We've gotten a lot of requests to review Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media (which is ranked in the top 5 documentaries on IMDb), so this week The DVD Savant took up the task of taking on a movie about 'important intellectual alive today'. Savant also takes a look at Blake Edwards' Victor/Victoria, Paramount's Sorry, Wrong Number, Criterion's The Horse's Mouth and two Ultraman DVDs from Image Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Dyna: The Battle in Hyperspace. All this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

We're excited to announce the addition of another column to DVD Talk: The Aisle View penned by DVD Talk Reviewer DK Holm will bring you a run down of movies coming to your local movie theater. Check out DK's Take on this weeks new films: Windtalkers, Scooby Doo, and The Bourne Identity . Also be sure to catch up with his take on last week's the latest installment in the Jack Ryan series (sans Harrison Ford). Coming up later this week Don't miss it!

Our friends over at IndieDVD have announced the DVD release for Plymptoons Special Edition. Set for release on July 23 Plymptoons Special Edition will feature 22 Animated Shorts from Twisted Animator - Bill Plympton including the very funny: 'Your Face', 'How To Kiss', '25 Ways to Quit Smoking' and more. Plymptoons Special Edition will also feature: an introduction by Bill Plympton and Lloyd Kaufman, early rare footage of and by Plympton, Audio Commentary by Bill Plympton and 2 Bill Plympton featurettes - 90 mins of total stuff. Pre-Order Plymptoons Special Edition for $14.99

Amazon.com has launched a new, interesting bargain tool called 'The Gold Box'. Located at the top right hand corner of their nav bar, The Gold Box presents you with 6 offers which you have 1 hour to either take advantage of or to pass on after which they're gone. DVD Talk Members report finding several amazing DVD Deals including: Vanilla Sky for $5.40 , Harry Potter for $12.79 and many other great deals on a wide variety of items, and the selection seems to be different for each person.

This week we've got a giveaway for the new Lauryn Hill Unplugged 2.0 DVD. Presented in its Original Aspect Ration (full-frame) with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio Lauryn Hill Unplugged 2.0 features Lauryn Hill performing 13 songs including "I Remember" and "I Gotta Find Peace of Mind". Check out the video clip of 'Water' from the DVD! Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 Lauryn Hill Unplugged 2.0 DVDs

Good and Bad News about the upcoming DVD Release for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. First the good news: Universal has officially announced that E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial WILL be released on DVD October 22nd (for only '10 weeks', after which it will go on 'moratorium indefinitely') E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 2 DVD Limited Edition will be presented in Widescreen Anamorphic with both DTS & Dolby 5.1 Surround and include: The 20th Anniversary Theatrical Release, Isolated John Williams Score with additional footage of him conducting at this years premiere, original featurettes: '20 Years Later with Steven Spielberg', 'The Evolution of E.T', 'Reunion Featurette', and a number of DVD-Rom features like An E.T. Read Along, E.T. Game and E.T. Facts. Now here's the bad news. If you want the ORIGINAL cut of ET, you'll be forced to shell out quite a bit of money as it is ONLY Available as part of the E.T. Ultimate Collector’s Gift Set which includes the original theatrical version, the 2002 theatrical version (plus all the features of the Limited Edition), a CD soundtrack, a script from the original feature and a collectible senitype and will set you back $50-$70!

Warner Bros. has announced the DVD release for the classic Barfly. Set for release on September 3rd Barfly Special Edition will feature commentary by Director Barbet Schroeder and Making-Of Featurette. If you've never seen Barfly you're going to want to check it out, it's painfully wonderful and was penned by the excentric and enigmatic Charles Bukowski. Barfly Special Edition can be Pre-Ordered online for $13.99.

When it comes to picking up Artisans' upcoming DVD Release for Reservoir Dogs: 10th Anniversary Special Edition (set for Aug 27) you'll have 5 different packages to pick from Mr. Blonde, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, Mr. White and the 'limited' Mr. Brown. All 5 Reservoir Dogs: 10th Anniversary Special Editions have exactly the same disc inside featuring: Interviews with Quentin Tarantino Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and more, Deleted Scenes and a few new Documentaries and Featurettes. If you can't figure out which one to buy we recommend Mr. Pink we always thought he was the coolest, despite the fact he got saddled with being Mr. Pink.

An enthusiastic salute to Paul Verhoven with a look at his fiendishly-subversive killer bug epic Starship Troopers -- now available as a 2-disc special edition. Also, cryptozoological weirdness in The Mothman Prophecies. Something stinks in Tromaville and it's Toxic Avenger 3: The Last Temptation of Toxie. Two-and-a-half hours of booze-addled cockfighting in Inbred Rednecks. Plus, responses to reader emails and Sssssss joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

Lions Gate has announced the DVD release based on the US remake of the Japanese TV series Iron Chef. Set for release on Aug 27, Iron Chef: Showdown USA features 2 one hour specials shot in Las Vegas and presided by 'Chairman' William Shatner. The four Iron Chefs in on this DVD are, Iron Chef American Todd English, Iron Chef French Jean Francois Meteigner, Iron Chef Italian Alessandro Stratta and Iron Chef Asian Roy Yamaguchi. You can pre-order Iron Chef: Showdown USA for only $11.24

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