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NEWS ARCHIVE - 18th - 24th SEPTEMBER 2006 |
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20th September 2006 AUDIO BOOK NEWS Here's a much better look at the Doctor Who - Monsters on Earth audio book box set, which was featured in Monday's News (see below)...
DVD NEWS
Details are sketchy, but indicate that
bonus features will include: "unseen footage and deleted scenes; on-set
gossip in Jerry Bruckheimer: Producers Photo Diary and Fly on
the Set featurette; special featurettes on the films sensational
characters in Captain Jack: Head to Toe and Meet Davy Jones;
filmmaker and star commentaries; a look at the making of the film in
The Making of Dead Man's Chest; Bloopers of the Caribbean."
Amazon.com are offering a set of artcards with their edition.
Fox will also release The Omen - 30th Anniversary Special Edition on October the 23rd, alongside digitally-remastered editions of its sequels. The Omen - 30th Anniversary 2 Disc Special Edition will feature two commentary tracks (one by director Richard Donner and editor Stuart Baird, the other by Donner and writer/director Brian Hegeland); Love Theme featurette; Damien To Church featurette; Dog Attack featurette; 666 and Mrs Baylock featurette; Jerry Goldsmith on The Score; Curse or Coincidence featurette; original theatrical trailer. The RRP is £17.99. Damien: Omen II features part two of The Omen Legacy; a commentary by producer Harvey Bernhard; and The Omen 2006 - Life After Film School featurette (23m).
Omen III: The Final Conflict features
Omen IV: The Awakening
RRP for the sequels is £12.99. Each of
these films is also included in the
EVENT NEWS The BFI IMAX theatre at Waterloo will be hosting two all-night Lord of the Rings triple-bill marathon on Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th of September. From the press release: All three films will be shown in their original theatrical 35mm versions (NB. not IMAX or IMAX DMR); the image will fill approximately one third of the giant screen. There will be a 30-minute break between each film and free teas and coffees will be provided throughout the night. Snacks, sweets and both soft and alcoholic drinks will be on sale. Fans are welcome to dress up in costume and there will be prizes to be won during the night to add to the fun. Screening times are as follows on both dates: 9.00pm - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (PG) 12.30am - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (12A) 04.00am - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (12A) The programme ends at 7.20am. Justin Johnson, BFI IMAX Head of Operations says: "We first showed The Lord of the Rings trilogy in November 2004 and it was so popular that it's become an annual event. With our big picture, perfect view from comfy seats, and alcoholic drinks on sale this time around, it's the ultimate fantasy film experience for the fans - over nine hours in heaven, or at least, Middle Earth!" Tickets are on sale now at £10.00 for one film, £15.00 for two films or £25.00 for all three. The BFI IMAX is located at South Bank, London SE1. Nearest tube is Waterloo. Tickets for The Lord of the Rings trilogy are on sale from the ticket desk or by telephone on 0870 787 2525. NB. Online booking is not available for these two presentations, but cinema details can be seen at www.bfi.org.uk/imax
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The film will be presented in anamorphic 2.4:1 format, with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, and optional English SDH subtitles. The set will offer a choice of menu schemes (you can align yourself with the X-Men or The Brotherhood), which will lead to extensive bonus material, including: Brett Ratner's Production Diary; X-Men - Evolution of a Trilogy featurette; X-Men: The Excitement Continues featurette; X-Men Up Close interactive gallery; Anatomy Of A Scene: The Golden Gate Bridge featurette; Vignettes; Blogs; Previz Animatic Gallery; Character Still Galleries; Concept Art, Storyboards and Models Galleries; audio commentaries [sic] by director Brett Ratner, Avi Arad; twenty-one deleted scenes; three alternate endings; an Easter Egg; and trailers. No-one pulls out all the stops for their special edition discs like Fox, so this should be a very impressive set indeed. The spec's for the UK edition certainly trump the single-disc Region 1 editions! (Director Brett Ratner has confirmed that there will be a R1 Special Edition somewhere down the line. The UK edition has an RRP of £24.99. Fox are also releasing a special X-Men Collector's Edition 6-Disc Trilogy box set, which will include an exclusive Stan Lee comic book. This set has an RRP of £44.99.
The film stars Colin Farrell, as a struggling writer trying to carve a career in 1930s Los Angeles, and Salma Hayek as the Mexican barmaid he falls in love with. The press release didn't mention any bonus features, but some etailers are listing a commentary track by Towne and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, a Making of... featurette, and a trailer. The RRP is apparently £15.99 or £19.99 (different etailers are listing different RRPs, and it wasn't mentioned on the not-trying-very-hard press release). Universal Pictures will release a four-disc Billy Wilder Collection box set on November the 20th. The films are Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, A Foreign Affair and The Major and the Minor. The press release didn't mention any bonus features, so it's unlikely that the set will feature the bountiful supplements on the recent Region 1 Double Indemnity Special Edition DVD. RRP is £34.99.
