UK Video Rental/Retail Chart Analysis (w/e May 18th 1996)
The Dominator
The initial bit :
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PastelBlue, the one-stop mail-order CD and video shop is now back online.
Please send any album/single enquiries to "loo...@pastel.demon.co.uk",
and any video enquiries to me at "loo...@festive.demon.co.uk".
If you have any enquiries about PAL laserdiscs, and CDi/Video CD titles,
give me a shout too. We might be able to get hold of CD-ROMs too, so for
questions about those too, you know where I am.
If it's available, we can get it.
We can also get pre-release videos so if there's anything in the Top 10
rental chart which takes your fancy, let us know!
I must stress that they are NOT ex-rental, but brand new tapes.
PastelBlue's home page can be found at :
http://www.demon.co.uk/pastel/
For retail tapes, the prices differ slightly from the retail price
quoted in the list of new releases.
In general the following conversion chart applies.
Retail price PastelBlue price
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10.99 11.43
11.99 12.46
12.99 13.50
13.99 14.56
14.99 15.60
15.99 16.63
Postage is free in the UK for regular videos.
Prices may differ slightly from the above, most of all in cases of videos
from the Disney/Buena Vista stable which may be a bit cheaper.
For prices of boxsets and general enquiries please ask in advance.
The Internet Movie Database. The world's largest and most comprehensive
on-line movie database.
Search for your favourite film at : http://uk.imdb.com/
My new "TV Week in Widescreen" (ie. all the films showing on TV
this week in widescreen format) is on the London Calling site at :
http://www.demon.co.uk/london-calling/tvwide.html
All people subscribed to this list will get a copy too.
Also, there's a list of some forthcoming releases for Pioneer LDCE PAL
Laserdisc releases following the list from Encore Entertainment.
Now on with the show...
WIDESCREEN NEWS :
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Disney release their first widescreen animated video, "The Lion King"
on May 13th (RRP 16.99). Let's hope it's the first of many.
Braveheart, Mel Gibson's 5-time Oscar-winning 3-hour epic has now been
released on widescreen rental video.
We are now taking orders for brand-new pre-release copies. Get it months
before it hits the shops. PastelBlue price : UKP 76.36
A widescreen PAL laserdisc is also available. Please ask for details.
The City of Lost Children WILL get a Widescreen/subtitled release on
June 26th.
Bond is back, with the rest of the collection P&S. See new releases date
May 28th for details later in this article.
Warner Bros still has to release widescreen versions of the following :
For Your Eyes Only
The Living Daylights
Licence To Kill
Octopussy
A View To A Kill
Thanks to Keith Wolstenholme for Laserdisc info marked [$]
Thanks also to Keith Myles for some other new release info [%]
Keith Myles is editor of the UK Widescreen Review, available at
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/widescreen/
These charts are available in HTML form at :
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/widescreen/dom.htm
My Widescreen Video list is available at :
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/widescreen/things/domwslist.htm
The news page is at :
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/widescreen/news.htm
Trevor May (trevo...@zetnet.co.uk) has a new Web site...
The Sci-Fi Connection - http://www.webentity.co.uk/sci-fi/
The Internet based science fiction magazine. Includes hot new news,
rumours, convention listings, releases, reviews, SF television guide,
Movies, Videos, Games, Models and more. Also caters for fans of
fantasy and horror.
Certificates and retail prices (where known for retail films in UKP)
are given.
UK Video certificates are :
U : Universal
Uc : Universal..but more suitable for children
PG : Parental Guidance
12 : Finally putting an end to films uprated to 15 for no reason
15 : Suitable for persons of only 14 or over (pardon?...) er make that 15
18 : Haven't got a clue on this one :)
18R: Restricted-18 films, which don't usually find their way to the high street.
E : Exempt - usually applies to some music videos, and fitness videos.
Key :
STV - Straight-to-video
The RENTAL chart !!
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10 (7) FALLER : Mortal Kombat (15)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details).
The film of the game, starring Christopher Lambert, where all the characters
meet for the "Mortal Kombat" tournament. I presume then that if it's a contest,
then "there can be only one" :)
9 (9) NON-MOVER : Die Hard With a Vengeance (15, Buena Vista)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
McClane is back with a big Brucey bonus, as Simon Gruber, played casually
by Jeremy Irons plans to rob the entire gold reserves from the main bank in
New York, and he's got quite a cunning plan up his sleeve.
In the first film, directed by John McTiernan, who returns to direct here
too, you'll remember Bruce dropped Simon's brother Hans (played superbly by
Alan Rickman) off the top of the Nakatomi building.
