MOVIES RELEASED AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2002

 

VD RELEASES AUGUST 2002 AUSTRALIA

 

Black Hawk Down : released August 21, 2002. 

 

2 AUGUST 

Domestic Disturbance (M, 2001) Paramount. Thriller. John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Steve Buscemi, Teri Polo. Divorced father has very bad feelings about his wife's new husband.  Rental. 

 

4 AUGUST

The Princess Diaries (G) Comedy. 

 

5 AUGUST

Absolutely Fabulous Series 4 (M): TV. Roadshow. 

Any Which Way You Can (M) 

The Champ (M, 1979) 

Clash Of The Titans (M, 1981)

The Dirty Dozen (M, 1967) Action. 

Dokken- Live From The Sun (M)

Dokken- One Night Live (M) 

Dr Who- Carnival Of Monsters (PG): TV. Roadshow. 

Every Which Way Buy Loose (M)

Friends - Series 5 Box Set (PG): TV. Comedy. Warner. 

Friends - Series 6 Box Set (PG): TV. Comedy. Warner. 

Friends - Series 7 Box Set (PG): TV. Comedy. Warner. 

Forbidden Planet (M) Sci-fi. Walter Pigeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Neilsen.  

The Fugitive: SE (M) Action. Harrison Ford. 

Gettysburg (M, 1993) 

How The West Was Won (PG, 1963) 

Johnny Cash- The Man His World His Music (G) 

Kelly's Heroes (M, 1970) Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland

Live at Oak Mountain (M) 

Logan's Run (M) Commentaries, documentory, dd 5.1 sound. 

Long Way to The Top CE (M) Roadshow. Music doco. 

McCabe & Mrs Miller (PG) 

Ministry- Sphinc Tour (G) 

The Power Of One (M) D: John G Avildsen. Stephen Dorff, Morgan Freeman. NTSC. 

Rush Hour Box (M) Roadshow. 

South African Freedom Day (G) 

Todd Rundgren: Live in San Francisco (G) 

West Wing Series 1 (M): TV. 

 

6 AUGUST

Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of The Rings (M) Roadshow. Fantasy. 

 

7 AUGUST 

All Over The Guy (M) AV Channel. Romantic comedy. Rental. 

Beyond The City Limits (M): STV. Imagine. Action. Nastassia Kinski, Alysson Hannigan, Jennifer Esposito, Todd Field.  Rental. 

Cheech And Chong (Get Out Of My Room) (M) Universal. $19.95. 

Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (M) Universal. $19.95

Coogan's Bluff (M, 1968) Universal. Action. $19.95. 

The Cook The Theif His Wife And Her Lover (R, 1989) Universal. $19.95. 

Deep Impact (M, 1998) Universal. Sci-fi. $19.95. 

Divided We Fall (M) AV Channel. Czech war drama. Rental. 

D-Tox (MA) Universal. $19.95. 

Earthquake (M) Universal. $19.95. 

Gridlocked (MA) Universal. $19.95. 

The Haunting (M) Universal. $19.95. 

How High (M). Univeral. UIP. 93 mins. Comedy. Method Man, Redman, Hector Elizondo, Mike Epps, Jeffrey Jones, Fred Willard. D: Jessie Dylan (special thanks on The Matrix Revisited for some reason). Two stoners (Redman, Method Man) smoke pot that has the unusual effect of increasing their I.Q's to the point that they're able to get into Harvard University. However, when they run out of their Super Mary Jane, they're left to fend for themselves at the prestigious institution without herbal aid. (they also try smoking the bones of a "dead smart guy"... president John Quincy Adams.)

The Journeyman (M, 2001): STV. Imagine. Western. Brad Hunt, Daniel Lapaine, Dash Mihok.  Rental. 

Jude (M) Universal. Drama. $19.95. 

Mullholland Drive (MA) Drama. Retail. 

The New Stateman Series 1 (M): TV. Universal. Comedy. 

