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Warner Brothers brings us back to The Killing Fields

September 18, 2000 // 0 Comments

Warner Brothers Home Video has announced plans to release The Killing Fields to DVD next year. In the days after the American evacuation of Cambodia, New York Times reporter Sidney Schanberg stayed behind, putting his life and the lives of those around [...]

Hit comedy Scary Movie sees very quick DVD turnaround time

September 18, 2000 // 0 Comments

Fresh from its theatrical run (VERY fresh, since it’s still in some theaters), Miramax will release Scary Movie to DVD this December…just in time for your holiday pleasure. Keenan Ivory Wayans skewers the endless spate of recycled slasher movies with [...]

This DVD will be Gone In 60 Seconds in December

September 18, 2000 // 0 Comments

Since it lived up to its title in terms of how long it stayed in theaters, Touchstone Pictures is hoping to see renewed life with Gone In 60 Seconds when it comes to DVD this December. Randall ”Memphis” Raines (Nicolas Cage) is an infamous car thief [...]

InterVideo introduces Linux software DVD player — LinDVD(TM)

September 15, 2000 // 0 Comments

InterVideo, Inc. has taken the wraps off its Linux software DVD player, LinDVD™ InterVideo is currently engaged with many top computer, Internet appliance, and set top box manufacturers that need the highest quality DVD playback for their devices. [...]

Nick Cassavetes’ comedy/drama coming in November

September 15, 2000 // 0 Comments

Nick Cassavetes’ fine comedy/drama, She’s So Lovely, is being brought to DVD this November by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Eddie and Maureen are an emotionally charged twosome whose romance is a tempestuous and sometimes obsessive love affair. [...]

Columbia brings great comedy to DVD with His Girl Friday

September 15, 2000 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Video is pleasing many people by bringing His Girl Friday to DVD in November. Many public domain versions of this great comedy exist in the marketplace, but all of these are badly transferred products that insult the legacy of this [...]

Amazon.com to offer refunds on DVDs

September 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

Amazon.com customers who didn’t receive the lowest possible price during price testing of Amazon’s DVD video offerings will receive refunds, the company confirmed Wednesday. As reported, this month the company conducted price tests in its DVD store, [...]

Song containing illegal hacking code banned from web-site

September 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

The music web site MP3.com today removed a song called DeCCS.mp3, in which Joseph Wecker sings a version of the banned computer code known as DeCCS. In an email letter to Wecker, MP3.com cited the nature of the music lyrics for the song’s eradication. [...]

Buena Vista brings us The Straight Story in November

September 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

From twice Academy Award®-nominated director David Lynch comes a lyrical portrait of one man’s real journey across America’s heartland. Filmed along the route that the actual real Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) traversed in 1994 from Laurens, [...]
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