DVD Releases December 16 2008

2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film [Blu-ray]
Directed by Major League Baseball
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The Philadelphia Phillies are World Series champions! Major League Baseball Productions and Shout Factory! present the Official 2008 World Series Film on Blu-Ray. All the drama, game action, behind-the-scenes access and in-depth interviews a Phillies fan could want. The Official 2008 World Series Film on Blu-Ray will feature an adrenaline-filled feature-length film, highlights from the entire postseason and incisive bonus features.


Bonus Features:

* National League East clincher versus the Washington Nationals

* National League Division Series clincher versus the Milwaukee Brewers

* National League Championship Series clincher versus the Los Angeles Dodgers

* This Week In Baseball: Tour of Shane Victorino's Home

* Best on the field wire bites of Shane Victorino during the World Series

* Final 3 outs of the World Series and on field celebration

* World Series Trophy Presentation

2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film [Blu-ray]

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The Third Man [Blu-ray]The Third Man [Blu-ray]
Directed by Carol Reed
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Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder. Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles; Anton Karas s evocative zither score; Graham Greene s razor-sharp dialogue; and Robert Krasker s dramatic use of light and shadow, The Third Man, directed by the inimitable Carol Reed, just continues to grow in stature as the years pass.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
Restored high-definition digital transfer
Uncompressed mono soundtrack
Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
Two audio commentaries: one by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy, and one by by film scholar Dana Polan
Shadowing The Third Man (2005), a ninety-minute feature documentary on the making of the film
Abridged recording of Graham Greene s treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke
Graham Greene: The Hunted Man, an hour-long, 1968 episode of the BBC s Omnibus series, featuring a rare interview with the novelist
Who Was the Third Man? (2000), a thirty-minute Austrian documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew
The Third Man on the radio: the 1951 A Ticket to Tangiers episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles, and the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man
Illustrated production history with rare behind-the-scenes photos, original UK press book, and U.S. trailer
Actor Joseph Cotten s alternate opening voice-over narration for the U.S. version
Archival footage of postwar Vienna
A look at the untranslated foreign dialogue in the film
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by Luc Sante

The Third Man [Blu-ray]

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The Little Mermaid TrilogyThe Little Mermaid Trilogy
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Dive into The Little Mermaid collection and experience every magical moment of Ariel's underwater adventures. Experience all three movies available for the first time together in this 3-movie collection, swimming with exciting bonus features. Relive all the fun and the songs you love from the original classic, The Little Mermaid, and continue Ariel's tale with the beloved favorite, The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea Special Edition. Then see how it all started with Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning. It's the perfect collection for the ultimate Little Mermaid fan!

The Little Mermaid Trilogy

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Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh!Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh!
From Nickelodeon
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This holiday season, join the entire cast of the hit TV series, Drake and Josh, in the exciting movie adventure, "Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh!" Coming straight to you on DVD, you'll experience laugh after laugh with Josh Peck, rockin' musical performances from Drake Bell, and a spankin' new song from Miranda Cosgrove! This awesome holiday movie also features guest appearances from Henry Winkler and MMA fighting champion, Kimbo Slice!

This disc is expected to play back in DVD Video"play only" devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives.

This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh!

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Rape of Europa Collector's EditionRape of Europa Collector's Edition
Directed by Richard Berge;Bonni Cohen;Nicole Newnham;Robert M. Edsel
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The Rape of Europa Collector’s Edition

World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen.

The Rape of Europa Collector's Edition includes the award-winning documentary film, The Rape of Europa, based on the book by Lynn Nicholas, and narrated by Academy Award-nominated actress Joan Allen. It also features interviews with key figures including the Monuments Men and other war heroes, victims of the Nazis thefts, and prominent cultural figures including Major Corine Wegener (retired), a modern day Monuments woman who served in Iraq.

The Rape of Europa Collector's Edition addresses the questions of our time about the role of art in defining culture, and our shared responsibility to protect it. Included are Charlie Rose s interviews with author Lynn Nicholas and Robert M. Edsel, co-producer of The Rape of Europa and author of the companion book, Rescuing Da Vinci. Buy now at this one time introductory rate!

