DISNEY ANN0UNCES AUGUST DVD RELEASES

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

On DVD on August 4

Las Vegas taxi driver Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) sets off on the adventure of a lifetime when two mysterious teens ask him to drive them deep into the Nevada desert. Jack agrees to take siblings Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) to Witch Mountain, a shadowy government outpost devoted to studying inexplicable phenomena – including UFO sightings. But his young passengers are no ordinary teens. With a ruthless adversary on their trail, Sara and Seth display astonishing supernatural abilities and Jack becomes a reluctant hero as he helps them evade their pursuer. As Witch Mountain reveals its long hidden secrets, Jack discovers that his passengers are the only key to saving the world!

Bonus features include; Deleted Scenes, Bloopers. Exclusive Blu-ray Combo Pack bonus features include: Backstage Disney: Which Mountain? – Director Andy Fickman reveals the film’s hidden references to the original movies, Escape to Witch Mountain and Return from Witch Mountain.

D-Box – Viewers equipped with a D-BOXâ„¢ Integrated Motion System will be able to experience a whole new dimension while watching this movie.

SLING BLADE

On Blu-ray August 4

Rediscover Billy Bob Thornton’s riveting, Oscar® winning drama Sling Blade when it debuts on Blu-ray™ High Def this August 4, 2009, from Miramax Films. This beautifully made and thoughtfully told tale about a mentally challenged man’s reintroduction into society after twenty-five years in prison has an Oscar® nominated performance by Billy Bob Thornton.

THE TIGGER MOVIE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION DVD

On DVD August 4, 2009

Set in the Hundred Acre Woods, The Tigger Movie 10th Anniversary Edition features

Tigger and the gang ( Roo, Rabbit, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga, Christopher Robin) in this musical tale of friendship and adventure. Tigger sets off on a journey to find other Tiggers who he could call his own family after feeling left out while the gang prepares for a gloomy winter. Through his adventures, Tigger realizes that families come in all shapes and sizes, and even though they look different, the Hundred Acre Wood friends, are his true family. Originally released in theatres in 2000, The Tigger Movie is the best-selling pre-school DVD of all time. (Source: Nielsen, 12/08).

The Tigger Movie 10th Anniversary Edition includes all of the bonus features from the original edition plus two all new-to-DVD episodes from the popular TV series “The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.”

Bonus features Included on Special Edition 2-Disc Set “King of the Beasties” and “Tigger’s Houseguest” – New-to-DVD episodes from TV series “The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.” ”Your Heart Will Lead You Home” – Music video/music by Kenny Loggins. ”Round My Family Tree” Sing-Along Song, Tigger Movie Trivia Game, Thingamajigger Matching Game, Round Your Family Tree, and Tigger Movie DVD Storybook.

PETE’S DRAGON: HIGH FLYING EDITION

On DVD August 18, 2009

Pete’s Dragon is a musical adventure about Pete (Sean Marshall) a spunky young orphan that blends live action and stellar Disney animation. With his only friend Elliot, a tubby, 12-foot tall dragon who can make himself invisible, Pete takes refuge from his abusive adoptive family in the seaside town of Passamaquoddy, Maine. After Elliot’s invisible antics wreak havoc with the residents and Pete gets the blame, Nora (Helen Reedy) is touched by the youngster’s plight and takes him to live with her and her tippling father Lampie (Mickey Rooney) in the Passamaquoddy Point lighthouse. Lampie’s tipsy tales of the boy and his dragon amuse the disbelieving townsfolk, until the local quack, Dr. Terminus, discovers that Elliot is real and hatches a scheme to capture the dragon.

