THE WALL and SPAWN 3: THE ULTIMATE BATTLE among new DVD releases

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
running commentary from Roger Waters, Gerald Scarfe, and more. . . SPAWN 3:
THE ULTIMATE BATTLE, a collection of the third season of HBO's SPAWN
animated series, was released on August 23 in the US. . . Image
Entertainment, Inc., a licensee and distributor of DVDs in North America,
will release six computer animation titles from Odyssey Productions on DVD
and videocassette. The first title to be released, on October 19, will be
COMPUTER ANIMATION MARVELS which includes PETS, THE PERSECUTION, VACHE
FOLLE, TICKED OFF, CARVED JOURNEY, THE HUNGRY ONE, THE PHYSICS OF
CARTOONS--PART 1, H2O, BOWTIE BLUES, CPU, LAST CALL, ROCKPAPERSCISSORS, A
NARROW MARTIAN OF ERROR, LOVE & ROCKETS, FLY HARD, THE SITTER, and Chris
Landreth's BINGO. The DVD version also includes JATAKA. . . Rhino Home
Video will release episodes from three Sunbow Entertainment series from the
1980s, G.I. JOE, THE TRANSFORMERS, and JEM, on VHS on September 21 in the
US. G.I. JOE and THE TRANSFORMERS are packaged in three-volume box sets,
while JEM is a single volume. Each volume includes two episodes. . .
Columbia TriStar Home Video is releasing its first original computer
animated direct to video title, THE NUTTIEST NUTCRACKER. The animated
musical, based on Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER SUITE, is directed by Harold
Harris and features the voices of Jim Belushi, Cheech Marin, and Phyllis
Diller. It will be available on VHS and DVD in the US beginning October 19.
. . Manga Video is releasing FIST OF THE NORTH STAR Volume 5, which
includes Episode 13, 14, and 15, on August 31, 1999 in the US. In these
episodes, the hero confronts a mutant giant, the personification of Satan,
and continues his search for his kidnapped girlfriend.