Articles by Guido Henkel

Relive the glory days of The Boss on 2 new DVDs

December 28, 2000 // 0 Comments

Bruce Springsteen fans who can’t get enough of The Boss in concert will soon get the opportunity to relive the experience at home. This January, Columbia Records, courtesy of Sony Music, will be releasing two new Springsteen DVDs: Bruce Springsteen: [...]

The original ‘Nightwatch’ is coming to DVD

December 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

The busy folks at Anchor Bay Entertainment are preparing the DVD for Ole Bornedal’s original version of Nightwatch (Nattevatgen) (1994). The director remade his own film in 1998 for an American audience, but this version, universally considered to be [...]

A great American actor has left us: Jason Robards has died at 78

December 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

Two-time Oscar-winner Jason Robards, the flinty, craggy-faced star recognized during a half-century in show business as the consummate interpreter of playwright Eugene O’Neill has died at age 78. Robards, whose last big-screen role was as the dying [...]

Warners announces several classic comedies for release in April

December 22, 2000 // 0 Comments

Warner Home Video has just announced the April release of several terrific comedies from their extensive catalog. The list includes George Roy Hill’s The World According to Garp, Hal Ashby’s Being There (featuring what is surely one of the most [...]

Paramount delays “Wonder Boys” DVD

December 22, 2000 // 0 Comments

We’ve just received word that Paramount Home Entertainment is delaying the release of their DVD of Curtis Hanson’s Wonder Boys. The delay is apparently due to the film’s garnering several Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor [...]

DTS Entertainment releases first DVD-audio titles

December 22, 2000 // 0 Comments

DTS today announced plans to begin shipment of the first DVD-Audio music recordings produced by its company-owned DTS Entertainment record label, by late February. Each DVD-Audio title will be marketed as a ‘DTS Music Experience,’ and will include MLP [...]

Be afraid: ‘Blair Witch 2: Book Of Shadows’ is coming to DVD

December 21, 2000 // 0 Comments

After the uber-hype machine and subsequent fortunes that were made with the original ‘Blair Witch Project’, it was a given that the media moguls would try to replicate that success. Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to catch lightning in a [...]

Cameron Crowe tells about being ‘Almost Famous’

December 21, 2000 // 0 Comments

We’ve received word that DreamWorks is readying the DVD release of Almost Famous, the critically acclaimed biographical comedy of Cameron Crowe. Based on his own experiences as a 15 year old journalist, Crowe tells the story of a young reporter who has [...]
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