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Amazon.com Editor,
Doug
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Word for
Word
"I don't mind if you don't like my
manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty
bad. I grieve over them on long winter
evenings."
--Philip Marlowe (Humphrey
Bogart) at his best in
The Big
Sleep, just one of our
Essential Film Noir DVDs
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New Releases This
Week
August 7,
2001
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Chocolat--This
sweet romantic comedy with Juliette Binoche was a
surprise Oscar® nominee.
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The
Mexican--Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt
have their hands full when a valuable antique pistol
comes into play.
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3000 Miles to
Graceland--Think of this heist film
with Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell as a
monster-truck movie without the
machinery.
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Robotech: The Macross Saga,
Legacy Collection 2--The deluxe
treatment for this anime staple continues with this
second three-disc set.
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Time and
Tide--Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark
(Once upon a Time in China) delivers
another must-see actioner.
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Fly Away Home
(Special Edition)--Finally available in its
original widescreen format, Carroll Ballard's
beautiful family film is released with three
behind-the-scenes features, director commentary, and
a newly created, isolated musical score.
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Vatel--Gérard
Depardieu and Uma Thurman star in this lush period
drama that opened the Cannes Film
Festival.
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Any Given Sunday
(Director's Cut, Special Edition)--Are you
ready for some football?
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Recess: School's
Out--Disney's hip cartoon TV series
gets a theatrical-size adventure.
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Editor's
Pick
Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters
The life of Japanese
poet-revolutionary Yukio Mishima is brought to life
in this vivid, experimental film by American Paul
Schrader. There are three distinct styles to the
film: the poet's early life is shot in crisp black
and white, his infamous last day on earth is captured
in you-are-there documentary style, and his stories
come to life in abstract, stylized sequences. The
film is a wonder of design thanks to cinematographer
John Bailey, composer Philip Glass, and art
director-costumer Eiko Ishioka. Underappreciated in
1985 (despite the help of Francis Ford Coppola and
George Lucas) and hard to find on home video since
then, the film debuts on DVD.
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More Hot New
Releases
Popular Titles in Recent
Weeks
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The
Brothers--This friendship drama has
been called a male version of Waiting to
Exhale.
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Head over
Heels--Is Freddie Prinze Jr. a
charming new boyfriend for Monica Potter, or lethal
killer? Or both?
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Space: 1999, Set
3--The cult '70s television space
opera continues its rollout on DVD.
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American Pie
(Ultimate Edition, Unrated)--The saucy comedy
gets a new, double-disc edition just in time for the
sequel in theaters this month.
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My Man Godfrey
(Criterion Collection)--Carole Lombard and
William Powell are at their peak in this essential
screwball comedy that looks better than
ever.
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Poirot: Murder in
Mesopotamia--David Suchet returns as
Agatha Christie's master sleuth. This time there's a
murder at a Middle East archaeological dig for Poirot
to investigate.
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The Irresponsible Captain
Tylor: OVA Collection 1--These OVAs
are the sequel to the popular Captain
Tylor series that now plays on
cable.
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Cabeza de
Vaca--This true account of a
shipwrecked 16th-century Spanish conquistador who
walked across the Americas for rescue is a
one-of-a-kind film.
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The Underdog
Chronicles--The famous '60s canine
crime stopper returns, with more than 100 minutes of
fun.
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The Family
Man--Nicolas Cage shines in this
agreeable comedy about a Wall Street "Master of the
Universe" who is allowed to see what his life would
have been like if he had taken a more domestic
route.
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Pollock--Director
and star Ed Harris took a decade to bring the life of
painter Jackson Pollock to the screen. An Oscar for
costar Marcia Gay Harden was just one of the
rewards.
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Book
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Planet of the Apes Revisited : The 'Behind-The-Scenes' Story of the Classic Science Fiction Saga
by Joe Russo, et al
With Tim Burton's
Planet of the
Apes in theaters, the original ape
films are brought back into focus. There's no better
guide than this new retrospective, Planet of
the Apes Revisited: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of
the Classic Science Fiction Saga. Digging
through a barrelful of information, the authors also
have a collective ace up their sleeve: access to the
personal archives of Arthur P. Jacobs, producer and
originator of the original film and all its spinoffs.
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