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Good News About The Iron Giant DVD! Warner Bros. Home Video originally announced that The Iron Giant DVD would be letterboxed at 1.85:1, which would have been unfortunate since the film has a 2.35:1 aspect ratio and Brad Bird designed The Iron Giant partly in homage to the very wide CinemaScope films of the 1950s. But Warners changed their mind and the DVD will be letterboxed at 2.35:1. The Iron Giant DVD will include letterboxed (2.35:1) and pan & scan versions of the movie, be 16X9, have AC3 and 5.1 surround sound, and be region 1 (North America) encoded. It will also include the following extras: The Making Of The Iron Giant, the 22-minute documentary that was shown on television the week before the film was released; a "Cha Hua Hua" music video; a theatrical trailer; and for DVD-ROM players: screen savers, posters and games. The Iron Giant DVD was released on November 23, 1999 for US$24.99.

Davey And Goliath Comes To DVD. Image Entertainment is releasing Art Clokey's Davey And Goliath on DVD and VHS. Davey And Goliath was a stop-motion television series that was made by Gumby creator Art Clokey for the Lutheran Church in America from 1962 to 1977. In the Sunday morning series, a little boy, Davey, and his dog, Goliath, would sling shot themselves into mishap after mishap, but triumph at the end with a moral lesson. The Davey And Goliath DVD will include eight 14 minute episodes. It is not region coded. Image is also releasing the eight episodes on VHS, four episodes per tape: Davey And Goliath: The New Skates And Other Stories and Davey And Goliath: The Waterfall And Other Stories. The DVD will retail for US$24.99, and the VHS tapes will retail for US$12.98. Both DVD and VHS are scheduled to be released January 25, 2000.

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Don't Miss These Anime Releases From ADV. In a far distant future, a would-be master race seeks to dominate the galaxy. Against these merciless Afressians, mankind has just one hope: the mysterious female warrior known as Emeraldas. This is the story behind the Houston, Texas-based ADV Films November 23, 1999 release of Queen Emeraldas on DVD. The US$29.98 Queen Emeraldas DVD is in English and Japanese with English subtitles. Also from ADV the following VHS tapes will all be released on January 25, 2000: The war against Genom escalates as the Knight Sabers find themselves forced to deal with newer and deadlier forms of boomers in the Bubblegum Crisis Volume 3 - Metal Storm, released in an English dubbed version for $24.95, and a Japanese version with English subtitles for $29.95. When a mysterious stranger shows up needing protection, City Hunter's partner leaps at the million-dollar offer in City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy, released in an English dubbed version for $19.98, and a Japanese version with English subtitles for $29.95. Peace negotiations in a long running civil war are threatened when five super soldiers decimate a rebel encampment in the Original Dirty Pair Volume 5, released in an English dubbed version for $19.98 and a Japanese version with English subtitles for $29.95. When Celcia loses all their money, 'Those Who Hunt Elves' are forced to become 'Those Who Hunt Jobs' in Those Who Hunt Elves Chapter 5: Distressed Maidens, released in an English dubbed $24.95 and a Japanese version with English subtitles for $29.95. For more information visit www.advfilms.com.

Animaniacs Feature Video. 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 villagers, including those wacky siblings Yakko, Wakko and Dot, are being taxed to the max by the greedy Baron von Plotz. Things start looking brighter when Wakko miraculously picks the one star in the sky that can make his wish for happiness come true. The catch is, in order for Wakko's wish to be granted, he must travel very, very far to where the star has fallen to Earth and touch it before anyone else does. When Pinky and the Brain, Slappy and Skippy Squirrel, Mindy and Buttons, and a menagerie of other well-known Animaniacs co-stars learn about the "wishing star," they too set out on a journey to reach the star. More than 1 million kids watch Animaniacs every week on Kids' WB, the WB television network's children's programming block, and the series has won eight Daytime Emmy Awards, including two awards for "Outstanding Animated Children's Program." The series is now in its seventh year on the air. Each copy of Wakko's Wish will include a free, exclusive on-pack spinning toy featuring the movie's stars -- Yakko, Wakko and Dot. With the premiere of the "Century 2000 Collection," Warner Home Video will debut the "Century Club," an online savings program that will allow video buyers who enroll in the club to receive special rewards via e-mail, including retail coupons for future "Century 2000" purchases, and rebate offers from Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Warner Publishing, Warner Bros. On-Line, Warner Bros. Music, Kid Rhino and WB Interactive. Animaniacs fans can visit the Wakko's Wish Web site at www.warnerbros.com and will be able to win exciting prizes including free copies of Wakko's Wish . Wakko's Wish will retail for US$19.96.

Disney Announces Videos. 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 Magical World, also due out January 11, 2000 on VHS for $14.99, features Belle and other characters from Disney's Beauty And The Beast in three storybook fantasies. Gadget's Greatest Gadgets, due January 11, 2000 on VHS for $19.99 is a brand-new, full-length animated adventure featuring Inspector Gadget's greatest gadgets. Gadget fans can follow the continuing adventures of characters from the original DIC series including Inspector Gadget, his niece Penny, Brain and the evil Dr. Claw. Comedian Don Adams, who voiced Inspector Gadget in the original TV series, returns in this all-new adventure. An Extremely Goofy Movie is due on February 29, 2000. The VHS retails for $24.99, and the DVD retails for $29.99. In the video, Goofy's son, Max, can't wait to go off to college and experience life on his own, but Goofy misses Max so much that he loses his job and decides to go to college, too.

Disney's Tarzan Is Coming To Home Video. Disney's Tarzan premiers on video and DVD on February 1, 2000, and a Tarzan Collector's Edition DVD will be released on March 21, 2000. Tarzan will feature the "Strangers Like Me" music video by Phil Collins, and the DVD will be DVD-ROM-enabled (with internet links) and loaded with exciting extras for all the family, including a never-before-seen recording session by Phil Collins and guests, a Read-Along, a Trivia Game, various sneak peeks and many other features. Spanish and French versions of the video will also be available. The VHS retails for US$26.99 and the DVD retails for $39.99. The Tarzan Collector's Edition DVD, which will retail for $49.99, features audio commentary by the creators -- Producer Bonnie Arnold and Co-Directors Kevin Lima and Chris Buck -- and includes supplements detailing the history and development of the film, the legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan, and early presentation reels of the film. The collector's DVD also features an extensive look at the music of Tarzan, and includes interviews with Phil Collins and his original song demos, as well as the ``You'll Be in My Heart'' music video (to be confirmed). There is also behind-the-scenes production material including footage of voice casting, storyreels, rough animation and sound design, along with theatrical trailers and publicity materials. Disney's Tarzan, which is based on Tarzan Of The Apes, the first in a series of Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, stars Glenn Close, Rosie O'Donnell, Minnie Driver, Wayne Knight, Nigel Hawthorne, as well as Tony Goldwyn as the voice of Tarzan.