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Hellboy (Director's Cut)

Starring: Ron Perlman, David Hyde Pierce, Doug Jones, Karel Roden, Victoria Smurfit
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
Rated:
Studio: Columbia Tristar Home Video
DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Run Time: 132
Summary: When a Nazi mystical experiment goes awry in 1944, the target of a wizard's spell, the child of Satan, Hellboy, is wrenched from his home, and adopted by the U.S. agents who intercept his arrival. Raised as a force of good, Hellboy grows up to be a full-fledged demon in the form of a man, complete with fierce red skin, a tail, a giant armored glove, and two large circles where his horns should be (if they ever grow back, Hellboy is quick to break them off). Now, the adult Hellboy, an investigator of the paranormal, is sent on a mission that brings him back in touch with the evil genius that started it all... that Nazi wizard (and just who is *he* anyway-). Accompanying him along the way are other agents, including Liz, a pyrokinetic woman Hellboy has feelings for, and Abe Sapien, a mysterious amphibian hominid...
• DVD Features:
-All-new extended director's cut
-Video commentary by cast
-Production workshops with commentary by director Guillermo del Toro
-Interactive director's notebook
-Mike Mignola conceptual art gallery and more
-Number of discs: 3


Arrested Development - Season 1

Starring: Jason Bateman
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
Rated: NR
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Run Time: 491
• DVD Features:
-Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
-Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
-Commentary by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz, directors Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, and actor Jason Bateman on Extended Pilot'
-Commentary by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and actors Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Wil Arnett, Tony Hale, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Jessica Walter, Jeffrey Tambor, and David Cross on Beef Consomme'
-Commentary by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and actors Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Wil Arnett, Tony Hale, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Jessica Walter, Jeffrey Tambor, and David Cross on Let Them Eat Cake'
-22 season 1 episodes, plus the never-aired extended pilot
-"Breaking Ground: Behind the Scenes of Arrested Development" featurette
-Ron Howard's inside look at Arrested Development
-Deleted/extended scenes
-The Museum of Television & Radio cast panel discussion
-Original songs by David Schwarz
-"Arrested Development: The Making of a Future Classic" TV Land featurette
-"TV Land Awards: The Future Classic Award" featurette
-Promo spot
-Number of discs: 3


Van Helsing (Widescreen Edition)

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Will Kemp, Shuler Hensley
Director: Stephen Sommers
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1
• Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Rated:
Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Run Time: 132
Summary: Based on the legend of Dr. Van Helsing, the vampire hunter set out to hunt down some of literature's most notorious creatures: Frankenstein's monster, Count Dracula, and the Wolfman.
• DVD Features:
-Available subtitles: Spanish, French
-Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
-Commentary by director Stephen Sommers and Editor/Producer Bob Duscay
-Commentary by actors Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley and Will Kemp
-360° Tour of Dracula's Castle
-"Bringing the Monsters to Life" featurette
-Outtakes
-"You Are in the Movie" (miniature cameras on-set)
-The Legend of "Van Helsing"
-Play the first level of the Van Helsing Xbox game


Straw Dogs (1971)

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Peter Arne
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
• Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1
• Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 1.0
Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
Summary: A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his wife to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Dramatic Score.


The Hole

Director: Nick Hamm • Cast: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Laurence Fox, Keira Knightley
Format: Color, Closed-captioned
Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video
• DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Run Time: 102
Summary: Four teenagers (Birch, Harrington, another girl, another boy) attending a private school find a mysterious hole in the ground leading to an underground structure originally built as a bomb shelter.


Greg the Bunny - The Complete Series

Director: Troy Miller & Lee Shallat Chemel
Format: Color, Closed-captioned
Rated: NR
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment 
• DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Run Time: 299


A Cinderella Story (Widescreen Edition)

Starring: Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Julie Gonzalo, Regina King
Director: Mark Rosman
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
Rated:
Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Run Time: 95
Summary: High school senior Sam Montgomery (Hilary Duff) lives at the beck and call of her self-obsessed step-mother Fiona (Jennifer Coolidge) and her sinfully wicked step-sisters, who treat her more like a servant than a member of the family. With her sights set on attending Princeton, Sam finds her less-than-sparkling social life wonderfully complicated when she meets her Prince Charming online. But when her anonymous cyber soul mate turns out to be her high school's über-popular quarterback Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray), Sam makes a mad dash back to reality, leaving her cell phone behind just before the clock strikes midnight. Fearing rejection if her secret is revealed, Sam dodges Austin's efforts to discover the identity of his princess. Will Sam let fear hold her back, or will she find the courage to be herself and claim the life she's always wanted-Her chance at "happily ever after" depends on it.
• DVD Features:
-Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
-Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
-Commentary by the cast
-Additional scenes
-Hilary and Haylie Duff music video
-Making-of featurette
-Challenge game


Garfield - The Movie

Starring: Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Bill Murray, Nick Cannon, Debra Messing
Director: Peter Hewitt
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
Rated:
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Run Time: 82
Summary: He's cynical, lazy and, literally, a fat cat. Now, Garfield, America's favorite feline, is about to become a major motion picture star, in a film with broad-audience appeal. The live action / CGI picture is adapted from the syndicated cartoon strip read in 2600 newspapers by 260 million readers around the globe. In his film debut, Garfield's owner, Jon, takes in sweet but dimwitted pooch Odie, turning Garfield's perfect world upside down. Now, Garfield wants only one thing: Odie out of his home and life! But when the hapless pup disappears and is kidnapped by a nasty dog trainer, Garfield, maybe for the first time in his life, feels responsible. Pulling himself away from the TV, Garfield springs into action.


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