UK Video Rental/Retail Chart Analysis (w/e June 17th 1995)
The Dominator
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In the New Releases, some of the dates for Star Trek videos have changed,
so all Trekkies please check dates for Deep Space 9 and Voyager.
Also, there's some other changes to CIC releases too including a WIDESCREEN
version of "Once Upon a Time In The West", and double-packs of the first
two Naked Gun films, and the first two Beverly Hills Cop films. These double-
packs were previously available for a limited time only. Get them now (or
when they come out :)
If I have not written something about a particular title, it may be because
I don't know what it is about, or there may be nothing to say about it at this
time.
If you have any info which I can add in next week's chart about a particular
title, please email me.
I have included some info on PAL LD releases. If anyone knows any more,
with release dates if poss. please let me know.
Thanks to Paul Rhodes for the BBC Video releases info.
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 Woolies!
E : Exempt - usually applies to some music videos, and fitness videos.
Sadly does not apply to an uncut version of True Romance :(
Key :
STV - Straight-to-video
The RENTAL chart !!
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10 RE-ENTRY : True Lies (15, CIC)
9 (5) FALLER : Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (15, Columbia TriStar)
Or should it be Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
Haven't seen it. Not sure if I want to.
One question I have, is that since Robert De Niro always likes to do loads
of preparation for each film he makes, so he can understand the character he's
playing, just what sort of prep goes into studying for a part like
Frankenstein's monster?
8 (9) CLIMBER : The Mask (PG, Entertainment)
Jim Carrey take 2. Take 1 was "Ace Ventura". Take 3 is "Dumb and Dumber"
out now in the cinema. I haven't seen any of them though.
7 NEW ENTRY : Wagons East (PG)
This is John Candy's swansong in which he leads a bunch of quitters back
from the frontier and on to the East. Unfortunately, he had a fatal heart
attack half-way through the film, so the film was finished off with stand-in's
facing away from the camera, and on other occasions to complete certain scenes,
footage of Candy was electronically masked from one piece of footage to
the required scene.
6 (6) NON-MOVER : Speed (15, Fox)
FBI agents Keanu Reeves and Jeff Daniels save a lift full of workers, in an
incredibly tense situation, and then get another call from the man with a crazy
plan, Dennis Hopper, who has rigged a bus to explode when the speed drops below
50MPH. Keanu gets hands-on experience on the bus, while Jeff co-ordinates things
from the office. Passenger Sandra Bullock ("Demolition Man") takes over the
wheel after the driver is shot, and as the bus approaches the impossible 50ft
gap in the middle of the freeway, tourist Alan Ruck ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off")
whinges "I shouldn't be here".
Nothing but action all the way, and some of the most amazing sound I've heard.
5 (4) FALLER : It Could Happen To You (PG)
Originally titled, "Cop Gives Waitress $2million Tip", this one was released
at the cinema just in time for the start of the UK National Lottery last
November. Nicolas Cage can't afford a tip for waitress Bridget Fonda, and
promises her half his winnings if he strikes lucky. He wins a big prize :
4 million dollars to be exact, and his wife, Rosie Perez, is not happy about
the situation.
4 (3) FALLER : Pulp Fiction (18, Buena Vista)
Tarantino's Oscar Winner for Best Original Screenplay has 3 stories woven
together. One is of two hitmen, one (John Travolta) who has to take his boss's
(Ving Rhames) wife (Uma Thurman) out for an evening, and both hitmen (Travolta
and Samuel L. Jackson) having to take care of their boss's briefcase and the two
guys who stole it (one of them being Frank Whaley).
The second is of a young couple (Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer) who hold up a
diner, and the third is of a boxer (Bruce Willis proving he can act when he
puts his mind to it) about to have his final fight and then come home to the
woman he loves (Maria De Medieros) before embarking on a search for his father's
watch of which wouldn't be fair to detail the incredible story here.
The only 'cut' I know of is not a cut time-wise, but goes like this:
When John Travolta shoots up in Eric Stoltz's place, in the cinema version
you see the needle pierce the skin of Travolta's arm. In the video, it is P&S
so the actual piercing has been P&S'd off the screen because the BBFC did not
want us to see such a thing.
