UK Video Rental/Retail Chart Analysis (w/e May 4th 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
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
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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 NEW ENTRY : 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.
9 NEW ENTRY : The Scarlet Letter (15)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
Roland Joffe's tale of a beautiful woman tapped in a New World colony in the
Americas, who finds true love with the Reverend Dimsdale, but their affair
sparks off trouble for the other settlers. 129 mins
Stars Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall and Joan Plowright.
8 (8) NON-MOVER : Waterworld (12, CIC)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
Kevin Costner refutes all claims that this movie cost $180 million to make.
He states that it only cost $175 million. :)
7 (5) 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" :)
6 (7) CLIMBER : 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 :)
5 (10) CLIMBER : The Usual Suspects (18, Polygram)
(PastelBlue Pre-Release Price : UKP 76.30)
Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak and Pete Postlewaite
in what has been hailed as one of the best thrillers in a long time.
I saw it recently on video and would certainly recommend it giving it 8/10.
I won't spoil it by giving away anything, but when it was released in the
cinema, it was unfairly compared to "Reservoir Dogs", because it's about
five guys who do a heist, which goes wrong...which sounds like RD but it's
not as you'll see when you watch it.
If you like a good, tense thriller, check this one out.
Now, last week I wondered that as the cinema ratio for this film was 2.35:1,
was it was shot in hard matte 2.35:1, eg Panavision, or Super-35?
I'm glad to say it was shot in Super-35, so for the most part, the matte
is opened to give a very comfortable picture. However, only two short
scenes look like they were the sort of P&S you'd expect from a hard-matte
2.35:1 film.
Both are in the police station, in Chazz Palmenteri's office.
Apparently the US video is surprisingly, and noticeably, a regular P&S job,
but if that's the case, then why?
4 (4) NON-MOVER : 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.
3 (3) 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).
2 (2) NON-MOVER : 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.
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)
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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The American President (15, CIC, 7th)
Assassins (18, 14th)
Seven (18, 17th, Entertainment)
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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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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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.
Released last week :
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Babylon 5: Volume 10 (PG, Warner B-V, 10.99)
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Two more episodes on one tape from the sci-fi TV series : "The Quality of Mercy"
and "Chrysalis".
City on Fire (18, 12.99 Widescreen/subtitled, Made in Hong Kong)
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Ringo Lam's action-packed 1987 Hong Kong film about a maverick cop who goes
undercover to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewellery thieves.
If this sounds like "Reservoir Dogs", then you'll know where Quentin Tarantino
got his inspiration from, including the famous finale.
Cantonese dialogue with English subtitles. 101 mins.
Greystoke (PG, Warner B-V, Widescreen, 12.99)
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A film with one of the longest titles, "Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan,
Lord of the Apes", now gets even longer as this special widescreen edition
contains extra footage, plus the original cinema trailer.
The Outer Limits: Volume 7 (PG, 1963, Warner B-V, 7.99)
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Two more episodes from this classic series :
The first is "It Crawled out of the Woodwork", and the second is
"The Production and Decay of Strange Particles" starring Leonard Nimoy.
May 20th sees the release of Vol.8 of this series, and the first volume
of the new series.
Rob Roy (15, 14.99, Warner)
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Plenty of big-name stars in Michael Caton-Jones dramatisation of the true
story of 18th century Scottish hero Rob Roy McGregor who, with his wife Mary,
is caught in an epic struggle to defend his personal honour against treachery
and savagery in a land plagued with famine and disease. 133 mins.
Stars include : Liam Neeson, John Hurt, Eric Stoltz, Brian Cox, and
Tim Roth who won a BAFTA for his performance and was also Oscar-nominated.
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.
Shanghai Triad (15, 15.99, subtitled, Electric)
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Gong Li stars in the film which won the 1995 Cannes Film Festival Technical
Award.
Set in 1930's Shanghai, the story follows young Shuisheng who arrives in the
city to work for a cabaret singer who is also the mistress of a powerful gang
leader. In the space of a few days he witnesses love, death and betrayal.
Mandarin dialogue with English subtitles. 112 mins.
Star Trek DS9 4.4 (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager 2.4 (12.99, CIC)
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The latest releases from the Star Trek stable.
X-Mix-6 The Electronic Storm (12.99, Studio 7)
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Computer-generated images and music from Germany. 50 mins.
Released two weeks ago :
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Dennis Potter - In Person (14.99, Channel 4)
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Two programmes on one video featuring the late Dennis Potter.
The first shows what was to be his last TV appearance on the 5th April 1994
when he was interviewed by Melvyn Bragg.
The second is a lecture, "Occupying Powers", which he gave as the 1993
James Taggart Memorial Lecture in Edinburgh. 133 mins.
In the mouth of Madness (18, Entertainment in Video 12.99)
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John Carpenter's latest film stars Sam Neill, Julie Carmen and Charlton Heston.
A cut-15-cert at the cinema this is now the full version on video.
An insurance investigator is sent to find the ultimate horror novel which has
gone missing with its owner. The madness is about to start...
91 mins.
Legends of the Fall (15, 14.99 P&S and WS, Columbia TriStar)
Legends of the Fall (15, 19.99 Box Set : Widescreen Video, The Making
of the film, the book, and a Brad Pitt colour print, Columbia TriStar)
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>From the rugged prarie lands of 19th century America to the trenches of
World War I, this dramatic story follows the journey of three brothers into
the secrets of love, betrayal and the unbreakable bonds of blood.
