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Fries with That? - 12:35pm
So, what happens when you eat nothing but McDonalds - three meals
a day, everyday - for a month? You get fat, of course. As Morgan
Spurlock learned in his hit documentary Super Size Me,
which will be released on September 28th via Hart Sharp Video
and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (who will distribute the
DVD only to mass market merchants such as Target and Wal-Mart,
with Hart handling remaining retailers). Presented in 4:3 full
screen and Dolby Digital 2.0 surround, extras include an audio
commentary with Spurlock, additional footage and trailers. Retail
will be $26.95.
High
School Confessional - 12:35pm
The film that Premiere called "Nothing short of brilliant!",
MGM Home Entertainment will release the "anti-Passion of
the Christ," Saved!, on October 5th. This
wicked satire will get the anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital
5.1 surround treatment, although disappointingly, there are no
extras aside from the theatrical trailer. Retail will list for
$26.95.
MGM Home Entertainment has also announced a new street date for
the recent remake of Walking Tall, starring The
Rock. The disc will now street on September 28th, with retail
price and specs remaining the same.
Reality TV - 12:35pm
Just in time to capitalize on the documentary boon led by Michael
Moore, Paramount Home Entertainment will release a sizable slate
of documentary programming on September 28th.
Led by reissues of many Ken Burns classics - all previously released
by Warner Home Video - the studio will unleash the following multi-disc
sets: The West, The Civil War,
Jazz and Baseball. All features
are the same specs as the previous Warner versions, and retail
will list for $129.95 for the first two, and $179.95 for the latter
two.
Also on tap for the 28th are nearly a dozen single-disc docs:
Thomas Jefferson, Not For Ourselves Alone:
The Story of Elizabeth Cady & Susan B. Anthony, Frank
Lloyd Wright, Ken Burns America Collection: The
Statue Of Liberty, Lewis & Clark: The Journey
of the Corps of Discovery, Mark Twain, Horatio's
Drive and The American Experience: New York -
The Center Of the World. List price? $19.95 a pop.
last but not least, Paramount will also release the box set The
American Experience: Chicago - City of the Century, which
will list for $79.95.
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