The Pacemaker (M) Universal. $19.95. 

Roy Chubby Brown's UFO The Movie (R) $19.95. 

Skulls II (M, 2002): STV. Universal. Thriller. Robin Dunne, Ashley Lynn Cafagna, Nathan West, Lindy Booth. A new college student joins the elite Skulls group, but when he witnesses a girls death takes action. Rental.

Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (M, 2002): STV. Rental. Sports drama. Stephen Baldwin, Gary Busey, Hanson Brothers. 

A Time For Drunken Horses (M) AV Channel. Rental. 

Ticker (M): STV.  Universal. $19.95. 

Tremors 3 (MA): STV.  Universal. $19.95. 

Turbulence 3 (MA): STV. Universal. $19.95. 

Two Mules For Sister Sara (M, 1970) Universal. Thriller. $19.95. 

Videodrome (R, 1983) Universal. Horror. $19.95. 

X Change (M): STV. Universal. $19.95. 

 

8 AUGUST

Phantom (PG) Action. 

 

9 AUGUST

48 Hours (M) Action/ Comedy. Paramount. 

Airplane (M) Comedy. 

Airplane II- The Sequel (M) Comedy. 

Alfie (M, 1966) Michael Caine, Shelly Winters. 

Another 48 Hours (M) Action/ comedy. Paramount. 

Beverly Hills Cop (M) Action. Paramount. 

Beverly Hills Cop II (M) Action. Paramount. 

Beverly Hills Cop III (M) Action. Paramount. 

Beverly Hills Cop Box Set (M) Action. Paramount. 

Coming To America (M, 1988) Comedy. Paramount. 

Friday The 13th: A New Beginning Part V (MA) Roadshow. 

The Golden Child (M) Paramount. 

Harlem Nights (R) Paramount. 

He Said She Said (PG) Comedy. 

Intersection (M, 1994) Thriller. 

The Italian Job (M) Thriller. 

The Nutty Professor (M, 1963) Paramount. Comedy. 

The Phantom (PG, 1996) Action. 

Pootie Tang (M) Comedy. 

Sex And The City Season 1 (MA): TV. Comedy.

Vampire In Brooklin (MA) Comedy. 

Zulu (M) 

 

12 AUGUST 

2001: A Space Travesty (M): STV. Comedy. Leslie Nielsen. 

Gene Roddenberry's ANDROMEDA 1.9 (M): TV. 

Gene Roddenberry's ANDROMEDA 1.10 (M): TV. 

Roy Ayers: Live At Ronnie Scotts

Jethro Tull- Living With The Past

Nazareth- Homecoming: Greatest Hits Live From Glasgow

Status Quo- Anniversary Waltz

Yes- Symphonic Live

 

14 AUGUST 

100 Women (MA) Manga Pacific. Comedy. Chad Donella, Jennifer Morrison. $19.95. 

Action To The Max (M) Retail. X-Men, Independence Day, Bravehart. 

Ali (M) Roadshow. Bio-pic Drama. 

After Alice (M, 1999) Manga Pacific. Horror. Keifer Sutherland, Henry Czerny. $19.95. 

Boogiepop Phantom Evolution 3 

Boogiepop Phantom Evolution 4

Born Romantic (M): STV. Fox. Romance. Ian Hart, Oliva Williams. 

Carpenters- Close To You

Casper Meets Wendy (G) Fox. 

Casper's Spirited Beginning (G) Fox. 

Cherry Falls (MA, 2000) Manga Pacific. Horror. Brittany Murphy, Michael Biehn. $19.95.

Cowboy Bebop Volume 1 

Cowboy Bebop Volume 2

The Crow: Stairway To Heaven (M, 1999). Manga Pacific. Horror. Mark Dacasos. $19.95.  

Dogwatch (M, 1996) 

Doppelganger (M, 1992) Manga Pacific. Horror. Drew Barrymore, Leslie Hope. $19.95. 