Simon's a bit peeved about this, so this film stems from the script, "Simon
Says", written by Jonathan Hensleigh, in which Irons firsts detenonates a
huge bomb in a department store to get the attention of the police, and then
sets Bruce a challenge. He has to wear a sandwich board in the middle of
Harlem with a very non-politically correct statement on the front and back.
He almost gets offed, but would the main hero die within the first few minutes?
Of course not. He is saved at the last minute by Zeus Carver, played by
Samuel L Jackson, who also joined Bruce Willis for "Pulp Fiction", but they
never shared screen time together in that film.
What ensues is a trail of destruction, bad language and violence, all the
things a great action film needs, as Simon sets Bruce one challenge after
another, threatening to set off bigger bombs around the city, until they meet
face to face for the last time...
To be honest, this isn't quite as good as the first two, but is worth seeing
to give your surround sound system a workout.
What's been cut though? The safe money is placed on a scene in a lift, which
is quite confusing when compared with the uncut NTSC LD, and anyone whose
seen the UK cinema version will have seen the cut version. Other scenes
may include on the boat when Bruce has a scrap with a tall Russian guy,
and when Irons' mute girlfriend Katya (the delectable Sam Phillips) offs
a security guard quite concisely :)
There will apparently by a widescreen version, with slightly more extra
footage than this cut version, but still not as much as the version everyone
in the US gets to see. Extra footage will include a bit more of the lift scene,
but not as much as we'd like, and we won't see when Bruce finally offs the
last guy, in which he gets tons of blood over his face.
This completely goes against what happened with "Die Hard 2" when the P&S
version was a cut 15-cert, but the BBFC allowed an uncut 18-cert release of
the widescreen version.
Buena Vista are doing well for widescreen lately. They started with "Pulp
Fiction", then "Leon", and in the Autumn this film will be released. Another
film set for a WS retail release is Tony Scott's excellent "Crimson Tide"
with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman, but the film hasn't even been released
to rent yet. The cinema release was last November, so rental will probably
be May, and retail in November.
Would you believe me if I said all P&S and WS videos of the first two films
had been deleted? Strange but true. What's going on Fox?
Dominator rating : 8/10 (probably less for a P&S version :)
8 (8) NON-MOVER : Clueless (12, CIC)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
Babe-of-the-moment Alicia Silverstone plays Cher, the most popular teenage
girl at Beverly Hills High, who is suddenly about to discover 'true love'
when a couple of new hunks arrive at the school. 93 mins.
7 (6) FALLER : Nine Months (12, Fox)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 68.74)
Hugh Grant's first Hollywood outing (well, second if you include Divine Brown),
sees him playing an upper-class twit (no change there then) in a 'comedy'
directed by Chris Columbus (Home Alone 1 and 2, Mrs. Doubtfire) which was
voted as one of the worst films of last year by Barry Norman.
Robin Williams co-stars as a doctor BTW.
6 (5) FALLER : Species (18)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
Newcomer Natasha Hendridge plays an alien babe who causes a lot of bother for
a team of scientists who go to find out what's going on. Cast includes Ben
Kingsley and Michael Madsen.
5 (4) FALLER : Braveheart (15, Fox) *WIDESCREEN VERSION AVAILABLE*
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.36)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details).
Mel Gibson's five-time Oscar winning three-hour epic of the story of William
Wallace who avenges the death of his Scottish relatives, and forms an army
to take on the might of the English.
Encore Entertainment were granted the release of their Widescreen PAL
Laserdisc of the film on the same day of the rental video's release by
Fox Video. This is the first time this has happened for a Fox title, and
depending on how it sells (which by all accounts should be by the bucketload)
will determine how many more PAL Laserdiscs are released on the same day as
the rental video.
The PAL Laserdisc is in widescreen (ratio 2.35:1) with a theatrical trailer,
and the video has been released in both P&S and WIDESCREEN.
Widescreen rental videos are very few and far between, and not many shops
carry them, so if you own a rental shop, and stock the widescreen video,
email me and you'll get a mention next time.
Now the question on everyone's lips is "is the film cut" ?
The answer is yes and no, because to get a 15-certificate only one scene
has been reframed. It involves a character having their throat slit, but
apparently Mel Gibson shot the scene from in front, so you see everything,
and from behind, so you don't. I understand that it's the latter that's been
used in the UK cinema/video/laserdisc release. Apparently the rest of the
film is rather bloodthirsty too.
4 (10) CLIMBER : The Net (12, Columbia TriStar)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.36)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details).
