Articles by Guido Henkel

Monty Python And The Holy Grail

October 25, 2001 // 0 Comments

Apart from the seemingly endless array of extra features, on Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s Special Edition release of “Monty Python And The Holy Grail” the studio has also added something unexpected. Insert the second disc of the set – [...]

Rush Hour 2

October 25, 2001 // 0 Comments

After the success of Brett Ratner’s 1998 action comedy "Rush Hour, " New Line quickly made plans to follow up the meeting of East and West with a sequel. Part of the challenge was of course to bring Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan and Chris [...]

Two new titles from York Entertainment

October 24, 2001 // 0 Comments

York Entertainment, the company dedicated to independent cinema is releasing two new DVDs; the television movie The Perfect Wife and the new direct-to-video urban feature Rappin“ n” Rhyming. In “The Perfect Wife”, Liza desired only one thing in [...]

More Superbit titles on the way from Columbia

October 24, 2001 // 0 Comments

Receiving positive response on the initial batch of Superbit titles, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has decided to move forward by adding more catalog titles to the Superbit lineup. The Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of the classic vampire tale [...]

Halls Of Montezuma

October 24, 2001 // 0 Comments

In their newly created ’Fox War Classics’ series, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the 1950 production ’Halls Of Montezuma.’ Featuring an all-star cast that includes Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Karl Malden and Robert Wagner [...]

Facets Video pays tribute to Melies the Magician

October 23, 2001 // 0 Comments

The films of Georges Melies – the godfather of Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas – brilliantly restored in a new DVD, Melies the Magician, will be released by Facets Video on January 15, 2002. The DVD includes more than a dozen [...]

MGM is reporting third quarter losses

October 23, 2001 // 0 Comments

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the parent studio of MGM Home Entertainment is claiming a third quarter loss of over $16 million. Despite good theatrical business, and several successful DVD releases including “Hannibal” and “Silence of the Lambs”, the [...]

The Long Gray Line comes from Columbia TriStar

October 23, 2001 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is preparing the classic John Ford military drama The Long Gray Line for a release early next year. The film starring Maureen O’Hara and Tyrone Power will be available in January. Newly arrived in America, Marty [...]

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

October 23, 2001 // 0 Comments

On Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s DVD release of the Square Pictures animated epic “Final Fantasy” is filled to the brim with additional material hidden on the disc, that is pretty tough to find if you don’t know exactly where to look. [...]
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