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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
CHE (IMAGE) now 5-20 DVD $14.99
Biopic: A film about the revolutionary Che Guevara starring Eduardo Noriega and Sonia Braga.

SLOGAN (CULT EPICS) now 5-20 DVD $24.95
Drama: In this 1969 film, Serge Gainsbourg stars as a successful director who has an affair with a young British woman (Jane Birkin).

NORIKO’S DINNER TABLE (FACETS) now 5-27 DVD $24.95
Foreign-language horror: Director Sion Sono’s film, which follows a mass suicide of 54 schoolgirls, is an extension of his 2002 Suicide Club; in Japanese with English subtitles. Bonuses: director’s introduction, interview, featurette.

FINISH LINE (GENIUS) now 6-10 DVD $14.95
Action: Scott Baio, Samuel Page and Taylor Cole star in this TV movie about a man who is drawn into the underworld of illegal arms trading. Bonuses: unreleased footage.

ROXY HUNTER AND THE SECRET OF THE SHAMAN (SONY) 5-5 7-15 DVD $19.95
Mystery: This Nickelodeon movie follows teen sleuth Roxy Hunter (Aria Wallace) and her best friend (Demetrius Joyette) as they try to save their hometown’s 150th birthday celebration. Bonuses: music videos, bloopers, featurettes, Easter eggs.

HOME FRONT (CINEVOLVE) 5-6 6-3 DVD $24.95
Reality: A look at soldiers who return home from the war in Iraq. Bonuses: extra footage, Web links.

TWISTED: A BALLOONAMENTARY (WGBH) 5-13 6-3 DVD $24.95
Documentary: From competitive balloon conventions to everyday life, this film tracks eight people whose lives have been changed forever by the art of balloon twisting. Bonuses: commentary, Q&A with the filmmakers, instructional techniques, deleted scenes, downloadable screen saver.

KING (A&E) 5-13 6-10 DVD $24.95
Documentary: Tom Brokaw hosts this look at the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

RAZOR EATERS (ECHO BRIDGE) 5-13 6-10 DVD $14.99
Thriller: The Razor Eaters gang gains a following by documenting their attacks on politicians, sports stars and drug dealers. Bonuses: deleted and extended scenes, video diary, music video.

QUARTER LIFE CRISIS (ECHO BRIDGE) 5-20 6-17 DVD $14.99
Romantic comedy: A group of twentysomethings takes on the New York singles scene. Bonuses: featurette, commentary, deleted scenes.

PERSEPOLIS (SONY) 5-22 6-24 DVD $29.95, BD $38.96
Animated: This Oscar-nominated film follows a precocious 9-year-old in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Bonuses: featurettes, commentary, scene comparisons, Cannes Film Festival Q&A.

THE TATTOOIST (SONY) 5-22 6-24 DVD $24.94
Supernatural thriller: A tattooist accidentally unleashes a deadly spirit through an ancient tattoo tool and must find the source of the evil to save his soul. Bonuses: downloadable copy of film, commentary, deleted scenes, five featurettes.

TELLING LIES (ECHO BRIDGE) 5-27 6-24 DVD $14.99
Thriller: Melanie “Scary Spice” Brown and Jason Flemyng star in this movie about a co-ed accused of murder who is trying to prove her innocence.

SHOTGUN STORIES (LIBERATION/GENIUS) 5-27 7-1 DVD $24.95
Drama: A blood feud builds between two sets of half brothers in this film festival award winner.

DOWN THE RIVER (WATER BEARER) 6-3 6-24 DVD $29.95
Foreign-language drama: When two childhood best friends prepare to go to college, they must decide if their friendship has turned to love, in Thai with English subtitles. Bonuses: making-of featurette.

RIGHT BY ME (WATER BEARER) 6-3 6-24 DVD $29.95
Foreign-language drama: Three college friends navigate their lives and loves at different stages of coming out to themselves and others, in Thai with English subtitles.

STEALTH (WATER BEARER) 6-3 6-24 DVD $29.95
Foreign-language comedy: A young Swiss gay man becomes obsessed with becoming Polish in this Swiss film, in French and Polish with English subtitles.

COLLEGE ROAD TRIP (DISNEY) 6-3 7-15 DVD $29.99, BD $34.99
Comedy: A college-bound student (Raven-Symone) takes a road trip to visit universities but must deal with her protective father (Martin Lawrence) in this $42.9 million-grossing movie.

STEP UP 2: THE STREETS (DISNEY) 6-3 7-15 DVD $29.99, BD $34.99
Drama: In this $57.7 million-grossing sequel, two dance students fall in love. Bonuses: featurettes, deleted scenes, bloopers, music videos.