Sandra Bullock stars in one of those thrillers where all her identity details
are wiped, her friends are bumped off, and she's got something that somebody
else wants (I'm not going to state the obvious :).
It's rather well done though, is a silly sort of way, and there's some good
surround sound moments in there. Also, taking advantage of current trends,
this one is based around the internet as Sandra Bullock plays a computer geek
who's spent the past few years doing nothing else but looking at Web sites.
How her character can afford to go on holiday with such a hefty phone bill,
one can only imagine...
3 (3) NON-MOVER : While You Were Sleeping (PG, Buena Vista)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
The second of two new entries for Ms. Bullock sees her playing a ticket
booth operator (gladly not one on the receiving end from the bad guy in the
cinema-hit "Money Train" :) who sees the love of her life (so she believes)
in the form of Peter Gallagher (Sex, Lies and Videotape) who falls onto the
track.
Sandra saves him from becoming sushi and falls in love madly. One problem
though, he's unconscious, and while he recovers in hospital she then falls for
the charms of his brother Bill Pullman (one of those actors who usually never
gets the girl), but the rest of Gallagher's family think that she's Gallagher's
wife. Problems abound. Who will she end up with...?
2 (2) NON-MOVER : Under Siege 2 (18)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
Steven Seagal returns as the cook Casey Ryback, but on a train this time,
offing villains including major bad guy Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio).
1 (1) NON-MOVER : Apollo 13 (PG, CIC)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
One small step for man, and one gigantic problem for Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon,
and Bill Paxton as their space trip doesn't quite go to plan on the 13th day,
at the 13th hour, at the 13th minute...etc.
As for a widescreen video version, such is as yet unknown, but if it's just a
regular fullscreen version, then this won't be such a problem for the following
reason. The film was filmed with the "Super 35" process in which a 1.33:1 image
(same ratio as a TV set) is filmed, and the picture is masked to give a 2.35:1
image.
For special-effects films which have been shot with Super 35, (eg. True Lies,
The Abyss, and Terminator 2) the special-effects sequences are shot at a ratio
close to the intended cinema ratio, so they will have to be P&S'd for the
non-widescreen video.
New RENTAL Releases for May :
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Best of the Best 3 - No Turning Back (13th)
Crimson Tide (15, Buena Vista)
Doctor Jekyll & Ms. Hyde (12, Polygram)
French Kiss (22nd, 15)
Funny Bones (15, Buena Vista)
Goldeneye (12, Warner, 31st)
Hatchet Man (Columbia)
Heavy (15, Fox Guild ART127R, 27th) [%]
- Shelley Winters, Liv Tyler, Deborah Harry and Pizzas!
It Came From Outer Space 2 (24th, CIC)
Jade (18, CIC)
La Haine (Widescreen/subtitled, Tartan 28th)
Mask of Death (18, Entertainment in Video EVV1366, 13th) [%]
- FBI vs the drugs gangs.
Murder In The First (15, 13th)
- excellent drama featuring Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, and although the
film didn't receive any nominations, an Oscar-worthy performance from
Kevin Bacon
The Net (12, 8th, Columbia)
To Die For (15, 8th, Polygram)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (PG, CIC)
When the bullet Hits the Bone (18, Entertainment in Video EVV 1364, 13th) [%]
- Emergency ward doctor vs drugs baron.
Witchboard - The Possession (1st)
New RENTAL Releases for June :
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Ace Ventura 2 : When Nature Calls (12, Warner, 26th)
The American President (15, CIC, 7th)
Assassins (18, 14th)
The Brothers McMullen (15, 24th)
Seven (18, 17th, Entertainment)
Tess (Widescreen, Guild, 24th)
The Tie That Binds (19th)
Tommy Boy (CIC, 28th)
A Walk in the Clouds (PG, 3rd)
- remake by the same director of "Like Water for Chocolate" with Keanu Reeves
New RENTAL Releases for July :
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Leaving Las Vegas (18, 1st)
Mute Witness (18, 22nd)
- an EXCELLENT film, although it needs to be widescreen!
Video RETAIL releases :
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Released this week :
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Around the World with Timon and Pumbaa (U, 12.99, Disney)
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Following on from the success of "The Lion King", two of the characters
are now in their own adventure going around the world. 70 mins.
The Lion King (U, 16.99 Widescreen, Disney, cat.no. WD271822)
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And in timely fashion to the above, Disney release their first ever
widescreen version of a cartoon with the incredibly successful "The Lion King".
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (12.99 Widescreen, Warner)
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Continuing the sci-fi theme, the second Doctor Who adventure starring
Peter Cushing gets a widescreen release. Now you can see ALL the Daleks!
