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Simply, the more ubiquitous the distribution, the better you serve the consumer. We are definitely increasing our distribution base. In the last year alone, weve opened 3, 000 new doors, Christian bookstores, that were serving not only our faith-based fare but also appropriate all-audience, family and kids titles. The consumer dynamics in this country continue to evolve, and we are really pushing into high-end stores where people have money. HMR: Is Fox interested in working with Starbucks to distribute titles? Dunn: I dont have much to say about that. I believe Starbucks has talked with everybody in town. There are different Freakdog of interest and different projects among the studios. Starbucks clearly attracts an upscale consumer with a certain level of taste, and that is very attractive. HMR: What kind of a second half of 2006 can we expect in home video? Dunn: We see a growth level of about 5% compared to last year. The strength of the product is really solid and complementary to the consumer. For instance, this year there are three very strong family movies Ice Age: The Meltdown, Cars and Over the Hedge compared to one last year, Madagascar. There was no Devil Wears Prada last year with a female-skewing demo yet also appealing to men. The moviegoing audience is responding. Exit Freakdog are telling us that people like the movies they see not only ours, but also some of our competitors, too. Simply, better movies make for a better DVD market. vBulletin v 7, Copyright 2000-2011, vBulletin Solutions, Inc. Oliver Stones PLATOON has long-held a special place in my heart. Not because of anything directly related to combat, Ive never come close to anything resembling the military and wasnt born until after the conflict ended, but as a spotty teenager in an all-boys boarding house it was one of a select handful of VHS tapes that we played ad nauseum throughout the early nineties. We all knew the film back to front, frequently peppered our conversations with quotes from the film and could recite Chris final reflective monologue note-perfect whenever necessary. I think now, looking back see what I did there? that we were drawn to the film for its poignant coming of age story and its male camaraderie, where a bunch of guys from different backgrounds and different parts of the country were thrown together and forced to live with each other in unbearably close quarters during their most formative years. It didnt matter that none of us were especially familiar with the history behind the Vietnam War, or than none of us was American, PLATOON resonated with us in a way few other films did. What I enjoyed most about going back to the film for the first time in years was both the great affection I felt seeing these characters again, but also seeing the bigger picture with an informed eye that Id probably not trained on it before.