As to the possibility of a widescreen version being released, I see two
problems :
A) The film is released through Buena Vista Home Video who, to date, have not
released any WS videos in the UK, and told me there were no plans for such
a version when I wrote to them in early 95. Perhaps they'll change their
minds one day. However, there is another problem :
B) Since the BBFC don't want us to see the needle piercing the skin, that
part of the film would either have to be cut or P&S'd so we don't see it.
What nice people, eh?
The question still remains though : Just what is it in the briefcase?
3 (2) FALLER : The Client (15, Warner)
Susan Sarandon plays lawyer to a young boy who witnesses a murder, and keeps
him protected from bad-guy lawyer Tommy Lee Jones (at least I think that's
how it goes. Not seen it myself) Directed by Joel Schumacher (Lost Boys,
Flatliners)
Another film adapted from a John Grisham novel following The Firm and The
Pelican Brief.
2 (1) FALLER : Forrest Gump (12, CIC)
The film that scooped the most Oscars this year, including Best Film, Actor
(Tom Hanks, again) and Director (Robert Zemeckis), is a simple but engaging
tale of a man who does all the right things in life, doesn't always say the
right things, but gets to meet the right people, and be in the right place
at the right time. If you haven't seen it yet, I won't say anything to spoil
it, but I once saw a few articles in rec.arts.movies referring to the fate of
one particular character by putting what happened to them in the subject
header with NO spoiler!
Still, that was only part of it. As a whole I was expecting a good film, esp.
after all the hype, but it was (dare I say it) a masterpiece, and I'd like to
have seen it come 2nd behind Pulp Fiction at the Oscars.
Since it was directed by Robert Zemeckis, I spotted one thing in a scene where
Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise are going across a busy road, a car stops right in
front of them almost hitting them, and Sinise bangs on the bonnet of that car
saying "I'm walking here, I'm walking !"
which... is exactly what Michael J Fox said in Back TTF 2 as Marty Jnr when
the same thing happened in his town square. I'm sure I saw another film made
before the BTTF's where this quote originated but I forget which one it is now.
Maybe I watch too many films :)
1 NEW ENTRY : Reservoir Dogs (18) - WS PAL LD (released June 14th, 24.99)
Reservoir Dogs...here at last...and it's reportedly uncut with respect to the
cinema release. If anyone's seen it yet can you tell me if this is correct?
For those who don't know what it's about (you must've been hiding under a rock
for the last three years :), it's the story of 6 men hired to do a raid on
a jewellery store : Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen),
Mr. Brown (Quentin Tarantino, director of the film itself), Mr. Pink (Steve
Buscemi), Mr. Blue (Eddie Bunker) and Mr. Orange (Tim Roth).
The big man in charge of the operation is known only as Joe (Lawrence Tierney),
and he has a helping hand from his son, 'Nice Guy Eddie' (Chris Penn).
But...things don't quite go according to plan. The cops arrive on the scene
and cause trouble for our 6, so they try and make it back to the warehouse
to work out what to do next, but as the cops arrived way too quickly, someone
must've tipped them off. The question is...who's the rat in the house?
I'd recommend this one most of all to those people who reckon it's the most
violent film in the world..and haven't yet seen it! Now it's out for you
to try. SEE IT NOW!!
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.
As Reservoir Dogs isn't a special-effects film, on the non-widescreen video
there will be more picture top and bottom, but sometimes you will lose some
picture at the sides. The reason for this is because there may be something
in the 1.33:1 filmed image that the director did not want to keep, such as
boom mikes getting in shot by accident.
People have different opinions about whether they prefer the widescreen or
regular version with a film shot with the "Super 35" process.
The widescreen version will always be the way the director originally intended
though. (*)
(*) Except for director James Cameron, who for some reason prefers his
fullscreen version of "The Abyss" to the widescreen one.
