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ALIAS - THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON
[Alias Length: 968 minutes
Screen Formats: 1.78:1, 16x9
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Sides: 6 Discs
Extras:
Disc One:

  • Episode selection/Jump to any episode.
  • Episodes: "The Two," "Succession," "Reunion" and "A Missing Link."
  • Sneak Peeks for "Ladder 49," "The Alamo," "Felicity," "Jersey Girl," "Popular: First Season," "Around the World in 80 Days," "King Arthur," "Alias: The Fourth Season" and "Lost."
  • Audio commentary on "The Two."
  • DVD-ROM: Links to various Buena Vista Home Entertainment Sites.

    Disc Two:

  • Episode selection/Jump to any episode.
  • Episodes: "Repercussions," "The Nemesis," "Prelude" and "Breaking Point."
  • DVD-ROM: Links to various Buena Vista Home Entertainment Sites.

    Disc Three:

  • Episode selection/Jump to any episode.
  • Episodes: "Conscious," "Remnants," "Full Disclosure," "Crossings."
  • Audio commentary on : "Conscious" and "Full Disclosure."
  • Alias Script Scanner.
  • DVD-ROM: Links to various Buena Vista Home Entertainment Sites.

    Disc Four:

  • Episode selection/Jump to any episode.
  • Episodes: "After Six," "Blowback," "Façade" and "Taken."
  • Audio commentary on "Façade."
  • DVD-ROM: Links to various Buena Vista Home Entertainment Sites.

    Disc Five:

  • Episode selection/Jump to any episode.
  • Episodes: "The Frame," "Unveiled," "Hour Glass" and "Blood Ties."
  • The Museum of Television and Radio: Creating Characters.
  • DVD-ROM: Links to various Buena Vista Home Entertainment Sites.

    Disc Six:

  • Episode selection/Jump to any episode.
  • Episodes: "Legacy" and "Resurrection."
  • The Animated Alias: Tribunal -- An Unknown Chapter Of Sydney's Missing Two Years Revealed
  • Alias Up Close -- Behind The Scenes With The Cast And Crew.
  • Burbank to Barcelona -- Exclusive Production Featurette.
  • Blooper Reel.
  • Deleted Scenes.
  • Team Alias.
  • DVD-ROM: Links to various Buena Vista Home Entertainment Sites.

  • The mystery and excitement reach unimaginable heights in ALIAS' spectacular third season. Special Agent Sydney Bristow awakens to an all-new world of intrigue from the very first moment of episode one, and her life is turned upside down as the action accelerates through the season's final frame. It's "pure, crazy, spy-fantasy fun" raves the Boston Globe. Enjoy all 22 episodes in this amazing six-disc collection and get inside the action with a world of exclusive bonus features. "In its third season, this ABC series rewrites all the rules -- successfully" says the New York Daily News. It's addictive television at its best. (Studio Copy)

    Alias - The Complete Third Season is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    BABY EINSTEIN: BABY DA VINCI
    [Baby Length: 33 minutes
    Screen Formats: Full Screen
    Languages: English, French, Spanish
    Subtitles: None
    Sound: Stereo
    Sides: 1
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Discovery Cards - Instructional stills.
  • The Five Senses (less than 1 minute video).
  • 3 Puppet Shows (1+ minute).
  • Story Time with Mimi's Toes (1+ minute).
  • Toy Chest - Promo items.
  • BABY DA VINCI(TM): FROM HEAD TO TOE is a playful and engaging introduction to the body for babies and toddlers. Little ones will learn to identify their head, shoulders, knees, toes, and more in three languages! This fun and interactive exploration features delightful puppet shows, real images of children and animals, and famous paintings set to the beautiful music of Bach, Morley, and Vivaldi. (Studio Copy)

    Baby Einstein - Baby Da Vinci is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    BOY MEETS WORLD
    [Boy Length: 525 minutes
    Screen Formats: Full Screen
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English
    Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
    Sides: 3 Discs
    Extras:
  • Episode selection/Jump to any episode.
  • Running audio commentaries featuring cast and crew members episodes Cory's Alternative Friends, Class Pre-Union, Boy Meets Girl and Hair Today Goon Tomorrow.
  • Disc 1: Pilot, On the Fence, Father Knows Less, Cory's Alternative Friends, Killer Bees, Boys II Mensa and Grandma Was a Rolling Stone.
  • Disc 2: Teacher's Pet, Class Pre-Union, Santa's Little Helper, The Father/Son Game, Once in Love with Amy, She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not, The B-team of Life and Model Family.
  • Disc 3: Risky Business, The Fugitive, It's a Wonderful Night, Kid Gloves, The Play's the Thing, Boy Meets Girl, I Dream of Feeny and Bonus Episode from Season 4: Hair Today Goon Tomorrow.
  • Go back to the beginning with Cory, Topanga, Shawn, and all your favorite characters in BOY MEETS WORLD's hilarious first season. With the help of his family and his teacher, Mr. Feeny, Cory (Ben Savage) explores life, relationships, and the strange, wild world of sixth grade. Relive the laughs and excitement of all 22 original episodes, including the series pilot. In addition, enjoy an exclusive bonus episode and all-new audio commentary with the cast and crew. It's all the classic moments you remember ... and more. (Studio Copy)

    Boy Meets World - The Complete First Season is now available for purchase by clicking here .


