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New Columbia announcements Just announced from Columbia are three releases all slated for 10/2. Muhammad Ali plays himself in the modestly titled biopic The Greatest, featuring anamorphic widescreen and full screen transfers, English and French mono tracks, production notes and theatrical trailers. Retail is $19.95. White River features anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions, English 5.1 and 2.0 surround tracks, an audio commentary with director Arne Glimcher, filmographies and trailers. Finally, the "steamy" thriller Dead Sexy features an unrated cut of the film, a full screen transfer only, English 5.1 and 2.0 surround tracks and filmographies. Retail is $29.95. Three from USA USA Home Entertainment has just announced a trio of new titles for release this fall. Arriving on 9/25 is One Night At McCool's, featuring a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and English 5.1 surround mix, audio commentary with director Harald Zwart and the cast, deleted scenes and alternate ending, a gag reel, early hair and make-up tests and cast read-throughs, storyboards and the trailer. The acclaimed reality TV parody Series 7 features an audio commentary with director Daniel Minahan, deleted scenes, the "Sundance Director's Lab Tapes," a still gallery and theatrical trailer and TV spots. Retail is $24.95 each. Debuting on 10/23 is Ultimate Jordan, a look at basketball's legendary Michael Jordan. Presented in full frame and 5.1 surround, the disc also includes Jordan's 10 Greatest Moves, "It's Gotta Be The Shoes" highlight reel of Jordan's Nike spots, a Jill Scott music tribute, interviews with Jordan's NBA Peers, behind-the-scenes locker room footage, and interactive DVD-ROM features including a career timeline and slam-dunk contest footage. Retail is $19.95.
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Spy Kids specs Surprisingly for such a big hit ($100 million+ at the domestic box office alone) Buena Vista has issued the specs on their website for Spy Kids, and there is little in the way of extras to be found. The disc is listed as retailing for $29.95 and includes a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, English, French and Spanish 5.1 surround tracks, English Closed Captions and the theatrical trailer. And that's it. Hopefully, Buena Vista will add more to the disc before its release on 9/18...? Street date alert Now, the title you've all been waiting for. New Line has announced a 10/2 arrival date for what has been called the biggest bomb in box office history, Town & Country. After years on the shelf, New Line released the film last year to terrible reviews and a complete lack of audience interest. Grossing less than $10 million on a reported $80+ million budget, even Ishtar made more money. And shockingly enough, this will not be an Infinifilm release! Stay tuned for specs...
Pull another one down from the "most requested" list. Warner has just announced a 11/6 release date for David Lean's wartime epic Doctor Zhivago. This two-disc set comes loaded with extra features, and this upcoming Christmas season is certainly going to be a golden era for DVD! Check out the press release for the full specs. Flaming feet Universal seems intent on scaring me to death this October... first the Cats Ultimate Edition, now this. On 10/30 - one day before Halloween - Universal will release Michael Flatley Gold, a greatest hits compilation of Michael's best moments. As a rare bonus to consumers, "Michael tells the story, in his own words, of his phenomenal career in an intimate and revealing interview and, for the first time, opens up his personal photo album to reveal rare film footage to the viewer." Sounds pretty terrifying. Retail is $24.95. But that's not all, Riverdance fans. On 10/30 Universal will also release (for the first time ever on DVD!) Michael Flatley's Feet Of Flames. The disc also includes a Flatley bio, and retail is also $24.95. No video or audio specs are available, but stay tuned! Also, we got a confirm that the upcoming Blood Simple release this September will indeed be the new "director's cut," the disc just won't have any notable supplements. Retail is $24.95 and street date 9/18.
Just in time for Christmas, Fox will release two biblical epics on 10/16, The Robe and The Bible. Both get anamorphic widescreen transfers, with The Robe being presented in its original CinemaScope glory. Extras are slim - only trailers and filmographies - but retail is just $19.95. Fox has also unveiled the box art for The French Connection Collection set, which looks pretty cool. Click on the image for a blowup. More Trek at Comic Con Hey, Star Trek fans, don't miss this weekend's Comic Con convention in San Diego, being held July 19 through July 22. Promoting the impending release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition due to be announced next month, Director Robert Wise will be on hand to talk about his definitive version of the film and give a first look. He will be joined by members of his Directors Edition production team: Producer David C. Fein, Visual Effects Supervisor Daren R. Dochterman, and Supervising Sound Editor Chuck Michael. Mr. Wise has graciously agreed to sign autographs after the panel. Stardate is Saturday, 7/21 at 2:30pm! Check out the Comic Con website for more info.
