Culver City, CA (06/13/02) - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment will release single disc versions of three "must own" classic films at a new low price. Repacked with new key art, Lawrence of Arabia, Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Collector's Edition and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within are a DVD collector's dream and will be available on August 27, 2002 for a new low price of $19.95 SLP each.

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Winner of seven Academy Awardsr including Best Picture of 1962, Best
Director (David Lean),
Best Sound, Best Music Score, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography,
Best Art Direction,
Lawrence of Arabia also garnered three additional nominations, Best
Actor (Peter O'Toole), Best
Supporting Actor (Omar Sharif) and Best Screenplay.

David Lean follows the heroic true-life odyssey of T.E. Lawrence
(O'Toole) in this dramatic
portrait of the famed British officer's journey to the Middle East.
Assigned to Arabia during
World War I, Lawrence courageously unites the warring Arab factions into
a strong guerrilla
front and leads them to brilliant victories in treacherous desert
battlefields where they eventually
defeat the ruling Turkish Empire.

Digitally Mastered Audio and Anamorphic Video
Widescreen Presentation
Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and
Thai
Animated and Interactive Menus
Scene Selections

MPAA Rating: PG
Price: $19.95 SLP
Original Theatrical Release: December 21, 1962
Color
217 Minutes (Approximately 227 Minutes Including Overture, Entr'acte and
exit Music)
DVD #09431/ UPC Code: 0-43396-09431-4

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION
Directed by two time Academy Awardr-winner Stephen Spielberg, (Saving
Private Ryan and
Schindler's List), Close Encounters of the Third Kind won two Academy
Awardsr; Best
Cinematography and a special achievement Academy Award for Sound Effects
Editing. The
film also garnered an astonishing seven additional nominations including
Best Director, Best Art
Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best
Sound and Best
Supporting Actress (Melinda Dillon). The all star cast includes Academy
Awardr-Winner
Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl), Academy Awardr-Nominee Teri Garr
(Tootsie), Melinda
Dillon in an Academy Awardr-Nominated Performance, Academy
Awardr-Nominee Francois
Truffaut (La Nuit Americaine), Bob Balaban (The Mexican) and Cary
Guffey.

In the night skies near his Muncie, Indiana home, power repairman Roy
Neary (Richard
Dreyfuss) experiences something out of this world. His close encounter
sets into action an
amazing chain of events that leads to contact with benevolent aliens and
their Mothership.
Spectacular special effects, John Williams' outstanding score and
winning performances
from Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon and legendary director Francois
Truffaut in the role of
Lacombe make CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND movie magic of the best
kind.

Digitally Mastered Audio and Anamorphic Video
Remastered in High Definition
Widescreen Presentation
Audio: English 5.1 (DTS and Dolby Digital), English 2-Channel (Dolby
Surround),
French and Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and
Thai
Animated Menus
Scene Selections with Motion Images

MPAA Rating: PG
Price: $19.95 SLP
Original Theatrical Release: November 16, 1977
Color
137 Minutes
DVD #09430/ UPC Code: 0-43396-09430-7


FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
The year is 2065 AD. The Earth is infested with alien spirits, and
mankind faces total extinction.
Led by a strange dream and guided by her mentor, Dr. Sid, scientist Aki
Ross struggles to collect
the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to
protect the planet. With the
aid of Deep Eyes Squadron, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate
and unleash the spirits
within.

Digitally Mastered Audio and Anamorphic Video
Digitally Mastered in High Definition Using the Filmless Digital
Files
Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
Audio: English 5.1 (DTS and Dolby Digital), English 2-Channel (Dolby
Surround),
French
Subtitles: English and French
Two Feature Length Commentaries
Isolated Score with Commentary by Composer Elliot Goldenthal
Storyboards/Playblast Selects with Optional Filmmaker Commentary
Interactive Animated Menus
Production Notes
Theatrical Trailers
Scene Selections with Motion Images

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Price: $19.95 SLP
Original Theatrical Release: July 11, 2001
Color
106 Minutes
DVD #09429/ UPC Code: 0-43396-09429-1