Universal Studios Home Video is releasing ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS MEET FRANKENSTEIN. Produced and
directed by Kathi Castillo and animated at Universal Cartoon Studios in
Universal City, California, the direct-to-video shows what happens when the
havoc wrecking chipmunks encounter Dr. Frankenstein and his creation at a
Universal Studios-type amusement park. The chipmunks were created by Ross
Bagadasarian (aka David Seville) in 1958 for the hit novelty record, "The
Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)." Seville's earlier hit, "Witch

Buena Vista Home Entertainment previously announced that the 60th
Anniversary Edition of Disney's classic PINOCCHIO would be the first Disney
animated feature to be released in the DVD format [Animation Flash
8/24/99]. Now they have announced that a new VHS edition of PINOCCHIO,
fully restored and THX-certified, will be available on the same day as the
DVD version, October 26, 1999 in the US. This version will include a
"Making of Pinocchio" bonus section, which will only be available on the

New York-based Kino on Video is releasing
two Brothers Quay videos. THE BROTHERS QUAY COLLECTION: TEN ASTONISHING
SHORT FILMS 1984-1993 includes THE CABINET OF JAN SVANKMAJER, THE EPIC OF
GILGAMESH OR THIS UNNAMEABLE LITTLE BROOM, STREET OF CROCODILES, REHEARSALS
FOR EXTINCT ANATOMIES, DRAMOLET (STILLE NACHT I), THE COMB (FROM THE
MUSEUMS OF SLEEP), DE ARTIFICALI PERSPECTIVA OR ANAMORPHOSIS, ARE WE STILL
MARRIED? (STILLE NACHT II), TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS (STILLE NACHT III),

Columbia Records will celebrate the 20th anniversary of
the release of PINK FLOYD's album THE WALL with the release of the film on
DVD in October. The film includes animation designed and directed by Gerald Scarfe, who went on
to design Disney's HERCULES. The DVD features a new transfer of the
original widescreen film, as well as unreleased footage, a remastered 5.1
Dolby Digital soundtrack, the 25-minute "making of" documentary THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE WALL, and the new 45-minute documentary RETROSPECTIVE, with

Although Disney has released a few titles on DVD, including THE NIGHTMARE
BEFORE CHRISTMAS and A BUG'S LIFE, they have not released their classics in
the US on DVD, preferring to back DIVX, a DVD competitor that was sold
through Circuit City retail stores. But now that DIVX is defunct, due to
the lack of consumer support, Disney is embracing DVD. Buena Vista Home
Entertainment will debut nine of Disney's animated features on DVD over the
next four months. Each of the titles will be available for a limited 60-day

Image Entertainment is releasing BOB CLAMPETT'S BEANY AND CECIL: THE
SPECIAL EDITION DVD on October 12, 1999 in the US. Created by Robert
Clampett, BEANY AND CECIL, about the adventures of a sea sick sea serpent
and his pal, Beany, began as a live broadcast puppet show, TIME FOR BEANY,
in the 1950s, before being re-done as an animated series in the early
1960s. There was also a brief revival for Saturday morning television in
the 1980s. The DVD will include a dozen of the original Beany and Cecil

Warner Bros. Home Video is re-releasing the feature length THE LOONEY,
LOONEY, LOONEY BUGS BUNNY MOVIE, a collection of Looney Tunes by Friz
Freleng. It includes the following Bugs Bunny shorts: KNIGHTY KNIGHT BUGS,
SAHARA HARE, ROMAN LEGION HARE, HIGH DIVING HARE, HARE TRIMMED, SHOW BIZ
BUGS, WILD AND WOOLY HARE, and THE UNMENTIONABLES, as well as CATTY
CORNERED (Tweety & Sylvester), GOLDEN YEGGS (Daffy Duck), and THE THREE
LITTLE BOPS. (Note: Some films may not be complete.) Also from Warner Bros.

Disney is releasing three original made-for-video titles. MADELINE: LOST IN PARIS will appear on August 3. Featuring the voice talents of Jason Alexander, Lauren Bacall, and Christopher Plummer, the story is based on characters that first appeared in the Madeline book series by Ludwig Bemelmans. In LOST IN PARIS, Madeline and her eleven school friends get immersed in an evil plot to steal Madeline's inheritance. BELLE'S TALES OF FRIENDSHIP and HERCULES: ZERO TO HERO will both be released on August 17.

This list of upcoming home entertainment releases includes some new titles,
but most of them are new only to DVD. Disney has just re-released ROBIN
HOOD and ALICE IN WONDERLAND; their live-action RETURN TO OZ, which
includes some stop-motion by Will Vinton Studios, will be released on DVD
and VHS on August 10. Touchstone's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? will be
released on DVD on September 28. Warner Bros. has just released 1999's
animated THE KING AND I on both VHS and DVD; WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE

Torrance, California-based Expanded Entertainment, which produced the
Tournee of Animation and Animation Celebration in recent years, and
compiled and distributed tapes of award-winning animated shorts, has sold
its inventory to Chicago-based Facets Video, which also handles The Whole
Toon Catalog. The titles include four Animation Celebration volumes,
British Animation Invasion, six International Tournee of Animation volumes,
The World's Greatest Animation, and several other titles. Once Facets'