Home Media Magazine - October 28-November 3, 2007 - (Page 26)

NEWS www.homemediamagazine.com JUST ANNOUNCED A Weekly Product Update * Balls of Fury STREET DATE Mr. Bean’s Holiday BOX OFFICE (MILLIONS) Mr. Woodcock TITLE PREBOOK GENRE PRICE Balls of Fury 12/18 11/13 $32.7 Comedy DVD $29.98, HD DVD $39.98 Universal. 2007. Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Maggie Q, Dan Fogler. A washed-up professional ping-pong player is hired by the FBI for a secret mission in an underground tournament to capture a most-wanted criminal. Disney Unleashes Platinum Edition of ‘101 Dalmatians’ By Billy Gil Mr. Bean’s Holiday 11/27 Now $32.6 Comedy DVD $29.98, HD DVD $39.98 Universal. 2007. Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willem Dafoe. Mr. Bean wins a trip to France, and while he is enjoying his vacation, he accidentally separates a boy and his father and must reunite them. Mr. Woodcock 1/15/08 12/4 $25.2 Comedy DVD $28.98, BD $35.99 The same week Disney announced its vault door will swing closed on five of its films, the company has revealed a temporary escapee: 101 Dalmatians, which will appear in a Platinum Edition March 4, 2008. Orders are due Jan. 9. The two-DVD set, valued at $29.99, features a new digital film restoration of 101 Dalmatians (the 1961 animated version). The DVD has been out of circulation and will be pulled once again after a limited release. Among the bonus features is an all-new interactive “Virtual Dalmatian” game, which allows players to train and take care of their own virtual puppy. Other bonus material includes a “Puppy ProPRODUCT filer,” in which viewers can find out which dog they’re most like; 101 popup trivia facts; and a new “Cruella De Vil” music video, as performed by Disney Channel star Selena Gomez. The set also includes deleted songs, behind-the-scenes featurettes and more. New Line. 2007. Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon. A self-help author returns home to find that his mother is going to marry his childhood gym teacher who humiliated him for years. An HD DVD version will be available at a later date. War 1/1/08 12/5 $22.5 Action DVD $29.95, BD $39.99 Lionsgate. 2007. Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Devon Aoki, Matthew St. Patrick, Luis Guzman. An FBI agent obsessed with avenging the death of his partner finds himself in the middle of a gang war. Includes commentaries, vignettes, deleted scenes, a featurette and more. Illegal Tender 12/18 11/13 $3.1 Thriller DVD $29.98 Universal. 2007. Dania Ramirez, Tego Calderon, Wanda de Jesus, Rick Gonzalez, Manny Perez. A woman and her teenage son defend their home against the gangsters who killed her husband. Live-in Maid 12/4 11/6 $0.2 Drama DVD $26.98 Koch. 2007. Norma Aleandro, Norma Argentina. This festival favorite looks at how economics and class conflict affect the lives of two women. Includes a making-of documentary. In Spanish with English subtitles. December Boys 12/11 11/6 $0.05 Drama DVD $27.95 Warner. 2007. Daniel Radcliffe, Lee Cormie, Christian Byers, James Fraser. Based on the novel by Michael Noonan, a story of four orphans whose friendship is tested by a vacation at the sea. The Ritchie Boys 11/20 10/30 DTV Documentary DVD $26.95 Docurama. 2004. After escaping from war-torn Germany, a group of Jewish intellectuals return to Europe as U.S. soldiers to fight Hitler’s Third Reich in World War II. All or Nothing at All 11/27 10/30 Cable Drama DVD $29.98 Granny Running to DVD BFS. 1993. Hugh Laurie, Bob Monkhouse. Originally aired as a British miniseries, it is the story of a man’s fall from riches to ruin — addicted to gambling, seduced by his secretary and threatened by his corrupt boss. The Last Man on Earth 12/4 11/7 Re-release Horror DVD $14.98 Fox/MGM. 1964. Vincent Price. Based on Richard Matheson’s sci-fi novel I Am Legend, scientist Robert Morgan is the only human immune to the plague that transformed the population into zombies. Alone, he must find a way to survive. The Steve Martin Triple Feature 12/4 11/7 Re-release Comedy DVD $19.98 Lionsgate. The boxed set features three of Steve Martin’s comedies — L.A. Story, about a wacky weather man living in L.A.; All of Me, about an attorney possessed by his former client; and Novocaine, about a dentist who becomes smitten with a narcotics thief. Robin-B-Hood 12/25 11/13 DTV Action DVD $24.95 Genius/Weinstein. 2007. Jackie Chan. An unlucky gambler resorts to kidnapping to pay off his debts. Includes deleted scenes, featurettes, audio commentary and a making-of documentary. Murder in Mississippi 1/15/08 12/11 TV Drama DVD $14.97 Warner. 1990. Tom Hulce, Blair Underwood, Jennifer Grey. A recounting of the weeks leading up to the 1964 deaths of three Civil Rights activists in Mississippi. “Granny D,” star of the documentary Run Granny Run, attended a screening of the film in Keen, N.H. (L-R): Stephen Cabral of Ingram Entertainment, director Marlo Poras, Doris “Granny D” Haddock and Robert Messa of Arts Alliance America. Arts Alliance America releases Run Granny Run on DVD Nov. 6. (See review, page 19.) She’s Gotta Have It 1/15/08 12/19 Re-Release Comedy DVD $19.98 Fox/MGM. 1986. Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee. An attractive, young, sexually independent woman from Brooklyn juggles three suitors. * In order of box office, then prebook date 26 BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN Home Media Magazine October 28–November 3, 2007 hom102807_026.pgs 10.25.2007 20:25 ccoffey http://www.homemediamagazine.com

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