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DVD New Releases

Amazon.com Editor, Doug Thomas

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Word for Word
"Hi. My name is Wayne Campbell. I live in Aurora, Illinois, which is a suburb of Chicago--excellent! I have had plenty of Joe jobs, nothing I would call a career or anything. Let me put it this way: I have an extensive collection of name tags and hairnets. Yes, I still live with my parents, which I admit is both bogus and sad. But I have this awesome cable access show, and I still know how to party."

--Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) introduces you to Wayne's World. The film is now available with its sequel on DVD: Wayne's World 1 & 2: The Complete Epic.


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New Releases This Week
July 10, 2001
  • Die Hard: The Ultimate Collection--One of the most consistent thrill machines comes to DVD with loads of goodies attached. Yippee-ki-yay!
  • Withnail and I--Bruce Robinson's cult film about two destitute roommates gets the Criterion Collection treatment.
  • Cutter's Way--Part character study, part amateur detective story, this 1981 drama with Jeff Bridges is often mentioned as one of the best films about the impact of the Vietnam War on the home front.
  • Who'll Stop the Rain--Excellent performances distinguish this 1978 drama of Vietnam drug smuggling, serving notice of Nick Nolte's talent.
  • Monkeybone--Crazy, complicated film follows a cartoonist (Brendan Fraser) who gets sucked into a dream world.
  • The Cotton Club--The high points offset the lows in Francis Ford Coppola's period drama-musical, set in Prohibition-era Harlem.
  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her--This top showcase for a bevy of fine actresses skipped theaters to play on Showtime; it deserved a better fate.
  • See complete list

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Editor's Pick
 Thirteen Days (Infinifilm Edition)
 The Cuban missile crisis is re-created in a riveting picture overlooked by some as just another Kevin Costner film. The actor-producer steps to the background as an aide to President Kennedy, allowing actors Bruce Greenwood and Steven Culp to shine as John and Bobby Kennedy. Even if you've seen the 1974 TV drama The Missiles of October, Thirteen Days is worth a viewing, taking advantage of a contemporary perspective and a bigger budget that enables the action to extend beyond the White House. The film introduces the Infinifilm series, a line of DVDs that allows the viewer to see the abundant DVD extras while watching the film, an intriguing new step in DVD technology.

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More Hot New Releases
Popular Titles in Recent Weeks
  • Snatch--Brad Pitt teams up with the director of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels for another cockney-gangster flick.
  • The Great Muppet Caper--The Muppets' second theatrical film finds the troupe in London, solving a jewel heist.
  • Malèna--A young boy's fascination with the most beautiful woman in a war-torn Italian town is magically woven together by the creator of Cinema Paradiso.
  • Unbreakable--The director and star of The Sixth Sense follow their hit thriller with this slow-building, intriguing mystery.
  • Black Adder: The Complete Collector's Set--All 14 hours of this touchstone BBC comedy are collected in one shelf-saving set.
  • MTV20 Boxed Set--Yes, you're that old. MTV is 20 years old and this four-disc set captures the spirit of Music Television.
  • The Wedding Planner--Jennifer Lopez plans romantic nuptials for others, but will she fall in love with new client Matthew McConaughey? One guess.
  • V: The Original TV Miniseries--Years before Independence Day, NBC brought us an alien invasion in this popular 1983 miniseries.
  • See complete list

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Hot Future Releases
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Book Beat
 The Director's Vision : A Concise Guide to the Art of 250 Great Filmakers
by Geoff Andrew
 In a refreshingly literal examination of "moving pictures," Geoff Andrew, film editor of London's Time Out magazine, explores the work of 250 filmmakers, one frame at a time. Andrew's approach is akin to yelling "Freeze!" in the middle of a movie, and then analyzing the frozen image as if it were a stand-alone photo. His technique is enormously successful, revealing the individual elements of composition--background, staging, lighting, body positioning, facial expression--that when compiled add up to the overarching feeling a film transmits to viewers. Dissecting a single frame also has the effect of sparking immediate appreciation for the countless factors a great director must not only be aware of but also give constant attention to.

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