SUSPENSE LOOMS IN JUNE AS MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT DEBUTS WRITER/DIRECTOR WOLFGANG PETERSEN’S RIVETING THRILLER SHATTERED

Defense of the Realm, Half Moon Street, The House On Carroll Street, Miracle Mile, Seven Hours to Judgment And Slamdance Also Spring Onto DVD June 3rd In Thrillers Promotion

TORONTO, ON – Writer/director Wolfgang Petersen’s (The Perfect Storm) heart-pounding twists and turns will “keep you guessing [until the] shockingly unexpected ending” (The Washington Post) as MGM Home Entertainment reveals the suspenseful mystery Shattered on DVD June 3rd in its Thrillers Promotion. Starring Tom Berenger (Training Day), Bob Hoskins (Maid in Manhattan), Greta Scacchi (Festival in Cannes), Joanne Whalley-Kilmer (The Man Who Knew Too Little) and Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law), this gripping film noir uncovers the tale of a car crash survivor who begins to suspect his near-death was not an accident. The Thrillers Promotion will keep you on the edge of your seat with the debut of other chilling titles, including Defense of the Realm, Half Moon Street, The House on Carroll Street, Miracle Mile, Seven Hours to Judgment and Slamdance. Featuring a star-studded line-up of Sigourney Weaver, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Caine, Anthony Edwards, Beau Bridges and Kelly McGillis, all titles are available for pre-order May 6th for the suggested retail price of $19.98 CAD and include the original theatrical trailer.

Shattered
Dan Merrick (Tom Berenger) struggles to reconstruct his life after a disfiguring accident leaves him without a memory and in the care of a wife (Greta Scacchi) and friends who seem to be repainting his past. As Merrick begins to reconstruct his life, strange flashes of memory begin to surface… each drawing him further into a maze of corruption that could prove more deadly than any accident!

Running Time: 98 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004622 Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen, Standard Canadian Rating: 14A Language: English and Spanish Stereo Surround Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Defense of The Realm
When a tawdry sex scandal links a high-ranking British politician to a Russian KGB agent, ambitious newsman Nick Mullen (Gabriel Byrne) swiftly gets the story on Page One. But when his scoop-of-the-decade begins to unravel the cover-up-of-the-century, involving military secrets, nuclear weapons and government murders, Mullen and the politician’s beautiful secretary (Greta Scacchi) finds themselves ensnared in a web of deadly intrigue where every move could be their last.

Running Time: 96 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004617 Screen Format: Widescreen Canadian Rating: PG Language: English Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Half Moon Street

When the brilliant and beautiful Dr. Lauren Slaughter (Sigourney Weaver) discovers she’s unable to live on her meager academic salary, she decides to moonlight as a high-priced London call girl. But when she unexpectedly falls for one of her clients – a top-ranking politician (Michael Caine) – Lauren soon finds herself enmeshed in a dark world of deviance, danger and deadly intrigue where sex will make her rich and love could get her killed.

Running Time: 89 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004618 Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen, Standard Canadian Rating: TBD Language: English Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

The House on Carroll Street

When Emily Crane (Kelly McGillis) refuses to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee chairman Ray Salwen (Mandy Patinkin), she’s blacklisted and immediately fired from her job. But when she stumbles upon Salwen’s nefarious plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the U.S., she and an FBI agent (Jeff Daniels) that she has enlisted to help her must find a way to bring an end to Salwen’s conspiracy before he brings an end to them.

Running Time: 101 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004619 Screen Format: Widescreen Canadian Rating: PG Language: English and Spanish Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Miracle Mile

After 30 years of searching, Harry (Anthony Edwards) has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news – World War III has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour. Not sure if this is a prank or an omen, Harry races through L.A., fighting angry mobs of terrified people in a desperate search for Julie (Mare Winningham), the one person with whom he wants to spend the last moments of his life.

Running Time: 87 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004620 Screen Format: Standard Canadian Rating: 14A Language: English Stereo Surround Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Seven Hours to Judgment

Enraged by the release of his wife’s murderers, David Reardon (Ron Leibman) targets John Eaton (Beau Bridges), the judge who released them due to lack of hard evidence. Kidnapping Eaton’s wife (Julianne Phillips), Reardon demands that the judge find evidence against the killers in one night. If by dawn he is unsuccessful, Eaton and his wife will suffer the ultimate sentence.

