Home Media Magazine - November 25-December 1, 2007 - (Page 19)

www.homemediamagazine.com REVIEWS The packaging is based on an attaché case that perfectly incorporates the espionage theme of the show. It contains boxed sets for all four seasons plus two bonus discs that feature mostly promotional material, but also extra interviews and the amusing “Tom and Jerry” cartoon spoof “The Mouse From H.U.N.G.E.R.” A real treat for fans is the original series pilot, called “Solo,” which was shot in color and features another actor as Waverly. The set also includes a reunion interview with McCallum and Vaughn, who admits he originally took the job without actually reading the pilot script and bluffing his way through a meeting with the producer. Series director Richard Donner (Superman, Lethal Weapon) also figures heavily in the extras. Included is the 1966 offshoot movie One Spy Too Many, but the set does not include any trace of the spinoff “The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.” Fans can order the boxed set through Time Life’s Web site, manfromuncledvd.com; the DVDs will be available at retail after fall 2008. – John Latchem I THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.: THE COMPLETE SERIES about all the great guest stars who appeared on the show over the years, Street 11/27 including Ricardo Montalban, BarTime Life/Warner, Action, $249.99 41-DVD set, NR. bara Feldon of “Get Smart” and a Stars Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll. 13-year-old Kurt Russell. The first season, in black and white, he boxed set for “The Man offered relatively serious spy fiction in From U.N.C.L.E.” is about the mold of the Bond films, which was as extensive as they come, loaded with enough bonus materials to make it a must-have for any fan of the 1964-68 spy series. The nostalgia appeal is obvious, but fans of the James Bond films and similar fare may want to check it out as well. The show about a multinational intelligence agency starred Vaughn as dapper secret agent Napoleon Solo, McCallum as his sidekick, Illya Kuryakin, and Carroll as their boss, Alexander Waverly. Each episode featured a different guest star as an innocent bystander caught up in the wild adventure. no surprise considering Bond creator “Star Trek” fans should get a kick Ian Fleming had been attached to the out of the first-season episode “The show early in its development. In later Project Strigas Affair,” which fea- seasons, under different producers, tures an early pairing of William the show devolved into near self-paroShatner and Leonard Nimoy. In fact, dy in an attempt to imitate the success each disc includes a nifty featurette of the campy “Batman” series. T I INTIMATE AFFAIRS Prebook 11/27; Street 12/26 Universal/Screen Media, Comedy, $24.98 DVD, ‘R’ for strong sexual content, including dialogue and nudity. Stars Dermot Mulroney, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, Nick Nolte, Terrence Howard, Julie Delpy. I ntimate Affairs has a cast of top-shelf talent, beautiful cinematography, period costumes and set designs that draw the viewer into this Bohemian world of sexual exploration from the start. In the 1920s before the Depression, Edgar (Mulroney) is a former member of psychological academia bent on a clinical approach to examining the heterosexual male libido. To keep his male subjects focused, Edgar hires two female stenographers and has them wear suggestive outfits. Alice (Campbell) plays a bookish virgin seemingly shocked by each male fantasy, while Zoe (Tunney) appears to be more experienced than most of the men involved in this carnal endeavor. Edgar’s restrictive clinical approach gets derailed almost from the start when one of the subjects (Alan Cumming) discusses his desire for young boys and a childhood sexual experimentation with a puppy. Edgar also must contend with the interference of Faldo (Nolte), the wealthy businessman who owns the house where this research is conducted, and Oscar (Jeremy Davies), an independent filmmaker. Edgar’s weakness seems to be his overwhelming desire for a “succubus,” the mythical female demon who makes love to men in the night in order to steal their seed so that no woman can have them. The best summary may be from Edgar himself: “Sex has nothing to do with love. Love is a lightning bolt from the blue … isn’t it?” – Brett Sporich Acclaimed director Lars von Trier (Dogville, The Five Obstructions) presents Series Two of his supernatural thriller set inside Denmark’s most esteemed but cursed medical institution. Malicious forces are once again at work as the hospital’s restless spirits become even more entwined with the eccentric staff and residents. Resuming after the birth “Little Brother,” the deformed offspring of demon-doctor Aage Krüger (Udo Kier), these four episodes will propel you deeper into the madness and evil that dwells within The Kingdom. KLF-DV-3093 • UPC: 7-41952-30939-0 • ISBN: 1-4172-0109-6 • SRP: $29.98 • 2 DVD Set Danish with English subtitles • Dolby Digital • 4x3 • 291 minutes • Genre: Thriller • Production Year: 1997 DVD EXTRAS: “Lars von Trier’s Kingdom” documentary, selected audio commentary, bonus music video, bloopers aspiring singer. After an intense, maybe overbearing courtship, he wins her over. Will invites her to move in with him and they embark on what winds up being a rocky relationship plagued by personal doubts about themselves, each other and their backgrounds. The production impressively (for its modest budget) moves the action from NYC to Connecticut, Texas and an extended sequence in Mexico as it documents the romantic roller coaster that is so often the case in young love between young adults. Oddly free-flowing and compelling at the same time, Hawke’s film impresses on so many levels — not the least of which involves the uniformly awesome performances of his cast of Oscar nominees (Linney, Braga, Williams, Moreno and even Hawke himself) all in nearly career-best form and, holding it all together in a starmaking turn, the criminally lesser-known Webber. – David Greenberg • Advertising with Rue Morgue, Videoscope and DVD Talk • Extensive internet editorial and publicity outreach NATIONAL MARKETING AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN The Kingdom: Series One* KLF-DV-3044 • UPC: 7-41952-30449-4 ISBN: 1-4172-0023-5 • SRP: $19.98 • 2 DVD Set The Kingdom: Series One / Series Two KLF-DV-3153 • UPC: 7-41952-31539-1 ISBN: 1-4172-0169-X • SRP: $44.98 • 4 DVD Set WATCH THE KINGDOM CLIPS AT WWW.KOCHCLIPS.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.KOCHB2B.COM November 25–December 1, 2007 Home Media Magazine 19 Pre-Book Date: 12/11/07 • Street Date: 1/8/08 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://manfromuncledvd.com http://WWW.KOCHCLIPS.COM http://www.kochb2b.com

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