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Warner Archive October 2020 Releases

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NEW 2020 1080p master! DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (1999) Run Time 98:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, 16x9 Widescreen Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)

The Sarah Rose American Teen Princess Pageant is a beauty contest to die for! And that’s exactly what the contestants in Mount Rose, Minnesota, are doing. Ever since the vivacious-but-vicious former beauty queen Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley, TV’s Cheers) started pushing her charm-challenged daughter, Rebecca (Denise Richards, The World Is Not Enough), to win at all costs, the competition has been dropping like flies. Between exploding tractors and deadly hunting accidents, it’s a wonder the top challenger, poor Amber (Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man), has the courage to keep her tap shoes on. But after Amber’s mother (Ellen Barkin, TV’s Animal Kingdom) is injured in a suspicious trailer-park-beauty-shop bombing, Amber is determined to fight to the finish – and the battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly! Experience plenty of mom, apple pie and all-American mayhem, plus a hit-packed soundtrack, in this breakthrough comedy that is “clever, fearless and loaded with wicked lines and touches” (Los Angeles Times).

NEW 2020 1080p masters! SPACE GHOST & DINO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES Run Time 420:00 Subtitles English Audio Specs MONO - English Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, 4x3 Full Frame Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 (2) Special Feature: Documentary "Alex Toth: The Artist's Artist: The Journey of a Master Cartoonist" (SD)

Showcasing the episodes in the three-segment form as they originally aired, these stellar retro hits soar through space and time to deliver justice! First, intergalactic policeman Space Ghost navigates the cosmos in his tricked-out spaceship The Phantom Cruiser, battling villains like Brak and Zorak with his legendary suit and powerful wristbands. Then, Dino Boy teams with caveman Ugh and dinosaur Bronty to go primeval on the ancient menaces of their primitive home. And finally, Space Ghost flies again with more extraterrestrial adventures and thrilling takedowns. This dynamite compilation also features the dynamic six-part Space Ghost episode The Council of Doom. It’s cosmic entertainment for all!

NEW 2020 1080p master from 4K scan of best surviving nitrate elements! SERGEANT YORK (1941) Run Time 134:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English Aspect Ratio 1.37:1, 4x3 Full Frame Product Color BLACK & WHITE Disc Configuration BD 50 Special Features: Commentary by Film Historian Jeanine Basinger; Making of Featurette "Sergeant York: Of God and Country"; Classic Cartoon "Porky's Preview"; Vintage Short "Lions for Sale"; Theatrical re-issue trailer (HD).

Torn between religious pacifism and patriotism, Alvin York of Tennessee went on to become World War I's most acclaimed hero. As the simple backwoods farm boy who captured 132 German soldiers during the Battle of Argonne, Gary Cooper (handpicked by York) also won acclaim and his first Best Actor Academy Award®. Released in 1941 when the United States was on the brink of another war, this stirring adventure inspired thousands of enlisting men. Nominated for a total of 11 Oscars® including Best Picture, a winner for Best Film Editing and movingly directed by Howard Hawks, it tells of a religious man's moral crisis, heroics and subsequent return to the rural life he loved while refusing to capitalize on the adulation heaped upon him. An ode to patriotism and the human spirit, Sergeant York endures as one of Hollywood's finest hours.

NEW 2020 1080p master! REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (1990) Run Time 112:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs STEREO - English, DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, 16x9 Widescreen Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD) and feature commentary by Director Barbet Schroeder and Screenwriter Nicholas Kazan

Did European aristocrat Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons) try to murder his wife, Sunny (Glenn Close), at their luxurious Newport mansion in 1980? Tabloids of the day had their opinions. “You have one thing in your favor,” defense attorney Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) told von Bulow. “Everybody hates you.” Written for the screen by Nicholas Kazan (Fallen, At Close Range), directed by Barbet Schroeder (Single White Female) and based on Dershowitz’s book, Reversal of Fortune is the acclaimed filmization of events that had all of America talking. For his precise portrait of icy brittleness, Irons won the Best Actor Academy Award®* as well as the Los Angeles and National Society of Film Critics Awards. Think you know the truth? Until you watch…you have no idea.

NEW 2020 1080p master! SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO (1960) Run Time 143:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs MONO - English, DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, 16x9 Widescreen Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)

He led America’s battles against the Depression and the Axis powers – and won. But first Franklin Delano Roosevelt fought a personal battle against polio that would either destroy him – or arm him for greatness. This powerful film of Dore Schary’s long-running play is an intimate, admiring profile in courage. Ralph Bellamy reprises his dynamic Tony®-winning stage portrayal of the future President, and Greer Garson is his devoted, warbly-voiced wife, Eleanor. Both were uncannily true in their roles, and acclaim followed: Garson earned Golden Globe® and National Board of Review Best Actress awards, as well as one of the movie’s four Oscar® nominations. With exteriors filmed at Campobello and Hyde Park and interiors staged on uncanny duplications of the real-life Roosevelt homes, Sunrise at Campobello shines eloquently and movingly.