Doctor Who - Feature Length Film (12, 14.99, BBC)
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The NEW Doctor Who, Paul McGann, in his first 90-minute adventure!
In San Francisco, a time-traveller is on the verge of death and Doctor
Grace Holloway must try to save Doctor Who's life from being exchanged
for the other's on the stroke of midnight 1999 - the start of the
new Millenium.
Heavenly Creatures (18, 12.99, Disney)
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Peter Jackson's latest creation tells the true story of two teenage girls
whose very close friendship gradually becomes much more sinister as they act
out their fantasies in real life to include murder...
This film was shot in Super-35 so the non-SFX scenes will be mostly
open-matte, whereas SFX scenes will probably be the usual P&S.
Actress-of-the-moment Kate Winslett stars along with Melanie Lynskey. 98 mins.
Il Postino (The Postman) (U, 12.99 subtitled, Disney)
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This Oscar-nominated film follows Mario, a shy and simple-minded postman
on a remote Mediterranean island, who forms a friendship with exiled "poet of
love", Pablo Neruda. Mario enlists Pablo's help in winning the heart of a
beautiful woman. 105 mins.
Mario was played by the actor Massimo Troisi, who after a long illness with
a heart complaint, died after the last day of shooting.
The film also stars Philippe Noiret (Le Cop, Cinema Paradiso).
The Madness of King George (PG, 14.99 P&S, 19.99 Boxset Col/Tristar;
36.99 WS Special Edition PAL LD from Encore already available)
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This drama set in 1788 and based on Alan Bennett's stage play, follows the
events surrounding King George III as his mental condition deteriorates.
The cast includes Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Amanda Donohoe,
Rupert Graves and Rupert Everett. 110 mins.
The widescreen box-set includes the screenplay and four collector's prints.
Star Trek DS9 4.5 (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager 2.5 (12.99, CIC)
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Star Trek DS9 4.5 contains the episodes "The Sword of Kahless" and
"Our Man Bashir", but I don't have an episode listing for Voyager 2.5.
Released last week :
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E.R. Vols.1 & 2 (12, 9.99 each, Warner)
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Vol.1 contains the episodes : Into that Good Night and Chicago,
while Vol.2 features Happy New Year and February.
Fans of Doug Ross (George Clooney) can take comfort in the fact that his
latest film "From Dusk Till Dawn", directed by Robert Rodriguez and also
starring Quentin Tarantino (and Salma Heyek 8) is released in UK cinemas
on May 31st...just in time for pay-day :)
The Good Son (18, Fox 8553S, 10.99)
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The film which was withheld from the cinemas for a year, and then went straight
to video, following the murder of toddler James Bulger, sees Macauley Culkin
as a bad boy who loses his mother and is sent to stay with his cousin. Instead
of companionship, Mac discovers evil secrets... 90 mins.
Just Cause (18, 14.99, Warner)
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Sean Connery plays Paul Armstrong, a law professor who opposes the death
penalty, and therefore agrees to investigate a murder that occured eight
years earlier as the convicted man waits on Death Row.
He doesn't realise that the deception he is about to uncover which will
threaten his entire life and principles.
Also stars Larry Fishburne (why does he insist on being called "Laurence" ?)
and Ed Harris. 98 mins.
Men Behaving Badly: Series 2 - Part 2 (15, VCI TV8217, 12.99)
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This tape of the series features the episodes : Troublesome 12", Going nowhere,
and People Behaving Irritatingly.
A new series is screened on BBC TV in June. Yes!
Murder Most Horrid (10.99, BBC)
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6 episodes from the hit comedy with Dawn French.
Tape 1 features : Overkill, Lady Luck, and Mangez Merveillac.
Tape 2 features : The Girl from Ipanema, A Determined Woman, and
Murder At Tea-Time.
Released two weeks ago :
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Farinelli : Il Castrato (15.99 Widescreen/sub, Guild)
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A period drama based on the lives of two brothers, castrato singer Farinelli
and composer Riccardo. Their bond of friendship is threatened by the composer
Handel and Farinelli's new love, Alexandra. 106 mins.
L.A. Takedown (15, 10.99, MIA)
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Michael Mann's original TV movie version of the "Heat" story gets a re-release
on popular demand.
Scott Plank plays Vincent Hanna (same name as Al Pacino's character in "Heat")
who trails a ruthless killer after a confrontation in a crowded cafe.
95 mins.
Pedicab Driver (12.99 Widescreen/subtitled, Made in Hong Kong)
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A mixture of martial arts comedy and breathtaking violence in this story of
King Fu King Samo Hung and his one-man war to avenge the murder of his
blood brother. 91 mins.
