| New Video and DVD Releases | |
| Part 1: This Week's New Releases on Video/DVD |
by Ivana Redwine
There are some interesting video/DVD releases slated for September 28, 2004, including "The Alamo," "Envy," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Super Size Me," and "Walking Tall." In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
September 28, 2004 - Video and DVD Releases
"The
Alamo"
Tagline:
"Stand your ground."
Length:
137 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sustained intense battle sequences
This is a dramatization of the 1836 events that took place in San Antonio during the Texas Revolution. Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), Jim Bowie (Jason Patric), William Barrett Travis (Patrick Wilson), and about 185 Texans tried to hold a fort against a siege by thousands of Mexicans led by Santa Anna (Emilio Echevarría). The defenders died, but their resistance became a rallying cry for the Texas army, led by Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid).
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Envy"
Tagline:
"Success didn't go to his head, it went to his neighbor."
Length:
99 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language and sexual/crude humor
Ben Stiller and Jack Black star in this comedy directed by Barry Levinson. Tim (Stiller) and Nick (Black) are family men and pals who both work in a factory. But when Nick comes up with an idea for Vapoorizer, a spray that vaporizes dog poo, Tim refuses to invest $2000 in it. Then the product makes Nick fabulously wealthy, and Tim is consumed by envy. When Tim's wife leaves him and he loses his job, his life threatens to spin out of control.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
Tagline:
"Would you erase me?"
Length:
108 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for language, some drug and sexual content
Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet star in this unconventional love story that has a maze-like narrative structure. Joel (Carrey) and Clementine (Winslet) had a romantic relationship that ended badly, and she had a medical procedure performed that erased her memories of him. To get even, Joel has the procedure done on him so he can rid himself of all memories of her. But midway through, he wants to stop the process, and the movie takes us inside his mind.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Super
Size Me"
Tagline:
"A film of epic portions."
Length:
96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, sex and drug references,
and a graphic medical procedure
In this entertaining documentary, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock recorded what happened when he ate nothing but food from McDonald's for 30 consecutive days. Spurlock explores various aspects of fast-food culture while he has three fairly typical meals a day at Mickey D outlets. During his experiment, his weight balloons, his blood pressure and cholesterol go up, his sex drive goes down, and his physicians worry about damage to his liver.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Walking
Tall"
Tagline:
"One man will stand up for what's right."
Length:
87 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense violence, sexual
content, drug material and language
The
Rock stars in this action movie, which is a remake of a 1973 film of the same
name that starred Joe Don Baker as Buford Pusser. The 2004 movie transplants the
setting from Tennessee to the Pacific Northwest and changes the name of the main
character to Chris Vaughn (The Rock). The storyline remains the same: the hero
returns to his hometown after a long absence to find it filled with corruption
and takes it upon himself to clean things up.
• Widescreen
Formats
Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check
for availability on VHS.
