New releases: King Kong (2005), Madagascar & Dr. Katz: Updated complete downloadable R1 DVD DB & inf

The initial announcement from Universal for King Kong (2005) has been
issued. The release date will be March 28th with a Pan & Scan and anamorphic
widescreen release listing for $29.98 and a special collector's edition
which should retail for $30.98. Details for the extras will follow shortly.

West Wing: The Complete 6th Season will be released by Warner Brothers will
be released on May 9th, list price set for $59.98.

On May 9th Buena Vista will release both Shopgirl and Casanova. Both are set
for Dolby 5.1 audio and anamorphic video listing for $29.98.

Paramount will release Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist: Season 1 on May
9th. List price will be $19.98.

Universal has planned a few more two packs set for release on April 25th:
Perfect Man (Special Edition/ Widescreen) / Wedding Date (Special Edition/
Widescreen) (2-Pack)
Serenity (Widescreen) / Chronicles Of Riddick (Widescreen) (2-Pack)
Skeleton Key (Widescreen) / Cry Wolf (2-Pack)
40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated Version/ Widescreen) / American Wedding
(Extended Party Edition/ Widescreen/ Unrated Version)
American Pie: Band Camp (Unrated Version/ Widescreen) / American Pie
(Special Edition/ Unrated Version)
Broken Flowers / Lost In Translation (Widescreen)
Cinderella Man (Widescreen) / Seabiscuit (2003/ Special Edition/ Widescreen)

Buena Vista has a few new announcements for their April and May roster:
April 25th:
Disney's Little Einsteins: Team Up For Adventure
Everything You Want

May 2nd:
Delicatessen
Dinosaurs: The Complete 1st & 2nd Seasons
Ritual (2001)

Some more two packs are set for release on March 7th from Dreamworks:
Madagascar (Pan & Scan) / Chicken Run
Madagascar (Pan & Scan) / Shrek (Special Edition/ Pan & Scan)
Madagascar (Pan & Scan) / Shrek 2 (Pan & Scan)
Madagascar (Pan & Scan)/ Shark Tale (Special Edition/ Pan & Scan)
Shrek (Special Edition/ Pan & Scan) / Shrek 2 (Pan & Scan)
Wallace & Gromit In Three Amazing Adventures / Chicken Run (Pan & Scan)
Each will list for $26.95.

PBS has a good size number of special interest and documentaries announced:
January 31st:
1421: The Year China Discovered America
Cemetery Special
Helen Of Troy (2005)
Race To The Moon: The American Experience
Two Days In October: The American Experience
World's Greatest Fair

February 14th:
American Valor
Dead Gorgeous
Fighting For Freedom: Revolution & Civil War
Gettysburg: Boys In Blue & Gray
Great Lodges: Canadian Rockies
Great Lodges: Canadian Rockies / National Parks: Glacier Lodges / Pacific
Northwest
Great Lodges: National Parks: Glacier Lodges / Pacific Northwest
In Search Of Myths & Heroes
In Search Of Shakespeare
Kofi Annan: Center Of The Storm
Natural History Of Chicken
Reporting America At War
War That Made America
Woodrow Wilson: The American Experience

February 28th:
One Woman, One Vote

March 7th:
Nuremberg Trials: The American Experience

One June 20th Universal has several of the re-mastered Alfred Hitchcock
classics:
Rope
Saboteur
Topaz
Trouble With Harry
Frenzy
Each will list for $19.95.

Set for release on February 28th by Braun Media:
Black Cobra
Deadly Drifter
High Lonesome (1950)
Hot Rod Girl
Image Of Bruce Lee
Impulse (1974)
It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Jack Frost (1979)
Legacy Of Blood
Long Arm Of The Godfather
Madigan's Millions
Model By Day
Mr. Scarface
Murder Without Motive
My Brother's Wife
Night Tide (Movie-Only Edition)
No Substitute For Victory

Image has made some additions to their announcements for April:
April 4th:
Delinquent Double Feature (Special Edition): Hooked! / The Flaming Teenage
Escape
Hip Hop Laws Of Success
Mystique's Hottest Buns & Best Legs
Personal Vendetta
Streets Of Rage

April 11th:
Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself
Lena

April 18th:
Tokyo Psycho

April 25th:
Creepy Cowboys: Four Weird Westerns: Tombstone Canyon / Rawhide Terror /
Vanishing Riders / Wild Horse Phantom
Forgotten Terrors: The Phantom / The Intruder / Tangled Destinies / Dead Men
Walk
Gene Autry: Colorado Sunset
Gene Autry: Mexicali Rose
Patlabor: The Movie
Patlabor: The Movie (Collector's Limited Edition/ w/ Book)

Announced by A&E Video:
March 28th:
Dog The Bounty Hunter: Best Of Seasons 1 & 2
Highway To Heaven: Seasons 1 - 3
Monty Python's Personal Best Collection
Wind In The Willows Collection

April 25th:
Agatha Christie's Poirot: Classic Crimes Collection
Avengers '62
Cardinals Greatest Games Busch Stadium
Nero Wolfe Megaset
Penn & Teller: Off The Deep End

May 9th:
Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 World Series

Coming from Columbia/Tri-Star set for release on April 4th:
Blue Thunder (Special Edition)
Dawson's Creek: The Complete 6th Season
Dirty
Pedro Almodovar Classics Collection
Story Of Qiu Ju
Thank God It's Friday

On April 29th (I know it's not a Tuesday) New Video will release several new
titles:
Image Before My Eyes
Man Who Walked Between The Towers
Oh! Calcutta!
Red Balloon

Please note: UMD refers to Universal Media Discs, a variation used by
Playstation 2 devices.

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 78,940 titles. Changes and additions this week number 295 and there
are 2,489 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
Mayhemhttp://www.dvdlist.kazart.com.

Current previews include Grey's Anatomy: Season One. Recent reviews include
The War Within, The Aristocrats, Flightplan and Streets of Legend, Enron:
Smartest Guys in the Room, Broken Flowers, Two for the Money, The Flash,
Alien Nation, Lincoln, Battlesta Galacatic: Season 2a, Serenity, Fantasitc
Four, Serenity, MacGyver : Season 4, Leave it to Beaver Season One, War of
the Worlds (2005), Outer Limits: New Series Season One and Star Wars Episode
III: Revenge of the Sith. Updates to the DVD database, including release
specifications usually made twice daily.

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Surely the SCE should be $39.98, rather than $30.98. No one charges
just a dollar extra for a collector's edition.