DVD: THE GIFT FOR DAD

Hot Titles Make Great Gifts for Father's Day

LOS ANGELES - June 12, 2000 - Whether dad is a sports nut or an outdoor adventurer, a sci-fi fan or a modern day cowboy, a number of action-packed hit DVD titles are available to treat fathers on their special day. Not only are DVD-Video players more affordable than ever, even some less than $200, a number of new releases are available which make perfect gifts for dads.

"With more than 50 DVD titles released each week, there is an amazing selection of movies and music videos, classics and recent hits, that are ideal Father's Day presents," said Emiel N. Petrone, chairman, DVD Entertainment Group and executive vice president, Philips Entertainment Group, Worldwide. "Today, there are more than 6,000 DVD movies and music videos to choose from - enough to please even the most discriminating dad."

War movies are always a favorite, especially with the added features and amazing sound offered by DVD-Video releases such as Saving Private Ryan (Dreamworks Home Entertainment), The Thin Red Line (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment), Three Kings (Warner Home Video), The Story of G.I. Joe (Image Entertainment) and Patton: Special Edition (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment).

Recently released sci-fi titles may also be ideal items for adventurous dads, such as End of Days (Universal Studios Home Video), Abyss: Special Edition (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment) or the sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest (Dreamworks Home Entertainment).

Comedic hits including the recently released Next Friday (New Line Home Video), the appropriately titled Big Daddy (Columbia TriStar Home Video) and perennial favorite, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (New Line Home Video) are sure to bring a smile to dad's face.

Other recent hit films have also just been released on DVD-Video that would be valued additions to any father's collection. Newly released titles include Fight Club (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment), Being John Malkovich (USA Home Entertainment), Double Jeopardy (Paramount Home Video), The Sixth Sense (Buena Vista Home Entertainment), Green Mile (Warner Home Video), The World Is Not Enough (MGM Home Video) and Sleepy Hollow (Paramount Home Video).

For dads who like a whole repertoire of an artists' work, a number of collections are available, including The Al Pacino Collection (Universal Studio Home Video), The James Bond Box Set (MGM Home Entertainment), The X-Files Season One Gift Pack (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment) and the John Wayne Three Pack (Artisan Entertainment).

New music titles also make fun gifts, such as Peter Frampton: Live in Detroit (Image Entertainment), The Allman Brothers: Live at Great Woods (Sony Music), Steely Dan: Two Against Nature (Image Entertainment), Arista: 25 Years of Hits (Arista) and Pink Floyd: The Wall (Columbia Records/Columbia Music Video).

The DVD Entertainment Group is a Los Angeles-based, industry-funded nonprofit corporation that exists expressly to promote consumer awareness of the benefits of DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and DVD-ROM based games, and to provide updated information to the media and the retail trade about DVD players, movies and music videos.

Regular members of the DVD Entertainment Group are 5.1 Entertainment Group, Artisan Entertainment, BMG Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, DreamWorks Home Entertainment, EMI Recorded Music, Funai Corporation, Image Entertainment, Kenwood USA Corporation, MGM Home Entertainment, New Line Home Video, Onkyo USA Corporation, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company, Paramount Home Entertainment, Philips Consumer Electronics Company, Pioneer Electronics (USA), ProScan, RCA, Sharp Electronics, Sony Electronics, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Wonder, Toshiba America Consumer Products, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Universal Studios Home Video, USA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video and Warner Music Group.

Associate members are Alpha Enterprises, Americ Disc, Cinram, California Video Center, Crest National, Deluxe Digital Entertainment, Disc Graphics, Panasonic Disc Services Corporation, Sony Disc Manufacturing, Sony Pictures DVD Center, Technicolor and Warner Advanced Media Operations.

Interested consumers can reach the DVD Entertainment Group at (310) 967-2953, via e-mail at getinfo@dvdinformation.com or through its web site at www.dvdinformation.com.

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