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DVD New Releases for October 2001

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


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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace Cats & Dogs Bridget Jones's Diary
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
read our review
 
 
Star Wars: Episode I,
The Phantom Menace
 
 
Cats and Dogs
read our review
Bridget Jones's Diary
read our review
The Godfather DVD Collection Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs The Mummy Returns Heartbreakers
The Godfather DVD Collection
 read our review
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
read our review
  
  
The Mummy Returns
read our review
Heartbreakers
read our review

October 2, 2001

The Mummy Returns (PG-13, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz), read our review
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

HeartBreakers (PG-13, Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman), 
read our review, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

The Terminator: SE (re-release as Special Edition, R, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton), read our review,  order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

IMAX - Destiny In Space  

IMAX - Mission To Mir  

IMAX - Hail Columbia!  

The IMAX Space Collection (includes Destiny in Space, Mission To Mir, Hail Columbia!, Blue Planet, and The Dream Is Alive)

3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998, R, Hulk Hogan, Loni Anderson)

Beautiful Creatures (R, Rachel Weisz, Susan Lynch)

Fiddler on the Roof: SE (30th Anniversary Special Edition, G)

White River (1987, R, Bob Hoskins, Antonio Banderas, Ellen Barkin)

October 9, 2001

Bridget Jones's Diary (R, Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant), read our review
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

The Godfather DVD Collection (5-disc set, complete trilogy collection, 1972/1974/1990,
R, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro), read our review
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Ed. (Disney, 1937, G, THX certified),
read our review, order @ Amazon.com or 800.com for only $21.94, Buy.com

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, order @ Amazon.com

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Superbit ({PG-13, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat), Superbit DVD series from Columbia TriStar feature maximum bit rates for optimum picture and sound quality, but has no value-added bonus features), read our review
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

The Fifth Element: Superbit (R, Bruce Willis), read our review, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Air Force One: Superbit (R, Harrison Ford), read our review, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Desperado: Superbit (R, Antonio Banderas), order @ Amazon.com

Johnny Mnemonic: Superbit (R, Keanu Reeves), order @ Amazon.com

Places in the Heart (1984, PG, Sally Field, John Malkovich, Ed Harris, Danny Glover)

When a Stranger Calls (1979, R, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst)

October 16, 2001

Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace (2-disc set with more than six hours of bonus material, PG, THX certified, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman),
more details here, order @ 800.com, Amazon.com, Buy.com $18.95

Cats & Dogs (PG, Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Sean Hayes, Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Michael Clarke Duncan, Charlton Heston), read our review
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Angel Eyes (R, Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (PG, Walter Matthau), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

The Crimson Rivers (foreign, R, Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Toys (G, Robin Williams, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright)

The Bible (G)

The Robe (G, Richard Burton)

Rat (PG, Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton)

Sarah Brightman in Concert (recorded live at London's Royal Albert Hall, 78 minutes, stereo only)

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

Arnold Schwarzenegger Collection Gift Set (R, includes "The Terminator", "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", "Total Recall", "True Lies", and Predator")

Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection Gift Set (includes "Carousel", "Oklahoma", "South Pacific", "State Fair", "The King and I", and "The Sound of Music")

Home Alone Gift Set (includes "Home Alone 2", and "Home Alone 3")

Home Alone & Home Alone 2 double pack

It's A Wonderful Life & Miracle on 34th Street double pack

Speed & Speed 2 double pack

October 23, 2001

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within SE (2-disc set, computer animation, PG-13),
read our review, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Dr. Dolittle 2 (PG, Eddy Murphy, Kristen Wilson), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Town & Country (R, Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Garry Shandling, Goldie Hawn), 
read our review, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Freddie Got Fingered (R, Tom Green), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition (Disney, 1941, G), read our review, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Disney's Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (Disney, G, featuring the voice talents of Betty White, Joan Rivers, Angela Bassett), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

The Butcher's Wife (1991, PG-13, Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels)

He Said, She Said (1991, PG-13, Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Sharon Stone), 
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Play It Again Sam (1972, PG, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton)

Christina's House (R, Brendan Fehr, Brad Rowe, John Savage)

From Here to Eternity: SE (1954, Best Picture winner, NR, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr)

On the Waterfront: SE (1954, NR, Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Ultimate SE (PG)

Star Trek: Original Series 35 (1969, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy)

Star Trek: Original Series 36 (1969, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy)

October 30, 2001

Swordfish (R, John Travolta, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

The Animal: SE (PG-13, Rob Schneider, Guy Torry), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (G, 39 minutes, Ian McKellen),
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Cirque du Soleil: A Baroque Odyssey (NR), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco (NR), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Cirque du Soleil: La Nouvelle Experience (NR), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Cirque du Soleil: Le Cirque Reinvente (NR), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Cirque du Soleil: La Magie Continue (NR), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Disney/Pixar 3-Pack (includes "A Bug's Life", "Toy Story", "Toy Story 2", and a redeemable movie ticket certificate for "Monsters, Inc.")

Feet of Flames (variety/dance starring Michael Flatley), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Michael Flatley Gold ("best of" compilation of Michael Flatley dance performances), 
order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Royal Albert Hall Celebration, order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com 

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Splotlight Performance Boxed Set (includes "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Cats", and "Andrew Lloyd Webber's Royal Albert Hall Celebration"), order @ Amazon.com, Buy.com

Cats: UE (2-disc set, Andrew Lloyd Webber)

See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989, R, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder)

Midway (PG, Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda)

MacArthur (PG, Gregory Peck)

 

See September 2001 releases, August 2001 releases, 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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