Airplane! is back on the radar with a new DVD version
The 1980 Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams production Airplane! is returning to DVD this winter, courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment.
The Airplane! – Don’t Call Me Shirley Edition puts you in first class, serving exactly what you asked for – more side-splitting laughs and more behind-the-scenes secrets, as an ex-fighter pilot is forced to take the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning. The persons and events in this films are fictitious – fortunately – as it turns into an off-the-wall comedy.
This version will offer up an anamorphic widescreen transfer of the movie with a 5.1 channel Dolby Digital track. The release will also include a Commentary Track by producer Josh Davidson, and writers/directors Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker and David Zucker.
The version presented on the release will be the “Longhaul Version” featuring Deleted Scenes and Interviews all threaded into the film, accessible via Branching throughout the movie. A Trivia Track will also be included as well as the movie’s original Trailer.
“Airplane! – Don’t Call Me Shirley Edition” will be ready for take-off on December 13. Ticket prices start at $19.99.
Axed TV drama leads Gemini list
TORONTO (CP) - The Eleventh Hour, a dramatic series about life behind the scenes at a TV newsmagazine show and already cancelled by CTV, is the leading contender for the 20th annual Gemini television awards with 15 nominations, while the CBC is close behind with three of its programs.
The public broadcaster's real newsmagazine show, The Fifth Estate, has 14 nods, as does its searing miniseries about the international slave trade, Sex Traffic. The CBC legal drama This Is Wonderland comes up with 12.
The Geminis, often called the Canadian Emmys, will take place over the usual three successive gala nights beginning this year Nov. 17 and culminating in the black-tie broadcast gala on Saturday the 19th, to be televised this year by Global TV.
Ironically, though, Global carries few of the nominated Canadian programs.
Contenders for best dramatic series include CBC's Da Vinci's Inquest and This Is Wonderland, CTV's Degrassi: The Next Generation and Eleventh Hour, Bravo's restaurant-based series Godiva's and the pay-cable bio-thriller series ReGenesis.
In comedy, best series include CTV's Corner Gas, the Comedy Network's Puppets Who Kill, History Television's History Bites and CBC's The Newsroom and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. A surprise absentee this year is Showcase's Trailer Park Boys.
Top contenders in the dramatic miniseries category are CBC's political thriller H2O with Paul Gross, CTV's epic Lives of the Saints with Sophia Loren and CBC's Sex Traffic.
In the TV movie category it's CTV's Burn: The Robert Wraight Story, Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery and The Life, Citytv's Except the Dying and premium cable's The Last Casino.
Best movie or miniseries actors include Jonathan Scarfe in Burn, John Simm in Sex Traffic, Brendan Fletcher as a crazed killer in CTV's The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton, Charles Martin Smith in The Last Casino and Chris Diamantopolous as Robin Williams in Global's Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork and Mindy.
Best miniseries or movie actresses: Tina Keeper in the CBC North of 60 movie Distant Drumming, Kristen Thomson in CBC's I, Claudia, Anamaria Marinca and Wendy Crewson for Sex Traffic and Alisen Down for The Life.
Series actors in competition are Nicholas Campbell in Da Vinci's Inquest, Peter Outerbridge in ReGenesis, Jeff Seymour and Ben Bass in The Eleventh Hour and Michael Riley in This Is Wonderland.
In the equivalent actress category: Julie Stewart in Cold Squad - another CTV cancellation - Tammy Isbell and Victoria Snow in Showcase's Paradise Falls, Waneta Storms in The Eleventh Hour and Cara Pifko in This Is Wonderland.
In the race for best comedy ensemble performance are the casts of History Bites, Puppets Who Kill, The Tournament, This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Trailer Park Boys.
In all there are 96 categories. One of them, Best News Information Series, is still being judged.
While more categories are opening up to other than the conventional networks, the CBC still dominates some categories. For example, the broadcaster has all six nominees in the Best Documentary Series, including Rough Cuts, The Nature of Things and The Passionate Eye. And it has all but one of the entries in the Best News Magazine Segment category.
The Best Newscast is a three-way race involving CBC's The National, CTV News and Global National as is the news anchor category - Peter Mansbridge, Lloyd Robertson and Kevin Newman.
"Global Television is a wonderful partner for the Academy," says Maria Topalovich, president and CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, which oversees the Gemini awards and their motion picture equivalent, the Genies.
