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| The 2002 Film-Lovers Gift Guide
If you're struggling with holiday gift ideas, look no further: here are the perfect gifts for everybody on your list, starting with the perfect gift for anybody: A Hard Day's Night. The 2-disc DVD includes bonus features and new and rare footage of the Fab Four, and both the VHS and DVD include the documentary "Things They Said Today." For Quentin Tarantino fans (and film fans in general) there's the Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown DVD 2-Disc Collector's Editions, which feature these one-of-a-kind films in special packages loaded with extras. Jackie Brown includes a special introduction by Tarantino, alternate, deleted, and extended scenes, stills galleries, filmographies, and more. Pulp Fiction invites viewers behind the scenes and includes five special deleted scenes, a look at the film sets, and a look at Pulp Fiction mania. For whimsical film lovers there's Amelie, the French romantic comedy that was nominated for five Academy Awards® this year, including Best Foreign Language Film. This charming feel-good tale features bonus materials, including an audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. And, finally, for special effects fanatics there's Reign of Fire, which includes bonus features that give a behind-the scenes look at the mind-blowing special effects in this sizzling action film. Happy Holidays!
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Reign Of Fire
Now On Video And DVD
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"A Triumph
of Special Effects" -- New York Post
Matthew McConaughey (U-571) and Christian Bale (Shaft) star in an explosive action-packed adventure with bone-charring special effects that will have you glued to your seat. When workers in a London tunneling project awaken an unearthly fire-breathing beast from centuries of slumber, all hell breaks loose. Twelve-year-old Quinn (Bale) sees his mother, one of the workers, die trying to escape this new terror. Twenty years later as a "fire chief," he tries to keep a group of refugees alive with fierce dragons dominating the air. Unexpectedly, Van Zan (McConaughey), a hotshot American militia leader, shows up with a ragtag group of slayers on a perilous crusade to hunt down and destroy the beasts. Tempers flare when there is a struggle for leadership -- until both men realize only one species is getting out of this alive.
Run time: 102 minutes. Rated PG-13 for intense action violence.
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Bad Company
Now On Video And DVD
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| | "Slam-Bang Thrills And Spills!" -- San Francisco Examiner
Academy Award®-winner Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor, 1991, The Silence Of The Lambs) and the irrepressible Chris Rock star in this spy action thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat! Veteran CIA agent Gaylord Oakes (Hopkins) must recruit streetwise punk Jake Hayes (Rock) when Jake's identical twin brother is killed in the line of duty. With only nine days to complete a nuclear weapons negotiation, Jake has to go from smart talking to smooth operating and convince all parties he is the sophisticated brother he never knew. From Prague to New York, the chase is on and the clock is ticking when more than a preemptive arms deal goes "bad."
Run time: Approximately 117 minutes. Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, some sensuality, and language.
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The Importance Of Being Earnest
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| | "Two Thumbs Up!" -- Ebert & Roeper
Reese Witherspoon (Sweet Home Alabama), Colin Firth (Bridget Jones's Diary), and Rupert Everett (My Best Friend's Wedding) star in this hilarious story about two dashing young bachelors and the outrageous deceptions they find themselves in over love! Whenever Worthing (Firth) wants to leave his dull country life behind he visits the city, posing as his fictitious "brother" Ernest. There, he becomes smitten with the ravishing Gwendolen (Frances O'Connor, A.I.). But while Worthing is in town, his playboy pal Algy (Everett) is in the country falling for Worthing's young and beautiful ward, Cecily (Witherspoon) -- while also impersonating Ernest! Pandemonium ensues when these two would-be Ernests find themselves face-to-face -- and have to explain who they really are!
Run time: 94 minutes. Rated PG for mild sensuality.
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25th Hour
In Select Theaters December 19
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| The clock is ticking on Monty Brogan's freedom. In 24 hours, he goes to prison for seven long years. Once the king of Manhattan, Monty (Academy Award®-nominee Edward Norton, Best Actor, 1999, American History X) is about to say good-bye to the bright lights, his own big-city dreams, and the life he knew - a life that opened doors to New York's swankiest clubs but also alienated him from the people closest to him. In his last day on the outside, Monty tries to reconnect with his father (Brian Cox), who has never given up on his son, and gets together with his two closest friends from the old days, Jakob (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Slattery (Barry Pepper). Also in the mix is his girlfriend, Naturelle (Rosario Dawson), who might (or might not) have been the one who tipped him off to the cops. Monty's not sure of much these days ... but with time running out, there are choices to be made, and Monty's got some tricks up his sleeve that are about to be set in motion. Director Spike Lee (Summer Of Sam, Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X) sheds light on a man who is unsure of how his life has led him to this point as he struggles to redeem himself in the 25th Hour.
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Top-Selling DVD And Video Titles From
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- A Hard Day's Night
- The Count Of Monte Cristo
- Sorority Boys
- 40 Days And 40 Nights
- Pulp Fiction Collector's Series Edition
- Big Trouble
- Spider-Man: The Return Of The Green Goblin
- The Program
- Swingers
- Amelie
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- Spider-Man: The Return Of The Green Goblin
- Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
- Power Rangers Wild Force: Lion Heart
- A Hard Day's Night
- Power Rangers Wild Force: Ancient Awakening
- Coyote Ugly
- Gone In 60 Seconds
- The Others
- Serendipity
- Halloween: H20
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Figures are for DVD and Video sales 10/1/02-10/31/02
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