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Death Race 2000.
Universal Pictures Video brings out the highly entertaining Death Race2000 on DVD on 13th November 2000 for fans of the cult 1975 movie featuringa dynamic Sylvester Stallone, the racer with the classic gangster motifand starring David Carradine as Frankenstein!
Describes as truly anarchic, this fantasy adventure screams to life in theDVD format with some of the hottest futuristic cars on the road. Violentrole-playing psychopaths are put behind the wheels in the annual race acrossthe States in their mean machines. Their mission? Get across the States, alive,and accrue as many points as possible by running down unsuspecting pedestrians.Fans of the movie will remember the classic scene of a line of hospital staffwith patients on the pavement – perfect targets for our death race drivers.
The scoring? As far as population control department is concerned, women ofchildbearing age are worth 10 points, teenagers 40 points, children under 12are 70 and old codgers over 75 are worth a massive 100 points!
Presented in full-frame and mono with English subtitles, the extras are asfollows :
- Trailers: Eat My Dust, Grand Theft Auto
- Interview with Roger Corman
- Photo gallery with sub-menu selections: 3 still frames of UK poster, US poster, Special Edition double-bill poster
- Biogs: Roger Corman, David Carradine, Sly Stallone, director Paul Bartel
Deep Impact.
Released November 27th, Deep Impact presents Leo (Elijah Wood),a teenage boy more interested in his female classmates than learning about thestars in his astrology lesson. Despite his initial disinterest he is amongstthe first to notice a new addition to the night sky: The Wolf-Beiderman Comet.
Ambitious TV journo Jenny Learner (Tea Leoni) thinks she has discoveredthe scoop of the century when she uncovers a top-secret Government cover-up.But the project has nothing to do with a sex scandal and everything to do withthe imminent death of the Earth.
Veteran astronaut Spurgeon ‘Fish’ Tanner (Robert Duvall) leads an almostpointless mission into space to destroy the comet and President Beck (MorganFreeman) must decide the fate of his people via a lottery that will allowonly a million people to survive.
Presented in anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound,the only extra is a trailer.
The Haunting.
“Some houses are born bad” in this supernatural thriller starring LiamNeeson, Catherine Zeta Jones, Lili Taylor and Owen Wilson anddirected by Jan de Bont. Based on the book, “The Haunting of HillHouse”, this DVD is released on November 27th.
Dark and forbidding, Hill House sits alone. Built 130 years ago by textilebaron Hugh Crain for his wife – and children they would never have – it wasfilled instead with tales of tragedy, which over time turned into ominousstories of death that left the house uninhabited.. or so it seemed.
A century later, Dr. David Marrow (Neeson), intrigued by themansion’s storied past, has drawn three people to Hill house for what he tellsthem is a sleep disorder study. Theo (Jones), a woman of the world whoseoutward bravado isn’t all it seems, Luke (Wilson), the cynic of the groupwho is the first person to suspect Marrow’s study has nothing to do with sleepand Nell (Taylor), the most sensitive of them all. From the moment of herarrival, Nell seem strangely drawn to the mansion and the attraction is mutual.
Before long, the ghosts of the past manifest themselves in terrifyingvisitations that might explain why the group was warned that no-one stays inthe house during the night.. in the dark.
Presented in 2.35:1 widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound,the extras are :
- 2 trailers
- Behind the scenes footage
- Cast and filmmakers biogs
- Production notes
American Beauty.
Lester and Carolyn Burnham seem, on the outside, to be a perfectly happy couple. In reality,Lester is falling apart, he is suffering a mid-life crisis, induced by his wife from hell, rebelliousdaughter and dead-end job. He develops a fascination for Angela, a friend of his daughters. Hethen decides to change his life…
The film won 5 Oscars, 6 BAFTAs and stars Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch,Peter Gallagher and Mena Suvari as the object of Spacey’s desire.
Presented in anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound,the extras are :
- Behind the scenes featurette
- 2 Audio commentaries: one from director Sam Mendes, the other from screenwriterAlan Ball
- Storyboard presentation with Sam Mendes and director of photography Conrad L Hall
- 2 trailers
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2000.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.