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'Rise of Silver Surfer' offers deleted scenes, commentary, extras
Published on Sunday, Oct 07, 2007
From Beacon Journal wire services
New home video releases this week:
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: The comic-book world's little dysfunctional family of mutated superheroes returns, along with their archenemy and a new menace from space. With Tim Story again directing, the sequel reteams Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans as the foursome who gained superpowers from cosmic radiation, this time joining forces with their evil mutant foe (Julian McMahon) to stop an emissary (voiced by Laurence Fishburne) of Earth's destruction.
The movie comes in single- or two-disc DVD releases or a Blu-ray high-definition disc, all featuring commentary with Story, producer Avi Arad and some of their collaborators. The two-disc and Blu-ray releases also have deleted and extended scenes with commentary from Story, along with featurettes on the Fantastic Four's slick new flying car and the comic-book history of Fishburne's Silver Surfer character. (Rated PG, single DVD, $29.98; two-disc DVD set, $34.98; Blu-ray, $39.98)
1408: John Cusack stars in the horror hit about a skeptic whose career as a debunker of paranormal phenomena takes a turn into terror when he checks into a New York City hotel room where 57 deaths have occurred over the years. Samuel L. Jackson co-stars in a small, but memorable role as the hotel manager who discourages Cusack from staying there.
The movie comes in a single-disc edition with the theatrical cut or in a two-disc set with both the theatrical version and filmmaker Mikael Hafstrom's extended director's cut, which includes an alternate ending. The two-disc set also has deleted scenes and a batch of postcards for the hotel where Cusack's character stays. (Rated PG-13, single disc, $29.95; two-disc set, $32.95)
The Jungle Book For its 40th anniversary, Disney's animated adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale returns in a two-disc set loaded with more than just the bare necessities. The film follows the adventures of Mowgli, a boy raised in the wild, among such creatures as Bagheera the panther, Baloo the bear, Kaa the python and King Louie the ape while journeying to the ''man-village.''
Among the DVD extras is a look at a character that did not make it into the film, an ill-tempered rhinoceros named Rocky. The set has a making-of segment, recollections with Bruce Reitherman, who provided the voice of Mowgli, and a film treatment that Walt Disney tried, then abandoned in bringing Kipling's tale to the screen. The film also has a commentary track stitched together from remarks by current animators and those who made the movie. (Rated G, two-disc set, $29.99)
Wall Street: 20th Anniversary Edition Michael Douglas won an Oscar for his portrayal of corporate raider Gordon (''Greed is good'') Gekko in this 1987 cautionary tale from writer-director Oliver Stone. Charlie Sheen is also very good as a young stockbroker who gets caught up in Gekko's web. Stone provides an on-camera introduction for the DVD, Douglas and Sheen sit for new interviews. There are also deleted scenes and two documentaries Greed Is Good and Money Never Sleeps: The Making of Wall Street. (Rated R, two-disc set, $19.98)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars This is that rare alien creature: An intelligent sci-fi film that happens to be family friendly. Released in 1964 and previously released only on laserdisc, it is exactly what the title suggests, a reworking of the Daniel Defoe classic adventure. This version shipwrecks a solitary astronaut (Paul Mantee) on the red planet, with only a test monkey for company. There he has to figure out a way to survive in a hostile environment where he and monkey Mona are the only earthlings, but perhaps not the only living organisms. It's beautifully filmed and restored to its Technicolor glory, with some great old-school special effects by Lawrence Butler. (Unrated, single disc, $39.95)
Funny Face: 50th Anniversary Edition Continuing Hollywood's penchant for pairing Audrey Hepburn with much older leading men Humphrey Bogart in Sabrina, Gary Cooper in Love in the Afternoon and, in this case, Fred Astaire this romantic comedy stars Astaire as a fashion photographer (based on Richard Avedon) who discovers the bohemian Hepburn in a Greenwich Village bookstore. With the help of a magazine editor (Kay Thompson), he turns Hepburn into a Parisian supermodel and, of course, falls in love with her. (This is the movie from which ads by The Gap resurrected Hepburn in her skinny black pants.) The DVD includes new documentaries on the fashion industry, the city of Paris and Paramount in the '50s. (Unrated, single disc, $14.99)
Misery: Collector's Edition ''I'm your No. 1 fan,'' says Annie Wilkes (Oscar winner Kathie Bates) as she takes care of her favorite novelist, Paul Sheldon (James Caan), after he's been injured in a car crash near her rural home. But Annie turns out to be no Florence Nightingale in the 1990 film directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman (based on a Stephen King novel). The DVD includes five new short features on the movie and its impact, plus previously released audio commentaries by Reiner and Goldman. (Rated R, single disc, $19.98)
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