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Unwind: 'The Bank Job,' 'College Road Trip,' more

Published: Sunday, Jul. 13, 2008 | Page 12unknown

The Bank Job

One and two discs, Lionsgate, $29.95/$34.98, rated R

Inspired by a real case known as the "Walkie Talkie" robbery, this caper film from director Roger Donaldson stars Jason Statham as a car dealer with a low-level hoodlum past who gets talked into taking part in a heist of bank safe-deposit boxes. But when their loot ends up including some compromising photos of a royal princess, things get a bit more complicated than expected. The two-disc DVD edition comes with extended scenes and two documentaries: "Inside 'The Bank Job' " and "The Baker Street Bank Raid"; the single-disc edition has no bonus features.

College Road Trip

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, $29.99, rated G

Raven-Symone stars as a high school student whose plans for a fun visit to prospective colleges is upset when her overprotective dad (Martin Lawrence) insists on coming along. Bonus features include an alternate opening and ending, a gag reel, two audio commentaries (one with Raven-Symone and director Roger Kumble, the other with writers Emi Mochizuki and Carrie Evans), "Raven's Video Diary," a documentary titled "On the Set: Double Dutch Bus" and more.

Trafic

Two discs, Criterion Collection, $39.95, not rated

A 1950s-'70s French Charlie Chaplin, writer- director-actor Jacques Tati portrays his most famous character, the inept Monsieur Hulot, for the last time in this 1971 comedy about an auto company employee driving from Paris to Amsterdam in a gadget-laden camper. The movie, which has been restored with a high-definition digital transfer, comes with a two-hour documentary on the evolution of Tati's Hulot, a 1971 interview with the cast, a 1973 episode about Tati from a French TV series and an essay on the film by critic Jonathan Romney.

Evening Shade: Season One

Five discs, CBS/Paramount Home Entertainment, $42.99, not rated

Burt Reynolds won an Emmy for his portrayal of Wood Newton, a former Pittsburgh Steeler who has returned to his home town to coach the local high school football team, in this CBS sitcom from 1990-91. The terrific ensemble cast includes Ossie Davis, Charles Durning, Michael Jeter, Elizabeth Ashley, Marilu Henner and Hal Holbrook. All 24 first- season episodes are here, including the series pilot.

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

City Lights Home Entertainment, $26.98, rated PG

Set in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1970 – a year of military dictatorship and the country's appearance, with Pele leading the national team, in the World Cup soccer championship – director Cao Hamburger's film is about a 12-year-old Jewish boy (Michel Joelsas) left behind in the care of his grandfather's neighbor when his left-wing parents have to go underground. The DVD comes with cast and crew interviews, extended scenes and outtakes and an "Inside the Movie" documentary. Spoken in Portuguese, Hebrew and Yiddish with English subtitles.

Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain

Acorn Media Group, $29.99, not rated

Following in the figurative footsteps of Michael Palin, Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane takes viewers along on a hilarious journey through the backroads of England and Scotland to view such events as a town's mayoral weigh-in, a rugby match played with a beer keg and much more.

Coltrane, best-known to American audiences as Hagrid from the "Harry Potter" movies, is a gifted dramatic ("Cracker") and comic ("Nuns on the Run") actor, and his journey in this three-episode British TV series, driving his vintage Jaguar convertible, shows his charm, humor and eye for weirdness. Special features include a Coltrane biography and a fun facts map.

PLUS

Asylum (not rated)

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (not rated)

Bratz Interactive: Lil' Bratz Party Time! (not rated)

Dallas: The Complete Ninth Season (not rated)

Eagle Shooting Heroes (not rated)

Evening Shade: Season One (not rated)

Eureka: Season Two (not rated)

Final Approach (not rated)

Insanitarium (rated R)

Penelope (rated PG)

Reno 911: The Complete Fifth Season Uncensored (not rated)

Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman (not rated)

Saving Grace: Season One (not rated)

Shutter (not rated)

Steel Trap (not rated)

Step Up 2 The Streets (rated PG-13)

Swamp Thing: The Series, Vol. 2 (not rated)

A Throw of the Dice (not rated)

Trapped Ashes (rated R)

Voice (not rated)

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