New Releases: A-Team, Scrubs, Being Julia & Pocahontas: Updated complete downloadable R1 DVD DB & info lists

This is one of the largest release dates for the studios in a long while.
401 releases are set for January 25th.

Universal has more of their growing line of television season sets for
release on April 12th:
A-Team: Season 2
Knight Rider: Complete 2nd Season
Magnum P.I.: The Complete 2nd Season
Each set lists for $49.99.

Buena Vista will release Pocahontas (1995/ 10th Anniversary Edition) on May
3rd.The extras have not been announced yet but this is a two disc set. The
list price will be $29.99.

Also from Buena Vista ready for release on May 17th a couple of television
series sets:
Golden Girls: The Complete 2nd Season
Scrubs: Season 1
Each will retail for $49.99.

The award winning Being Julia will be released by Columbia/Tri-Star on March
22nd. Technical specifications include Dolby 5.1 and anamorphic 1.85:1
Video. The extras will include:
Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons and Director Istvan Szabo Commentary
Serendipity: Behind the Scenes of Being Julia
The retail cost will be $26.95.

From A.D. Vision, mostly anime:
March 1st:
Divergence Eve #1: Welcome to the Watcher's Nest
Hello Kitty & Friends #7: Basket Of Fun
Kaleido Star: New Wings #1: Eclipse Of The Star
Original Dirty Pair: OVA Collection

March 8th:
CyberTeam In Akihabara #3: Cyber History
Gantz #2
Gravion Zwei #1: Eye Of The Storm
Gravion Zwei #1: Eye Of The Storm (w/ Art Box)
Noir
Tree Of Palme

March 15th:
Cromartie High School #1: Cromartian Rhapsody
Cromartie High School #1: Cromartian Rhapsody (w/ Collector's Box)
Five Star Stories
Shinobi #3: Hidden Techniques

More public domain, budget titles are set for release from Alpha Video on
February 22nd:
Adventures Of Robin Hood (1955/ Alpha Video): TV Series, Vol. 4
Adventures Of Robin Hood (1955/ Alpha Video): TV Series, Vol. 5
Boardinghouse Blues
Bush Pilot
Captain Gallant Of Foreign Legion #1
Captain Gallant Of Foreign Legion #2
Dangerous Assignment
Federal Men #1
Federal Men #2
Federal Men #3
Federal Men #4
Fighting Marines
Fighting Phantom (a.k.a. Mysterious Rider)
Haunted House (1940)
Heading For Heaven
Her Favorite Patient (a.k.a. Bedside Manner)
Inner Circle
Laurel & Hardy Silent Classics #1
Laurel & Hardy Silent Classics #2
Laurel & Hardy Silent Classics #3
Laurel & Hardy Silent Classics #4
Letter Of Introduction
Lock-Up
Northwest Passage
Passport To Danger
Phantom Creeps
Prison Break
Sex Madness
Sherlock Holmes, TV Classics, Vol. 7
Sin, You Sinners / Dance Hall Racket
Speed To Spare
Terror Of Tiny Town
Topper (1953/ Video), Vol. 2
West Of Nevada / Stormy Trails
Wild Ride (a.k.a. Velocity)
Each has a list price of $6.99

MPI has a few films you may have seen on Lifetime set for release on May
4th:
And Then There Was One
Darkness Before Dawn
Fifteen And Pregnant
Killing In A Small Town (MPI)
Too Young To Die
Untamed Love
Each will list for $9.99.

A&E Home Video has some titles set for release on April 26th:
American Revolution
Cold Case Files: The Most Infamous Cases
Quatermass Set

For those out there that are interested in classic aircraft you may want to
take a look at the March 29th releases from Aircraft Films:
F4F Wildcat
F4U Corsair
F-86 Sabre
Memphis Belle: 60th Anniversary

Coming from Anchor Bay in the months ahead:
April 5th:
Ealing Comedy Collection: Titfield Thunderbolt / A Run For Your Money /
Tight Little Island / Passport To Pimlico / The Maggie
Greatest American Hero: Season #2
Mischief
Nuns On The Run
Sledge Hammer: Season 2
Word Wars

April 12th:
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood: A Day At The Circus
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood: A Day At The Circus (w/ Toy Mail Truck)
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood: Adventures In Friendship
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood: Adventures In Friendship (w/ Toy Trolley)

April 19th:
Ali, The Man
Decisions That Shook The World
Horror 101 / Horror 102 / Museun Of The Dead
License To Drive
Malevolence

May 3rd:
30 Days Until I'm Famous
Entity
Three's Company: Season 4
Turk 182!

