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DVD New Releases for August 2001

What's new in blockbuster, mainstream, and family-oriented DVD releases


Titles in bold are for emphasis, generally to designate recent theatrical releases and blockbuster titles.  Check out our DVD Upcoming Releases page for DVD release dates of current theatrical movies.  This site is a Region 1 (U.S. and Canada) resource for DVD movies.

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See Spot Run Joe Dirt Hannibal Enemy at the Gates
See Spot Run
Joe Dirt
Hannibal
 read our review
Enemy at the Gates
read our review
15 Minutes Chocolat 3000 Miles to Graceland The Mexican
15 Minutes

  

Chocolat
read our review
 
3000 Miles to Graceland
The Mexican
read our review

August 7, 2001

Chocolat (PG-13, Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp), read our review,
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

The Mexican (Dolby Digital & dts, R, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts), read our review,
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

3000 Miles to Graceland (R, Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Courtney Cox),
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Recess: School's Out (Disney, animated, G), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

An Everlasting Piece (Dolby Digital & dts, R, Barry McEvoy, Brian F. O'Byrne),
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

When Dinosaurs Roamed America (narrated by John Goodman)

Time and Tide (R, foreign-Hong Kong)

Fly Away Home: SE (re-release as anamorphic widescreen Special Edition, Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

John Carpenter Collection (includes Starman, Christine, John Carpenter's Vampires)

August 14, 2001

Enemy at the Gates (R, Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz), read our review,
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

15 Minutes (New Line's new infinifilm series, R, Robert DeNiro), 
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Tomcats (R, Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Josie and the Pussycats (PG-13, Rachel Leigh Cook, Tara Reid), order @  Buy.com

Meet Joe Black: UE (Dolby Digital & dts, re-release as Ultimate Edition, R, Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Ordinary People (1980, R, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth McGovern, Academy Award winner)

Star Trek: The Original Series, Volume 29 (1968, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy)

Star Trek: The Original Series, Volume 30 (1968, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy)

A Place in the Sun (1951, Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor)

August 21, 2001

Hannibal: SE (2-disc set, Dolby Digital & dts, R, Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore),
read our review, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com, 800.com for only $16.94 (44% off)

Silence of the Lambs: SE (re-release as a Special Edition, 1991, R, Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster), read our review, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Daybreak (R, Ted McGinley, Roy Scheider), order @ Amazon.com

The Goonies, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

The Never Ending Story (1984, PG, Noah Hathaway), order @ Amazon.com

The Never Ending Story 2 (1991, PG, Kenny Morrison), order @ Amazon.com

Wish Upon A Star (PG, Danielle Harris)

Safe (1995, R, Julianne Moore)

Dead Simple (R, Daniel Stern, James Caan, Patricia Richardson)

Le Dernier Combat (R, no dialogue, black&white, Jean Reno)

Pokemon 3: The Movie (rumor)

Batman: The Movie (35th Anniversary Special Edition)

Planet Of The Apes (1967, PG, Charles Heston, Roddy McDowall)

August 28, 2001

Joe Dirt (PG-13, David Spade, Christopher Walken), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

See Spot Run (PG, David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Wicked (R, Julia Stiles, Patrick Muldoon), order @ Buy.com

Forrest Gump: SE (2-disc set, 1994, Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Robin Wright Penn),
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Company Man (PG-13, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Phillippe)

My Best Friend's Wedding: SE (re-release as Special Edition, 1997, PG, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett), order @ Amazon.com

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979, Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep)

The Next Karate Kid

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: 2001 Edition (re-release), order @ Amazon.com

Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (Glenn Close, Harry Connick, Jr.)

Carrie (1976, R, Sissy Spacek, John Travolta)

Dressed To Kill (R, Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson)

Audrey Rose (R, Anthony Hopkins)

Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh (R)

Ghandi: SE (PG, winner Best Picture, Ben Kingsley)

Marathon Man (1976, R, Dustin Hoffman, Sir Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider)

Star Trek: The Original Series, Volume 31 (1968, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy)

Star Trek: The Original Series, Volume 32 (1968, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy)

 

See July 2001 releases, June 2001 releases, May 2001 releases, April 2001 releases

 

Common Abbreviations:
   CE: Collector's Edition
   DC: Director's Cut
   GC: Gold Collection™ (for Disney DVD titles from Buena Vista Home Video)
   LE:  Limited Edition
   PS: Platinum Series™ (for New Line Home Entertainment DVD titles)
   SE: Special Edition
   SS: Signature Series (for DreamWorks DVD titles)
   SLE: Special Limited Edition (for Artisan DVD titles)
   UE: Ultimate Edition (for Universal DVD titles)

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