With the 75th Academy Award ceremony looming, Fox Home Entertainment will help celebrate with the April 1st release of the Oscar-winning The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. The latest in their Studio Classics line, this first-ever DVD edition features a remastered transfer in the film's original 1.33:1 theatrical aspect ratio, a remixed English 2.0 stereo track (the original mono mix is also included), two audio commentaries by Gregg Kimble and Christopher Husted, and Jeanine Bassinger and Kenneth Geist, a biography on Rex Harrison, a still gallery, and theatrical trailers. Retail is $19.95.

While not exactly a huge award winner, the Farrelly Brothers' There's Something About Mary was certainly a blockbuster with audiences. Fox will give the smash sleeper comedy a new two-disc special edition, available in separate 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions, each with tons of extras. Disc one features audio commentary by the Farrelly Brothers (taken from the previous DVD) plus a brand-new commentary by the pair, another commentary by writers Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, 13 deleted and extended scenes with commentary accessible via seamless branching, plus the original claymation opening credits. Disc two includes the "Getting Behind Mary" documentary with diary footage, the AMC Backstory: There's Something About Mary, Comedy Central's Reel Comedy featurettes "Best Fight: Ben Stiller and Puffy the Dog," "Up a tree with Jonathan Richmond," "Franks & Beans: A Conversation with
W. Earl Brown," "Exposing Themselves: Ben Stiller Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliot," "Touchdown: A Conversation with Brett Favre," "Interview Roulette with Harland Williams," a˜d "Puffy, Boobs and Balls," the "Mary Marketing" still gallery, foreign language clips, "Everyday Should Be A Holiday" music video, outtakes, a karaoke version of "Buttercup," something called "Behind the Zipper," trailers and 13 TV spots. Retail is $26.95 and street date May 13th.

Street date alert - 12:00am

Rounding out today's news are some new street dates from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Hitting stores on April 8th are the recent indie dramas Paid in Full and The Other Side of Heaven, and streeting April 15th, the acclaimed drama Rabbit-Proof Fence from director Philip Noyce. Stay tuned for specs.

And although everyone knew it was coming, Disney has officially announced an October 2003 arrival for the third in its Platinum Collection of animated classics, The Lion King. Currently enjoying an IMAX theatrical re-release, expect another feature-packed two-disc set. Watch this space in the coming months for more...

Last but not least, bad news for P.T. Anderson fans. Originally scheduled for an April 1st release from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, the auteur's latest quirky comedy Punch-Drunk Love has been pulled off the schedule until further notice. Stay tuned for more...