RENTAL RELEASES for June :
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Above Suspicion (PG, First Independent)
Amateur (15, Artificial Eye)
Automatic (15, First Independent)
Being Human (12, Warner)
Blood of the Hunter (15, High Fliers)
Breach of Conduct (15, CIC)
Cabin Boy (PG, Touchstone)
Chasers (15, Warner)
Children of the Corn III : Urban Harvest (18, High Fliers)
Cold Heaven (15, Guild)
Cops and Robbersons (PG, Columbia)
Crooklyn (12, 109 mins, CIC)
Digital Man (18, Columbia Man)
Dream Lover (18, 20:20)
Ernest Rides Again (PG, Independent)
The Fear (18, 20:20)
Final Combination (18, Columbia)
Foreign Student (15, CIC)
Freaked (15, Guild) - STV
I'll Do Anything (12, Columbia)
Junior (PG, CIC) 30th
My Summer Story (U, Warner)
Nostradamus (15, First Independent)
The Program (15, Touchstone)
Reservoir Dogs (18, 96 mins, PolyGram)
The Road To Wellville (18)
Sirens (15, 94 mins, Touchstone)
The Specialist (18, Warner)
- uprated from 15-cert cinema release, for two counts of violence, and a
'prolonged bout of groin-soaping in the shower'
Threesome (18, Columbia)
Trapped in Paradise (PG, Fox)
20 Bucks (PG, Columbia)
Wagons East (PG, Guild)
The RETAIL Chart :
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In this week's chart there are 15 new entries, 2 going up,
none staying still, leaving 23 going down.
40 (24) FALLER : Cool Runnings (PG, 10.99, Buena Vista)
39 (34) FALLER : Kalifornia (18, 10.99, Columbia TriStar)
Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis star as a serial killer and his girl, who get
a lift from David Duchovny (X-Files) and Michelle Forbes (Star Trek Next
Generation), but the trip doesn't go quite the way they planned, as the killings
continue.
Why "Kalifornia"? It was the working title, and they stuck with it.
38 NEW ENTRY : Elizabeth R - Volume 1 (12, BBC Video)
The first volume of the TV series from bygone days starring Glenda Jackson.
37 (14) FALLER : The Bob Marley Collection - Legend
36 NEW ENTRY : Island on Fire
35 (28) FALLER : Sharpe's Gold (12.99)
Another tape from the Sean Bean TV series.
34 (32) FALLER : The Crow (18, 14.99, Entertainment)
Brandon Lee in his last film, following an accident on the set with a gun
which killed him, playing a comic character who is actually dead in the first
place so full marks there for method acting. Not all of the film had been
completed when the tragic event occurred, so some scenes were tweaked in order
to fit the storyline. For example, one shot of Brandon shivering while walking
down a raining alleyway, was transferred to having him walking through a door
into an apartment with a leaking roof.
33 (18) FALLER : The X-Files : Pilot/Episode 1 (PG, 10.99)
FBI agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) in the first
video releases of the cult-TV show in which they investigate the paranormal.
The episode titles are "Pilot" and "Deep Throat".
32 (15) FALLER : Naked Gun 33 1/3 - The Final Insult
(12, 13.99 P&S video, CIC, 17.99 P&S CDi; 24.99 WS PAL LD)
Leslie Nielsen is back as Lt. Frank Drebin for a 3rd film of complete
sillyness, with Fred Ward as the mad Rocco to provide a plot. Also, Frank
has decided to leave the police force and set up home with his love Jane
(Priscilla Presley), and try not to fall under the amorous glances of
Anna Nicole Smith.
31 NEW ENTRY : Grumpy Old Men (12, 12.99, Warner)
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have been neighbours for 50 years, and they've
hated each other all that time. Now something's come between them in the shape
of Ann-Margaret. Will this bring them together, or make things worse?
30 (42) CLIMBER : The Life Of Brian (10.99, CIC)
The best of the Monty Python films (IMHO), with the late Graham Chapman as
Brian who, as the Jesus of the film, ends up on the crucifix, as do many others
and it's then that they all sing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".
If you're strongly religious, this might not be your cup of tea. To everyone
else, go and get it for a bloody good laugh!
29 (20) FALLER : Angel Cop 2 - The Disfigured City
28 (19) FALLER : The X-Files : Episodes 2 & 3 (12, 10.99)
FBI agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) in the first
video releases of the cult-TV show in which they investigate the paranormal.
The episode titles are "Squeeze" and "Conduit"
27 NEW ENTRY : The Wild One - Restored Columbia Classic (PG, 12.99)
26 NEW ENTRY : On The Waterfront - Restored Columbia Classic (PG, 12.99)
Two of the great classics of all-time from Brando now digitally remastered,
and Brando won a Best Actor Oscar for "On The Waterfront", stamping his mark
as the 'angry young man of his generation'.
25 (11) FALLER : Patlabor - Mobile Police (PG, Manga)
24 (16) FALLER : Pinocchio (U, 15.99, Disney)
Another golden oldie released onto video for the first time, and like the rest
will sell shedloads of tapes.
