New Videos Coming Out This Week
The new releases scheduled for August 21, 2001, include Hannibal, Pokemon 3, and Say It Isn’t So. Let's take a quick look at these videos/DVDs, along with additional releases of interest, and take a sneak peek at next week.
Hannibal
Tagline: "Break The Silence."
Length: 131 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong gruesome violence,
some nudity and language
Anthony Hopkins returns as serial killer Hannibal Lecter in this sequel to The Silence of the Lambs, but Julianne Moore replaces Jodie Foster as F.B.I. agent Clarice Starling. In Silence Dr. Lecter escaped from prison, and in Hannibal he surfaces ten years later, living comfortably in Florence, Italy. When events occur that rekindle interest in Hannibal’s case, Clarice is tasked with locating and recapturing him. Also, wealthy Mason Verger (Gary Oldman), Hannibal’s only surviving victim, seeks revenge, and Florence police detective Pazzi (Giancarlo Giannini) pursues Hannibal as well. The film features some gruesome footage.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
Pokemon 3
Tagline: "This Spring The Unknown Spells Adventure."
Length: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
This children’s animated feature film is the third in a series about the Pokemon, short for Pocket Monsters. In Pokemon stories, school-age kids collect and "train" Pokemon, and the pocket monsters in the collections battle one another. In Pokemon 3, a confused little girl named Molly and a Pokemon group of flying alphabet characters abduct a woman named Delia and bring her into a seemingly impenetrable fantasy world. But Delia’s son Ash, who is a Pokemon trainer, and Ash’s friends and their Pokemon set out to rescue Ash’s mother, resulting in a series of Pokemon battles.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
Say It Isn’t So
Length: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong sexual
content, crude humor and language
In this gross-out comedy, Gilly (Chris Klein) is a dog-catcher who falls in love with a hairdresser named Jo (Heather Graham). But when a private detective reports that Gilly and Jo are brother and sister, they end their incestuous relationship. After Jo has moved away and become engaged to another, Gilly finds out the report was in error, and he has many obstacles to overcome to win Jo back. One scene in the movie involves Gilly punching a cow from behind and getting his arm stuck inside the animal. In addition to Klein and Graham, the film stars Orlando Jones, Sally Field, and Richard Jenkins.
Formats Available: DVD, VHS
Additional Releases of Interest
Carl Theodor Dreyer Special Edition Box Set - Criterion Collection
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD collection.
Dirty Dancing - Collector's Edition (1987)
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
Sex, Drugs and Democracy (1995)
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
The Silence Of The Lambs - Widescreen Special Edition (1991)
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
Sullivan's Travels - Criterion Collection (1942)
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
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