``The Majestic'': Warner Home Video Sets a June 18 DVD and VHS Debut for Jim Carrey's ``Best Performance Yet!''* as a Small-Town Hero with a Big-Time Heart.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 22, 2002 On June 18th, Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. invites you to take home "The Majestic," the new film starring two-time Golden Globe winner Jim Carrey “James Carrey” redirects here. For the murder conspirator, see James Carey. James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian actor and comedian. , one of the most successful talents of all time and a $1.3 billion box-office superstar. Carrey's hits have sold more than 38 million videos including "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "Liar Liar," "Dumb & Dumber," "The Mask" and "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective." The Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert says "Carrey has never been better" than he is in "The Majestic," which arrives on VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. for $22.98 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. and on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. for $26.98 SRP. Academy Award(R)- and Golden Globe-nominated director Frank Darabont's previous films, "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile," have become two of the most successful titles in the Warner library The Warner Library is the school library at Trent College in Derbyshire. The current librarians/assistants are:
Special DVD features include "Sand Pirates of the Sahara," the movie within the movie, eight minutes of additional scenes and the theatrical trailer. The DVD also includes Dolby Digital A digital audio encoding system from Dolby used in movie and home theaters. First used in 1995, Dolby Digital employs Dolby's AC-3 (Audio Coding-3) coding and compression technology and is the standard for DVD-Video and HDTV. 5. 5.1 audio, widescreen format (16x9 1.85:1), cast and crew filmographies, English and French languages (dubbed in Quebec), and subtitles in English, French and Spanish. The VHS edition of "The Majestic" will also feature additional scenes. SYNOPSIS The year is 1951 and ambitious Hollywood screenwriter Peter Appleton (Carrey) is suddenly targeted as a suspected Communist. He loses his job and his girl in quick succession and then in a serious car accident, he's left with amnesia. Stumbling into a charming small California town where he's mistaken for one of their many long lost World War II heroes, Peter falls in love during his sojourn in the town and ultimately discovers the courage and the conviction he needs to become the hero of his own life. "The Majestic" co-stars Academy Award-winner Martin Landau (Ed Wood, "The X-Files") and Academy Award-nominee Bob Balaban ("Gosford Park," "Best in Show"). Photo material can be downloaded at www.whvdirect.com. *Leonard Maltin, "Hot Ticket" |
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