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Welcome to the Video Business Just Announced enewsletter, featuring notable title listings coming soon to stores. For more new releases, go to www.videobusiness.com/newreleases.

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Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
BEOWULF (PARAMOUNT) now 2-26 DVD $29.99, HD $39.99
Action: Robert Zemeckis’ $81.5 million-grossing movie about the great warrior stars Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn and John Malkovich. Bonuses: featurettes, deleted scenes; HD also has additional featurettes, picture-in-picture, Web-enabled features.

AWAKE (WEINSTEIN/GENIUS) 1-22 3-4 DVD $28.95
Thriller: A man (Hayden Christensen) is fully conscious while undergoing heart surgery, as his wife (Jessica Alba) must make life-altering decisions in this $14.2 million-grossing movie. Bonuses: commentary, deleted scenes, making-of featurette, storyboard to film comparisons.

UNSTABLE FABLES: 3 PIGS AND A BABY (WEINSTEIN/GENIUS) 1-22 3-4 DVD $19.97
Family: Brad Garrett, Jon Cryer and Steve Zahn voice this first film in the new CG-animated Unstable Fables series, retelling classic stories. Bonuses: three featurettes.

EXPERIMENT (MTI) 2-5 3-4 DVD $24.95
Sci-fi thriller: A man and woman with no memory of the past are subjects in a dark psychological experiment with terrifying consequences. Bonuses: bios, production notes.

MARKING TIME (BFS) 2-5 3-4 DVD $29.98
Drama: When a young Australian falls in love with an Afghan refugee, he faces racism and ridicule.

ENCHANTED (DISNEY) 2-5 3-18 DVD $29.99, BD $34.99
Fantasy: Amy Adams stars as a storybook princess lost in modern-day New York in this $119.8 million-grossing film, which also stars James Marsden and Patrick Dempsey. Bonuses: short, featurettes, deleted scenes, bloopers; BD also has D-Files featurettes.

BILLY WILDER FILM COLLECTION (MGM/FOX) 2-6 3-4 DVD $39.98
Boxed set: Part of the United Artists’ 90th anniversary celebration, this set contains The Apartment Special Edition, The Fortune Cookie, Kiss Me Stupid! and Some Like It Hot Collector’s Edition.

AUGUST RUSH (WARNER) 2-12 3-11 DVD $28.98, BD $35.99
Romantic drama: Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Keri Russell star as two musicians who fall in love in this $30.4 million-grossing movie. HD streets April 1, priced the same as BD. Bonuses: additional scenes.

HITMAN (FOX) 2-13 3-11 DVD $29.98, two-disc or BD $34.98
Action: Elite assassin Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) has a conflict of conscience, while an investigator (Dougray Scott) is obsessed with capturing him in the $39.4 million-grossing movie. Bonuses: deleted scenes, alternate ending; two-disc and BD also have featurettes, gag reel, digital copy.

BULL DURHAM COLLECTOR’S EDITION (MGM/FOX) 2-20 3-18 DVD $14.98
Sports drama: In this 1988 movie, an experienced catcher (Kevin Coster) and a rookie pitcher (Tim Robbins) compete for the affection of a fan (Susan Sarandon). Bonuses: commentary, featurettes, profile.

EIGHT MEN OUT COLLECTOR’S EDITION (MGM/FOX) 2-20 3-18 DVD $14.98
Sports drama: John Cusack and Charlie Sheen star in this 1988 movie about the 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal in which the team agrees to throw the World Series. Bonuses: commentary, featurettes.

PRIDE OF THE YANKEES COLLECTOR’S EDITION (MGM/FOX) 2-20 3-18 DVD $14.98
Sports drama: The 1942 movie about Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig, played by Gary Cooper. Bonuses: featurettes.

TONGUES UNTIED (STRAND) 2-21 3-18 DVD $24.99
Documentary: Marlon Riggs’ 1991 film chronicling the black gay man experience, featuring stories of homophobia and racism. Bonuses: interviews, deleted scenes and outtakes.