Running Time: 90 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004621 Screen Format: Standard Canadian Rating: TBD Language: English Stereo Surround Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Slamdance

Underground L.A. artist C.C. Drood (Tom Hulce) courts danger and excitement when he begins an illicit affair with a high-class call girl (Virginia Madsen). But he gets more than he bargains for when she is found dead in his home and he’s being framed for her murder. Pursued by crooked cops with nowhere to turn, Drood makes a desperate attempt to reclaim his life and stay alive.

Running Time: 92 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004623 Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen, Standard Canadian Rating: TBD Language: English and Spanish Stereo Surround Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

UNLOCK THE UNIVERSE WITH MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT’S STARGATE SG-1

Complete Third Season Arrives June 17th as an Out-Of-This-World Five-Disc DVD Gift Set Including Three Stellar Featurettes

TORONTO, ON – Get ready for an unforgettable journey through space when the entire third season of the hit sci-fi series, Stargate SG-1, is unearthed on DVD June 17th from MGM Home Entertainment. Coinciding with the airing of seasons one through five on the Space Network, Stargate SG-1’s Season Three debuts as a five-disc DVD gift set, containing all 22 episodes for $92.96 CAD. With a weekly viewership of over six million and ranked as television’s number one syndicated first-run drama, Stargate SG-1 is the only television show in production to receive the United States Air Force Seal of Approval.

With new cast and crew interviews, as well as never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes footage, the Stargate SG-1 Season Three DVD Gift Set provides three “Secret Files of the SGC” featurettes, including “Colonel Jack O’Neil”, “The Stargate Universe” and “Personnel Files.”

Featuring the talents of Richard Dean Anderson, the 1999 Saturn Award winner for Best Actor in a TV Sci-Fi series, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge and Don S. Davis, Stargate SG-1 follows the adventures of Colonel Jack O’Neill and his otherworldly team of explorers. Throughout their journeys, the SG-1 team uses the ancient stargate to travel through space and expand our understanding of the universe. The series has won several awards including two Saturn Awards, three Emmy nominations and three Cable Ace nominations.

Stargate SG-1 Season Three Gift Set:

Volume One

· Episode 1: “Into The Fire”

· Episode 2: “Seth”

· Episode 3: “Fair Game”

· Episode 4: “Legacy”

· Special feature: “Secret Files Of The SGC – Colonel Jack O’Neil” featurette

Volume Two
· Episode 5: “Learning Curve”

· Episode 6: “Point Of View”

· Episode 7: “Deadman Switch”

· Episode 8: “Demons”

· Episode 9: “Rules Of Engagement”

Volume Three

· Episode 10: “Forever In A Day”

· Episode 11: “Past And Present”

· Episode 12: “Jolinar’s Memories”

· Episode 13: “The Devil You Know”

· Special feature: “Secret Files Of The SGC – The Stargate Universe” featurette

Volume Four
· Episode 14: “Foothold”

· Episode 15: “Pretense”

· Episode 16: “Urgo”

· Episode 17: “A Hundred Days”

· Special feature: “Secret Files Of The SGC – Personnel Files” featurette

Volume Five
· Episode 18: “Shades Of Grey”

· Episode 19: “New Ground”

· Episode 20: “Maternal Instinct”

· Episode 21: “Crystal Skull”

· Episode 22: “Nemesis”

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS WINDTALKERS, JOHN WOO’S POWERFUL WORLD WAR II DRAMA EXACTLY AS HE ENVISIONED IT

Arriving May 20th, Collectible Three-Disc Director’s Edition DVD Features Over 12 Hours of Entertainment Including a New Director’s Cut With 20 Additional Minutes, Three Feature-Length Audio Commentaries, Two Historical Featurettes and Much More!

“Woo comes through with the voluminous action scenes fans have come to expect!”
– USA Today

TORONTO, ON – From critically-acclaimed director John Woo (Mission: Impossible II, Face/Off) comes the ultimate adrenaline rush – the Windtalkers Director’s Edition DVD – with English and French packaging. The first-ever director’s cut of a Woo film arrives as a collectible three-disc set May 20th from MGM Home Entertainment, boasting more than 12 hours of explosive entertainment. “Woo’s battle sequences are outstanding” (Time) in this action-packed set, which plunges deep into the heart of one of World War II’s deadliest and most brutal campaigns – the attack on Saipan. Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage* delivers one of his most powerful performances, portraying a sergeant who has sworn to protect a Navajo Code Talker. Christian Slater (Broken Arrow) and Adam Beach (Smoke Signals) also star in this incredible epic.