May 17th:
Class Of 1984
Ghost In The Machine
Hunter: Season 2
Quicksilver Highway
Renegade: Complete Season #2
Return To The Batcave: The Misadventures Of Adam And Burt
Stone Boy

June 7th:
Street Fighter Alpha 2

Set for release by Columbia/Tri-Star on March 29th:
Astro Boy: Complete Series
Crimson Rivers (Special Edition) / Crimson Rivers: Angel Of The Apocalypse
(Special Edition)
Crimson Rivers: Angel Of The Apocalypse (Special Edition)

Fox has a few titles set for release in April:
April 5th:
Hand Of Death
Legacy Of Rage
Spooky Encounters
Warriors Two
Winners And Sinners

April 12th:
Bob Newhart Show: Season #1
Goosebumps: Cry Of The Cat
Goosebumps: Deep Trouble
Goosebumps: How I Got My Shrunken Head

April 19th:
Dynasty: Season #1
Garfield And Friends, Volume 3
Jackie Robinson Story
My Man Godfrey
Sherlock Holmes And the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes: The Women In Green
That 70's Show: Season 2

April 26th:
Three Stooges In Color: Disorder In The Court / Brideless Groom / Sing A
Song Of Six Pants / Malice In The Palace
Three Stooges: Snow White And The Three Stooges
Three Stooges: Soup To Nuts (Colorized)

Stop by for a complete downloadable information list of all region one DVDs
in several formats as well as daily changes. Currently the main database
contains 57,739 titles. Changes and additions this week number 465 there are
2,121 due to be released titles. 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 are included in the
fields. There is also a comprehensive list of titles that were rescheduled
or reissued. Search function for the database, (including UPC search)
complements of site partner and friend, Michael's Movie Mayhem
http://www.dvdlist.kazart.com.

Current previews include Greatest Amercain Hero, Deadwood, Saw, and the 5
Browns. Recent reviews include Sky Captain, Catwoman, Friday Night Lights,
When will I be Loved , Farscape: The Peacekeer Wars, Ice Station Zebra, Mean
Creek, First Daughter and Backbeat. Updates to the DVD database, including
release specifications usually made twice daily.

Please stop by and visit.
Thank you.

Doug MacLean
http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/

Doug MacLean

Hi,

I'm working on a story for The New York Times about avid DVD
collectors. I'm looking for hardcore fans and interesting anecdotes
about collections, why people collect, what they collect, etc. If you
qualify and would like to be interviewed, please email me:


If you know of anyone who you think would be an interesting interview
about this topic, please pass their name along.
Thanks!
Andrea Kahn
The New York Times

kahnwrites@gmail.com

wrote:

> I'm working on a story for The New York Times about avid DVD
> collectors. I'm looking for hardcore fans and interesting anecdotes
> about collections, why people collect, what they collect, etc. If you
> qualify and would like to be interviewed, please email me:
>
>
> If you know of anyone who you think would be an interesting interview
> about this topic, please pass their name along.
> Thanks!
> Andrea Kahn
> The New York Times

One thing to remember is that, although the truly hardcore have their
own reasons, in the end, part of the whole buy-everything mindset dates
back in some primeval, genetic-memory way to the days when DVD first
came out as a techie secret nobody thought would ever catch on--
And since, even as recently as 1999, most local video-rentals (least of
all Blockbuster, as most legendary example) had taken the leap toward
putting DVD's on shelves, the first brave generation had to buy any disk
on opening day just to watch it...

If you think Netflix and Blockbuster's big rental pushes have since
changed that, you're fighting six hard-etched years of "loyal"
evolutionary conditioning--
To this day, we still get users asking "I just bought [last summer's
movie], is it any good?"

Derek Janssen

Derek Janssen

On 30 Jan 2005 11:09:32 -0800, wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm working on a story for The New York Times about avid DVD
>collectors. I'm looking for hardcore fans and interesting anecdotes
>about collections, why people collect, what they collect, etc. If you
>qualify and would like to be interviewed, please email me:
>

Unlike the usual media hacks, can you try to make
sure any technical details in the story you write are
correct? Some of the general media stories dealing
with DVD have been a pathetic joke.

RichA