THE SON OF NO ONE on BD/DVD on 2/21/12

ANCHOR BAY FILMS AND MILLENNIUM FILMS PROUDLY PRESENTS
A NU IMAGE PRODUCTION

THE SON OF NO ONE
Written and Directed by Dito Montiel
STARRING CHANNING TATUM, TRACEY MORGAN, KATIE HOLMES, RAY LIOTTA, JULIETTE BINOCHE,
AL PACINO and JAKE CHERRY

“Exhilarating and Powerful”
-–Avi Offer, NYCMovie Guru

Available on Blu-ray™ and DVD February 21, 2012

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Anchor Bay Films is proud to announce the release of The Son of No One on Blu-ray™ and DVD, February 21, 2012.  A 2-disc Blu-ray™+DVD combo pack will also be available.  Hailed as   “A riveting piece of filmmaking [featuring] one of the best casts of the year” by Joel Amos, MovieFanatic.com, The Son of No One is agripping thriller about how far one police officer will go to keep his darkpast hidden and protect his family.  The release also contains deletedscenes and audio commentary with Writer/Producer/Director Dito Montiel and Editor/Executive Producer Jake Pushinsky.

Jonathan (Channing Tatum 21 Jump Street, The Vow) is a second-generation cop who gets in over his head when he’s assigned to re-open a double homicide cold case in his Queens neighborhood. An anonymous source feeding new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local reporter (Juliette Binoche Cosmopolis, Dan In Real Life, ) leads to evidence suggesting a possible cover-up by the former lead detective (Al Pacino The Godfather, Scarface) who was on the investigation. As Jonathan digs deeper into the assignment, a dark secret about the case emerges, which threatens to destroy his life and his family.

Channing Tatum delivers a gritty and memorable performance, while New York mainstay writer and director Dito Montiel (Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) is at the top of his game. Also starring Tracy Morgan (NBC’s “30 Rock”), Katie Holmes (Batman Begins), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) and Jake Cherry (Night at the Museum), The Son of No One is a tense and powerful thriller filled with suspense, secrets and lies.

About Anchor Bay Films
Anchor Bay Films is unique in that it offers the creative community a fully integrated distribution capability on all platforms and an international solution extending beyond the U.S.  Anchor Bay Films is a division of Anchor Bay Entertainment and is on the ground providing quality distribution with operations in the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, as well as distribution capabilities in other key territories. The company focuses on a platform release strategy for its films with an eye toward maximizing theirpotential across all ancillary distribution platforms. Upcoming is Corman’s World about Academy Award® winning filmmaker Roger Corman which premiered at Cannes 2011.  Films in its library include the critically-acclaimedcomedy City Island starring Andy Garcia and Solitary Man starring Michael Douglas as well as the 2011 releases of Kill the Irishman starring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken and Toronto Film Festival award-winner Beautiful Boy with Maria Bello and Michael Sheen.  Anchor Bay Entertainment is a subsidiary of Starz Media, LLC (www.starzmedia.com) which is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA).

NEW PEOPLE ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES GANTZ II On DVD/BLU-RAY On JAN. 17th

Exciting Concluding Chapter Of Kinetic Japanese Action Film Epic Based On Popular Manga Series Debuts In January; Theatrical Release Event At NEW PEOPLE In San Francisco

San Francisco, CA, December 19, 2011 – NEW PEOPLE Entertainment, a film division of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. that focuses on the licensing and distribution of Japanese films and media, has announced the highly anticipated release of the live-action film sequel to GANTZ. GANTZ II: Perfect Answer will debut on DVD (SRP $24.92) and Blu-ray/DVD combo-pack (SRP $29.99) on January 17th, 2012. The film, which is unrated, features both English and Japanese dialogue options and includes a bonus disc with an exclusive director’s interview, cast profiles, and theatrical film trailers.

To celebrate the film’s North American release, NEW PEOPLE Entertainment will hold three special theatrical screenings of GANTZ and GANTZ II: Perfect Answer on Saturday, January 14th at the S.F. Film Society | NEW PEOPLE Cinema located in San Francisco’s Japantown. Tickets are $10. Additional ticket and film info is available at: www.newpeopleworld.com/films.

GANTZ (Dubbed) 1:00pm
GANTZ II: Perfect Answer (Dubbed) 4:00pm
GANTZ II: Perfect Answer (Subtitled) 7:00pm

All those attending the screenings of GANTZ II: Perfect Answer will receive a free full-color GANTZ poster. A special ticket bundle is also available for $25 (DVD) or $30 (Blu-ray) that includes a movie pass, poster, and either the DVD or Blu-ray release.