The Windtalkers Director’s Edition DVD features Woo’s new cut of the film, which offers more than 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage. In addition to extended battle sequences, deleted scenes have been added, including a scene where Cage and Frances O’Connor (Rita) share a kiss before he goes to war. The DVD special features provide a historical exploration of the Navajo Code Talkers’ journey, as well as an inside look into the making of this epic adventure, from the actors’ rigorous training to the filmmakers’ sweeping battle recreations. Highlights of the special features include an “Actor’s Boot Camp” featurette, audio commentaries with Woo, Cage and Slater and a historical documentary titled “The Code Talkers: A Secret Code Of Honor,” which features historical photos, new interviews with the cast, crew and four of the remaining original Code Talkers, in addition to footage from the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor reception recognizing the original Navajo Code Talkers. Subtitles are provided for all special features.

Available for the suggested retail price of $44.98 CAD, the Windtalkers Director’s Edition DVD is packaged in a special box with a cover flap that provides consumers with the ability open it and read about the DVD’s contents. The Windtalkers Director’s Edition DVD boasts the following special features:

Disc One – Feature Film

· New director’s cut with over 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage

· Personal on-camera introduction by director John Woo

· Three feature-length audio commentaries – Woo and producer Terence Chang, actors Cage, Slater, and Roger Willie, as well as Navajo Code Talker advisor Albert Smith

· Original theatrical trailers

Disc Two – Beyond the Story

· Historical documentary titled “The Code Talkers: A Secret Code Of Honor”

· “American Heroes: A Tribute To Navajo Code Talkers” World War II tribute piece

· “The Music Of Windtalkers” featurette

Disc Three – Behind-The-Scenes

· Battle sequence multi-view of four key action scenes, including “Saipan Landing,” “Barbed Wire,” “Radio The Coordinates” and “Radio Ambush”

· Four fly-on-the-set scene diaries, featuring “Marine March on Saipan,” “Bazooka,” “Friendly Fire” and “Village Ambush”

· “Actor’s Boot Camp” featurette

· Behind-the-scenes photo gallery

· John Woo’s biography

MGM will promote the release with cross-trailering on the Die Another Day Special Edition DVD, Dances With Wolves Special Edition DVD and other major MGM releases.

Windtalkers is the first feature film to tell the story of a secret military program for which a small group of Navajo Indians were recruited in order to develop their native language into code. In 1942, approximately 400 additional Navajo learned the code as Marine volunteers and joined the frontlines in the Pacific. The Navajo code, an indispensable tool for communication, became the only code never broken by the Japanese. On July 26, 2001, President Bush honored the original 29 Code Talkers, five of whom are still living, with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honour awarded by Congress.

In the brutal World War II Battle of Saipan, Sergeant Joe Enders (Cage) guards – and ultimately befriends – Ben Yahzee (Beach), a young Navajo trained in the one wartime code never broken by the enemy, the Navajo Code. But if Yahzee should fall into Japanese hands, how far will Enders go to save the military’s most powerful secret?

MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT DEBUTS KEVIN COSTNER’S SEVEN-TIME OSCAR®-WINNING SPECTACULAR EPIC ON SPECIAL EDITION DVD

Available May 20th, Special Features Include Extended Version Of The Film
With Never-Before-Seen Additional Scenes, Audio Commentaries,
A Brand New Retrospective Documentary Showcasing New Cast And Crew Interviews And Behind-The-Scenes Footage, Featurette And Much More!

“[An] extraordinary film… a triumph in every respect!”
– Leonard Maltin

TORONTO, ON – The winner of seven Academy Awards*, including Best Picture and Best Director, Dances With Wolves debuts as a two-disc Special Edition DVD May 20th from MGM Home Entertainment. In his acclaimed directorial debut, Kevin Costner stars in the film that is touted as “Spectacular!” (The New York Times) and “Epic!” (Roger Ebert). Dances With Wolves also showcases a stellar supporting cast, including Mary McDonnell (Donnie Darko), Graham Greene (The Green Mile) and Rodney A. Grant (Wild Wild West). Combining action, romance and breathtaking adventure, this “cinematic masterpiece” (American Movie Classics) narrates the historical account of a lone Union Army soldier who befriends a group of Native Americans from the Sioux tribe.

