ROCKET MANAGER NOMINATED FOR A RONDO

Hey, everyone, make sure you go to www.rondoaward.com and vote for this year's Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards--these awards are for horror and science fiction films, criticism, books about classic horror, DVD sets, etc.

Rocket manager Jeff Miller is up for BEST DVD COMMENTARY for HOLD THAT GHOST, part of last year's UNIVERSAL COMPLETE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO COLLECTION. So vote for me!!!

Also vote for YOU'RE NEXT: LOSS OF IDENTITY IN THE HORROR FILM for Best Book! I was a major contributor to that volume.

Thanks!

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO DVD SET ANNOUNCED WITH MILLER COMMENTARY

Universal Studios Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection on 28th October 2008 priced at $119.98 SRP. 

This collection brings together 28 films across 15 discs in premium packaging which also features an exclusive book "Abbott & Costello: The Universal Story" with details on the team's legacy and their films at Universal Pictures.

The films: One Night in the Tropics; Buck Privates; In the Navy; Hold that Ghost; Keep ‘Em Flying; Ride ‘Em Cowboy; Pardon My Sarong; Who Done It?; It Ani’t Hay; Hit the Ice; In Society; Here Come the Co-Eds; The Naughty Nineties; Little Giant; The Time of Their Lives; Buck Privates Come Home; The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap; Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein; Mexican Hayride; Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff; Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion; Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man; Comin’ Round the Mountain; Lost in Alaska; Abbott and Costello Go To Mars; Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops; Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.

All 28 films are presented in 1.33:1 Full Frame with English DD2.0 Mono audio and English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles. There are 2 films per disc, with all titles including Production Notes and the majority also include Theatrical Trailers. Additionally there are 6 films with audio commentary by film historians.

Commentaries: Buck Privates - with Film Historians Bob Furmanek and Ron Palumbo
Hold That Ghost - with Film Historian Jeff Miller
Who Done It? - with Film Historian Frank Coniff
The Time of Their Lives - with Film Historian Frank Thompson
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - with Film Historian Gregory W. Mank
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - with Film Historians Tom Weaver and Richard Scrivani.
The films without trailers are: Pardon My Sarong; It Ani’t Hay; The Naughty Nineties; Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff; Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion; Comin’ Round the Mountain; Lost in Alaska; Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops.

Disc 29 is a bonus-disc with the following additional extras:
The World of Abbott and Costello
Abbott & Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Abbott & Costello Meet the Monsters