On April 25, 1975, John Lennon gave what was to be his last televised interview on "The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder." Speaking openly on the subjects of drug use, the breakup of the Beatles, and his immigration problems while seeking permanent residency in the U.S., the interview revealed he had tremendous humility and an affecting sense of humor. Shout! Factory's "The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom And Ringo" contains the complete interview with Lennon as rebroadcast on December 9, 1980, the day after he was shot while coming home from a recording session, along with interviews from that day with journalist Lisa Robinson and Lennon friend and producer Jack Douglas. This 2-DVD set also includes a 1981 interview with Ringo Starr, who discusses his film and music career, as well as remembrances of his band mate and friend John Lennon. There is also a 1979 interview with Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine & Laurence Juber, from a stage in London, who were then enjoying huge success with Wings. Check out these clips of John Lennon discussing Beatlemania as well as Paul McCartney talking about those days and if he'd like to recapture them.

Ok, so the anime market is still kind of quiet and there haven't been too many exciting announcements. There is still plenty of great anime on the market that deserves to be checked out. Shows like Speed Grapher, Moon Phase, Blue Gender, Shuffle, and Black Blood Brothers come to mind this week. WTK also hits the weekly ads and website bargain bins to seek out the most bang for your buck and John takes a look at Initial D's Blu-ray release! All this in the current installment of Anime Talk!

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include:  Battlestar Galactica - Season Three - these 20 episodes stand as some of the best science fiction ever put on TV; Terry Jones' Medieval Lives - The Monty Python member wrote and hosts this facinating series of programs that looks at what it was like to live in the middle ages; Family Affair: Season Five - still one of the best kept secrets of 1960s television, the final season of this warm, tender drama/sitcom is just as strong as the earlier seasons; the quality of the episodes doesn't wane for a moment here; Other shows include:  The Kill Point, Party of Five - The Complete Third Season, Frisky Dingo - Season 1, and The Invisible Man (2000): Season One.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Blast of Silence - Allen Baron's 1961 obscurity gets the jump on existential mob movies by several years, introducing a touch of art-movie poetics to a gritty B&W hit man saga. A major curiosity that's been on a lot of must-see lists for a long time; Don't Drink the Water - It didn't perform badly when it was new, but this utterly witless film adaptation of a Woody Allen stage hit is numbingly bad. Jackie Gleason and Estelle Parson's talents are buried in lame TV-movie setups and a terrible production. A surprise flop from a group of otherwise talented pros. ;The Bette Davis Collection, Vol. 3 - A third trip to the Bette Davis vault yields a couple of great pictures and some mid-range curiosities, and Davis makes them all highly entertaining: The Old Maid, All This and Heaven Too, The Great Lie, In This Our Life, Watch on the Rhine, Deception. A six-disc set loaded with featurettes, Bob Clampett cartoons and rare newsreel outtakes; and Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street -Tim Burton's blood-soaked adaptation retains the operatic quality of Stephen Sondheim's musical, if not the full range of its passions -- Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are a low-key pair of fiends, and the dank London setting gives free rein to Burton's Victorian-Goth visuals. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week we have a very special giveaway from Paramount Home Entertainment for There Will be Blood: 2 Disc Collector's Edition. Directed and adapted for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film has not only been named by more than 200 critics as one of the top 10 films of 2007, but has also garnered eight Academy Award nominations (including Best Motion Picture of the Year)! Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood tells the brutal tale of Daniel Plainview's struggle to become the greatest oilman of his time and his ruthless ways of getting there. Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film is a compelling look at the savage roots of American capitalism and religion, as well as a personal tale of one man's willingness to do whatever it takes to come out on top. The two-disc DVD delves deeply into the historical context of the film and the filmmaking process itself. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of There Will be Blood: 2 Disc Collector's Edition.

Another banner week for DVDs with the studios releasing some great films and boxed sets such as:  Sweeney Todd [review] - an artistic leap forward for director Tim Burton and also happens to be one of the best film musicals yet made;; The Bette Davis Collection, Vol. 3 [review] - This third trip to the well of the TCM Davis archives brings together six films never before available on DVD, all of them from Davis' peak years at Warner; and Alvin and the Chipmunks - this live-action version of the classic cartoon show is fun for kids of all ages.; Other releases of note include:  Father Knows Best: Season One [review], Doctor Who - The Time Warrior, and Murder, She Wrote - The Complete Eighth Season. Be sure to check out our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

This week we have a very special giveaway from KOCH LORBER for the Paolo and Vittorio Taviani films The Night of the Shooting Stars, Kaos and Fiorile. In the Cannes award-winning film The Night of the Shooting Stars, a mother tells her son about a night in 1944 when the residents of her small Tuscan town defied their Nazi occupiers. Magic, misery and hope are given life in Kaos, an epic film featuring five tales adapted from short stories by Italian playwright, Luigi Pirandello. In Fiorile, the Benedetti family has been haunted by a curse for generations. While driving to visit their grandfather, Luigi Benedetti tells his children the mysterious story of their ancestors - a story filled with forbidden love, passion and romance. Each DVD is supplemented by its own 8-page collectible booklet featuring an essay by Italian cinema expert Peter Bondanella. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 sets of these three newly restored and re-mastered films - new on DVD.

This week the DVD Talk Review Database has some great new entries, including some discs you may have overlooked. Recent DVD Reviews include: There Will Be Blood: 2-Disc Collector's Edition - one of 2007's finest offerings in a year of solid contenders, director Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted perhaps his most self-assured film to date; Blast of Silence - Criterion Collection - This 1961 cult classic is a throwback to the film noir of the previous two decades and is exactly what indie cinema was always meant to be, with unknowns breathing new life into old genres; and Warner Bros. Gangsters Collection Vol. 3 - a sensation collection of lesser-celebrated gangster flicks, with some terrific turns by the gangster Holy Trinity: Cagney, Robinson and Bogart.; Other recent reviews include: Alain Delon - 5-Film Collection, Fog City Mavericks: The Filmakers of San Francisco, and WWE - Triple H: the King Of Kings - There Is Only One.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week and the ability to browse reviews by studio.

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