GANTZ and GANTZ II: Perfect Answer are based on a popular manga series created by Hiroya Oku. The ongoing 31-volume sci-fi action epic is a bestseller in Japan with sales exceeding 16 million copies and is published in North America by Dark Horse Comics. Both films star leading Japanese actors Kazunari Ninomiya (Letters from Iwo Jima) and Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note, Detroit Metal City).

“GANTZ is one of the most popular live-action film franchises based on a manga series to come from Japan and we are very happy to announce the North American release of the saga’s tense concluding chapter on DVD and Blu-Ray,” says Seiji Horibuchi, President and CEO of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. “GANTZ II: Perfect Answer brings the kinetic action to its riveting climax and fans won’t want to miss this exciting new release!”

In the first GANTZ film (available on Blu-ray/DVD combo-pack from NEW PEOPLE Entertainment), Kei Kurono and his childhood friend, Masaru Kato, attempted to save a man who has fallen onto the train tracks but were run down by an oncoming train. However, rather than finding themselves dead, they were transported to a strange apartment in which they found a mysterious black orb known as ‘GANTZ’. Along with others there, they were given weaponry sent on missions to battle alien beings and gain “points.”

How will we face the end? The GANTZ saga meets its ultimate conclusion in GANTZ II: Perfect Answer, which offers an intensely gripping story-line yet to be known to even readers of the original manga series. Determined to resurrect his friends who have died on previous missions, Kei and other members trapped in the world of GANTZ aim to score the 100 points needed to break through and regain their freedom. But with the emergence of a mysterious man investigating the Gantz members, Gantz begins to act up and the next target shocks the members. Some fight for love, some for justice but what will each member sacrifice?

Kazunari Ninomiya, best known in America for his role in Clint Eastwood’s 2006 blockbuster, Letters from Iwo Jima, is both an actor and a singer. He is also world-renowned as a member of the Japanese boy band “Arashi,” which topped Japan’s music charts in 2009 with the three best-selling singles.

Kenichi Matsuyama is currently one of the most sought-after actors in Japanese film and he has won several awards including Japanese Academy Awards Best New Actor (2007) and Most Popular Actor (2009). Matsuyama is widely recognized for his part as L in Death Note (2006), Death Note II: the Last Name (2006) and Death Note: L, change the WorLd (2008) and also for his portrayal of Johannes Krauser II in the outlandish rock and roll comedy, Detroit Metal City (2009).

For more information on GANTZ and other NEW PEOPLE Entertainment films, please visit: www.newpeopleent.com.

About NEW PEOPLE, Inc.
Based in San Francisco, California, NEW PEOPLE, Inc. (www.newpeopleworld.com) offers the latest films, art, fashion and retail brands from Japan through its unique entertainment destination as well as through licensing and distribution of selective Japanese films. NEW PEOPLE Entertainment (www.newpeopleent.com), a film division of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. strives to offer the most entertaining motion pictures straight from the “Kingdom of Pop” for audiences of all ages, especially the manga and anime generation, in North America. Some titles include DEATH NOTE, GANTZ, KAMIKAZE GIRLS, and THE TASTE OF TEA.

Kino Lorber Releases Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialisme (2011) on Blu-ray and DVD

New York, NY – December 9, 2011 – Kino Lorber is proud to announce the Blu-ray and DVD release of Film Socialisme, a cinematic essay on Western civilization, politics and history presented through the lens of master filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard.

Film Socialisme comes to Blu-ray and DVD with special features including trailers, a stills gallery, and a special essay about the film by Richard Brody, author of Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard, which puts the film in the context of Godard’s career. This edition is presented in its original multi-language soundtrack, with two subtitle options including Godard’s “Navajo” English from the theatrical version, and a full English translation of all of the film’s dialog. The prebook date for the Blu-ray and DVD is December 13, 2011, and the street date for each is January 10, 2012. The SRP for the Blu-ray is $34.95, while the SRP for the DVD is $29.95.

This “remarkable and beautiful and challenging” (Glenn Kenny, MSN) essay from filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard explores contemporary European politics and culture in three distinct parts. The first is set on a luxury cruise liner sailing the Mediterranean (with Patti Smith among its passengers), on which Godard examines the garishness of its wealthy passengers with the rich and troubled history of the ship’s ports of call.

The second part depicts the tension between the owners of a rural French rest stop, running for local office, and their children, who have their own ideas about the future. The third part is part-travelogue, part-history lesson, and part-essay, as Godard explores Western history at six different ports of call: Egypt, Hellas, Palestine, Odessa, Naples, and Barcelona, depicting images of art and conflict in order to examine the past and the future of Western civilization.

