Giving Thanks to ALL our Customers (SPECIAL offer) & Holiday Hours

"Happy Thanksgiving fellow movie lovers!" 

As a way of giving thanks this year, Le Video is offering this coupon for a package of 15 rentals for $45 (25% off of our normal rental price!).

From the bottom of our hearts, Le Video would like to sincerely thank all of you for 31 years of love and support.

As usual you get 1 FREE rental for each 10 paid so this coupon is really worth 16.5 rentals!

This limited time offer is available from 11/21/11 - 11/27/11. 

One coupon per customer and/or account.

 Please print coupon and bring to redeem

Holiday Hours

Wednesday    11/23   12 pm - 11 pm

Thursday       11/24   11 am -   6 pm  (Thanksgiving Day)
Saturday       12/24   11 am -   6 pm  (Christmas Eve)
Sunday         12/25   12 pm -   6 pm  (Christmas Day)
Saturday       12/31   11 am -   7 pm  (New Year's Eve)
Sunday          1/1      12 pm -  11pm  (New Year's Day)

TIP #1: Though we will be open and happy to see you to wish you a happy holiday, remember that with 7 nights rental on 99.5% of our movies, you do not need to wait until the last minute to get your holidays cinematographic needs met

TIP #2: Planning on renting multiple non new releases? Save off the regular price, and save your pre-paids for New Releases or less than 3 movies at a time and take advantage of our multi-rental packages... like 5 movies for $15 for ONE WEEK (7 nights/8 days)

TIP #3: With any 2 paids rentals (Yes pre-paids and multi-rental packages count) take advantage of our FREE monthly rental special! Explore and discover a section you may never have ventured in... it's free so be daring!

This November we are featuring films from

The Middle East, click here for more info

Tip #4:  Click here to check out our Weekly New Arrivals Photo Albums located on Facebook

NEW Customer Special ~ Limited Time Offer

A Special offer for first time customers!

Save 25% with our "Intro Package" of 15 rentals for $45.

There are no rental restrictions. The pre-paids can be used toward any DVD, Blu-Ray, VHS, New Releases, Catalog and Adult Titles and used with our Monthly Special or other offers.

Must be purchased at the time of your first rental.

One per person and/or account

November 2011 Special - Middle East & Egyptian Cinema

 FREE Middle-Eastern & Egyptian movie rental with any 2 paid rentals

COME ON DOWN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FANTASTIC NOVEMBER SPECIAL! For the entire month of November, when you rent ANY 2 films you can pick up any non-new release title from our extensive collection of Middle Eastern films ABSOLUTELY FREE!

Choose from:

Bahrain
Iraq
Iran
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Yemen

&

Egypt

 

UNFAMILIAR WITH MIDDLE EASTERN FILMS? DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START? or would you just like a good, old fashioned recommendation? Le Video recommends checking out any of the following titles:

THE APPLE (Iran, 2009)*
THE BAND'S VISIT (Iran, 1998)
BARAN (Iran, 2001)
BLACKBOARDS (Iran, 2000)
CAIRO STATION (Egypt, 1958)
CAMPFIRE (Israel, 2004)
CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (Iran, 1997)
CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE (Palestine/Israel, 1996)
THE CIRCLE (Iran, 2000)
CLOSE-UP (Iran, 1990)
CRIMSON GOLD (Iran, 2003)
THE COLOR OF PARADISE (Iran, 1999)
DIVINE INTERVENTION (Palestine, 2002)
HEAD-ON (Turkey, 2004)
KADOSH (Israel, 1999)
KANDAHAR (Iran, 2001)
KIPPUR (Israel, 2000)
LATE MARRIAGE (Israel, 2002)
LEBANON (Israel/Lebanon, 2009)**
LEILA (Iran, 1998)
LIFE AND NOTHING BUT... (Iran, 1992)*
PARADISE NOW (Palestine, 2005)
SECRET BALLOT (Iran, 2001)
THE SYRIAN BRIDE (Israel, 2004)
TASTE OF CHERRY (Iran, 1997)
THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Iran, 1994)*
TIME OF FAVOR (Israel, 2000)
THE TIME THAT REMAINS (Palestine, 2009)
USHPIZIN (Israel, 2004)
WALK ON WATER (Israel, 2004)
WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Israel, 2008)
WHERE IS MY FRIEND'S HOME? (Iran, 1987)*
THE WHITE BALLOON (Iran, 1995)*
THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING (Egypt, 2006)
YOSSI & JAGGER (Israel, 2002)

All of the above films are available on DVD unless noted
* - ONLY AVAILABLE ON VHS
** - ALSO AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY

 We added 315 titles since 11/1/11  

Week of 11/1/11 New Arrivals 

Week of 11/8/11 New Arrivals

Celebrate Independent Video Store Day, COUPON extended to 10/17/11

Come celebrate the art of movies, win free rentals, 

and support you local video store!