Ran (15, 19.99 Widescreen/subtitled boxset. Ltd. Numbered Edition, Lumiere)
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An Academy-award winning story which intertwines Japanese history around
Shakespeare's plot "King Lear". Set in 16th Century Japan. Manadarin
dialogue with subtitles. Also includes "A.K. - The Making of Ran".
71 mins.
The Water Margin - Parts 13 and 14 (12.99 dubbed, Fabulous)
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The TV drama set over one thousand years ago in ancient China continues with
two more episodes : "When Liang Shan Po Robbed the Poor" and
"A Death for Love, More Deaths for Greed".
Encore Entertainment are releasing PAL laserdiscs of this series.
For more details please ask.
Recommended recent release :
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (15, Fox, digitally remastered
1.85:1, P&S #1424S 12.99, WS #1424W 15.99)
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(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details).
The widescreen edition has a running time of 96 minutes, including
Superheroes, plus 70 minutes of additional material:
o The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show Documentary
o Out takes, including Once in a While
o Alternative takes, including:
- The Time Warp
- Brad and Janet undressing
- Janet's seduction
o Sing-a-longs, including Sweet Transvestite
o Original cinema trailer.
New releases :
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PAL LDs :
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Some new releases from Encore :
(http://www.compulink.co.uk/~encore/)
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May 1996
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1026 Runaway 15 26.99 .. May 96
EE1028 Princess Madam 18 31.99 .. May 96
EE1050 Enemy Mine 15 26.99 .. May 96
EE1059 Ladyhawke PG 26.99 .. May 96
EE1067 Romancing the Stone TBC 26.99 .. May 96
EE1068 Jewel of the Nile PG 26.99 .. May 96
EE1069 Cocoon (NTSC) TBC 26.99 .. May 96
EE1079 Mortal Kombat (with extras) 15 31.99 .. May 96
EE1085 The Net 12 26.99 8 May 96
EE1091 Predator 18 26.99 .. May 96
EE1092 Predator 2 18 26.99 .. May 96
EE1097 Blue Steel 18 TBC .. May 96
EE1099 D'Atargnan's Daughter PG 36,99 .. May 96
June 1996
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1048 Big Trouble in Little China TBC 26.99 .. Jun 96
EE1072 The Wind and the Lion PG 26.99 .. Jun 96
EE1074 Cyrano de Bergerac U 37.99 .. Jun 96
EE1080 Ran (Boxed set) 39.99 .. Jun 96
EE1094 The Fly / Fly 2 (set) TBC 6 Jun 96
EE1103 The Longest Day 50.00 6 Jun 96
EE1108 The Omen 18 31.99 6 Jun 96
EE1117 Menace II Society (NTSC) 18 31.99 .. Jun 96
July 1996
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1030 Golden Voyage of Sinbad (Box Set) U TBC .. Jul 96
EE1058 Kiss of Death 18 26.99 .. Jul 96
EE1093 Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace 31.99 .. Jul 96
EE1106 Hammer Boxed Set 2 99.99 .. Jul 96
EE1110 Devil in a Blue Dress TBC 10 Jul 96
August 1996
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1071 Jumanji (CAV Boxed set, with extras) TBC 7 Aug 96
EE1081 Mysterious Island 26.99 .. Aug 96
EE1113 Jumanji (CLV) 21.99 7 Aug 96
EE1121 Johnny Mnemonic TBC .. Aug 96
EE1122 Mrs Doubtfire TBC .. Aug 96
September 1996
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1107 Desperado 26.99 4 Sep 96
EE1111 Sense and Sensibility TBC 11 Sep 96
EE1112 Money Train TBC 25 Sep 96
EE1123 M*A*S*H TBC .. Sep 96
EE1124 Monty Python and the Holy Grail TBC .. Sep 96
EE1125 Short Circuit TBC .. Sep 96
October 1996
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1114 Mary Reilly TBC 23 Oct 96
EE1126 Oklahoma TBC .. Oct 96
EE1127 Hello Dolly TBC .. Oct 96
EE1128 My Fair Lady TBC .. Oct 96
November 1996
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1115 The Juror TBC 20 Nov 96
EE1129 The Sound of Music TBC .. Nov 96
EE1130 South Pacific TBC .. Nov 96
EE1131 The King and I TBC .. Nov 96
December 1996
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1132 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid TBC .. Dec 96
EE1133 Little Big Man TBC .. Dec 96
January 1997
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1116 Screamers TBC 15 Jan 97
EE1134 Patton TBC .. Jan 97
EE1135 Tora Tora Tora TBC .. Jan 97
March 1997
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1136 The Robe TBC .. Mar 97
EE1137 Demetrius and the Gladiators TBC .. Mar 97
EE1138 Cleopatra TBC .. Mar 97
Other Future Titles
Note: The following titles are currently at various stages of
production (e.g. waiting for masters, BBFC approval, etc). They
will be slotted into the main release schedule as and when we have
a firmer idea of when we can realistically complete work on them.