JIMMY CARTER MAN FROM PLAINS (SONY) 2-21 3-25 DVD $24.96
Documentary: Director Jonathan Demme looks at the private and public sides of the former president. Bonuses: commentary, additional scenes, soundtrack recording sessions.

HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE SPECIAL EDITION (NEW LINE/WARNER) 2-26 4-1 DVD $19.97
Comedy: A new edition of the movie about two friends’ nighttime adventure to find a White Castle is released a few weeks before the bow of the sequel in theaters. Bonuses: sneak peek and movie money for sequel.

WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY (LIONSGATE) 2-27 3-25 DVD $26.98
Romantic comedy: Patrick Fugit stars as a young man who kills himself after he breaks up with his girlfriend, only to find that the afterlife is worse than living in this limited-release movie. Bonuses: commentary, featurette, deleted scenes, director’s storyboard.

THE CELLAR DOOR (MONTEREY) 3-11 4-8 DVD $24.95
Thriller: A woman trapped in a serial killer’s basement must use her wits to escape.

BLAST OF SILENCE (CRITERION/IMAGE) 3-11 4-15 DVD $29.95
Drama: A professional killer travels to New York to assassinate a mobster in this 1961 movie. Bonuses: featurettes, film essay.

BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD (THINKFILM/IMAGE) 3-18 4-16 DVD $27.98, BD or HD $35.98
Thriller: Two brothers plan a robbery of their parents’ jewelry story, but the job goes wrong in this $6.8 million-grossing limited-release film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman.

TRAILER PARK BOYS: THE MOVIE (SCREEN MEDIA/UNIVERSAL) 3-25 4-22 DVD $24.98
Comedy: Based on the TV series, this limited-release movie is about three trailer park residents who hatch a plan to steal coins that are untraceable. Bonuses: deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews.

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY DELUXE EDITION (WARNER) 4-1 5-6 DVD $19.97
Romantic drama: Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep star in the 1995 movie about a housewife who falls in love with a photographer. Bonuses: documentary, music video.

TWISTER TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (WARNER) 4-1 5-6 DVD $20.97, BD or HD $28.99
Action: Meteorologists (Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton) pursue a destructive tornado in this 1996 movie. HD version will street May 27 (prebook April 22). Bonuses: commentary, featurettes, music video.

MOONDANCE ALEXANDER (FOX) 4-2 4-29 DVD $26.98
Family: An awkward 12-year-old girl enters her pony in the Bow Valley Classic competition in this limited-release movie starring Don Johnson and Olympic ice skater Sasha Cohen. Bonuses: music video, interviews, featurette.

ESSENTIAL DIRECTORS: CLINT EASTWOOD (WARNER) 4-8 5-13 DVD $23.97
Boxed set: Timed for Father’s Day, this collection contains Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River and Unforgiven.

RAILS & TIES (WARNER) 5-13 6-17 DVD $27.95
Drama: An unlikely bond is formed by a train engineer and a young boy who escapes a deadly collision between a train and a car in this limited-release film starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden. Bonuses: deleted scenes.




Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
TACTICS BOX SET (MANGA) now 2-12 DVD $49.98
Anime: A compendium with all the episodes in the long-running saga of an anthropologist and a demon-eating goblin. Bonuses: Japanese TV commercials and merchandise ads, stills gallery, music video.

B.L. STRYKER: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (ARTS ALLIANCE AMERICA) 1-22 2-26 DVD $29.95
Drama: Burt Reynolds stars as a private detective living in Palm Beach, Fla., in this 1989 series.

COMANCHE MOON: THE SECOND CHAPTER IN THE LONESOME DOVE SAGA (SONY) 1-24 2-26 DVD $29.95
Western: Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn and Rachel Griffiths star in this miniseries about Texas Rangers fighting against Comanche Indians. Bonuses: featurettes.