23 (17) FALLER : Matt Le Tissier - Unbelievable
22 (10) FALLER : New Dominion Tank Police Act 7
21 NEW ENTRY : The Last Seduction (18, 10.99, ITC)
20 NEW ENTRY : The Guyver - The Movie
19 NEW ENTRY : The Best of Rab C Nesbitt (15)
Contains 5 of the best episodes.
18 NEW ENTRY : E.R. - The Beginning (12, 10.99)
The US 4 series (currently showing on Channel 4) starring Anthony Edwards
gets the 84-minute pilot episode released onto video.
17 NEW ENTRY : Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 4 Vols.1 & 2 (12.99 each)
16 (12) FALLER : Doctor Who - The Armageddon Factor
15 (9) FALLER : Doctor Who - The Power of Kroll
14 (13) FALLER : Schindler's List (15, 14.99 P&S, CIC; 34.99 WS PAL LD, Pioneer)
There can't be many people who haven't heard of Steven Spielberg's true story
of the life of Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, a womaniser, and
war profiteer who saved the lives of over 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust,
and all played by Liam Neeson.
The film won 7 Oscars last year including Best Picture and Best Director, and
was announced by CIC Video as being also released in widescreen format for the
rental market (which might have happened but I haven't seen it around - if
you've seen it, please tell me), and the retail market. Well, the film has
been released, but in P&S only. Anyone know when a widescreen one will be
released? CIC have no listing for any such tape being released in 1995.
13 (8) FALLER : Red Dwarf 6 : Byte 2 - "Polymorph II : Emohawk"
(PG, 12.99, BBC Video)
The last 3 episodes of the sixth series containing "Polymorph II : Emohawk",
"Rimmerworld", and "Out of Time".
12 (7) FALLER : The Ultimate Fighting Championships 2 (18, 14.99)
Controversy abound ever since the BBFC passed this one which is just nothing
but mindless violence with blood spurting, bones crushing and other things
best left to the imagination. How could the BBFC pass this when they've been
sitting on Reservoir Dogs for so long (which is released to rent on June 14th)
Shame on you Mr. Ferman :)
11 NEW ENTRY : Jaws (PG, 10.99 P&S, 12.99 WS, CIC)
One of my favourite films of all-time now digitally remastered in both
P&S and WS. Directed by Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and
Richard Dreyfuss, this is one film that is best in WS, but is also worth a
look in P&S for all those in-yer-face shark moments. :)
This is meant to comtain a new stereo/surround soundtrack as opposed to the
mono soundtrack the original P&S and WS releases had, since that's how it
was originally made. If anyone's seen it (and heard it) can you tell me if
it is in stereo? and how good it looks now it's been remastered.
The previous releases had the sound credit "Hifi", but were actually "Hifi-mono"
The new release also says "Hifi", but should now be "Hifi-stereo". It doesn't
say "Dolby Surround", so I don't know if someone's made a mistake somewhere...
10 NEW ENTRY : Suede - Introducing The Band
9 (5) FALLER : Pink Floyd - Pulse (19.99)
The 150 minute concert filmed at Earls Court last year on 20th October
featuring classic hits such as "Shine on You Crazy Diamon", "Wish You Were Here"
"High Hopes", and the first filmed performance of "Dark Side of the Moon"
in its entirety. An absolute must!
8 NEW ENTRY : The World of Lee Evans (PG, 12.99)
The up-and-coming comedian now has a series on Channel 4 which is a series of
15 or 30-minute comedy sketches, and shows on Fridays at 9pm. Excellent stuff,
and I just missed tonight's episode :(
7 (4) FALLER : The X-Files File 4 : Ghost in the Machine/Ice (15, 10.99, Fox)
6 (3) FALLER : The X-Files File 3 : Jersey Devil/Shadows (12, 10.99, Fox)
5 (6) CLIMBER : Riverdance - The Show (12.99)
4 (2) FALLER : True Romance (18, 14.99 P&S, Warner)
Written by Quentin "Reservoir Dogs" Tarantino, directed by Tony "Last Boy
Scout" Scott, and stars Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper,
Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt, and Bronson Pinchot.
