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David Fincher`s feature debut, ALIEN 3, picks up almost directly after the events in ALIENS, finding Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) frozen in suspended animation as her ship crashes on Fiorina 161, a prison planet. When awakened by the prison`s staff, she discovers that she is the sole survivor of her crew. Trapped on a barren planet with convicts and no weapons of any kind, Ripley soon realizes that an alien was also on the ship and has survived. As the savage creature begins to massacre inmates, Ripley bands together with the remaining prisoners and attempts to destroy it by wits alone. Filmed at a time when big guns and high technology dominated the screen, ALIEN 3 deserves commendation for its unique premise--battling a vicious alien creature with no weapons and almost no resources whatsoever. This scenario makes for an unusual and intriguing science fiction thriller that is also notable for Fincher`s bleak industrial visuals; the film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

Steven Soderbergh (OCEAN'S ELEVEN, TRAFFIC) delivers yet another inspired remake with this pensive sci-fi drama based on the book by Stanislaw Lem. Taking his cue from Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 epic of the same name, Soderbergh boldly chooses atmosphere over action, crafting a profoundly meditative work that will challenge audiences for many years to come. George Clooney plays Chris Kelvin, a therapist who is sent to a space station near the planet of Solaris in order to investigate a series of mysterious happenings. When he arrives, he finds only two surviving crew members, the hyper-strange Snow (Jeremy Davies) and ultra-paranoid Gordon (Viola Davis). Unable to make sense of their fear and confusion, Chris soon discovers the reason for their anxiety. In a seemingly implausible turn of events caused by Solaris's bizarre energy levels, Chris's deceased wife Rhea (Natascha McElhone) reappears. Fully aware that Rhea is only a figment of his memory, Chris is nonetheless unable to dismiss her due to the tragic events surrounding her death. He must somehow find a way to bid farewell to Rhea once and for all without collapsing under the weight of his own guilty conscience. Soderbergh's dream of a motion picture successfully balances philosophy with romance, telling a familiar tale of love and loss in a strikingly original way.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital Surround - English Dolby Digital Surround - French Dolby Digital Surround - SpanishAdditional Release Material: Featurettes - 1. HBOMaking of Special











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In present-day London, 10 year-old Quinn visits his construction engineer mother at her work. When he crawls into a cavern the workers have uncovered, he finds a large, fire-breathing dragon--which destroys the site and kills his mother. Fast-forward to 2020. Quinn (Christian Bale, AMERICAN PSYCHO) is living in a castle in Northumberton, the leader of survivors of the dragon plague which has wiped out a large portion of the human population. He and his colony, including dozens of orphans, eke out an existence in hopes that the human race will someday take back the planet from the gigantic, winged monsters. Enter Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey), a war-mad American and his team of military trained fighters. They offer to team up with Quinn and his people, but only if they consent to the American's extreme tactics to destroy the fire-breathing beasts.Directed by Rob Bowman (X FILES), REIGN OF FIRE combines elements of ALIENS, THE ROAD WARRIOR, and 1981's DRAGONSLAYER for a potent genre cocktail that takes a traditionally medieval monster into the future and injects it into state-of-the-art action sequences. The film plays as post-apocalyptic sci-fi, but the stunningly executed dragon sequences are pure horror, especially as the menacing creatures slaughter prominent characters with extreme speed and ruthlessness.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35:1Audio: THX Certified Audio Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Production Interview - 1. Rob Bowman - Director Featurette - 1. BREATHING LIFE INTO THE TERROR








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This science-fiction fantasy takes place in a far off future, when the Earth is embroiled in worldwide war and a distant planet is colonized to provide a peaceful refuge for Earth's denizens. Eventually, the original two colonies develop into large and prosperous cities while maintaining the peace that was the impetus for their creation. However, eventually the two great cities succumb to the squabbling their forbears did and engage each other in a war every bit as destructive as the one that took place on Earth hundreds of years before. In danger of wiping out the population of the planet, the only remaining warriors on each side, essentially a group of teenagers, must find a way to produce peace before they annihilate one another.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus

Includes two films on one disc. In VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA an exploratory expedition to the north pole becomes urgent when the Earth's radiation belts begin to heat the planet to unbearable temperatures, and only Admiral Nelson (Pidgeon) and his crew can save the world. In FANTASTIC VOYAGE a group of scientists are shrunk to microscopic size in order to repair a deadly blood clot in the brain of a brilliant scientist. A pair of rousing science fiction adventures from the 1960s with colorful special effects.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseDouble Feature - Two Movies on One DiscSide A - VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35:1Audio: Dolby Digital 4.0 - English Dolby Surround - English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Original Theatrical Trailer Bonus Trailers - FANTASTIC VOYAGE, THE FLY (1958), RETURN OF THE FLY, THE FLY (1986), THE FLY IIInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusSide B - FANTASTIC VOYAGEAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35:1Audio: Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English Dolby Surround - English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Original Theatrical Trailer Bonus Trailers - VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, THE FLY (1958), RETURN OF THE FLY, THE FLY (1986), THE FLY IIInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus

This uniquely 1970s blend of swords, sorcery, science fiction, kung-fu, fascism, and nuclear holocaust was director Ralph Bakshi's first venture into fantasy after his grim urban epics STREETFIGHT and HEAVY TRAFFIC. In a postapocalyptic future that appears as a blend of World War II Europe and J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, a pint-size wizard named Avatar (Bob Holt, sounding like Peter Falk) must save the world from a band of fascist mutants controlled by his evil twin brother, Blackwolf (Steve Gravers), who likes to confuse enemy armies by projecting films of Adolf Hitler speeches during attacks. Painted live-action footage of advancing Nazi armies contrasts with Saturday-morning-cartoon-style animation of fairies and elves as Avatar travels through various magical and radioactive realms on his quest. Aiding him are a sexually promiscuous fairy queen (Jesse Wells), a hot-blooded warrior elf (Mark Hamill, fresh from his role in STAR WARS) and Peace (David Proval), a misunderstood robot rebelling against his Blackwolf-controlled programming. A bizarre and psychedelic meditation on magic vs. technology, this cult film still finds an audience on college campuses and will prove quite rewarding to viewers in the right frame of mind.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Stereo - English Mono - English Mono - SpanishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Ralph Bakshi - Director Featurette - 1.Ralph Bakshi: The Wizard of Animation Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer








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During a bloody battle, two warring ships crash on a barren planet, with only one survivor from each ship. At first, the human pilot and the lizardlike Drac continue to fight, but the planet's harsh climate and the need to survive force them to ally. Over time, they put old hostilities aside and form a friendship. When the parthenogenetic Drac becomes pregnant, the two draw closer, overcoming their external differences to appreciate each other for who--not what--they are. The film is a thinly masked treatise on race relations, handled well by its two lead actors, Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. This futuristic sci-fi adventure film, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, features Gossett in an intricate full-body costume for his portrayal of the alien Drac.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35:1Audio: Dolby Digital 4.0 - English Dolby Surround - English Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer






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In this notorious film version of the popular French comic strip by Jean-Claude Forest, Jane Fonda plays a sexy yet innocent space-age heroine in the year 40,000 A.D. who never gets herself into a situation that requires too much clothing. BARBARELLA opens with the titular heroine stripping down to nothing in zero gravity among strategically placed credits. From there Barbarella embarks on a mission to find a peace-threatening young scientist named Duran Duran (Milo O'Shea) by order of the president of Earth. En route, she's attacked by killer dolls, is strapped into a contraption known as the Excessive Machine, and falls in love with a blind angel.Remaining true to its comic book origins, Barbarella's adventure unfolds in a series of dramatic difficulties and unlikely solutions, making for a galloping pace and never-ending opportunities for Mario Garbuglia's hallucinatory set design to dazzle. With guest appearances by 1960s icons Anita Pallenberg, Marcel Marceau, and David Hemmings, and featuring dialogue by novelist Terry Southern, among others, BARBARELLA is not only a comic sci-fi sex romp but also a sly, tongue-in-cheek portrait of the legendary debauchery of that era.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseInteractive MenusScene SelectionTheatrical TrailerWidescreen Anamorphic