"They came to us with fresh ideas, an integrated approach to broadcasting the show and generating broader interest and coverage than we've ever had before."
Two years ago, the Genies also migrated away from the CBC, getting picked up instead by CHUM Television.
"We are really proud to be part of this fabulous industry and to be part of the celebration which showcases excellence in the industry," says Barbara Williams, senior vice president of programming at Global.
UNICEF Snuffs Smurfs
It's just another smurfy day in Smurf Village. The perpertually perky blue beings frolic around the fire, holding hands and singing that "tra-la-la-la-la-la" tune as bluebirds flutter by and rabbits hop around.
A regular Smurftopia.
But then the bombs come.
Hundreds of them raining down from warplanes in the sky, wiping out the mushroom-shaped abodes. Amid the fiery explosions, Smurfette is killed. Papa Smurf disappears. As the smoke clears, only an orphaned Baby Smurf remains, sobbing among the corpses.
No, this is not some pipe dream of Gargamel. The Smurfocide was instead perpetuated by the United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF.
UNICEF's Belgian office is using the Smurfs as the centerpiece of a new fundraising initiative to shock viewers into donating money to help children in war-torn regions. The agency also hopes to rehabilitate former child soldiers in Burundi.
"The idea of using familiar, reassuring childhood icons in a decidedly dangerous context was intended to bring home to the public the horrendous nature of this theft of children's rights," says UNICEF's Gaelle Buasson.
"We could have shown real-live images of children wounded in Iraq, Palestine or other places. But we refused this option because they would not respect the dignity and rights of the depicted children...So we decided to use 'fictive' cartoon images."
Dubbed the first adults-only version of The Smurfs, UNICEF's 30-second 'toon ends with the tagline: "Don't let war affect the lives of children."
After coming up with the idea for the Smurfogeddon, UNICEF obtained permission to create the short from IMPS, which took over control of the critters after the death of their creator, the Belgian cartoonist Peyo. The clip was previewed on Belgian TV last week during evening newscasts.
According to London's Daily Telegraph, the spot evoked mixed emotions from viewers--including shock from children who accidentally caught the spot.
But the clip received a thumbs up from the official Smurf fan club. "I think it will wake up some people. It is so un-Smurf-like, it might get people to think," a spokesman told the Telegraph.
Julie Lamoureux, account director for Publicis, the ad agency that created the campaign, says the original concept included even more graphic imagery of weapons of mass Smurfstruction.
"We wanted something that was real war--Smurfs losing arms, or a Smurf losing a head--but they said no," she told the Telegraph.
The clip will begin airing regularly next week in Belgium, but only after 9 p.m., and run through April. UNICEF says response has been so strong that the short could soon be seen in Europe, Latin America and Australia with the stipulations that it must air after 7 p.m. local time, it can only be aired with information explaining the clip, and it cannot be put on the Internet. There are no current plans to broadcast the clip in the U.S.
For Stateside fans, and those who prefer their Smurfs intact, a 3-D, CGI-animated Smurfs feature film will bow in theaters in 2008. The extravaganza from Paramount's Nickelodeon Movies will be the first in a planned trilogy.
Wonder takes 'Time'
Stevie Wonder isn't trembling over seismic shifts that have rocked the music landscape since his last studio album surfaced in 1995. What's a little shake-up when you have rock-solid music on your side?
A positive buzz is heralding A Time to Love, a meticulously crafted R&B collection that has been under construction for the past decade. Incorporating pop, jazz, R&B, funk and hip-hop, the album blends Wonder's soulful voice and crisp arrangements with input from prestigious guests, including Paul McCartney, Prince, India Arie, Kim Burell and Kirk Franklin. But is Time multifaceted enough to reach the multiple niches feeding the airwaves?
"You've got too many formats — adult contemporary, adult alternative, soft rock, neo-soul — come on!" Wonder says with a laugh. "I'm hoping I will fit in all the marketplaces and not be limited to one place in music."
After repeated postponements, Time is due in stores on Tuesday after a late-September release to online sites to qualify for Grammy eligibility. Pundits are debating whether Time can recapture the glory of the Wonder years when the prolific prodigy produced 1972's Talking Book, 1973's Innervisions and 1976's Songs in the Key of Life, which formed a sonic holy grail for generations of R&B and rap artists.