Shot in HD (Godard’s first film shot entirely in that format), Film Socialisme is a cinematic essay on the socio-political crises of our times.

2011 / France / 101 min. / Color / Blu-ray: 1920x1080p / DVD: Anamorphic (1:85:1)

Film Socialisme (2011)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Genre: Drama
Blu-ray SRP: $34.95
DVD SRP: $29.95
Prebook date: December 13, 2011
Street date: January 10, 2012

Kino Lorber Releases Lucas Belvaux’s thriller Rapt (2011), on Blu-ray and DVD

New York, NY – December 5, 2011 – Kino Lorber is proud to announce the Blu-ray and DVD release of Rapt (2011), a suspense drama by Lucas Belvaux that Andrew O’Hehir in Salon.com called a “cool and ingenious thriller”.

The film comes to Blu-ray and DVD with special features including trailers and a stills gallery. The SRP for the Blu-ray is $34.95, and the SRP for the DVD is $29.95. Both are available on December 6, 2011.

Starring Yvan Attal as wealthy industrialist Stanislas Graff, director Lucas Belvaux tells the intense, thrilling story of Graff’s kidnapping in a daring daylight operation. He’s held for 50 million Euros, which his family is desperate to pay, but his multi-national company has their own agenda, concerned more with their own public image and financial interests.

But that’s only the beginning of Graff’s ordeal. In the process of trying to locate the funds to pay his ransom, the unflattering details of Graff’s private life come under public scrutiny, from his gambling, to infidelity, and worse. As his business associates become less and less invested in securing his release, Graff remains in harrowing and excruciating captivity. However, with the details of his private life that have emerged, Graff begins to realize that his eventual release may not mean a return to his old life.

Resonating powerfully with contemporary economic and political realities, Rapt (2011) is both a taut thriller and a character study into a man whose public image belies his unsavory private life.

SPECIAL FEATURES
Trailers
Stills Gallery
Presented in DTS HD Master Audio 5.1

2011 / France / 123 mins. / Color / Anamorphic (2.35:1) / In French w/optional English subtitles

Rapt (2011)
Director: Lucas Belvaux
Genre: Drama
Street date: December 6, 2011
Blu-ray SRP: $34.95
DVD SRP: $29.95

February Titles from Criterion – Dunham’s TINY FURNITURE, Malle’s Last, Sci-fi from Fassbinder, Preminger’s ANATOMY OF A MURDER, & More!!!

La Jetée and Sans Soleil – Blu-ray Edition

One of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made and a mind-bending free-form travelogue: La Jetée and Sans Soleil couldn’t seem more different—but they’re the twin pillars of an unparalleled and uncompromising career in cinema. A filmmaker, poet, novelist, photographer, editor, and now videographer and digital multimedia artist, Chris Marker (A Grin Without a Cat) has been challenging moviegoers, philosophers, and himself for years with his investigations of time, memory, and the rapid advancement of life on this planet. These two films—a tale of time travel told in still images and a journey to Africa and Japan—remain his best-loved and most widely seen.

La Jetée
1963 • 27 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • Presented both in English and in French with English subtitles • 1.66:1 aspect ratio
Sans Soleil
1983 • 103 minutes • Color • Monaural • Presented both in English and in French with English subtitles • 1.66:1 aspect ratio

GUILLAUME-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• Restored high-definition digital transfers, approved by director Chris Marker, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
• Two interviews with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin
• Chris on Chris, a video piece on Marker by filmmaker and critic Chris Darke
• Two excerpts from the French television series Court-circuit (le magazine): a look at David Bowie’s music video for the song “Jump They Say,” inspired by La Jetée, and an analysis of Hitchcock’s Vertigo and its influence on Marker
• Junkopia, a six-minute film by Marker about the Emeryville Mudflats
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by Marker scholar Catherine Lupton, an interview with Marker, notes on the films and filmmaking by Marker, and more

TITLE: La Jetée and Sans Soleil (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2107BD
UPC: 7-15515-09111-4
ISBN: 978-1-60465-536-0
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 1/10/12
STREET: 2/7/12

Three Outlaw Samurai – Blu-ray & DVD

This first film by the legendary Hideo Gosha (Sword of the Beast) is among the most canonized chambara (sword-fighting) films. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television series phenomenon of the same name, Three Outlaw Samurai is a classic in its own right. In it, a wandering, seen-it-all ronin (Tetsuro Tamba) becomes entangled in the dangerous business of two other samurai (Isamu Nagato and Mikijiro Hira), hired to execute a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate. With remarkable storytelling economy and thrilling action scenes, this is an expertly mounted tale of revenge and loyalty.

