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Airplane! BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1980) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack. Available exclusively at Best Buy on Sept. 25. (Paramount).
Body of Proof: The Complete First Season
(2011) Two-disc set with nine episodes, $29.99. (Disney)
Breakfast at Tiffany's BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1961) Dir.: Blake Edwards; Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney. Fully restored and remastered for the film's 50th anniversary. Extras: Commentary by producer Richard Shepherd, "A Golightly Gathering" featurette, "Henry Mancini: More Than Music," "Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective" featurette, "The Making of a Classic," "It's So Audrey: A Style icon," "Behind the Gates": Tour of the studio lot, featurette on Tiffany's, photo galleries, original theatrical trailer. (Paramount).
Breaking the Press
(2010) Drew Waters, Farah White, Tom Maden, Chad Halbrook. A contemporary retelling of the parable of the prodigal son set in the world of Texas high school basketball. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Fox).
Bride Flight
(2008 -- Netherlands) Karina Smulders, Waldemar Torenstra, Anna Drijver, Plenui Touw, Petra Laseur, Elise Schaap, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Rutger Hauer. A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides after WWII. Extras: "Making of Bride Flight," interview with Rutger Hauer, interview with screenwriter Marieke van der Pol. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Music Box Films Home Entertainment).
Bridesmaids
(2011) Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Jon Hamm. Available as a Blu-ray/DVD combo and a single DVD. All editions include the theatrical version and an unrated version of the film. Extras: Commentary by director Paul Feig, co-writer Annie Mumolo and cast members Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, End McClendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper; gag reel; line-o-rama; deleted scenes; extended & alternate scenes; "Cholodecki's Commercial": Check out what's new with Cholodecki's with the never-before-seen "commercial" from Annie's jewelry employer. Blu-ray adds "Made of Honor: Behind the Scenes of Bridesmaids"; "Drunk-O-Rama" featuring Kristen Wiig's greatest moments on the plane; "Pep Talk": featuring Kristen Wiig on the tennis court; "Annie Vs. Helen": montage of Bridesmaids frenemies best and worst moments together; "Hold On" full song performance of Wilson Phillips' hit "Hold On." (Universal).
Castle: The Complete Third Season
(2010-11) Five-disc set with 24 episodes, $45.99. (Disney).
Chrysanthemum ... and Other Stories About Mischievous Mice and Adorable Animals
Seventeen stories -- more than three hours of fanciful content starring a memorable collection of critters from all walks. These three DVDs include animated adaptations of such award-winning classics as "Chrysanthemum," "Owen," "A Weekend With Wendell," "Make Way for Ducklings," "Is Your Mama a Llama?" and "Noisy Nora." With celebrity narration by Meryl Streep, Sarah Jessica Parker, Danny Glover, and others. "Chrysanthemum ... and More Mouse Mayhem," "Rapunzel ... and More Classic Fairy Tales" and "Is Your Mama A Llama? ... And More Classic Children's Stories." $24.95. (Scholastic Storybook Treasures).
Circo
(2011-- Spanish) Filmed along the back roads of rural Mexico and set to the music of the indie-rock band Calexico, this documentary follows the Ponce family's hardscrabble circus as it struggles to stay together. (First Run Features).
The Dick Van Dyke Show 50th Anniversary Edition: Fan Favorites
Five-disc set with 20 classic episodes, $24.98.Extras: Original pilot episode, interviews with cast and producers, behind-the -scenes featurette. (Image Entertainment).
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The Dybbuk
Entertainment One and The Archive of American Television is bringing "The Play of the Week" -- one of the classics from the Golden Age of TV -- into living rooms via DVD. The ambitious syndicated anthology series, which ran from 1959-61, was executive produced by David Susskind, and it staged a different play every week covering all genres -- dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al -- while tapping some of the best talent appearing on Broadway. Acclaimed director Sidney Lumet's version of "The Dybbuk" -- arguably the most famous work in the cannons of Yiddish theater and cinema -- follows the story of a young bride possessed by a malicious spirit. Originally broadcast in 1960, "The Dybbuk" stars Carol Lawrence. When a young maid is possessed by the soul of her deceased lover on the eve of her wedding, a rabbi must exorcise the dybbuk and the young bride must choose between marriage to a man she does not love or an unworldly union with her dead lover's spirit. (Entertainment One).