Today Saturday, October 15th, neighborhood video stores across the US and Canada are coming together for the first International Independent Video Store Day, a celebration of local and independent brick and mortar stores. It’s a great time to reflect on what being independent and local mean to us ~ Le Video, one of the largest independent video stores in the country with over 90,000 titles available for rent.

Le Video was born in 1980 out of love for, and a desire to share a world of early cinema, foreign and independent movies - at the time, a spectrum not widely available in the USA

"Being an independently owned store gives us the freedom to passionately pursue that mission. A corporate office doesn’t select our inventory to maximize profits and appeal to only the widest audience. The titles on our shelves reflect the eclectic tastes and voracious cinematic appetite of our staff and, most importantly, our customers.

Our inventory is one reason we’re one of the largest and most reputable video stores in the country, but we wouldn’t be anywhere without our clientele.

Another part of being local is our staff and the connection we have to our customers. Rental-by-mail, vending machines and streaming video are more convenient, but they can’t help you figure out if Poltergeist is too scary for your 10-year old, walk you through how to watch DVDs from other countries, or help you figure out which of the new releases will best match your viewing mood for the night. We’ve seen more and more people willing to settle for a limited range of options, diminished picture and sound quality, and longer waits to see films for the sake of convenience. The effects of those choices are increasingly eroding our ability to maintain the quality our inventory, support our staff, and contribute to the greater community. We can’t argue with easy access all the time, but if it becomes the sole factor in discovering movies then local, independent sources for film will disappear.

In the end, we do our best to provide products and services we believe are worthy of your patronage. If you value our resources, our knowledgeable staff, and our commitment to the community, we ask for your support. If you haven’t visited Le Video in a while, Independent Video Store Day is a great reason to come in and rediscover what we have to offer."*

Stop by the store on Saturday, October 15th and take advantage of our one-day only Package of 20 rentals for $60 and save $10.

Print and bring in TODAY Saturday 10/15/11
EXTENDED TO MONDAY 10/17/11

If you haven't visited for awhile, you will discover thousands of movies not available anywhere else, 8 days / 7 nights rentals on everything except new releases (2 nights), $2 extra night rentals on all the movies and coming soon a new website which will allow you to checkout movies from home, ready to be picked up when you stop by the store

Catherine Tchen, Mark Bowen and the Staff at Le Video

Until the new website is finished, please "like" our Facebook page to see all the
movies we receive each week.

Some of our customers quotes - as found on Yelp:

"I really hope we can keep a few treasures like this store around. Having helpful people with recommendations is nice along with quickly picking up the box to scan the title is just more social than cruising Netflix." Nick B.

"Le Video is awesomey awesome.  It's a cute space in a great location - although parking can be really sucky sometimes.  They have so many movie/tv show titles that it's sometimes hard to decide what to watch.  The people who work there are really knowledgeable and give lots of great suggestions on what to watch. They have almost every single movie you could think of watching - from mainstream blockbusters to really obscure independent or foreign films." Kris I.

"This is the best video store ever. I don't do Netflix because I have Le Video." Aaron N.

"Le Video is a cinephile's wet dream come true!!! They have everything from the rare & hard to find to the over abundant hollywood crap/new releases. This is not your average local video store, it is a video museum where you can actually touch (and take home!) the exhibits. If there is some foreign film or documentary or even a rumored famous director's film school final project that you've only heard existed in a mythological realm of lost tape, chances are Le Video has it. Amazingly knowledgeable & friendly staff are always there to help or recommend options. Le Video is an SF treasure - go check it out!" Joseph K.

Monday-Friday: Noon-11 PM

Sat & Sun:       11AM - 11PM

*text by Carl Tostevin, Scarecrow Video, Seattle

October 2011 - Special

OCTOBER 2011 - Celebrating the World of Canadian Cinema 

Rent any 2 movies get a 3rd rental* ABSOLUTELY FREE  

from our Canadian section. Make sure to check our huge selection of imports from Quebec. Too many Canadian films never make it south of the border, so we at Le Video take great pride and joy in bringing them to you. Do not pass this chance to try something unknown... it's FREE! and you won't find most of them anywhere else! (*except new releases.. as a free rental)

 

Week of 10/4/11 Arrivals

Week of 9/27/11 Arrivals

Week of 9/20/11 Arrivals 

Week of 9/13/11 Arrivals

September Special, New Releases, New Hours & Disc Repairs

FOR A MUCH MORE DETAILED LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING ADDED TO OUR LIBRARY ALL WEEK LONG...PLEASE JOIN US ON FACEBOOK!:


This week New Arrivals - CLICK links to see ALL the titles
Last week New Arrivals
Week of August 23rd, 2011
Week of August 16th, 2011
Week of August 9th, 2011
To see ALL the albums

While we are building a brand new website we are mostly using Facebook to keep in touch.

