There is also a rambling, start-and-halt audio commentary by director Blake Edwards and a weird five-minute half-screen telephone interview by Jack Lemmon, where we see and hear only his side of the conversation.

Extras: Widescreen, audio commentary, Jack Lemmon interview, trailers, etc.

"Where the Boys Are" (Warner, 1960, not rated, $19.98). OK, this one is hokey in places and perhaps too coy about s-e-x (though it purports to be quite forward-thinking), but hey, this was 1960, and movies were only beginning to grow up. And the film remains an enjoyable romp — a precursor to the "Beach Party" movies — as teens invade Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for spring vacation.

And there's a great young cast of newcomers:

— Dolores Hart, quite good in the nominal lead. (She later left show biz to become a nun!)

— Connie Francis, who sings a couple of songs and proves to be quite a comic find in her film debut.

— Frank Gorshin, also funny as a nearly blind musician who's too hip for his own good.

— Chill Wills and other seasoned character actors in minor roles.

— And, best of all, Paula Prentiss and Jim Hutton (the first film for both), whose comic chemistry is completely winning. (They were so good together, the studio paired them again in three more successive films.)

— Meanwhile, George Hamilton is stiff as a board and Yvette Mimieux's subplot is soapy and dopey.

Extras: Widescreen, audio commentary (by Prentiss), retrospective interviews (with Prentiss and Francis), newsreel, trailer, etc.

"The Wind and the Lion" (Warner, 1975, PG, $19.98). In his audio commentary, writer-director John Milius ("Conan the Barbarian," "Red Dawn") goes on and on about how he "borrowed" the visual style for "The Wind and the Lion" from David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia." I'm not sure he should be quite so proud of that.

This film is no "Lawrence," and it suffers from major miscasting — Sean Connery and Candice Bergen, as a Moroccan tribal leader and the tough-as-nails American woman he kidnaps in 1904, along with her two young children. The act sets off an international incident, which doesn't quite go down the expected path.

Connery has the larger-than-life presence and charisma needed for his character, but his Scottish accent is greatly distracting. Bergen, unfortunately, just doesn't have the presence or range necessary to make her character believable.

On the other hand, Brian Keith is great as President Theodore Roosevelt. And Milius gives the action scenes the muscle they need, as well as some rousing moments that almost make up for others that drag.

Extras: Widescren, audio commentary, making-of featurette, trailer, etc.

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