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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 "Good Bye, Lenin!," "Johnson Family Vacation," "Kill Bill: Vol. 2," and "The Prince & Me." Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest.

August 10, 2004 - Video and DVD Releases

"Good Bye, Lenin!"

Tagline: "The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!"

Length: 121 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for brief language and sexuality

This offbeat German-language comedy is set in Berlin around 1989. A dedicated pro-Communist East Berlin woman is in a coma at the time the Wall comes down. Then when she regains consciousness, the doctors tell her adult son Alex that the slightest shock could kill her. To keep his beloved mother alive, Alex embarks on an elaborate ruse to try to prevent her from learning that Communism in Germany is in a state of collapse.

• Widescreen

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"Johnson Family Vacation"

Tagline: "Wrong turn in Arizona. No brakes in Colorado. Arrested in Kansas. It's the ultimate family trip."

Length: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual references, crude humor and brief drug material

This family road-trip comedy stars Cedric the Entertainer, Bow Wow, and Vanessa Williams. Nate Johnson (Cedric) and his wife (Williams) live in the L.A. area with their three kids, one of whom is played by Bow Wow. The Johnsons go on vacation and drive out to Missouri. Along the way they have a series of misadventures, some of which result from picking up a weird hitchhiker (Shannon Elizabeth). Steve Harvey also appears in the movie.

• Full-Screen and Widescreen Anamorphic Formats

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"Kill Bill: Vol. 2"

Tagline: "Revenge is a dish best served cold."

Length: 136 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and brief drug use

In Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Vol. 1," the Bride (Uma Thurman) tracked down and killed two members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. As the story continues in "Vol. 2," she pursues the two remaining Deadly Vipers (Daryl Hannah and Michael Madsen), as well as Bill (David Carradine). We watch the Bride proceeding with her roaring rampage of revenge, and we also see her train with martial-arts master Pai Mei (Gordon Liu).

• Widescreen Anamorphic Formats

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"The Prince & Me"

Tagline: "This fairy tale is about to get real."

Length: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some sex-related material and language

Julia Stiles and Luke Mably are paired in this romantic comedy. Paige (Stiles), who grew up on a Wisconsin farm, meets Edvard (Mably), the crown prince of Denmark, when he comes to the U.S. to attend college. After a somewhat rocky courtship, Paige faces a decision: should she become the future queen of Denmark or should she pursue her original dream of studying medicine and working for Doctors Without Borders?

• Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen Editions

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