    CLERKS
    [Clerks Length: 92 minutes
    Screen Formats: Full Screen
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English
    Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
    Sides: 3 Discs
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Original running audio commentary by Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier, Walter Flanagan, Brian O'Halloran, Jason Mewes, Vincent Pereira & Malcom Ingram.
  • Enhanced Playback Track (featuring trivia about the film).
  • Clerks Lost Scene - Animated Short (10+ minutes).
  • The Flying Car - 8+ minute short film.
  • MTV Spots with Jay & Silent Bob.
  • Theatrical trailer.
  • Music Video: Soul Asylum "Can't Even Tell."
  • Clerks Restoration (several segments about the audio and visual work).
  • Original Auditions (4 with an introduction).
  • Sneak Peeks for Miramax 25th Anniversary, "Jersey Girl," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," "Chasing Amy" and "Clerks Uncensored."
  • DVD-ROM: Enhanced Playback Track.
  • DVD-ROM: Screenplay Viewer.
  • Clerks: The First Cut Version (unrated version of the film).
  • 2004 Audio and Video Commentary by Kevin, Brian, Jeff, Mos and Mewes.
  • Snowball Effect: The Story of "Clerks" - 90+ minute documentary about the film.
  • Mae Day: The Crumbling Of A Documentary (11+ minutes).
  • 10th Anniversary Q&A (42+ minutes).
  • Outtakes from Snowball Effect (41+ minutes).
  • Still Photo Gallery.
  • Original Kevin Smith journals.
  • Articles and Reviews.
  • If you're in the market for wildly funny entertainment, CLERKS delivers with wholesale hilarity! It's one wacky day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys whose razor-sharp wit and on-the-job antics give a whole new meaning to customer service! Even while bracing a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, the clerks manage to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home, and straighten out their offbeat love lives! The boss is nowhere in sight, so you can bet anything can -- and will -- happen when these guys are left to run the store. (Studio Copy) Rated R

    Clerks (10th Anniversary Edition) is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    CROSSROADS
    [Crossroads]</TD Length: 99 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English, Japanese
    Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
    Sides: 1
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Previews for "You Got Served," "Silverado" and "The Karate Kid."
  • Young musical prodigy Eugene Martone (Ralph Macchio) is a classically trained guitarist studying at New York's Julliard School who becomes obsessed with early blues music. Intent on discovering the whereabouts of Robert Johnson's unpublished 30th song recorded 50 years prior, Eugene seeks out the legendary bluesman Willie Brown (Joe Seneca) at a Harlem nursing home.

    Willie promises to teach Eugene the song if the young man helps him get back to a Mississippi crossroads, where he can win back his soul from the Devil, which he sold in exchange for musical greatness many decades before.

    Making their way across the Mississippi Delta, the duo meets Frances (Jamie Gertz), a runaway who becomes a love interest for Eugene. In the end, the fate of Willie's soul will rely upon his young student to defeat the Devil's henchman (heavy metal virtuoso Steve Vai) in a climactic guitar battle. (Studio Copy)

    Following the success of "The Karate Kid," Hollywood wanted to make a star out of lead actor Ralph Macchio and the result was this 1986 film some two years later that incorporates some of the elements and themes from that earlier effort.

    While it has its moments - not to mention some great music and a fun electric guitar battle at the end featuring virtuoso Steve Vai of Frank Zappa and other fame - the film loosely plays with the blues legend of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the Devil for his musical prowess and only comes off as sporadically entertaining.

    Crossroads is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    EDDIE MURPHY: RAW
    [Eddie Length: 90 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English
    Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
    Sides: 1
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Uncensored. Uncut. Irresistible. Raw, the record-setting No. 1 concert film of all time, is Eddie Murphy doing what he does best: making people laugh. Filmed live at New York's Felt Forum, Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations; observations on '80s love, sex and marriage; a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

    Take a front-row center seat for the hottest show in town. The hottest comedian in recent entertainment history. And discover that Eddie Murphy's stand-up comedy performance is one stand-out comedy event. (Studio Copy)

    Directed by Robert Townsend, this 1987 concert film returned the then 26-year-old to the trappings where he honed his skills many years before. If you're a fan of the comedian in his prime and don't mind the language, slurs and other potentially offensive material, you may just find yourself laughing aloud a lot in this 90-some minute stage performance.

    Eddie Murphy Raw is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    HAPPY DAYS - THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
    [Happy Length: 383 minutes
    Screen Formats: Full Screen
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English
    Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
    Sides: 3 Discs
    Extras:
  • Episode selection/Jump to any Episode.
  • Disc One:
  • Episodes: All the Way, The Lemon, Richie's Cup Runneth Over, Guess Who's Coming to Visit, Hardware Jungle and The Deadly Dares.

  • Disc Two:
  • Episodes: Fonzie Drops In, The Skin Game, Breaking up is Hard to Do, Give the Band a Hand and Because She's There.

  • Disc Three:
  • Episodes: In the Name of Love, Great Expectations, The Best Man, Knock Around the Block and Be the First on Your Block.
  • Poodle skirts -- jukeboxes -- cars with soaring tail fins -- and rockin' and rollin' all week long. Those Happy Days are here again, on this three-disc, must-have DVD set! Join one of America's best-loved TV families -- the Cunninghams -- in the premiere season of this top-rated television series. Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard), "Potsie" Weber (Anson Williams), Ralph Malph (Donny Most) and "The Fonz" (Henry Winkler) head a brilliant comedic cast in this nostalgic, smash-hit TV sitcom.

