor Bay
edition. Available for the first time ever on both VHS and DVD
in two formats as follows:
Limited Edition DVD including:
"Candy Tin"
container
Widescreen presentation
Original theatrical
trailer
Radio spots
A Still Gallery
Talent Bios
Set of full-color
Collector's Cards
Limited edition, numbered
to 16,000
$39.98
Standard DVD including:
Everything as above
except for the special packaging and Collector's Cards
$29.98
VHS $14.98
THE FILMS OF AUDREY HEPBURN
(Paramount)
Many of the legendary leading lady's films
are released in new editions on VHS and DVD including:
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
SABRINA COMMEMORATIVE EDITION (remastered to include a retrospective documentary
on the making of the film and Paramount in the 1950s.)
FUNNY FACE
PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES
MY FAIR LADY
ROMAN HOLIDAY
VHS: $14.95 each; DVD: $29.99 each. VHS giftpack: $44.85.
THE REAL MCCOYS (Rhino)
Starring Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, Kathleen Nolan
More episodes from the hit show that originally ran from 1957 - 1963 are
released to VHS and DVD in the following packages:
Volume 3 containing "The New Car" (original airdate 10/02/58) and
"Sing for Your Supper" (original airdate 11/13/58) $9.95
Volume 4 containing "The Lady's Man" (original airdate 01/09/58) and
"Two's Company" (original airdate 04/23/59) $9.95
DVD Edition containing all of the above episodes plus a
bonus fifth episode. $19.95
SELL-THROUGH AND NEW-TO-DVD
TITLES (MGM)
The following films are released at
sell-through prices or on DVD for the first time:
RETURN TO ME starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver; VHS: $14.95; DVD:
$19.98
HOW I WON THE WAR starring Michael Crawford and John Lennon; DVD: $19.98
BOXING HELENA starring Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn; DVD: $19.98
TANK GIRL starring Lori Petty and Ice-T; DVD: $19.98
THE ADJUSTER starring Elias Koteas; DVD: $19.98
LIVE FLESH directed by Pedro Almodovar; DVD: $19.98
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN directed by Pedro Almodovar; DVD:
$19.98
KING OF HEARTS starring Alan Bates; DVD: $19.98
FELLINI'S SATYRICON; DVD: $19.98
FELLINI'S ROMA; DVD: $19.98
TOKYO RAIDERS (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Tony Leung, Kelly Chan, Ekin Cheng
A private eye, a jilted bride and a mysterious stranger join forces to track
down an elusive mobster in this martial arts extravaganza. Rated PG-13;
Closed-captioned; 100m. Also available on DVD featuring:
Widescreen and fullscreen presentation;
5.1 Dolby Digital, 2-Channel Dolby
Surround;
Cantonese and English language tracks;
English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
subtitles;
Trailers
Making of Featurette
$24.95.
PICKS OF THE WEEK
SPACE COWBOYS (Warner Bros.)
Starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, William
Devane, James Cromwell
A group of elderly astronauts re-team to go into space again when something goes wrong with a satellite that only they can repair go back into space. Rollicking fun, with surprisingly stunning special effects and an
irresistible cast at the top of their game. Click
here to read a review. Also available on DVD featuring:
4 behind-the-scenes documentaries
Dolby Digital 5.1 audio
Widescreen format
Original theatrical trailer
Cast/filmmaker career highlights
English and French language tracks and subtitles
Also new this week
BILLY ELLIOT (Universal)
Starring Julie Walters, Jamie Bell
The critically acclaimed film about a young boy who would rather learn how to
dance than to box is released to homevideo. Well-made film gets big points for
its feel-good attitude, but suffers from a severe lack of originality. In other
words, if you've seen films like "Rocky" and "My Left Foot,"
nothing in "Billy Elliot" will surprise you. Rated R for plenty of
profanity. Also available on DVD featuring:
Widescreen
presentation
Production notes
Theatrical Trailer
Making of
Featurette
DVD-ROM features
including images and production information.
$24.98
THE DAY SILENCE ENDED (First Run Features)
Starring Dario Grandinetti, Gustavo Angarita, Elias Serrano
A quaint, old-fashioned town is nearly brought to ruin when a radio operator arrives in town, setting up a broadcast station and filling the airwaves with music, news, dirty laundry and more. In Spanish with English subtitles. 108m. $79.95. For more information, please call 1-800-488-6652 or visit
http://www.firstrunfeatures.com.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PHILIP K. DICK (First Run Features)
A full-length profile of one of the world's most renowned and revered science fiction writers. Told with interviews, animation and rare audio recordings of Philip K. Dick. 80m. $24.95.