His hit count and productivity have waned over the years but not his enthusiasm or attention to detail. After rolling past earlier due dates, Wonder again yanked Time for further tooling just before the June release, derailing press and marketing campaigns.
"I didn't want to settle for anything less than what I wanted," says the notorious perfectionist. "I didn't feel comfortable with some of the mixes, and I wanted to work a bit on some vocals. You could always say, 'I want a couple more songs or this or that musician.' You could go on and on. I'm pretty happy with everything now."
Making records in his youth, when no other responsibilities intruded, was much easier than carving out long days in the studio at age 55.
"It's more challenging now than it was doing Songs in the Key of Life when I was about to be the father of one child," he says. "Now I have seven. Even when I'm in the studio, there are phone calls and things that get in the way. Being older changes everything."
Except his passion. After being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, receiving a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 1996 and joining the elite Kennedy Center honorees in 1999, Wonder is a warhorse with nothing left to win. And he's champing at the bit. "I still get excited," he says. "And it never becomes routine."
'Elizabethtown' takes criticism, trims
Something strange happened when Elizabethtown, Oscar-winning filmmaker Cameron Crowe's wistful ramble on matters of love, life and death, previewed at September's Toronto Film Festival.
Namely, the Elizabethtown Massacre.
No mercy was shown by critics, who usually are cheerleaders for the onetime rock journalist and nice-guy creator of such cherished films as Say Anything... , Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous. It didn't matter that the Southern-fried roots odyssey, starring Orlando Bloom in his first major contemporary comedy and inspired by Crowe's journey after his dad's death in 1989, was labeled a "work in progress."
Said Dave Poland of Movie City News: "Has all the qualities not of a simple misfire, but of an outright jumping of the directorial shark."
The mainstream press was no kinder and more than a bit confused about its genre. David Ansen of Newsweek: "A tone-deaf, miscast and interminable romantic comedy." Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly: "A muddled feel-good drama."
Crowe, 48, a rare optimist in a cynical industry, was disheartened. "I just stopped reading the stuff," he says on the phone, days after whittling 18 minutes from the original 2-hour, 19-minute run time (2 minutes of credits were added).
On the upside, Crowe adds, "I did have the gift of seeing it in a public screening." His ensemble piece earned a standing ovation in Toronto and at earlier festivals in Deauville, France, and Venice.
The trimmed version of his film opens in theaters Friday.
Why didn't he wait until he had a final cut? "I didn't have the two-hour version for the festivals," Crowe says. "They liked and accepted the longer cut. It's not like they invited me out of sympathy." It also is not the first time an unfinished print, including the well-received 8 Mile, played Toronto.
What got the ax? Plenty about the doomed shoe that Bloom's character designed and more encounters with a wedding party that takes over the hotel where he's staying. The ending now is more focused on Bloom's future with Kirsten Dunst, the impossibly chipper airline attendant he has just met.
"He is less a guy adrift and more of a guy on a specific journey," says Crowe, who also tweaked the film's comic rhythms.
What remains includes a slightly altered all-night phone call between Bloom and Dunst, an adjusted memorial celebration that ends on a wet-and-wild note and a 15-minute road trip set to locale-specific tunes.
Now it's up to moviegoers to decide whether to visit Elizabethtown. One bright light: Last week, the Chicago Tribune gave the shorter version a three-star review.
Crowe's lesson: He would still take a movie to Toronto. "But maybe not an unfinished one."
Austin Powers Going Back in Time?
The brains behind the Austin Powers movie franchise are racing to shoot a fourth film to coincide with the 2006 release of the new James Bond movie Casino Royale. The planned new project would focus on the young Powers and only regular Seth Green would possibly return for the film - to play the younger version of his movie dad Dr. Evil. Producers are keen to work quickly on the film so it will be ready for release on the back of the new 007 movie because Austin Powers is a spoof version of James Bond. Austin Powers regular Michael York, who will not be part of the new film, tells website Darkhorizons.com, "I have heard that they want to do a new film to coincide with the release of the next James Bond movie. Since 007 is going to be younger in that movie, they're considering doing a Young Austin movie. I don't know if Mike Myers would even be involved. It would probably be Seth Green playing Dr. Evil Junior."