Christian Slater plays Clarence Worley, a loner who works in a comic book store
and is out on his birthday night watching a triple-feature of Sonny Cheba movies
at the local fleapit. Patricia Arquette (Alabama), a call-girl, walks into his
life by tipping popcorn all over him. They get married, go after her pimp,
Drexyl (Gary Oldman), steal his drugs and visit Clarence's Dad (Dennis Hopper).
They're in big trouble, and are being followed by the mafia led by Christopher
Walken. However, help for Clarence comes in the form of his hero, Elvis (Val
Kilmer) who gives him advice...and a gun.
This version is meant to be the same as the UK cinema release, hence the
billing on the front of the box "Original Cinema Version", but when it came
out for rent it was listed as "Uncut Version" which is misleading as the
NTSC Laserdisc version is the "Unrated Director's Cut", which is also in
widescreen, but I can't afford an LD player however much I'd like one :)
3 NEW ENTRY : Star Trek DS9 Vol. 3.7 (10.99, CIC)
2 (1) FALLER : The X-Files second Boxset (15, 21.99)
Contains "File 3" and "File 4".
Episodes contained are : Jersey Devil, Shadows, Ghost in the Machine and Ice.
1 NEW ENTRY : Michael Jackson - HIStory : Video Greatest Hits
The biggest star in pop, with the biggest number of court allegations against
him has released a double album containing 15 remastered hits, plus 15 new
tracks on 2 CDs, and numerous tapes and LPs :)
150 mins in total. Don't know how many are on the tape yet though.
Videos that dropped out this week :
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40 (15) New Adventures of Superman Vols. 1-3 (PG, 10.99, Warner)
39 (25) Ace Ventura - Pet Detective (12, 14.99, Warner Home Video)
38 (35) Philadelphia (12, 13.99 P&S and WS, 34.99 WS PAL LD,
Columbia TriStar)
The film that scooped some Oscars last year, gets a release in time for this
year's awards, which will no doubt increase the sales since Tom Hanks won Best
Actor for the second year running with Forrest Gump.
Tom Hanks plays a lawyer with AIDS, who is made to look incompetent at his
job, gets fired because the company don't want a gay lawyer with AIDS working
for them. Denzel Washington is the other lawyer brought in to see that justice
is served, but time is running out for Hanks, as the film progresses and his
condition worsens. Mary Steenburgen and Jason Robards also star.
Laserdisc note - the PAL LD, when released last year, came out (oops!) a full
day ahead of the NTSC LD. Not something that happens often.
Also, the widescreen version of this film features a much more stylish
Widescreen logo than any other VHS release from Columbia TriStar. I thought they
would be using the same logo as the PAL LDs, but it seems not.
37 (10) Dune (15, 10.99, Polygram)
One question I've been asked a fair bit lately is whether this is being
released in a widescreen version. Unfortunately the answer is no, and the only
difference between this and the last release appears to be who owns the rights
to publish the film. Before it was Warner Bros, and now it's Polygram.
The film is only available in widescreen on the Japanese NTSC laserdisc, which
can be bought in both regular-length and extended versions. This release is the
regular version which is 131 mins on PAL tape (equivalent to 137 mins on film
and NTSC laserdisc, due to the 4% speed-up in PAL format). The extended
laserdisc runs for 190 mins.
36 (33) In The Line Of Fire (15, 13.99 P&S and WS, Columbia TriStar)
35 (27) Snoop Doggy Dogg - Murder Was The Case
33(NEW) Megazone 23 (12, 13.99, Manga)
It's the future (again), and in cyberspace 'netjacking' has become a
virtual reality...
31 (28) Sleepless In Seattle (PG, 13.99 P&S and WS, Columbia Tristar)
30 (17) Linda Robson - Light As A Feather 2
29 (26) No Escape (15, 10.99, Guild)
Ray Liotta stars as a man who's escaped from some prisons in his time, but
now is sent to a Level 6 security block in the middle of nowhere. Prison
warden Michael Lerner (Barton Fink) stands in his way, but will good triumph
over evil in the end? Of course it will. Also starring are Stuart Wilson as
the main bad guy (I forget his name now), Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters
is on Liotta's side as one of the good guys, and leader of them all, "The
Father" is Lance Henriksen (last seen in "Hard Target")
However, the film could've done with a good editing since while the first
30 mins, and the last 30 mins are good, the middle hour drags quite a bit.
