There are some interesting video/DVD releases slated for next week, including Capote, Chicken Little, Derailed, Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, and The Squid and the Whale. Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest.
March 21, 2006 - New Video and DVD Releases:
Capote DVD
Length: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for some violent images and brief strong language
Writer Truman Capote (1924-84) is the subject of this biopic, which features Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role. The film covers the years of Capote's life when he was researching and writing his 1966 book In Cold Blood, which centers around the 1959 murders of a rural Kansas family. Much of the movie focuses on the peculiar relationship that developed between Capote and one of the killers. A key character in the film is Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Selected DVD Special Features:
• CommentariesFind out more about this upcoming DVD release.
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Tagline: "The end is near."
Length: 81 minutesMPAA Rating: G
This is a Disney animated comedy inspired by the tale of the diminutive chicken who is hit on the head by an acorn and believes the sky is falling. In disgrace over his apparently false report, Chicken Little (voice of Zach Braff) joins the local baseball team and redeems himself by playing well. Soon Chicken Little's claim is seen as not having been so preposterous because the town comes under attack from extraterrestrial aliens. Voice talent includes Garry Marshall, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn and Don Knotts.
Selected DVD Special Features:
• Music VideosFind out more about this upcoming DVD release.
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Tagline: "They never saw it coming."
Length: 107 minutesMPAA Rating: R for strong disturbing violence, language and some sexuality (An unrated version of this movie is also available on DVD.)
Clive Owen plays the central character in this psychological thriller. Charles Schine (Owen) is in a strained marriage when he meets the unhappily married Lucinda (Jennifer Aniston). They get together in public places for awhile, but eventually get a motel room. Suddenly a thug named LaRoche (Vincent Cassel) bursts in, beats up Schine and rapes Lucinda. The victims decide not to notify police, and soon LaRoche is blackmailing Schine.
Selected DVD Special Features:
• Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen EditionsFind out more about this upcoming DVD release.
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story DVD
Length: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for brief mild language
Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning star in this drama about a race horse and a young girl. When a promising horse breaks its leg, trainer Ben Crane (Russell) nurses it back to health with his daughter Cale (Fanning) there every step of the way. Eventually, the horse wins a big race, and father and daughter reconnect. Other actors appearing in the movie include Kris Kristofferson and Elisabeth Shue. The horse part of the film's story is based on what happened in real life to the filly Mariah's Storm in the 1990's.
Selected DVD Special Features:
• Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen EditionsFind out more about this upcoming DVD release.
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Tagline: "Joint custody blows."
Length: 81 minutesMPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, graphic dialogue and language
Starring Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney, this drama written and directed by Noah Baumbach is semiautobiographical. The story is about how two boys—teenage Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) and his younger brother Frank (Owen Kline)—react to their parents' divorce. The parents, who are both writers and rather bohemian, are played by Daniels and Linney. The mother has an affair with a tennis pro (William Baldwin), while the father, who's an academic, gets into a sexual relationship with a student (Anna Paquin).
Selected DVD Special Features:
• CommentaryFind out more about this upcoming DVD release.
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
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