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Blood
Simple (Director's Cut)
"The world is full of complainers. But
the fact is, nothing comes with a guarantee. I don't care if you're the pope of
Rome, president of the United States, or Man of the Year, something can all go
wrong. But go ahead, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for
help, and watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it all mapped out so that
everyone pulls for everyone else. That's the theory, anyway. But what I know
about is Texas, and down here… you're on your own."
--Detective Visser (M. Emmet Walsh) lays down the law in Blood
Simple. The Coen brothers' ominous debut film comes to DVD in a new,
15th-anniversary cut.
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New on DVD This Week
September 18,
2001
- Spy
Kids--Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez mixes great gadgets and plenty
of thrills in this top entertainment for kids of all ages.
- It's
a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World--The seminal 1960s all-star comedy
comes to DVD.
- Driven--Sly
Stallone scripted this tale of the veteran drivers, hot rookies, and
spectacular car crashes that make up the CART racing circuit.
- Someone
Like You--Ashley Judd shines as a New York City single whose
theory about wayward men is put to the test in this romantic comedy.
- Crocodile
Dundee--Remember Paul Hogan? His Aussie doppelgänger, Michael J.
"Crocodile" Dundee, was the talk of the town when this comedy hit in
1986.
- Let
It Ride--Richard Dreyfuss is near his best in this dandy
day-in-the-life comedy about a lout who has a lucky day at the horse
track.
- Cape
Fear--Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte star in Martin Scorsese's
kinetic remake.
- Cape
Fear--The original 1962 thriller stars Gregory Peck and Robert
Mitchum. This film and the remake debut on DVD this week.
- Basic
Instinct (Collector's Edition, Unrated)--The hot-button thriller
returns to DVD with tons of extras and an ice-pick pen, to boot.
- Total
Recall (Collector's Edition Packaging)--Arnold Schwarzenegger
stars in this sci-fi extravaganza now steeped in extras and packaged in
a Mars metal case.
- Robotech:
The Macross Saga, Legacy Collection 3--One of the touchstones of
anime continues its deluxe rollout on DVD.
- VeggieTales:
The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown--The effervescent
Christian-lite group collects its silliest songs on its second DVD
release.
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Editor's Pick
The
Vanishing - Criterion Collection
To say that The
Vanishing is about a man who plans a crime just to see if he can get
away with it is misleading. George Sluizer's 1988 Dutch-French film is so much
more, playing on the common fears of everyday folks, showing how losing track of
a loved one for a moment can lead to your worst fears. The film gets under your
skin yet has no onscreen violence, nudity, or excessive language. Accept no
substitute; get the original, not the unfortunate American remake that Sluizer
made five years later.
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- Blow--Johnny
Depp shines as George Jung, the cocaine king of the 1980s, whose
tumultuous life makes for great drama.
- The
NeverEnding Story--Wolfgang Petersen's English-language debut is
this splendid fantasy about a magical book that comes alive for its
young reader.
- Doctor
Who: The Five Doctors--This British cult TV series comes to DVD.
It's just one of several Doctor Who discs just
released.
- Memento--This
ingenious thriller about a man with short-term-memory loss is certain to
be on loads of Top 10 lists at the end of the year, including ours.
- Joseph
Campbell and the Power of Myth--A staple on VHS for a decade,
theorist Joseph Campbell's best-known work goes digital.
- The
Lord of the Rings--Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of
J.R.R. Tolkien's classic comes to DVD right before the much-anticipated
live-action film hits theaters.
- The
Tailor of Panama--Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush star in this
love-it-or-leave-it adaptation of John le Carré's spy novel.
- Forrest
Gump--This Best Picture Oscar® winner comes to DVD loaded with
extras.
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Featured Bargain of the Week
61*
61* is an endearing ode to the baseball days of yore when the
press was the enemy, salaries were in check, and breaking records with bat and
glove took on Ruthian proportions. In 1961 baseball expanded its season from 154
games to 162, allowing weaker pitching into the major leagues and two New York
Yankees teammates--the colorless Roger Maris and golden boy Mickey Mantle--to
make an assault on the sport's ultimate record: Babe Ruth's 60 home runs.
Director Billy Crystal guarantees success for his movie in the perfect casting
of the leads. Barry Pepper (Saving
Private Ryan's religious sniper) is deft as Maris, and Thomas Jane is a
perfect Mantle, a superman in a Yankee uniform. The HBO film debuts on DVD for
under $20.
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