Dragonball Z 5.1 Majin Buu Revival (M) 

Dragonball Z 5.2 Majin Buu Tactics (M) 

Dressed To Kill (1946)

Dunston Checks In (G) Fox. 

Envy (MA, 1999) Manga Pacific. Thriller. Australian.  Linda Cropper, Anna Lise Phillips, Jeff Truman.  A mother tracks down the woman responsible for her home being invaded and her son molested. Rental.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth (M, 1997) AV Channel. Animated. 

Ginger Snaps (MA, 2000). Manga Pacific. Horror. Katheriene Isabelle, Emily Perkins. $19.95. 

That Hamilton Woman (M) Manga. 

Jamon Jamon (R) 

Kin (M, 2000): STV. Rental. Manga Pacific/ Becker. Drama. Miranda Otto, Isaiah Washington, Chris Chameleon. A white woman and her human rights husband fight for the preservation of endangered desert elephants in Namibia. Rental. 

Kiss Of The Dragon SE (MA) Action. 

Kung Pow (M) Fox. Comedy. Rental. 

Lantana SE (MA) Fox. Drama. Australia. 

La Spagnola (M) Drama. Australia. 

MASH SE (M) Comedy. Fox. 

Mindstorm (M, 2000). Manga Pacific. Action thriller. Jochen Nickel, Judge Reinhold. $19.95

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Operation 1

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Operation 2 

Moby Dick (1998)

Nailed (M, 2001): STV. Manga Pacific. Drama. Rachael Blanchard, Lori Heuring, Harvey Keitel. When the son gets a troubled young woman pregnant, the father goes to war with the woman. Rental.

Orphen (Majustshi Orphen Mubouhen) Volume 5

Orphen (Majustshi Orphen Mubouhen) Volume 6

Paleoworld Volume 1 (E) Manga Pacific. Doco. Loch Ness, Back To The Seas, Sea Monsters, Ancient Crocodiles, Prehistoric Sharks. $39.95

Patrick (M, 1978) Manga Pacific. Horror. Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann. $19.95. 

The Princess Bride (PG, 1987). Manga Pacific. Adventure. Robyn Wright, Cary Elwes. $34.95. 

Psycho Beach Party (M, 2000). Manga Pacific. Comedy. Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Kimberly Davies.  $19.95. 

Ring (MA) 

Ripper (MA, 2001). Manga Pacific. Horror. AJ Cook, Bruce Payne. $19.95. 

Rurouni Kenshin Volume 6: The Flames Of Revolution 

Sanctimony (R, 2000). Manga Pacific. Horror. Casper Van Dien, Michael Pare. $19.95.

Sherlock Holmes: The Legendary Movies  

Shonky Golf With Mick Molloy 

Stargate SG- 1 Volume 12 (PG, 1999): TV. Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks. 

Stargate SG- 1 Volume 13 (PG, 1999): TV. Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks. 

Startup.com (M) Doco. 

Summer Catch (M) Warner. Drama. Freddie Prinze Jnr, Courtney Driver, Jessica Biel.  

Terror by Night (M, 1946) 

The Three Stooges Volume 3 (PG) Manga. 

Trail and Error (M) (aka The Dock Brief)

Two Can Play At That Game (M): STV.  Columbia.  Rental.  Comedy/ Romance. 90 mins. Vivica A Fox, Morris Chestnut, Anthony Anderson, Tamalia Jones, Bobby Brown, Ray Wise, Gabrielle Union. D: Mark Brown (writer of How To Be A Player). Talking to the audience through the "4th wall", a woman (Fox) who shows us her own set of rules to get her boyfriend (Chestnut) to stop his cheating ways...

Ultimate Guide: Dolphins & Whales (PG, 1998) Manga Pacific. Doco. $39.95. 

Ultimate Guide: Sharks & Crocodiles (PG, 1998) Manga Pacific. Doco. $39.95. 

