Anchor Bay is releasing six bargain-priced Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment catalog titles on August 6th and 13th:
Freaked,
Lucas,
The Pick-Up Artist,
Silver Streak,
Stuck on You and
Wing Commander.
Each title is available for pre-order. Technical specifications and special features have yet to be detailed.
Freaked (Streets August 6th)
Synopsis: A company that produces a toxic chemical tries to improve its image via popular spokesperson, Ricky Coogan (Alex Winter). Ricky travels to South America to get a first-hand look at the chemical's effects and finds himself at a mutant freak farm. Elijah C. Skuggs (Randy Quaid), who runs the farm, is only too happy to have new subjects on which to try his freak machine. The very chemical that Ricky is supposed to promote is the one responsible for creating the great variety of freaks. Co-directors Tom Stern and Alex Winter's 1993 cult comedy also stars Brooke Shields, Michael Stoyanov, William Sadler, Mr. T, Megan Ward, Alex Zuckerman, Ray Baker, Morgan Fairchild, John Hawkes, Sam Raimi, Keanu Reeves and Bobcat Goldthwait.
Lucas (Streets August 6th)
Synopsis: At 14 years old, young Lucas Bly (Corey Haim) is a bit too small for his age, and far too smart for his high school classmates. He's more interested in symphonies and science fairs than food fights and football. But when Lucas finds himself falling in love with a cheerleader (Kerri Green), who only has eyes for the school's top jock, Cappie Roew (Charlie Sheen), he grows desperate for her attention. Joining the football team, Lucas risks his pride and neck at the big game. Director David Seltzer's classic also stars Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tom Hodges and Jeremy Piven, and features the screen debut of Winona Ryder.
The Pick-Up Artist (Streets August 6th)
Synopsis: Jack Jericho (Robert Downey Jr.) is a master in the art of meeting women, but the master has just met his match in the beautiful Randy Jensen (Molly Ringwald). Complicating matters is her alcoholic father (Dennis Hopper), who's in deep debt to the mob, and two gangsters (Harvey Keitel and Danny Aiello), who escort Randy to Atlantic City. In this hilarious, romantic comedy from writer/director James Toback, a smug, compulsive womanizer who won't take no for an answer meets the woman of his dreams, only to find her impervious to his charm.
Silver Streak (Streets August 6th)
Synopsis: In director Arthur Hiller's wild comedy adventure, rail passenger George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) finds that a romantic escapade with a sultry secretary (Jill Clayburgh) puts him in the middle of a Hitchcockian murder plot. Leaping on and off the train, in and out of roomettes, he escapes, only to team up with thief Grover T. Muldoon (Richard Pryor), who helps George get to Kansas City where they reboard the train together. Silver Streak also stars Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Ray Walston and Scatman Crothers.
Stuck on You (Streets August 6th)
Synopsis: Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear make a terrific team (Newsweek) in this delightfully demented comedy from the inseparable Farrelly Brothers. Conjoin the fun with Bob (Damon) and Walt (Kinnear) Tenor, two brothers who share a passion for life... and a liver. Their unique bond leads to wild complications when Walt decides to pursue his dreams of becoming an actor and persuades his reluctant sibling to go along for the ride. Loaded with over-the-top humor and outrageous antics, Stuck On You also stars Eva Mendes, Wen Yann Shih, Pat Crawford Brown and Dane Cook, and features a number of celebrity cameos.
Wing Commander (Streets August 13th)
Synopsis: Loosely based on the videogame series of the same name, Wing Commander opens in the year 2654 and introduces Terran Confederation fighter pilots Christopher Blair (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) and Todd Marshall (Matthew Lillard), a young hotshot who joins an interstellar war to fight the evil Kilrathi armada, a fleet of alien warriors hellbent on destroying the universe. Director Chris Roberts' sci-fi actioner also stars Saffron Burrows, Tchéky Karyo, Jürgen Prochnow and David Warner.