Judy Collins’ 1974 Oscar Nominated Documentary About The First Female Conductor Of Major Orchestras Re-Released On DVD!

Antonia: A Portrait Of The Woman, the celebrated documentary film about the first woman
conductor of major orchestras in the U.S. and Europe, Antonia Brico, was recently re-released on DVD via Cleoptra Records. Folk music icon Judy Collins produced and co-directed this highly acclaimed 1974 Academy Award nominated documentary film, which explores themes of gender discrimination that are still highly relevant today.

An unforgettable and inspiring figure, Brico faced hardship after hardship, overcoming enormous obstacles and prejudice to pursue her life’s passion in the male-dominated field of classical conducting. Alongside co-director Jill Godmillow, Collins tells the story of Brico, her former piano teacher, with tremendous emotion and skill using both historic news clippings as well as an in-depth interview with the Maestro herself. This 2015 Edition includes the feature-length film as well as bonus features including a photo gallery and commentary tracks, plus a brand new interview with Collins who reflects on the personal and professional impact of Brico’s life and pioneering spirit.

" Lady Antebellum : Wheels Up Tour " Set for DVD/BD Release

Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the November 13, 2015 release of the Lady Antebellum: Wheels Up Tour on DVD and Blu-ray  [MSRP $19.98 Blu-ray, $14.98 DVD].  This concert film was shot this year at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, California on June 27.  Their Wheels Up 2015 Tour concerts showcased songs from the band’s most recent album 747, along with hit singles and fan favorites from across their career, including “American Honey,” “Need You Now,” “Bartender,” “Our Kind Of Love,” “Just A Kiss,” “I Run To You,” “We Owned The Night,” “Dancin’ Away With My Heart,” “Compass,” “Love n’t Live Here,” and many more!

The seven-time Grammy-winning act has amassed a multitude of hits and an incredibly loyal fanbase worldwide. Lady Antebellum’s Wheels Up 2015 Tour started in Oslo, Norway at the end of February and traversed Europe, Australia, and North America before it concluded in Las Vegas, at the beginning of October. Scattered between the live songs, the film features behind-the-scenes snippets, highlighting the band meeting fans, the spectacular set design and intimate moments on the tour.

Make Sure to Pick Up "Trash", November 17

Three impoverished street kids stumble onto the key to a far-reaching conspiracy in Trash, a gripping adventure  coming to Blu-ray and DVD on November 17, 2015 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Directed by Academy Award-nominee Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and based on the critically acclaimed novel by Andy Mulligan, Trash breathes new life into a classic genre as it follows a trio of Brazilian teenagers on a mission to untangle a web of political corruption while staying one step ahead of the police.

When three trash-picking boys from the slums of Rio De Janeiro find a wallet at their local dump, they have no idea their lives are about to change forever. But when local police show up offering a handsome reward for its return, the friends realize they've found something important. Academy Award-nominee Rooney Mara (The Girl with Dragon Tattoo, Side Effects), Martin Sheen ("The West Wing," The Departed), Wagner Moura ("Narcos," Elysium) and Selton Mello (The Clown, My Hindu Friend) star in this thrilling adventure based on Andy Mulligan's best-selling novel and adapted for the screen by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, War Horse).
 

"No Escape" Escapes for a November DVD/Blu-ray Release

Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company are proud to announce the home entertainment release of the intense international thriller, NO ESCAPE starring Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers, Zoolander, Night at the Museum series)), Lake Bell (HBO’s “How to Make it in America,” No Strings Attached) and Pierce Brosnan (The James Bond Franchise, Survivor, The Thomas Crown Affair). Directed by John Erick Dowdle (As Above So Below, Quarantine) and written together and produced with his brother Drew Dowdle (As Above So Below, Quarantine). NO ESCAPE will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on November 24, 2015.

NO ESCAPE centers on an American businessman (Wilson) as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city.

NO ESCAPE, “a taut thriller” (Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer) is rated R for strong violence throughout, and for language and has a running time of 103 minutes. DVD and Blu-ray special features include Feature Commentary with Writer/Director John Erick Dowdle and Writer/Producer Drew Dowdle, Deleted Scenes, and Behind-the-Scenes Gallery.

Mr Dynamite : The Rise of James Brown Arrives Nov 6

Directed by Oscar and Emmy winner Alex Gibney and co-produced by Mick Jagger, Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown digs into the career of one of music and culture's towering figures. On November 6, 2015, the Peabody Award-winning documentary film will be released worldwide by UMe on DVD and Blu-ray with exclusive bonus features, including feature-length roundtable commentary, extended interviews with original James Brown Revue members and others, the acclaimed music video for "It's A Man's Man's Man's World," and two classic James Brown Soul Train television performances, one of which is an unrehearsed blues romp with Brown's idols B.B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland, which has not been seen since its original 1975 airing.

