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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 "Catch Me If You Can," "The Emperor's Club," and "Extreme Ops." Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest.
May 6 - Video and DVD Releases
"Catch Me If You Can" (2002)
Tagline: "The true story of a real fake."
Length: 141 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content and brief language
Steven Spielberg directed this lighthearted, entertaining film that stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. The movie is based on Frank Abagnale Jr.'s book about his experiences as a con man back in the 1960s. When Frank (DiCaprio) is about 16, his parents split up after his father (Christopher Walken) gets into deep financial trouble. Young Frank sets out on his own, eventually cashing forged checks for millions of dollars. Before reaching his 19th birthday, he successfully passes himself off as an airline pilot, a physician, and an attorney. But young Frank must keep on the move to avoid being apprehended by FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks). Along the way, Frank gets involved with two attractive young women (Jennifer Garner, Amy Adams) and meets a New Orleans prosecutor (Martin Sheen).
Selected Special DVD Features:- Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen Edtions
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"The Emperor's Club" (2002)
Tagline: "In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference."
Length: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content
Kevin Kline stars in this drama about ethical dilemmas faced by an idealistic prep school teacher. In the 1970s, William Hundert (Kline) is the classics teacher at St. Benedict's, where he tries to use the academic work to instill a sense of morality in the students. This seems to work well until he encounters a student named Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch), son of a U.S. Senator. With Hundert's encouragement, the troublesome Sedgewick improves so much that he has a shot at doing well in the school's classics competition, where the top three students will go on to the finals. When Hundert grades the papers, Sedgewick finishes fourth, prompting Hundert to reevaluate the responses, moving Sedgewick up to third. But Hundert's action sets in motion a train of events that will haunt him for years.
Selected Special DVD Features:- Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen Editions
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Extreme Ops" (2002)
Tagline: "Fear is a trigger."
Length: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence/peril, language and some nudity
This is an action movie about extreme sports stunts, mostly involving skiing and snowboarding. Rufus Sewell plays a TV commercial director who travels to the Austrian Alps with his producer (Rupert Graves) and cameraman (Devon Sawa). They go there to shoot a commercial where a downhill ski champion (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras) and daredevil snowboarders (Joe Absolom and Jana Pallaske) will be chased by an avalanche. However, the remote mountain lodge where they are staying turns out to be the hideout of a Serbian war criminal (Klaus Löwitsch), who mistakes the commercial crew for CIA agents and decides that none of them will be allowed to leave alive. But the plot is just a device to show thrill-seeking people and exhilarating stunts in scenic, snowy locations.
Selected Special DVD Features:- Closed-Captioned
- Widescreen
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