Winning extras in ‘Seabiscuit’

Seabiscuit

Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges

Universal, $27

Seabiscuit --

The Lost Documentary

Hart Sharp, $15

Writer-director Gary Ross’ classy adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s bestseller revolves around the “underdog” thoroughbred of the late 1930s and the three troubled men who find themselves because of the champion.

The digital edition is also a class affair, with an above-average making-of film (“Bringing the Legend to Life”), a well-done historical documentary on Seabiscuit and the Great Depression, a gallery of Bridges’ terrific on-set photographs, informative commentary from Ross (joined by Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh) and a feature titled “Anatomy of a Movie Moment: From Script to Screen.” Some of the vintage footage used in the documentaries on the disc is from the 1939 documentary “Seabiscuit,” which is also available on DVD. The film features footage from the animal’s early years as well as his legendary match race with War Admiral. The DVD includes both the original black-and-white documentary and a new colorized version.

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Freaky Friday

Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan

Disney, $30

Previously made by Disney in the 1970s as a feature comedy with Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster and as an ill-fated TV movie in the ‘90s, this third version of Mary Rodgers’ novel is a real charmer. Curtis seems to be having a field day as a fortysomething psychiatrist mother who is about to get married to a Mr. Perfect (Mark Harmon) and who is constantly bickering with her teenage daughter (Lohan). But after a magical spell involving fortune cookies causes them to switch bodies, the uptight mother finds herself trying to cope in high school, and the carefree 15-year-old is forced to listen to her mother’s patients and fend off the advances of her fiance. Regrettably, the DVD doesn’t feature any commentary -- it would have been fun to have Curtis and Lohan talk about their roles -- but the disc contains a decent documentary hosted by Lohan, music videos, bloopers, and a deleted scene and three alternate endings.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Sean Connery, Peta Wilson

Fox, $28

Very, very ordinary action-thriller based on a comic book. The premise finds that several of the greatest characters in Victorian literature -- Allan Quatermain, Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, the Invisible Man, Mina Harker and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- actually exist and are brought together to thwart a world war in 1899. It’s about as exciting as bread rising. Connery and director Stephen Norrington supposedly quarreled during the shoot, and the director is nearly invisible on the DVD. Among the extras are a six-part documentary on the making of the film.

-- Susan King