    Arnold's Drive-In is their local hangout and meeting place, and lots of hilarious, memorable and classic adventures are the result. Take a trip back to a simpler time and relive all the fun, music and laughs of those good ol' Happy Days -- with this complete first season DVD collection. (Studio Copy)

    Fresh off the unexpected success of "American Graffiti" from the year earlier, Ron Howard - Opie Taylor to those who grew up with or just enjoyed watching him on "The Andy Griffith Show" -- embodied a somewhat similar lead character in this long-running sitcom that debuted in 1974. Of course, the show wasn't as hip or edgy as the film, but it tapped into the same nostalgic vein and became an immediate success.

    The fun in watching the first season is in how much more innocent and less formulaic these shows seemed compared to what followed, particularly when Winkler unexpectedly become the biggest cultural phenomenon anywhere in the world (he started off as just a somewhat menacing hood, but sans the legendary black leather jacket).

    Then there's the fact that the first season also contained Richie's older brother Chuck who was never heard from or referenced again in the show. The series also marked producer Garry Marshall's follow-up to "The Odd Couple" (another show borrowed from a film) and later went on to spawn three spin-offs ("Laverne & Shirley," "Mork & Mindy" and "Joannie Loves Chachi").

    If you're a fan of the original show or long for more innocent sitcoms from a decidedly more innocent era, this DVD collection will probably have you sticking your thumb up and saying, "Heyyyyy."

    Happy Days - The Complete First Season is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    HEARTLANDS
    [Heartlands]</TD Length: 91 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Sides: 1
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Sneak Peeks for Miramax 25th Anniversary and "Jersey Girl."
  • In the entertaining tradition of THE FULL MONTY, here's a delightfully funny story about the wild road trip that changes one man's life! Colin (Michael Sheen -- LAWS OF ATTRACTION) is a simple guy who had always meekly settled for the simple things in life. But it's not until his wife Sandra runs off with a friend (Jim Carter -- ELLA ENCHANTED) that Colin realizes just how good things might have been.

    Determined to win her back and jump-start his life, Colin hops on his trusty moped and embarks on a chaotic cross-country journey of discovery that opens his eyes to places he's never seen ... and introduces him to people he never expected to meet! Also starring Mark Addy (THE FULL MONTY) and Celia Imrie (BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY). (Studio Copy)

    Heartlandsis now available for purchase by clicking here.


    HILARY DUFF: THE GIRL CAN ROCK
    [Hilary Length: 120 minutes
    Screen Formats:Full Screen
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: None.
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Sides: 1 (Dual Layer)
    Extras:
  • Song selection/Jump to any song.
  • Hilary's New Album (5+ minutes).
  • The Tour (29+ minute look at putting together a tour).
  • The Come Clean Video (10+ minute look at filming the video).
  • Music Videos "Come Clean" and "So Yesterday Live."
  • Hilary on Air with Ryan Seacrest (8+ minutes).
  • Hilary Hangs Ten (1+ minute of Hilary surfing).
  • Photo Gallery.
  • Sneak Peeks for "A Cinderella Story" soundtrack and Lizzie McGuire on DVD.
  • Interactive DVD-ROM material including links.
  • Hit the road with Hilary Duff on her first concert tour and see what life is like on center stage. Hilary and her band rock out to all your favorite songs, including "Come Clean," "So Yesterday," Why Not," and "Metamorphosis." Get up close and personal with Hilary in revealing interviews, crazy behind-the-scenes moments, and special features -- including the making of her "Come Clean" music video!

    And you won't want to miss the exclusive sneak peek of Hilary recording her all-new album featuring "Crash World." Join Hilary as she explores new adventures as a rock star, and find out more about her life on and off the stage. Take a front row seat and get ready because The Girl Can Rock! (Studio Copy)

    Hilary Duff - The Concert - The Girl Can Rock is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    LAVERNE & SHIRLEY - THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
    [Laverne Length: 373 minutes
    Screen Formats: Full Screen
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English
    Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
    Sides: 3 Discs
    Extras:
  • Episode selection/Jump to any Episode.
  • Disc One:
  • Episodes: The Society Party, The Bachelor Party, Bowling for Razzberries, A Nun's Story and Falter at the Alter.

  • Disc Two:
  • Episodes: Dog Day Blind Dates, Once Upon a Rumor, One Flew Over Milwaukee, Dating Slump and It's the Water.

  • Disc Three:
  • Episodes: Fakeout out the Stakeout, Hi Neighbor, How Do You Say "Are You Dead" in German? From Suds to Stardom and Mother Knows Worst.
  • Give them any chance, they'll take it read them any rule, they'll break it! They're Laverne & Shirley (Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams), the hilarious female duo who work as bottlecappers at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    In Laverne & Shirley: The Complete First Season, you'll relive each laugh-filled moment in the premiere season of this wildly popular, best-loved sitcom, from its beginning as a spin-off from Happy Days to its triumph as an instant smash hit with TV audiences nationwide. A stellar supporting cast and sidesplitting situations are all part of the Laverne & Shirley hilarity presented on DVD in this three-disc set. From Lenny and Squiggy and Mrs. Babish to Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa and Boo-Boo Kitty, the gang's all here! (Studio Copy)

    Debuting two years after "Happy Days," this show stemmed from Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams' memorable guest spots on that earlier series and turned into its own pop hit. While it worked at the time (for younger, less discerning viewers), the show became more of a farce than a satire about two single women living together (and Eddie "Whatever Happened to" Mekka made for a poor Fonzie sort of character) and hasn't withstood the tests of time as has the earlier seasons of "Happy Days."

