DVD & Blu-rays Released November 23, 2004

Tuesday, November 23

128 mins

The Terminal PG-13

The story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal's international transit lounge until the war at home is over. As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant named Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon, who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase.
Zoe Saldana, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sacha Gervasi, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Kevin Weisman
Comedy Romance
92 mins

Zhou Yu's Train PG-13

On a passenger train, a beautiful young woman traveling alone carries a handmade ceramic vase, intricately painted by her own hand, a gift for a distant lover. She meets a friendly, handsome young veterinarian, who tries to tell her that she should sell the valuable piece to him, instead of giving it away to her boyfriend for free. Simply to spite the persistent animal doctor, the young woman hurls the vase to the floor of the train, shattering it to pieces.
Sun Zhou, Bill Kong, Sun Mian, Zhou Yu, Zhang Mei, Gong Li, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Sun Honglei
Foreign
90 mins

Sleepover PG

In the summer before their freshman year in high school, Julie (Alexa Vega) has a slumber party with her best friends, Hannah, Yancy, and Farrah - and they end up having the adventure of their lives. In attempt to cast off their less-than-cool reputations once and for all, Julie and her friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against their "popular girl" rivals. Hijacking dad's car, sneaking into clubs, evading Julie's mother, and even a first kiss - anything is possible at Julie's "Sleepover".
Alexa Vega, Bob Cooper, Sara Paxton, Joe Nussbaum, Charles Weinstock, Elisa Bell, Kallie Flynn Childress, Brie Larson
Adventure Comedy Family Kids
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

In "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) return for their third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the teenagers are forced to face their darkest fears as they confront a dangerous escaped prisoner (Gary Oldman) and the equally foreboding Dementors, who are sent there to protect them.
Chris Columbus, Emma Watson, David Heyman, Fiona Shaw, Julie Walters, Michael Barnathan, David Thewlis, Robbie Coltrane
Action Adventure Sequel Fantasy Family Kids

Secret Things

"Secret Things" is the story of two gorgeous young women who discover the power of sex as a tool to climb the social ladder. Sandrine and Natalie work at a strip club; Natalie performs an erotic act on stage while Sandrine serves drinks. After they are both fired, the two become roommates and Natalie begins training Sandrine in the art of the courtesan. Erotic lessons on how to pleasure oneself and others, how to seduce and not be seduced, public nudity and sex and the art of the fake orgasm are all part of their plan to take on the world of men. Their top prize is Christophe, a charming heir apparent and rising star at a large bank. These femme fatales don't bargain for the ultimate cruelty and power of their prey and soon find Christophe, a man who controls all he meets, their ultimate match.
Lisa Hérédia, Sabrina Seyvecou, Coralie Revel, Roger Mirmont, Fabrice Deville, Olivier Soler, Sylvain Bourguignon, Arnaud Goujon
Drama

Strayed

A widowed schoolteacher flees Nazi-occupied Paris with her children, and encounters a teenage boy who steers them into the forest -- their best shot at survival.
Emmanuelle Béart, Nicholas Mead, Jean-Pierre Ramsay-Levi, André Téchiné, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Clémence Meyer, Jean Fornerod
Drama Romance

Gypsy 83

In the small, rural town of Sandusky, Ohio, two goth kids are each other's best friends, sharing their experiences of being the town outsiders. Teenage photography enthusiast Clive (Kett Turton) is on his way towards coming fully out of the closet, and Gypsy (Sara Rue) is an overweight 25-year-old girl with a love of Stevie Nicks music and a low-pay job at the photo hut in the parking lot of the local mall. When the duo hears about a "Night of a Thousand Stevies" karaoke show in New York City, they decide to make a road trip of it as a way to escape the drudgery of small-town Ohio in the heady nightlife of NYC.
Karen Black, Todd Stephens, Sara Rue, Kett Turton, Paulo Costanzo, John Doe, Carolyn Baumler, Stephanie McVay
Comedy Teen

Tuesday, November 23