I found a Worst Witch dvd, and its not even released yet

[Tawny]

I went to a used book/dvd store, and found a copy of The Worst Witch starting Fairuza Balk(The Craft) and Tim Curry. I didn't remember hearing anything about it coming out. I checked dvdaficionado, Amazon and Ebay, and they all say that it's not coming out until August 24! I have heard tales of broken street dates many times, but never by a whole month! And its a used dvd, so who knows where it came from. I just thought that was kind of weird, anybody else seen this dvd at Best Buy or anything?

[Deus Ex Machina]

have you looked it over for anything mentioning it being a promotional copy?

[Tawny]

It doesn't say anything about it on the cover. I watched it too, and it didn't have words on the screen or anything.

[Tawny]

I scanned the cover.
http://members.cox.net/tawny27/worstwitch2.jpg

[Deus Ex Machina]

strange...but hey, Fairuza's Fairuza

[Evil Dead Guy]

It it released by BFS Entertainment , as i found the same and other Volumes here .

http://www.collectablesdirect.com/prodinfo.asp?number=98677-D&variation=&aitem=17&mitem=18

[Tuzotonic]

Speaking of which has Fairuza Balk, aka the "queen of weird" been in anything good recently? I've always thought she was a pretty good actress. She was by far my favorite actress from the Craft.

[Katatonia]

I saw awhile back that this one was officially coming to DVD on August 24th too. I'll be buying it!

There must be some advance copies floating around. It's not unusual. I found the Ford Fairlane DVD at Wal-Mart well over two months before the official street date.

[Tawny]

Speaking of which has Fairuza Balk, aka the "queen of weird" been in anything good recently? I've always thought she was a pretty good actress. She was by far my favorite actress from the Craft.

I was wondering the same thing. It turns out she was in season 3 of the Sopranos, but her scenes were reshot for dvd!! So if you watched it during its showing on cable, you probably saw Fairuza. Here's some more info:


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Why The Sopranos Recast Fairuza Balk

Thursday, November 21, 2002



As fans of HBO's The Sopranos know, Adriana's archenemy is FBI Agent Deborah Ciccerone ? who posed as her gal pal, "Danielle Ciccolella," to dig up mob dirt. Further complicating that identity crisis is the recasting of the female fed's portrayer! Okay, try to follow this... In the finale of season three, Danielle was played by Fairuza Balk (The Craft). When that episode repeated, Balk's scene had been reshot with recast Lola Glaudini, who's been playing Danielle ever since. What gives?

"I saw the new chick, who looks totally different from me," Balk tells TV Guide Online, chuckling. "That's the funny part, but it's cool. She was fine."

While HBO opted not to comment on the switcheroo, Balk says it was her choice to do only one Sopranos episode ? and adds that the show's scribes didn't decide to turn Danielle into a recurring character until after she'd already moved on to other work. "To be honest, when I went in there, they wanted me for the season finale," she says. "I was a big fan of the show, so I said I'd love to. I went in and I read for [the role]. I just wanted to go in there and do it to meet them and say, 'Hey, I was on The Sopranos!' I had never even thought about coming back. I had never planned on becoming a steady character.

"That's the way I wanted it ? to come in and come out," she continues. "It's a very rigorous schedule. I'm a film person. There was no dressing room, I didn't know anybody, and there was one take on everything ? very fast moving, very fast paced. I didn't even feel like I was there! It went so fast! But it was just a thrill for me to see James Gandolfini at the [script] reading and all that. I had a good time and I was really happy with the way I left."

Since she's free of any TV ties, Balk's focusing on her movies as usual. Next up, she co-stars with Parker Posey and Kyra Sedgwick in Personal Velocity (opening tomorrow): "There's a line where my character says, 'I used to paint and write. Now, I'm a waitress. I think I'm gonna be one of those people that has potential, but never realizes it.' By the end, she figures it out."

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That's kind of messed up. I have watched the Sopranos on dvd only, so I never got a chance to see Fairuza in that role. I thinks she probably would have been cool in that part. :mad:

[tobaccoman]

Yeah, that's wierd. I found Love Object at Best Buy towards the beginning-middle of June and it wasn't released until July 13. This movie seriously kicks ass and I highly suggest that everyone go out and drop down their $20 on this one. You WON'T regret it!!!!!!!!!

[VideoViolence]

I got The Unnamable II on dvd a month or two ago at Wal-Mart, and it hadn't come out yet.

[Richard Anthony]

I picked up the Troma 3 Film Vampire DVD at a used DVD Shop a few weeks ago, and it's not even out in stores yet!!