1964 • 93 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri

TITLE: Three Outlaw Samurai (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2108BD
UPC: 7-15515-09121-3
ISBN: 978-1-60465-537-7
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 1/17/12
STREET: 2/14/12

TITLE: Three Outlaw Samurai (DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2109D
UPC: 7-15515-09131-2
ISBN: 978-1-60465-538-4
SRP: $19.95
PREBOOK: 1/17/12
STREET: 2/14/12

Tiny Furniture – Blu-ray & DVD

Lena Dunham got her start making YouTube videos, but she emerged as a major talent thanks to the breakthrough success of this exceptionally sharp comedy, which garnered the twenty-four-year-old writer-director-actor comparisons to the likes of Woody Allen. The filmmaker herself plays Aura, a recent college graduate who returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister (played by their real-life counterparts). Though Aura is gripped by stasis and confusion about her future, Dunham locates endless sources of refreshing humor in her plight. As painfully confessional as it is endlessly amusing, Tiny Furniture is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads.

2010 • 99 minutes • Color • 5.1 Surround • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New digital transfer, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Director Lena Dunham talks about filmmaking and autobiography in a new interview with writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron
• New interview with writer-director Paul Schrader
• Creative Nonfiction, Dunham’s first feature film
• Four short films by Dunham
• Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate

TITLE: Tiny Furniture (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2112BD
UPC: 7-15515-09161-9
ISBN: 978-1-60465-541-4
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 1/17/12
STREET: 2/14/12

TITLE: Tiny Furniture (2-DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2113D
UPC: 7-15515-09171-8
ISBN: 978-1-60465-542-1
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 1/17/12
STREET: 2/14/12

Anatomy of a Murder – Blu-ray & DVD

A virtuoso James Stewart (Vertigo) plays a small-town Michigan lawyer who takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant (The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’s Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife (Days of Wine and Roses’ Lee Remick). This gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, the most popular film from Hollywood provocateur Otto Preminger (Laura), was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex—more than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast—including a young George C. Scott (Patton) as a fiery prosecuting attorney and legendary real-life attorney Joseph N. Welch as the judge—and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington, Anatomy of a Murder is a Hollywood landmark; it was nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture.

1959 • 161 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.85:1 aspect ratio

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• New alternate 5.1 soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
• New interview with Otto Preminger biographer Foster Hirsch
• Critic Gary Giddins explores Duke Ellington’s score in a new interview
• A look at the relationship between graphic designer Saul Bass and Preminger with Bass biographer Pat Kirkham
• Newsreel footage from the set
• Excerpts from a 1967 episode of Firing Line, featuring Preminger in discussion with William F. Buckley Jr.
• Excerpts from the work in progress Anatomy of “Anatomy”: The Making of a Movie
• Behind-the-scenes photographs by Life magazine’s Gjon Mili
• Trailer, featuring on-set footage
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Nick Pinkerton and a 1959 Life magazine article on real-life lawyer Joseph N. Welch, who plays the judge in the film

TITLE: Anatomy of a Murder (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2110BD
UPC: 7-15515-09141-1
ISBN: 978-1-60465-539-1
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 1/24/12
STREET: 2/21/12

TITLE: Anatomy of a Murder (2-DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2111D
UPC: 7-15515-09151-0
ISBN: 978-1-60465-540-7
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 1/24/12
STREET: 2/21/12

World on a Wire – Bluray & DVD

World on a Wire is a gloriously paranoid, boundlessly inventive take on the future from German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder (The Marriage of Maria Braun). With dashes of Stanley Kubrick, Kurt Vonnegut, and Philip K. Dick, as well as a flavor entirely his own, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, Fred Stiller (The Odessa File’s Klaus Lowitsch), a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy. At risk? (Virtual) reality as we know it. Originally made for German television, this recently rediscovered, three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the weird world of tomorrow from one of cinema’s kinkiest geniuses.