Rape of Europa Collector's Edition

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Ice Road Truckers: The Complete Season TwoIce Road Truckers: The Complete Season Two
Directed by History
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For the past several decades, two months out of every year, truckers in the Canadian tundra carry vital equipment to remote outposts located hundreds of miles north. The mission is to transport thousands of loads before the road disappears.

Continuing this successful series, our truckers will venture to a new road - one that is actually located inside the Arctic Circle. The road is comprised of hills that resemble rollercoasters, journeys over ice, and even includes a 120-mile stretch over open ocean. Over the course of the season, the series will examine the building of the ice road (which includes an ice bridge), and will also follow road maintenance crews as they struggle to keep the road safe and operable in sub zero temperatures.

It is a race against the elements, against time, and against each other. The series will continue to examine this time honored profession that dates back almost a century, often through generations of families.

Ice Road Truckers: The Complete Season Two

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Chungking Express [Blu-ray]Chungking Express [Blu-ray]
Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
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The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of nineties cinema and the film that made Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas and the Papas California Dreamin into tokens of romantic longing.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Audio commentary by noted Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns
U.S. theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from a 1996 Sight and Sound interview with Wong by Rayns
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Chungking Express [Blu-ray]

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Bottle Rocket (Blu-ray) - Criterion Collection [Blu-ray]Bottle Rocket (Blu-ray) - Criterion Collection [Blu-ray]
Directed by Wes Anderson
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Wes Anderson first illustrated his lovingly detailed, slightly surreal cinematic vision in this witty and warm portrait of three young middle-class misfits. Fresh out of a mental hospital, gentle Anthony (Luke Wilson) finds himself once again embroiled in the machinations of his best friend, elaborate schemer Dignan (Owen Wilson). With the aid of getaway driver Bob (Robert Musgrave), they develop a needlessly complex, mildly successful plan to rob a small bookstore then go on the lam. Also featuring Lumi Cavazos as Inez, the South American housekeeper Anthony falls in love with, and James Caan as local thief extraordinaire Mr. Henry, Bottle Rocket is a charming, hilarious, affectionate look at the folly of dreamers. Shot against radiant southwestern backdrops, it s the film that put Anderson and the Wilson brothers on the map.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL BLU-RAY EDITION FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson and director of photography Robert Yeoman
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack
Commentary by director/co-writer Anderson and co-writer/star Owen Wilson
The Making of Bottle Rocket : an original documentary by filmmaker Barry Braverman featuring Anderson, James L. Brooks, James Caan, Temple Nash Jr., Kumar Pallana, Polly Platt, Mark Mothersbaugh, Robert Musgrave, Richard Sakai, David and Sandy Wasco, Andrew and Luke and Owen Wilson, and Robert Yeoman
The original thirteen-minute black-and-white Bottle Rocket short film from 1992
Eleven deleted scenes
Anamorphic screen test, storyboards, location photos, and behind-the-scenes photographs by Laura Wilson
Murita Cycles, a 1978 short film by Braverman
The Shafrazi Lectures, no. 1: Bottle Rocket
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by executive producer James L. Brooks, an appreciation by Martin Scorsese, and original artwork by Ian Dingman

Bottle Rocket (Blu-ray) - Criterion Collection [Blu-ray]

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Death Proof [Blu-ray]Death Proof [Blu-ray]
From Weinstein Company
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Director Quentin Tarantino delivers an adrenaline shot to the heart with Death Proof, "a tribute to balls-out pedal-to-the-metal car chases" (Pete Hammond, Maxim). Featuring exhilarating high-speed action, jaw-dropping stunts, and some of the most quotable lines since Pulp Fiction, Death Proof "goes faster, and funnier, than you thought possible...and then it goes further" (Ty Burr, Boston Globe). Kurt Russell stars as a sociopathic stuntman whose taste for stalking sexy young ladies gets him into big trouble when he tangles with the wrong gang of badass babes. Their confrontation escalates to a hair-raising, 18-minute automotive duel with one of the girls strapped to the hood of a thundering Dodge Challenger that "earns a place of honor among the great movie car chases" (Scott Foundas, LA Weekly).

Death Proof [Blu-ray]

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