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Pennebaker Looks Back at Making Dylan Documentary Video The director's chronicle of the singer's 1965 British tour returns this month in a DVD version. By LARRY McSHANE ASSOCIATED PRESS er still remembers the look EW Pennebak- that changed that, he says. "This on young Bob Dylan's face. The 26-year-old singer was watching himself in Pennebaker's soonto-be-released documentary, "Don't Look Back." Dylan appeared well, stunned is a good word. "I think the first time he saw it, he went into shock," Pennebaker recalls, laughing slightly.

"He had no idea that one camera sitting on one guy's shoulder could make him feel so naked." The chastened Dylan returned a night later, watched it again, then gave his OK to Pennebaker's film. Now, three decades later, the director's chronicle of Dylan's threeweek 1965 British tour has returned in an enhanced DVD version released by New Video. "I've always admired Dylan for letting go the way it was," says Pennebaker, 74. "That was something a lot of lesser talents--and a lot of greater talentswould have had trouble Pennebaker's critically acclaimed documentary, released in 1967, stands the test of time--although its creator once felt the 96- minute film would never see a theatrical release. It was the kindness of several West Coast pornographic theaters group of Western theaters was showing porno, and they wanted to upgrade their act," the selfdeprecating Pennebaker recalls.

"It was perfect for me, because my movie looked like porno, but it's not." Pennebaker, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his look at the Clinton presidential campaign in "The War Room," is quick to poke fun at himself. Talking about his acclaimed black-white Dylan piece, he describes it as "a very ratty-looking film." Critics disagreed. "A portrait of the young Dylan tearing the pop world apart," a San Francisco Examiner reviewer enthused in a typical rave. Pennebaker, an Illinois native, earned a degree in mechanical engineering at Yale University before going into filmmaking. Using his college skills, he developed a portable camera that allowed filmmakers full access-one of the keys to the style that he helped define.

According to Pennebaker, the movie wasn't his idea, and it wasn't Dylan's either. The credit belongs to Dylan's late manager, Albert Grossman. The DVD comes with a bonus: five never-before-released Dylan audio performances and a previously unreleased version of the landmark cue-card flipping bit for "'Subterranean Homesick Pioneer DVD LaserDisc SALE! Lots of laserdiscs starting at only (titles shown $10 each while supplies last) TITANIC Get there early Win a Combo Player for the best deals! (drawing on each day of sale) no purchase required for drawing DVD's also available KARAOKE starting from $10 The The Unstather Feb. 26,27 10am-3pm 1058 East 230th Street Carson, CA 90745 cash, visa or mastercard only sorry, no checks will be accepted Prime-Time TV Rankings 'ER' Loses a Character, Earns all the talk about millionaires last week, doctors made the most impressive single primetime showing, as NBC's "ER" delivered the program's fifth-largest audience in its storied history, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. Featuring the death of Kellie Martin's character, "ER" put up staggering numbers, exceeding tune-in for any series episode since the "Seinfeld" finale in 1998.

"Friends" also posted its biggest ratings since premiere week, while "Frasier" has improved its competitive position-especially among the young adults most closely associated with ad rates- versus "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" at 9 p.m. NBC also dominated Friday with the crossover story line connecting "Law Order" and its spinoff. National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national based on the average number of U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership NetProgram work 1.

ER NBC 2. Millionaire (Sun.) ABC 3. Millionaire (Tue.) ABC 4. Millionaire (Thu.) ABC 5. Friends NBC 6.

Frasier NBC 7. The Practice ABC 8. Frasier (9:30 p.m.) NBC 9. Law Order (Fri.) NBC 10. Touched by an Angel CBS 11.

Law Order NBC 12. Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 13. 60 Minutes CBS 14. Law Order: SVU NBC 15. Providence NBC 16.

JAG CBS 17. The X-Files FOX 18. The Simpsons FOX 19. "Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" FOX 20. Malcolm in the Middle FOX 21.

"Jungle 2 Jungle" ABC 22. Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 23. Becker CBS 24. Dharma Greg ABC 25. Judging Amy CBS 26.

"Sally Hemings" Pt. 2 CBS 27. NYPD Blue ABC 28. Twenty One NBC 29. Ally McBeal FOX 30.

Diagnosis Murder CBS 31. King of Queens CBS 32. The West Wing NBC 33. 60 Minutes CBS 34. "Liar Liar" ABC 35.

The Drew Carey Show ABC 36. Third Watch NBC 37. "Liar Liar" (Fri.) ABC 38. "Flowers for Algemon" CBS 39. Will Grace NBC 40.

Ladies Man CBS 41. Spin City ABC 42. Drew Carey Show (Tue.) ABC 43. "Little Richard" NBC 44. Will Grace p.m.) NBC 45.

Downtown ABC 46. Martial Law CBS 47. "Phenomenon" ABC 48. 48 Hours CBS 49. Ramsay Story" FOX 50.

Nash Bridges CBS 51. Whose Line Is It? (8:30 p.m.) ABC 52. (Wed.) ABC 53. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 54. Two Guys and a Girl ABC 55.

