School for Scoundrels on DVD

School for Scoundrels - From the Director of Old School, Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder star in this fresh comedy, coming to DVD 25th June...

Todd Phillips (Old School) directs Academy Award® Winner Billy Bob Thornton as the suave Dr. P, recruited to coach the woefully inept and nerdy Roger (Heder, Napoleon Dynamite) to overcome a plethora of anxiety issues so he can win the love of the girl of his dreams, Amanda (Jacinda Barrett, Poseidon).

Roger is an unlucky meter reader who enrols in a top-secret confidence building class to overcome his low self-esteem and angst issues. Dr. P and his assistant employ unorthodox and often dangerous methods, but surrounded by a band of misfit classmates, Roger’s confidence soars, he becomes top of the class and gains the courage to ask out Amanda.

Roger quickly realises that star students have a way of catapulting Dr. P’s competitive side into overdrive. And, soon enough, the professor sets out to destroy Roger’s personal and professional life. With nothing off limits to Dr. P, not even the object of Roger’s affection, he must quickly find a way to show Amanda Dr. P’s true colours whilst simultaneously beating the master at his own game.

Released by Paramount Pictures with a host of extras, School for Scoundrels is a hilarious comedy featuring witty humour and an impressive cast, including the genius pairing of comic legends Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder.

Seinfeld Season Eight on DVD

Season Eight of the ever-popular and universally acclaimed comedy series Seinfeld sees more of the antics that have made Jerry and the gang comedy heroes to legions of fans. Released on DVD on 4th June 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Seinfeld Season Eight will be available to buy as a four-disc box set.

Season Eight features 24 classic episodes of the show, including some of the fans’ favourites such as The Bizarro Jerry, where Jerry is initially attracted to one of Elaine’s friends until he notices her ‘man hands’, and The Summer Of George, in which George celebrates a windfall by living it up for the duration of the summer. Other highlights include The Checks, The Andrea Doria and the hilarious The Yada Yada.

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Finally for the first time ever, the hilarious political satire The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer will be released, digitally restored, on DVD on 25 June 2007 courtesy of Digital Classics DVD.

Starring the legendary comic Peter Cook (That Was The Week That Was, Bedazzled, The Black Adder) in the title role it charts the dangerously ambitious political actions of the titular Michael Rimmer.

The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer was co-written by, and stars, some of the best names in British satirical comedy including John Cleese (Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, A Fish Called Wanda), Graham Chapman (Monty Python’s Flying Circus, That Was The Week That Was, The Frost Report) and also features an acting turn from playwright Harold Pinter (The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter, Mansfield Park).

Strikingly relevant in the current time of British political and social upheaval, The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer takes a subversive look at the road to political success. Through Rimmer, the film lampoons politicians and the suspiciously ambitious. Rimmer manipulates, cheats and murders his way to the top of his profession and eventually to the head of all government: President of Great Britain. His ‘charisma-heavy’, ‘policy-light’ style of leadership, through relentless opinion polls, referenda and underhand electoral practices, somehow wins the hearts of the nation – at the expense of the country.

Previously unavailable on DVD or video, The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer, is a must for fans of British comedy.

Bonus material: picture gallery, original film poster