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04/14/98 Absence of Malice
Sydney Pollack (dir.), Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Barry Primus, Josef Sommer, John Harkins, Don Hood, Wilford Brimley
Audio: ENG, FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch) / Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1981, "PG", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 116m
#26959 (AC), $29.95
05/12/98 Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The
Terry Gilliam (dir.), John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown, Winston Dennis, Jack Purvis, Valentina Cortese, Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, Peter Jeffrey, Uma Thurman, Alison Steadman, Sting, Robin Williams
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG, FRE & SPA DD TBA (?ch) / Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1989, "PG", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 127m
#76989 (AC), $29.95
05/19/98 American Pop
Ralph Bakshi (dir.), voices of Ron Thompson, Marya Small, Jerry Holland, Lisa Jane Persky, Roz Kelly
(Note: The previously-announced "jewel case" version was cancelled on 03/17/98.)
Audio: ENG DD stereo (2ch), SPA DD mono (1ch) / Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1981, "R", CC Eng, COM, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 97m
#19599 (AC), $29.95
TBA Annie
John Huston (dir.), Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry, Ann Reinking, Geoffrey Holder, Edward Herrmann
Audio: ENG DD TBA / Subtitles: KOR, SPA
1982, "PG", CC Eng, LB 2.35:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 128m
#79699 (AC), $29.95
05/19/98 As Good As It Gets
James L. Brooks (dir.), Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight
Special Edition. Inc. audio commentary by producer/director James L. Brooks, actors Jack Nichoson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear, executive producer Laurence Mark, editor Richard Marks, and composer Hans Zimmer.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) + DD surround (2ch), FRE DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1997, "PG-13", CC Eng, COM, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 139m
#21709 (AC), $29.95
TBA Big Chill, The
Lawrence Kasdan (dir.), Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, Don Galloway
Audio: ENG DD TBA / Subtitles: KOR, SPA
1983, "R", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 103m
#TBA (AC), $29.95
05/12/98 Caine Mutiny, The
Edward Dmytryk (dir.), Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Robert Francis, May Wynn, Fred MacMurray, E.G. Marshall, Lee Marvin, Tom Tully, Claude Akins
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG, FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch) / Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1954, "NR", CC Eng, LB ?, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 125m
#79649 (AC), $29.95
04/14/98 Chances Are
Edward Ardolino (dir.), Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher McDonald, Josef Sommer, Joe Grifasi, Susan Ruttan, Fran Ryan, James Noble
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) + DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1989, "PG", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 108m
#70159 (AC), $29.95
TBA Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Special Edition
Steven Spielberg (dir.), Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) & surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (1ch)
Subtitles: KOR, SPA
1977, "PG", CC Eng, LB 2.35:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 132m
#76869 (AC), $29.95
05/26/98 Desperate Measures
Barbet Schroeder (dir.), Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Marcia Gay Harden, Brian Cox, Joseph Cross, Erik King
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) + DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1998, "R", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 100m
#21759 (AC), $29.95
TBA Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper (dir.), Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Luke Askew
Audio: ENG DD mono (1ch), TBA / Subtitles: KOR, SPA
1969, "R", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 94m
#10869 (AC), $29.95
TBA Fly Away Home
Carroll Ballard (dir.), Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) & surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (1ch)
Subtitles: SPA
1996, "PG", CC Eng, LB - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 107m
#TBA (AC), $29.95
TBA From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann (dir.), Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
Audio: ENG DD mono (1ch), TBA / Subtitles: KOR, SPA
1953, "NR", B&W, CC Eng, FF, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 118m
#79229 (AC), $29.95
postponed Gattaca
Andrew Nicol (dir.), Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, GoreVidal, Xander Berkeley, Jayne Brook, Elias Koteas, Maya Rudolph, Una Damon, Elizabeth Dennehy, Blair Underwood, Ernest Borgnine, Tony Shalhoub, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Loren Dean
Inc. several lost scenes; production stills.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) + DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1997, "PG-13", CC Eng, LB 2.35:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 106m
#82649 (AC), $29.95
TBA Ghostbusters
Ivan Reitman (dir.), Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis
(Note: This title was originally announced in Columbia Tristar press releases as having an 11/11/97 street date, but the title did not show up in stores that day. The title has been placed back onto T.B.A. status pending a new street date announcement.)
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) & surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (1ch)
