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Major status changes to note. Brentwood has closed its doors and all of it's
over 500 titles are now listed as discontinued. The parent company that
owned Brentwood, ECI Eclipse, has been taken over by Navarre due to some
serious financial flow troubles over at ECI. Some out there may want to
check the discontinued list for any Brentwood titles you may want before
they go out of stock with your favorite vendors.

Universal has announced Ned Kelly, the 2003 remake, will be released on July
27th. The initial specifications show Dolby 5.1 and anamorphic video. The
extras announced so far include:
Ned Kelly In Popular Culture
The Real Kelly Gang
Artist To Feature Comparison
Theatrical Trailers
the suggested price is $19.95.

Also from Universal is Half-Caste set for release on August 3rd. The specs
include widescreen but anamorphic has not been confirmed. List price is
$27.98.

Warner Brothers has some classic little horror flicks for release on August
10th.
Bad Seed (1956)
Dead Ringer
Village Of The Damned / Children Of The Damned
Each will list for $19.97.

There is another return of the king planed by Warner Brothers on August 3rd.
Several of the films of Elvis Presley will street on that date. Included
are:
Harum Scarum
It Happened At The World's Fair
Speedway (196
Spinout
Double Trouble (1967)
Trouble With Girls
All are set for stereo audio and widescreen video. Again, no confirmation on
whether they will be anamorphic. They will list for $14.97 each. No word yet
as to if there will be a box set available.

Goodfellas two disc special edition will be released by Warner Brothers on
August 17th. The film will be presented in anamorphic video with Dolby 5.1
audio. The extras are listed as including:
Audio Commentary
Four Making Of and Behind The Scenes Documentaries
Theatrical Trailer
Suggested price is $24.98.

Rhino has something for those that enjoy a Saturday morning series. Land Of
The Lost: Complete 1st Season comes to DVD on June 29th listing for $39.95.
The announced extras are:
Commentary By Sid & Marty Krofft
Commentary Tracks By Sci-Fi Writer David Gerrold and Writer D.C. Fontana
Commentary Tracks Featuring the Land Of The Lost Cast and Crew
Exclusive Interviews

In addition Rhino has planned for June 29th:
G.I. Joe: Season 1 Part 2
Toronto Rocks
Dream Theater: Images And Words: Live In Tokyo / 5 Years In A LIVEtime
Best Of INXS, The: I'm Only Looking
Crusty Demons: Global Assault Tour
Transformers Armada: Power Of The Mini-Cons
Transformers Armada: Battle For The Mini-Cons
10,000 Maniacs: Time Capsule

Stop by for a complete downloadable information list of all region one DVDs
in several formats as well as daily changes. The official list now features
43,279 titles with 179 additions or changes and 542 Pre-Release
announcements. The All Titles list has 43,821 titles. Recent releases
include: Last Week 273, This Week 220 and Next Week 324 titles.

Previews of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The Company, Six Feet
Under Season 2, Dead Like Me Season 1, Monster and Paycheck, Recent reviews
include Great Escape, Smallville Season 2 Master & Commander: The Far Side
of the World, Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Cooler, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Final
Countdown, Freaks & Geeks, Schindler's List, House of Sand and Fog.Classic
reviews: Them and Steambath, Coming titles listed before all the specs are
in can be found in a the list,
http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/pre-releases.htm

Updated lists for discontinued, cancelled, postponed and rescheduled titles
as well as lists for DTS, ES/EX and Superbit titles. UPC numbers and
original release dates now being added to the database. There is also a
greatly expanded list of titles that were rescheduled or reissued. Search
function for the database, (now including UPC search) complements of site
partner and friend, Michael's Movie Mayhem http://www.dvdlist.kazart.com and
DVDLister.

Updates to the DVD database, including release specs usually made twice
daily.

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Thank you.

Doug MacLean
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