|  | Posted by Doug MacLean on 01/31/06 05:44 
The initial announcement from Universal for King Kong (2005) has been issued. The release date will be March 28th with a Pan & Scan and anamorphic
 widescreen release listing for $29.98 and a special collector's edition
 which should retail for $30.98. Details for the extras will follow shortly.
 
 West Wing: The Complete 6th Season will be released by Warner Brothers will
 be released on May 9th, list price set for $59.98.
 
 On May 9th Buena Vista will release both Shopgirl and Casanova. Both are set
 for Dolby 5.1 audio and anamorphic video listing for $29.98.
 
 Paramount will release Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist: Season 1 on May
 9th. List price will be $19.98.
 
 Universal has planned a few more two packs set for release on April 25th:
 Perfect Man (Special Edition/ Widescreen) / Wedding Date (Special Edition/
 Widescreen) (2-Pack)
 Serenity (Widescreen) / Chronicles Of Riddick (Widescreen) (2-Pack)
 Skeleton Key (Widescreen) / Cry Wolf (2-Pack)
 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated Version/ Widescreen) / American Wedding
 (Extended Party Edition/ Widescreen/ Unrated Version)
 American Pie: Band Camp (Unrated Version/ Widescreen) / American Pie
 (Special Edition/ Unrated Version)
 Broken Flowers / Lost In Translation (Widescreen)
 Cinderella Man (Widescreen) / Seabiscuit (2003/ Special Edition/ Widescreen)
 
 Buena Vista has a few new announcements for their April and May roster:
 April 25th:
 Disney's Little Einsteins: Team Up For Adventure
 Everything You Want
 
 May 2nd:
 Delicatessen
 Dinosaurs: The Complete 1st & 2nd Seasons
 Ritual (2001)
 
 Some more two packs are set for release on March 7th from Dreamworks:
 Madagascar (Pan & Scan) / Chicken Run
 Madagascar (Pan & Scan) / Shrek (Special Edition/ Pan & Scan)
 Madagascar (Pan & Scan) / Shrek 2 (Pan & Scan)
 Madagascar (Pan & Scan)/ Shark Tale (Special Edition/ Pan & Scan)
 Shrek (Special Edition/ Pan & Scan) / Shrek 2 (Pan & Scan)
 Wallace & Gromit In Three Amazing Adventures / Chicken Run (Pan & Scan)
 Each will list for $26.95.
 
 PBS has a good size number of special interest and documentaries announced:
 January 31st:
 1421: The Year China Discovered America
 Cemetery Special
 Helen Of Troy (2005)
 Race To The Moon: The American Experience
 Two Days In October: The American Experience
 World's Greatest Fair
 
 February 14th:
 American Valor
 Dead Gorgeous
 Fighting For Freedom: Revolution & Civil War
 Gettysburg: Boys In Blue & Gray
 Great Lodges: Canadian Rockies
 Great Lodges: Canadian Rockies / National Parks: Glacier Lodges / Pacific
 Northwest
 Great Lodges: National Parks: Glacier Lodges / Pacific Northwest
 In Search Of Myths & Heroes
 In Search Of Shakespeare
 Kofi Annan: Center Of The Storm
 Natural History Of Chicken
 Reporting America At War
 War That Made America
 Woodrow Wilson: The American Experience
 
 February 28th:
 One Woman, One Vote
 
 March 7th:
 Nuremberg Trials: The American Experience
 
 One June 20th Universal has several of the re-mastered Alfred Hitchcock
 classics:
 Rope
 Saboteur
 Topaz
 Trouble With Harry
 Frenzy
 Each will list for $19.95.
 
 Set for release on February 28th by Braun Media:
 Black Cobra
 Deadly Drifter
 High Lonesome (1950)
 Hot Rod Girl
 Image Of Bruce Lee
 Impulse (1974)
 It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
 Jack Frost (1979)
 Legacy Of Blood
 Long Arm Of The Godfather
 Madigan's Millions
 Model By Day
 Mr. Scarface
 Murder Without Motive
 My Brother's Wife
 Night Tide (Movie-Only Edition)
 No Substitute For Victory
 
 Image has made some additions to their announcements for April:
 April 4th:
 Delinquent Double Feature (Special Edition): Hooked! / The Flaming Teenage
 Escape
 Hip Hop Laws Of Success
 Mystique's Hottest Buns & Best Legs
 Personal Vendetta
 Streets Of Rage
 
 April 11th:
 Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself
 Lena
 
 April 18th:
 Tokyo Psycho
 
 April 25th:
 Creepy Cowboys: Four Weird Westerns: Tombstone Canyon / Rawhide Terror /
 Vanishing Riders / Wild Horse Phantom
 Forgotten Terrors: The Phantom / The Intruder / Tangled Destinies / Dead Men
 Walk
 Gene Autry: Colorado Sunset
 Gene Autry: Mexicali Rose
 Patlabor: The Movie
 Patlabor: The Movie (Collector's Limited Edition/ w/ Book)
 
 Announced by A&E Video:
 March 28th:
 Dog The Bounty Hunter: Best Of Seasons 1 & 2
 Highway To Heaven: Seasons 1 - 3
 Monty Python's Personal Best Collection
 Wind In The Willows Collection
 
 April 25th:
 Agatha Christie's Poirot: Classic Crimes Collection
 Avengers '62
 Cardinals Greatest Games Busch Stadium
 Nero Wolfe Megaset
 Penn & Teller: Off The Deep End
 
 May 9th:
 Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 World Series
 
 Coming from Columbia/Tri-Star set for release on April 4th:
 Blue Thunder (Special Edition)
 Dawson's Creek: The Complete 6th Season
 Dirty
 Pedro Almodovar Classics Collection
 Story Of Qiu Ju
 Thank God It's Friday
 
 On April 29th (I know it's not a Tuesday) New Video will release several new
 titles:
 Image Before My Eyes
 Man Who Walked Between The Towers
 Oh! Calcutta!
 Red Balloon
 
 Please note: UMD refers to Universal Media Discs, a variation used by
 Playstation 2 devices.
 
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 The War Within, The Aristocrats, Flightplan and Streets of Legend, Enron:
 Smartest Guys in the Room, Broken Flowers, Two for the Money, The Flash,
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