 Translation
Angst - 2:55pm
One of the season's first indie successes and already generating
strong Oscar buzz for star Bill Murray, Universal Studios Home
Video has announced a February 3rd street date for Sofia Coppola's
Lost in Translation. The highly-acclaimed romantic
drama will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby
Digital and DTS 5.1 surround tracks and French and Spanish subtitles.
Universal has not announced any extras, and retail is set at $26.95.
Universal has also announced yet more catalog titles, all due
on January 20th. Many were previously licensed to Anchor Bay and
GoodTimes, and all are being reissued here in anamorphic widescreen
transfers: the thrillers Trepass and
Judgment Night, the remake of the classic Flipper
starring Elijah Wood, a Smokey and the Bandit
Pursuit Pack featuring all three films (each remastered),
the Emilio Estevez cult favorite Repo Man, and
the dreadful Sylvester Stallone "comedy" Stop!
Or My Mom Will Shoot. All included trailers and no additional
extras, except for Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, which also includes
"The Making of Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" featurette
and an alternate ending. Retail is a low $14.95 each, except for
the Smokey three-pack, which retails for only $19.95.
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Memories - 2:55pm
Just in from Fox Home Entertainment are the specs for the next
in their Fox Studio Classics series. Debuting on February 3rd
is the 1959 telling of The Diary of Anne Frank,
starring Shelley Winters and Diane Baker. Presented in 2.35;1
anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, extras include
audio commentary by George Stevens Jr. and Millie Perkins, the
"Diary of Anne Frank: Echoes from the Past" special,
a Diary of Anne Frank excerpt from George Stevens Sr., "George
Stevens Press Conference" footage, a Millie Perkins screen
test, Academy Award Highlights, a still gallery and two trailers.
Retail is $19.95.
Two for One - 2:55pm
Rounding out today's news is a last-minute announcement from
Anchor Bay Entertainment. On November 25th, the indie will release
a wave of budget-priced two-packs, all themed around classic Hammer
horror favorites. Retailing for a low $24.95 a pop will be the
following, each presented in their original aspect ratios and
with the same extras as the previous releases: Dracula,
Prince of Darkness/The Satanic Rites of Dracula, Four-Sided
Triangle/X, The Unknown, Frankenstein Created
Woman/The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Prehistoric
Women/The Witches, Quatermass and the Pit/Quatermass
2, The Abominable Snowman/Shatter, The
Devil Rides Out/Rasputin the Mad Monk, The Lost
Continent/The Reptile, The Mummy's Shroud/The
Plague of the Zombies and The Vengeance of She/The
Viking Queen. All will be available for a limited time
only.
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