    Laverne & Shirley - The Complete First Season is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    THE LOST BOYS
    [The Length: 97 minutes
    Screen Formats: 2.35:1, 16x9
    Languages: English, French
    Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Sides: 2 Discs
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Running audio commentary by director Joel Schumacher.
  • The Lost Boys: A Retrospective - 23+ minute contemporary documentary about the film and its production.
  • Inside the Vampire's Cave - 18+ minute look at the film.
  • Vamping Out: The Undead Creations of Greg Cannom - 14+ minute segment about the special effects.
  • The Vampire's Photo Gallery - 10+ minute montage of stills.
  • Haimster and Feldog: The Story of the 2 Coreys -- 4+ minute segment about the two actors.
  • Multi-Angle Video Commentary by Corey Haim, Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander for three video streams.
  • The Lost Scenes - 15+ minutes of deleted scenes.
  • A World of Vampires - Interactive World Map of such creatures.
  • Music Video: Lou Gramm "Lost in the Shadows."
  • Theatrical trailer.
  • When their parents divorce, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam Emerson (Corey Haim) move with their mother to their grandfather's house in a California town nicknamed, "The Murder Capital of the World." Soon after arriving, Michael gets involved with a hell-raising motorcycle gang of vampires with a charismatic leader (Kiefer Sutherland).

    When Sam becomes involved with the Frog Brothers (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander), who confess to being undercover Vampire hunters, he realizes it's up to them to save Michael and the rest of the town from the vampire gang. (Studio Copy)

    From 1987 came this horror comedy that put a teenage spin on the classic monster genre. Director Joel Schumacher, working from a script by Janice Fischer, James Jeremias and Jeffrey Boam, starts off things well, with an intriguing premise of a family moving to a new town where the teenage son is drawn in by the local troublemakers (led by Sutherland).

    The fact that they're vampires adds a fun layer of complexity on the familiar setup and the overall film is conceived and shot to exude a certain cool look (no doubt helped by the fun and hip soundtrack).

    Yet, the fact that it features those two Coreys --- Haim and Feldman - and their related subplot, not to mention a horribly clichéd and overwrought Hollywood conclusion means that it's not as much fun - from a horror and/or black comedy standpoint - as it might have been.

    Even so, it's something of a guilty pleasure with decent performances from some of the performers, and as long as you can overlook its various problems, it's a rather entertaining diversion that sill stands up fairly well today.

    The Lost Boys (Two-Disc Special Edition) is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    THE MARTIN SCORSESE COLLECTION
    [After Length: 97 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English, French,
    Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
    Sides: 1 (Dual Layer)
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Running audio commentary by Martin Scorsese, Griffin Dunne, producer Amy Robinson, editor Thelma Schoonmaker and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.
  • Filming For Your Life - 18+ minute look at the film and its production.
  • Deleted Scenes (8+ minutes).
  • Theatrical Trailer.
  • After Hours
  • [Alice Length: 112 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English, French
    Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
    Sides: 1 (Dual Layer)
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Running audio commentary by Martin Scorsese, Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson.
  • Second Chances - 19+ minute featurette about the film and its production.
  • Theatrical Trailer.
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  • [Goodfellas]</TD Length: 145 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English, French
    Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Sides: 2 Discs
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Running Cast and Crew commentary featuring Martin Scorsese, Ray Liotta and other cast and crew members.
  • Running "Cop and Crook" commentary by Henry Hill and former FBI agent Edward McDonald.
  • List of Awards won by the film.
  • Getting Made - 29+ minute featurette about the film and its production.
  • The Workaday Gangster - 7+ minute segment about the less than glamorous side of mob life.
  • The Goodfellas Legacy - 13+ minute look at the legacy left by the film with various clips and interviews.
  • Paper is Cheaper Than Film - 4+ minute of storyboard to screen comparisons.
  • Theatrical trailer.
  • Goodfellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
  • [Mean Length: 112 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
    Sides: 1 (Dual Layer)
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Running audio commentary by Martin Scorsese and actress Amy Robinson.
  • Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block - 6+ minute period featurette about Scorsese and filming in New York.
  • Theatrical trailer.
  • Mean Streets (Special Edition)
  • [Who's Length: 90 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
    Sides: 1 (Dual Layer)
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Running audio commentary by Martin Scorsese and directorial assistant Mardik Martin.
  • From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of "Who's That Knocking at my Door" - 12+ minute segment about the film and its production.
  • Who's That Knocking at My Door?
  • AFTER HOURS:
    A bored, buttoned-up, button-down word processor (Griffin Dunne) sets out on a late-night date. He's about to become the punchline of a giant cosmic joke. Because different rules apply when it's After Hours. New York filmmaker Martin Scorsese takes a darkly comic look at his favorite city in this wild free-for-all that won him Best Director honors at the 1985 Independent Spirit Awards and the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.

