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DVD Releases
Coming out this week on DVD are some film favorites and the sequel to
a blockbuster. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is proud to present for
the first time on DVD 4 urban classics. Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier
made one hell of a combination and together the films they made are considered
classics with Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again, and A Piece of
the Action. According to its press release, Super Fly is one of the more
enduring streetwise films era, due to the dynamic central performance
of Ron O'Neal.
BRING IT ON AGAIN |
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| Starring: |
Starring Anne Judson-Yager, Faune Chambers, Bethany
Joy Lenz, & Richard Lee Jackson |
| Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Studio: |
Umvd |
| DVD Release Date: |
January 13, 2004 |
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SUPERFLY |
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| Starring: |
Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, &
Julius Harris
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| Director: |
Gordon Parks Jr. |
| Format: |
Color, Widescreen |
| Rated: |
Not for sale to persons under age 18. |
| Studio: |
Warner Home Video |
| DVD Release Date: |
January 13, 2004 |
| DVD Features: |
Theatrical trailer(s)
All new documentary "One Last Deal: A Retrospective"
Commentary by Dr. Todd Boyd, USC professor of cinema
and television and author if "Am I Black Enough for You: Popular
Culture from the 'Hood and Beyond"
Vintage featurette
Ron O'Neal on the making of "Superfly"
Costume designer Nate Adams goes goes "Behind the
Threads"
Audio only bonus: Curtis Mayfield on "Superfly"
Widescreen anamorphic format |
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UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT |
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| Starring: |
Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Flip Wilson, & Richard
Pryor
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| Director: |
Sidney Poitier
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| Format: |
Color, Widescreen |
| Studio: |
Warner Home Video |
| DVD Release Date: |
January 13, 2004 |
| DVD Features: |
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Theatrical trailer(s)
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Commentary by Dr. Todd Boyd, USC professor of cinema and television
and author if "Am I Black Enough for You: Popular Culture
from the 'Hood and Beyond"
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The Lowdown on Uptown: a retrospective featuring James Earl
Jones, Denise Nicholas, Jimmie Walker, Julius Harris, filmmaker
Oscar Williams, screenwriter Richard Wesley, New York Press
critic Armond White, fashion designer Ron Finley, and Dr. Todd
Boyd, USC professor of cinema and television
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Widescreen anamorphic format
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A PIECE OF THE ACTION |
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| Starring: |
Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, & Denise Nichols |
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Director: |
Sidney Poitier
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| Format: |
Color, Widescreen |
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| Studio: |
Warner Home Video |
| DVD Release Date: |
January 13, 20043 |
| DVD Features: |
- Theatrical trailer(s)
- "Dynamite Duo: A Retrospective" featuring James Earl
Jones, Denise Nicholas, Jimmie Walker, John Amos, Julius Harris,
screenwriter Richard Wesley, New York Pres critic Armond White
and Dr. Todd Boyd
- Widescreen anamorphic format
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LET'S DO IT AGAIN
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| Starring: |
Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, & Denise
Nichols |
| Director: |
Sidney Poitier |
| Format: |
Color, Widescreen |
| Studio: |
Warner Home Video |
| DVD Release Date: |
January 13, 2004 |
| DVD Features: |
- Commentary by screenwriter Richard Wesley and New York Press
film critic Armond White
- Widescreen anamorphic format
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