Buena Vista Home Video is releasing new videos featuring Goofy, Winnie the
Pooh, Belle, and Inspector Gadget early next year. WINNIE THE POOH, A
VALENTINE FOR YOU! is due January 11, 2000 on VHS for US$14.99. In the
video, which premiered last year as a television special, Pooh and his
friends are afraid that Christopher Robin has been bitten by a Smitten when
he becomes interested in a girl. They search the Hundred Acre Wood for the
love bug, hoping it will bite him again and cure his lovesickness. BELLE'S

On December 21, 1999 Warner Home Video will debut the first feature-length,
fully animated Animaniacs movie, STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS ANIMANIACS:
WAKKO'S WISH. WAKKO'S WISH will be the flagship offering in the first wave
of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment "Century 2000 Collection," which
will bring audiences 11 Family Movie Favorites. WAKKO'S WISH will feature
10 original songs created specifically for the movie. The film begins in
the little village of Acme Falls -- where the once-cheerful and prosperous

AtomFilms, which distributes short films both online and offline, has released two
compilations of short films: DEFINITELY NOT HOLLYWOOD: THE DARK COMEDY
EDITION and DEFINITELY NOT HOLLYWOOD: THE EXTREME COMEDY EDITION. The
former is exclusively live-action, but the latter is a collection of both
live-action and animated shorts. The animated films, which are in the sick
and twisted tradition, are LOUIE THE FLY and DOG FISHING by Joe Byrnes,
LIVING WITH RIDALYN by Ron Noble, THE HANGNAIL by Shane Acker, and several

The Hubley Studio has created some of
the most innovative and challenging animation in the history of the art
form. Beginning with the partnership of John and Faith Hubley, and
continuing with Faith and Emily Hubley, they have received countless awards
and international acclaim. Earlier this year, Image Entertainment released
their first Hubley DVD, ART AND JAZZ IN ANIMATION. Now, they offer three
more. HUBLEY COLLECTION #1 includes ENTER LIFE (1981), UPSIDE DOWN (1991),
WHO AM I (1989), BLAKE BALL (1988), TIME OF THE ANGELS (1987), PEOPLE,

Last week we announced that the THE IRON GIANT laser disc release will have
a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, whereas the film was released with a 2.35:1. In
addition, when we announced the DVD and VHS releases three weeks ago, we
neglected to mention that the DVD, as well as the widescreen VHS release,
will also be 1.85:1. It's unfortunate that none of these will be 2.35:1
because Brad Bird designed THE IRON GIANT partly in homage to the
CinemaScope films of the 1950s, and he even wanted to include "CinemaScope"

Columbia TriStar Home Video is releasing Ray Harryhausen's first color and
independently produced feature, 1958's THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD, on DVD in
the US on November 30, 1999. Extras include a documentary called THE RAY
HARRYHAUSEN CHRONICLES; THIS IS DYNAMATION, a documentary about Ray
Harryhausen's animation techniques; A LOOK BEHIND THE VOYAGE and JASON AND
THE ARGONAUTS, two interviews; and textual supplements on the cast and
crew, including Harryhausen, director Nathan Juran, Kerwin Matthews

On December 7, 1999, Disney is releasing MICKEY'S ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS on
DVD. This all-new, full-length video features three tales starring Mickey,
Donald and Goofy, each one about Christmas. In the first story, Mickey and
Minnie recall the year they both gave up what was most important to them
for the sake of the other, making for one unforgettable Christmas. In the
second story, Goofy and Max remember when they experienced a series of
hilarious, but faith-shaking events - and a visit from the real Santa made

Image Entertainment is releasing Warner Bros.' THE IRON GIANT, the
critically acclaimed film directed by Brad Bird, on laser disc on December
7, 1999. The laser disc will be letterboxed at 1.85:1 (the film was about
2.35:1), and retail for US$29.98. There will not be any extras. Laser discs
sell out quickly these days, and are less likely than ever to be
re-pressed, so you may want to pre-order this one. THE IRON GIANT, based on
a children's book by Ted Hughes, is about a boy who befriends an alien
robot in 1950s America.

Disney will release A BUG'S LIFE - COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD on November 23, 1999. The Disney/Pixar
film, which crosses the Western THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (a remake of Akira
Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI) with Aesop's THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER, is
about an inventive ant named Flik who hires what he believes are "warrior
bugs" to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers. As
with the TOY STORY laserdisc box set, the supplemental features are
plentiful:


DISC ONE: THE MOVIE

Paramount Home Video will release BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA on DVD in the US on
November 23, 1999. In this animated feature, directed by Mike Judge, and
based on his MTV show, Beavis and Butt-Head tour America. The DVD is
letterboxed at 1.85:1 and includes two trailers. The retail price is
US$29.99. The animated feature SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER AND UNCUT,
directed by Matt Stone and based on his and Trey Parker's Comedy Central
series, shows what happens to the South Park gang after they sneak into an