    This tall tale of the ultimate bad night on the town offers juicy roles to Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, Cheech & Chong and others our hapless hero meets. Scorsese said Joseph Minion's tantalizing script was "like a Chinese puzzle." You'll howl as you put the pieces together. (Studio Copy)

    ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE:
    In her remarkable performance that won her the 1974 Best Actress Academy Award, Ellen Burstyn stars as widow Alice Hyatt, traveling in a packed station wagon with her son along a bump road to a new life. With Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, director Martin Scorsese is a much at home in the semi-rural Southwest as he is in the urban environs of his signature movies.

    He guides the "live a little, learn a lot" of Alice's odyssey with affection unmarred by sentiment and draws pitch-perfect performances from co-stars Kris Kristofferson, Alfred Lutter, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Vic Tayback and Oscar nominee Diane Ladd. It's a slice of life as real, funny and thought-provoking as you've ever seen. Or lived. (Studio Copy)

    GOODFELLAS:
    Based on the true-life best seller "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi and backed by a dynamic pop/rock oldies soundtrack, critic Roger Ebert declared GoodFellas "the best mob movie ever." It earned six Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director and was named 1990's 'Best Film' by the New York, Los Angeles and National Society of Film Critics. Scorsese was also awarded the Silver Lion Award in Venice.

    Robert De Niro received wide recognition for his performance as veteran criminal Jimmy "The Gent" Conway, and Joe Pesci, as the volatile Tommy DeVito, walked off with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar®. Academy Award® nominees Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino also turned in electrifying performances. GoodFellas explores the criminal life like no other movie. It's an electrifying, fact-inspired tale of living - and dying. (Studio Copy)

    MEAN STREETS:
    Mean Streets announced Martin Scorsese's arrival as a new filmmaking force - and marked his historic teaming with Robert De Niro. It's a story Scorsese lived, a semi-autobiographical tale of the first-generation sons and daughters of New York's Little Italy.

    Harvey Keitel plays Charlie, working his way up the ranks of a local mob. Amy Robinson is Teresa, the girlfriend his family deems unsuitable because of her epilepsy. And in the starmaking role that won Best Supporting Actor Awards from the New York and National Society of Film Critics, De Niro is Johnny Boy, a small-time gambler in big-time debt to loan sharks. (Studio Copy)

    WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR:
    For the movie world, a major talent was knocking: New York University graduate film student Martin Scorsese. Harvey Keitel plays J.R., an unemployed youth content to hang out with his buddies in New York's Little Italy. But love, in the person of a college-educated girl (Zina Bethune), soon throws J.R. into a turmoil that challenges his ways of looking at the neighborhood - and life itself. Scorsese went on to make such landmark films as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas. Each shows he's lost none of the fire and inventiveness seen here in his debut work. (Studio Copy)

    ANALYSIS:
    Rather than representing the director's entire work, this collection focuses on his releases for Warner Bros. and includes some of his earlier and less seen films, as well as some of his more acclaimed ones. In all, three of the five pictures make their debut on DVD in this collectors set.

    Starting with his first full-length feature, 1968's "Who's that Knocking at my Door" (released as "J.R" and marking the debut of Keitel), the set then jumps ahead five years to "Mean Streets," the film that definitely put both Scorsese and De Niro on the map.

    The following year brought "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," which was a departure for the filmmaker in terms of both genre and locale. The film not only won Burstyn an Oscar (and Ladd a nomination), but also inspired the popular but decidedly far more lowbrow sitcom "Alice" (that also starred Vic Tayback who continued his role as Mel).

    Following a string of acclaimed hits such as "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull," Scorsese went the black comedy route in "After Hours," a surreal, Twilight Zone-ish effort with a terrific cast. The set concludes with what's arguable his best film and certainly one of the better mob pictures ever made, "Goodfellas."

    Escaping from all of the controversy following "The Last Temptation of Christ," the filmmaker delivered the impeccably directed film that earned six Oscar nominations and turned lead actor Ray Liotta (who previously had a memorable part in "Field of Dreams") into a big star. While it's certainly not for the faint-hearted (due to the wanton violence), it's a brilliant piece of filmmaking.

    If you're a fan of Scorsese's works or just want to see how the filmmaker and his style evolved over the years, this is a definite must-have DVD set for your collection. We highly recommend it.

    The Martin Scorsese Collection is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    MY NAME IS MODESTY
    [My Length: 78 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Sides: 1 (Dual Layer)
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Creating the Ultimate Heroine: The Making of My Name is Modesty (13+ minutes).
  • A Conversation with Peter O'Donnell (52+ minutes).
  • A Conversation with Quentin Tarantino & Scott Spiegel (41+ minutes).
  • A Retrospective of Modesty Blaise Comics & Artwork (Still Gallery).
  • Running audio commentary by writers Lee Batchler & Janet Scott Batchler.
  • Running audio commentary by director Scott Spiegel & Producer Ted Nicolaou.
  • Sneak Peeks for Miramax 25th Anniversary.
  • Presented by Quentin Tarantino, MY NAME IS MODESTY is the thrilling adventure about a sexy spy who's skilled in the art of deception ... and the ways of revenge! Orphaned as a child and raised by a casino owner with ties to the mob, Modesty Blaise learned early on how to fight, steal, and spy. Once grown, she becomes the casino owner's bodyguard, but is ultimately unable to protect him from a murderous old enemy. Now, with vengeance on her mind, it's time for payback! Based on the popular "Modesty Blaise" series of graphic novels, it's a stylish big-screen adaptation full of action and suspense! (Studio Copy)

