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Video Business's Just Announced enewsletter for the week of Jan. 6, 2009, features the latest movies and TV shows announced for release on DVD and Blu-ray.

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Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING (ARTS ALLIANCE) now 1-27 DVD $19.95
Documentary: This look at the artist includes archival footage of Madonna, Grace Jones and Andy Warhol and interviews with Yoko Ono and others.

FROZEN RIVER (SONY) now 2-10 DVD $28.96, BD $39.95
Drama: Two single mothers try to make a life for their children by illegally transporting immigrants into the U.S. in this film, which has been nominated for seven Independent Spirit Awards. Bonuses: commentary.

THE SAM ELLIOTT WESTERN COLLECTION (WARNER) 1-6 2-10 DVD $19.97
Western: Elliott stars in The Desperate Trail, Rough Riders and You Know My Name.

CHANGELING (UNIVERSAL) 1-6 2-17 DVD $29.98, BD $39.98
Drama: Angelina Jolie stars as a woman who has lost her son in this $35 million-grossing, two-time Golden Globe-nominated film, directed by Clint Eastwood. Bonuses: featurettes, BD has BD Live, picture-in-picture.

THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY (FOX) 2-4 3-3 DVD $29.98
Thriller: In this $13.4 million-grossing movie, a teenager tries to forget her family’s violent past, but it continues to haunt her. Bonuses: interviews.

LE CORBEAU (CRITERION/IMAGE) 2-10 3-10 DVD $29.95
Foreign-language mystery: A writer of poison-pen letters plagues a French provincial town; in French with English subtitles. Bonuses: interview, documentary, film essay.

PORT OF SHADOWS (CRITERION/IMAGE) 2-10 3-10 DVD $29.95
Foreign-language drama: An army deserter looks for another chance at life; in French with English subtitles. Bonuses: stills gallery, promotional posters, film essay.

QUAI DES ORFEVRES (CRITERION/IMAGE) 2-10 3-10 DVD $29.95
Foreign-language drama: A performer, her husband and a devoted confidante cover each other’s tracks when an acquaintance is murdered; in French with English subtitles. Bonuses: interviews, poster gallery, film essay.

VARIETY LIGHTS (CRITERION/IMAGE) 2-10 3-10 DVD $29.95
Foreign-language drama: Federico Fellini’s debut film about a beautiful ingénue; in French with English subtitles. Bonuses: film essay.

TRANSPORTER 3 (LIONSGATE) 2-11 3-10 DVD $29.95, two-DVD $34.98, BD $39.99
Action: Jason Statham returns as the ex-Special Forces operative, who is presented an offer he can’t refuse. Bonuses: two-DVD and BD has featurettes, digital copy.

DODES’KA-DEN (CRITERION/IMAGE) 2-17 3-17 DVD $29.95
Foreign-language drama: Akira Kurosawa’s film about people living in the outskirts of Tokyo; in Japanese with English subtitles. Bonuses: documentary, film essay.

ECLIPSE SERIES 15: TRAVELS WITH HIROSHI SHIMIZU (CRITERION/IMAGE) 2-17 3-17 DVD $59.95
Foreign-language drama: This four-disc box set contains four films about geishas, bus drivers and masseurs; in Japanese with English subtitles.

TCM ARCHIVES: FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION VOL. 3: WILLIAM WELLMAN AT WARNER BROS. (WARNER) 2-17 3-24 DVD $49.92
Drama: Boxed set includes Wellman’s controversial films Other Men’s Women, The Purchase Price, Frisco Jenny, Midnight Mary, Heroes for Sale and Wild Boys of the Road. Bonuses: documentaries, commentaries, vintage shorts and cartoons.

ANGEL WARS: THE MESSENGERS (FOX) 2-18 3-17 DVD $19.98
Adventure: In this animated feature, angels fight against fallen spirits. Bonuses: sneak peek of Angels’ Next Mission, character profiles.

THE LAST METRO (CRITERION/IMAGE) 2-24 3-24 DVD or BD $39.95
Foreign-language drama: Members of a French theater company live under German occupation during World War II; in French with English subtitles. Bonuses: commentaries, deleted scene, interviews, short film, film essay.

DANTON (CRITERION/IMAGE) 3-3 3-31 DVD $39.95
Foreign-language drama: Andrzej Wajda’s look at the ideological clash during the French Revolution; in French and Polish with English subtitles. Bonuses: interviews, documentary, film essay.

IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE (CRITERION/IMAGE) 3-3 3-31 DVD $29.95
Foreign-language drama: When a conman becomes employed by the Nazis, he wrestles with his conscience for the first time; in Italian and German with English subtitles. Bonuses: interviews, essays.

AFTER DARK HORRORFEST 8 FILMS TO DIE FOR (LIONSGATE) 3-4 3-31 DVD $19.98 each, $159.98 set
Horror: Includes limited-release movies The Broken, Slaughter, Perkins 14, The Butterfly Effect: Revelation, From Within, Dying Breed, Autopsy and Voices. Bonuses: featurettes, Webisodes, commentaries.

TCM GREATEST CLASSIC FILMS COLLECTION WAVE 2 (WARNER) 3-31 5-5 DVD $27.92 each
Boxed sets: American Musicals, Broadway Musicals, Western Adventures, John Wayne Westerns, WWII Battlefront Europe and WWII Battlefront Asia will each carry four classic movies.





Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
CAPOTE/IN COLD BLOOD (SONY) now 2-17 BD $54.95
Drama: This box set contains the Oscar-winning Capote starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and the 1967 In Cold Blood, based on Truman Capote’s novel. Bonuses: documentary, commentaries, featurette.