Available for the suggested retail price of $34.98 CAD, the two-disc Dances With Wolves Special Edition DVD boasts a four-hour extended version of the film with never-before-seen additional scenes and an audio commentary by Costner. The DVD also contains a seven-part retrospective documentary, titled “The Creation Of An Epic,” featuring new cast and crew interviews by Costner, McDonnell, producer Jim Wilson, writer Michael Blake and composer John Barry, among others, and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the film (details provided below). Other special features include an audio commentary with Costner and producer Jim Wilson, an audio commentary with director of photography Dean Semler and editor Neil Travis, a music video by composer John Barry, the original theatrical “Making Of Dances With Wolves” featurette, a photo montage featuring an introduction by photographer Ben Glass, a poster gallery, many Easter eggs, television spots and trailers.

The “Creation Of An Epic” retrospective documentary includes:

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“Novel To Screen”
Details how Costner, producer Jim Wilson and writer Michael Blake transformed the book into a film and how the film was financed.

“The Actor Become The Director”
Showcases a candid interview with Costner about being a first-time director and provides a behind-the-scenes look at him directing the cast and crew.

“The Buffalo Hunt”
Features the making of the buffalo hunt scene at a South Dakota ranch and an interview with stunt coordinator Norman Howell, who talks about how they used Native Americans as stunt men instead of hiring professionals.

“The Look And Sound Of Dances”
Highlights the set and costume design process, provides a glimpse at the actors’ on-camera makeup and hair tests and provides insights on how the actors learned the Lakota language.

“The Art Of Composition”
Showcases interviews with the director of photography Dean Semler, editor Neil Travis and composer John Barry, who talk about how they created the film’s look and feel.

“The Success Of Dances”
Features interviews with the cast and crew regarding the popularity of the film that ultimately generated $US400 million worldwide at the box office and received seven Academy Awards®.

MGM Home Entertainment will support the Special Edition DVD release of Dances With Wolves with cross-trailering on major MGM releases.

Sent to protect a U.S. outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar (Costner) finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he’s sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux Indians, Dunbar slowly comes to revere those he once feared. But when the encroaching U.S. Army threatens to overrun the Sioux, he is forced to make a choice – one that will forever change his destiny and that of a proud and defiant nation.

OSCAR® WINNERS LEE GRANT AND MARLEE MATLIN JOIN MARGARET CHO, GEORGE SEGAL, ERIC ROBERTS AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN TO HEADLINE MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT’S TOUCHING DRAMA

Debuting June 3rd, Special Edition DVD Features 15 Deleted/Extended Scenes, Featurettes, Audio Commentaries And More

Bonus Material Includes The First Time Writer/Director Randal Kleiser

Speaks Out About The Film’s Relation To His Personal Experience

TORONTO, ON – Based on writer/director Randal Kleiser’s (Grease) own true story, the “quite moving and very funny” (Leonard Maltin) film, It’s My Party, debuts as a Special Edition DVD June 3rd. In this “heartbreaking” (Rex Reed, The New York Observer) film, an all-star cast – Academy Award® winners Lee Grant* (Mulholland Dr.) and Marlee Matlin** (“The West Wing”), Margaret Cho (Notorious C.H.O.), Gregory Harrison (Air Bud), Olivia Newton-John (Grease), Bronson Pinchot (Courage Under Fire), Eric Roberts (Fool Proof), George Segal (“Just Shoot Me”) and Roddy McDowell (Keepers Of The Frame) – bids farewell to a man who voluntarily chooses to end his three-year battle with AIDS.

