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Traffic [DVD](2000) DVD Steven Soderbergh won a Best Director Oscar for this sprawling, controversial look at the global narcotics trade and America's ongoing "war on drugs," which follows several personal dramas to tell its story. Among them: Mexican cop Benicio Del Toro, caught between corrupt superiors and rival cartels; dealer's wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, whose life is shattered when her husband is arrested; dedicated DEA surveillance agents Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman; and new federal "drug czar" Michael Douglas, who must cope with teenage daughter Erika Christensen's addiction. 147 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: Spanish, French; theatrical trailers; TV spots; photo gallery; behind-the-sce
Ocean's Eleven [DVD](2001) DVD This cool-in-its-own-right retooling of the "Rat Pack" caper fave stars George Clooney as an ex-con recruiting a dream team of crooks to rip off three big-time Las Vegas casinos owned by Andy Garcia, boyfriend of Julia Roberts, Clooney's ex-wife. Among those taking part in the heist are Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Carl Reiner, Scott Caan, Casey Affleck, Bernie Mac and Elliott Gould. Directed by Steven Soderbergh ("Traffic"). 117 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; documentary; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailers; DVD-ROM content.
Pinocchio [DVD](2002) DVD "Life Is Beautiful" creator Roberto Benigni's masterful take on the beloved classic features the comic in a tour-de-force performance as the wooden puppet who yearns to be flesh and blood. Despite love and encouragement from his "father" Geppetto and the beautiful Blue Fairy, Pinocchio embarks on a wild and wondrous quest to become real. With Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Giuffre. This dubbed-in-English version features voice work by James Belushi, John Cleese, Glenn Close, Eric Idle, Queen Latifah, Topher Grace and others. 108 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English; "making of" featurette.
Mona Lisa Smile [DVD](2003) DVD Julia Roberts is luminous as an art history professor from the West Coast who arrives at Wellesley College in 1953 and immediately draws attention at the elite women's college for her progressive teaching style and views. Among the students affected by her are Kirsten Dunst, a spoiled, nasty young woman with traditional attitudes; Julia Stiles, who can't decide whether to marry or go to law school; and Maggie Gyllenhaal, a rebellious party girl. With Marcia Gay Harden, Topher Grace and Juliet Stevenson. 120 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French; filmographies; featurettes; music video.
In Good Company (Widescreen Version) [DVD](2004) DVD When a multimedia conglomerate buys the sports magazine he works for, a middle-aged ad exec (Dennis Quaid) is saddled with an inexperienced new supervisor (Topher Grace) who's half his age. With his wife (Marg Helgenberger) expecting a baby, Quaid grudgingly presses on, becoming a reluctant "wing man" to his young boss. But the problems are just beginning as Grace latches on to Quaid's family and begins romancing his college-age daughter (Scarlett Johansson). Heartfelt comedy-drama also stars Selma Blair, David Paymer, Philip Baker Hall. 110 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: French, Spanish; audio commentary by Grace, others; featurettes; dele
P.S. [DVD](2004) DVD Love lost--and potentially regained--is the theme of this unusual drama starring Laura Linney as a lonely, divorced thirtysomething who works as a college admissions officer. When she meets art school applicant Topher Grace, an exact double of the high school sweetheart she lost in an auto accident 20 years earlier, they begin a romance...but is he her ex-lover reincarnated, a con artist, or something else? Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Rudd also star. 90 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; deleted scenes.
Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! (Widescreen Version) [DVD](2004) DVD Zesty romantic farce tells of West Virginia grocery store worker Rosalee Futch (Kate Bosworth), who wins a date with dreamy movie star Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel). After an initial trip to Los Angeles, Rosalee discovers Tad is everything she imagines, And he is so taken by the small-town beauty, he follows her back home. The problem is that Pete (Topher Grace), Rosalee's boss, is also smitten with her, but will he intercede on the impending Rosalee-Tad romance? Nathan Lane, Sean Hayes also star. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; deleted scenes.
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