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fF20 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1996 LOS ANGELES TIMES I'Letterbox' Brings Wide Screen Home (Miramax). Tom Berenger stars in the action-thriller "The Substitute" (Live). Ellen DeGeneres finds "Mr. Wrong" (Hollywood) in a comedy also starring Bill Pullman. Pamela Anderson Lee is "Barb Wire" (Polygram).

Also new: "The Surgeon" (A-Pix); "Jeff Gordon: Triumph of a Dream" (Sony Music Video); "Rockin Down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert" (Sony Music Video); "The Grave" (Republic); and "Black Day Blue Night" 'Hansel and Gretel' SetinRedlandsBowl Frank Fetta will conduct and Lin White will stage Engelbert Humperdinck's popular opera "Hansel and Gretel," in English, at Redlands Bowl, tonight at Singing the title roles are Leonetti-Cataldo and Susan Holsonbake. Redlands Bowl is located in downtown Redlands; admission is free to all events of this 1996 Summer Music Festival, the bowl's 73rd consecutive season. Information: (909) 793-7316. National Video Rentals Rank Weeks Rank Week Last on the Last on the Week Chart Week Chart 1 "Broken Arrow" 2 5 6 "Rumble In the 2 "12 Monkeys" 1 5 10 3 "Heat" 3 7 7 "The Juror" 9 4 4 "Mr. Holland's 8 "Happy Gllmore" 3 Opus" 4 5 9 "Get Shorty" 6 10 5 lJUf" 10 "Leaving Las Walking' 5 7 Vegas" 8 10 National Video Sales Rank Weeks Rank Weeks Last on Last on Week Chart Week Chart 1 "Ghost In the Shell" 2 7 6 "Homeward Bound II: Lost In San 2 "Heavy Metal" 4 10 Francisco" 1 3 "Playboy: The Best 7 "JumanJI" 5 13 of Jenny McCarthy" 3 10 8 4 "Clueless" 6 10 9 "The Aiistocats" 8 16 5 "Cops: Too Hot for 10 "Natural Bom Killers: TV" 1 3 The Director's Cut" 1 For week ending Aug.

10 Source: Billboard Publications Inc. LANDMARK THEATRES Visit MOVIENETX http:www.movienet.com riNCMAernDE ddinti V.II ll-l in hum i inns ronoa is FILMS ON VIDEO Coming to video stores-. "Mary Reilly," "Faithful," "Mulholland Falls" and "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2" (Aug. 27); "Hate" and "Highlander: The Director's Cut" (Sept 3); "August," "The Truth About Cats and Dogs," "Up Close Personal," "Sgt. Bllko" and "Muppet Treasure Island" (Sept 10); "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored," "French Twist," "The Birdcage," "The Quest" and "Kids In the Hall Brain Candy" (Sept.

17); "If Lucy Fell," "Bottle Rocket," "VeniceVenice," "Wild Reeds," "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate," "Oliver Company," "Before and After," "Two Much" and "Carried Away" (Sept. 24); "Twister," "Fargo," "Cemetery Man," "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "E.T.," "The Great White Hype" and "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie" (Oct. 1); "Antonia's Line," "I Shot Andy Warhol," "The Search for One-Eyed Jimmy," "Race the Sun" and "Flipper" (Oct. 8); "The Star Maker," "Celtic Pride," "Primal Fear," "Land and Freedom," "Fear" and "James and the Giant Peach" (Oct. 15); "The Arrival," "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice In the Hood" and "Beautiful Girls" (Oct.

22); "Moll Flanders," "Eraser," "Heaven's Prisoners" and "Toy Story" (Oct. 29); "Open Season" (Nov. 5); "Mission: Impossible" (Nov. 12) MEW upni 9" A EXCLUSIVE N'JART ENGAGEMENT ENDS WEDNESDAY By SUSAN KING jxTIMES STAFF WRITER llideo collectors have more op- I portunities these days to see II the big picture. 5 Until recently, most films available on video were presented in the traditional "pan-and-scan" format, squeezes the picture to fit a jsquare TV screen, jr But video companies are now Coffering more and more sell-I through titles in the "letterbox" format, which preserves the origi-Cnal wide-screen aspect ratio of a film but leaves black space at the top and bottom of the screen.

i Paramount, for example, is pre-isenting the 1995 Oscar-winning best film "Braveheart" in the let-tterbox format on Aug. 27. That (same date, "The Sound of Music" i( Fox Video) makes its letterbox debut. "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (MCAUniversal) will go the letterbox route for the first time on Oct. 1.