On the It’s My Party Special Edition DVD, Kleiser speaks out for the first time about how the film reflects his personal story and relationship with Harry Stein. His candid interview is featured both in an audio commentary, also featuring Roberts, Harrison and producers Joel Thurm, Bernd Heinel and Greg Hinton, and during the “Harry Stein’s House: Research Tape” featurette, which provides a video walk-through of the house that the real-life event took place in. Available for $24.98 CAD, the DVD also includes 15 deleted and extended scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette highlighting “The Kiss” scene, a music documentary on Basil Poledouris called “The Score,” a photo gallery of 100 stills including photos of Kleiser’s actual farewell party for Stein and the original theatrical trailer. The It’s My Party Special Edition DVD is available for pre-order May 6th and features the original theatrical trailer.

Eric Roberts gives a “touching, urgent performance” (San Francisco Chronicle) as Nick, a man whose three-year battle with AIDS is about to come to a close. Rather than face debilitation, he chooses to end his life, but not before throwing the greatest farewell party of all time. As friends and family gather for a bittersweet celebration, something incredible happens. It’s a two-day long, uplifting, outrageous and life-affirming party that is ultimately Nick’s everlasting legacy.

MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND DIC ENTERTAINMENT GET ANIMATED WITH INSPECTOR GADGET, MADELINE, SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH AND DENNIS THE MENACE MOVIE TOONS

MGM To Distribute DIC’s Collection Of Brand New Full-Length
Animated Films As Seen On YTV

Debuting On DVD And VHS May 6th, First Three Titles –
Inspector Gadget’s Last Case, Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Friends Forever
And Time Kid – Feature Laugh-Out-Loud Bonus Material Including
Bloopers And Fun Featurettes

TORONTO, ON – Go-Go Adventure! Go-Go Excitement! Go-Go Gadget Movie Toons! Inspector Gadget, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Dennis The Menace, Madeline and The Archies are among the popular animated personalities debuting on DVD and VHS in 12 brand new full-length animated films, produced by DIC Entertainment and distributed by MGM Home Entertainment. Prior to its home video release, the Movie Toons collection was featured on Canada’s leading youth television network, YTV.

Inspector Gadget’s Last Case, Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Friends Forever and Time Kid are the first Movie Toons to premiere from the collection on May 6th, priced at the suggested retail price of $19.98 CAD on DVD and $11.98 CAD on VHS. Each DVD boasts a variety of special features: a “Did You Know?” fun facts and trivia featurette hosted by Inspector Gadget; a behind-the-scenes “Pencil Test” featurette that provides an in-depth look into how cartoons are made; hilarious bloopers; and previews from the entire Movie Toons collection.

The remaining Movie Toons line-up includes My Fair Madeline, Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control, The Archies: Jugman, The Amazing Zorro, Treasure Island, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, The Groove Squad, Dinosaur Island and Globe Hunter: Around the World in 80 Days. The Movie Toons collection features scripts by award-winning children’s screenwriters whose credits include Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland, The Land Before Time and An American Tale, among others. In addition, celebrities such as Jennifer Love Hewitt (The Groove Squad), Whoopi Goldberg (My Fair Madeline) and Tom Arnold (Dennis The Menace: Cruise Control) are among the voice talents featured in these films.

Inspector Gadget’s Last Case

Fasten your seat belts… and get ready for super-charged fun! Inspector Gadget and his four-wheeled partner, Gadgetmobile, are all revved up for high-speed adventure. There’s a new crime fighter protecting the streets of Metro City. The only trouble is… it’s not Inspector Gadget! His name is Devon Debonair, and he’s convinced everyone that he can outsmart anyone who stands in his way. But something’s not quite right about this muscle-bound superhero; in fact, he seems to have a secret connection to Gadget’s arch-nemesis, Dr. Claw. And it will take all the brains, charm and high-tech gizmos Inspector Gadget can come up with to stop him!

Running Time: 73 minutes Catalogue Number DVD: 1004918

Screen Format: Standard Catalogue Number VHS: 1004915

Language: English and Spanish Stereo Surround Closed Captioning

Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Friends Forever

Join Sabrina on the broomstick ride of her life at Witch Academy, where she learns the three golden rules of “witchdom”: Use your magic wisely, be true to your friends and, most of all, be true to yourself! Sabrina is smart, funny and just like every other girl her age, with one small exception: She’s a witch! Well, actually, the term “half-witch” would be more precise. And that’s exactly the problem – she’s convinced that none of the girls at her new witch school will accept her if they learn that she’s half-mortal. But Sabrina has a plan that’s guaranteed to make her a permanent part of the popular crowd. Follow Sabrina on her most fantastic adventure ever!