1973 • 212 minutes • Color • Monaural • In German with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Fassbinder’s “World on a Wire”: Looking Ahead to Today, a fifty-minute documentary about the making of the film by Juliane Lorenz
• New interview with German-film scholar Gerd Gemünden
• New English subtitles
• Trailer for the 2010 theatrical release
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Ed Halter

TITLE: World on a Wire (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2116BD
UPC: 7-15515-09201-2
ISBN: 978-1-60465-545-2
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 1/24/12
STREET: 2/21/12

TITLE: World on a Wire (2-DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2117D
UPC: 7-15515-09211-1
ISBN: 978-1-60465-546-9
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 1/24/12
STREET: 2/21/12

Vanya on 42nd Street – Blu-ray & DVD

In the nineties, André Gregory mounted a series of spare, private performances of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in a crumbling Manhattan playhouse. These treasures of pure theater would have been lost to time had they not been captured on film, with subtle cinematic brilliance, by Louis Malle (My Dinner with André). In Vanya on 42nd Street, a stellar cast of actors—including Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Brooke Smith, and George Gaynes—embark on a full read-through of Uncle Vanya (adapted into English by David Mamet); the result is as memorable and emotional a screen version of Chekhov’s masterpiece as one could ever hope to see. This film, which turned out to be Malle’s last, is a tribute to the playwright’s devastating work as well as to the creative process itself.

1994 • 120 minutes • Color • 2.0 Surround • 1.66:1 aspect ratio

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• New documentary featuring interviews with André Gregory, the play’s director; actors Lynn Cohen, George Gaynes, Julianne Moore, Larry Pine, Wallace Shawn, and Brooke Smith; and producer Fred Berner
• Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Steven Vineberg and a 1994 on-set report by film critic Amy Taubin

TITLE: Vanya on 42nd Street (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2103BD
UPC: 7-15515-09091-9
ISBN: 978-1-60465-534-6
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 1/31/12
STREET: 2/28/12

TITLE: Vanya on 42nd Street (DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2104D
UPC: 7-15515-09101-5
ISBN: 978-1-60465-535-3
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 1/31/12
STREET: 2/28/12

Attention Canada: Tiny Furniture is US only. Three Outlaw Samurai and World on a Wire are English speaking Canada only. La Jetée/Sans Soleil, Anatomy of a Murder, and Vanya on 42nd Street are available in all Canada.

Justified: The Complete Second Season arrives on Blu-ray and DVD January 3, 2012

JUSTIFIED:
THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON

The Emmy®-Winning Drama Starring Timothy Olyphant Returns to Blu-ray® and DVD January 3rd

Second Season Special Features Include Three New Featurettes, Deleted Scenes and Outtakes

Culver City, Calif. (November 14, 2011) – Outlaws beware! The gun-slinging action continues when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases Justified: The Complete Second Season on Blu-ray® and DVD January 3rd. Timothy Olyphant serves up his own brand of justice as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, in the critically acclaimed FX Productions and Sony Pictures Television series on FX, based on the short story “Fire in the Hole” by crime novelist Elmore Leonard and developed for television by Graham Yost. The second year garnered an Emmy® win for Margo Martindale (Win Win) as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Mags Bennett. The exceptional ensemble cast also features Nick Searcy (Moneyball), Joelle Carter (TV’s “Prime Suspect”), Jacob Pitts (TV’s “The Pacific”), Erica Tazel (TV’s “Jericho”), Natalie Zea (TV’s “Person of Interest”) and Walton Goggins (Straw Dogs).  Jeremy Davies (TV’s “Lost”) guest stars.

All 13 episodes will be available as a three-disc set on both Blu-ray and DVD. Justified: The Complete Second Season contains special features including three new featurettes, deleted scenes and outtakes. The DVD will be available for $45.99 SRP, while the Blu-ray release will sell for $55.99 SRP.

Justified: The Complete Second Season is executive produced by Fred Golan (TV’s “Boomtown”), Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly (both with TV’s “A Gifted Man”), Michael Dinner (TV’s “Kidnapped”), Graham Yost (TV’s “Boomtown”) and Elmore Leonard (Out of Sight); and produced by Timothy Olyphant and Don Kurt (TV’s “White Collar”).

SYNOPSIS
Fresh off the epic gun battle that concluded Season One, Season Two of Justified finds Bo Crowder dead, and the Crowder criminal grip on Harlan County broken. Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens must now face off against the criminal organizations that are moving to fill the void, and finds himself entangled once again with the mercurial Boyd Crowder and the brutal Mags Bennett.

Justified: The Complete Second Season episodes include:

The Moonshine War                                                              The Spoil
The Life Inside                                                                      Brothers Keeper
The I of the Storm                                                                 Debts and Accounts
For Blood or Money                                                              Full Commitment
Cottonmouth                                                                          Reckoning
Blaze of Glory                                                                        Bloody Harlan
Save My Love

Blu-ray & DVD Special Features Include:
Two New Featurettes
On the Set of Justified
Clans, Feuds & Apple Pie
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes

Exclusive to the Blu-ray:
Talking Shop: Roundtable Discussion Featurette

BROADCAST YEAR: 2011 (FX)

Justified: The Complete Second Season has a run time of approximately 547 minutes and is not rated.  Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at www.SonyPictures.com.

