Our DVD Savant made his way through the whopping 3 disc, 10 hour plus commentaries and bonus features Roots: The Miniseries and brings you the full report on this landmark release. This week DVD Savant also takes a look at the Michael Apted documentary Me & Isaac Newton - 'a refreshingly humanistic look at real scientists'. Read all this and more in this week's The DVD Savant!

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Warner Bros. announced what it hopes to be one of the biggest DVDs of the year: Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone for release on May 28. The Harry Potter DVD will be released in both full frame and widescreen editions. The Widescreen Edition features a 16x9 enhanced Widescreen transfer (2.35:1), Dolby Digital 5.1 EX audio, Deleted Scenes, and a number of tours and multimedia goodies which involve virtual tours, quidditch tutorials, potion and spell games. We have the complete details & pre-order links (as low as $16.99) which you can see by clicking :

After a lackluster initial release of the Dune Mini-Series on DVD, Artisan has decided to revisit the DVD release with their upcoming Dune: Special Edition Directors Cut on 4/23. Many of you will be excited to hear that this time around the DVD will be 16x9 enhanced and sport both a Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio track. Aside from the improved tech specs the Dune DVD will also feature 30 Mins of new integrated footage, Audio Commentary with Frank Herbert Jr., John Harrison and William Hurt, Science Fiction Round Table with including John Harrison, Richard Dreyfuss, Salman Rushdie, George Lucas, Alexa Poryas, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Crichton, Charles Elachi, William Gibson and Arthur C. Clarke and a 'Defining Messiah' Documentary. Pre-Order Dune: Special Edition Directors Cut

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Just announced (and on sale) is the 2nd film by buzzworthy director Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet: Special Edition. Set for release on 3/12 R + J: SE will feature Commentary by Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Donald McAlpine, Craig Pearce, 2 Music Videos, Director's Gallery, Interview Gallery and more! Romeo + Juliet: Special Edition is on sale at DVD Empire: 30% off for $13.99 While you're at it you can 'make your own 'Red Curtain Collection' (the title given to the coupling of Lurhman's 3 films) and pick up Strictly Ballroom: SE and the fantastic Moulin Rouge.

DVD Talk Reviewer Holly E. Ordway (an avid cycling fan) took at look at a number of new Cycling oriented DVDs from World Cycling Productions. If you're a fan of Cycling you'll want to check out Holly's reviews of: A Sunday in Hell, 2001 Tour de France, Le Course en Tete/ The Greatest Show on Earth. Stars and Watercarriers / The Impossible Hour and The Fausto Coppi Story / Jacques Anquetil.

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