September 13, 2005 - Video and DVD Releases

"Ben-Hur" (1959) Collector’s Edition

Length: 222 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Winner of 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture, this three-and-one-half-hour epic centers around a Jewish nobleman named Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston). Ben-Hur is enslaved by a Roman tribunal, but he eventually gets revenge during a spectacular chariot race in the Roman Circus. Later, Ben-Hur witnesses Jesus’ crucifixion and comes to understand the importance of forgiveness. But for me the film’s last scene is its most haunting: a shepherd driving his flock in front of a hill, atop which are three empty crosses.

Selected Special DVD Features:

•  Four-Disc DVD Set

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"Fever Pitch" Red Sox Collector's Edition

Tagline: "A comedy about the game of love."

Length: 103 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and some sensuality

Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon are paired in this romantic comedy directed by the Farrelly brothers and based on a book by Nick Hornby. Lindsey (Barrymore) is a high-powered businesswoman who enters into a relationship with Ben (Fallon), a Boston high school teacher. Things go well between them at first, but then baseball season rolls around. That's when Ben, a longtime Red Sox fanatic, becomes obsessed with his team during their championship season of 2004.

Selected Special DVD Features:

•  Audio Commentary by Peter and Bobby Farrelly

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"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Tagline: "Don't panic."

Length: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, action and mild language

Based on the book by Douglas Adams, this is a goofy sci-fi comedy movie. The protagonist is Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman), an ordinary man who goes on a strange journey when extraterrestrial aliens destroy Earth. Aided by his pal (Mos Def), Arthur escapes by hitching a ride on an alien spaceship. Eventually Arthur encounters the galaxy president (Sam Rockwell) and his female companion (Zooey Deschanel), a religious leader (John Malkovich), and a supercomputer (voice of Helen Mirren).

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Deleted Scenes

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