UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO UNLEASHES A SLATE OF

TIMELESS TERRORIZING THRILLERS

ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2001

20TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE OF NEWLY REMASTERED
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
LEADS SLATE OF UNIVERSAL THRILLERS

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., June 8, 2001 -- On September 18, 2001, Universal Studios Home Video will unlock its vault to unleash an unparalleled selection of heart-pounding entertainment with a comprehensive slate of Universal thrillers. Leading the slate is the first time DVD release of An American Werewolf in London Collector's Edition, coinciding with the 20^th anniversary of the landmark John Landis directed horror/comedy film and available for $26.98 suggested retail. Additional new to DVD titles include the Play Misty for Me Collector's Edition ($24.98 SRP), marking the 30^th anniversary of Clint Eastwood's directorial debut; the classic Cape Fear (1962) starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum for $24.98 SRP; Cape Fear (1991), the critically-acclaimed remake directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Nick Nolte and Robert DeNiro for $26.98 SRP; the Coen Brothers' celebrated Blood Simple for $24.98 SRP; and the scarifying Halloween II for $24.98 SRP. Pre-order close for DVD is July 24 and VHS is August 7, 2001.

TITLES

David Naughton and Griffin Dunne star in the An American Werewolf in London Collector's Edition as two American tourists traveling in England who are attacked by a werewolf that the locals will not admit that exists. In commemoration of the film's 20^th anniversary, Universal Studios Home Video and MSN will host a live chat with David Naughton and Griffin Dune scheduled to participate. Additionally, a limited theatrical re-release of this influential film is tentatively slated for the fall. The DVD release, available for the first time, features several exclusive added values including digitally remastered sound; exclusive interview with two-time Academy Award winning make-up artist Rick Baker and critically acclaimed director John Landis; an original featurette, storyboards to final scene comparison, a theatrical trailer, production notes, cast and filmmaker bios, and DVD-Rom features. The 20^th Anniversary VHS version of An American Werewolf in London will also include digitally re-mastered sound.

Starring: David Naughton and Griffin Dunne

Written and Directed by: John Landis

Produced by: George Folsey Jr.

Executive Produced by: Peter Guber and Jon Peters

DVD Selection Number: 21219 Suggested Retail Price: $26.98

VHS Selection Number: 86574 Suggested Retail Price: $9.98

The classic Cape Fear, originally released in 1962, stars Robert Mitchum as Max Cady, the sadistic ex-con, determined to wreak bloody revenge on Sam Bowden, the small town lawyer playbed by Gregory Peck, who sent him to jail years earlier. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize Bowden and his family, particularly targeting Bowden's vulnerable daughter, Nancy, played by Shelley Fabares, and wife, portrayed by Polly Bergen.

The Cape Fear (1962) DVD will feature an exclusive original documentary with all new interviews, a photograph & poster gallery with the original score by Bernard Herrmann, a theatrical trailer and DVD-Rom.

Starring: Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Shelley Fabares

Directed by: J. Lee Thompson

Produced by: Sy Bartlett

DVD Selection Number : 20634 Suggested Retail Price: $24.98

VHS Selection Number: 80514 Suggested Retail Price: $9.98

Robert De Niro stars in master filmmaker Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991), who brought heart-pounding suspense to one of the most acclaimed thrillers of all time. Fourteen years after being imprisoned, vicious psychopath Max Cady (Robert De Niro) emerges with a single-minded mission: to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte). He sets off to terrorize Bowden, his wife (Jessica Lange) and even goes after their 15 year-old daughter (Juliette Lewis).

Celebrating its 10^th anniversary, the Cape Fear DVD Collector's Edition features several added values, including an original documentary with all new interviews featuring director Martin Scorsese, actors Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis and Gregory Peck and composer Elmer Bernstein; deleted scenes, never before seen behind-the-scenes footage; storyboards; a matte painting montage; script to scene; photograph gallery with original score; portrait gallery; theatrical trailer; production notes; cast and filmmakers bios; and DVD-Rom features. A VHS wide-screen version is also available.

Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Produced by: Barbara De Fina

Executive Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall

DVD Selection Number: 20567 Suggested Retail Price: $26.98

VHS widescreen Selection Number: 83649 Suggested Retail Price: $9.98

Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut in Play Misty for Me, which has become one of the star's most acclaimed and suspenseful features. As a popular California disc jockey, Clint repeatedly receives on-air phone request to "play Misty for me" from a sexy feminine voice. Intrigued by the caller, he soon meets the fetching fan (Jessica Walter) in his favorite evening hang-out and the two have an affair. But when he wants to end the short-lived relationship, Walter only becomes more infatuated with him and violent towards his girlfriend (Donna Mills). Quite suddenly Eastwood's life and love become the target for this psychotic's increasingly deadly campaign of terror. Beautifully photographed on location in the star's famed hometown of Carmel, California, Play Misty For Me continues to inspire modern day thrillers years after its original release.

Celebrating its 30^th Anniversary, Play Misty for Me Collector's Edition will be released on DVD for the first time, featuring a documentary with new interviews from Clint Eastwood, Donna Mills, Jessica Walter, producer Robert Dailey, screenwriter Dean Reisner, film historian/critic Richard Schickel, a featurette, a photo gallery, poster concepts, theatrical trailer, DVD-Rom and script —to scene.

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Evelyn Draper and Donna Mills

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Produced by: Robert Daley and Jennings Lang

DVD Selection Number: 21428 Suggested Retail Price: $24.98

VHS Selection Number: 88785 Suggested Retail Price: $9.98

Halloween II, brand new to DVD, shows off the indestructibly of Michael Myers as he resumes his murder spree despite being gunned down with six bullets in the original movie. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is once more his intended victim, with Dr. Sam Loomis again in hot pursuit.

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis

Directed by: Rick Rosenthal

Written by: John Carpenter and Debra Hill

Produced by: John Carpenter and Debra Hill

DVD Selection Number: 21427 Suggested Retail Price: $24.98

VHS Selection Number: 77005 Suggested Retail Price: $9.98

This critically acclaimed thriller Blood Simple is available for the first time on DVD. Set in rural Texas, Blood Simple combines chilling suspense with offbeat humor to create an all-American the classic. Abby (Frances McDormand) is cheating on her saloon-keeper husband, Marty (Dan Hedaya). The object of her affections is Ray (John Getz), one of Marty's bartenders. Marty hires Visser (M. Emmet Walsh), an unscrupulous detective, to kill them but Visser has other, more lucrative plans of his own. So begins a calculating round of double and triple crosses that build to a blood-curdling, surprise-filled climax.

Starring: Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, John Getz and Emmet Walsh

Directed by: Joel Coen

Written by: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

Produced by: Ethan Coen

DVD Selection Number: 21425 Suggested Retail Price: $24.98

VHS Selection Number: 88866 Suggested Retail Price: $9.98

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