“Restless”on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and Digital available January 24, 2012

“Achingly tender and unflinching.”
- Mark Holcomb, THE VILLAGE VOICE

“Mia Wasikowska is captivating. Henry Hopper makes an impressive debut.”
- A.M. Homes, VANITY FAIR

From Gus Van Sant, Oscar®-Nominated Director of Milk and Good Will Hunting, Comes the Acclaimed Love Story Starring Henry Hopper and Mia Wasikowska

RESTLESS

Available January 24, 2012, on Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack and Digital
 - Special Features Include Gus Van Sant’s Silent Film Version of Restless and More! -

Culver City, CA (11/14/11) – From Gus Van Sant, Oscar®-nominated director of Milk (Nominated for Best Achievement in Directing, 2009) and Good Will Hunting (Nominated for Best Director, 1998), comes the acclaimed love story RESTLESS, available January 24, 2012, on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and Digital from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre, Alice in Wonderland) and newcomer Henry Hopper shine in this humorous and touching tale of romance between a young man (Hopper) who has given up on life and a young girl (Wasikowska) on the verge of losing hers. Produced by the Oscar®-winning team of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind, 2009), actress Bryce Dallas Howard (50/50, The Help) and director Van Sant, and co-starring Jane Adams (TV’s “Hung”) and Ryo Kase (Letters From Iwo Jima), RESTLESS has charmed and moved audiences since its debut at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Now, film lovers can discover this “uncommonly touching romance” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times) on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack, featuring hours of unique and provocative special features, including Gus Van Sant’s Silent Film version of the movie.

Additional special features include deleted scenes, plus the behind-the-scenes featurettes “Being Restless,” “Coming to Life:  This is Restless,” “Enoch & Annabel:  One Love,” “Enoch & Hiroshi: The Best of Friends,” and “Gus Van Sant:  Independent Voice.”

Fans of romantic dramas like An Education and Dear John won’t want to miss RESTLESS when it becomes available to own on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack ($45.99 SRP) and Digital.

Synopsis
Annabel Cotton (Wasikowska) is a beautiful and charming terminal cancer patient with a deep felt love of life and the natural world. Enoch Brae (Hopper) is a young man who has dropped out of the business of living, after an accident claimed the life of his parents. When these two outsiders chance to meet at a funeral, they find an unexpected common ground in their unique experiences of the world. For Enoch, it includes his best friend Hiroshi (Kase) who happens to be the ghost of a Kamikaze fighter pilot. For Annabel, it involves an admiration of Charles Darwin and an interest in how other creatures live. Upon learning of Annabel’s imminent early passing, Enoch offers to help her face her last days with an irreverent abandon, tempting fate, tradition and even death itself.

As their unique love for each other grows, so do the realities of the world that they have felt closing in on them. Daring, childlike, and distinctly rare – these two bravely face what life has in store for them. Fighting pain, anger and loss with youth, playfulness and originality, these two misfits turn the tables on life and play by their own rules. Their journey begins to collide with the unstoppable march of time, as the natural cycle of life comes to claim Annabel.

RESTLESS marks the screenwriting debut of Jason Lew. It was co-produced by Brett Cranford (Manson Girls, Nightscape). Executive producers are David Allen Cress (Paranoid Park), Eric Black, Michael Sugar (Rendition), Sarah Bowen (Take Me Home Tonight) and Erica Huggins (Flightplan).

RESTLESS was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics. It has a run time of approximately 92 minutes and has been rated PG-13 for thematic elements and brief sensuality.

Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Bonus Material
·         Gus Van Sant’s Silent Version of Restless
·         Deleted Scenes
·         Enoch & Annabel: One Love
·         Enoch & Hiroshi: The Best of Friends
·         Gus Van Sant: Independent Voice
·         Being Restless
·         Coming to Life: This is Restless

Pricing and bonus features on Digital editions of RESTLESS may vary by service provider.

KILLER ELITE on Blu-ray & DVD (January 10, 2012)

A PULSE-POUNDING, PUNCH-THROWING, ACTION-PACKED THRILL RIDE
STARRING JASON STATHAM, ACADEMY AWARD® -NOMINEE CLIVE OWEN AND
ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER ROBERT DE NIRO

KILLER ELITE

“Diabolically Clever! Impressive! – Roger Ebert

Available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with UltraViolet™, DVD and Digital Download January 10, 2012
From Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Universal City, November 9, 2011 – Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite is a gritty battle between guns-for-hire that has been hailed as “one of the best action thrillers of the year!” by Richard Roeper, ReelzChannel. Pitting two of the world’s most elite operatives against the cunning leader of a secret military society, Killer Elite stars Jason Statham (The Transporter, Death Race), Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro (The Godfather Part II, Raging Bull) and Academy Award®-nominee Clive Owen (Children of Men, Closer). Directed by Academy Award®-nominee Gary McKendry (Everything in this Country Must), Killer Elite is available on Blu-ray™Combo Pack with UltraViolet™, DVD, On Demand and Digital Download January 10, 2012 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Open Road Films.