(Fri.) ABC 56. Norm FOX High Ratings ABC still won its eighth consecutive week and holds a commanding lead in both the February rating sweeps and on a season-to-date basis--ahead of NBC by more than a million viewers per weekas the "Millionaire" juggernaut continues to be virtually unstoppable. The quiz show scored its highest Sunday rating yet, providing a boost to "The Practice," with ABC crushing the NBC and CBS movies "Little Richard" and "Flowers for Algernon," respectively. One area of ratings disappointment for ABC remains the Monday drama "Once and Again," which received another beating from NBC's "Third Watch" last week despite a solid lead-in audience from the Jim Carrey movie "Liar Liar." -BRIAN LOWRY prime-time network television last people who watched a program from is listed here in millions. 39.38 30.49 28.66 28.02 25.89 21.70 21.68 19.35 18.92 18.16 17.92 17.74 17.25 17.13 16.63 16.59 Kellie Martin 16.56 16.39 16.02 Program 15.90 15.73 57.

King of the Hill 15.47 58. Once and Again 15.31 59. The Pretender 15.28 Greed 15.23 61. That '70s Show 14.93 62. Cops (9:30 p.m.) 14.35 63.

City of Angels 14.26 64. Cops (8:30 p.m.) 13.98 65. Twenty One 8 13.64 66. That '70s Show 13.60 67. Cops (9 p.m.) 13.48 68.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 13.28 69. Now and Again 13.25 70. Dateline NBC 7 13.01 71. "Independence Day" 12.86 72. Cops 12.82 73.

Dateline NBC (Mon.) 12.44 74. Winning Lines 8 11.96 11.94 75. Winning Lines (8:30 11.80 76. Chicago Hope 11.79 77. 48 Hours 11.61 78.

Beverly Hills, 90210 11.53 79. Just Shoot Me 11.49 80. WWF Smackdown! 11.38 81. World's Wildest Police 11.32 82. Profiler 11.30 83.

Early Edition 11.18 84. The Others 10.88 85. Futurama 10.87 86. 7th Heaven 10.72 87. Star Trek: Voyager 10.58 88.

Charmed 10.56 89. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer 10.39 90. Angel 10.27 91. The Parkers week (Feb. 14-20) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research.

They are start to finish. Nielsen estimates that there are 260 million potential Vlewers Net- ViewProgram work ers 92. Moesha UPN 4.06 93. Dawson's Creek WB 4.00 94. 7 Days UPN 3.73 95.

Malcolm Eddie UPN 3.71 96. Grown Ups UPN 3.70 97. Roswell WB 3.66 98. The Steve Harvey Show WB 3.51 99. The Jamie Foxx Show WB 3.22 100.

Jamie Foxx Show (9:30 p.m.) WB 3.19 101. Felicity WB 3.15 102. Popular WB 2.98 103. For Your Love WB 2.91 104. 7th Heaven Beginnings WB 2.86 105.

"Stephen King's Night Flier" UPN 2.81 106. Jack Jill WB 2.74 107. Zoe WB 2.36 108. I Dare You! UPN 2.14 109. Brutally Normal WB 1.71 110.

Dilbert UPN 1.29 111. Shasta UPN 1.21 View- 112. Angel (Fri.) WB 2.08 ers NBC 10.24 Cable Top 10 10.06 9.85 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable pro9.85 grams in prime time last week, also ranked 9.67 by total viewers (in millions). 9.61 Net- View9.55 Program work ers 9.51 9.38 1. The Sopranos HBO 5.83 9.30 2.

"Analyze This" HBO 5.19 9.28 3. West. Dog Show (Mon.) USA 4.44 9.27 4. Westminster Dog Show (Tue.) USA 4.37 9.09 5. Wrestling 9 p.m.) TNT 4.27 6.

Wrestling 7 p.m.) USA 4.01 9.05 7. Rugrats NICK 4.00 8.99 8.65 8. Wrestling 8 p.m.) TNT 3.55 9. "Ghost" TBS 3.33 8.61 10. Ripley's Believe It or Not TBS 3.26 8.44 8.43 8.41 8.27 Network Averages 8.22 Here is the number of viewers that 8.19 each network averaged per hour of prime 7.93 time, for last week and for the season.

7.81 Last Season 7.49 week to date 7.45 7.15 ABC 15.00 million 13.95 7.07 NBC 14.05 12.93 6.95 CBS 12.66 12.80 5.32 4.96 FOX 11.21 9.33 4.85 UPN 4.18 3.95 4.66 WB 3.79 3.86 4.31 More positions than a yoga master. The best jobs online. Los Angeles Cimes. latimes.com Network FOX ABC NBC FOX FOX FOX CBS FOX p.m.) NBC FOX FOX ABC CBS p.m.) NBC FOX FOX NBC p.m.) CBS p.m.) CBS CBS CBS FOX NBC UPN Videos FOX NBC CBS ABC FOX WB UPN WB WB WB UPN SOT ANGELES TIMES WEEKEND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 0007 56.