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APRIL DVD RELEASES
 THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Cast: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating for sex, expletives, male and female frontal nudity, graphic violence and gruesome images
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007
Run Time: 121 minutes
DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Commentary by director Kevin Macdonald
Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Kevin Macdonald
Documentary: Capturing Idi Amin
Forest Whitaker Featurette
Fox Movie Channel Presents: Casting Session- The Last King of Scotland
Theatrical Trailer
International Trailer
 FREEDOM WRITERS
Cast: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April L. Hernandez, Mario
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating
Studio: Paramount Home Video
DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007
Run Time: 102 minutes
Synopsis: "Freedom Writers" is inspired by a true story and the diaries of real Long Beach teenagers after the LA riots, during the worst outbreak of interracial gang warfare. Two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell, whose passion to become a teacher is soon challenged by a group of Black, Latino, and Asian gangbangers who hate her even more than each other. When Erin begins to listen to them in a way no adult has ever done, she begins to understand that for these kids, getting through the day alive is enough -- they are not delinquents but teenagers fighting "a war of the streets" that began long before they were born. Erin gives them something they never had from a teacher before -- respect. For the first time, these teens experience a hope that maybe, they might show the world that their lives matter and they have something to say.
DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Deleted Scenes
Making 'A Dream'
Freedom Writers Family
Freedom Writers: The Story Behind the Story
Theatrical Trailer
Photo Gallery
 SMOKIN' ACES
Cast: Jeremy Piven, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Alicia Keys, Taraji P. Henson, Common, Martin Henderson, Peter Berg, Joel Edgerton, Jason Bateman, David Proval, and Joseph Ruskin
Director: Joe Carnahan
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating sexuality, female frontal nudity, pervasive profanity, ethnic slurs and graphic violence
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007
Running time: 109 minutes
Synopsis: Slick Las Vegas illusionist Buddy "Aces" Israel isn't playing nice. Turns out, he's telling mob secrets to the FBI. After a $1 million contract is put out on him, Aces tries to pull his greatest disappearing act before a rogues' gallery.
DVD Extras: Commentaries by the director, the editor, and cast members
Common, Christopher Holley and Zach Cumer, deleted scenes, extended scenes,
outtakes, alternate ending, plus three featurettes
 NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Cast: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Tom Georgeson, Michael Maloney, Joanna Scanlan,
Director: Richard Eyre
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007
Run Time: 121 minutes
Synopsis: Barbara Covett (Dame Judi Dench) is a veteran and cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. She is barely tolerated by her less brilliant and acerbic colleagues who know nothing about her private life which consists mainly of taking care of Portia, her aging cat, and spending countless hours alone. The only means she has found to take the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. When Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett), a younger, attractive woman, joins the faculty as an art teacher, Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary about her clothing and her care-free manner. Despite her disdain for this woman, Barbara finds herself reaching out to her. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband (Bill Nighy), who is twenty years her senior, and their two children, a sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter and a younger boy with Downs Syndrome. Instead of opening herself to these people, Barbara immediately sees them as competition to be beaten in the battle for Sheba's attention. Later, when Barbara discovers her new friend in a classroom having sex with Steven (Andrew Simpson), a 15-year-old from the school who has artistic talent; she realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Barbara promises to not tell anyone but insists that the affair must end immediately. Sheba says she will but finds herself drawn back to the boy again and again. Sheba seems uneasy with Barbara's friendship and is appalled when she discovers the older woman might have a sexual interest in her. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara's cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. She chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.
DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Widescreen Feature
Commentary by director Richard Eyre
Notes on A Scandal: The Story of Two Obsessions
Notes on A Scandal: Behind The Scenes
In Character with Cate Blanchett
Webisodes:
Judi and Cate: Behind The Scandal
The Screenplay
Judi Dench
Cate Blanchett
A Conversation with Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy
Trailer
 THE HISTORY BOYS
Cast: Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007
Run Time: 112 minutes
Synopsis: From award-winning playwright Alan Bennett (The Madness of King George) comes this delightfully witty comedy of eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They're aided on their quest by two teachers, a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric, whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success. Adapted from the original Tony Award winning play and starring the original Tony Award winning cast, The History Boys is an engaging, thought-provoking, and wickedly funny look at history, the pursuit of knowledge, and the utter randomness of life.
DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Widescreen Feature
Audio Commentary with director Nicholas Hytner and writer Alan Bennett
History Boys around the World: Tour Diaries
Pass it On: The History Boys on Screen
 Spider-Man 2.1 - Unrated, Extended Cut (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris
Director: Sam Raimi
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number of discs: 2
Rating
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007
Run Time: 127 minutes
Synopsis: Peter Parker's having a rough time. His double life as the superhero Spider-Man is having a devastating impact on his civilian life. Things are so bad he declares that he's quitting, and never putting on the suit again. However, his sense of duty forces him to become a hero again when the brilliant scientist Dr. Otto Octavius is deformed in an accident and becomes Dr. Octopus. With four metal tentacles sticking out of his back, he'll prove to be a more than worthy opponent for Spider-Man.
DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Commentary by: Laura Ziskin & Kirsten DunstDolby Digital 5.1
Features 8 minutes of new footage, including extended action sequences
Sneak Peek of Spider-Man 3
Introduction with Avi Arad and Grant Curtis
Trivia Track with all-new branched video pieces
Inside 2.1 - Featurette on the new cut
Viewfinders: The Art of Storyboarding
Activision “3” game exclusive trailer & ROM link to dem
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