Families of Philippines and Families of Germany
(2011) Two latest additions to the "Families of the World" series that allows future travelers to reach across the globe and visit other people and cultures from a child's point of view. $29.95 each. (Master Communications).
4th and Goal
(2010) Documentary about six young football players in their quest to join the most elite club in professional sports: the NFL. Shot over six years, "4th & Goal" tells the stories of DeQawn, Albert, Gibril, Tim, Randy, and Bret, all standouts at a respected junior college football program. Each of the young men are recruited for top Division 1 college scholarships. As they fan out across the country to the nation's best college football teams, each carries with him the belief that he will be one of the chosen few who will someday be a "Sunday Player" in the NFL. What their experience reveals is the true fate of millions of young football players: Only about 1,700 players can play in the NFL, and the cut-throat competition -- physical, intellectual, and emotional -- is what distinguishes one man's success from another man's failure. (First Run Features).
Gettysburg
(2011) History special strips away the romanticized veneer of the Civil War to present the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg in a new light -- a visceral, terrifying and deeply personal experience, fought by men who put everything on the line in defense of their vision of the American future. Ground breaking, information-packed look at the turning points, strategic decisions, technology and little-known facts surrounding the battle. Developed in collaboration with highly esteemed Civil War historians. Executive produced by Ridley and Tony Scott. $24.95. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (A&E Networks Home Entertainment).
Happy Endings: The Complete First Season
(2011) Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $35.99. Extras: Deleted scenes, outtakes, a special "Mike Relm Remix" music video, more. (Sony).
The Inspector General Collector's Edition
(1949) Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale. Extras: Rare color home movies taken on the set of the film, "Money On Your Life," a 1938 short starring Kaye. (Shout! Factory).
The Kennedys
(2011) Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Katie Holmes, Tom Wilkinson, Diana Hardcastle, Kristin Booth. Reelz Channel miniseries about the Kennedy clan provides an intimate look at how Joseph Kennedy Sr. shaped his sons John and Robert to become two of the most influential men in U.S. history. The film was originally slated to air on the History Channel, but criticism of the harsh depiction of the Kennedys (none of the clan were angels, after all, and Joe Kennedy has been tied to the Mafia) lead the network to back down and pass on the show. Pepper won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. Extras: "The Kennedys: From Story to Film" behind-the-scenes featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (New Video).
Law & Order: Los Angeles -- The Complete Series
(2010-11) Five-disc set with 21 episodes. (Universal).
L.A. Zombie
(2011) Canadian bad boy Bruce La Bruce is back with a hyper-sexual analysis of contemporary gay culture. Starring international porn star and model Francois Sagat, the film follows an alien zombie creature as he emerges from the sea and attempts to make sense of his new home, Los Angeles, where he proceeds to bring the dead back to life after having sex with them. (Strand Releasing).
Le beau Serge
(1958) Of the hallowed group of Cahiers du cinema critics turned filmmakers who would transform French film history, Claude Chabrol was the first to direct his own feature. His stark and absorbing landmark debut, "Le beau Serge," follows a successful yet sickly young man Jean-Claude Brialy) who returns home to the small village where he grew up. There, he finds himself at odds with his former close friend Gerard Blain) -- now unhappily married and a wretched alcoholic -- and the provincial life he represents. The remarkable and raw "Le beau Serge" heralded the arrival of a cinematic titan who would go on to craft provocative, entertaining films for five more decades. New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Extras: Audio commentary featuring Guy Austin, author of "Claude Chabrol"; segment from a 1969 episode of the French television series "L'invite du dimanche" in which Chabrol revisits Sardent, the town he grew up in and the film's location; 2011 documentary by filmmaker Pierre-Henri Gibert on the making of "Le beau Serge"; theatrical trailer; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Criterion Collection).
Lee & Grant
(2011) Personal look at two iconic leaders of the Civil War. $24.95. (A&E Networks Home Entertainment).