Running Time: 73 minutes Catalogue Number DVD: 1004919

Screen Format: Standard Catalogue Number VHS: 1004916

Language: English and Spanish Stereo Surround Closed Captioning

Time Kid

Journey to the past, present and future with one courageous kid in this captivating tale. From the baseball fields of 1902 to the subterranean tunnels of the year 11,902, this thrill-a-minute ride will keep you on the edge of your seat! When teenager Tom Spender discovers that his inventor father has taken off in a homemade time machine – and is lost in the future – Tom boards the elaborate contraption and zooms 10,000 years into the future to bring him back. But the world he encounters is filled with tornadoes, exploding rocks and savage monsters – and now Tom is in a race against time to save his father… and himself!

Running Time: 73 minutes Catalogue Number DVD: 1004920

Screen Format: Standard Catalogue Number VHS: 1004917

Language: English and Spanish Stereo Closed Captioning

DIC Entertainment is a leading child’s entertainment company focused on developing, producing, distributing, and merchandising children’s animated programming worldwide. Since it’s founding in 1983, DIC has produced over 100 series and 3,000 episodes, averaging over 145 new half-hour episodes per year for the last ten years. DIC’s catalog is one of the largest and most valuable libraries of children’s animation television programming in the entertainment industry, boasting beloved evergreen brands such as Inspector Gadget, Madeline, Sailor Moon, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, Action Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Super Mario Bros. DIC’s newest shows in global distribution include, Mary-Kate & Ashley in Action, Alienators: Evolution Continues, Super Duper Sumos and Liberty’s Kids.

LAUGH OUT LOUD ON APRIL FOOL’S DAY AS MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS DIRECTOR CARL REINER’S HILARIOUS SPOOF Fatal Instinct

Checking Out, The Couch Trip, How To Get Ahead In Advertising, Married To It, Memories Of Me, The Missionary, Popi, A Private Function, Privates On Parade, Sibling Rivalry And Undercover Blues Also Debut on DVD April 1st In Comedy Promotion

TORONTO, ON – Tickle your funny bone on April Fool’s Day (April 1st) as
MGM Home Entertainment presents director Carl Reiner’s thriller spoof Fatal Instinct in its Comedy Promotion. Starring Armand Assante (The Mambo Kings), Sherilyn Fenn
(“Twin Peaks”), Canadian actress, Kate Nelligan (The Prince Of Tides) and Sean Young
(No Way Out), the Fatal Instinct DVD includes audio commentary with Reiner and screenwriter David O’Malley, as well as deleted scenes and outtakes. Other laugh-out-loud titles include Checking Out, The Couch Trip, How To Get Ahead In Advertising, Married To It,
Memories Of Me, The Missionary, Popi, A Private Function, Privates On Parade,
Sibling Rivalry and Undercover Blues. Available for pre-order on March 4th, all titles include the original theatrical trailer, except Sibling Rivalry, and are offered at the suggested retail price of $19.98 CDN each.

Fatal Instinct

A hot chick with an ice pick takes a stab at love – and laughter – in this “wickedly funny”
(The Milwaukee Journal) spoof from the director of The Jerk and All Of Me. “The gags come fast and furious” (The Hollywood Reporter), as the all-star cast – including Assante, Fenn, Nelligan and Young – pokes hilarious fun at such steamy thrillers as Basic Instinct,
Fatal Attraction, Sleeping With The Enemy and Cape Fear. Lana, Laura and Lola are beautiful and sexy – and all after Ned Ravine! One wants to marry him. One wants to kill him. And the other just plain wants him – dead or alive!

Running Time: 90 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004363

Screen Format: Standard Canadian Rating: 14A

Language: English Stereo Surround, Spanish Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Checking Out

Running Time: 95 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004361

Screen Format: Standard Canadian Rating: 14A

Language: English Stereo Surround Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

The Couch Trip

When John Burns (Canadian actor, Dan Aykroyd), an inmate at the Cicero County Correctional Facility for the Criminally Insane, intercepts a call to his psychiatrist, he brashly impersonates the good doctor. And he does such a good job that he’s given an offer to fill in for a stressed-out Beverly Hills celebrity psychologist (Charles Grodin) as the host of a call-in radio advice show. Escaping the hospital, Burns is soon gleefully crossing swords with his predecessor’s beautiful colleague (Donna Dixon), crossing paths with a crafty crackpot (Walter Matthau), and crossing the line into complete hilarity as his offbeat psychobabble takes ultra-trendy La-La Land by storm!

