TV on DVD:"When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" -- Spike Lee presents his four-hour documentary chronicling the Hurricane Katrina disaster and the equally tragic aftermath as emergency crews lumber to respond. Lee offers commentary, and the three-disc set has a nearly two-hour epilogue. DVD set, $29.98. (HBO)
"The St. Louis Cardinals: 2006 World Series Collector's Edition" -- An eight-disc set rounds up all five games of the Cardinals' World Series triumph over the Detroit Tigers, plus games five and seven of the Cards' nail-biting National League Championship Series against the New York Mets. DVD set, $79.95. (A&E)
"The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season" -- The first family of TV animation returns with a four-disc set packing year nine's 25 episodes, with commentary on each from cast members, creator Matt Groening and others. DVD set, $49.98. (20th Century Fox)
"ER: The Complete Sixth Season" -- There's life after George Clooney for the remaining cast and newcomers to the long-running medical drama. Maura Tierney leads the fresh recruits in year six, with 22 episodes. DVD set, $49.98. (Warner Bros.)
"Hogan's Heroes: The Complete Fifth Season" -- Those wacky POWs and their inept Nazi captors are back with a four-disc set containing 26 episodes. DVD set, $42.99. (Paramount)
"Married With Children: The Complete Sixth Season" -- The dysfunctional Bundy family returns with a three-disc set packing 26 episodes. DVD set, $39.95. (Sony)
Other new releases:
"Jet Li's Fearless" -- Action star Li says this will be his last martial-arts film, the tale of a pioneer of the sport whose arrogance makes him an outcast and forces him to find the inner peace to mount a comeback. The film is available in regular DVD format or a combo disc with the DVD and HD DVD versions. DVD, $29.98; HD DVD combo, $39.98. (Universal)
"The Wicker Man" -- Nicolas Cage stars in a dud based on the 1970s original, playing a policeman whose attempt to find an old girlfriend's missing daughter leads him into dark mysteries among the pagan citizens of a remote island. The DVD has the theatrical release and an unrated alternate version. DVD, $28.98. (Warner Bros.)
"All the King's Men" -- Sean Penn has a remake dud of his own, starring as a flamboyant Southern politician whose idealism gives way to corruption in a new adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's novel. The DVD has deleted scenes and a segment on Huey Long, the Louisiana political boss who was Warren's inspiration. DVD, $28.95; Blu-ray disc, $38.95 (Sony)
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