Original Wallace & Gromit Figures Not in Blaze
The creator of the Wallace And Gromit films had the original plasticine figures of the cartoon twosome with him when a warehouse blaze destroyed the rest of the animated movies' history. Academy Award winner Nick Park is relieved he managed to save something from the fire, which ravaged all three floors of his Aardman Animations site in Bristol, England, yesterday. He says, "These are the Wallace and Gromit from the film. They have been going with me on a world tour. I keep them safe in a special suitcase. They were with me at my house when the fire happened. Apparently we have lost everything, including things like Wallace and Gromit in their sidecar." In a cruel twist of fate, Park had just discovered the latest Wallace and Gromit movie, The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, had debuted at the top of the US box-office chart when he was told news of the fire. He adds, "I rang up the office to find out how the film had done in the US. I was told the great news that it was number one and then they said there was some bad news as well." Meanwhile, police are investigating the possibility the blaze could have been started deliberately. A spokeswoman says, "Our arson task force has been alerted and we are keeping a close eye on things. It may turn out to be suspicious."
'Pulse' DVD chronicles final Pink Floyd tour
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pink Floyd will release the long-awaited DVD for its concert film "Pulse" in Europe on December 5, and in North America the following day.
The project -- handled by EMI in Europe and Columbia in North america -- was originally released on VHS in 1995 in conjunction with a double-disc CD set of the same name. The film chronicles the band's 1994 tour in support of the album "The Division Bell," which turned out to be its last.
The video was taped during a 14-night run at London's Earl's Court and is highlighted by the first complete performance of the 1973 album "Dark Side of the Moon," which can be found on the second disc. The first disc of the DVD features a blend of older hits ("Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2," "Learning To Fly") and material from "The Division Bell" ("Keep Talking," "Take It Back").
Among the bonus features are the back-screen stage projections for such songs as "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," "High Hopes" and the majority of the "Dark Side of the Moon" material, plus videos for "Learning To Fly" and "Take It Back."
Bonus performances of four "Division Bell" songs are included in the feature "Bootlegging the Bootleggers," while the documentary "Goodbye to Life As We Know It" offers previously unseen off-stage footage of Pink Floyd on the road.
In its original home video form, "Pulse" spent 176 weeks on Billboard's Top Music Video chart. The album version debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 1.5 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Bond favorite emerges, but 007 mystery persists
LOS ANGELES/LONDON (Reuters) - The makers of the next James Bond movie are doing their best to keep the identity of the man who will play 007 a secret but a new favorite emerged on Tuesday: English actor Daniel Craig.
Just days ahead of an expected official announcement, Craig was named as the first "blond Bond" in a report in the Daily Mail. The paper said Craig even underwent a screen test wearing a tuxedo and passed with flying colors.
British bookmaker William Hill closed wagers on Bond after bettors rushed to back Craig thanks in part to the report.
Hill had taken bets on no less than 39 pretenders for the part, several "winners" have been named in recent months and media and Bond Web sites have been awash with gossip.
At U.S.-based online movie ticket seller Fandango.com, fans gave Craig only a one percent shot at being 007. Englishman Jason Statham, star of "Transporter 2," topped the Fandangolist with a 33 percent chance.
Dozens of others have been mentioned as possible successors to current Bond Pierce Brosnan, including Britons Clive Owen and Jude Law, Australia's Hugh Jackman and Croatia's Goran Visnjic.
With shooting of the 21st Bond film, "Casino Royale," due to begin in January, speculation has only intensified. A delay in announcing the casting has been portrayed as a crisis that could cause costly production delays.
Craig's agent in London declined to comment, and a spokesman for Sony Pictures Entertainment, which will release the film, said the company did not comment on rumors.
"The decision hasn't been made yet. They are casting and that takes however long it takes," was the reply from an EON spokeswoman clearly tiring of fielding the same question.
Only five actors have donned 007's tuxedo since the first film, "Dr. No," more than 40 years ago, when Scotsman Sean Connery played the suave secret agent with a license to kill. For the filmmakers there is more at stake than how to prepare Bond's martini (shaken, not stirred).
THE BOND BRAND
Not only is Bond a national institution in Britain, but he is also one of history's most profitable film franchises. It has netted nearly $4 billion in ticket sales of which Brosnan's four films grossed $1.5 billion, industry figures show.
Hollywood producers and directors familiar with casting an iconic action hero like Bond say a relative unknown was most likely to take over.