Featuring unstoppable action and a tremendous cast – including Dominic Purcell (“Prison Break,” Straw Dogs), Yvonne Strahovski (“Chuck”), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (“Lost,” “Oz”), Aden Young (Sniper, “The Starter Wife”) and Ben Mendelsohn (Trespass, Knowing) – Killer Elite is “a classic action thriller that will keep you guessing till the last scene.” (Patrick Carone, MAXIM).

With the Killer Elite Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, consumers will get an all-new UltraViolet™ copy of the film. UltraViolet™ is the revolutionary new way for consumers to collect movies and TV shows, put them in the cloud and stream instantly to computers, tablets and smart phones and soon, consumers can download to devices of their choice too. The Killer Elite Blu-ray™ Combo Pack also includes a Digital Copy of the film which is compatible with iTunes®, iPad®, iPhone®, iPod™ touch, Android or other retail partners. So now, consumers can truly enjoy their movies and TV shows anytime, anywhere, on the platform of their choice!

BLU-RAYTM and DVD BONUS FEATURES:
· DELETED/EXTENDED SCENES

BLU-RAYTM Exclusive BONUS FEATURES: Unleash the power of your HDTV with perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound.
· UltraViolet™: The revolutionary new way for consumers to collect movies and TV shows, put them in the cloud and stream instantly to computers, tablets and smart phones, currently available in the United States only.
· BD-LIVE™: Access the BD-Live™ Center through your Internet-connected player to watch the latest trailers and more!
· pocket BLU™ app: The groundbreaking pocket BLU™ app uses iPad®, iPhone®, iPod® touch, Android™, PC and Mac® to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray™ player. Plus iPad® and Android™ tablet owners can enjoy a new, enhanced edition of pocket BLU™ made especially to take advantage of the tablets’ larger screen and high resolution display. Consumers will be able to browse through a library of Blu-ray™ content and watch entertaining extras on-the-go in a way that’s bigger and better than ever before. pocket BLU™ offers advanced features such as:
o ADVANCED REMOTE CONTROL: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.
o VIDEO TIMELINE: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
o MOBILE-TO-GO: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
o BROWSE TITLES: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray™ Hi-Def. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
o KEYBOARD: Entering data is fast and easy with your device’s intuitive keyboard.

CAST AND FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ben Mendelsohn
Directed By: Gary McKendry
Written By: Matt Sherring (screenplay)
Based on the Book by: Ranulph Fiennes
Producers: Michael Boughen, Steve Chasman, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Tony Winley
Executive Producers: Peter D. Graves, Christopher Mapp, Matthew Street, David Whealy
Co-Executive Producer: Bill Johnson
Production Designer: Michelle McGahey
Director of Photography: Simon Duggan
Edited By: John Gilbert
Original Music By: Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek

TECHNICAL INFORMATION BLU-RAY™:
Street Date: January 10, 2012
Copyright: 2012 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 61121303
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: R for strong violence, language, and some sexuality/nudity
Languages:/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Sound: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
Run Time: 1 Hour 57 Minutes

TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD:
Street Date: January 10, 2012
Copyright: 2012 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 61121302
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: R for strong violence, language, and some sexuality/nudity
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH/Spanish Subtitles
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Run Time: 1 Hour 57 Minutes

For more information please go to www.killerelite.com

“Midnight in Paris” available on Blu-ray and DVD (December 20th, 2011)

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (November 9, 2011) – Paris in the morning is beautiful. In the afternoon it’s charming. And in the evening, enchanting. But after midnight, Paris is magic!Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen’s critically acclaimed romantic comedy, arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 20^th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The delightful and whimsical Sony Pictures Classics release, shot against the gorgeous backdrop of the most romantic city in the world, features an all-star ensemble cast including Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes), Academy Award^® winner Kathy Bates (Best Actress, Misery), Academy Award winner Adrien Brody (Best Actor, The Pianist), Carla Bruni, Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard (Best Actress, La Vie En Rose), Michael Sheen (TRON: Legacy; Frost/Nixon) and Owen Wilson (Cars 2; Hall Pass). The film, which opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival, was produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, and Jaume Roures and executive produced by Javier Mendez (all Vicky Cristina Barcelona). Blu-ray and DVD both contain a special featurette, Midnight in Cannes, and exclusive to the Blu-ray are cast and crew photo galleries. Midnight in Paris will be available on Blu-ray for $35.99 and on DVD for $30.99.

