Wednesday, January 31, 2007

On DVD This Tuesday Yesterday...

A lot of good stuff is coming out this week. As always, a complete list of releases for 1/30/07 can be found at DVD Aficionado.

Twentieth Century Fox brings us three Doris Day films: Caprice (1967, Frank Tashlin), Do Not Disturb (1965, Ralph Levy) and Move Over Darling (1963, Michael Gordon), a remake the 1940 Cary Grant/Irene Dunne comedy My Favorite Wife. Move Over Darling was originally conceived as a vehicle for Dean Martin and Marilyn Monroe, called Something's Gotta Give and directed by George Cukor, but Monroe died before the film could be completed.

The fabulous Michelle Pfeiffer's Oscar-nominated performance in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989, Steven Kloves).

The Criterion Collection: Monsters and Madmen
The Atomic Submarine (1959, Spencer Gordon Bennett)
Corridors of Blood (1958, Robert Day)
First Man Into Space (1959, Day)
Grip of the Strangler (1958, Day)

The Silence of the Lambs: Collector's Edition (1991, Jonathan Demme). This is a two-disc set with all the trimmings: "Inside the Labyrinth: Making of The Silence of the Lambs" hour-long documentary; "The Silence of the Lambs: Page to Screen" 2 Part Documentary; "Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster" 3 Part Documentary; "Scoring the Silence" featurette; Original 1991 Making Of Featurette; 22 Deleted Scenes; Outtakes Reel; Anthony Hopkins Phone Message; Photo Gallery; TV Spots; Theatrical Trailer; Teaser Trailer. A Hannibal Lecter collection is also released on the 30th, but it looks like it contains the single-disc release of SotL

Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face appears to be a compilation of some of her TV appearances. According to amazon, one of the special features listed is Phyllis on What's My Line?

Film Noir Double Feature: Please Murder Me (1956, Peter Godfrey) / A Life at Stake (1954, Peter Guilfoyle). Both of these films star Angela Lansbury. The former pairs her with Raymond Burr. I. Love. Hollywood.

Sinners in Paradise (1938, James Whale). I know nothing about this film, but anything directed by Whale is worth seeing.

Viva Pedro - The Pedro Almodóvar Collection
Carne trémula (Live Flesh) (1997)
La Flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret) (1995)
Hable con ella (Talk to Her) (2002)
La Ley del deseo (Law of Desire) (1987)
La Mala educación (Bad Education) - Original Uncut NC-17 Version (2004)
Matador (The Bullfighter) (1986)
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) (1988)
Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother) (1999)


Warner Home Video releases the second (and final) round of the DVD Decision 2006 winners:
Angels in the Outfield (1951, Clarence Brown) (amazon.com Exclusive)
The Arrangement (1969, Elia Kazan)
Band of Angels (1957, Raoul Walsh)
Gymkata (1985, Robert Clouse): "The thrill of gymnastics. The kill of karate." Never has a tagline made me want to see a movie more.
Looker (1981, Michael Crichton)
Madame Curie (1943, Mervyn LeRoy)

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