Articles by Guido Henkel

More shuffling with Polygram’s film library is going on

January 20, 1999 // 0 Comments

As we had reported earlier, Polygram’s mother company Seagram has sold the majority of Polygram’s film library to MGM late last year for approximately $250 million. Now more shuffling is going on, as Seagram is trying to sell the remaining films from [...]

A look at Sterling’s new Millenium series – Legionnaire

January 20, 1999 // 0 Comments

Sterling Home Video currently put the final touches to their first Millenium Series Special Edition DVD release, Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Legionnaire. The disc will hit the streets on February 9 and contain a large number of supplements, such as cast and [...]

Rocket eBooks ready for take-off at DVD Empire

January 19, 1999 // 0 Comments

MARS, PA, January 19, 1999–DVD Empire, the pioneering online retailer of digital video discs (DVD) and video compact discs (DVD-ROM), jumps into the online bookselling fray with the Rocket eBook, NuvoMedia’s paperback-sized electronic book [...]

MGM to lock up James Bond on January 31

January 19, 1999 // 0 Comments

If you haven’t bought a copy of MGM Home Entertainment’s Tomorrow Never Dies Special Edition and want to own one, you’d better hurry. MGM are taking this James Bond release off the shelves on January 31 for good. “The Tomorrow Never Dies Special [...]

MGM announces all four Pink Panther movies

January 18, 1999 // 0 Comments

One of comedy’s most bumbling, hilarious sleuths, Inspector Clouseau, makes his way to DVD on March 23 from MGM Home Entertainment. All priced at $24.98, The Pink Panther, A Shot In The Dark, The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Revenge Of The Pink [...]

Polygram cancel most of the their scheduled line-up

January 18, 1999 // 0 Comments

As we had announced earlier, official cancellation of a large number of scheduled Polygram DVD releases just came in before the weekend. The titles included are Strange Love, Carnal Knowledge, A Chorus Line, Double Impact, Escape From New York, Honeymoon [...]

The Titanic cover is FAKE!

January 16, 1999 // 0 Comments

We have received endless numbers of emails following our earlier depiction of what was supposedly the cover for the Titanic DVD. Many of you have been kind enough to write us and tells us that this cover is in fact the inlay used for a bootlegged version [...]

We have the cover for the TITANIC DVD!!!

January 16, 1999 // 0 Comments

Although many were hesitant to believe that Titanic is really making it to DVD sometime soon, more and more information about the release constantly trickles into our offices, and finally we have also been able to uncover visual evidence for this highly [...]

Blade slashes through the market and sets new record

January 15, 1999 // 0 Comments

New Line Home Video just reported the phenomenal success of their release of Blade on DVD. The disc, featuring Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff and Udo Kier has reportedly broken all exisiting sales records for DVD, having sold more discs in a single week [...]

Warner shoots sharp with more Eastwood

January 15, 1999 // 0 Comments

According to our friend John Larsen over at the “DVD Dish”, Warner Brothers are planning to release some more Clint Eastwood films on DVD by the end of March. “The Gauntlet” and the highly acclaimed “The Outlaw Josie Whales” are on their [...]
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