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DVD Releases

Big movies coming to the small screen


By Marni Weisz

July 1

 

VANTAGE POINT

Stars: Dennis Quaid, William Hurt
Director: Pete Travis (debut)
Story: The U.S. President (Hurt) is in Spain for an anti-terrorism conference when there’s an attempt on his life. The event is then shown six times from six perspectives, including those of an American tourist (Forest Whitaker), a couple of  Secret Service agents (Quaid and Matthew Fox) and a television news producer (Sigourney Weaver).
DVD Extras: a two-disc DVD has “An Inside Perspective: Interviews with the Cast and Crew,” “Plotting an Assassination: Interview with First-time Screenwriter Barry Levy,” director commentary

 

DAYS OF DARKNESS (L’ÂGE DES TÉNÈBRES)

Stars: Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger
Director: Denys Arcand (Les Invasions barbares)
Story: In a near-future, dysfunctional Quebec, a bored government bureaucrat (Labrèche) escapes from his tedious life and resentful wife by slipping into a fantasy world where he’s the hero and the women are hot.
DVD Extras: deleted scenes, director Q&A, screenwriting workshop


July 15


SLEEPWALKING

Stars: Charlize Theron, Nick Stahl
Director: Bill Maher (debut)
Story: When her boyfriend is sent to jail, Joleen (Theron) has no place to live. So she packs up her daughter Tara (AnnaSophia Robb) and they move in with Joleen’s brother James (Stahl). Then Joleen meets a man and takes off, leaving poor Tara and James to fend for themselves.


PENELOPE

Stars: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy
Director: Mark Palansky (The Same)
Story: Despite the fact that she comes with a handsome dowry, 25-year-old Penelope Wilhern (Ricci) has yet to marry. Largely, that’s because she was born with a pig’s snout in place of her nose — a result of an old curse against her family. The only cure is true love, but no man can stomach the sight of her. That is, until a conman (McAvoy) intending to take advantage of Penelope has second thoughts.


SHUTTER

Stars: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor
Director: Masayuki Ochiai (Kansen)
Story: A newly married couple (Jackson, Taylor) on their honey­moon in Tokyo notice ghostly apparitions developing in their photographs. This latest remake of an Asian horror flick is based on neither a Japanese nor a Korean film, but on a 2004 Thai hit.
DVD Extras: “A Ghost in the Lens,” “A History of Spirit Photography”



July 29


HAROLD  & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY

Stars: Kal Penn, John Cho
Directors: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Story: Just hours after ending their quest for a White Castle burger, stoner pals Harold (Cho) and Kumar (Penn) board a plane for Amsterdam in search of Harold’s love, Maria. But when Kumar tries to use a bong in the plane’s bathroom he gets caught and, worse, mistaken for a terrorist, leading directly to the events of the film’s title.
DVD Extras: a two-disc version features commentary tracks, 26 deleted scenes, alternate endings, outtakes, “Inside the World of Harold and Kumar”


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