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"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" DVD

This low-budget screen adaptation of an Off Broadway rock musical seems to already be something of a cult favorite. The main character Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) is on tour with her band, playing venues like restaurants. Her tour shadows that of her former boyfriend Tommy Gnosis (Michael Pitt), who has stolen her songs and performs them before arena crowds. But we learn in flashback that Hedwig was once a gay young East German man who underwent a sex change operation so she could marry a U.S. serviceman and come to America with him. Unfortunately the operation was botched and a vestige of the male sex organ was left, leading to problems. This high-energy movie is mainly about music and comedy, yet it manages to raise serious issues that resonate with contemporary audiences.

Deleted Scenes
Cast and Crew Filmographies
Widescreen Anamorphic Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

"The Score" DVD

Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando, Edward Norton, and Angela Bassett star in this well-crafted crime drama. Nick (De Niro) is a thief who is yearning for retirement when he is approached by longtime friend Max (Brando) to steal a fantastically valuable old scepter. The scepter has been impounded in the high-security Montreal Customs House, but Max has an inside contact in the person of Jackie (Norton), who works there as a janitor. When Nick’s girlfriend Diane (Bassett) says she’ll marry him if he gives up crime, he decides to steal the scepter and make it his last criminal job. The movie then follows the meticulous planning and carrying out of the heist, during which some unexpected complications arise.

Theatrical Trailer
Additional Footage
Widescreen Anamorphic Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

"Moulin Rouge" (2001) DVD

Starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, "Moulin Rouge" is a dazzling musical set in 1899, but the musical numbers are mostly popular songs from the 1970s and 1980s. Moulin Rouge is the famous Paris nightclub, and Satine (Kidman) is a star dancer there. McGregor portrays Christian, an aspiring young writer who falls madly in love with Satine. Other key characters are Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo), the Moulin Rouge’s impresario Zidler (Jim Broadbent), and the wealthy Duke of Worcester (Richard Roxburgh). Directed by Baz Luhrmann, "Moulin Rouge" is a visually stunning spectacle that is awash in brilliant color, a whirlwind of energy, and a romantic fantasy filled with sound and motion.

Two-Disc DVD Set
Extended Scenes
Multi-Angle Dance Sequences
Music Videos
Widescreen Anamorphic Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

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