GANDHI SPECIAL EDITION (SONY) now 2-17 BD $38.96
Drama: A chronicle of the life of Mahatma Gandhi, played by Ben Kingsley. Bonuses: picture-in-graphics track, newsreel shorts, featurettes, interviews, intro, commentary.

KRAMER VS. KRAMER (SONY) now 2-17 BD $28.95
Drama: The Oscar-winning drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep about a custody battle. Bonuses: featurette.

THE 400 BLOWS (CRITERION/IMAGE) 2-24 3-24 BD $29.95
Foreign-language drama: Francois Truffaut’s debut film about a difficult childhood; in French with English subtitles. Bonuses: commentaries, audition footage, newsreel footage, TV spot, interviews, film essay.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (WARNER) 2-24 3-31 BD $28.99
Musical: Gene Kelly stars in this 1951 movie about a struggling American painter who’s discovered by an influential heiress in Paris.

GIGI (WARNER) 2-24 3-31 BD $28.99
Musical: Leslie Caron and Eva Gabor star in this 1958 movie about a rich playboy and a young courtesan-in-training.





Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
MADE IN SPAIN: SEASON 2 (PBS/PARAMOUNT) now 1-19 DVD $34.99
How to: Jose Andres shows how bring Spanish flavor to the American kitchen.

SIMON & SIMON: SEASON TWO (SHOUT! FACTORY) 1-16 2-10 DVD $49.99
Action: This six-disc set contains 22 episodes of the ’80s series about sibling sleuths. Bonuses: Magnum P.I. episode.

BARNEY MILLER: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (SONY) 2-12 3-17 DVD $29.95
Sitcom: The detectives of New York City’s 12th Precinct are quarantined at the police station with a hooker and a man who thinks he’s a werewolf in the third season of this ’70s show.

MARRIED WITH CHILDREN: THE COMPLETE TENTH SEASON (SONY) 2-12 3-17 DVD $39.95
Sitcom: This three-disc set includes all 26 episodes of the next-to-last season of the irreverent show.

THE NANNY: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (SONY) 2-12 3-17 DVD $39.95
Sitcom: Fran Drescher stars as a flashy nanny to a proper British millionaire widower and his three kids in this three-disc set, including 27 episodes.

THE RICHES: SEASON TWO (FOX) 2-25 3-24 DVD $29.98
Drama: Includes all seven episodes from the final season of the series starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver as con artists. Bonuses: featurette.

GOOSEBUMPS: RETURN OF THE MUMMY (FOX) 3-4 3-31 DVD $14.98
Children’s: Includes three episodes from the series.

GOOSEBUMPS: THE SCARECROW WALKS AT MIDNIGHT (FOX) 3-4 3-31 DVD $14.98
Children’s: Includes three episodes from the series.

HOPE & FAITH: SEASON ONE (LIONSGATE) 3-4 3-31 DVD $39.98
Sitcom: Kelly Ripa and Faith Ford star as sisters in the 2003-04 family comedy series debuting on DVD. Bonuses: gag reel.





Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
ATOM SMASHERS (PBS/PARAMOUNT) now 1-6 DVD $24.99
Science: Physicists at Fermilab examine why everything has mass.

THE CHOICE (PBS/PARAMOUNT) now 1-6 DVD $24.99
Politics: This program looks at the historic presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain.

HEAT (PBS/PARAMOUNT) now 1-6 DVD $24.99
Documentary: Frontline producer Martin Smith looks at the climate problem and what corporations are doing to solve the issue.

A RIDE ALONG LINCOLN HIGHWAY (PBS/PARAMOUNT) now 1-6 DVD $24.99
Travel: A look at America’s first transcontinental highway, from New York to San Francisco.

AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS: DISSONANCE & HARMONY (PBS/PARAMOUNT) now 1-13 DVD $24.99
Documentary: A look at an eclectic mix of Middle-Eastern musicians.

THE WAR BRIEFING (PBS/PARAMOUNT) now 1-13 DVD $24.99
Politics: A look at the challenges President-elect Barack Obama will face in foreign policy.

BARACK OBAMA: INAUGURAL EDITION (A&E/NEW VIDEO) now 1-20 DVD $12.95
Biography: The Biography Channel’s 47-minute program looks at the next U.S. President.

E2 DESIGN: TRANSPORT (PBS/PARAMOUNT) now 1-27 DVD $24.99
Science: This program examines sustainable transportation alternatives.

NASCAR: THE RIDE OF THEIR LIVES (PARAMOUNT) now 2-10 DVD $24.99
Sports: Kevin Costner narrates this look at the men who started NASCAR. Bonuses: extended scenes.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: HAPPILY EVER AFTER (FOX) 1-7 2-3 DVD $14.98
Children’s: The cartoon character and her friends bring fairy tales to life. Bonuses: Valentine’s Day greeting cards, coloring pages, game.

KINGDOM OF THE BLUE WHALE (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/WARNER) 2-24 3-31 DVD $19.98, BD $28.99
Documentary: Scientists embark on a mission to identify and tag California blue whales.

RICKY GERVAIS: OUT OF ENGLAND: THE STAND-UP COMEDY SPECIAL (HBO/WARNER) 2-24 3-31 DVD $19.97
Comedy: Ricky Gervais performs live in New York. Bonuses: interview.

IN THE WOMB: CATS AND DOGS (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/WARNER) 3-24 4-28 DVD $19.98
Science: A look at dogs and cats in their fetal development.

IN THE WOMB COLLECTION (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/WARNER) 3-24 4-28 DVD $39.98
Science: This box set contains four specials about the fetus and the journey from conception to birth.

IN THE WOMB: IDENTICAL TWINS (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/WARNER) 3-24 4-28 DVD $19.98
Science: A look at the reproductive miracle of identical twins.



Online Editor: Samantha Clark
VideoBusiness.com

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