Open earlier on Saturday & Sunday!
Monday - Friday:     Noon to 11 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 11 AM to 11 PM

Once again...a HUGE thank you from all of us to all of you for casting your vote and choosing Le Video as the Bay Area's best video store in the SF Guardian's Best of the Bay reader's poll! It really means a lot to us and we promise to continue building on our diverse library of movies from around the world. We love doing this and we love that you love what we do!

Did you know that during the last 12 months we added 7,939 items to our rental inventory and that many of them are imports that can only be found at Le Video?

But before we get to the list...another month has passed us by, so it's time to announce this month's rental deal! The Summer of 2011 has drawn to a close and many of you have the grind of the Fall semester on the horizon. All is not lost! Your obedient servants here at Le Video have cooked up (trumpets blare) THE SEPTEMBER, BACK-TO-SCHOOL SPECIAL*. This deal is a bit of a free for all. If you rent ANY 2 films MONDAY thru WEDNESDAY, you can pick up ANY NON-NEW RELEASE RENTAL ABSOLUTELY FREE! This is a great opportunity to take risks with your rental choices. A chance to dig deep into our vast library of cinematic treasures FREE OF CHARGE! IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES PEOPLE! Offer is good until the end of the month...so go forth and get your film on! ~ Mark

* offer only good with two paid rentals. Cannot be combined with any other coupon, special or offer

Discs Resurfacing Services:
Did you know that for a modest $3 we can bring back to life your damaged video game disc, music CD, or DVD? Bring it in for resurfacing! We have a fancy expensive machine that fixes up discs!

Like us? Want a FREE rental? Tell your friends!

All you have to do is get a friend/acquaintance/random stranger to start a membership with us. If they write in your name as their referral while signing up -voila!- you get one free rental after they initiate their first paid rental. (One free rental per new account referred)

Special Events:

October 15th we will celebrate Independent Video Store Day and on the 16th participate in the Inner Sunset Street Fair... you'll have to come on by to find out what specials we will have on those 2 days!

And at long last, the sampling of this week New Arrivals... just enough to get your taste buds going! By checking the Facebook albums... you'll quickly understand why we can only provide a "sampling" of the weekly arrivals!

- Diana Rigg At the BBC (DVD)
- Acolytes (2008) - Jon Hewitt (DVD)
- The Arbor (2010) - Clio Barnard (DVD)
- Asylum Seekers (2009) - Rania Ajami (DVD)
- Before Your Eyes (2009) - Miraz Bezar (DVD)
- Bereavement (2010) - Stevan Mena (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Cadavres (2009) - Erik Canuel (DVD)
- Children of the Corn (1984) - Fritz Kiersch (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- The Coffin (2008) - Ekachai Uekrongtham (DVD)
- Community - Season 2 (2010) - Dan Harmon (DVD)
- The Divine Weapon (2008) - Yu-jin Kim (DVD)
- Everything Must Go (2010) - Dan Rush (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Fistful of Dollars, A (Per un Pugno di Dollari, 1964) - Sergio Leone (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- For a Few Dollars More (Per Qualche Dollaro in Più, 1965) - Sergio Leone (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Fringe - Season 3 (2010) - J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, & Roberto Orci (DVD)
- God of Vampires (2010) - Rob Fitz (DVD)
- The Good Wife - Season 2 (2010) - Michelle King, Robert King (DVD)
- Hanna (2011) - Joe Wright (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Hashish (2002) - Daniel Gräbner (DVD)
- Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988) - Tony Randel (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Hellraiser (1987) - Clive Barker (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- High School Musical: China (2010) - Shi-Zheng Chen (DVD)
- The Hills Have Eyes (1977) - Wes Craven (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Horrible Way to Die, A (2010) - Adam Wingard (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- It's the Rage (1999) - James D. Stern (DVD)
- Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011) - Dick Lowry (DVD)
- The Last Kung Fu Monk (2010) - Peng Zhang Li (DVD)
- Legend of The Tsunami Warrior (2008) - Nonzee Nimibutr (DVD)
- Lizard Boy (2011) - Paul Della Pelle (DVD)
- Magic (2010) - Hye-sun Koo (DVD)
- The Office - Season Seven (2010) - Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, & Stephen Merchant (DVD)
- Olivia: Princess For a Day (2009) (DVD)
- Quattro Volte, Le (The Four Times, 2010) - Michelangelo Frammartino (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Rebirth (2011) - Jean-Marc Minéo (DVD)
- Sands of the Kalahari (1965) - Cy Endfield (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Scarface (1983) - Limited Edition - Brian DePalma (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Straw Dogs (1971) - Sam Peckinpah (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Team Umizoomi (2010) (DVD)
- Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (2011) (DVD)
- Trail of the Panda (2009) - Zhong Yu (DVD)
- Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2010) - Craig Teper (DVD)
- Weakness (2010) - Michael Melamedoff (DVD)
- X-Men: First Class (2011) - available 9/9/11 - Matthew Vaughn (Blu-ray) (DVD)

We're looking forward to see you soon at Le Video!

August 23rd New Arrivals

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