And earlier this week, Warner Home Video announced that "Twister" will be available in wide screen when the summer blockbuster blows into video stores on Oct. 1 "I don't know if the market is i really that huge for the collection of wide -screen editions, says Paramount's Jack Kanne, executive vice president of sales and marketing. "I guess we all take a look at taking advantage of every market that's out there. It isn't every movie that should be in It's the mass appeal kind of bigger event movie. I They include Paramount's iWidescreen Editions of "Romeo Und Juliet," "Top Gun," "Patriot Games," "Forrest Gump," V'Congo," "Clear and Present Dan-Iger" and "The Hunt for Red Octo-ber," which will hit the street on fcSept.

10. "Eighty percent of our volume is I still done in pan and scan," says I Blake Thomas, senior vice presi- dent of marketing for MGMUA Home Video. "But I think consum-Sers have become more sophisticated viewers of film." jj Television screens have gotten fc bigger, too, making the images I bigger and the surrounding black I space less bothersome. "I really think that has something to do jj "There is a greater hardware com-jgpatibility." I MGMUA releases most of its i vvikii i iiuiiicus avMiuwicunca. FRTbpP-.

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Frank Finlay and Maggie Smith offer fine support. Foreign Affairs: New for Tuesday is the legendary Indian director Sa-tyajit Ray's classic "The Apu Trilogy" (Columbia TriStar, $60, $20 each), consisting of "Father Pan-chali," "Aparajito" and "The World of Apu." Kino's latest offerings are 1958's "Narayama Bushi-Ko," based on Shichiro Fukaza's novel, and the 1994 Chinese thriller "The Day the Sun Turned Cold." Killers Bs: Arriving Tuesday is Eric Idle and Robert Wuhl in "Missing Pieces" (HBO), a woefully lame comedy missing humor, funny lines and decent performances. Talented Richard E. Grant is wasted in "Cold Light of Day" (Polygram), a nasty, disturbing thriller about a detective trying to discover the murderer of several young girls. Kids' Stuff: PBS' plucky pooch Wishbone stars in two more literary adventures (Polygram, $13 each): "Frankenbone," based on Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," and "Bone of Arc," a reenactment of "Joan of Arc" by Mark Twain.

Cabin Fever's new children's label, Razzmatazz Entertainment, popular sell-through titles in letterbox and has scored great success with wide-screen versions of such epics as "Ben-Hur" and "How the West Was Won." On Sept. 10, MGM adds "Heaven's Gate," "The Great Escape" and "Fiddler on the Roof to its wide -screen roster. "The reason we are a little bit out on front of the letterbox trend is that we have had such a commitment to laser discs," Thomas says. "Most all of our laser product is letterbox." "If you are going to collect a film, letterbox is the ultimate format," says Steve Feldstein, vice, president of communications and media relations for 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. FoxVideo will unveil its wide-screen Series Tuesday with "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Abyss," "Speed" and "True Lies." "I think this is an opportunity to educate the public at large in terms of what exactly letterbox means," Feldstein says.

"If they see a movie in letterbox, some may realize what they are missing. You are seeing the entire film through the vision of the filmmaker." Oldie but Goodie: Laurence Olivier received an Oscar nomination for his riveting performance as the Moor of Venice in "Othello" (Warner, $20), a splendid 1965 kicks off with 12 episodes of Shelley Duvall's hip, award-winning series "Faerie Tale Theatre" ($10 each). Among the episodes are "Tale of the Frog Prince," with Robin Williams and Teri Garr. Coming Next Week: "Darkman ill: Die Darkman Die" (MCAUniversal) is a pretty good made-for-video sequel to the 1990 hit. This time around, the tormented Dr.

Peyton Westlake (Arnold Vosloo) tackles a ruthless underworld kingpin (Jeff Fahey). Andy Garcia and Treat Williams star in the film noir "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" SHOWTIMES ritics across America are calling I Jackie Chan's 'Supercop' his best ever. Chan's unique blend of high-octane action and Irresistible humor led Premiere Magazine to declare, "'Supercop' is a Jackie Chan masterwork." In this, the season of blockbuster entertainment, The Boston Globe singles out 'Supercop' as "THE SUMMER'S MOST ENTERTAINING ACTION PICTURE." The Chicago Tribune leaves no room for doubt adding, "'SUPERCOP' IS MADLY ENJOYABLE. THE WORLD'S MOST ASTOUNDING ACTION STAR IS AT HIS BEST." FOB A BLOODY GOOD TINE CALL 777-FILM. mm.

manging, spinning, kicking, flipping, and jumping, all at a breakneck pace and without the help of a stunt double, Jackie Chan will leave you breathless. In fact, he's the action star's action star, boasting the likes of Stallone and Segal as some of his biggest fans. FOR TODAY ONLY CoflArtflcleeSCtmcq Call I 800 LA TIMES to subscribie. wmMMimm buckle your of non-stop WIS i I lot has been made of I 'Supercop's' unforgettable helicopter chase scene, arguably Jackie's most dangerous work ever. The Chicago Tribune raves, "YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO SEE ACTION-MOVIE STUNTS LIKE THIS AGAIN.

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