PARTY OF FIVE: SEASON 3 (SONY) 2-21 3-25 DVD $39.95
Drama: In this third season of the ’90s Fox series, the Salinger family helps Bailey confront his drinking problem. Bonuses: minisodes.

ROBOT CHICKEN: STAR WARS (WARNER) 4-15 5-20 DVD $14.97
Animated: A spoof of Star Wars, featuring the voices of George Lucas, Seth Green and Conan O’Brien. Bonuses: commentaries, featurettes, deleted scenes, photo gallery, panel presentations.




Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
CARDIO BURLESQUE: A STRIPTEASE WORKOUT (KOCH) now now DVD $14.98
Fitness: Dolphina leads a series of cabaret-style moves to sculpt and define your entire body.

OVER AMERICA (TOPICS) now 2-1 BD $19.99
Documentary: Visuals of America’s landscapes, from the mountains to the coasts. Also available on that day is Over California (BD $19.99), a look at the Golden State.

HEROES OF FREEDOM: THE STORIES OF HARRIET TUBMAN & ROSA PARKS (MAZZARELLA) now 2-5 DVD $14.95
History: The first title in a new DVD series about people who have changed America goes back to 1830 to discover Tubman and 1955 to see Parks.

MAGGIE AND THE FEROCIOUS BEAST: RAIN SHOWERS & SPRING FLOWERS (SHOUT FACTORY) now 2-5 DVD $14.99
Children’s: Episodes featuring 5-year-old Maggie and her best friends. Also available on that day will be Recipes for Trouble (DVD $14.99).

LOVE IS MY RELIGION (TIFF GONG) now 2-12 DVD $19.98
Music: The Ziggy Marley live concert was taped at Los Angeles’ Avalon Theater in December 2006.

PRINCE AMONG SLAVES (PBS) now 2-12 DVD $24.99
Documentary: Mos Def narrates this film about Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori, an African prince who was sold into slavery in the American South. Bonuses: featurettes.

THE FIRM: TIGHT BUNS AND KILLER LEGS (GT MEDIA) 1-22 3-4 DVD $14.98
Fitness: Workouts using intervals of lower-body exercises and power moves, targeting the hips, thighs and butt. Also available on that day are Core Solutions and Cardio Dance Fusion (both DVD $14.98).

GUSTAVE COURBET: THE ORIGIN OF HIS WORLD (FACETS) 2-5 2-26 DVD $29.95
Documentary: A look at the legendary painter, who pursued the controversial style known as realism. Bonuses: short documentaries.

THE PINK PANTHER: THE INSPECTOR CLASSIC CARTOON COLLECTION VOL. 6 (MGM/FOX) 2-6 3-4 DVD $14.98
Animation: Features 17 episodes from the first season of the show about crime fighting misfits.

GANG OF SOULS: A GENERATION OF BEAT POETS (MVD VISUAL) 2-12 3-18 DVD $19.95
Documentary: Filmmaker Maria Beatty explores the insights and influences of America’s beat poets, featuring interviews with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and others.

THE BBC NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION (WARNER) 2-26 4-1 DVD $199.92
Documentary: Box set includes Planet Earth, The Blue Planet: Seas of Life Special Edition, The Life of Mammals and The Life of Birds.

YOGA TO THE RESCUE FOR BACK PAIN WITH DESIREE RUMBAUGH (ACACIA/ACORN) 3-11 4-8 DVD $14.99
Fitness: The Anusara yoga teacher shows ways to relieve and prevent back pain, which affects eight out of 10 people at some point in their lives.

WE ARE THE MUSIC! (FIRST RUN) 3-18 4-22 DVD $24.95
Documentary: In this Spanish film, Rogelio Paris follows the genesis of Cuban music and dance from the ’60s; with English subtitles. Bonuses: short film.



Online Editor: Samantha Clark
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