Running Time: 96 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004362

Screen Format: Standard Canadian Rating: PG

Language: English and Spanish Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

How To Get Ahead In Advertising

To hotshot ad exec Dennis Bagley (Richard E. Grant), people are pathetic sheep to whom he can sell anything except a brand-new pimple cream. Creatively blocked, Dennis becomes so stressed that he sprouts a pimple of his own – a pimple that eventually grows into a huge head and a mind of its own. Before long, the sassy carbuncle takes over Dennis’ life, revealing to him a diabolical plan to control the masses. Now Dennis must find courage deep within himself to save society – and himself – from the beastly blemish!

Running Time: 94 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004364

Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen, Standard Canadian Rating: 14A

Language: English Stereo Surround Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Married To It

When three very different couples plan a school pageant, they don’t plan on becoming best friends. It couldn’t have happened at a better time though, as they help each other face a series of crises, including resentful children, legal troubles and one husband’s (Beau Bridges) fantasies about another’s wife (Cybill Shepherd)!

Running Time: 112 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004365

Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen, Standard Canadian Rating: 14A

Language: English Stereo Surround Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Memories Of Me

They say, “like father, like son,” but for Abe (Alan King) and Abbie (Billy Crystal), nothing could be further from the truth. Abe is King of the Hollywood extras. As an actor he’s an expert at being a face in the crowd. His son Abbie is a respected New York heart surgeon who’s always felt like a bit player in his father’s life. When Abbie suffers a mild heart attack, he decides it’s time to mend family ties or break them altogether. So he heads out to Hollywood, where his efforts at reconciliation lead to hilarious consequences.

Running Time: 103 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004366

Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen, Standard Canadian Rating: PG

Language: English and Spanish Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

The Missionary

Reverend Charles Fortescue (Michael Palin) has a problem. His boss, the bishop (Denholm Elliott), wants him to minister to the city’s “fallen women.” Fortescue begins recruiting converts from the streets, but he discovers that these lusty ladies are only willing to submit to salvation if they are permitted to share his bed! Hilarious and sexy, The Missionary is “charming, buoyant” (The New York Times) “and damned good fun” (Playboy)!

Running Time: 87 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004367

Screen Format: Standard Canadian Rating: 14A

Language: English Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Popi

Alan Arkin is “superb” (Los Angeles Times) as Abraham, a single Puerto Rican father struggling to raise his two sons. But as he watches his boys slide deeper into the ghetto, Abraham seizes on an outlandish plan to give his boys a better life: He sets them adrift in a boat off the Florida coast, hoping that they will be rescued and raised by a wealthy family! But when his kids are taken in by the authorities and he is declared an unfit father, Abraham takes a courageous stand – risking everything – for the chance to hold on to the one thing he loves the most, his family.

Running Time: 113 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004370

Screen Format: Standard Canadian Rating: PG

Language: English and Spanish Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

A Private Function

Life isn't easy in 1947 Yorkshire, where strict post-war rationing is putting the squeeze on the townspeople. A working-class married couple (Maggie Smith and Michael Palin) discovers that the town’s wealthy elite has been secretly fattening up an “illegal” pig for their own selfish gluttony, they hatch an outlandish kidnapping scheme that gives new meaning to the phrase “bringing home the bacon!”

Running Time: 96 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004371

Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen, Standard Canadian Rating: 14A

Language: English Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Privates On Parade

The year is 1948, and Major Giles Flack (John Cleese) has been ordered to organize a song-and-dance unit to entertain the beleaguered British troops in Southeast Asia. But while he’s transforming the front line into a chorus line, his entertainers are being used as a cover operation to sell illegal arms to Malaysian guerrillas! Will Major Flack’s musical band of brothers be able to raise military morale while dodging bullets and shrapnel… or will their show become the ultimate bomb?