Bonus features Include Deleted Storyboard Sequence: “Terminus & Hoagy Hunt Elliot,” Original Song Concept: “Boo Bop Bopbop Bop (I Love You, Too)” Original Demo Recordings (Audio Only) – A special audio-only feature that includes early demo versions of “Brazzle Dazzle Day” and “Every Little Piece” before they evolved into the songs heard in the movie. Also includes “The Greatest Star of All,” a song originally intended to be sung by Ferdinand, a character later deleted from the film.  “Where’s Elliot?” – The Disappearing Dragon Game, Pete’s Dragon Art Galleries, About Pete’s Dragon, Disney Family Album, The Plausible Impossible, and much more

HANNAH MONTANA THE MOVIE

On DVD August 18

Her crazy double life as pop sensation Hannah Montana is taking its toll on the teen and her family. So Miley’s dad, Robby Ray Stewart (Miley’s real-life father, Billy Ray Cyrus) decides a visit to the family farm in Tennessee to celebrate Grandma Ruby’s (Margo Martindale) birthday will bring his little girl back down to earth. Far away from the bright lights and the big city, Miley reconnects with childhood friend Travis (Lucas Till). Their budding romance, along with the love of her family and friends, gives Miley some much-needed perspective on life. But when her pushy publicist (Vanessa Williams) comes calling and a smarmy reporter (Peter Gunn) tries to dig up the dirt on Hannah, Miley is forced to make the hardest decision of her life.

Bonus feaures on the Three-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack include: The HoeDown ThrowDown Home Experience, 7 Music Videos, Production 101: Jackson Style, Bloopers, Deleted Scenes, BD Radio Disney Additional Three-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack and Two-Disc DVD include the following bonus features: New Music Video, Find Your Way Back Home, Production 101: Jackson Style, Bloopers and Deleted Scenes with Director Commentary

DIRTY SEXY MONEY: The Complete Second and Final Season

On DVD August 18

Family secrets so shocking even unlimited wealth and power can’t keep them hidden. Scandals rock the privileged world of the Darling family as Season 2 of television’s most delectably dishy drama gets dirtier and sexier than ever before.

ELI STONE: The Complete Second and Final Season

On DVD August 18

Whether he’s a modern day prophet or just dangerously deluded, one thing is certain about Eli Stone—he knows his ‘80s pop stars! The reformed corporate litigator who just can’t get George Michaels out of his head goes to bat for underdogs, little guys and forgotten souls in Eli Stone: The Complete Second and Final Season. This four-disc set contains all 13 episodes, plus deleted scenes and entertaining features that go behind the scenes of this quirky audience favorite.

GREEK: Chapter Three

On DVD August 18, 2009

The fun, the friendship, and a new kind of drama continue in the ABC Family original series. Greek. Chapter Three brings a new year with new pledges and new challenges. Rusty’s fraternity life takes some interesting twists when he moves into the Kappa Tau house. Meanwhile, in a battle for the pledges’ affections, Casey and Frannie spill each other’s past secrets, and Hell Week at Cyprus-Rhodes University creates havoc up and down Greek Row.

Bonus Features Include: 20 Questions with the Cast,  Bloopers and Audio Commentaries.

SONNY WITH A CHANCE: Sonny’s Big Break

On DVD August 25

Meet Sonny (Camp Rock’s Demi Lovato), a talented Midwestern girl who relocates to Los Angeles to join the cast of the most popular sketch comedy show for teens and tweens, “So Random!” But life behind the scenes on a Hollywood set is not as idyllic as Sonny imagined, especially because of her fellow performers: the self-absorbed Tawni (Tiffany Thornton), suave Nico (Brandon Mychal Smith), funnyman Grady (Doug Brochu), quirky Zora (Allisyn Ashley Arm) and dreamy Chad Dylan Cooper (Sterling Knight), star of the teen drama “Mackenzie Falls” that films in the adjacent studio, and his simmering rivalry with the cast of “So Random!” Sonny With A Chance: Sonny’s Big

Bonus features include: Bonus Episode “Sonny In The Middle” – World Premiere Episode on DVD; Backstage Disney – Demi Lovato Audition Tape;  Bonus Short – “Mackenzie Falls – Season Finale Cliffhanger” – an all original online series starring Sterling Knight

THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK: Anchors Away!

