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Reunited for the first time since 1996's The Wedding Singer,
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore scored another hit with last winter's
50 First Dates, which grossed over $100 million
at the box office. On June 15th, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
will give this one the special edition treatment, releasing the
flick in separate anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions.
Each includes a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track, audio commentary
with director Peter Segal and Sandler, deleted scenes, a featurette,
blooper reel, music video, trailers and hidden easter eggs. Retail
will be $27.95.
Everybody
Loves TV on DVD - 5:29pm
Just in from Warner Home Video are yet more new TV on DVD announcements.
First up is the long-awaited debut of Everybody Loves
Raymond: The Complete First Season on July 13th. Presented
in 4:3 full screen and Dolby 2.0 stereo, extras include audio
commentary with star Ray Romano and additional cast and crew (on
select episodes), a new featurette and episode notes. Retail will
be $44.95 for this four-disc set.
Next comes the DVD debut of another hit series, the controversial
FX drama Nip/Tuck. Streeting on June 15th, all
13 episodes of the program’s first season will be packaged
in an "eye-catching lenticular 5-disc collector’s edition
box set." PResented in 4:3 full screen and Dolby 2.0, extras
include the "Giving Melodrama a Facelift," "Realistic
Expectations: The Practice of Plastic Surgery" and "Are
Those Real or Fake?” featurette, a "Severed Parts”
gag reel, the “Cutting Room Floor” deleted scenes,
and a sneak peek at Season 2. Retail will be $59.95.
Last but not least, just in time for Father's Day comes Super
Bowl XI-XX, the second in Warner's lineup of classic
football moments. This five-disc set comes with 10 hours of action-packed
footage including defining highlights, enhanced content, a commemorative
booklet and a Super Bowl XX ticket replica. All video material
is presented in 4:3 full screen and Dolby mono and 2.0 stereo.
Retail will cost you $64.95.
Mother's Day - 5:29pm
Rounding out today's news is the arrival on June 29th of the
instant camp classic Die Mommie Die!, from cult
auteur Charles Busch and executive producer Anthony Edwards (yes,
that E/R guy). SUndance Channel Home Entertainment will give this
one the lavish treatment, complete with anamorphic widescreen
transfer, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track, audio commentary with
director Mark Rucker, Busch and actor Jason Priestley, the "Anatomy
of a Scene" TV special, "The Costumes of Die Mommie
Die!" featurette, deleted scenes, a music video, still gallery
and an additional gallery of "Rejected One-Sheets,"
and trailers. Retail will be $29.95.
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