Using fresh interviews with James Brown band members and contemporaries, extraordinary historical interview footage, and rare archival performances of such Brown classics as "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," "I Got You (I Feel Good)," "Out Of Sight," "Please Please Please," "Soul Power," "Sex Machine," "It's A Man's Man's Man's World," "Cold Sweat," and more, Mr Dynamite, a feature-length documentary was made with the cooperation of the Brown Estate, which opened its archives for the first time. 

Delving into politics, race relations during the explosive civil rights movement and the raw power behind several of his most famous tunes, Mr. Dynamite was honored with a 2014 Peabody Award, for what the Peabody panel called "its admiring but clear-eyed appraisal of a truly revolutionary musical figure and his legacies, his relationship to America and American culture, to funk, to hip hop, to racial politics, to American history and music history… It's a documentary you could almost dance to, so sure and steady is its pulse."

AMERICAN ULTRA Announced for November DVD & BD Release

Jesse Eisenberg (Now You See Me) and Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga) star as two slackers-turned-secret weapons in the action-comedy American Ultra arriving on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD) and DVD (plus Digital) November 24 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The knockout adventure from the director of the hit comedy Project X also stars Topher Grace (TV’s “That 70’s Show”), Connie Britton (TV’s “Nashville”), Walton Goggins (TV’s “Justified”), John Leguizamo (John Wick), Bill Pullman (Independence Day) and Tony Hale (HBO’s “VEEP”).

American Ultra is a dynamic thrill ride that mixes explosive action with edgy humor. Mike (Eisenberg) shares a small-town life with his girlfriend Phoebe (Stewart). But Mike’s sleepy world goes wild after he discovers that he’s actually a CIA sleeper agent with lethal fighting skills—and the target of government hitmen. Mike, the ultimate slacker, transforms into an ultra-attacker as he and Phoebe fight to survive in this exhilarating adventure.

Armed with a stockpile of extras, the American Ultra home entertainment release includes a behind-the-scenes documentary, a look at the unique weapons used in the film, gag reel, and audio commentary with the director. In addition, the American Ultra Blu-ray features DTS:X immersive audio technology. DTS:X replicates and conveys the fluid movement of sound by accurately matching sounds to what is visually occurring on - and off - the screen to create a richer soundscape than has previously been possible. The American Ultra Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $29.99 and $21.98, respectively.
 

"MY ITALIAN SECRET: FORGOTTEN HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST” WITNESSES THE COURAGEOUS ACTS OF A FEW TO SAVE MANY

Public Media Distribution, announced today it is releasing “MY ITALIAN SECRET: FORGOTTEN HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST” on DVD November 10, 2015. Would you risk your life to save a stranger? This program tells the story of cycling idol Gino Bartali, Dr. Giovanni Borromeo, and other courageous Italians who carried out ingenious schemes to rescue Jews, partisans, and refugees from Nazi-occupied Italy.

Celebrated as a Tour de France champion, Gino Bartali’s most daring triumph came when he risked his life to save Italian Jews by smuggling fake identification documents in the frame of his bicycle. Dr. Borromeo invented a fictitious disease to scare the SS away from the hospital where he was hiding Jews.

"A CHEF’S LIFE HOLIDAY SPECIAL" from PBS in November!

PBS Distribution announced today it is releasing “A CHEF’S LIFE HOLIDAY SPECIAL” on DVD November 3, 2015. This holiday season, the popular series A Chef’s Life invites viewers on a journey to discover and rediscover holiday traditions. Chef Vivian Howard hosts a holiday to remember at her home in Eastern North Carolina as she creates a Southern holiday feast steeped in her family’s Christmas and Chanukah traditions.

Having spent most of her adult life in the kitchens of highly-lauded restaurants, Vivian has rarely celebrated the holidays during busy Decembers. This year, she and her husband Ben Knight are determined to give their toddler twins a traditional holiday experience, cooking, laughing, and yes, crying their way through Southern traditions new and old. In the program Vivian discovers that mistletoe is traditionally shot out of a pecan tree, experiences her first hog killing, and leads a “tacky Christmas sweater” night with the restaurant staff at Chef and the Farmer.

 “A CHEF’S LIFE HOLIDAY SPECIAL” will be available on DVD November 3, 2015. The run time of this program is approximately 60 minutes and its SRP is $24.99. The program will also be available for digital download.

THE GIFT to be Presented on DVD/BD This November 3

Revenge comes in an artfully wrapped package in The Gift, a chilling psychological thriller available on Blu-ray and DVD on November 3, 2015 for public libraries from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The Gift is a suspenseful and thrilling morality tale that earned a "Certified Fresh" seal on Rotten Tomatoes with a remarkable score of 93%. The Blu-ray and DVD are packed with chilling bonus features including a riveting alternate ending, deleted scenes, feature commentary with writer and director Joel Edgerton, and more.

The Gift asks the question, "Can you really go through life having never wronged anyone?" Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high-school acquaintance sends their world into a narrowing tailspin. At first Simon doesn't recognize Gordo (Joel Edgerton), but after a series of uninvited encounters and mysterious gifts prove troubling, a horrifying secret from the past is uncovered after more than 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she is forced to contemplate: how well do we really know those closest to us, and are bygones ever really bygones?