On DVD August 25

Dylan and Cole Sprouse reprise their roles from the Emmy-nominated series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The Suite Life on Deck: Anchors Away! follows twin brothers Zack and Cody Martin (Dylan and Cole Sprouse) and hotel heiress London Tipton (Brenda Song) as they enroll in a semester-at-sea program aboard the SS Tipton. Much to his chagrin, dutiful hotel manager Mr. Moseby (Phill Lewis) must go aboard, too, assuming responsibility for all three.

The DVD contains four episodes, including one with Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical) reprising her role as Maddie from the original series, along with many bonus features!  There are two bonus episodes and the bonus features include; Debby On Deck and The Floating Premiere.

ADVENTURELAND

On DVD August 25

A young man finds himself getting a job at a local amusement park called Adventureland when his parents tell him they do not have the money for him to go to Europe.  Doing menial labor doesn’t set well with him until he makes friends with some of his fellow pitch people.  The film features performances by Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale), Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Martin Starr (Knocked Up), Bill Hader (Tropic Thunder), Kristen Wiig (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Ryan Reynolds (X-Men Origins: Wolverine).

Both the Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and Two-Disc DVD editions of Adventureland have bonus features that include;  include Deleted Scenes, Just My Life: The Making Of Adventureland  amd a Picture Music Selection. The Blu-ray™ Hi-Def edition of Adventureland has additional features that include; Frigo’s Ball Tap, Lisa P’s Guide To Style and Welcome to Adventureland

AMERICAN SON

On DVD August 2

After completing basic training at Camp Pendleton, 19-year-old Marine Mike Holland (Nick

Cannon) spends a four-day Thanksgiving leave with his family and friends in Bakersfield. But he can’t bring himself to tell them what comes next for him: his first tour of Iraq. As Mike tries to reconnect with his mother (April Grace), stepfather (Tom Sizemore) and sister (Erica Gluck), and say goodbye to his troubled best friend Jake (Matt O’Leary) before shipping out, he becomes more aware of the precarious future he faces. Instead of spending time with his disintegrating family or the lifelong friend he has left behind, all Nick can think about is seeing Cristina (Melonie Diaz), a young woman he casually flirted with on the bus into town. Torn between past and future, Nick has only a few days to decide between staying a boy and becoming a man.

The cast that includes Nick Cannon (Drumline, The Killing Room), Melonie Diaz (Be Kind Rewind, Feel the Noise), Matt O’Leary (Live Free or Die Hard), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan) and April Grace (I Am Legend, “Lost”) with Jay Hernandez (Quarantine, Grindhouse) and Chi McBride (“Boston Public,” “Pushing Daisies”).

Exclusive bonus features, including interviews with the filmmakers, provide an unflinching look behind the scenes of this cinematic tour de force about a young man’s uncertain coming of age,  Leave in Bakersfield: Behind the Scenes of American Son and Deleted Scenes

SCRUBS: THE COMPLETE EIGHTH SEASON

On DVD August 25

Nothing is sacred at Sacred Heart Hospital, where Dr. John “J.D.” Dorian (Zach Braff) has survived his internship and become attending physician while Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) has been kicked upstairs. Along with his best friends and colleagues Turk (Donald Faison), Elliot (Sarah Chalke) and Carla (Judy Reyes), J.D. keeps things rolling at the most unpredictable medical center on television.

Bonus features include; My Bahamas Trip, Deleted Scenes and Bloopers

SAMANTHA WHO?: THE COMPLETE SECOND AND FINAL SEASON

On DVD August 25

Samantha Newly (Christina Applegate) awakens from an eight-day coma with no memory of her previous life. Unnerved by the discovery that she was a shallow, vain, nonstop partier, Sam vows to reinvent a better self. In Season Two of Samantha Who?, reformed party girl Sam acquires a new beau (James Tupper of “Men in Trees”) and a new job (working with her formerly estranged mom, played by Jean Smart). As she continues to find out just what a bad girl she’s been, Sam is working hard to put together a life with a purpose. What that purpose is, she’s still trying to figure out.

Bonus Features include; Girl Chat – Stars Christina Applegate, Jennifer Esposito and Melissa McCarthy dish about life on the set, Set Tour With Christina Applegate, Christina Dance Moment, Deleted Scenes and Bloopers.