DVD Release List – 5/26/09

It’s an odd lot of DVDs this week, ushering us into the unofficial start of summer. Just consider this eclectic batch of titles from the Warner vault: John Boorman’s politicized 1995 jungle adventure Beyond Rangoon, David Cronenberg’s adaptation of David Henry Hwang’s Tony-winning play M. Butterfly, Michelangelo Antonioni’s trippy 1970 counterculture classic Zabriskie Point (review coming tomorrow), and a re-cut version of Hugh Hudson’s notorious 1985 flop Revolution. There’s plenty of fodder there for completist auteurists. For that matter, hardcore art-film devotees might want to take a look at Zeitgeist’s package of two well-regarded Philippe Garrel films, or Magnolia’s set of Wayne Wang’s twin indies A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers and Princess Of Nebraska, or Mamoru Oshii’s fantastical animated feature The Sky Crawlers.

It’s a good week for fans of culturally significant TV too, starting with the first season set of the groundbreaking late ‘80s sitcom hit Designing Women (review coming in two weeks), and also encompassing the complete Jeeves & Wooster and the complete Land Of The Lost—the latter packaged in a retro lunchbox. Like I said… this is a week for the connoisseurs and collectors to come out and bask.

All The Days Before Tomorrow

Vanguard, $19.95

Beyond Rangoon

Warner, $19.97

Brother’s War

MTI, $24.95

Children Of Men

Universal Blu-ray, $29.98

Cinderella Man

Universal Blu-ray, $29.98

The Closer: The Complete Fourth Season

Warner, $39.98

Designing Women: The Complete First Season

Shout! Factory, $44.99

The Devil’s Tomb

Sony, $24.96

Edward II

BBC Warner, $14.98

Falling Down

Warner, $19.98; Blu-ray, $34.99

Field Of Dreams

Universal Blu-ray, $29.98

A Film Is A Burning Place: Works By Enid Baxter Blader

Microcinema, $19.99

Forever Strong

Excel, $24.99

Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth

New Video, $26.95

Hindsight

Echo Bridge, $19.99

Inside Man

Universal Blu-ray, $29.98

The Invisibles: Series One

Acorn, $39.99

Jeeves & Wooster: The Complete Series

A&E, $59.95

Killshot

Weinstein, $19.97

Land Of The Lost: The Complete Series

Universal, $59.98

Law & Order: SVU – Year Nine

Universal, $59.98

The Legend Of Fong Sai Yuk

Weinstein/Dragon Dynasty, $19.97

The Lost Treasure Of The Grand Canyon

Starz/Anchor Bay, $26.97

M. Butterfly

Warner, $19.98

Murder Most English

Acorn, $49.99

New In Town

Lionsgate, $29.95; Blu-ray, $39.99

Philippe Garrel x 2: I Can No Longer Hear The Guitar/Emergency Kisses

Zeitgeist, $34.99

Powder Blue

Image, $27.98; Blu-ray, $35.98

The Ramen Girl

Image, $27.98

Revolution: Revisited

Warner, $19.98

Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves

Warner Blu-ray, $28.99

Seabiscuit

Universal Blu-ray, $29.98

The Sky Crawlers

Sony, $27.96; Blu-ray, $34.95

A Thousand Years Of Good Prayer/Princess Of Nebraska

Magnolia, $29.98

True Romance

Warner Blu-ray, $28.99

The Universe: The Complete Season Three

A&E, $39.95

We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story

Universal, $14.98

Zabriskie Point

Warner, $19.98

 
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