27 (13) Babylon 5 - Vols. 1 & 2 (PG, 10.99 each, Warner/Beyond Vision)
To my knowledge, three tapes have been released which are as follows :
Babylon 5 - episodes 1 & 2 : "Midnight on the Firing Line" /
"Soul Hunter"
Babylon 5 - episodes 3 & 4 : "Born To The Purple" / "Infection"
Babylon 5 - episodes 5 & 6 : "Parliament of Dreams" / "Mind War"
26 (8) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - The Complex Sessions
Director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) documents this home video
with 4 re-recorded tracks from the "Sleeps With Angels", all filmed in the
Complex recording studios in L.A. on October 3rd, 1994.
25(NEW) Intersection (15, 10.99 P&S video, CIC; 24.99 WS PAL LD)
Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovitch in a remake of a French film
(La Choises De La Vie) about a man who experiences a number of bizarre
flashbacks just before a car crash.
23(NEW) Legend of the 4 Kings - Chapters 9 & 10
22(NEW) Goodnight Sweetheart (PG, BBC Video)
Nicholas Lyndhurst stars as Gary, a TV repairman who wonders down a street in
the 1990's to find he's back in the 1940's, and can travel to and from at will,
but how will he keep up with his double-life?
This is the complete first series of the programme.
21 (3) Star Trek Next Gen Movie 10 : All Good Things (10.99, CIC)
New releases :
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PAL LDs :
Beverly Hills Cop III - lb (Jul 95)
The Browning Version - lb (Oct 95)
Casper - lb (Mar 96)
Clear and Present Danger - lb (Oct 95). L
Cop & 1/2 - From a list sent to dealers in Feb 94.
Flesh and Bone - From a list sent to dealers in Feb 94.
The Flintstones - lb (Aug 95)
Forrest Gump - lb (Sep 95).
Frankenstein - Columbia #25 (May)
Innocent Moves - lb (Early 95)
Intersection - lb (May 95)
It Could Happen To You - LDD (May)
Kalifornia - Encore #35 (May)
Lassie - lb (Feb 96)
The Little Rascals - lb (Dec 95)
Lorenzo's Oil - From a list sent to dealers in Feb 94.
Notorious - Pioneer Cinema Collection. (Mar 95)
The Paper (WS) (NOW, UKP 24.99)
The Paradine Case - Pioneer Cinema Collection (Nov 95 ?)
Prizzi's Honor - Pioneer Cinema Collection (Jan 95)
Rebecca - Pioneer Cinema Collection. (Mar 95)
Robocop 3 (lb) - LDD #35 (April)
Rosemary's Baby - Pioneer Cinema Collection.
Schindler's List (WS, NOW, UKP 39.99)
Silkwood - Pioneer Cinema Collection (Jan 95)
Star Trek Generations - lb (Jan 96). LCD price is #37.99 !
The Thing (WS, NOW, UKP 24.99)
Time Cop - lb (Mar 96)
June 12th :
Asian Babes 6 (18)
Lee Evans - The World of Lee Evans
The Guyver - The Movie
Jaws - 20th Anniversary Edition (PG, P&S 10.99, WS 12.99, CIC)
- new version with stereo/surround soundtrack
The Last Seduction (18, ITC)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (10.99, CIC)
Men Of War (18)
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 4 Vols 1 & 2
Once Upon A Time In The West (Widescreen, 10.99, CIC)
On The Waterfront
Rab C Nesbitt - The Best Of
Shane (10.99, CIC)
Star Trek DS9 Vol.3.7 (10.99, CIC)
Suede - Introducing The Band
The Wild One
BBCV 5585 Elizabeth R Vol. 1 (12) 12.99
BBCV 5601 The Buccaneers (15) 19.99
BBCV 5193 KYTV (ser. 3, 3 eps.) (15) 10.99
BBCV 5596 The Best of Rab C Nesbitt 10.99
BBCV 5597 Open All Hours - Laundry Blues10.99
BBCV 5627 Keeping up Appearances - Rural Retreat10.99
BBCV 5614 Last of the Summer Wine - Heavily Reinforced Bottom 10.99
BBCV 5625 The New Adventures of Fireman Sam Vol. 2 (Uc) 9.99
BBCV 5583 The New Adventures of Skippy (U) 7.99
June 16th :
Michael Jackson - HIStory Video Greatest Hits
June 19th :
Crocodile Shoes - Vols. 1-3
Hoop Dreams (15)
Ed Wood Collection :
- Look Back In Angora
- Orgy Of The Dead
- The Violent Years
June 26th :
The Avengers - Cathy Gale Volumes 1 & 2
Brookside - The Teenagers
Days of Being Wild
The Getaway (18, 14.99 P&S, Warner)
The Harder They Come
REM - Paral-lel
Star Trek DS9 Vol 3.8 (10.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.1 (12.99, CIC)
Fievel Vol.5 (U, 6.99, CIC)
Fievel Vol.6 (U, 6.99, CIC)
July 3rd :
BBCV 5630 The Best of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em L10.99
BBCV 5652 One Foot in the Grave 5 - Rearranging the Dust L10.99
BBCV 5643 Dad's Army - Knights of Madness (PG) L10.99
BBCV 5360 It's Marty! (PG) L10.99
BBCV 5617 Doctor Who - Time and the Rani (PG) L11.99
BBCV 5603 Doctor Who - Mark of the Rani (U) L11.99
BBCV 5441 Space Vets - The Shrunken Brain (U) L6.99?