NEW 2020 1080p master! THE OPPOSITE SEX (1956) Run Time 116:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, STEREO - English Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, 16x9 Letterbox Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)

“I’ve waited a whole year to grow claws like these. Jungle Red!” One of film’s greatest lines belongs to a wronged wife who wins back her man with the aid of an aggressive shade of nail polish. First a hit play, then an all-star 1939 (and later, 2008) movie, The Women resurfaces here as the musical The Opposite Sex, complete with an all-star cast, lines dipped in acid wit, big production numbers and fabulous ‘50s couture in scintillating CinemaScope®. June Allyson portrays the betrayed woman. Joan Collins is the siren who steals her husband. And Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood and Joan Blondell are assorted gal pals (true-blue and envy-green) who convince their demure friend to paint her claws – then use them.

NEW 2020 1080p master from 4K scan from best surviving preservation elements! WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940) Run Time 109:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English Aspect Ratio 1.37:1, 4x3 Full Frame Product Color BLACK & WHITE Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Theatrical Trailer (HD) and Screen Director’s Playhouse Radio Program with Norma Shearer and Mervyn LeRoy (audio only).

Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the war’s unspoken casualties. Heartbroken after Roy is reportedly killed in action, Myra turns to prostitution to make her way. The report, however, is false. Roy later returns from a POW camp, eager to begin life anew with his beloved. But Myra’s shattered spirit may no longer hold any room for happiness. Vivien Leigh plays Myra, at once winning and breaking viewers’ hearts in this exquisite melodrama. In a compassionate performance that was his all-time favorite, Robert Taylor is gallant Roy. Under Mervyn LeRoy’s astute direction, they make Waterloo Bridge a meeting place for lovers.

BLACK LIGHTNING: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (2018-19) Run Time 674:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.78:1, 16x9 Full Frame Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 (3)

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man of many faces. A former Olympic athlete, respected educator and father of two, he’s also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. But Jefferson is not alone. His oldest daughter, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), is a med student, part-time teacher and social activist. She is also the Super Hero known as Thunder, possessing invulnerability and super strength for as long as she can hold her breath. Jefferson’s youngest daughter, Jennifer (China Anne McClain), is a fiery teen who inherited her father’s athletic gifts but not his desire to be an athlete. Jennifer also inherited his powers. Her body generates pure electrical energy, and she possesses the potential to be more powerful than Anissa or Jefferson. Lynn (Christine Adams), Jefferson’s ex-wife, is fast becoming an expert in metahuman medicine. Together, the Pierce family fights the gang known as the One Hundred for the soul of Freeland.

BLACK LIGHTNING: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (2019-20) Run Time 673:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.78:1, 16x9 Full Frame Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 (3)

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), respected educator and father of two, is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. And he doesn’t fight alone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), aka Thunder, and Jennifer (China Anne McClain), aka Lightning, as well as his ex-wife, metahuman expert Lynn (Christine Adams). Together, the Pierce family combats the ills eroding their city, including a menacing gang that calls itself The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias Whale (Marvin Jones III). Worse, Freeland has been plagued by government-sponsored experiments and drug trafficking, creating metahumans and addicts while making Freeland the target of a dangerous foreign power, Markovia. Fortunately, the family still has allies in their fight: former covert superspy Peter Gambi (James Remar) and Jefferson’s neighbor, the scrupulously honest deputy police chief Bill Henderson (Damon Gupton).

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THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (2020) Subtitles English SDH Sound Quality DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.0:1, 16x9 Letterbox Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration DVD9

The HBO® series The Plot Against America, created by The Wire’s David Simon and Ed Burns and based on Philip Roth’s acclaimed novel, brilliantly imagines an alternate American history during World War II. Told through the eyes of the Levins, a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, the six-part limited series charts the political rise of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, a xenophobic populist who captures the presidency in 1940 and turns the nation toward fascism. Caught in the upheaval, the Levins learn that the violence threatening the lives of ordinary Americans is never more than a moment’s political provocation away. Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Michael Kostroff, David Krumholtz, Azhy Robertson, Caleb Malis, Jacob Laval and John Turturro star in this powerful tale of intolerance and totalitarianism.