The widescreen boxset is quite a treat.
Men Behaving Badly: Series 2 - Part 1 (15, VCI TV8217, 12.99)
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The latest tape to get released contains the following episodes :
"Gary and Tony", "Rent Boy", and "How to Dump Your Girlfriend".
The second series kept Martin Clunes, but Harry Enfield had departed after
series 1 and was replaced by Neil Morrissey.
Paul Merton In Galton & Simpson's Twelve Angry Men/Impasse (10.99, CTE)
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Two episodes from Paul Merton's excellent series of revamped scripts.
In "Twelve Angry Men", a jury decides upon a verdict...until Merton makes
them change their mind...and then back again.
In "Impasse", two cars meet head-on in a country lane. Neither will back up
to let the other one pass. Something's got to give...
Topless Darts (18, 10.99, Carlton)
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If anyone thinks this video is sexist, it's got to be a whole lot better
than watching Jocky Wilson and Eric Bristow :)
52 mins.
Recommended recent release :
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The Bond Collection continued
(all films : PG, 12.99 Widescreen plus trailer, Warner)
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The latest selection from the collection comprise of the following :
Diamonds Are Forever
Live And Let Die
The Man With The Golden Gun
Moonraker
The Spy Who Loved Me
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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April 1996
Cat No. Title Cert Price Release Date
EE1052 Rising Sun 18 31.99 18 Apr 96
EE1053 Nikita (original language) 18 26.99 .. Apr 96
EE1063 The Water Margin (volume 2) 15 31.99 .. Apr 96
EE1066 Miller's Crossing 18 31.99 18 Apr 96
EE1075 Edward Scissorhands PG 26.99 .. Apr 96
EE1084 The Quick and The Dead 15 26.99 10 Apr 96
EE1088 Alien 18 21.99 18 Apr 96
EE1089 Aliens 18 42.99 18 Apr 96
EE1090 Alien 3 18 26.99 18 Apr 96
EE1100 Rocky Horror Picture Show (extras) 15 60.00 22 Apr 96
EE1119 Amateur 15 31.99 .. Apr 96
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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April 29th :
Farinelli : Il Castrato (15.99 Widescreen, Guild)
L.A. Takedown (15, 10.99, MIA)
- Michael Mann's original TV movie version of the "Heat" story
Pedicab Driver (12.99 Widescreen/subtitled, Made in Hong Kong)
Pulp - Live from Brixton Academy (12.99, Polygram)
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 - When Liang Shan Po Robbed the Poor /
A Death for Love, More Deaths for Greed (12.99 dubbed, Fabulous)
May 7th :
Allo Allo - The Early Years Vol.1 (10.99, BBC)
An Awfully Big Adventure (15, 12.99, Fox)
Ant and Dec Confidental - Alias PJ and Duncan (10.99, BBC)
Armitage III - Ep.3 - Heart Core (6.99)
Duchess of Duke Street Series 2 Part 5 (10.99, BBC)
E.R. Vol.1 - Into that Good Night/Chicago (12, 9.99, Warner)
E.R. Vol.2 - Happy New Year/February (12, 9.99, Warner)
Exotica (18, Artificial Eye ART113) [%]
- Atom Egoyan's exploration of Voyeurism, desire, and obsession.
The Executioners (12.99, Widescreen, Made in Hong Kong)
The Good Son (18, Fox 8553S, 10.99) [%]
- Macauley Culkin takes revenge on the world. Now there's a twist!
Guarding Tess (12, 11.99, Columbia)
Heroic Trio II (12.99 Widescreen/subtitled, Made in Hong Kong)
Hootie and the Blowfish - Summer Camp with Trucks (12.99)
Just Cause (18, 14.99, Warner)
Men Behaving Badly: Series 2 - Part 2 (15, VCI TV8217, 12.99) [%]
Troublesome 12", Going nowhere, People Behaving Irritatingly
Murder Most Horrid - Overkill / Lady Luck / Mangez Merveillac
(10.99, BBC)
Murder Most Horrid - The Girl from Ipanema / A Determined Woman /
Murder At Tea-Time (10.99, BBC)
Napoleon and Josepine Parts 1/2/3 (14.99, Warner)
- Armand Assante
Once a Thief (12.99 Widescreen/subtitled, Made in Hong Kong)
Second Best (12, 9.99, Warner)
Tommy Cooper - The Feztastic Tommy Cooper (9.99)
May 13th :
Around the World with Timon and Pumbaa (U, 12.99, Disney)
- video-follow-up to "The Lion King
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)
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)
Star Trek Voyager 2.6 (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)
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 - 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)
May 28th :
Beatles Story (Video and CD, 14.99, Spearhead)
- not the ITV documentary
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)
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 :
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)
Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (U, Fox 8703S, 9.99) [%]
- A shaggy dog story in the style of Lassie.
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)
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 17th :
Manchester United - Video Magazine Vol.3 No.6 1995/6 (7.99)
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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Garry Reynolds
In article <83151157...@festive.demon.co.uk>,
McC...@festive.demon.co.uk says...
Is the video Worlds Greatest Coaster Thrills available in Honolulu, and
where abouts. I need to find out, as it is unavailable in New Zealand and
I have relatives about to go to Hawaii, and will purchase this if I can
tell them exactly where to go. I would really appreciate an answer
Thank you Judie