| News: ``The Martin Scorsese Collection'' Debuts August 17; Featuring Director Commentaries and Documentaries on Each Film
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2004--Warner Home Video:
-- "GoodFellas" & "Mean Streets" Newly Remastered Special Editions
-- "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "After Hours," "Who's That Knocking at My Door?" Make DVD Debut
On August 17, Warner Home Video (WHV) will celebrate the memorable career of director Martin Scorsese with a five film collection featuring some of his most acclaimed films. All will feature commentaries by Scorsese and others as well as new and vintage documentaries. "GoodFellas" will be available as a Two-Disc Special Edition for $26.99 SRP and includes commentaries by Scorsese, ex-gangster Henry Hill and ex-FBI agent Edward McDonald; the other four films will sell for $19.97 SRP. "The Scorsese Collection" will also be available in a gift set priced at $59.92 SRP.
"The Scorsese Collection" will include the newly remastered "GoodFellas" Two-Disc Special Edition and "Mean Streets" Special Edition DVDs. Also included are the DVD debuts of "After Hours," "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and his first feature film, "Who's That Knocking at My Door?"
Last year, when the Director's Guild of America honored Scorsese with their Lifetime Achievement Award, critic Roger Ebert said, "There is no greater American filmmaker right now than Martin Scorsese, and there hasn't been for some time, perhaps since Welles and Hitchcock and Ford died ... He's the director that even the other directors would place first ... No one has made more or better movies in the past 30 years ..."
Martin Scorsese, director, producer, writer and actor is one of this generation's most honored and prolific artists. He grew up in New York City's Little Italy, the tough downtown neighborhood which later provided inspiration for several of his films. Scorsese graduated from New York University's Film School and after making several award-winning short films, he directed "Who's That Knocking at My Door?" released theatrically in 1969. Scorsese then worked as assistant director and an editor on the documentary "Woodstock" in 1970 and proceeded to work on what was to become his breakthrough film, "Mean Streets," released in 1973 and starring Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel as the leads. In 1974, he directed "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," the Academy Award(R)-winning feminist odyssey that was his first commercial success.
Photos available at www.whvdirect.com.
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