Running Time: 113 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004372

Screen Format: Widescreen Canadian Rating: 14A

Language: English Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Sibling Rivalry

All Marjorie (Kirstie Alley) ever wanted was to become a writer: “like Sylvia Plath…only happy.” But she put her dream aside to marry a doctor (Scott Bakula) before discovering that he has no bedside manner! Unhappy, unfulfilled and decidedly unsatisfied, she attempts to find bliss in a hotel room with a handsome stranger. But when the man she checks in with checks out for good – leaving behind only a smiling corpse and a shocking identity – Marjorie will have to cover up the body and the affair or she may as well write off the rest of her life!

Running Time: 87 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004374

Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen, Standard Canadian Rating: PG

Language: English Stereo Surround, Spanish Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

Undercover Blues

Jeff and Jane Blue (Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner) are the doting parents of a new baby girl. They also happen to be America’s best chance at national security. Just as they embark on that perilous adventure known as parenting, they are asked to save the world from a treacherous arms embezzler. But are their martial arts skills, cunning and high-tech know-how any match for a diabolic terrorist and a ten-pound tyrant?

Running Time: 90 minutes Catalogue Number: 1004376

Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen, Standard Canadian Rating: PG

Language: English Stereo Surround, Spanish Mono Subtitles: ENG, FR, SP

MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT’S ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL MASTERPIECE "West Side Story" RETURNS FOR THE ULTIMATE ENCORE PERFORMANCE AS A SPECIAL EDITION DVD COLLECTOR’S SET

Two-Disc Set Premieres April 1st Including A Collectible Scrapbook With An Original Working Script, A One-Hour Retrospective Documentary, Rare Never-Before-Seen Footage And Photos, And More

West Side Story Sing-A-Long Tour To Travel To Theatres In Toronto And Throughout U.S. In Conjunction With DVD Launch

“Nothing short of a masterpiece!”
– The New York Times

TORONTO, ON – West Side Story, the ten-time Academy Award®-winning* musical that pushed the limits of filmmaking and redefined the modern movie musical for a new generation of fans, debuts as a
two-disc Special Edition DVD Collector’s Set with English and French packaging on April 1st from
MGM Home Entertainment. Delivering their most memorable performances as Maria and Tony, Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer (“Twin Peaks”) star in this “powerful, electrifying, breathtaking” (Variety) modernized adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. Commemorating more than 40 years as one of the most beloved films of all time, this classic story of star-crossed lovers also features Rita Moreno and George Chakiris in their OscarÒ-winning* performances.

Striking a chord with die-hard fans, the West Side Story Special Edition DVD Collector’s Set goes above and beyond the regular DVD song-and-dance. The two-disc set features exclusive footage of Natalie Wood’s original recording of “I Feel Pretty,” which was later replaced with Marni Nixon’s voice in the final version of the film. During a new hour-long “West Side Memories” documentary, the DVD offers insight into the making of West Side Story and features new cast and crew interviews. The DVD also includes a gallery of approximately 230 stills, featuring never-before-seen behind-the-scenes photos, production design snapshots and storyboard sketches, and provides an animated storyboard to film comparison. Viewers can play the fully remastered film with or without the original orchestral intermission, which has been remixed and remastered in 5.1 stereo surround, and can watch the original theatrical trailers. Available for the suggested retail price of $46.98 CDN the boxed set also boasts a collectible scrapbook, featuring an introduction and autograph by OscarÒ-winning screenwriter Ernest Lehman, a complete working script with revision pages and song lyrics, rare never-before-seen photos, letters from director Robert Wise, a reproduction of the original lobby brochure, a historical timeline and film reviews from 1961.

MGM Home Entertainment will support the release of the West Side Story Special Edition DVD Collector’s Set with a West Side Story Sing-A-Long Tour, which will travel to theatres throughout the United States and will end with a final screening in Toronto in April 2003. In addition, MGM Home Entertainment will launch a print advertising campaign and will tie in a cross-promotion with 1-800 Flowers for the creation of themed flower bouquets available in the U.S. and Canada.

A triumph on every level, the West Side Story set a standard for modern movie musicals that remains unsurpassed to this day. Featuring an unforgettable score (“Maria,” “America,” “Somewhere,” “Tonight,”
“I Feel Pretty”) and groundbreaking choreography, the film sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against the backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York. Starring Wood, Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Moreno and Chakiris, West Side Story is “a stunning piece of visual entertainment” (Boxoffice) and “the best film musical ever made”
(The New Republic).

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