New on Blu-ray: PARADISE (1982) Starring Phoebe Cates and Willie Aames

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Product Description: "If only it could have been forever." Romance and adventure abound in this lyrical story of two teenagers who come of age in the isolation of a lush desert oasis.

In the nineteenth century Middle East, David (Willie Aames, ZAPPED) and Sarah (Phoebe Cates, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH) are the only survivors of a caravan massacre carried out by an infamous slave trader known as the Jackal (Tuvia Tavi, SAHARA), who is obsessed with Sarah's beauty. Fleeing the Jackal, they stumble on a magical place they will come to know as "Paradise," where they discover refuge, sustenance...and each other.

PARADISE was shot on picturesque locations across Israel by cinematographer Adam Greenberg, whose impressive credits include the TERMINATOR films, NEAR DARK and THE BIG RED ONE. Notable as the screen debut of Phoebe Cates, the film built a sizable audience via pay cable and videocassette distribution. Out of circulation for decades, PARADISE is available for the first time on Blu-ray, in a new 4K restoration from its original 35mm camera negative. This version contains several minutes of never-before-seen footage, as well as the chart-topping theme song sung by Phoebe Cates.

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New on Blu-ray: DROP DEAD FRED (1991) Starring Phoebe Cates & Rik Mayall

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Product Description: Although derided by critics upon its initial release, Ate de Jong's DROP DEAD FRED has since become a cult favorite, earning a hardy reputation as one of the strangest and most unhinged 'family' films to ever emerge from a major studio. Starring Phoebe Cates (Gremlins, Fast Times at Ridgemont High), Rik Mayall (TV's The Young Ones), Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl), Tim Matheson (National Lampoon's Animal House) and featuring Carrie Fisher (Star Wars), Vinegar Syndrome presents the US Blu-ray debut of DROP DEAD FRED, from a fresh 2K restoration and featuring loads of new and exclusive interviews and extras.

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DVD & Blu-ray: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: The frank teen comedy that became a pop-culture touchstone and launched to stardom almost an entire cast The wild world of adolescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observational eye as in this refreshingly smart, frank spin on the teen comedy by director Amy Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe—for each of whom it kicked off a hugely successful film career.

Based on Crowe’s experiences going undercover as a student at a Southern California high school, Fast Times at Ridgemont High blends hormone-fueled hilarity with an almost sociological examination of the 1980s teenage experience: the shopping-mall hangouts, fast-food jobs, buzzkill teachers, awkward dates, and first experiences of love and sex.

This pop-culture touchstone launched to stardom practically an entire cast of unknowns—including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Anthony Edwards, Eric Stoltz, and Sean Penn as stoner icon Jeff Spicoli—and broke new ground in its raw yet sensitive depiction of the realities of coming of age.

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DVD & Blu-ray: BODIES, REST & MOTION (1993) Starring Phoebe Cates, Eric Stoltz, Bridget Fonda and Tim Roth

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Product Description: Four twentysomething friends explore love, desire and commitment in this irresistibly charming, critically acclaimed romantic comedy starring Phoebe Cates (Gremlins), Bridget Fonda (Singles), Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs) and Eric Stoltz (Some Kind of Wonderful). Rebelling against his dreary life in a small Arizona town, TV salesman Nick (Roth) abandons his girlfriend, Beth (Fonda), and strikes out onto the highway in search of... something else. Encouraged by her best friend Carol (Cates)—who happens to be Nick’s ex-flame—Beth reluctantly accepts the romantic attentions of a local housepainter (Stoltz). But when Nick’s impulsive road trip leads him back home again, it sets the stage for a wildly comic chain reaction among four people whose lives have suddenly become hopelessly, hilariously intertwined. Directed by Michael Steinberg (The Waterdance) and written by Roger Hedden (Sleep with Me), Bodies, Rest & Motion was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. The top-notch cast also includes Alicia Witt (Urban Legend) and Peter Fonda (Ulee’s Gold).

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New on Blu-ray: DATE WITH AN ANGEL (1987) Starring Michael E. Knight, Phoebe Cates and Emmanuelle Beart

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Product Description: Jim is about to marry a princess… but he’s in love with an angel! Aspiring composer Jim Sanders (Michael E. Knight, TV’s All My Children) is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty (Phoebe Cates, Fast Times at Ridgemont High). But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up hung-over to discover a broken-winged, real-life angel (the stunningly beautiful Emmanuelle Béart, Un Coeur en Hiver) in his swimming pool. Now, the secret of Jim’s heavenly houseguest is out, and he must deal with his dangerously jealous fiancée, his exploitive future father-in-law (David Dukes, Rawhead Rex), a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan and an impossibly gorgeous angel who must balance both the wrath of God and her discovery of French fries. Can an earthbound mortal be passionately touched by an angel and still find a way to live happily ever after? Written and directed by Tom McLoughlin (One Dark Night, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Sometimes They Come Back).

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New on Blu-ray: PRINCESS CARABOO (1994) Starring Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline

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Product Description: "... All the enchantment ofa fairy tale and all the splendor ofa dream come true!" – National News Network Dressed in strange clothes and speaking no English, a mysterious woman (Phoebe Cates, Gremlins) is arrested in the English countryside. But a sympathetic aristocrat welcomes the young woman into her home, believing that she is actually a foreign princess. And when high society comes calling, everyone falls under the spell of the irresistible Princess Caraboo. But is she a royal treasure or a royal imposter? The real-life mystery unfolds with comedy and romance as this "captivating plot ... keeps you guessing until the film's last moment. A splendid surprise" (Michael Medved, Sneak Previews)!

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New on Blu-ray: PRIVATE SCHOOL (1983) Starring Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell and Matthew Modine

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Product Description: Chris Ramsay (Phoebe Cates) and Jim Green (Matthew Modine) are experiencing the joys and pains of first love. She goes to the Cherryvale Academy school-he attends nearby Freemount school. When Chris gets a rival for Jim's affections, it sparks off a battle royale of zany pranks that turn both schools upside down with laughter.

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