Web slinger Just announced from Paramount is the recent hit thriller Along Came A Spider, arriving 9/25. The disc features a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, English 5.1 and English and French 2.0 surround and subtitle tracks, "The Making of Along Came A Spider" featurette and the trailer. Retail is $29.95. Also, that Tales From The Darkside - The Movie disc debuting on 9/25 will include an audio commentary with Director John Harrison and Screenwriter George A. Romero in addition to the already-announced specs. More Argento in addition to the Suspiria special editions just announced (see yesterday's post), Anchor Bay has also announced another Dario Argento favorite for 9/11 release, Opera. The "standard" edition includes a THX-certified 1.85;1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital Surround EX and DTS-ES 6.1 tracks and a Dolby 2.0 surround track, English Closed Captions and a wealth of extras including the new 36-minute documentary "Conducting Dario Argento’s OPERA" featuring interviews with Argento, cinematographer Ronnie Taylor, animatronics artist Sergio Stivaletti, composer Claudio Simonetti, and actors Daria Nicolodi and Urbano Barberini, a Daemonia music video, Argento bio and trailers. Also being released is a special limited edition (30,000 copies only) that includes the original soundtrack CD. Retail is $24.95 for the standard edition and $34.95 for the limited edition.
Broken hearts club MGM has just announced specs for the upcoming Heartbreakers special edition, due on 10/2. The set includes an anamorphic widescreen transfer, English 5.1 and French and Spanish 2.0 surround and subtitle tracks, not one but two audio commentaries with director David Mirkin and actors Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt, two new featurettes "The Making Of Heartbreakers" and "Laffs & Gaffes," deleted scenes with optional commentary, and the original theatrical trailer. Retail is $26.95. Street date alert Speaking of 10/2, Divine fans get ready, because the third and final volume in New Line's The John Waters Collection will finally reach shelves, featuring the director's most infamous films, Female Trouble and Pink Flamingos. Watch for the full specs to be announced soon... They will rock you Pioneer has just announced a 9/18 arrival date for two separate editions of Queen: We Will Rock You, a 1981 live performance of 18 of the band's biggest hits. Separate 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS versions will be released, and both feature audio commentary with the band and a discography. Retail is $24.95 each.
Argento fans, this is the one you've been waiting for. On 9/11 Anchor Bay will release two DVD editions of what is arguably Dario Argento's greatest and most well-known horror epic, Suspiria. The standard edition will include a fully restored and remastered 2.35;1 anamorphic widescreen transfer minted from the original negative, English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX and 6.1 DTS-ES tracks, as well as English, Italian and French Dolby Surround 2.0 mixes and English Closed Captions, a Daemonia music video, a still gallery, talent bios, theatrical trailers and TV and radio spots. Retail is $24.95. Better yet is the Suspiria Limited Edition, which is limited to 60,000 copies and is a three-disc set. Disc one is the aforementioned standard edition, while disc two features the all-new 52 minute documentary "Suspiria: 25th Anniversary" featuring interviews with Dario Argento, co-writer Daria Nicolodi, cinematographer Luciano Tovoli, the band Goblin (Agostino Marangolo, Massimo Morante, Fabio Pignatelli and Claudio Simonetti) and actors Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini and Udo Kier. The third platter is the original Goblin soundtrack CD, and the set also includes a 32-Page Booklet with photos and an interview with star Jessica Harper, and nine 5x7 lobby card reproductions. Retail is $44.95. Image upgrades website Hey, been to the Image Entertainment website lately? A long-standing tradition in the DVD online community, Image has totally revamped their site with slick graphics and a new layout. However, some of the services on the site previously offered are now subscriber-only, so this new redo focuses more on Image-specific titles. So check out the new site and see what you think. |
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