Some should hopefully be released within the next couple of months.
Cat No. Title Cert Price
EE1056 Blue Thunder (NTSC) 15 26.99
EE1062 Hamburger Hill 18 26.99
EE1064 Curse of the Demon (Spec Ed) 15 42.99
EE1076 Planet of the Apes PG 26.99
EE1077 The Commitments 15 26.99
EE1082 The Water Margin (volume 3) 15 31.99
EE1095 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 26.99
EE1096 Journey to the Center of the Earth TBC
EE1101 Young Guns TBC
EE1102 Young Guns II TBC
EE1104 First Men in the Moon 31,99
EE1105 Once Upon a Time in America 70.00
EE1109 The Man Who Would Be King TBC
EE1119 Land and Freedom TBC
EE1120 Inferno TBC
EE1139 Carousel TBC
EE1140 Buster TBC
EE1141 Nostradamus TBC
EE1142 Independence Day TBC
EE1143 Broken Arrow TBC
EE1144 Fifth Element TBC
Eastern Heroes [$]
* Shaolin Temple - [HK DB] Source: Eastern Heroes magazine.
* Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin (1983) - [HK DB] Source: Eastern
Heroes magazine.
* Shaolin Temple 3: Martial Arts of Shaolin - [HK DB] Source: Eastern
Heroes magazine.
Laser Disc Distribution/Phonovision [$]
The following information was extracted from an LDD advertisement in a
recent issue of the UKLDA Laser Disc Directory.
* Blue Velvet - lb #30
* The Bounty - lb #40
* Christine - lb #35
* Conan The Destroyer - lb #35
* Coupe De Ville - lb #35
* The Dark Half - lb #30
* Dark Star - #30
* The Dead Zone - #30
* Fright Night - lb #35 (I am unable to find out if this has actually
been released.)
* Halloween II - #30
* Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1983) - #30
* Only You - lb #30
* St. Elmo's Fire - lb #35
Made in Hong Kong [$]
* Black Cat - [HK DB] lb #30. Source: Made in Hong Kong. (3 Mar)
* Bullet in the Head - [HK DB] #30. Source: Eastern Heroes magazine.
* City on Fire - [HK DB] lb #30. Source: Made in Hong Kong. (3 Mar)
* Full Contact - [HK DB] #30. Source: Eastern Heroes magazine.
* Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993) - [HK DB] #30. Source: Eastern
Heroes magazine.
Pioneer LDCE [$] :
* The American President - (1996)
* Apollo 13 - lb (Sept 1996)
* Babe - lb (1996)
* Back To The Future - (Apr 96)
* The Blues Brothers (May 1996)
* Cape Fear (Sept 1996)
* Casino - lb (1996)
* Casper - lb (Aug 96)
* Congo (May 1996)
* Cutthroat Island - lb (1996)
* Fatal Attraction - Special Edition - (1996)
* Help! - (Apr 96)
* The Hunt for Red October - lb (Jun 96)
* Indiana Jones Boxed Set - Films 1-3 including the "Making of Raiders of
the Lost Ark". #75 (Awaiting Lucas/Spielberg approval!)
* Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (May 1996)
* The Italian Job - (1996)
* Jaws - lb (Apr 96)
* Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge (June 1996)
* Sabrina - (1997)
* The Shawshank Redemption (Aug 1996)
* Star Trek: The Pilots Set - A boxed set including the pilot episodes of
the original series (The Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before), The
Next Generation (Encounter at Farpoint), Deep Space Nine (The Emmisary)
and Voyager (The Caretaker). (Apr 96)
* Star Trek TNG: Best Of Both Worlds (June 1996)
* Star Trek TNG: Redemption (July 1996)
* Star Trek TNG: Unification (Aug 1996)
* Strange Days - (1996)
* Sudden Death - (1996)
* The Untouchables - (Jul 96)
* Virtuosity - (1997)
* Waterworld - lb (Jul 96)
* Wes Craven's - New Nightmare (Aug 1996)
* Witness - (1996)
Video releases :
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May 13th :
Around the World with Timon and Pumbaa (U, 12.99, Disney)
- video-follow-up to "The Lion King
Battle For The Premiership 1995/96 (12.99)
Ben Dover - Naughty Bits (18, 12.99, MIA)
Big Boobs Vol 1-6 (18, 12.99 each)
Blame It On Ginger (18, 12.99, Raven)
Boys on the Side (15, 12.99, Warner)
- Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Mary-Louise Parker
Bullets over Broadway (15, 12.99, Disney)
Cagney & Lacey - The Return (10.99, Creation)
Cagney & Lacey - Together Again (10.99, Creation)
Circle of Friends (15, 12.99, Polygram)
Clarissa Explains it All - Take My Brother (8.99)
Clockwork Mice (18, 12.99, Polygram)
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (12.99 Widescreen, Warner)
Double D Boobarama - Tommy / Topsey (12.99)
Due South - Letting Go / Vault (10.99)
Due South - Witness / North (10.99)
Eagle's Claw (13.99 Widescreen/dubbed, Eastern Heroes)
Eat Drink Man Woman (PG, 12.99, Disney)
Ed Wood (15, 12.99, Touchstone)
Electric Blue 51 - Striptease (10.99)
Emmanuelle's Magic (18, 10.99, Creation)
Emmanuelle's Perfume (18, 10.99, Creation)
Fly Peek The Baby Whale (10.99, Kiseki)
Geno Cyber Parts 1-3 (12.99 dubbed, Manga)
Gettysburg Double Box (PG, 19.99, Warner)
- Tom Berenger
Ghost in the Shell (Animated/dubbed, 13.99)
Hamsters - Jimi Hendrix Memorial (10.99)
Harry the Horny Hypnotist (10.99)
Heavenly Creatures (18, 12.99, Disney)
Hitman in the Hand of Buddha (13.99, subtitled, Eastern Heroes)
Il Postino (The Postman) (U, 12.99, Disney)
Killer (18, 12.99, First Independent)
The Lion King (U, 16.99 Widescreen, Disney)
Live Sex Party (9.99)
The Madness of King George (PG, 14.99 P&S, 19.99 Boxset Col/Tristar;
36.99 WS Special Edition PAL LD from Encore already available)
Maradona - Villain or Victim (12.99, VCI)
Marcross 11 Vol.1 (15, 10.99, Kiseki)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Series 3 Vol.1 (9.99)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Series 3 Vol.2 (9.99)
Psycho (15, 10.99, Fox)
Ren and Stimpy Stinkiest Stories (7.99, Fox)
Safe Passage (15, Entertainment in Video EVS1187, 12.99) [%]
- Susan Sarandon and Sam Shepard in family drama.
Somebody to Love (18, Entertainment in Video EVS1205, 12.99) [%]
- Rosie Perez and the ubiquitous Harvey Keitel.
Stag Night Strippers (10.99)
Star Trek DS9 4.5 : The Sword of Kahless/Our Man Bashir (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager 2.5 (12.99, CIC)
Voice of Dr Hook - Dennis Le Corriere Live (10.99)
WWF In Your House 6 (12.99, VCI)
Wild, Wobbly, Big and Bouncy (9.99)
- can't imagine what this one is about for a minute :)
May 15th :
Doctor Who - Feature Length Film (12, 14.99, BBC)
- The NEW Doctor Who, Paul McGann, in his first 90-minute adventure!
"In San Francisco, a time-traveller is on the verge of death and Doctor
Grace Holloway must try to save Doctor Who's life from being exchanged
for the other's on the stroke of midnight 1999 - the start of the
new Millenium"
May 20th :
Addicted To Murder (18, 12.99, Screen Edge/Visionary)
Altered States (18, Warner, 9.99) [%]
- Ken Russell's ground breaking sci-fi masterpiece.
