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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2004
'Starsky & Hutch'; 'Badder Santa,' more Buena Vista; 'Millennium' due July

Electric Boogaloo - 1:21pm

Huggy Bear and the gang are back in Starsky & Hutch, the hit remake of the 70's TV cop classic. Hitting DVD on July 20th from Warner Home Video, the disc will be released in separate 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions, each with English and French Dolby Digital 5.1 surround tracks, an audio commentary with director Todd Phillips, the spoof documentary "Last Look Special," "Fashion Fa Shizzle Wit Huggy Bizzle" featurette with Snoop Dogg, deleted scenes, outtakes, a "Vince's Bit for the Kids" easter egg and the theatrical trailer. Retail will be $27.95.

St. Nick's Trick - 1:21pm

Just in from Buena Vista Home Entertainment is their latest lineup of new releases.

Due on June 22nd is an additional release of the recent box office sleeper Bad Santa, entitled Badder Santa: The Unrated Version. Featuring a new, racier cut of the film, presented in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby 5.1, extras include deleted scenes, outtakes and bloopers and theatrical trailers. Retail will be $29.95.

Up next is recent animated film Teacher's Pet, which will hit DVD a week earlier on June 15th. Presented in 1.66 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital and DTS options, extras include "The Art of Gary Baseman" documentary, deleted scenes, the series' premiere episode, Disney's "Song Selection," a music video and trailers. Also due on the 15th is the "sexy, stylish" comedy In the Weeds, starring the Blair Witch Project's Joshua Leonard and Molly Ringwald. Presented in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1, the only supplements will be bonus trailers. Retail for each will list for $29.95.

More summer Disney fun includes the teen comedy The Cheetah Girls, due on June 29th. Presented in its original 4:3 full screen broadcast aspect ratio and Dolby 5.1, extras include a "Behind the Spots" featurette, music video, alternate ending and bonus trailers. Retail will cost you only $19.95.

If you are in the mood for something a little darker, then give the little-seen thriller After Image a try on July 13th. Starring Grammy-award winner John Mellencamp as a crime photographer(!) on the trail of a killer, the film is presented in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby 5.1, and also includes "the Making of After Image" and "Portraying Death: The Art of Special Effects Make-Up" featurettes, production notes by director Robert Manganelli and trailers. List price will be $29.95.

Dark Visions - 1:21pm

Rounding out today's news is the long-awaited announcement of Chris Carter's Millennium: The Complete First Season. This dark cult favorite will hit DVD on July 20th courtesy of Fox Home Entertainment, complete with 4:3 full screen transfers and Dolby 2.0 surround tracks and plenty of extras. Supplements include audio commentaries on select episodes with Carter, directors David Nutter and others, the featurettes "Order In Chaos: Making Millennium Season One," "The Academy Group" and "Main Title Design," TV spots for all 22 episodes, and bonus trailers. Retail will be $59.95.

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