Les cousins
(1959) In "Les cousins," Claude Chabrol crafts a sly moral fable about a provincial boy who comes to live with his sophisticated bohemian cousin in Paris. Through these seeming opposites, Chabrol conjures a piercing, darkly comic character study that questions notions of good and evil, love and jealousy, and success in the modern world. A mirror image of "Le beau Serge," Chabrol's debut, "Les cousins" recasts that film's stars, Jean-Claude Brialy and Gerard Blain, in startlingly reversed roles. This dagger-sharp drama won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and was an important precursor to the French New Wave. New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Extras: Commentary featuring film scholar Adrian Martin; 2011 documentary by filmmaker Pierre-Henri Gibert about the making of "Les cousins," featuring director Claude Chabrol, star Stephane Audran, assistant directors Charles Bitsch and Claude de Givray, and others; theatrical trailer; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Criterion Collection).
The Lost Future
(2010 -- TV) Sean Bean, Annabelle Wallis, Sam Claflin. A group of warriors must face off against a race of genetically-mutated beasts in order to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where jungles that have reclaimed the land as we know it. Extras: Interviews with cast/crew, making-of featurette. (Entertainment One).
Mad TV Season One Part One
(2011) Thirteen episodes of the Cartoon Network series, $19.97. (Warner).
Make Believe
(2010) A coming of age journey set in the quirky subculture of magic, this documentary follows six of the world's best young magicians as they pursue the title of Teen World Champion. The film travels from back rooms of the world famous Magic Castle in the Hollywood Hills to the most important international magic competition, the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas, as the teens face the mounting pressure to win the competition and move to the next stages of their careers. Extras: Profiles of each of the film's subjects; "Masters of Magic" featurette with Lance Burton, Neil Patrick Harris and other magicians; 10 learn-it-yourself tricks taught by the teen magicians featured in the film. (Firefly: Theater & Films/Level 22).
The Mentalist: The Complete Third Season
(2010-11) Five-disc set with 24 episodes, $59.98. Extras: Two featurettes, deleted scenes. (Warner).
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: The Complete Series
(1958-59) Twelve-disc set with all 78 episodes, $89.95. Created by legendary crime novelist Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer was brought to television for the first time with Darren McGavin as the hardboiled private eye. Pummeled for its "excessive and gratuitous violence" (by 1950s standards), the show was, nevertheless, instantly successful -- thanks, in part, to Gavin's tongue-in-cheek charm. Now available for the first time on DVD. (A&E Networks Home Entertainment).
Mike and Molly: The Complete First Season
(2010-11) Three-disc set with 24 episodes, $44.98. Extras: "Falling in Love With Mike & Molly" featurette, "Mike & Molly Play Acts" additional scenes, "An Interview with Jim (the dog)," gag reel. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
Modern Family The Complete Second Season
(2010-11) Three-disc set with 24 episodes, $39.99. Extras: Deleted family interviews, extended and deleted scenes, gag reel, music video, more. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
My First Collection Volume 2 Featuring Spoon
Value-priced three-DVD set containing 13 stories for young children that, together, have won notable awards such as a Caldecott Honor, an ALA Notable Video and an American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Award. Comprised of three individual DVDs: "Spoon ... and More Stories About Friendship," "Dem Bones ... and More Sing-Along Stories" and "That New Animal ... and More Stories About the New Baby" featuring the title stories as well as "The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night," Mia Farrow's beautiful narration on "I Love You Like Crazy Cakes," Mercer Mayer's "A Boy, A Dog and a Frog." Rosemary Wells' "Otto Runs for President," "Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!" and Robert McCloskey's beloved "Blueberries for Sal." $24.95. (Scholastic Storybook Treasures). Extras: Also available on Blu-ray Disc.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1988) Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson.
Available exclusively at Best Buy on Sept. 25. (Paramount).
Planes, Trains & Automobiles BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1987) Dir.: John Hughes; Steve Martin, John Candy. Extras: New retrospective feature on John Hughes. Available exclusively at Best Buy on Sept. 25. (Paramount).
Raising Hope Season 1
(2010-11) Three-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Featurettes, deleted and extended scenes, gag reel, commentaries, the un-aired pilot. (Fox).
The River Murders
(2011) Ray Liotta, Christian Slater, Ving Rhames. A homicide detective's past comes back to haunt him when his ex-girlfriends become the target of a serial killer who's determined to destroy him. Extras: Cast and crew commentary, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Sony).
Secrets in the Walls
(2010) Jeri Ryan, Kay Pananbaker, Peyton List, Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Another dream house turns evil in this Lifetime Network Movie paranormal thriller. (RHI Entertainment/Vivendi Entertainment).
