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Part 3: A Sneak Peek at Next Week's Releases on Video/DVD

There are some interesting video/DVD releases slated for next week, including "Exorcist: The Beginning," "Flight of the Phoenix," and "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie." Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest.

March 1 , 2005 - Video and DVD Releases

"Exorcist: The Beginning"

Tagline: "A new chapter of evil."

Length: 114 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and gore, disturbing images and rituals, and for language including some sexual dialogue

This horror movie is a prequel to "The Exorcist" (1973). Stellan Skarsgård stars in "Exorcist: The Beginning" as Lankester Merrin, a former priest who has become an archaeologist. In 1949 Merrin travels to Kenya, where he gets caught up in the mystery surrounding a long-buried church that has been discovered. Locals say the place is cursed, and as a series of unsettling events takes place, Merrin struggles against what seem to be Satanic forces.

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"Flight of the Phoenix"
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Tagline: "The only way out is up."

Length: 113 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and language

Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi star in this action-adventure film that is an update of a 1965 movie featuring James Stewart. In the remake, a pilot (Quaid) is transporting an oil crew when his plane crashes in the Gobi Desert. A passenger (Ribisi) claims he can make a new plane from the wreckage, but there are many obstacles to overcome. As work progresses, food and water run low, and the group is threatened by hostile local nomads.

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"The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"

Tagline: "Bigger. Better. More absorbent."

Length: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild crude humor

Based on the Nickelodeon TV series for kids, this is a feature-length animated comedy. Set in an undersea world, the title character is SpongeBob SquarePants (voice of Tom Kenny), a sponge who works in a restaurant. When the crown of King Neptune (voice of Jeffrey Tambor) is stolen, SpongeBob and his starfish sidekick Patrick Star (voice of Bill Fagerbakke) set out to retrieve it, having many adventures along the way.

• Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen Editions

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