The Woman In Green (M)

 

15 AUGUST

Affairs

Amityville 3-D

Charlie's Ghost Story

Freddy Got Fingered (R) Comedy. 

Jimmy Zip (M): STV. 

King Kong Lives 

Lost And Found 

 

17 AUGUST

Dog Watch (M): STV. 

La Spagnola (M) 

The Man Who Sued God (M) Buena Vista. Comedy. 

Ring (M) AV Channel. Horror. 

 

19 AUGUST

Aida Styx- Return To Paradise (E) Warner. 

Billy Idol VH1 Storytellers 

George Thorogood & The Destroyers Live in 99

Nickolas Harnoncourt: Matthaspassion (DVD Audio)

Linda Ronstadt: What's New (DVD Audio) 

Styx: Return To Paradise 

Widespread Panic: Live at Oak Mountain

Yes- Magnification (DVD Audio) 

 

21 AUGUST

Apocalpyse Now Redux (R) Universal. Action.  

Back To The Future Trilogy Box (PG) Universal. Sci-fi adventure. $59.95.  3 disc set. 

A Beautiful Mind (M) Universal. Drama. 

The Beast (M, 1988) 

Black Hawk Down (MA) Columbia. Action/ War. 

Coogan's Bluff (M) Universal. 

Crazy/ Beautiful (M) Drama. 

Damn The Defiant (M) Alec Guinness. aka HMS Defiant. 

Duel (PG, 1971) Universal. Thriller. 

Earthquake (M, 1974) 

Friday The 13th: A New Beginning (MA) Roadshow. Horror.  (no 5)

The Greatest 

High Heels, Low Lives (M): Selected,  STV.  Buena Vista. Comedy. 86 mins. UK. Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Michael Gambon, Kevin McNally, Mark Williams, Dany Dyer, Darren Boyd.  D: Mel Smith (Bean). A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and the friend then conspire to blackmail the robbers for $2 million. Rental. 

In The Bedroom (MA) Buena Vista. Thriller. Rental. Sissy Specek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei. 

Into the Night (M, 1985) Universal. 

Jerry Bruckheimer Box Set (R) Action. Special Edition DVD's:- Crimson Tide, The Rock, Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy Of The State, Gone In Sixty Seconds. 

The Man Who Sued God (M) 

The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh (G) 

Moffat and the Mountain (M) Roadshow. 

Pearl Harbor- The Directors Cut (M) 2 disc. Beuna Vista. Action. 

Raising Cain (M) Universal. 

Sahara (G, 1943) 

To Wong Foo (M) Universal. 

 

22 AUGUST

Cowboy Bebop Series 1 Volume 1 (M): TV. Animated. 

Cowboy Bebop Series 1 Volume 2 (M): TV. Animated. 

 

24 AUGUST

Casualties Of War (M) Drama. Michael J Fox, Sean Penn

 

26 AUGUST 

Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs- Jailhouse Rock. LIVE! 

Charlotee Church- Enchantment From Cardiff, Wales

Korn- Deuce 

Stevie Ray Vaughan- Live At The El Mocambo

Stuart Little CE

Suede- Lost In TV

 

27 AUGUST

After Dark Pictures (M): STV. Eagle. A wrestling movie. 

Backflash (M, 2001): STV. Eagle. Rental. 3 month rental window. Thriller. Robert Patrick, Jennifer Esposito, Melissa Joan Hart. A woman, just released from prison, sets out to scam the local mob boss.

Jailbait (M, 2001): STV. Eagle. Rental. Matt Frewer, Mary FGross, Kevin Mundy, Scott McCord. A high school football star is accused of statutory rape of a rather loose moral led 16 year old girl.

Malaika (PG, 1998): STV. Eagle. Family Adventure. John Laughlin, RD Call, Lee Purcell. A group of youngsters take care of a lost elephant. Rental. 

