Since we have entered September, get ready to start hearing about Christmas gift ideas. Not wanting to waste anytime, FOX Home Video has a few ideas for you down below. A number of box sets have been announced that can appeal to the woman or man in your life. Also, for all of you who like musicals, get ready to sing and dance. Here is the weekly update.

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Carousel

DVD Release Date:   11/07/2006

SYNOPSIS

Gordon MacRae is Billy Bigelow, a smooth-talking carny barker who falls in love with a millworker (Shirley Jones) on the colorful coast of Maine. Filmed on location, with a beautiful seaside setting as a backdrop and a thrilling score for accompaniment, their romance unfolds. But right before the birth of his daughter, Billy is killed while committing a robbery. Now in heaven, years later, he returns to earth for one day to attend his daughter's high school graduation and teach her one very important lesson.

South Pacific Collector's Edition

DVD Release Date:   11/07/2006

SYNOPSIS

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Academy Award -winning "South Pacific" is a towering musical masterpiece and the tender love story of a naïve young Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) and an older French Plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi) on a U.S. occupied South Sea island. The breathtaking score is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever written: "Some Enchanted Evening," "There is Nothin' Like a Dame," "Younger Than Springtime" and more. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, South Pacific ranks among the most celebrated of Rodgers and Hammerstein's acclaimed musicals.

Specs:

Audio: English: Dolby Surround 5.1, Stereo / Spanish & French: Mono
Language: Dubbed: English / Subtitled: Spanish
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: Widescreen: 2.35:1
Episodes-Bonus Features: Disc 1:
Original Theatrical Release W/S
Commentary by Ted Chapin and Gerard Alessandrini
English Sing-a-long Subtitles

Disc 2:
Road Show Version W/S
Commentary by Richard Barrios
Making of South Pacific
60 Minutes: The Tales of The South Pacific
Vintage Stage Excerpt:
"I'm Goint To Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair,""Finale,""Some Enchanted Evening,"&"A Wonderful Guy"
performed by MaryMartin and Ezio Pinza.
"South Pacific" On The Screen-A Perfect Hit
State Department Confers High Honor on "South Pacific"
Screen Test: Mitzy Gaynor
TheatricalTrailer
Still Gallery

The King and I - 50th Anniversary Edition

DVD Release Date:   11/07/2006

SYNOPSIS

This visual and musical masterpiece features Yul Brynner's Academy Award winning performance, an inforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein score, and brilliant choreography by Jerome Robbins. It tells the true story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who comes o Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860's. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch (Brynner), over time, Anna and the King stop trying to change each other and begin to understand one another.

Rodgers & Hammerstein Box Set Collection

DVD Release Date:   11/07/2006

Disc 1: Carousel Special Edition
Disc 2: Carousel Special Edition-Bonus Disc
Disc 3: King and I Special Edition
Disc 4: King and I Special Edition-Bonus Disc
Disc 5: South Pacific Special Edition
Disc 6: South Pacific Special Edition-Bonus Disc
Disc 7: Sound of Music Special Edition
Disc 8: Sound of Music Special Edition-Bonus Disc
Disc 9: State Fair Special Edition
Disc 10: State Fair Special Edition-Bonus Disc
Disc 11: Oklahoma Special Edition
Disc 12: Oklahoma Special Edition-Bonus Disc

Christmas Classics Box Set

DVD Release Date:   11/07/2006

Jingle All the Way  

Christmas Carol, A (Live Action)

Home Alone Family Fun Edition  

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

Funtastic Adventures Collection Box Set

DVD Release Date:   11/07/2006

Disc 1: ICE AGE (Single Disk)
Disc 2: ROBOTS
Disc 3: ONCE UPON A FOREST
Disc 4: FERNGULLY

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