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MONDAY, JULY 29, 2002
'Sorority Boys,' more 'Spider-Man;' Fox box set and double packs
'Boys' and girls - 12:42am

Oh, c'mon now, you know this is the one you've been waiting for for weeks. Buena Vista has just unveiled the full specs for the drag bomb Sorority Boys, hitting DVD on 10/15. This cinema classic includes a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby 5.1 surround track, the "All the Angles" and "Boys Will be Girls"featurettes, and the trailer. Retail is $29.95. And just in time to piggyback off of the DVD release of the live-action blockbuster, Buena Vista will release the animated Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin on 10/29, featuring only a 4:3 full frame transfer and an English 2.0 Dolby surround mix, and no extras. Retail is also $29.95.

Fox budget bonanza - 12:42am

Cashing in on what is likely to be the biggest holiday buying season yet for DVD, Fox has announced a huge wave of new box sets, collections and double-packs just in time for Christmas. On 10/15 comes a wave of double-packs, retailing for $29.95 a pop and just mere repackagings of the existing releases: Bible, The/ Robe, Big Momma's House/ Me, Myself, & Irene, Office Space/ Dude, Where's My Car?, X-Men/Planet of The Apes (single-disc version), Someone Like You/ Where The Heart Is, Big/ Cast Away, Dr. Dolittle/ Dr. Dolittle 2, Christmas Carol, A/ Miracle on 34th St. (1994), It's A Wonderful Life/ Miracle on 34th St., Heidi/ Bright Eyes, Home Alone/ Home Alone 2, Dunston Checks In/ Baby's Day Out, and the single-disc releases of Independence Day/ The Abyss.

Also on 10/15 comes a big bunch of box sets: Arnold Schwarzenegger Collection (Commando, Predator, and Artisan's The Running Man and Total Recall, $69.96), World War II Collection (The Longest Day, Patton (single-disc), The Thin Red Line, Tora! Tora! Tora!, $79.95), Martial Arts Collection (Kiss of the Dragon, Return of the Dragon, and Rapid Fire, $49.95), Movies With Soul (Soul Food, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and Waiting To Exhale, $49.95), Family Features Collection Volume 1 (The Sandlot, Rookie of the Year, and The Pagemaster, $49.95) The Farrelly Brothers Collection (Shallow Hal, Me, Myself, and Irene, and There's Something About Mary, $49.95) and The Films of Paul Newman (The Verdict, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Hustler, $49.95). There are no new features included on any of these sets not currently available on the stand-alone releases.

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