Also available on DVD. $29.95.
THE SORROW AND THE PITY (Image Entertainment)
The critically acclaimed 1971 documentary, considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made concerning the Nazis reign of terror during WWII, is released to DVD for the first time ever in this special 2-disc set. 260m. $49.99.
THE LADIES MAN (Paramount)
Starring Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy
Dee Williams, Tiffani Thiessen, Lee Evans
Tim Meadows brings his Saturday Night Live sketch to the big screen with this
tale of a popular radio talk show host whose way with the ladies isn't
appreciated by their neglectful husbands. Sometimes funny, often dull film isn't
the best of the SNL film library and plays like an over-extended sketch rather
than a full-length motion picture. Still, Meadows' character is often very
funny, so film isn't a complete waste. Rated R; 84m.
PICKS OF THE WEEK
ROCKY: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (MGM)
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire,
Burgess Meredith
Gonna Fly Now! The legendary film that made Sylvester Stallone a star and won
the "Best Picture" Oscar of 1976 comes to DVD in several editions including:
25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL DVD EDITION including:
Widescreen format
33-minute video commentary with Sylvester Stallone
"Behind the Scenes" feature including never-before-seen footage
A Tribute to Burgess
Meredith
A Tribute to James Crabe
Audio commentary with the
legendary director John G. Avildsen, producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
and castmembers Talia Shire and Burt Young.
Original advertising Materials
Theatrical Trailer
$24.98
STANDARD EDITION DVD (includes none of the above extras):$14.95
STANDARD EDITION VHS: $9.94
Also available are ROCKY GIFTSETS containing all five Rocky movies, as follows:
DVD GIFT SET: $89.96
VHS GIFT SET: $39.96
Also new this week
BONGWATER (First Look Pictures)
Starring Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Jamie Kennedy, Jack Black, Andy Dick, Brittany Murphy
A struggling artist/pot dealer meets a beautiful woman and life looks good until his house burns down and she leaves with a rock star. Then, his friends try to make him feel better. Rated R; 97m.
Also available on DVD. $19.99.
CASINO LIGHTS ‘99 (Warner Reprise)
This DVD release is a live concert event featuring such contemporary jazz greats as Bob James, George Duke, Rick Braun, Boney James, Kirk
Wahlum, Larry Carlton, Fourplay, Kenny Garrett, Kevin Mahogany, Mark Turner and Gabriela Anders. Shot in 1999 at the Montreux
Jazz Festival. 124m.
CLASSIC CHILDREN'S TITLES (Columbia/Tri-Star)
The following films are released on DVD:
THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T, by Dr. Seuss, featuring:
Bonus Cartoon
Photo Gallery
Weblink to official Dr. Seuss website
Bonus Trailers
Full screen presentation
English, French and Spanish subtitles and language tracks
Bonus Trailers
$24.95
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PIPPI LONGSTOCKING featuring:
Filmographies
Full screen presentation
English and Spanish language tracks
English, Spanish and French language tracks
Trailers
$19.95
DVD TITLES (Columbia/Tri-Star)
The following films are released to DVD:
MY LIFE starring Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Queen
Latifah, Bradley Whitford, Haing S. Ngor including:
Filmographies
Fullscreen and Widescreen
Dolby 2-Channel
$19.95
PRINCESS CARABOO starring Kevin Kline, Phoebe Cates, John Lithgow, Jim
Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Stephen Rea including:
Filmographies
Widescreen presentation
English, French and Spanish language tracks
English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Thai
Trailers
$19.95
FINDING FORRESTER (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham,
Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, Robert Brown, Jamal Wallace
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and a 16 year-old basketball player with a
secret passion for writing discover a friendship that teaches them both much
about the other and the world in general. Rated PG-13; 136m; Closed-captioned. Also
available with Spanish subtitles. Also available on DVD
featuring:
Widescreen presentation
HBO "Making Of" Special
Actor Robert Brown featurette
Deleted Scenes
Theatrical trailer
Talent Files
Production Notes
Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Surround
English and French subtitles and language tracks
$24.95
THE GIRL ON THE BRIDGE
(Paramount)
Starring Daniel Auteuil, Vanessa Paradis
A knife-thrower falls in love with his beautiful new assistant in this acclaimed
French film from director Patrice Leconte. Nominated for 8 Cesar Awards
including Best French Film. In French with English subtitles. Rated R; 92m.