 

28 AUGUST 

A Beautiful Mind (M, 2001) Universal. Rent:- DVD / VHS.  Drama. Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany. Rental. 

Breathtaking (M, 2000): STV. Rent:- DVD / VHS. Universal. Thriller. Joanne Whalley, Lorraine Pilkington, Neil Dugeon. A beautiful psychiatrist befriends a abused patient and this leads to murder. Rental. 

Global Heresy (M): STV. 21st Century. Rental. Music Drama. Peter O'Toole, Joan Plowright, Alica Silverstone, Jaimz Woolvett. 

Omega Code II- Meggido (M): STV. Rental: DVD / VHS. 21st Century. Thriller. Michael York, Michael Biehn, Diane Venora, R Lee Ermey.  York murders his father so that he can take over the media empire and control Europe.  His US President brother tries to stop him. 

Rabbit Proof Fence (PG) Manga Pacific. Drama. Rental: DVD / VHS.

Supertroopers (M) Fox. Comedy. Rental:- DVD / VHS.

 

Dungeon Of Desire (R): STV. 21st Century. Rent:- DVD / VHS. Erotic. Michelle Turner, Regina Russell, Amber Newman. 

Exotic Time Machine (R): STV. 21st Century. Rent:- VHS. Erotic. Gabriella Hall. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29 AUGUST

Acropolis Now- Season 1 Box Set (3 Disc)

Acropolis Now- Season 1- Vol 1

Acropolis Now- Season 1- Vol 2 

Acropolis Now- Season 1- Vol 3

Audition (M) Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki. 

 

AUGUST

America At War In Colour (M) Warner. 

Con Express (M): STV.

The Cult: Live In London (G) Warner. Music.

Terry Clarke (G) Warner.

 

AUGUST 2  

Domestic Disturbance (M, 2001) Paramount. Thriller. John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Steve Buscemi, Teri Polo. Divorced father has very bad feelings about his wife's new husband. 

The Ponder Heart (PG, 2001) Paramount. Drama. Peter McNicol, Jo Beth Williams, Angela Bettis, Brent Spiner. 

What Girls Learn (M, 2001) Paramount. Drama. Elizabeth Perkins, Scott Bakula, Alison Pill. A guy comes into a family where the mother is dying of cancer and the teenage daughter is a real handful. Rental.

 

AUGUST 5

Sopranos Season 3 (MA): TV. Drama. 

 

AUGUST 6

Crusty Demons The 7th Mission (M) MRA. Racing. 

Lord Of The Rings (M, 2001) Roadshow. Fantasy. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett. Tolkein's classic tale of sorcery and adventure. 

 

AUGUST 7

All Over The Guy (M) Drama. Dan Bucatinsky. 

Beyond The City Limits (MA, 2001): STV. Imagine. Action. Nastassia Kinski, Alysson Hannigan, Jennifer Esposito, Todd Field. 

Divided We Fall (M) AV Channel. Czech war drama. 

How High (M): STV. Universal. UIP. 93 mins. Comedy. Method Man, Redman, Hector Elizondo, Mike Epps, Jeffrey Jones, Fred Willard. D: Jessie Dylan (special thanks on The Matrix Revisited for some reason). Two stoners (Redman, Method Man) smoke pot that has the unusual effect of increasing their I.Q's to the point that they're able to get into Harvard University. However, when they run out of their Super Mary Jane, they're left to fend for themselves at the prestigious institution without herbal aid. (they also try smoking the bones of a "dead smart guy"... president John Quincy Adams.)

The Journeyman (M, 2001): STV. Imagine. Western. Brad Hunt, Daniel Lapaine, Dash Mihok. 

Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (M, 2002): STV. Universal. Rental. Sports drama. Stephen Baldwin, Gary Busey, Hanson Brothers.

Skulls II (M, 2002): STV. Universal. Thriller. Robin Dunne, Ashley Lynn Cafagna, Nathan West, Lindy Booth. A new college student joins the elite Skulls group, but when he witnesses a girls death takes action. Rental. 