THE BEATLES’ VIDEOS AND TOP HITS COME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME !

After The Beatles stopped touring, and because traveling around the globe to promote new releases was impossible, the band increasingly made what could be described as “mini movies.” These pioneering promotional films and videos helped to define the way we have come to watch music, not least because The Beatles approached filming with the same ease and innovative spirit they brought to the recording studio, exploring new creative possibilities with infectious delight. Showcasing the band’s filmed work to accompany their 27 No.1 U.K. and U.S. singles, The Beatles 1 is newly restored and expanded in multiple configurations for global release on November 6 by Apple Corps Ltd/UMG.

 The 27-track CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray pairs beautifully restored videos for each song with new stereo and 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS HD surround audio mixes. The brand new Beatles 1+ celebrates their career in over 200 minutes through 50 promotional films and videos. This includes the 27 No.1s, with the restored videos, along with a second disc of 23 videos, including alternate versions, as well as rarely seen and newly restored films and videos; all include new audio mixes in deluxe CD/2DVD and CD/2Blu-ray packages. The 27-track audio CD is also being made available with new stereo mixes. A 2LP, 180-gram vinyl package release will follow.

The new editions of The Beatles 1 have been made possible following extensive research, and restoration of the original promo films, classic television appearances and other carefully selected videos spanning the band’s history. Apple Corps dug deep into The Beatles’ vaults to select a broad range of films and videos for their rarity, historical significance and quality of performance. An 18-person team of film and video technicians and restoration artists was assembled by Apple Corps to undertake painstaking frame-by-frame cleaning, color-grading, digital enhancement and new edits that took months of dedicated, ‘round-the-clock work to accomplish.

End of the Tour Checks in This November

Jason Segel “is a revelation” (Entertainment Weekly) in his transformation into best-selling author

David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on November 3 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Directed by James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now), written for the screen by Donald Margulies (Play “Dinner with Friends”), and based on the book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky, the “intimate and insightful” (Los Angeles Times) film co-stars Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg (Best Actor, The Social Network, 2010) as reporter and aspiring author David Lipsky.

Winner of Best Narrative Feature at the Sarasota Film Festival, the film was released theatrically by A24 and is Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes.  The End of the Tour will be available on Blu-ray and DVD for the suggested retail prices of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively. 

Mr Holmes to DVD and BD on November 10

Oscar nominee Sir Ian McKellen* joins fellow Academy Award nominee Laura Linney** in the mysterious and intriguing Mr. Holmes, arriving on Blu-ray , DVD , November 10 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Miramax.

Based on Mitch Cullin’s novel “A Slight Trick of the Mind,” written for the screen by Jeffrey Hatcher (The Duchess), and directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon (Best Adapted Screenplay, Gods and Monsters, 1998), Mr. Holmes finds a retired Sherlock returning to close the book on the one mystery he could never solve. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival and released theatrically in July by Miramax and Roadside Attractions, the film is Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh.

She's Funny That Way Arrives in November

Settle in for a hilarious tale of complicated relationships like no other when She’s Funny That Way arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital HD) and Digital HD November 3 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. 

From Academy Award-nominated director Peter Bogdanovich (Best Director, The Last Picture Show, 1971) and written by Louise Stratten (Django Unchained) and Peter Bogdanovich, She’s Funny That Way stars Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris), Imogen Poots (Need for Speed), Kathryn Hahn (Tomorrowland), Will Forte (Nebraska), Cybill Shepherd (Taxi Driver), Austin Pendleton (A Beautiful Mind), Joanna Lumley (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Richard Lewis (Leaving Las Vegas), with Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses) in a screwball comedy featuring the interconnected personal lives of the cast and crew of a Broadway production. 

When established director Arnold Albertson (Wilson) casts call-girl-turned-actress Isabella “Izzy” Patterson (Poots) in a new play to star alongside his wife Delta (Hahn) and her ex-lover Seth Gilbert (Ifans), a zany love triangle forms with hilarious twists. Jennifer Aniston plays Izzy’s therapist Jane, who is consumed with her own failing relationship with Arnold’s playwright Joshua Fleet (Forte), who is also developing a crush on Izzy. 

Inside Out Arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on November 3

From the Imaginative Minds of Disney-Pixar Comes a Major "Emotion" Picture Beyond Compare! Along with an all-new animated short "Riley's First Date?" Inside Out arrives on DVD, Blu-ray 3D and  Blu-ray Combo Pack November 3, 2015.

Do you ever look at someone and wonder what's going on inside their head? Disney-Pixar's "Inside Out" takes an exciting and hilarious journey into the mind to find the answer. Based in Headquarters, the control center of 11-year-old Riley's mind, five emotions are hard at work, led by lighthearted optimist Joy. She strives to make sure Riley stays happy as she operates alongside fellow emotions Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. It's "an instant classic," raves Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times. Experience it like never before on Disney Blu-ray!