HEAD OF THE CLASS: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (1987-88) Run Time 587:00 Sound Quality MONO - English, DOLBY DIGITAL - English Aspect Ratio 4x3 Full Frame, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.33:1 Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration DVD9

Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinnati) returns as good-natured substitute teacher Charlie Moore for the sophomore season of this fan-favorite sitcom. Charlie is assigned to the Individualized Honors Program, a very different kind of class. The IHP students are so gifted that their teachers are expected to be glorified babysitters, but the unconventional Charlie upsets the applecart by deciding to actually teach! He guides his charges – classic nerd Arvid (Dan Frischman), overachiever Maria (Leslie Bega), debate dynamo Darlene (Robin Givens), Indian immigrant Jawaharlal (Jory Husain), child prodigy Janice (Tannis Vallely), too-cool-for-school Eric (Brian Robbins), chemistry whiz Dennis (Dan Schneider), academic Renaissance woman Sarah (Kimberly Russell), ultraserious Alan (Tony O’Dell) and ethereal bibliophile Simone (Khrystyne Haje) – through academic challenges and real-life problems alike.

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Adventures In Dad-Ing (2)

Summary: The time Patton made a friend and scared Virgil halfway across the country and back. (Or, Patton gets lost and finds a friend while Virgil panics and searches the neighbourhood.) Word Count: 1647 Pairings: Familial Moxiety Previous: one

Virgil always took good care of his son. He treated Patton like royalty, always making sure the young boy had the basic necessities he require and enough books and toys to keep even a spoilt prince happy. What he could never provide, however, was friends.

Virgil tried his hardest to take Patton to daycare, but he was dependent and had an attachment disorder. He couldn’t be away from his father for more than an hour before he started to panic. The two went to groups for single parents every Saturday for three months before one of the kids hit Patton and the father blamed Virgil’s parenting.

It was one Friday afternoon when Patton found a friend in the most unlikely, but classically Patton, of fashions.

Patton finished his lunch and helped his dad clean up before running off to the living room to play with some soft toys. He had three favourites, a small blue teddy bear he named Blue, an old dog named Spot, and his all-time favourite green stuffed dinosaur named Fluffy. He would often play tea party with a set of plastic cups, or have adventures around the house with his toy friends, but no matter what, Patton always lost interest once he caught a glimpse outside. The passing cars would catch his attention over the game he was playing every time. Virgil had often caught his son trying to open the back door so he could go chase the neighbour’s geese or follow a stray cat down the street.

As the blonde boy was throwing his dinosaur in the air, a bird landed outside the sliding door. Patton quickly dropped his toy and raised to the glass, holding his face close and fogging it with his breath. As he was leaning against the door, the lock unhooked and it slides to the left, sending Patton to the ground with a thump. He quickly yells ‘I’m okay’ so his dad doesn’t worry before looking back up.

The bird hopped closer to the door, staring at Patton with large brown eyes before flying off, the boy quick to follow it outside. His little legs only carry him so far before he loses sight of the animal. Realising he’s not at home, Patton starts to worry. The houses around him don’t look like the ones his dad takes him past when they go shopping. Tears start to brim in the four-year-olds eyes when a loud cry sends him turning to his right.

A small park sits nestled between to large houses, containing only a swing set, jungle gym and a small slide. Sat on the bark under the jungle gym is a young boy, tears streaming down his cheeks and knee pulled up to his chest.

Patton waddles over, sniffling lightly as he approaches the boy.

“Are you okay?” He asks quietly, clambering onto the raised bark and sitting next to the boy. He doesn’t answer, crying loudly and wiping at his face. “I can help. I fall lots.” Patton offers slowly. The boy looks up, green eyes puffy from crying. He nods a little, a small smile making its way onto Patton’s freckled cheeks. The smaller boy helps his unnamed friend up, taking him to the water fountain to wash his knee before sitting together on the grass.

“Does it still hurt?” The boy nods a little, sniffling but no longer balling his eyes out. Patton leans over, pressing a kiss just above the wound on his knee. “My papa says kisses are magic. He says they help all sorts of things.” The boy smiles widely, showing a small gap in his front teeth.

“I’m Logan.” He thrusts a hand out, dark skin contrasting Patton’s light as he shakes his hand.

Meanwhile, Virgil enters the living room with a plate of cookies in hand. He looks up to ask if Patton would like some, eyes falling instantly onto the open door.

“Pattycake?” He yells, placing the cookies on the coffee table and wandering down to the boy’s room. “Patton?” He shouts louder, searching every room, under every table or chair, inside the cupboards. Panic rises in his stomach as he circles back to the living room.

