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The DVD Dossier is the free newsletter published weekly by DVD Direct 4 Less.
This is the archived issue for November 20, 2005.
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November 20, 2005
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This week, the original 1933 RKO classic "King Kong" debuts on DVD in a 2-Disc Special Edition as well as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition.
Newly restored from rare nitrate film elements and digitally mastered, "King Kong" has never looked better. The film is Warner Home Video’s most requested title and is being released with extensive bonus content, including a seven-part documentary with the Oscar®-winning director of this year's King Kong remake, Peter Jackson.
The Collector’s Edition DVD will be released in a keepsake tin with a 20-page reproduction of the original 1933 souvenir program, "King Kong" original one-sheet reproduction postcards and a mail-in offer for a reproduction of a vintage theatrical poster.
Also out on Tuesday is "The King Kong Collection," featuring two more new-to-DVD titles – "The Son of Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young" – packaged in a 4-Disc set along with the "King Kong 2-Disc Special Edition."
The Academy Award®-winning team of Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis bring us ""The Polar Express" this week, available in a 2-Disc widescreen edition, as well as a movie-only Single Disc Edition in widescreen and full screen formats.
The computer animated film is based on the bestselling children's book by Chris Van Allsburg and is also being released in a "Gift Set," which includes the 2-Disc widescreen edition, plus a commemorative snow globe and a toy train.
In "9 Songs," two lovers meet for intense sexual encounters in between attending rock concerts.
Over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs. The film features live concert performances (not available anywhere else) by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Von Bondies, Elbow, Primal Scream, The Dandy Warhols, Super Furry Animals, Franz Ferdinand and Michael Nyman.
"War of the Worlds," directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is a contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic. and is out this week in a Single Disc Edition in both widescreen and full screen versions, as well as in a 2-Disc Limited Edition, with extensive special features.
"8mm 2" is the sequel to the far more interesting "8mm" and is a story of blackmail and murder set amidst a seamy underground world of peep shows, nude clubs and live Internet sex.
From TV this week comes a boxed set of Barbra Streisand specials, originally shown in the 1960's. Included are "My Name is Barbra," "Color Me Barbra," "Belle of 14th Street," "Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" and "Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments."
Also out this week is the First Season of "Leave it to Beaver," one of the most beloved series from television's Golden Age. The sitcom, seen on the CBS and ABC television networks from 1957 to 1963, details the adventures of a quintessential American family, the Cleavers.
"Leave it to Beaver" is available in standard packaging, as well as in a "Leave it to Beaver Complete First Season Limited Edition Gift Set," which arrives in its own collectible metal lunch box and includes all 3 discs, plus a "Cleaver Family Photo Album."
Another seminal TV show is back this week... Season 5 of "Seinfeld" features all 22 episodes from the Fifth Season in a 4-Disc Collector’s Set and Season 6 of "Seinfeld," also on four discs, features all 24 episodes from the Sixth Season, including the 100th Episode two-part special.
Both new Seinfeld DVD volumes also include hours of fresh bonus material, supervised personally by Jerry Seinfeld and the show’s creators.
Also available is the special Seinfeld Gift Set featuring Seasons 5 and 6 together, packaged with an exclusive reproduction of Jerry Seinfeld’s hand-written script for an episode from Season 4 called “The Pilot."
Included is a unique "Puffy Shirt" Collectible, modeled after the one worn on Jerry’s Today show appearance in Season 5. (The actual Puffy Shirt was donated by Seinfeld in November, 2004 to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. )
Rounding out this week's crop of notable TV DVDs is the Best and Worst of American Idol, available individually and in a set with over six hours of both the Best and the Worst.
That's all we have time for this week, but rest assured, we'll be back next week with more DVD news and reviews.
And to our readers in the USA, we wish a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Regards,
DVD Direct 4 Less
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| This Week's New DVD Releases - Street Date: November 22, 2005 |
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Visit us online to see a comprehensive list of new DVD releases for the next six weeks.
Links above are for Region 1 (USA) Editions. Availability and release dates elsewhere may vary.
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"The Man" arrives on DVD January 17th. The misguided buddy-action comedy, a poor man's "Lethal Weapon" - with a bit of "Midnight Run" thrown in for good measure - stars Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy.
The casting of Jackson as a sassy and ultra-cool Federal agent and Levy as a clueless dental supply salesman from Wisconsin is inspired. The movie, alas, is not.
A case of mistaken identity forces the two to team up as they speed through the streets of Detroit to pull off a sting operation and solve the murder of the agent's former partner.
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Murder, shmurder! Their time would have been better spent searching for a quality screenplay to match their considerable - but wasted - talent.
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This year's remake of "The Bad News Bears" comes to DVD on December 13th.
It's an unnecessary but faithful retelling of the tale of a gruff little league coach who turns his team of misfits into champions. Ironically, the remake plays better for adults than kids, what with its rude behavior, bad language and sexual themes.
Billy Bob Thornton takes the lead role of Morris Buttermaker, a role played to perfection by Walter Matthau in the 1976 original. Thornton is very good, essentially reprising his "Bad Santa" persona of a crusty and caustic, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed but lovable guy.
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The DVD release will include six deleted scenes and three outtakes, four behind-the-scenes and making of featurettes, commentary by director Richard Linklater and writers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, plus video baseball cards and the theatrical trailer.
"The Bad News Bears" arrives in both widescreen and full screen editions.
Pre-order "The Bad News Bears" now and save 30%.
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The original film that inspired the Broadway musical megahit "The Producers" comes to DVD in a new Deluxe Edition on December 13th, just as the musical film based on the stage production opens in theatres.
"The Producers" - one of the funniest films ever made and Mel Brooks' directorial debut - stars theatrical legend Zero Mostel as low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock.
When high-strung accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) discovers that they can make more money producing a flop than a hit, they begin raising money from gullible investors.
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Then they set about to find the worst show ever written... and they do.
Their new musical - "Springtime for Hitler, A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden" - includes dancing stormtroopers forming a Busby Berkeley-style swastika and lyrics imploring us to support the Fuhrer's cause: "Don't be stupid, be a smarty. Come and join the Nazi party."
With a flamboyant out of control director and an equally horrific cast, the double-dealing producing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a surprise smash hit, they find themselves faced with an entirely new dilemma.
Brooks won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "The Producers;" its pitch-perfect cast includes Kenneth Mars, Christopher Hewett, Lee Meredith, Dick Shawn and the previously mentioned Wilder and Mostel, whose comb-over alone gets more laughs than anything you'll find in most of today's alleged comedies.
Pre-order the Deluxe Edition of "The Producers" now and save 30%.
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| Preview of Next Week's Releases - Street Date: November 29, 2005 |
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