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Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
THE HOLE STORY (CINEMA LIBRE) 8-28 9-25 DVD $24.95

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Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
LUCKY YOU (WARNER) now 9-18 DVD $29.98
Drama: Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall and Eric Bana star in this $5.8 million-grossing movie about a pro gambler who finds love. Bonuses: making-of featurettes, deleted scenes.
DEATH PROOF (WEINSTEIN/GENIUS) 8-7 9-18 DVD $29.95
Comedy: Kurt Russell stars as a stuntman turned serial killer in Quentin Tarantino’s limited-release movie, which is released in its unrated extended cut with 30 minutes of extra footage. Bonuses: featurettes, poster gallery.
ALEXANDER REVISITED: THE FINAL CUT (WARNER) 8-14 9-18 BD or HD $28.99
Action: Oliver Stone’s 2004 movie about the King of Macedonia arrives on high-def. Bonuses: director’s introduction, documentary, featurettes, behind-the-scenes footage, Web-enabled features, commentaries.
NEXT (PARAMOUNT) 8-14 9-25 DVD $29.99, BD or HD $39.99
Action: Nicolas Cage stars as a magician who can see into the future in this $18 million-grossing movie, which also stars Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel. Bonuses: featurettes.
CRAZYLOVE (MTI) 8-21 9-18 DVD $24.95
Dramatic comedy: When a woman is temporarily institutionalized, she falls in love with another patient in this TV movie. Bonuses: commentary, bios.
I TRIED (VIVENDI VISUAL) 8-28 9-25 DVD $19.95
Drama: A look at what would have happened to the members of rap group Bone Thugs N’ Harmony if they never went to Los Angeles to join the music industry.
RED WITHOUT BLUE (CINEMA LIBRE) 8-28 10-2 DVD $24.95
Documentary: Identical twins struggle in their relationship when one of them wants to change his gender. Bonuses: deleted scenes, interviews, special performance.
BLACK SHEEP (WEINSTEIN/GENIUS) 8-28 10-9 DVD $24.95
Horror: In this limited-release movie, when a man experiments with genetic engineering, sheep become blood-thirsty killers. Bonuses: deleted scenes, blooper reel, commentary, making-of featurette.
THE REEF (WEINSTEIN/GENIUS) 8-28 10-9 DVD $19.95
Animated: A young guppy fish (voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr.) moves to the coral reef after his family is netted by fishers in this DVD premiere. Bonuses: commentary, storyboard gallery.
RAPTUROUS (TLA) 9-4 10-2 DVD $19.99
Horror: In this DVD premiere, a white rapper who takes mind-altering drugs begins to have murderous hallucinations. Bonuses: commentary, making-of featurette, outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage.
PLANET TERROR (WEINSTEIN/GENIUS) 9-4 10-16 DVD $29.95
Horror: Robert Rodriguez’s movie stars Rose McGowan as a go-go girl who tries to save the world from flesh-eating zombies. Bonuses: commentary, deleted scenes, featurette.
HITLER: THE RISE OF EVIL (KOCH VISION) 9-11 10-9 DVD $29.98
Drama: Robert Carlyle stars as Adolf Hitler in this TV miniseries, which also stars Stockard Channing, Liev Schreiber and Peter O’Toole. Bonuses: documentaries.
THE SAM KATZMAN COLLECTION (SONY) 9-13 10-16 DVD $24.95
Horror: The producer’s The Giant Claw, Zombies of Mora Tau, Creature With the Atom Brain and The Werewolf all make their DVD debut. Bonuses: original trailers, shorts, Katzman’s 1951 Mysterious Island.
CHRISTMAS DO-OVER (SONY) 9-18 10-16 DVD $24.96
Drama: This TV movie stars Jay Mohr as a modern-day Scrooge who must re-live Christmas over and over again.
DIRECTOR’S SERIES: STANLEY KUBRICK (WARNER) 9-18 10-23 DVD $79.92
Boxed set: This six-film, 10-disc set contains 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and documentary A Life in Pictures. Each title also will be available individually (DVD $26.99 each, BD or HD $28.99 each). A Life in Pictures, along with Lolita and Barry Lyndon, will be available for $19.97 on standard-def only. Bonuses: commentaries, documentaries, interviews, featurettes, TV spots.
SHREK THE THIRD (DREAMWORKS/PARAMOUNT) 9-18 11-13 DVD $29.99
Comedy: When Fiona’s father dies, Shrek is next in line for the throne in this $319.8 million-grossing movie. Bonuses: commentary, additional scenes, making-of featurettes, music videos, trailers, DVD-ROM.
CHINATOWN SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION (PARAMOUNT) 9-25 11-6 DVD $14.99
Thriller: Roman Polanski’s 1974 film stars Jack Nicholson as a private detective investigating a woman’s cheating husband. Bonuses: featurettes.
SAW III: DIRECTOR’S CUT (LIONSGATE) 9-26 10-23 DVD $26.98
Horror: City detectives try to capture Jigsaw, who plays cruel, intricate games on his victims. Also available on that day will be Saw Trilogy (DVD $49.98), which contains all three films in the franchise. Bonuses: commentaries, trivia game, music video, featurettes, sneak peek of Saw IV.
EDVARD MUNCH (NEW YORKER) 9-27 10-30 DVD $39.95
Foreign-language biopic: Peter Walkins’ 1974 Norwegian film about the artist; with English subtitles. Bonuses: documentaries, footage by Munch, collector’s booklet.
SPIDER-MAN 3 (SONY) 9-27 10-30 DVD or PSP $28.97, two-disc $36.95, BD $49.95
Action: Tobey Maguire reprises his role as Peter Parker, who wrestles with his superhero identity in the $336 million-grossing movie. Also being released on that day will be trilogy sets (DVD $38.96, BD $98.95) of all three Spider-Man movies. Bonuses: bloopers, photo galleries, music video, commentaries; two-disc and BD editions also have featurettes.
LEADING LADIES COLLECTION VOL. 2 (WARNER) 10-2 11-6 DVD $49.92
Boxed set: Five films starring such actresses as Joanna Woodward, Susan Hayward, Jacqueline Bisset: A Big Hand for the Little Lady, I’ll Cry Tomorrow, Rich and Famous, Shoot the Moon and Up the Down Staircase. All titles also will be available individually (DVD $19.97) on that day. Bonuses: TV excerpts, newsreels, vintage footage, featurette, commentary.
CIA: EXILED (UNIVERSAL) 10-16 11-13 DVD $24.98
Thriller: CSI’s William Petersen stars in this DVD premiere about an ex-CIA operative exiled to a Caribbean island.



