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Entries from May 2008

Chefs A’Field: Kids on the Farm Nominated for 2008 Emmy Award

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Janson Media announced that cooking series, Chefs A’ Field: Kids on the Farm has been nominated by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for a 2008 Daytime Emmy Award. The awards recognize outstanding achievement in television production broadcast in the 2007 calendar year. The series was nominated in the category of Outstanding Achievement […]

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Gregory Peck Biography “His Own Man” Released on DVD

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Janson Media today announced the release of the DVD, Gregory Peck: His Own Man. The title is the 10th to be released on DVD from the company’s Hollywood Collection, an award-winning archive of 34 movie star biographies and retrospectives produced by Wombat Productions between 1985 and 1999.

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“Gateway Arch” DVD Recommended by NY Times Review of Books

May 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Janson Media’s DVD The Gateway Arch was recommended by Martin Filler in his article Flying High with Eero Saarinen, in the June 12, 2008 issue of the New York Review of Books. “An excellent new documentary file, The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America directed by Scott Huegerich and Bob Miano, and narrated by […]

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DVD Verdict Recommends “Drive-In Movie Memories”

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

The popular website DVDVerdict.com has recommended the Janson Media DVD, Drive-In Movie Memories. Wrote reviewer Tom Becker, “Drive-in Movie Memories is a loving, if brief, look at the story of this American institution.”
“The film mixes archival footage with interviews from people like critic Leonard Maltin, B-movie actresses Beverly Garland (It Conquered the World) and […]

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“Diamond in the Rough” Bio of Actor Walter Matthau Now on DVD

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Janson Media today announced the release of the DVD, Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough. The title is the ninth to be released on DVD from the company’s Hollywood Collection, an award-winning archive of 34 movie star biographies and retrospectives produced by Wombat Productions between 1985 and 1999.

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“Water’s Journey” High-Def Adventure/Doc Series Debuts

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Janson Media today announced the release to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, and new media markets of Water’s Journey, a four-episode series that reveals the nature, and mechanics of our most important water resources: Groundwater, Rivers, Lakes, Springs, Wetlands, Estuaries, and Ocean environments. The series follows a team of scientists and adventurers as they explore the […]

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