Articles by Guido Henkel

Snatch

July 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has hidden a boatload of hidden features on their release of “Snatch.” Here is how you can find them all. Insert the first disc of the 2-disc set and from the main menu go to “Audio Set-up.” Highlight the [...]

I Vampiri

July 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

In their ’Mario Bava Collection, ’ Image Entertainment has now prepared a DVD version of ’I Vampiri, ’ the film that could – and should – be called Bava’s directorial debut, albeit uncredited. The film has never been released in the US [...]

Miramax brings literature to life with St. Ives

July 5, 2001 // 0 Comments

The works of Robert Louis Stevenson have been an abundant resource for film adaptations. One of the author’s most engaging books however, the story of St. Ives has been virtually ignored at the cinema. The 1998 British adaptation of the story has rarely [...]

ABC News enters the DVD arena with unique releases

July 5, 2001 // 0 Comments

Hopkins 24/7 and The Clinton Years – ABC News“ critically acclaimed documentary series that took viewers deep into the most private corners of the medical world and into the most public job on the planet – have been released as special DVD [...]

Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles prepares for a second outing

July 4, 2001 // 0 Comments

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers has been one of the new breed of highly polished computer animated cartoons since its launch in 1999. After the successful release of the first volume of episodes from the series, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is [...]

Warner reveals The Lord Of The Rings in September

July 3, 2001 // 0 Comments

Before Peter Jackson tackled the story of Frodo Baggins and Gandalf, the wizard, for the silver screen, there were animated versions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy tales The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings. Warner Home Video will finally bring these [...]

Jean Reno will be Just Visiting on DVD soon

July 3, 2001 // 0 Comments

A veteran of serious dramatic roles, French actor Jean Reno tried his hand at comedy last spring in the time-traveling spoof Just Visiting. The remake of the 1993 film “Les Visiteurs” made nearly 5 million dollars for Hollywood Pictures, and now the [...]

Miramax preps With a Friend Like Harry

July 3, 2001 // 0 Comments

A crowd favorite at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, the French thriller With a Friend Like Harry had a brief theatrical run in the States. For those of you who missed it, Miramax and Buena Vista Home Entertainment will be bringing the film to DVD in [...]

3000 Miles To Graceland

July 3, 2001 // 0 Comments

A group of gangsters dress up as Elvises and enter the Riviera Casino in Las Vegas. Hardly anyone takes notice, because the group seems to be part of the annual Elvis look-alike contest held on location. But the gangsters are here to collect money… and [...]

MGM Home Entertainment to re-release Fiddler On The Roof

July 2, 2001 // 0 Comments

MGM Home Entertainment has just released detailed title information about their planned re-release of the 1971 Oscar-winner, Fiddler On The Roof as a Special Edition to celebrate the film’s 30th Anniversary. “Fiddler On The roof” is the lavishly [...]