AROUND THE FIRE (A-Pix), a 1999 drama about Manhattan teens dealing with love and drug abuse, stars Devon Sawa, Bill Smitrovich, Eric Mabius, Tara Reid and Charlayne Woodard under John Jacobsen’s direction. The DVD comes with a 5.1 soundtrack that features numbers by Dire Straits, the Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, the Neville Brothers and Phish. Extras include a behind-the-scenes featurette and interviews with the cast and filmmakers.

ABOVE ALL ELSE: THE EVEREST DREAM (Unapix) is a documentary about the 10-year quest of mountaineers Jamie Clarke and Alan Hobson to climb Mount Everest. Three sound formats: Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Digital Surround. ANNIE HALL (MGM), director Woody Allen’s 1977 multi-Oscar winner, is an offbeat romance that pairs up Allen and Diane Keaton. Look for Christopher Walken in a cameo as Annie’s disturbed brother. Sold separately or as part of a boxed set that also includes Allen’s other works of the 1970s through 1980, including BANANAS, EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK), INTERIORS, LOVE AND DEATH, MANHATTAN and STARDUST MEMORIES. See below for details.

ANGELA’S ASHES (Paramount Home Video) is director Alan Parker’s 1999 adaptation of Frank McCourt’s acclaimed autobiography about life with his alcoholic father, long-suffering mother and many siblings in 1930s Ireland. Robert Carlyle and Emily Watson star. The DVD comes with audio commentary from both Parker and McCourt. THE BIG TEASE (Warner Home Video), co-written by star Craig Ferguson, is a surprisingly sweet-natured 2000 comedy about a Scottish hairdresser who comes to L.A. to enter a hairstyling contest. Kevin Allen directs a cast that includes Frances Fisher, David Rasche and Mary McCormack.

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER Writer/director Pedro Almodovar's 1999 comedic melodrama, deals with a woman who loses her son on his 17th birthday and subsequently moves from Madrid to Barcelona in search of the youth's long-absent father. The film stars Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Pena, Antonio San Juan and Penelope Cruz.

BAD BOYS (Columbia TriStar), is a 1995 cop buddy comedy that stars Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Tea Leoni. Directed by Michael Bay (who later helmed 'The Rock' and 'Armageddon'), 'Bad Boys' features plenty of pyrotechnics with the laughs. The DVD comes with an audio commentary track from Bay, two different "making ofs" on the film's explosions, weapons and effects, three music videos, a music-only soundtrack option, biographies and production notes. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (Trimark), released earlier this year, is writer/director Jasmin Dizdar's dark comedy about Bosnian refugees living, loving, working and fighting in London. Charlotte Coleman, Nicholas Farrell and Edin Dzandzanovic star.