Issue #33 • ships from Aug 9 2002
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Monsters Inc
• Disney has surpassed itself with this collector’s edition. We talk exclusively to director Peter Docter and Vice President of Marketing Gordon Ho about creating a digital masterpiece.

Free Coverdisc
• A complete episode of the outrageous BBC comedy The Young Ones. This VCD PAL disc is available from our catalogue with the Blade II cover.

PLUS: a special money off voucher when you buy selected BBC comedy titles at WHSmith!

The Big 5 of 2002
• Previewing the biggest discs for a Christmas release: Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones , The Back to the Future Trilogy, Ice Age, Spider-Man and the Lord of the Rings Special Edition.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• The genetically modified supervillain Khan is back – this time on a new Director’s Edition DVD. A new scene, brand new interviews and documentaries, and loads of behind the scenes material make this a must-buy disc – and we talk to director Nicholas Meyer about the best Star Trek film to date…

Baz Luhrmann
• The Red Curtain Trilogy of Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge closes for good with the release of an amazing five-disc box set with brand new extras. Baz Lurhmann tells us how DVD has changed the rules of film-making.

The Mothman Prophecies
• Let’s face it, you didn’t see it at the movies. In that case, there’s no excuse for missing this classic shocker on DVD – and Ultimate DVD reveals why The Mothman Prophecies deserves a second chance…

John Carpenter
• As The Fog moves as on a Region 1 DVD release, one of the great masters of horror discusses his scary movies on disc.

Leon The Pig Farmer
• A low budget British comedy that made it into the big league: as the film comes to DVD, co-writer and director Gary Sinyor reveals how they brought home the bacon.

The Italian Job
• Revitalizing the Michael Caine classic for a new generation: we talk to the producers of the disc.

New discs available in both Regions 1 and 2 including:

• 24
• Blade II
• Jackie Brown - Special Edition
• Janet Jackson - Live in Hawaii
• Monsters Inc - Special Edition
• Storytelling
• Tarzan & Jane

A wealth of new reviews including...

• Charlotte Gray
• Crossroads
• Dinotopia
• The Fog
• High Crimes
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
• Imposter
• John Q
• Orange County
• The Outer Limits (1963) Series 1
• Resident Evil
• The Rookie
• Showtime
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - Director’s Edition

All the latest discs including:

• 3000 Miles to Graceland
• Behind Enemy Lines
• Cadillac Man
• Doctor Who: The Dalek Movies
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
• The Italian Job
• Leon The Pig Farmer
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)
• A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
• Nobody Someday
• Sample People
• Sapphire and Steel - Box Set I
• Stargate SG-1 Volumes 23 & 24
• The Young Ones - Series 1
• Zelig

• Spotlight on Hollywood
  Tim Curry on the Rocky Horror DVD, and Malcolm MacDowell on A Clockwork Orange.
• Commentary - News from the DVD scene
  Dr Hannibal Lecter and the Terminator recalled, rental windows begin to close, and a whole wealth of forthcoming titles.
• Hardware
  The Denon DVD-2800II and Philips DVD 723 reviewed, and we reveal all the must-have hardware coming to the market soon
• Your letters
  Why not tear yourself away from the tube or flat screen, and drop us a disc related line?

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: Buena Vista,

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2002. Not for reproduction

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