May 31, 2005 - Video and DVD Releases

"American Graffiti" High School Reunion Collection

Tagline: "Where were you in '62?"

Length: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG

Before "Star Wars," George Lucas did this film based on his own teenage years in Modesto, California. Set in 1962, the film depicts a long night in the intertwined lives of several recent or soon-to-be high school grads in a small town. Two of the guys are supposed to go away to college, and one of them must come to terms with the girlfriend he'll leave behind. What makes this movie work for me is its undercurrent of loss of innocence, for both the youngsters and an entire nation.


Selected Special DVD Features:

• Making-Of Documentary

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"Boogeyman"

Tagline: You thought it was a just a story... but it's real.


Length: 89 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence, and some partial nudity

In this horror movie, 20-something Tim Jensen (Barry Watson) is afraid of the dark. No wonder, though, since one night when he was eight, Tim witnessed his dad disappear forever into a closet, apparently being pulled by something unseen. Now, at a therapist's suggestion, Tim wants to conquer his fear of the Boogeyman and decides to spend a night in his boyhood home, where it turns out he's in for lots of spooky, supernatural goings-on.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Making-Of-Featurettes
• Alternate Ending
• Deleted Scenes

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Notable Movie Collections on DVD This Week:

"The Complete James Dean Collection"

Includes the Movies:
• "East of Eden" DVD
• "Giant" DVD
• "Rebel Without a Cause" DVD

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"The Essential Steve McQueen Collection"
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Includes the Movies:
• "Bullitt" Two-Disc Special Edition DVD
• "The Getaway" Deluxe Edition
• "The Cincinnati Kid" DVD
• "Papillon" DVD
• "Tom Horn" DVD
• "Never So Few" DVD

"The Gary Cooper Collection"
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Includes the Movies:
• "Design for Living" DVD
• "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" DVD
• "Peter Ibbetson" DVD
• "The General Died at Dawn" DVD
• "Beau Geste" DVD

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