Avi Arad, who runs Marvel Studios with its "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" movies, said the main criterion for his heroes was simply an ability to act, and that big stars were unnecessary for such a strong brand name as Marvel.
The same could be said of Bond or Batman.
"It's such an iconic franchise and such a huge part of American culture," John Papsidera, casting director for "Batman Begins," said of the caped crusader.
"Inherently, (the filmmakers) felt the audience would be there as long as we didn't screw it up."
In the end, Christian Bale, who honed his acting skills in independent films like "The Machinist" and "American Psycho," was chosen and proved a critical and commercial hit as Batman.
Brosnan has said he would be willing to play Bond for a fifth time, and experts believe that Sony, mindful of the Irishman's box office clout, would welcome him back.
But Web sites devoted to all things Bond say producer Barbara Broccoli wants fresh blood, with Casino Royale returning to the start of the spy's career on Her Majesty's secret service.
James Page, director of Bond Web site (www.mi6.co.uk), agreed Brosnan was likely to be replaced with a lesser known actor. "They did this with Sean Connery originally. Roger Moore was the only (Bond) actor who came in with any stature in the film industry," he said.
007 secret safe so far as James Bond casting looms
LOS ANGELES/LONDON (Reuters) - Aptly enough for the world's most famous spy, the decision on who replaces Pierce Brosnan as the next James Bond remains a mystery just weeks, possibly days, ahead of an official announcement.
Shooting of the 21st Bond film, "Casino Royale," is due to begin in January, and British media and countless Bond fan sites have for months been reporting leaks, rumors and gossip about who will be next to don the "007" tuxedo.
Some media portray the delay in casting as a crisis that could cause costly production delays.
Only five actors have played Bond since Sean Connery took on Dr. No over 40 years ago. Dozens of actors have been linked with the role in recent months, including Englishmen Clive Owen and Jude Law, Australia's Hugh Jackman and Croatia's Goran Visnjic.
Daniel Craig is a favorite as the finishing post nears.
For the filmmakers there is more at stake than how to prepare a martini (shaken, not stirred).
Not only is Bond a national institution in Britain, but one of history's most profitable film franchises. It has netted nearly $4 billion in ticket sales of which Brosnan's four films grossed $1.5 billion, industry figures show.
The next film's Hollywood backers, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and EON Productions, which is making "Casino Royale" next year, have remained silent on who will take over as the super-spy.
"The decision hasn't been made yet. They are casting and that takes however long it takes," was the reply from an EON spokeswoman clearly tiring of fielding the same question.
Producers and directors familiar with casting an iconic action hero like Bond say a relative unknown is most likely.
Avi Arad, who runs Marvel Studios with its "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" movies, said the main criterion for his heroes was simply an ability to act, and that big stars were unnecessary for such a strong brand name as Marvel.
BRAND, NOT THE MAN
The same could be said of Bond or Batman.
"It's such an iconic franchise and such a huge part of American culture," John Papsidera, casting director for "Batman Begins," said of the caped crusader.
"Inherently, (the filmmakers) felt the audience would be there as long as we didn't screw it up."
In the end, Christian Bale, who honed his acting skills in independent films like "The Machinist" and "American Psycho," was chosen and proved a critical and commercial hit as Batman.
Brosnan has said he would be willing to play Bond for a fifth time, and experts believe that Sony, mindful of the Irishman's box office clout, would welcome him back.
But websites devoted to all things Bond say producer Barbara Broccoli wants fresh blood, with "Casino Royale" returning to the start of the spy's career on Her Majesty's secret service.
James Page, director of Bond website (www.mi6.co.uk), agreed Brosnan was likely to be replaced with a lesser known actor.
"If it's not Daniel Craig, it will be someone the public doesn't know," he said. "They did this with Sean Connery originally. Roger Moore was the only (Bond) actor who came in with any stature in the film industry."
When asked who his choice would be, Arad named Australia's Julian McMahon, who played the villain in the Marvel movie "Fantastic Four."
Of course, the decision is not only that of filmmakers.
According to trade magazines, Owen is one of several actors approached for the role who turned it down. Bale told Reuters in May he agonized over whether to accept the Batman role, knowing it would mean losing his cherished anonymity.
