As fast as you can say, "I'll wait for it to come out on video,"hot flicks are making the transition from the silver screen to thetelevision tube. There once was a six-month window betweentheatrical release and home video release. Now that opening seems tobe closing slowly. And even when the six-month lag time remains,continous showings of hot films at second-run theaters keep themovies from cooling off by video release time.
The week "Dominick & Eugene" opened in Chicago, Orion Home Videoannounced the August release of the same movie. "Julia & Julia" andOscar-nominated "Ironweed" are showing up five months after they werereleased in Chicago. "Hope and Glory" will show …
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