The seven-disc set features approximately twenty-two hours' worth of episodes, presented in 16:9 format, with Dolby Digital Stereo sound. The set will also feature a photo' gallery, never-before-seen scripts for The Tribe series six, and an exclusive interview with Kelly Stevenson (who plays Dee - TBC). The RRP is £34.99. The RRP of the first two seasons of The Tribe will be reduced by a few pounds to coincide with the release. Nouveaux Pictures will release two DVD box sets on October the 16th. The Comedy Western Collection set will contain They Call Me Trinity, its sequel, Trinity Is Still My Name and My Name Is Nobody. Extras include interviews with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, biographies, filmographies, trailers, stills gallery. The RRP is £39.99. The Tinto Brass - The Maestro Presents... box set will feature Salon Kitty, P.O. Box Tinto Brass and The Voyeur. Special features include an exclusive twenty-four-minute interview (in English) with director Tinto Brass and trailers. RRP is £29.99. Sleeve art...
HBO will release Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete Sixth Series on October the 2nd. The five-disc set will contain twenty-four episodes, some with commentaries by Ray Romano and series creator Phil Rosenthal. The set will also include bloopers, deleted scenes and a retrospective featurette. The RRP is £34.99. HBO will release Entourage - The Complete First Season on October the 30th. The two-disc set will feature eight "half-hour" episodes, which feature cameo appearances by co-producer Mark Wahlberg, Luke 'The Dragon' Wilson, Val Kilmer, Larry David, Gary Busey and Scarlett Johansson. Three of the episodes will feature commentary tracks by creator / executive producer Doug Elin and executive producer Larry Charles. The set will also contain a behind-the-scenes featurette. The set will have optional English subtitles. Further episodes of the series (now in its fourth season in the US) will air here on ITV2 in February. The set has a pinch-me RRP of £24.99. 4DVD will release a new Lee Evans DVD on November the 27th, The World of Lee Evans. It features the six comedy dramas, shot on film, which formed Evans' 1995 TV series. Guest stars include John Thompson, Prunella Scales, Caroline Hook, Phil Daniels, Samantha Beckinsale and Amanda Dickinson. The RRP is £12.99.
So, h January The Return of The Master Box Set - The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis and Castrovalva (confirmed) March The Time Meddler May Robot July Tegan box set - Time-Flight / Arc of Infinity September Sarah Jane Smith box set - The Time Warrior / K9 and Company October Survival November The Key to Time Box Set (The Ribos Operation, The Pirate Planet, The Stones of Blood, The Androids of Tara, The Power of Kroll and The Armageddon Factor) December Animated Patrick Troughton story
AUDIO BOOK NEWS
The set will feature the audio tracks from three TV adventures, with newly-recorded narration. The stories are Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970, Jon Pertwee), The Sea Devils (1972, Jon Pertwee), and Warriors of the Deep (1984, Peter Davison). The three stories are linked by recurring reptilian villains: the Sea Devils were related to the Silurians, and both return in Warriors of the Deep. Narration in each case is provided by the companion of the time: Caroline John on Doctor Who and the Silurians; Katy Manning on The Sea Devils, and Janet Fielding on Warriors of the Deep. The discs will also feature bonus interviews with the actresses, discussing their experience of working on the programme. The discs will be housed in a tin, the base of which will feature an illustration by former Target books artist Chris Achilleos. The set has an RRP of £45, but can currently be pre-ordered for as little as £18.88 from Amazon. EVENT NEWS Press release from Lurker Films...
WHEN: October 6-8, 2006 WHERE: The historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon, USA WHAT: Eight feature films, seven guests of honour, discussion panels, world and regional premieres, twelve vendors, multiple door prizes, and more than twenty-five short films.
COST: Tickets are $12 per day per person on
Friday, $15 per day Advance tickets can be purchased at http://www.hplfilmfestival.com The 13th annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival should prove to be an exciting one. Along with all of the great films we have lined up we also have many compelling events. We will be showing exclusive footage from the highly anticipated Hellboy: Animated, with a special appearance from the producer of the show. Other notable guest appearances are: author Ramsey Campbell, author/editor Robert M. Price, author Stanley C. Sargent, director Jay Woelfel (Beyond Dream's Door), director Alex Turner (Dead Birds), director Mariano Baino (Dark Waters) and actress Barbara Crampton (Castle Freak). We will also be playing the comic-con trailer for Guillermo del Toro's new picture, Pan's Labyrinth. Our discussion panels will include: Writers versus Filmmakers: Filming the Unfilmable, The Appeal of H.P. Lovecraft, Dark Horse Comics: Lovecraft's Lasting Influence, and Animating Hellboy. We will be awarding filmmakers and special guests with the annual Howie award. Last week's Zeta Minor News can be viewed here. Previous Zeta Minor News entries can viewed here. |
COMPETITION
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Buena
Vista Home Entertainment will release what's likely
to be the best-selling DVD of 2006, a two-disc Collector's Edition of
Twentieth
Century Fox Home Entertainment
Twentieth
Century Fox Home Entertainment will release
Robert Towne's depression-era drama
Revelation
Pictures will release
I
don't make a habit of indulging in idle speculation about
forthcoming Doctor Who DVD releases, but recently I've been digging around
to see what I can piece together about what stories are being prepared for
release next year. 
BBC
Audiobooks has confirmed the details of the Doctor Who - Monsters on
Earth seven-CD box set, which is being released on November the 6th.
Lurker Films is proud to present the 13th
Annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.