Subtitles: KOR, SPA
1984, "PG", CC Eng, LB 2.35:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 105m
#04139 (AC), $29.95
04/14/98 Guarding Tess
Hugh Wilson (dir.), Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert, James Rebhorn, Richard Griffiths, John Roselius, David Graf, Don Yesso, Susan Blommaert, Dale Dye, James Handy
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) + DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1994, "PG-13", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 95m
#78709 (AC), $29.95
04/14/98 Karate Kid, The
John G. Avildsen (dir.), Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki Morita (aka Pat Morita), Elisabeth Shue, Randee Heller, Martin Kove, William Zabka, Chad McQueen, Tony O'Dell, Larry Drake
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) + DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1984, "PG", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 127m
#04069 (AC), $29.95
05/12/98 Maximum Risk
Ringo Lam (dir.), Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Jean-Huges Anglade, Zach Grenier, Paul Ben-Victor, Frank Senger
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch) / Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1996, "R", CC Eng, LB 2.35:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 101m
#27419 (AC), $29.95
cancelled Men in Black
Barry Sonnenfield (dir.), Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Vincent D'Onofrio, Siobhan
Fallon
Inc. Will Smith's "Men in Black" music video. (Note: Give thanks to Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment for forcing ColumbiaTriStar to indefinitely postpone this DVD release. Yes, this title is CANCELLED! Yes, it WILL likely be released later this year. And no, we don't know at this when it will be reannounced for release, so stop asking.)
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) & surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (1ch)
Subtitles: ENG, SPA
1997, "PG-13", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 98m
#82659 (AC) / #82655 (JC), $29.95
04/14/98 Multiplicity
Harold Ramis (dir.), Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, Eugene Levy, Ann Cusack, Brian Doyle-Murray
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) + DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1996, "PG-13", CC Eng, LB 2.35:1 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 117m
#82449 (AC), $29.95
05/12/98 My Girl
Howard Zieff (dir.), Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur, Griffin Dunne
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1991, "PG", CC Eng, LB - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 102m
#50999 (AC), $29.95
04/14/98 My Stepmother is an Alien
Richard Benjamin (dir.), Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan, Joseph Maher, Ann Prentiss (voice), Seth Green, Wesley Mann, Harry Shearer (voice)
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) + DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1988, "PG-13", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 108m
#61029 (AC), $29.95
05/12/98 No Mercy
Richard Pearce (dir.), Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbe, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba, William Atherton, Ray Sharkey
Inc. theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG DD stereo (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1986, "R", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 108m
#83759 (AC), $29.95
04/14/98 Only You
Norman Jewison (dir.), Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Joaquim De Almeida, Fisher Stevens, Billy Zane, Adam LeFevre, John Benjamin Hickey, Siobhan Fallon, Phyllis Newman
Audio: ENG DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1994, "PG", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 97m
#73269 (AC), $29.95
TBA Sense & Sensibility
Ang Lee (dir.), Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Harriet Walter
Audio: DD TBA / Subtitles: KOR, SPA
1995, "PG", CC Eng, LB - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 135m
#TBA (AC), $29.95
TBA Silverado
Lawrence Kasdan (dir.), Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese, Rosanna Arquette, Brian Dennehy, Linda Hunt, Jeff Goldblum
Audio: ENG DD TBA / Subtitles: KOR, SPA
1985, "PG-13", CC Eng, LB 2.35:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 132
#10429 (AC), $29.95
05/19/98 Starship Troopers
Paul Verhoeven (dir.), Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside
Inc. five deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes featurette; three screen tests (two featuring actors, one featuring bugs); two special effects sequences narrated by the director; outtakes; filmmakers' commentary track featuring director Paul Verhoeven and writer Ed Neumeieir; original theatrical trailer.
Audio: ENG DD 5.1 (6ch) + DD surround (2ch), FRE & SPA DD mono (2ch)
Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1997, "R", CC Eng, COM, LB - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, SUP, 1s, 130m
#71719 (AC), $29.95
postponed Striptease
Andrew Bergman (dir.), Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Robert Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Jerry Grayson, Rumer Willis, Robert Stanton
This unrated International version of the film features 2m additional footage. (Note: This title was originally announced in Columbia Tristar press releases as having an 03/03/98 street date, but the title did not show up in stores that day. The title has been placed back onto T.B.A. status pending a new street date announcement.)
Audio: ENG DD TBA / Subtitles: ENG, FRE, SPA
1996, "unrated", CC Eng, LB 1.85:1 - 16:9 - P&S, PL, R:1, SL, 1s, 117m
#TBA (AC), $29.95

 

Originally Created: 04/01/97

Last Updated: 04/13/98