Arctic Kingdom : Life at the Edge (10.99, Carlton)
The Bedroom (18, 12.99 Widescreen, Screen Edge/Visionary)
Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD (U, Widescreen, Warner, 12.99)
Dave Swarbrick and Whippersnapper - Cambridge 1984
(12.99, Screen Edge/Visionary)
11 Days 11 Nights Part 3 (12.99)
Eric Cantona - Cantona Ooh Ah (10.99, Carlton)
Excel 95 Updating (14.99)
F.A. Cup Final 1996 (12.99)
Free Willy 2 - Free Harder (U, 14.99, Warner)
Jefferson In Paris (12, 12.99, Disney)
Learning Microsoft Works Windows 95 (14.99)
Manchester Utd - Heroes and Villains (10.99)
Manchester Utd - Official 95/96 Season Review (12.99, VCI)
Match of the Day - Race for the Title 1995/6 (12.99)
National Lampoon's Scuba School (12, 12.99)
Outbreak (15, 14.99, Warner)
The Outer Limits - New Series: Vol 1 (PG, Warner, 10.99) [%]
- Virtual Future: a scientist can see 2 minutes into the future
- The Quality of Mercy: Robert Patrick (T2) in an alien gulag
The Outer Limits - New Series: Vol 2 (PG, Warner, 10.99)
The Outer Limits - Original Series: Vol 8 (PG, Warner, 7.99) [%]
- Demon with a Glass Hand: Robert Culp
- The Bellaro Shield: Martin Landau
Rhythm Thief (18, 12.99, Screen Edge/Visionary)
Serial Killers - Inside the Mind (12.99)
May 28th :
Beatles Story (Video and CD, 14.99, Spearhead)
- not the ITV documentary
The First of the Few - Special 60th Edition (12.99)
For Your Eyes Only (PG, 9.99 P&S, Warner)
Gulliver's Travels (PG, 14.99, Channel 4 Video)
John Wayne Bobbit UNCUT (12.99)
La Haine (15.99 Widescreen/subtitled, Tartan)
Le Crime De Monsieur Lange (15.99 subtitled, Connosieur Video)
Licence To Kill (15, 9.99 P&S, Warner)
The Living Daylights (PG, 9.99 P&S, Warner)
The Man With The Golden Gun (PG, 9.99 P&S, Warner)
Moonraker (PG, 9.99 P&S, Warner)
Naked Killer (12.99 P&S/dubbed, MIA)
Naked Killer Ltd. Collector's Boxset (19.99 Widescreen/subtitled, MIA)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes (E, Artificial Eye ART124) [%]
- Wim Wenders portrait of fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto
Octopussy (PG, 9.99 P&S, Warner)
The Spy Who Loved Me (PG, 9.99 P&S, Warner)
Status Quo - A Rockin' Anniversary (8.99, Spearhead)
Street Fighter (12, 13.99, Columbia TriStar)
A View To A Kill (PG, 9.99 P&S, Warner)
June :
Demon Seed (Widescreen, Terror Vision/Warner)[%]
The Hitcher (Widescreen, Terror Vision/Warner)[%]
June 3rd :
Absolutely Fabulous Series 2 Complete Double Pack (15, 19.99, BBC)
Asterix Conquers America (U, Fox 8844S, 9.99) [%]
The Battleship Potemkin (PG, 16mm print, Tartan TVT1225, 15.99) [%]
- Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 classic about the Russian revolution.
Beethoven/Beethoven's 2nd (Box Set, U, 15.99, CIC)
E.R. Vol.3 - Sleepless in Chicago / Love's Labour Lost (9.99, Warner)
Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (U, Fox 8703S, 9.99) [%]
- A shaggy dog story in the style of Lassie.
The House of Elliot - Series 1 Vol.1 (12.99, BBC)
Men Behaving Badly: Series 1 (15, VCI TV8217, 12.99) [%]
Intruders, The Bet, Alarms and Setbacks, Animals,
Sex & Violence, My Brilliant Career
Star Trek DS9 4.6 (12.99, CIC)
Steptoe and Son - The Diploma (10.99)
Strike (15, 16mm print, Tartan TVT1226, 15.99) [%]
- Sergei Eisenstein's 1924 USSR classic.
The X Files - File 3 : Abduction (15, Fox 8923S, 13.99) [%]
- Duane Barry
- Ascension
- One Breath
June 6th :
The Omen Trilogy (18, 12.99 each, 29.99 boxset, Digitally remastered,
Fox Video) [%]
- 20th Anniversary collector's boxed set 29.99
- Individually 12.99
(Released on 6.6.(9)6 :)
June 10th :
Gary Lineker's Eurostars (10.99)
The Runner (15.99, subtitled, Electric)
White Balloon (15.99, subtitled)
June 17th :
Manchester United - Video Magazine Vol.3 No.6 1995/6 (7.99)
June 24th :
Tess (12.99 Widescreen, Guild)
June 26th :
The City of Lost Children (15, 13.99 P&S/dubbed, Entertainment)
The City of Lost Children (15, 14.99 Widescreen/sub, Entertainment)
Destiny Turns on the Radio (15, 12.99, Entertainment)
August :
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1975 remake)
(Widescreen, Terror Vision/Warner)[%]
August 5th :
The X-Files : File 4 : Colony (Fox)
October :
Masque of the Red Death (Widescreen, Terror Vision/Warner)[%]
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