 

AUGUST 14

Action To The Max (M) Retail. X-Men, Independence Day, Bravehart. 

Ali (M, 2001) Roadshow. Drama. Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles. 

Born Romantic (M): STV. Fox. Romance. Ian Hart, Oliva Williams.

Casper: A Spirited Beginning (G) Retail. 

Earth Vs The Spider (M): STV. Columbia. 

Envy (MA, 1999) Manga Pacific. Thriller. Australian.  Linda Cropper, Anna Lise Phillips, Jeff Truman.  A mother tracks down the woman responsible for her home being invaded and her son molested. Rental. 

Great Planes: Boening B-17 Flying Fortress (E) Manga Pacific. $19.95. 

Great Planes: Consolidated B-24 Liberator (E) Manga Pacific. $19.95

Great Planes: F111 (E) Manga Pacific. $19.95

Great Planes: Grunman F-14 Tomcat (E) Manga Pacific. $19.95

In The Bedroom (MA) Drama. Sissy Specek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei.  

Kin (M, 2000): STV. Manga Pacific/ Becker. Drama. Miranda Otto, Isaiah Washington, Chris Chameleon. A white woman and her human rights husband fight for the preservation of endangered desert elephants in Namibia. Rental.

Kung Pow (M). Fox. Comedy. 

Lagaan (M) Columbia.  

A Line In The Sand (M): STV. Manga Pacific. 

Nailed (M, 2001): STV. Manga Pacific. Drama. Rachael Blanchard, Lori Heuring, Harvey Keitel. When the son gets a troubled young woman pregnant, the father goes to war with the woman. Rental. 

Nighthawks: Secrets Of Stealth (E) Manga Pacific. $19.95. 

Paleoworld: Volume 1 Double (E) Manga Pacific. Loch Ness Secret, Back To The Seas, Sea Monsters, Ancient Crocodiles, Prehistoric Sharks. $39.95. 

Prehistoric Sharks (E) Manga Pacific. $19.95. 

Princess Bride (PG, 1987) Manga Pacific. Adventure. $9.95. 

Shot In The Heart (M, 2001) Warner. Crime drama. Givanni Ribisi, Elias Koteas. 

Summer Catch (M) Warner. Drama. Freddie Prinze Jnr, Courtney Driver. 

Two Can Play That Game (M): STV. Columbia. 

Valley Of The T-Rex (E) Manga Pacific. Doco. $19.95. 

When Dinosaurs Roamed (E) Manga Pacific. Doco. $19.95. 

 

AUGUST 21

 

Black Hawk Down (MA) Columbia.

Breakthrough (M): STV. Columbia.

Con Express (M): STV. Columbia.

High Heels, Low Lives (M): Selected,  STV.  Buena Vista. Comedy. 86 mins. UK. Minnie Drive, Mary McCormack, Michael Gambon, Kevin McNally, Mark Williams, Dany Dyer, Darren Boyd.  D: Mel Smith (Bean). A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and the friend then conspire to blackmail the robbers for $2 million.

War Package (M) Columbia. Retail.

 

AUGUST 27

After Dark Pictures (M): STV. Eagle. A wrestling movie. 

Backflash (M, 2001): STV. Eagle. Rental. Thriller. Robert Patrick, Jennifer Esposito, Melissa Joan Hart. A woman, just released from prison, sets out to scam the local mob boss. 

Jailbait (M, 2001): STV. Eagle. Rental. Matt Frewer, Mary F Gross, Kevin Mundy, Scott McCord. A high school football star is accused of statutory rape of a rather loose moralled 16 year old girl. 

King Of The Cage (M): STV. Eagle. Wrestling movie. 

Malaika (PG, 1998): STV. Eagle. Family Adventure. John Laughlin, RD Call, Lee Purcell. A group of youngsters take care of a lost elephant. Rental.