Set Up
(2011) Curtis Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ryan Phillippe, Jena Dewan, Randy Couture, James Remar. A group of friends are pitted against each other after a diamond heist goes wrong, and one of them partners with a notorious crime boss to seek revenge. Extras: Commentary by co-writer/director Mike Gunther, "The Making of Set Up" featurette, "Weapons on the Set" featurette, cast and crew interviews. (Lionsgate).
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip
(2011) SpongeBob enjoys the Great Barrier Reef, a romantic cruise, a trip to the Ocean Mint, a homebound holiday and a trip that's out of this world in six adventures in one grand vacation, debuting on DVD before the November TV premiere, $16.99. (Nickelodeon/Paramount).
Spooky Buddies
(2011) Latest in the direct-to-video Buddies franchise: Talking pups B-Dawg, Budderball, Buddha, Mudbud and Rosebud embark on a spine-tingling journey across town to a shadowy mansion shrouded in legendary secrets where, in a race against the mysterious Howlloween Hound, the Buddies must stop Warwick the Warlock to save the world from his dastardly deeds. Available as a two-disc Blue-ray/DVD combo pack and a single DVD. (Disney).
10 Things I Hate About You: Season One, Volume 2
(2009-10) Three-disc set with 10 episodes. Extras: Extended scene, rap video, "Joey's Makeup Transformation." (Shout! Factory).
Timmy Time: Hide and Seek
(2011) Five episodes of the Disney Channel pre-school series, $14.98. Extras: "Timmy Time Sing-Along," "Timmy's Days of the Week." (HIT Entertainment/Lionsgate).
We Are the Night
(2010 -- Germany) Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich. Female vampire thriller set in modern-day Berlin. (IFC Films/MPI Media Group).
The World of Sholom Aleichem
Entertainment One and The Archive of American Television is bringing "The Play of the Week" -- one of the classics from the Golden Age of TV -- into living rooms via DVD. The ambitious syndicated anthology series, which ran from 1959-61, was executive produced by David Susskind, and it staged a different play every week covering all genres -- dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al -- while tapping some of the best talent appearing on Broadway. Originally broadcast in 1959, the acclaimed teleplay (adapted by Arnold Perl from his 1953 Off-Broadway play) was drawn from writer Sholom Aleichem's touching tales of Jewish life in the ghettos of Eastern Europe. The broadcast featured several actors who had been blacklisted during the McCarthy Era -- including Zero Mostel, Lee Grant, Jack Gilford, Morris Carnovsky, and Sam Levene -- and proved to be one link in a chain of events that brought about the end of the blacklist. The production is a compilation of three stories from Aleichem: "A Tale of Chelm," about a bookseller who tries to buy a goat in a town of fools; "Bontche Schweig," a tale of a poor man whose heavenly arrival coaxes tears from the angels; and "The High School," about a couple's attempts to send their son to a nonreligious school. (Entertainment One).
Bridesmaids
Thirty-something Annie's (Kristen Wiig) life is a mess, and things get turned even more upside down when she finds out her lifetime best friend, Lillian, is engaged. She simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. In way over her head -- lovelorn and broke -- but determined to succeed, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals and leads a hilarious hodgepodge of bridesmaids (Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper) on a wild ride down the road to the big event.
Vitals: Director: Paul Feig. Stars: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, End McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Jon Hamm.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 125 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $161.329 million, Universal.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
(1961)
Dumbo
(1941)
Airplane!
(1980) 9/25 (Best Buy only)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(1988) 9/25 (Best Buy only)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
9/25 (Best Buy only)
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(1941) The Academy Award-winning (1942, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture) favorite will take flight for the first time with a premium restoration in Blu-ray high-definition featuring 7.1 Digital Theater System High-Def Surround Sound. Bonus features: Deleted scene: "he Mouse's Tale"; deleted song: "Are You a Man or a Mouse?"; "Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo"; "The Magic of Dumbo: A Ride of Passage" about the Disneyland popular ride, seen through the eyes of a child; commentary by Pete Docter, Paula Sigman and Andreas Deja; sound design excerpt from "The Reluctant Dragon"; original Walt Disney Television introduction, Cine-Explore, Disney View, "What Do You See?" and "What Do You Know?" games, "Celebrating Dumbo" featurette, "The Flying Mouse" and "Elmer Elephant" animated shorts. Read more about the 70th Anniversary Edition of "Dumbo" here.
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