VOICE (GENIUS) 6-3 7-15 DVD $24.95
Foreign-language horror: Unrated version of the ghost story about a high school student who thinks she is hearing the voice of her deceased best friend, in Korean with English subtitles. Bonuses: behind-the-scenes featurette.

TYLER PERRY’S MEET THE BROWNS (LIONSGATE) 6-4 7-1 DVD $34.98, BD $39.99
Family: Angela Bassett stars as a single mother whose estranged father has died, causing her to meet her father’s family for the first time. The $41.2 million-grossing film also will be available as a single disc ($29.95). Bonuses: featurettes, digital copy; BD also has additional featurettes.

THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE (TLA) 6-17 7-15 DVD $19.99
Comedy: An awkward teenager who is a target for bullies forms an unlikely friendship with the varsity jock.

PUZZLE (GENIUS) 6-17 7-29 DVD $24.95
Foreign-language thriller: When a criminal leader is killed, suspicions arise among his gang, which is trying to pull off a daring bank robbery, in Korean with English subtitles. Bonuses: behind-the-scenes featurette, interviews, making-of featurette.

DOOMSDAY (UNIVERSAL) 6-24 7-29 DVD $29.98, BD $39.99
Thriller: In this $11 million-grossing movie, a team must work to prevent a disaster that threatens the human race. Bonuses: featurettes, commentary; BD has commentary, Reaper files, tech specs, picture-in-picture.

PRIVILEGE (NEW YORKER) 7-2 7-29 DVD $29.95
Drama: Paul Jones stars as a popular musician whose unhappiness is uncovered by an artist (Jean Shrimpton) in this 1967 movie. Bonuses: short film Lonely Boy, stills and poster gallery, filmography, collector’s booklet.

OUTFOXED: FOX ATTACKS! SPECIAL EDITION (DISINFORMATION) 7-4 7-29 DVD $14.95
Documentary: This series of 16 viral videos continues the work that the original started, showing instances of biased and dishonest journalism from Fox.

RISKY BUSINESS 25TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION (WARNER) 8-12 9-16 DVD $19.96, BD $28.99
Comedy: Tom Cruise stars as a teenager whose parents have left for a week in this 1983 film, which has been restored and remastered. Bonuses: documentary, commentary, alternate ending; BD also has video commentary, digital copy.




Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
LOVE MY WAY: SERIES ONE (BFS) now 5-27 DVD $19.98
Drama: This popular Australian series depicts two families that juggle the fast-paced world of work, the dreams of grownups and the heartache of relationships.

INTERVENTION SEASON ONE: THEN AND NOW (A&E) now 6-10 DVD $14.95
Reality: Timed for release with the fourth season premiere, this two-disc set contains four episodes about addicts and their struggles.

ANGLO-SAXON ATTITUDES (ACORN) 6-3 7-1 DVD $39.99
Drama: In this miniseries, a student in 1912 witnesses the unearthing of a controversial phallic idol in an archaeological dig and has an affair with his best friend’s fiancée. Bonuses: screenwriter bio, cast filmographies.

REBUS: SET 3 (ACORN) 6-3 7-1 DVD $49.99
Crime thriller: Ken Stott (Charlie Wilson’s War) stars in this four-disc set as detective John Rebus, the deeply troubled Scottish detective who plays by his own rules. Bonuses: author Ian Rankin’s bio, cast filmographies.

STARGATE ATLANTIS: SEASON FOUR (MGM/FOX) 6-11 7-8 DVD $49.98
Sci-fi: The Atlantis team continues their adventures in the Pegasus galaxy. Bonuses: commentary, photo galleries, production design gallery.

THE WIRE: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON (HBO/WARNER) 7-8 8-12 DVD $59.99
Drama: Times are tough for the police department when the Mayor cuts their budget, and the drug-dealing and crime on the street still escalate in this fifth installment.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: SEASON ONE (WARNER) 7-15 8-19 BD $59.99
Animated: The DC Comics Classic arrives on Blu-ray in this three-disc set. Bonuses: creator’s commentary, storyboards, character design, new promo, Blackhawk theme music video.

BAKUGAN BATTLE BRAWLERS: CHAPTER 1 (WARNER) 7-22 8-26 DVD $14.98
Animated: Five episodes of the Cartoon Network series about characters engaging in battles. Bonuses: trading card. Promotion: A new line of Bakugan videogames, apparel and toys will be released in the fall.

