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All titles are in the CLV format and in color unless otherwise noted.

All AC-3 Dolby Digital titles require the use of a decoder to hear the AC-3 Dolby Digital tracks.
Viewers without AC-3 decoders can still listen to the regular digital tracks and the left analog track.
(The AC-3 signal is contained on the right analog track.)

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Viewers without DTS decoders can only listen to the analog tracks.
(The DTS signal is contained on the entire digital track.)
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All titles, disc features, scheduled release dates and prices are subject to change.

10/21/97 Apollo 13
Ron Howard (dir.), Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan
Dolby Digital AC-3 remaster
1997, "PG", AC-3, CC, CS, DSS, LB 2.35:1, THX, 140m
#43335, $39.98
12/16/97 Dune
David Lynch (dir.), Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Brad Dourif, Jose Ferrer, Linda Hunt, Freddie Jones, Richard Jordan, Virginia Madsen, Silvana Mangano, Kenneth McMillan, Jack Nance, Sian Phillips, Jurgen Prochnow, Paul Smith, Patrick Stewart, Sting, Dean Stockwell, Max von Sydow, Sean Young
1984, "PG-13", AC-3, CC, CS, DSS, LB 2.35:1, THX, 137m
#43153, $39.98
TBA Fried Green Tomatoes
John Avnet (dir.), Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell, Stan Shaw, Gailard Sartain, Tim Scott, Gary Basaraba, Lois Smith, Grace Zabriskie
"Signature Collection" Special Edition, inc. full supplementary section, currently in development
1991, "PG-13", AC-3, CC, CS, DSS, LB 1.85:1, SUP, THX, 130m
#43292, $TBA
TBA
(09/97 or
10/97 ?)		 Frighteners, The (Signature Collection)
Peter Jackson (dir.), Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace-Stone, Jeffrey Combs
"Signature Collection" Special Edition; inc. an original documentary on the making of "The Frighteners" written, directed and produced by the film's own director, Peter Jackson; full supplementary section, currently in development, T.B.A.
1996, "R", CC, CS, CX, DSS, LB 2.35:1, SUP, 106m
#42970, $TBA
10/21/97 Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg (dir.), Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight
Dolby Digital AC-3 remaster
1997, "PG", AC-3, CC, CS, DSS, LB 1.85:1, THX, 127m
#43336, $39.98
12/09/97 Land Before Time V, The: The Mysterious Island
1997, "G", CC, CS, CX, DM, FF, 74m
#43187, $24.98
11/04/97 Lost World: Jurassic Park, The
Steven Spielberg (dir.), Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Richard Attenborough
Inc. 7m behind-the-scenes featurette
1997, "PG-13", AC-3 (film only), CC, CS, DSS, LB 1.85:1, SUP, THX, 129m
#43310, $39.98
TBA Lost World: Jurassic Park, The
Steven Spielberg (dir.), Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Richard Attenborough
"Signature Collection" Special Edition, inc. full supplementary section, currently in development
1997, "PG-13", AC-3 (film only), CC, CS, DSS, LB 1.85:1, SUP, THX, 129m
#43157, $TBA
TBA Out of Africa (Signature Collection)
Sydney Pollack (dir.), Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Michael Gough
"Signature Collection" Special Edition, inc. full supplementary section, currently in development
1985, "PG", AC-3, CC, CS, DSS, LB 1.85:1, SUP, THX, 161m
#42598, $TBA
TBA
(1998?)		 Psycho (Signature Collection)
Alfred Hitchcock (dir.), Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland
"Signature Collection" Special Edition, inc. full supplementary section, currently in development
1960, "NR", BW, CC, CS, CX, DM, LB 1.85:1, SUP, THX, 108m
#43105, $TBA
12/16/97 Simple Wish, A
Michael Ritchie (dir.), Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Amanda Plummer, Francis Capra, Kathleen Turner, Ruby Dee, Teri Carr
1997, "PG", CC, CS, CX, DSS, LB 1.85:1, 90m
#43359, $34.98
TBA
(late '97?)		 Thing, The (Signature Collection)
John Carpenter (dir.), Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat
"Signature Collection" Special Edition, inc. an original documentary on the making of "The Thing"; running audio commentary by director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell on left analog channel; inc. full supplementary section, currently in development
1982, "R", AC-3, CC, COM, CS, DSS, LB 2.35:1, SUP, THX, 108m
#42654, $TBA
TBA To Kill a Mockingbird
Robert Mulligan (dir.), Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, John Megna, Brock Peters, Robert Duvall, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Paul Fix, Collin Wilcox, Alice Ghostley, William Windom, Kim Stanley
"Signature Collection" Special Edition, inc. full supplementary section, currently in development
1962, "NR", B&W, CC, CS, DSS, LB, SUP, THX, 129m
#43239, $TBA

 

Originally Created: 04/01/97

Last Updated: 10/10/97