The Couch Potato Report - October 11th
This week The Couch Potato Report features a movie that is good for a laugh or two, a TV show that is good for several more and a release that is a leftover.
I like Will Ferrell.
I have laughed - and laughed hard - at his work on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, and in the movies OLD SCHOOL, ELF and ANCHORMAN.
Since I have enjoyed his work in the past, I look forward to his new films as well, as I figure they will be good for a laugh or two.
That figuring proved to be correct when I watched Ferrell's latest film, a soccer comedy called KICKING AND SCREAMING.
No, I didn't laugh a lot, and you won't either, but it is good for a laugh or two.
In KICKING AND SCREAMING Ferrell is a man who has never lived up to his father's expectations.
Dad is a man's man who is big on winning and toughness and the son...is not.
Robert Duvall plays the father and when he trades his own grandson from the soccer team he coaches, Ferrell becomes the coach of his son's new team.
His son's really bad new team.
Along the way to the championship game, where father and son - and father and son - face off, there are lessons to be had, games to be won, and lost, and a few laughs to keep you entertained.
Some of those laughs even come from Football Hall-Of-Fame Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, who seems to be having a great time playing a caricature of himself.
There is nothing about KICKING AND SCREAMING that makes it a great movie, not even the usually reliable Ferrell, and there is certainly nothing about the film that is unique.
But it is entertaining, and it is good for the whole family. Plus, it is good for a laugh or two.
On the other hand, SOUTH PARK - THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON is good for many, many laughs!
When the sixth season of South Park aired in 1997 is saw creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone using their show to poke fun at almost everyone and everything that seemed to be relevant at the time.
It also saw their writing skills improve and that allowed the show to become funnier, an lose some of the more juvenile, less clever, humour that the show had started to rely on.
Oh don't get me wrong, the juvenile humour is still there, but it is better written.
Included in the SOUTH PARK - THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON DVD set is "The Return of Lord of the Rings to the Two Towers" episode, one of the funniest South Park episodes ever!
As I have in the past, I will admit that you have to be a fan of SOUTH PARK to enjoy the DVD box set that is SOUTH PARK - THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON DVD. Since I am a fan, I enjoyed this set, and I eagerly await the Season SEVEN set!!
If you have been eagerly awaiting the return of The Couch Potato Report, let me first say "Thank you", and secondly say "I have been awaiting it's return as well!"
Over the past eight weeks, since the last edition of The Report, there have been approximately 1000 titles released on DVD and video.
So over the next few weeks I will spotlight some of those releases, or as I am calling them "Leftovers."
This week I am not saving the best of those releases for last, I am putting it first!
The show STORYTELLERS airs on the music channel VH1 in America.
Each week on the show some of the world's best, and best known, singers and songwriters play their music and tell the stories behind their greatest songs.
In the past STORYTELLERS has featured Elvis Costello, Melissa Etheridge, Garth Brooks, James Taylor and David Bowie, among others.
On April 23rd of this year it featured Bruce Springsteen!!
Now imagine that you could sit and listen to one of your favourite artists play a song and then dissect it line by line, explaining what he was thinking while he wrote it, and who or what it is actually about.
Since Bruce Springsteen is one of my favourite artists I no longer have to imagine it because he did it!! And it is now available on DVD!!
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - VH1 STORYTELLERS is nearly two hours long and features a total of 8 complete Springsteen songs including the classics "Thunder Road" and "Blinded By The Light" as well as songs from his recent album DEVILS & DUST.
If you are a fan of the man, or are just interested in how some artists write songs, then this is a release for you!
It is insightful and entertaining and along with SOUTH PARK - THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON and KICKING AND SCREAMING, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - VH1 STORYTELLERS is now available at a store near you.
Coming up in the next Couch Potato Report is the summer blockbuster BATMAN BEGINS and THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION of the classic bowling movie THE BIG LEBOWSKI!!
And yes, for the record, I did just say the phrase "classic bowling movie."
Our "Leftover" next week is the EXTENDED EDITION of the Academy Award winning film GLADIATOR. This new version includes 17 minutes of additional footage, and a three hour and twenty minute documentary that includes some never-before-seen footage.
I'm Dan Reynish. I'll have more on those, and some other releases, in seven days.
For now, that's The Couch Potato Report.
Enjoy whatever you choose to watch and I'll meet you back here next week on The Couch!