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| We've got a bunch of Academy Award® winners and nominees for you to preview this month. For starters, get a sneak peek at Chicago, nominated for 13 Academy Awards® and the winner of six Oscars®* including Best Motion Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Zeta-Jones), available on DVD and Video August 19. There's also Frida, starring Salma Hayek, and the winner of two Academy Awards®**, and Gangs Of New York, starring everybody and nominated for 10 Academy Awards®. Frida comes to DVD and Video June 10, while Gangs will be available July 1.... For a laugh, check out the trailer for Comedian, on DVD and Video May 13. If the trailer is any sign of how funny the movie is, then you don't want to miss this one. For more fun, visit The Hot Chick, where you can vent your frustrations with the Cast A Spell and Pepper Spray games (kids, don't try this at home). Until next month...
*Academy Award® Winner (2003) -- Best Achievement In Art Direction; Best Achievement In Costume Design; Best Achievement In Editing; Best Achievement In Sound
**Academy Award® Winner (2003) -- Best Achievement In Makeup and Best Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures, Original Score
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"The Hot Chick"
On DVD And Video May 13
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 "I haven't laughed harder at anything else this year." -- New York Post
The hilarious Rob Schneider has been a gigolo. He's been an animal. And now a curse will make him something he's never been before -- a woman! Jessica Spencer is the hottest, most popular girl in high school. But she gets a big dose of reality when she wakes up in the body of a 30-something-year-old lowlife male (Schneider) and quickly discovers that trading on your looks isn't so easy when you're a girl who constantly needs a shave. How in the world can Jessica convince her friends (Anna Faris, Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2; Matthew Lawrence, Mrs. Doubtfire; Eric Christian Olsen, Not Another Teen Movie) it really is her? And how can she change herself back into a teenage girl? The Hot Chick is a wild and wacky gender-bending comedy everyone can enjoy -- no matter what sex you are.
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"Comedian"
On DVD and Video May 13
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|  "Funny as hell!" -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Jerry Seinfeld is a working stand-up comic again. Comedian is a candidly revealing, intimately observed, and often very funny look at what it takes to be a comedian. On-stage, Jerry delivers his hilarious brand of observational humor. Off-stage, he struggles with difficult material, confronts self-doubt, revels in small successes, and accepts help and support from friends and colleagues, including Colin Quinn, Ray Romano, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling, Jay Leno, and Bill Cosby. Comedian also discovers the sharp wit of rising young comic Orny Adams -- outspoken, insecure, and fanatical about becoming the "next big thing." What emerges is a fascinating journey by two contrasting personalities who have some surprising parallels.
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"Equilibrium"
On DVD And Video May 13
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|  "Two Thumbs Up!" -- Ebert & Roeper
Delivering awesome high-tech action in the power-packed style of The Matrix and Minority Report, Equilibrium stars Christian Bale (Reign Of Fire) and Taye Diggs (Chicago) in a thrilling look at a future where the only crime is being human! In an attempt to end wars and maintain peace, humankind has outlawed the things that trigger emotion -- literature, music, and art. To uphold the law, a special breed of police is assigned to eliminate all transgressors. But when the top enforcer (Bale) misses a dose of an emotion-blocking drug, he begins to realize that things are not as they seem! Also starring Sean Bean (The Lord Of The Rings) and Emily Watson (Red Dragon).
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"Jackie Chan's Project A2"
On DVD And Video May 20
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|  "Loads of action & comedy" -- Hong King Movie Review
Director and star Jackie Chan (Rush Hour 1 & 2, Shanghai Knights) is at his hard-hitting, high-flying best in this powerfully entertaining, action-packed treat! After defeating the evil Pirate Lo on the high seas, Dragon Mao (Chan) is assigned to lead the local police force. But he soon discovers that police corruption is running wild right under his nose! When he's framed for a jewelry robbery, Dragon Mao must fight to clear his name while battling with a group of spies, pirates, and revolutionaries who want to see him go down hard! Also starring the amazing Maggie Cheung (Hero, The Heroic Trio, Supercop).
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"Ghosts Of The Abyss"
Now Playing In Theaters
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Academy Award®-winning director and master storyteller James Cameron (1998 Best Director, Titanic) journeys back to the site of his greatest inspiration -- the legendary wreck of the Titanic. With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts and friend Bill Paxton, he embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the final grave where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago. Using state-of-the-art technology developed expressly for the expedition, Cameron and his crew are able to explore virtually all of the wreckage, inside and out, as never before. With the most advanced 3D photography, moviegoers will experience the ship as if they are part of the crew, right inside the dive subs. In this unprecedented motion picture event, made especially for IMAX 3D theatres and specially outfitted 35 mm 3D theaters across the country, Cameron and his team bring audiences to sights not seen since the sinking 90 years ago and explore why the landmark vessel -- more than any other shipwreck -- continues to intrigue and fascinate the public.
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Top-Selling DVD And Video Titles From
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- The Osbournes: The First Season (Censored)
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista Series)
- Signs
- Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
- Pulp Fiction (Collector's Series)
- Tombstone (Vista Series)
- Amelie
- Pretty Woman
- Good Will Hunting (Collector's Series)
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- Sweet Home Alabama
- Signs
- Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Bonus Ed.)
- Spider-Man: The Return Of The Green Goblin
- Gone In 60 Seconds
- Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
- Coyote Ugly
- While You Were Sleeping
- Power Rangers Wild Force: Curse Of The Wolf
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Figures are for sales of DVD and Videos 3/1/03-3/31/03
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