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    PURPLE RAIN
    [Purple Length: 111 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English, French
    Subtitles: English
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Sides: 2 Discs
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Running audio commentary by director Albert Magnoli, producer Robert Cavallo, and director of photography Donald.
  • Prince: The Trailers (for "Purple Rain," "Under the Cherry Moon" and "Graffiti Bridge."
  • First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty - 12+ minute look at the club.
  • Purple Rain: Backstage Pass - 29+ minute featurette about the film and artist.
  • Riffs, Ruffles and a Revolution: The Impact and Influence of Purple Rain -10+ minute segment about the film's legacy.
  • MTV Premiere Party - 27+ minute original program.
  • Purple Rain: The Videos (8 Music Videos).
  • With MTV becoming a cultural phenomenon, it wasn't surprising that a pop star at the top of his game made his big screen debut in a film designed for those who loved music videos. The year was 1984, the star was Prince and the movie was "Purple Rain."

    Although he and director Albert Magnoli claimed that the film wasn't autobiographical (as related to Prince), there's little doubt that the story of "The Kid" who rises to fame in the clubs of Minneapolis was modeled after the 26-year-old.

    The drama - featuring the "troubled soul" protagonist who must overcome his personal problems and tendency to follow his abusive father's ways of treating the ladies - isn't anything particularly special. In fact, it's often forced and melodramatic.

    The musical numbers, which are really gussied up music videos, however, are spectacular and filled with great and energetically performed and filmed songs. While it all seems rather quaint compared to today's offerings, the film should please fans of the star who want to rekindle their memories of old or see what the star was like in his early days.

    Purple Rain (20th Anniversary Edition) is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    SHAOLIN SOCCER
    [Shaolin Length: 89 & 112 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English, French, Chinese
    Subtitles: English, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Sides: 1 (Dual Layer)
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Original Chinese version or U.S. Theatrical version.
  • With tons of action, eye-popping special effects, and nonstop laughs, here's a hilarious martial arts comedy about a team of misfits who take their best shot at winning a championship! Sing is a skilled Shaolin kung fu devotee whose amazing "leg of steel" catches the eye of a soccer coach! Together they assemble a squad of Sing's former Shaolin brothers inspired by the big-money prize in a national soccer competition! Using an unlikely mix of martial arts and newfound soccer skills, it seems an unbeatable combination ... until they must face the dreaded Team Evil in the ultimate battle for the title! (Studio Copy)

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    STAR TREK GENERATIONS
    [Star Length: 117 minutes
    Screen Formats: 2.35:1, 16x9
    Languages: English, French
    Subtitles: English
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS
    Sides: 2 Discs
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Running audio commentary by Brannon Braga and Ron Moore.
  • Text commentary by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda.
  • The Star Trek Universe (A Tribute to Matt Jefferies, The Enterprise Lineage, Captain Picard's Family Album and Creating 24th Century Weapons).
  • Production (Uniting Two Legends, Stellar Cartography: Creating the Illusion and Strange New Worlds: The Valley of Fire).
  • Visual Effects (Inside ILM: Model and Miniatures and Crashing the Enterprise).
  • Scene Deconstruction (Main Title Sequence, The Nexus Ribbon and Saucer Crash Sequence).
  • Deleted Scenes (Orbital Skydiving, Walking the Plank, Christmas with the Picards and an Alternate Ending).
  • Archives (Storyboards and Production GalleryA).
  • Teaser and Theatrical trailers.
  • Stardate: the 23rd Century. Retired Starfleet officers James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Montgomery Scott (James Doohan) and Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) are guests of honor aboard the newly christened Enterprise-B. A test run takes an unexpected turn, however, when the starship encounters two vessels trapped inside the Nexus, a mysterious energy ribbon. During a perilous rescue attempt, Kirk is swept out into space.

    Seven decades later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of Enterprise-D rescue an El Aurian physicist named Soran (Malcolm McDowell). Unbeknownst to Picard, Soran harbors a deadly plan that includes the destruction of the Enterprise and millions of lives. Now Picard's only hope for a future rests within the Nexus... and a legendary captain from the past. (Studio Copy)

    The quintessential cinematic passing of the torch, this 1994 effort marked the crossover between the films starring the cast from the original "Star Trek" TV series and subsequent six pictures, and those featuring the cast of the "Next Generation" TV show (and subsequent films).

    Diehard fans of both obviously enjoyed the thought of pairing Kirk and Picard (what with the melodrama and Shakespearean style acting styles ready to clash). Yet, the weak script - and apparent curse of the odd-numbered films (where the best are the even numbered ones) - make this a bittersweet final, final farewell to Kirk and company (a few from movie #6 wisely chose not to return for this effort).

    While it looks great and has its moments, it's clearly not one of the better films in the series and probably isn't how fans wanted to see the original cast members fly off into the sunset of space (once again).

