40 E o u ~ c. ,.. c:: Ludlvl no Sagnler sial'll In the provocallve "SWimming PooL" "SWI:MMI:"iG POOL" French director Francois Ozon's nl0st recent film, the English-language "Swimming Pool" ($26.98, Universal), \vas his biggest hiI yet. fullov{ing the anlusing!y theatrical Fassbinder play "Water Drops on Burning Rocks," penetrating eLrama "Under the Sand" and the frothy musical "8 ,,\Vomen.~' The plot of this beautifully photographed psychological mystery \\Tas atypically obvious -uptight English mystery w~iter (the marvelous Charlotte Rampling) is loosened up by a sexy, even coarse, young French woman (Ludivine Sagnier).</p><p> Sagnier certainly did a marvelous job of lying by the pool in her bikini. "UPTOv\TN SATURDAY NIGHT" Sidney POltier's screefl persona. is indelibly that of the righteous, almost saintly black man, and no one ever seems to remember that Biil Cosby once starred in a successful movie.</p><p> But both of those images 2.re laid to rest with their larky 1974 buddy comedy "Upto\vn Saturday Night," along 'iI'ith the two "sequels," "Let's Do It Agaiil," from 1975, and ~:'A.</p><p> Piece of the Action," froITl19TJ ($1997 each, \Varner Bros.) Curiously, neither Poitier nor Cosby contributed to the documentaries or commentary tracks. "GREEN ACRES": COMPLETE FIRST SEASON THE BEST OF "MIL ED" "1<1r.</p><p> Ed" is rig:htlv remembered as one of those rather dumb, high-cOI~cept sitcoms.</p><p> But "Green Acres" (539.98 each, 1\1Gl\!D -while it certainly feveled in dumbness as well -\-vas a rather sneakily self-aw路are, almost surreal show that made fun ofTY conventions, broke down the fourth wall a la 路'Burns & Allen') and路even made hay out of the show's opening credits, Ifl~ads liHton had studied Eva Gabor, she would have learned how to fit right Ln \vithout giving up he:-sense of style (or humor). "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM", COM.PLETE FIRST SEASON "LOST IN SPACE", COMPLETE FIRST SEASON Larry David's acquired taste of a sitcom, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" CJ;39.98, HEO), has every a\vkward moment preserved from its debut season, including aU 10 episodes and the HBO special that launched it.</p><p> The most fun comes from celebs like Ted Danson, Richard Lewis and Diane Keaton, who gleefuliy tweak their public personas. "Lost in Space," on the other hand, has always had a wider and Inore mainstrean1 audience in mind.</p><p> You might have outgrown this space opera after the age of 5, but for a while the campy Dr.</p><p> Smith, the robot and the Robinsons were good friends to anyone needing an elementary lesson in greed, danger and bravery ($79.98, Fox).</p><p> Also out: "l\1adame Sata" (S24.98, VJellspring) is an uneven drama bur features an extraordinary perforrnance by Lazaro Ramos as a \路icious Rio streer punk turned Queen of Carnival; the fInal showdm.vn "Freddy vs.</p><p> Jason" \vas a complete disappointment ($2935, Ne"\v Line); Joaquin Phoenix is the sole "vmrtny elen1ent in the military comedy "Buffalo Soldiers," set in the dying days of the Cold "\-Var ($29.99, 1\tflramax); Neil Patrick Hanis voices Peter Parker in the niftily animated MTV shO'iv HSpider颅 IVia...l1: The Ne路w Animated. .seriesY~ ($29.95.</p><p> Colun1bia TriStar); Rov\~an Atkinson continues his string of siJ!y blockbusters 1-\,-ith the Bond spoof HJohn:uy English~l ($26.98; Universal); and 1981's ".ilmde Special AnniversaryEdition '~ ($19.95, Colulnbia TriSt8r) !nay have been completely supplanted by Rob I',Iarshall's '~!inning 1999 TV movie version, but it's nice to have Carol Burn.ett and Aileen Quin.li.'S perfonnances presenfG. alTY'-vay.</p><p> Out next \veeh:: Johnn:,--Depp's othei路loOFY p<.:-rf.::Jrmnnce from. 2003, in ~;On\i";e UpOllli Thne h1 I'ei':?:xkoH; ev=ry cop's favorite sitcom, >'Barl"~ey IVHll.eI:路~1; dr:d a teri.fik dokumentry ~bout spdliEg bcez called ~"Sp.elihound l'