HALLMARK HALL OF FAME TITLES (Family Home Entertainment)
The following films from the popular and acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame are released on VHS:
THE RUNAWAY starring Dean Cain, Kathryn Erbe, Roxanne Hart, Pat Hingle
THE FLAMINGO RISING, directed by Martha Coolidge, starring Brian Benben, William Hurt, Elizabeth McGovern.
Both films are priced at $14.98 and run approximately 98m.
JUST LOOKING (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Gretchen Mol, Ryan Merriman, Patti Lupone
A comedy about coming-of-age and discovering sexual curiosity. Directed by Seinfeld's Jason Alexander.
Also available on DVD featuring:
Digitally mastered audio
anamorphic video
Director, Producer and Editor commentary
Deleted and Extended scenes
Theatrical trailers
Talent files
Widescreen and fullscreen presentation
2-Channel Dolby Surround
English, Spanish and French
subtitles
$29.95
KILL SHOT (Paramount)
Starring Denise Richards,
Casper Van Dien, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman
A killer stalks a group of hard-bodied beach-goers. At least that's what the box
says. What actually happens in this film is that a group of locals team up to
form a volleyball team whose sole purpose seems to be getting the hard-bodies
cast in bathing suits. A convoluted mish-mash. Rated R; 92m.
LITTLE NICKY (New Line)
Starring Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette,
Harvey Keitel, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., Rodney Dangerfield
Sandler stars as the good-natured son of the devil in this outrageous comedy.
Although the script is spotty at best and the direction pretty haphazard,
"Little Nicky" has enough laughs throughout to keep Sandler fans
entertained. Others will wonder what all the fuss is about. Regardless,
you get a lot more laughs with this DVD version with a terrific comedic cast
offering audio commentary throughout. DVD extras include:
Widescreen
5.1
Dolby Digital Surround Sound
Closed
captions
Never
Before Available deleted Scenes
Feature
length commentary by Michael McKean, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Neelon, Henry Winkler,
Ozzy Osbourne and more
Making
of Featurette
Satan's
Top Forty Heavy Metal feature
P.O.D.
Music video
Cast
& Crew Filmographies
Theatrical
Trailer
DVD-ROM
features: Script-to-Screen Screenplay access; Original Website
For more information, please visit http://www.littlenicky.com.
THE MUMMY: ULTIMATE EDITION (Universal)
Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel
Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velaquez
A special new 2-DVD release of the popular action adventure film, this time offering:
Storyboard and final feature comparison
Script to scene access
Photograph Gallery
Pharaoh
lineage
Interactive PC game
Trailer for "The Mummy Returns"
Live webcast from the premiere of "The Mummy Returns"
A Spotlight on Location" featuring highlights of the new film
A link to "The Mummy Returns" website
$29.98
ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER (Columbia/Tri-Star)
A documentary feature about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extreme
Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. Academy Award winner, Best Documentary Feature 1999.
DVD features include:
Digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video
Weblink
Trailers
Filmographies
Interactive Menus
Production Notes
Scene Selections
P.O.V. (DVD
International)
Starring Stefanie Von
Pfetten, Chris Bradford, Paul Jarrett, Christopher Shyer, Larry Musser
An erotic thriller, shot completely with digital technology specifically for
DVD, in which the viewer sets the tone and changes the storyline by answering a
series of questions at the end of each chapter. The film begins with a
mysterious woman who seems to enjoy watching others but has difficulty in
relationships of her own but then unfolds - depending on the answers supplied by
the viewer via their DVD remote control - expanding into a surprisingly complex
thriller with several possible endings. Perhaps a little too long but otherwise
a fascinating viewing experience. For more information, please visit http://www.povthemovie.com.
SEVEN LAYERS OF DESIGN (Family Home Entertainment)
Starring Christopher Lowell
Based on Lowell's popular television show, this is a complete guide to redecorating and offers seven easy and cost effective techniques that quickly transform a room. 60m. $14.98.