    Star Trek Generations (Special Edition) is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL SERIES - THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
    [Star Length: 1461 minutes
    Screen Formats: Full Screen
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Sides: 8 Discs
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Preview Trailers for each episode.
  • Text commentary by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda on "Where No Man Has Gone Before," "The Menagerie, Part I," The Menagerie, Part II" and "The Conscience of the King."
  • The Birth of a Timeless Legacy - 24+ minute featurette about the show, its creation and more.
  • Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner -- 10+ minute short about the actor's post-trek life.
  • To Boldly Go…Season One - 19 minute look at the show's start and first season.
  • Reflections on Spock - 12+ minute look at the character.
  • Sci-Fi Visionaries - 16+ minute segment about the show's sci-fi element.
  • Photo Log.
  • Finally, and for the first time ever, the complete landmark, epic sci-fi television series, Star Trek is available in a complete set on DVD. In these definitive collector's boxed sets with completely remastered sound, fans of the landmark series can finally own and enjoy the entire first season, featuring hours of new and never-before-seen bonus features. Season One is an 8-disc set that includes all 28 first run episodes and exclusive retrospective featurettes that are out of this world! (Studio Copy)

    While the seminal sci-fi show's individual episodes have been available on various 2-disc sets, this is the first time they've been offered in a complete season collection. Coupled with some good documentaries about the show and its first season, this is a must-have DVD set for anyone who was or still is a fan of the show that may not have completed its 5-year mission, but forever changed how sci-fi was viewed on TV and in the movies.

    THE MAN TRAP
    When the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM's landing party arrives on planet M113 to give a routine medical examination to Robert and Nancy Crater, a nightmare unfolds when several members die, every trace of salt mysteriously removed from their bodies. Since McCoy was once deeply in love with Nancy, he's especially concerned for her safety. However, the real Nancy Crater is already dead; a being has taken her form and needs salt to survive. Because Crater's supply is gone it has only one source - the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

    CHARLIE X
    The cargo ship Antares transfers Charlie Evans (Robert Walker, Jr.) to the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM on his way to Alpha Five Colony. Orphaned fourteen years before, Charlie learned to survive on his own. Or did he? His parents crashed on a world inhabited by legendary beings. When the Antares is destroyed and crew members vanish, Kirk realizes Charlie is responsible but has little control over his deadly powers. Special treats: Spock playing his Vulcan lyre, Uhura singing, and Thanksgiving aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.

    WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE
    The flight recorder of the 200-year-old U.S.S. Valiant relays a tale of terror - a magnetic storm at the edge of the galaxy. As the Enterprise nears the same barrier, Kirk elects to probe beyond its depths with disastrous results. Kirk's closest friend Lt. Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood) is affected. When Mitchell's mutating ESP abilities threaten the safety of his ship, Kirk must make an agonizing decision: maroon Mitchell on a desolate planet or kill him while he still can. However, as one friendship dies, another is just beginning...

    THE NAKED TIME
    Sent to pick up a research team, the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM finds the scientists dead. One of the landing party brings the disease back to the crew, forcing suppressed emotions to the surface. Sulu becomes a modern day D'Artagnan. Lt. Kevin Riley shuts down the engines. Spock and Kirk are also affected. In one of the series' most powerful scenes, they help each other overcome their inner fears. Kirk races against time before the ship is pulled into the disintegrating planet.

    THE ENEMY WITHIN
    A transporter malfunction causes Kirk to be split into separate beings: one compassionate, the other savage. Spock and McCoy suffer along with their friend as Kirk confronts a side of his nature no man should see. His only hope for survival is to reunite his two selves. But Kirk's passive half is losing the ability to make decisions, and a stranded landing party is slowly freezing to death on the planet below. This episode marks the birth of the Vulcan neck pinch and McCoy's now classic line, "He's dead, Jim."

    MUDD'S WOMEN
    Kirk beams aboard the crew of a vessel destroyed by asteroids, but at a price. All but one of the Enterprise's lithium crystals have burned out. The commander of the destroyed transport is Harry Mudd (Roger C. Carmel), scoundrel and space pirate. His cargo: three hypnotically beautiful women who immediately disrupt the normal workings of the ship. Kirk heads for Riegel 12, a lithium mining colony. But Mudd secretly contacts the miners and Kirk discovers they will only trade the lithium for Mudd's Women.

    WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
    The EnterpriseTM is assigned to discover what has become of Dr. Roger Korby, the "Pasteur of Archaeological Medicine." There's been no word from him for five years.

    MIRI
    When Kirk and a landing party beam down to a planet that's identical to Earth, they find a city in decay inhabited by 300-year-old "children."

    DAGGER OF THE MIND
    While delivering supplies to a penal colony, an inmate escapes to the EnterpriseTM and demands sanctuary.

    THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
    Whlie on a star-charting mission, the EnterpriseTM encounters a radioactive cube. When Kirk is forced to destroy it, an enormous ship appears, commanded by the ominous Balok (Clint Howard). Balok condemns the Enterprise crew to death, and seeing no escape, Kirk chances a desperate bluff. Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy debuts in this episode and the beloved triad of Kirk's leadership, Spock's logic, and McCoy's humanity is now complete.

    THE MENAGERIE PARTS I AND II
    Spock hijacks the EnterpriseTM and risks death to help his former captain, Christopher Pike, who has been paralyzed and disfigured in a horrible accident.

    THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
    After Kirk beams up actor Anton Karidian, deadly accidents occur aboard the starship. Could Karidian be Kodos the Executioner?

    BALANCE OF TERROR
    Federation outposts destroyed by Romulans! It's a game of cat and mouse for Kirk and the Romulan commander (Mark Lenard), whose cloaking device renders his ship invisible - and very deadly! How long can Kirk protect the U.S.S. Enterprise from his unseen enemy? This is our first look at the Romulans, and we'll learn why they mysteriously resemble the Vulcans.

