Identity Recovered
- 12:23pm
Outgrossing its predecessor and proving itself to be one of the
rare summer sequels that didn't suck, The Bourne Supremacy
took in over $150 million (and counting) at the box office and reinstated
Matt Damon to A-list status. Universal Studios Home Video will launch
the thriller on DVD on December 7th, in separate anamorphic widescreen
and full screen versions. Each includes English, French and Spanish
Dolby 5.1 surround tracks, and while the full specs are not yet
in, goodies will include audio commentary, making-of featurettes,
deleted scenes and trailers. Stay tuned for the full details to
be announced soon, and retail will list for $29.95.
 Knockin'
on Heaven's Door - 12:23pm
The first in the studio's new distribution agreement with independent
Think Films, New Line Home Entertainment will debut the acclaimed
rock documentary Festival Express on November
2nd. Featuring acclaimed performances by such legends as The Grateful
Dead and Janis Joplin, this two-disc set boasts 50 minutes of
additional performances,
25 minutes of interviews, "The Making of the Festival Express
Film" featurette, a still gallery and the theatrical trailer.
Presented in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital and DTS
soundtracks, retail will list for $24.95.
The Contender - 12:23pm
Just in from MGM Home Entertainment is their December lineup of
new catalog releases, which will be quite an extensive slate led
by a number of highly-awaited favorites.
Hot on the heels of Warner's recent Martin Scorsese box set,
MGM will also pull two more gems from its library and give them
the full-tilt special edition treatment on December 14th. Making
its DVD debut is the director's somewhat maligned musical New
York New York. Presented in non-anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen
and Dolby 5.1 surround, extras include a new audio commentary
by Scorsese, deleted scenes and alternate takes, a still gallery
and theatrical trailers. Retail will go for only $19.95.
 Even
more highly awaited is the director's Oscar-winning Raging
Bull, which will get the full anamorphic widescreen and
Dolby Digital 5.1 surround treatment. Extras include commentary
by Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, plus additional cast
and crew and "Storytellers" commentary (participants
TBA), the "Before the Fight: Writing and Casting," "INside
the Ring," "After the Fight" and "The Bronx
Bull" featurettes, "LaMotta Defends Title" and
"De Niro vs. La Motta" vignettes, the theatrical trailer
and a collectible booklet. List price will be $29.95 for this
two-disc set, and MGM will also release The Martin Scorsese
Film Collection box, which will include both of the above
and the previously released Boxcar Bertha and The Last Waltz,
for $69.95.
More great catalog reissues include, at long last, David Lynch's
Wild at Heart, which will make its DVD debut
on December 7th. Remastered in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby
5.1, new extras include a new documentary, "David Lynch on
the DVD" featurette, an interactive map with additional interviews,
a still gallery, the original EPK, and trailers and TV spots.
List price will cost you $19.95.
Rounding out MGM's holiday lineup is another batch of library
titles, all due on December 7th. Watch for Jinxed!,
Daddy's Dyin'...So Who's Got the Will?, Hi,
Mom!, Out Cold, Hound of the
Baskervilles, Young Doctors in Love,
Smooth Talk and the Robert Englund horror remake
The Phantom of the Opera. All are presented in
anamorphic widescreen except for Young Doctors in Love, which
is non-anamorphic widescreen, and Out Cold, which is full screen
only. There are no extras aside from trailers, and retail will
be $14.95 a pop.
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