`Home Fries' Arrives On Video and DVD, March 30; Stars Hollywood's Hottest, Young Actress Drew Barrymore; Free DVD Consumer Offer.

BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1999--Drew Barrymore, star of "The Wedding Singer," "Ever After" and "Scream" "will steal your heart(a)" in the critically acclaimed, off-center romantic comedy "Home Fries."

Also starring Catherine O'Hara ("Home Alone"), Luke Wilson ("Scream 2") and Jake Busey ("Starship Troopers"), "Home Fries" arrives on VHS and DVD March 30 from Warner Home Video.

Little known to Sally (Barrymore), a sunny, level-headed local drive-through order taker, she has become the center of a twisted scheme orchestrated by her former lover's wife, Mrs. Lever (O'Hara) and her two sons Dorian (Wilson) and Angus (Busey). Dorian, who is sent to infiltrate Sally's workplace, realizes that the closer he gets to Sally, the more he doesn't want to kill her; he'd rather marry her instead.

Directed by Academy Award-winner Dean Parisot and produced by Academy Award-winners Mark Johnson and Barry Levinson, "Home Fries" is available from Warner Home Video, a Time Warner Entertainment company, for rental on video and available on DVD for a suggested retail price of $19.98 (both, catalogue No. 15169).

The VHS has an approximate running time of 94 minutes, and the DVD a running time of 98 minutes.

FREE DVD Consumer Offer

The highly successful FREE DVD promotion will be repeated for consumers who rent any three of the following titles: "Home Fries," "Practical Magic," "Without Limits," "Soldier," "Shot Through the Heart" (HBO), "Dollar for the Dead" (TNT), "Lethal Weapon 4," "Negotiator," "Why Do Fools Fall In Love," "The Avengers," "Almost Heroes," "Wrongfully Accused," "The Rat Pack" (HBO) and "A Bright Shining Lie."

Consumers who mail in a completed tearpad form with receipts plus $3.95 shipping and handling receive a FREE DVD movie. Hit DVD titles available through this offer include: "Amadeus," "A Time To Kill," "A Perfect Murder," "City of Angels," "Eraser," "The Exorcist," "The Fugitive," "Space Jam," "The Right Stuff" and "U.S. Marshals." This DVD offer is valued up to $24.98.

With operations in 73 international territories -- more than the video division of any other studio -- Warner Home Video commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace.

The company is also distinguished by the wealth of top-quality film titles in its programming repertoire, distributing both new and classic films from the libraries of Warner Bros., Turner, Castle Rock, HBO, New Line, MGM and United Artists.

-------- (a) Jim Ferguson, FOX-TV