BBCV 5649 The Hanging Gale (double) (15) L19.99
BBCV 5641 Elizabeth R 2 - Shadow in the Sun/Horrible Conspiracies (12)
L12.99
BBCV 5647 Complete Bottom Series 2 (double, 15) L16.99
BBCV 5646 Complete One Foot in the Grave Series 4 (double, PG) L16.99
BBCV 5645 Complete Absolutely Fabulous Series 1 (double, 15) L16.99
BBCV 5629 Pat & Margaret (Victoria Wood & Julie Walters) (12) L10.99
July 10th :
Star Trek DS9 Vol 3.9 (10.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.2 (12.99, CIC)
August Doctor Who Releases (Provisional) :
Frontier In Space
K9 and Company
August 7th :
Flintstones (U, 13.99, CIC)
Star Trek DS9 Vol 3.10 (10.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.3 (12.99, CIC)
BBCV 5626 The Fast Show L10.99 [unfortunately, a single tape compilation]
Blake's 7 tapes 1 to 13 (ie, series 1 & 2) reissued at L7.99
The Blake's 7 tapes will be available for 6 months only, and after that will
be deleted "for ever"
Tapes 14 to 26 (series 3 and 4) will be re-released next February, again for
6 months only, never to appear again.
August 21st :
The Land Before Time II (U, 10.99, CIC)
True Lies (15, 14.99, CIC)
August 28th :
Star Trek DS9 Vol 3.11 (10.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.4 (11.99, CIC)
September Doctor Who Releases (Provisional) :
The Sea Devils
Warriors Of The Deep
September 11th :
Beverly Hills Cop 3 (15, 13.99 P&S, CIC)
Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2 (double pack, 15, 14.99, CIC)
The Birds (15, 10.99, CIC)
To Kill A Mocking Bird (PG, 10.99, CIC)
Star Trek DS9 Vol 3.12 (10.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.5 (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Boxset Films 1-7 (15, 59.95, WS, CIC)
September 25th :
Reality Bites (12, 10.99, CIC)
Dazed And Confused (18, 10.99, CIC)
Star Trek DS9 Vol 3.13 (10.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.6 (12.99, CIC)
October Doctor Who Releases (Provisional) :
Paradise Towers
Survival
October 9th :
Breakfast At Tiffany's (PG, 10.99 WS, CIC)
Forrest Gump (12, 14.99, CIC)
Phantom Of The Opera (PG, 10.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.7 (12.99, CIC)
October 23rd :
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.8 (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.9 (12.99, CIC)
November Doctor Who Releases (Provisional) :
Invasion Of The Dinosaurs
Planet Of Giants
November 6th :
Clear And Present Danger (12, 13.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.10 (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.11 (12.99, CIC)
November 20th :
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.12 (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Vol. 1.13 (12.99, CIC)
December 4th :
Junior (PG, 13.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager Collector's Edition (19.99, CIC)
December 27th :
The Shadow (12, 10.99, CIC)
Star Trek Generations (PG, 13.99, P&S, WS not specified, CIC)
Unknown :
Far And Away (Widescreen, 15, CIC Video)
(No release date given by CIC Video - I asked them!,
but there is a WS-rental tape - has anyone seen it? I want it!!)
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