Fresh
Meat - 2:19pm
The buzz is back. After grossing over $80 million at the fall
box office, the unstoppable Leatherface returns in The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which will be getting not one
but two new DVD releases on March 30th - "One Massacre. Two
Executions!" - courtesy of New Line Home Entertainment.
Both the single-disc and two-disc Platinum Series editions feature
a 1.85;1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, DTS and Dolby Digital
EX soundtracks, the Motograter "Suffocate" music video,
the original theatrical trailer and 7 TV spots. But the real deal
for fans will be the two-disc set, which comes housed in a collectible
and removable metal plaque cover, three audio commentaries with
director Marcus Nispel, producer Michael Bay and cast and crew
to be announced, the full-length "Making the Film" and
"Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield" documentaries, deleted
scenes including an alternate opening and ending, cast screen
tests, multiple still galleries including concept art and crime
scene photos, and a ROM script viewer. Retail is $27.95 for the
single-disc, and $39.95 for the Platinum Series edition.
More Chaplin - 2:19pm
Just in from MK2 is the announcement of The Chaplin Collection
Volume 2, featuring another great lineup of Chaplin classics.
This boxed set includes The Chaplin Revue a 1959
recut compilation of the silent comedies "A Dog's Life,"
"Shoulder Arms" and "The Pilgrim," including
Chaplin-added music, narration, and connecting material),
Circus, City Lights, The Kid,
A King In New York/A Woman of Paris and Monsieur
Verdoux, all newly remastered in their 1.33:1 full screen
aspect ratios and remixed in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. Each
will also be available as a two-disc set, complete with extras:
never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes footage, exclusive family
home movie material, and commentaries (participants to be announced).
The box set also includes the new two-hour documentary Charlie:
The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, directed by Richard Schickel
and narrated by filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and chock full of new
interviews with Woody Allen, Richard Attenborough, Johnny Depp,
Robert Downey Jr, Milos Forman, Andrew Sarris, Marcel Marceau,
and Martin Scorsese. Street date for these new titles is March
2nd, and each retails for $29.95 each, or $99.95 for the box set.
(Monsieur Verdoux will retail for $24.95.)
Chop Socky - 2:19pm
Rounding out today's news is the arrival of another TV classic
on DVD, Kung Fu: the Complete First Season. Warner
Home Video will debut this cult classic on March 16th in a three-disc
set. Surprisingly for an old 70's TV show, all sixteen episodes,
including the pilot, are presented in remastered 1.78;1 anamorphic
widescreen and Dolby mono, plus the new "From Grasshopper
to Caine: Creating Kung Fu" and "The Tao of Kwai Chang
Caine: Production and Beyond" featurettes and episode synopses.
Retail will be a kickin' $39.95.
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