Sideways
• Director: Alexander Payne
• Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen,
Sandra Oh
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned,
Widescreen, Dolby
• Rated: Not for sale to persons under
age 18.
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
• DVD
Release Date: April 5, 2005
• Run Time: 123 min
• Summary: A wine tasting road trip to salute Jack’s (Thomas
Haden Church) final days as a bachelor careens woefully sideways as
he and Miles (Paul Giamatti) hit the gas en route to mid-life crises.
The comically mismatched pair, who share little more than their history
and a heady blend of failed potential and fading youth, soon find
themselves drowning in wine and women (Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen).
Emerging from a haze of pinot noir, wistful yearnings and trepidation
about the future, the two inevitably collide with reality.
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DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby
Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Commentary by Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church
- 7 deleted scenes
- Behind-the-scenes featurette
- 3 Easter eggs
- Theatrical trailer
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Jay Z - Fade to Black
• Director: Patrick Paulson • Cast: Jay-Z, Beyonce Knowles,
Foxy Brown, Mary J. Blige, Damon Dash
• Format: Color, Widescreen, Dolby
• Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
• Studio: Paramount Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
• Summary: With the release of his career-defining THE BLACK
ALBUM in 2003, Jay-Z shocked his fans and the industry by announcing
he was quitting the business. Having honed his rhyming skills in
the tough Marcy Projects of Brooklyn, Jay-Z's story is a classic
rags-to-riches tale. Although best known for his multi-million-dollar
selling albums, the rap impresario has also dipped his toe into
corporate waters. His record label, Roc-a-Fella, has proved highly
lucrative, as has his clothing line, and an excursion into movie
production. So when he relinquished his position at the top of the
rap game, the inimitable performer decided to stage a flamboyant
farewell gesture in the form of a special guest-laden concert at
New York's prestigious Madison Square Garden. Directors Michael
John Warren and Paul Paulson were given the task of catching the
festivities on camera, and also managed to capture some candid snippets
of the star as he prepared for the show. But it's when he hits the
stage that the astonishing breadths of his talents are revealed.
Making the cavernous venue seem intimate via some touching interplay
with the audience, Jay-Z beckons a breathtaking list of hip-hop
and R&B glitterati onto the stage. Among them are Missy Elliott,
Lil' Kim, P. Diddy, R. Kelly, and Beyonce Knowles. The ecstatic
crowd laps up the onstage action throughout, and are clearly delighted
to be invited to one of the grandest parting shots in history. Since
the film's completion, Jay-Z has reneged on his retirement, and
the music world is a much better place for it.
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Elektra
Director: Rob Bowman • Cast: Jennifer Garner, Goran Vijsnic,
Terence Stamp, Will Yun Lee, Kirsten Prout, Natassia Malthe, Jason
Isaacs
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Rated:
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
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DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
• Run Time: 104 min
• Summary: A spin-off movie from "Daredevil" that
will feature Jennifer Garner's character as the tough-kicking Elektra,
looking to avenge her father's death. The film will be heavily based
on the comics "The Elektra Assassin" and "The Elektra
Saga," as she battles the Hand, an organization of killers that
trained her and then betrayed her.
• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish
- Available Audio Tracks: English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital
5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital
2.0 Surround)
- 3 deleted scenes
- The Making of Elektra, including interviews with Rob Bowman and
Jennifer Garner
- Jennifer Garner's Comic-Con Presentation
- Inside the Editing Room featurettes
- Trailer
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Spanglish
• Starring: Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman,
Victoria Luna
• Director: James L Brooks
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Rated:
• Studio: Columbia Tristar Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
• Run Time: 130 min
• Summary: From acclaimed multiple Oscar-winning writer/director/producer
James L. Brooks comes the comedy/drama "Spanglish" - a
look at cultures colliding as a beautiful native Mexican woman Flor
(Paz Vega), the mother of an equally stunning twelve-year old girl,
a golden child, becomes the housekeeper for an affluent Los Angeles
family (Adam Sandler and Téa Leoni). Of all the horrifying
pitfalls she worried about in this new culture, Flor had never fathomed
the peril of being truly embraced by an upscale American family.
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