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New Movie Releases on Video and DVD for August, 2002

by Ivana Redwine

There are some exciting movies on DVD and video this month! Some of the new movie releases on video and DVD slated for August, 2002, include "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "In the Bedroom," and "We Were Soldiers." Let's take a look at selection of releases on video/DVD for this month.

August 6 - Video and DVD Releases

"Deuces Wild" (2002) DVD

Set in 1958, this drama is about a Brooklyn gang called the Deuces and their rivalry with another gang called the Vipers. Key figures in the Deuces are Leon (Stephen Dorff) and his brother Bobby (Brad Renfro), and Bobby becomes romantically involved with Annie (Fairuza Balk), the sister of one of the Vipers' leaders. Father Aldo (Vincent Pastore) brokered a truce between the Deuces and the Vipers, but gang warfare looms when a Viper with a vendetta against Leon is released from prison, leading to violence. Other characters in the movie are Leon's young protégé (Frankie Muniz), Leon's sexy girlfriend (Drea DeMatteo), and Annie's crazy mother (Deborah Harry). A whopping 97 percent of Rotten Tomatoes critics found "Deuces Wild" to be rotten.

Selected Special DVD Features:

Widescreen Anamorphic Format

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

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001) Two-Disc DVD Set

Based on the much-loved nerdy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, this film is essentially a sword-and-sorcery epic. The story takes place in a fantasy world called Middle Earth, which has stunning landscapes and wondrous creatures and is sparsely populated by various humanoids, including wizards, hobbits, dwarfs, elves, and humans. The central character is the young hobbit Frodo (Elijah Wood) who, with the aid of the good wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and a small band of humanoid beings, sets out on a heroic journey to destroy an evil wizard's powerful ring and has exciting adventures along the way. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is basically a special-effects action movie. It was nominated for 13 Oscars (winning four), and 95 percent of the Rotten Tomatoes critics liked the film.

Selected Special DVD Features:

Two-Disc DVD Set
DVD-ROM
Available in Full-Screen and Widescreen Anamorphic Format

Please Note: The information above is for the theatrical version of this movie which will be released on August 6, 2002. On November 12, 2002, an extended cut of this film will also be released. The extended cut is a collector's edition DVD, and this DVD has additional film footage along with added special features on the DVD.

"Super Troopers" (2002) DVD

Featuring little-known actors, this comedy revolves around a small unit of goofy state troopers who patrol a part of Vermont where there isn't much crime. The troopers enjoy horsing around with motorists they pull over and exchanging facetious dialogue with each other in diners. But they run into a problem when the governor threatens to close down their unit and leave law enforcement to the local police. When a drug-smuggling case crops up, the troopers and the local cops compete to try to solve it. There's a slight complication, though, when one of the troopers becomes romantically involved with a local policewoman. The movie's thin plot exists primarily as a vehicle for the cast, several of whom are members of a comedy troupe called Broken Lizard, to move from one skit to the next.

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