 

Synopsis:  Midnight in Paris is the story of Gil (Owen Wilson), a successful Hollywood screenwriter and his beautiful fiancée Inez (Rachel McAdams), whose experiences while on holiday in the City of Light will change their lives forever. It’s also about the young man’s great passion for an alluring city, both present and past, and the fantasies that tempt him to dream of a more authentic life.

 

Blu-ray and DVD Special Features include:

• Midnight in Cannes Featurette

Exclusive to the Blu-ray:

• Cast and Crew Photo Galleries

 

Midnight in Paris has a run time of approximately 94 minutes and is rated PG-13 (for sexual references and smoking). Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at www.SonyPictures.com.

 

Kino Classics Releases Two D.W. Griffith Masterpieces on Blu-ray and DVD (November 22, 2011)

New York, NY – November 8, 2011 – Kino Classics is proud to release two landmark American films from master filmmaker D.W. Griffith, now presented in brand-new HD transfers: The Birth of a Nation (1915), frequently cited among the most important (and controversial) films of all time, and Way Down East (1920), a pastoral classic of Americana that fuses Griffith’s affinity for Victorian melodrama with masterful cinematic technique.

Set to become available on Blu-ray and DVD on November 22nd, both of these newly transferred releases represent some of the most significant achievements in the career of D. W. Grffith, a man who almost single-handedly created today’s cinematic conventions and helped transform a five-cent attraction into an exciting new art form.

The Birth of a Nation comes to Blu-ray and DVD in a deluxe three-disc edition, with the Blu-ray priced at $39.95, and the DVD at $29.95. Way Down East is available only on Blu-ray, with a SRP of $34.95. Both films have been newly remastered in HD from 35mm archival prints.

On disc one, Kino’s new The Birth of a Nation features the film with a score by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra; the new score was recorded in 2011 and is here presented in both Dolby 2.0 stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.

Disc one also includes an introduction to the film, featuring actor Walter Huston and D.W. Griffith discussing the depiction of historical events in the film. This spoken introduction (which was filmed for the 1930 re-issue of the film) also includes the newly-rediscovered intermission sequence from the 1930 re-issue.

Disc two (on standard DVD, both in the Blu-ray and DVD packages) features the 1993 restoration of The Birth of a Nation, restored by David Shepard of Film Preservation Associates. This edition features an orchestral score adapted in 1993 from the original score by Joseph Carl Breil, presented here in 2.0 stereo. Also included is The Making of The Birth of a Nation, a 24-minute documentary produced by David Shepard, featuring screen tests from the film.

Disc three (also only on standard DVD, both in the Blu-ray and DVD sets) contains seven Civil War-themed short films directed by D.W. Griffith from his time at the Biograph Studio. These films show Griffith working with similar historical subject matter, and demonstrate his masterful handling of the subject of war.

Also included is New York vs. The Birth of a Nation, a collection of archival documents pertaining to the censorship battles over the film’s 1922 re-release. Disc three is topped off with an excerpt from the film’s original souvenir program books, distributed at the premiere of the film in 1915.

The original release of The Birth of a Nation energized the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which tried to have the film banned, or at least its most gruesome scenes cut from the film. The film’s vicious and highly problematic portrayal of African Americans has caused great controversy, while also inspiring African Americans to move into filmmaking as a way to offer a more just and historically accurate portrayal of their experiences. But even to this day, to look at The Birth of Nation is to see a moment in American history where racial equality and justice were still a far-away dream.

Way Down East arrives on Blu-ray mastered in HD from the Museum of Modern Art’s 35mm restoration, which restores the original color tints. This presentation features a score by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, presented here in 2.0 stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 sound.

Bonus features include a gallery of images from the original souvenir program book; notes and excerpts from the original stage play, written by Lottie Blair Parker in 1898; photos of William Brady’s 1903 stage production of Way Down East; and a film clip of the “ice floe” sequence from the Edison Company’s 1903 production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin , which served as an inspiration for Griffith’s handling of the famous chase across the ice floes in Way Down East.

The Birth of a Nation
(Deluxe 3-Disc Edition)
1915 / Color Tinted / 192 Min.
1920 x 1080p

Way Down East
1920 / Color Tinted / 149 Min.
1920 x 1080p

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