DVD & Blu-rays Released August 19, 2008

Tuesday, August 19

Deal PG-13

"Deal" revolves around an ex-gambler who teaches a hot-shot college student how to "play the player," vs. just the cards. But after the two have a bitter falling out, mentor and student find themselves competing against each other in the World Poker Tour championships.
Shannon Elizabeth, Bret Harrison, Michael Arata, Albert Salzer, Gil Cates Jr., Marc Weinstock, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning
Drama
90 mins

The Life Before Her Eyes R

Diana is a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life--and perhaps her sanity--on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies--cutting class, fantasizing about boys--and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she's now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana's life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels.
Evan Rachel Wood, Vadim Perelman, Uma Thurman, Mark Cuban, Todd Wagner, Marc Butan, Emil Stern, Gabrielle Brennan
Drama Thriller

Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour G

Captures 14-year-old singing sensation, Miley Cyrus, in concert at several venues on her 2007 54-city tour. She performs as both a solo artist and as her popular television character, Hannah Montana.
Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Bruce Hendricks, Arthur Repola
Musical Concert
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An American Crime

In 1965, while under the care of a woman named Gertrude Baniszewski, a 16-year-old girl is put through an ordeal that includes beatings in the guise of discipline, burnings with cigarettes & matches and scalding hot baths, among other tortures. Encouraging a "Lord of the Flies"-type cult, Baniszewski involves her own children and children from her Indianapolis neighborhood in the punishments. The girl eventually dies.
Ellen Page, Catherine Keener, John Wells, Tommy O'Haver, Pam Koffler, Kevin Turen, Bradley Whitford, Henry Winterstern
Drama

Street Kings R

A Los Angeles police officer has always done what was needed to solve homicides and crack down on gang violence, but he gets a wakeup call and decides he can no longer play the game that made him so effective.
Forest Whitaker, Keanu Reeves, Chris Evans, David Ayer, Hugh Laurie, Lucas Foster, John Ridley, Erwin Stoff
Drama Crime Gangster

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day PG-13

In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realizes that she must--for the first time in two decades--seize the day. This she does, by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level--as "social secretary." Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse. Within minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a heady high-society milieu--and, within hours, living it up. Taking the "social secretary" designation to heart, she tries to help her new friend Delysia navigate a love life and career, both of which are complicated by the three men in Delysia's orbit; devoted pianist Michael, intimidating nightclub owner Nick, and impressionable junior impresario Phil. Miss Pettigrew herself is blushingly drawn to the gallant Joe, a successful designer who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven Edythe--the one person who senses that the new "social secretary" may be out of her element, and schemes to undermine her. Over the next 24 hours, Guinevere and Delysia will empower each other to discover their romantic destinies.
Amy Adams, Ciaran Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Bharat Nalluri, Lee Pace, Simon Beaufoy, David Magee, Mark Strong
Drama Period
93 mins

Freshman Orientation R

All-American teenager from the Midwest, Clay, heads off to college only to discover school is not the oasis of beer drinking and partying that he had imagined. So, in an attempt to win over the woman of his dreams, Amanda, Clay pretends to be gay. The charade blows up in Clay's face, though, when it lands him in the middle of campus activism, the hazing of both a fraternity and sorority and all the drama that comes along with his new lifestyle. The end result is a campus-wide revolution that will change both Clay's life, as well as his perception of others.
Sam Huntington, Ryan Shiraki, Marla Sokoloff, Mike Erwin, Heather Matarazzo, Kaitlin Doubleday
Drama Teen

Prom Night PG-13

Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of magic, beauty, and love. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be safe from the horrors of her past. But when the night turns from magic to murder there is only one man who could be responsible... the man she thought was gone forever. Now, Donna and her friends must find a way to escape the sadistic rampage of an obsessed killer, and survive their Prom Night.
Idris Elba, Brittany Snow, Stephen Susco, Collins Pennie, Nelson McCormick, Marc Forby, Dana Davis, Jessica Troup
Thriller Suspense Horror Teen

The Proposition R

Australian director John Hillcoat and singer Nick Cave reconvene for 2006's "The Proposition", with Cave penning the screenplay and providing a soundtrack written with Dirty Three member Warren Ellis. Cave's 19th-century tale begins with the proposition of the title, as Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures fugitive brothers Charley (Guy Pearce) and Mikey Burns (Richard Wilson) at a scene of bloody rape and murder. Informing Charley that he must kill his older brother, Arthur (Danny Huston), in order to be set free, Stanley drags Mikey to a decrepit jailhouse while he waits for Charley to carry out the deed.
Danny Huston, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Nick Cave, John Hurt, Ray Winstone
Drama Historical

Tuesday, August 19