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Wars - 12:01am
Every saga has a beginning, and every saga ultimately gets...
panned & scanned? Just in time for the 11/17 debut of Star
Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Fox will also release new
full screen editions of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Previously only available in widescreen on DVD, these new pan
& scan versions will also be available in two flavors, with
either alternate French or Spanish 2.0 Dolby surround and subtitle
tracks. So, now all you young Jedis out there have four options
of each flick to choose from of each flick (widescreen French
or Spanish, or pan & scan French or Spanish). Retail and extras
are the same for each.
The big lockdown - 12:01am
Even I couldn't think of anything this tacky. With Robert Blake
about to stand trial for murder, Universal has decided to release
Baretta: Season One, a three-disc set featuring all 12 episodes
of Blake's popular 70's cop drama, and The Best of Baretta,
and a single-disc compilation of his finest moments. What timing,
eh? Both these sets feature every episode in full frame and 2.0
mono, with no extras. Retail is $39.95 for the Season One collection,
and $19.95 for his greatest hits.
Pop Muzik - 12:01am
It's been a while since we've had any good music announcements,
so here are some upcoming titles to feed your DVD jukebox this holiday
season. On tap from Universal Music are Die Frau Ohne Schatten:
Richard Strauss: Georg Solti, Un Ballo In Maschera: Verdi:
Metropolitan Opera, and Simon Boccanegra: Verdi: Metropolitan
Opera (all 9/10), plus Brenda K. Starr: All Time Greatest
Hits and Tricky: A Ruff Guide (both 9/17), and Raffi:
Raffi In Concert (9/24). Retail is $19.95 a pop, and there
are no extras, save for a new 52-minute documentary and additional
poems on the Tricky disc.
From Pioneer comes a quartet of new titles, all due on 10/1:
Ringo & His All-Starr Band, Mihoshi Special &
Pretty Sammy OVA, Genesis: The Way We Walk - Live In Concert,
and Come Together: A Night For John Lennon's Words And Music.
All are presented in full frame and 2.0 stereo, with no extras.
Retail is $19.95 a pop.
Finally, from BMG on 9/24 comes Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps,
and on 9/10 from Warner, 1 Giant Leap, the acclaimed remix
project that fuses spoken word, sounds and images from around
the globe. Extras include two bonus music videos, and retail is
$24.95.
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