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Fresh Fodder: New DVD Releases - 01/23/07

While we get our full-blown review ready for Touchstone's "The Guardian", peep today's new releases.

If you didn't get enough of Ang Lee's epic the first time around, Universal's releasing a 2-disc edition of "Brokeback Mountain" today that should please all rabid fans. But you know us, we'll be sticking with the bloody mayhem of "Saw III" to see what hijinks Jigsaw's up to this time around. There's just something about toying with people's lives that makes us giddy, no matter what iteration it takes in film.

And lastly we're dying to see "This Film is not Yet Rated," an expose on the MPAA ratings board. Originally the board slapped this movie with an NC-17 rating when it hit theatres, causing a lot of controversy by thus making the film even more of a limited release. If you're a film buff, don't miss this one.

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The Guardian

Stay tuned for our complete coverage of the DVD and all the extras!

Synopsis: "A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice."

Features

Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 139 Minutes
Label: Touchstone
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
DVD Format: Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, 1.85:1, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: Spanish, French, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: French, Dolby Digital 2.0, Audio Track 3: Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0, Audio Track 4: Commentary by Director Andrew Davis and writer Ron L. Brinkerhoff, Dolby Digital 2.0
Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)

Special Features

Deleted scenes
Alternate ending
"Unsung Heroes" tribute to real-life Coast Guard rescuers
The making of The Guardian

Preview:

Brokeback Mountain
(2-disc Collector's Edition)

Synopsis: Collector's release; "A raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox yet life-long bond--by turns ecstatic, bitter and conflicted."

Features

Rating: Rated R for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence
Runtime: 135 Minutes
Label: Universal
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Format: 2-Disc Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, 1.85:1, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 2: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 3: French, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 4: Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0
Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)

Special Features

Premium packaging with 8 collectible postcards
"A Groundbreaking Success" featurette
"On Being A Cowboy" featurette
"Directing From the Heart: Ang Lee" featurette
"Sharing the Story: The Making of Brokeback Mountain" featurette
"Music From the Mountain" featurette
From Script to Screen: Interviews with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Impressions From the Film - Photo Montage

Saw III
(Unrated Widescreen Edition)

Synopsis: "Jigsaw kidnaps a doctor to keep him alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen through a brutal test."

Features

Rating: Rated R for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language.
Studio: Lions Gate
Run Time: 113 minutes
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)

Special Features

None listed

Preview:

This Film is not Yet Rated

Synopsis: "Coming off the success of his controversial, Oscar-nominated film Twist of Faith, Kirby Dick presents a bold new documentary targeting a sacred cow of the film industry. Details are closely guarded, but this film is likely to generate an uproar upon its premiere."

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