“Patton!” He runs through the door, barely able to pull it shut behind him as he races onto the street. His first stop is the house down the street, the garden filled with gnomes and fairies had always fascinated the boy when they walked to the store together.

Virgil’s heart stops as he realises his son isn’t there, and he races back home to grab his phone on the knocking on the neighbour’s door. The couple next door was kind to the young family, always offering to babysit if Virgil was too busy and gifting the child his teddy bear on his third birthday.

The couple offers to help quickly, the eldest man hopping in the car and driving around the neighbourhood as the youngest goes the opposite way to Virgil to search on foot.

Oblivious to his panicking father and the search party on the lookout, Patton chases Logan around the park, playing tag amongst the play equipment.

“Haha, you can’t catch me!” Logan laughs, ducking between the swings before hiding behind a tree.

“Yeah, I can!” Patton races after him, almost tripping over his laces as he reaches the boy, tapping his shoulder and rolling onto the grass, finally out of breath. “See, told you!” Logan smiles again, sitting against the tree as Patton laughs.

“You’re pretty cool Patton.” He sighs, watching the boy play with the wildflowers. “Why are you out here alone?”

“Why are you here alone?” The younger retorts, sticking his tongue out. Logan looks away quickly, playing with his sleeves.

“Mummy said I had to leave. She said I can go home when it gets dark.” He mumbles, looking up at the setting sun and hoping it’ll go down faster. Yes, he liked playing with Patton, but the five-year-old wanted nothing more than to go cuddle up under his galaxy blanket and stare at the glow-in-the-dark stars his dad stuck to the roof.

“I got lost.” Patton smiles sadly, sitting up in front of his new friend. “I chased a bird and then I heard you cry. I don’t know here Papa is.” Tears brim in his blue eyes and Logan quickly wraps his arms around the younger child, holding him tight as he starts to cry, tired from his adventure.

“Patton!” A shout sounds, catching Logan’s attention. He looks up to see a man in flannel pyjamas wandering past the park. Looking down to see Patton asleep, he moves the boy off him, placing his jacket under his head and runs over to the sidewalk.

“Mister?” He asks, getting the man to spin around and look down at him. Logan stammers slightly, not a fan of the sudden attention. “Are you Patton’s dad?”

“Yes, yes! Sorry, have you seen him?” Virgil shouts, wincing at his own volume before bending down to the young boy’s height.

“Prove it. What was he wearing?” Logan’s not dumb. He knows not to talk to strangers. If this man truly is his friend's dad, he needs to prove it.

“His cat hoodie. Its grey and the sleeves should be wet from him chewing on them. He was also in a pair of blue shorts and I don’t think he was wearing shoes. He looks like this.” Virgil turns his phone to show the Logan a picture of the two, Patton squirming in his dad’s arms as he presses a kiss to his temple.

“He’s over here.” Logan grabs the man’s hand and pulls him over to the sleeping boy, Virgil sighing in relief. He quickly kneels next to his son, shaking him lightly to wake him. The boy’s eyes flutter open, a small whimper escaping his lips before he looks up. Upon seeing his father, Patton launches himself into his arms, apologizing and vowing to never run off again as tears start to fall from both his and his dad’s eyes.

“Thank you. I’m Virgil.” The man turns back to the other young boy in the park, offering a hand for him to shake.

“Logan.” He shakes the man’s hand before Patton detaches himself, giving Logan a hug as well as he thanks him for finding his dad.

“We should be getting home, Patton. How about we walk you home Logan, it’s quite dark.” An uncomfortable feeling washes over the young man. Why was Logan out here in the first place? He looks around Patton’s age, shouldn’t a parent be nearby?

“That would be good. Thank you Patton’s dad.” Logan takes the lead as Virgil picks up his tired son, and together they walk down the street to find a house on the corner. It looks nicer than Virgil’s home, but looks aren’t everything.

“Mr Patton’s dad?” Virgil looks down as Logan takes some mail out of the letterbox and pushes open the gate, turning back to the family. “Would it be okay if I play with Patton one day? I know he’s in trouble for running off, but I liked playing with him.”

“I think I could sort something out. How about you give your parents my number and we can set something up?” Virgil writes his number and address on the back of a leaflet and watches until Logan gets to his door before taking his son home.

He lays the sleeping boy in bed, tucking him in and giving him the dinosaur teddy.

It’s no surprise when Virgil checks every lock four times before going to bed himself. He makes sure every door is shut, and every window closed, even going as far as to check the cat door the previous owners installed.

The house falls quiet as both members of the family fall asleep, each sufficiently tired out from the big adventure.

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