Articles by Guido Henkel

Renny Harlin: Swimming With Sharks

December 20, 1999 // 0 Comments

With “Deep Blue Sea”, Finnish director Renny Harlin took a plunge into effect’s heavy waters and also returned to his roots in the horror genre. With nice regularity filmmakers try their skills on shark movies, a genre that has never died since [...]

Bond’s beloved sidekick Q dies in car accident

December 20, 1999 // 0 Comments

Desmond Llewelyn, the veteran actor who played gadgetry expert Q in a string of James Bond films, died in a car crash Sunday, police said. Llewelyn, 85, was on his way home from a book-signing in East Sussex, south of London, when his car hit another [...]

Studio Depot and American Cinematographer offer Best Shot Films

December 20, 1999 // 0 Comments

StudioDepot.com today announced a collaboration with American Cinematographer Magazine to offer online customers many of the films chosen by the publication’s readership as the best-photographed films of all time. The films, in VHS and DVD formats, are [...]

Image Entertainment further expands distribution in Europe

December 20, 1999 // 0 Comments

Image Entertainment, Inc. today announced the signing of an agreement that will see the Company’s exclusively held programs distributed throughout Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg by Video Film Express b.v. The exclusive distribution agreement [...]

Macrovision signs long term agreement with Universal Home Video

December 20, 1999 // 0 Comments

Macrovision Corporation and Universal Home Video announced today that they have signed a five-year copy protection agreement. Universal Home Video will continue to apply the Macrovision AntiCopy Process to videocassettes and DVDs distributed throughout [...]

K-911

December 20, 1999 // 0 Comments

Universal Home Video is presenting “K-911” in its original 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio on this disc in an anamorphic transfer. The presentation is clean and razor sharp, without any defects. The color reproduction on this disc is flawless, nicely [...]

Take a look at Columbia’s Run Lola Run

December 17, 1999 // 0 Comments

On Tuesday, Columbia TriStar Home Video will release Run Lola Run, a dazzling action thriller from German director Tom Tykwer. A thrilling post-MTV roller-coaster ride, “Run Lola Run” is the international sensation about two star-crossed lovers who [...]

The Bird With The Crystal Plumage

December 17, 1999 // 0 Comments

In 1969, Italian writer and director Dario Argento released his first film and immediately garnered accolades for his highly suspenseful thriller. The movie was "The Bird With The Crystal Plumage" and has single-handedly created a genre of its [...]
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