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What's coming on VHS/DVD

By Bette-Lee Fox -- Library Journal, 9/1/2008

Boys in the Band. color. 2 hrs. William Friedkin, CBS Home Entertainment & Paramount Home Entertainment. Nov. 2008. DVD $26.99. Rated: R. DRAMA

Matt Crowley's take on New York gay life broke barriers and made waves. This 1970 film adaptation of his play features many of the original Off-Broadway cast.

Iron Man: Ultimate Edition. 2 discs. color. 125 min. Jon Favreau, dist by Paramount Home Entertainment. Oct. 2008. DVD & Blu-ray $39.99; single-disc DVD $29.99. DRAMA

Superhero mania comes decked-out in a two-disc set featuring plenty of extras on how Iron Man proved his mettle.

Kiss of the Spider Woman: Collector's Edition. 2 discs. color & b/w. 2+ hrs. Hector Babenco, dist by City Lights Home Entertainment. Oct. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-0-9793607-5-6. $34.98; Blu-ray DVD ISBN 978-0-9793607-6-3. $39.98. Rated: R. DRAMA

This 1985 adaptation of Manuel Puig's novel features an Oscar®-winning performance by William Hurt, along with Raul Julia and Sonia Braga. Digitally remastered and restored. Includes the premiere of Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Love Songs. color. 107 min. Elie Chouraqui, dist by Somerville House c/o Koch Entertainment. Oct. 2008. DVD $15.98. ROMANTIC COMEDY

Catherine Deneuve is a producer of rock bands in Paris, but a younger musician (Christopher Lambert, Greystoke) has a romantic melody in mind. From 1986.

New York City Ballet: Bringing Back Balanchine. color & b/w. 2+ hrs. dist by City Lights Home Entertainment. Nov. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-0-9793607-8-7. $19.95. DANCE

Recalling the company's 2003 trip to St. Petersburg, Russia, where a legion of well-known dancers first bellied up to the barre. Narrated by Kevin Kline.

Six in Paris. color. 92 min. In French w/English subtitles. New Yorker Video. Oct. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-56730-460-2. $29.95. DRAMA

Taglined "six Parisian neighborhoods, six French New Wave masters," with Jean Douchet's Saint-Germain des Prés, Jean Rouch's Gare du Nord, Jean-Daniel Pollet's Rue Saint-Denis, Eric Rohmer's Place de L'Etoile, Jean-Luc Godard's Montparnasse & Levallois, and Claude Chabrol's La Muette. A sensational sextet.

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