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Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
CRACKER: A NEW TERROR (ACORN) 8-28 9-25 DVD $24.99
Crime: The last episode of the series starring Robbie Coltrane as forensic psychologist Dr. Edward Fitzgerald. Bonuses: retrospective documentary.
DEGRASSI HIGH: THE COMPLETE SERIES (WGBH BOSTON) 9-11 10-9 DVD $49.95
Drama: The Canadian teen drama continues as the characters become high schoolers. Bonuses: materials for educators, pop quizzes, extra episode, computer wallpaper.
STARGATE SG-1: THE COMPLETE SERIES (MGM/FOX) 9-12 10-9 DVD $299.98
Sci-fi: This 54-disc set contains all 214 episodes of the long-running series about a secret military team exploring other worlds using the StarGates.
THE SUPER POWERS TEAM: GALACTIC GUARDIANS (WARNER) 9-18 10-23 DVD $26.99
Animated: The final eight episodes of the Super Friends series featuring Adam West as the voice of Batman.
ANGEL COLLECTOR’S SET (FOX) 10-3 10-30 DVD $139.98
Supernatural drama: Joss Whedon’s vampire series starring David Boreanaz arrives in a 30-disc collector’s box containing all 110 episodes. Bonuses: letter from Whedon, collectible booklet.



Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
TOM AND JERRY SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION VOL. 3 (WARNER) now 9-11 DVD $26.99
Animated: The cat and mouse are featured in 35 classic cartoons. Bonuses: featurette, film short.
IMPROVISATION (EAGLE ROCK) 8-10 9-4 DVD $19.98
Music: This two-disc set features footage of jazz musicians Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and others as well as the Oscar-nominated film Jammin’ the Blues.
TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME (EAGLE VISION) 8-10 9-18 DVD $14.98
Music: Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson’s live performance in Montreal. Bonuses: interviews, backstage and making-of footage, bonus tracks, photo gallery.
FRESH AS A SWEET SUNDAY MORNING (MVD VISUAL) 8-14 9-18 DVD $19.95
Music: British folk musician Bert Jansch’s performance at Sheffield Memorial Hall in 2006.
JAZZ JUNE: THE SCARS TO PROVE IT (MVD VISUAL) 8-14 9-18 DVD $16.95
Music: Jazz June’s 11-song performance at the North Star in Philadelphia in 2007. Bonuses: extra footage, more tracks.
CASPER MEETS WENDY: FAMILY FUN EDITION (FOX) 8-15 9-11 DVD $19.98
Children: Casper befriends Wendy the witch (voiced by Hilary Duff), who is hiding from an evil warlock. Bonuses: mockumentary, featurettes, TV spots, photo gallery, games.
TAE BO AMPED ROCKIN’ 2 PACK (GAIAM) 8-21 10-2 DVD $19.98
Fitness: This two-disc set contains Tae Bo Rockin’ Abs and Tae Bo Rockin’ Buns on one disc and Tae Bo Sculpt Express on the other.
ROBERT KLEIN: THE HBO SPECIALS 1975-2005 (SRO/KULTUR) 8-28 9-25 DVD $39.99
Box set: This four-disc set contains all eight of the comedian’s stand-up specials. Bonuses: interview with Klein.
QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL SPECIAL EDITION (EAGLE ROCK) 10-5 10-30 DVD $14.98
Music: The band’s 1981 sold-out shows at Montreal’s Forum. Also available will be a two-pack (DVD price TBA) with Live Aid, featuring Queen’s performance in 1985. Bonuses: unreleased footage, interview, commentary.


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