    SHORE LEAVE
    A White Rabbit, Don Juan and a Samurai Warrior? These strange sights await Kirk and the crew when they beam down for shore leave on a mysterious planet.

    THE GALILEO SEVEN
    Spock learns the trials of command when Kirk sends him, along with Scotty, McCoy and a shuttlecraft crew, to investigate a quasar-like phenomenon.

    THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
    En route to Colony Beta Six, the EnterpriseTM is trapped in orbit around an uncharted planet - a planet run by a strange but powerful being.

    ARENA
    While pursuing a ship that destroyed a Starfleet base, Kirk intrudes into the territory of the highly advanced Metrons, who decide to settle the conflict.

    TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
    When a black star sends the EnterpriseTM back in time to the 20th-century, the starship is spotted as a UFO.

    COURT MARTIAL
    Kirk's reputation and career are at stake when he faces a court-martial for negligence that resulted in the death of a crew member.

    THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
    When the EnterpriseTM visits Beta III to learn what happened to the U.S.S. Archon a century ago, Kirk and company find a planet of blissful people controlled by an omniscient ruler.

    SPACE SEED
    Captain Kirk matches wits with a race of supermen led by the tyrant Khan.

    A TASTE OF ARMAGEDDON
    Kirk and Spock become involved in a clean and orderly war in which the targets are determined by computers.

    THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
    Omicron Ceti III's colonists should have been killed by deadly Berthold rays, yet Kirk finds a group of mysteriously healthy colonists - and Spock falls in love!

    THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
    Kirk and Spock beam down to investigate when an unknown monster roaming the tunnels of Janus VI kills more than fifty miners.

    ERRAND OF MERCY
    Kirk and his crew come face to face with Klingons, and both learn the meaning of war when beings from the planet Organia interfere.

    THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR
    The EnterpriseTM takes on board a man with a dual personality. It is soon discovered that there are really two of them - one with the power to destroy the universe!

    THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
    An accidentally drugged McCoy, lost in time, causes a change in history requiring Kirk and Spock to go back in time to set things straight. Arriving in 1930, Kirk falls in love with Edith Keeler (Joan Collins), only to learn that for time to return to normal she must die.

    OPERATION-ANNIHILATE!
    Kirk finds his brother Sam dead, and the people of the planet Deneva are victims of an epidemic of mass insanity.

    Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete First Season is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    THE THREE MUSKETEERS
    [The Length: 68 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.78:1, 16x9
    Languages: English, French, Spanish
    Subtitles: English
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS
    Sides: 1 (Dual Layer)
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Deleted Scenes (4+ minutes with optional commentary).
  • Music & More - Music Video "Three is a Magic Number" and Disney's Song Selection.
  • Games & Activities - Opera-Toon-Ity (Build your own opera) and The Many Hats of Mickey (explore Mickey's film career).
  • Backstage Disney - Cast Commentary and Get the Scoop (9+ minute look at the film and its production).
  • Sneak Peeks for "Mickey's Twice a Christmas," "Aladdin Special Edition," "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride," "Mulan Special Edition," "Home on the Range," "Disney's House of Mouse," "Disney Princess" and "Disney's Magical Quest 2."
  • Classic Disney characters and a classic story unite for a colorful and witty new comic adventure" (Gerry Putzer, New York Daily News) in the musical, full-length movie based on the timeless tale "The Three Musketeers."

    Best buddies Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are small-time janitors with big dreams of becoming Musketeers. Their lives are turned upside down when Peg-Leg Pete, captain of the Musketeers, and his sinister lieutenant Clarabelle use them in a dastardly plot to rid the kingdom of Princess Minnie -- the only mouse standing in Pete's way of the throne. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy may not look like heroes, but they have a surprise for Pete.

    Powered by teamwork and friendship, they soon learn that they can accomplish anything if they work together. Packed with swashbuckling action and six rousing songs -- featuring comical spins on classical music by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and others -- this exciting musical comedy is sure to be a hit with the entire family. (Studio Copy)

    The Three Musketeers is now available for purchase by clicking here.


    TRACK DOWN
    [Track Length: 96 minutes
    Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English, Spanish
    Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Sides: 1
    Extras:
  • Scene selection/Jump to any scene.
  • Behind the Kevin Mitnick Story (8+ minutes).
  • Sneak Peeks for Miramax 25th Anniversary, "Jersey Girl" and "The Ladykillers."
  • Based on an incredible true story, this intense high-tech crime thriller features Skeet Ulrich (SCREAM), Donal Logue (TV's GROUNDED FOR LIFE), and Russell Wong (TWISTED) in an amazing all-star cast! For years Kevin Mitnick (Ulrich) -- the most notorious computer hacker in the nation -- had eluded Federal agents while using the latest electronic gadgetry to break into countless computers and gain access to sensitive and valuable information.

    But when he breaches the system of leading computer crimes expert Tsutomu Shimomura (Wong), it sets off an epic chase through cyberspace between a pair of hard-driven geniuses operating on different sides of the law! Also starring Tom Berenger (TV's PEACEMAKER), Christopher McDonald (SPY KIDS 2), Master P (HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE) and Amanda Peet (THE WHOLE TEN YARDS) in this electrifying modern adventure! (Studio Copy)

    Track Down is now available for purchase by clicking here.


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