IN TREATMENT (HBO/WARNER) 8-5 9-9 DVD $59.99
Drama: This nine-disc set stars Gabriel Byrne as a therapist who exhibits great confidence when dealing with his patients but lacks that trait in his personal life.

IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA: SEASON THREE (FOX) 8-6 9-2 DVD $39.98
Sitcom: Danny DeVito stars in this FX series about five friends who own and operate a pub. Bonuses: commentaries, featurettes, gag reel.

ANIMALIA: WELCOME TO THE KINGDOM (PORCHLIGHT) 8-20 9-23 DVD $16.98, BD $29.98
Children’s: Four episodes from this CGI-animated series about two 11-year-olds who are pulled from their local library into a world of talking animals.

BOOWA & KWALA (PORCHLIGHT) 9-10 10-14 DVD $14.98
Children’s: This Australian series helps preschoolers develop their imagination through music and song.




Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
LOVING MARADONA (IMAGE) now now DVD $14.98
Foreign-language documentary: A look at soccer player Diego Armando Maradona, from his life in poverty to his rise to fame and fortune; in Spanish with English subtitles. Bonuses: commentary, featurettes.

YOU: STEPS FOR EXTENDING YOUR WARRANTY WITH DR. MICHAEL ROIZEN (DPTV MEDIA) now 5-13 DVD $16.98
How-to: Based on the bestseller YOU: Staying Young, the Owners Manual for Extending Your Warranty, this title looks at the biggest myths about aging and discusses what to do to preserve mental acuity and other tips. Bonuses: Age Buster Plan, workouts.

ESPN RINGSIDE RIVALRIES (ESPN/GENIUS) now 5-27 DVD $27.95
Sports: This two-disc set features such legendary showdowns as Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier and Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake “Raging Bull” LaMotta. Bonuses: uncut championship bouts Ali vs. Frazier “Thrilla in Manila” and LaMotta vs. Robinson “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.”

THE FIGHT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE (ST. CLAIR VISION) now 5-27 DVD $9.98
Documentary: A collection of TV commercials from every U.S. Presidential race, from 1952 to today, as well as debates and speeches.

CATCHING OUT: A FILM ABOUT TRAINHOPPING AND LIVING FREE (MICROCINEMA) 5-27 6-24 DVD $24.95
Documentary: This film features an activist, a young nomad and a couple who all travel for free on freight trains.

FROM THE GROUND UP (MICROCINEMA) 5-27 6-24 DVD $24.95
Documentary: Filmmaker Su Friedrich travels from Guatemala to New York to follow the phases of coffee production.

JOURNEY TO 10,000 B.C. (A&E) 5-27 6-24 DVD $19.95
Documentary: Following the blockbuster hit 10,000 B.C., this film explores early human life and recreates what the world was like at that time.

A THING OF WONDER: THE MIND AND MATTER OF JERRY ANDRUS (MICROCINEMA) 5-27 6-24 DVD $19.99
Documentary: The magician, inventor and poet demonstrates his inventions at his “Castle of Chaos” and discusses such subjects as God and the curse of contentment.

THE 2007 NEWPORT MUSIC FESTIVAL: CONNOISSEUR’S COLLECTION (ACORN) 6-3 7-1 DVD $124.99
Music: The best concerts of 2007 are captured in this 10-disc set, featuring music from Mozart to Mendelssohn and Chopin to Schubert. Bonuses: six hours of bonus performances and commentary clips.

CHAMPIONS OF FAITH: BASEBALL EDITION (TLA) 6-17 7-15 DVD $19.99
Religious: A film about some of Major League Baseball’s star players and their religious beliefs, including interviews with Mike Piazza and Mike Sweeney. Bonuses: additional footage, photos, featurette, deleted scenes, outtakes.

JOE LOUIS: AMERICA’S HERO … BETRAYED (HB0/WARNER) 6-24 7-29 DVD $19.98
Documentary: In-depth profile of the boxing legend, revealing how a grandson of slaves became one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Bonuses: rare boxing footage, interviews.

DANA CARVEY: SQUATTING MONKEYS TELL NO LIES (HBO/WARNER) 7-1 8-5 DVD $19.97
Comedy: The Emmy Award-winning comedian takes to the stage for a new stand-up special.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 TREASURES (WARNER) 7-29 9-2 DVD $19.98
Documentary: Historian Dan Cruickshank embarks on a world tour, visiting 80 buildings, artworks and other man-made treasures, from the Parthenon to King Tut’s burial mask.



Online Editor: Samantha Clark
VideoBusiness.com

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