THE HUNGER GAMES on Blu-ray, DVD, On Demand, and Digital Download on 8/18/12 at 12:01 A.M.

Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games Arrives On Blu-ray Disc, DVD, On Demand And Digital Download On August 18

Theatrical Release Approaching $400 Million At North American Box Office And $650 Million Worldwide

Midnight Launch Expected To Bring Back Lines of Avid Fans At Midnight Retail Events Nationwide

“We have a winner.”
– Rolling Stone

SANTA MONICA, CA, May 23, 2012 –Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games juggernaut will arrive on home entertainment at 12:01 A.M. on Saturday, August 18, as the first film in Lionsgate’s (NYSE: LGF) The Hunger Games franchise, which has already grossed nearly $400 million at the North American box office and is approaching $650 million at the worldwide box office, debuts on 2-disc DVD (plus digital copy), 2-disc Blu-Ray (plus digital copy), VOD and digital download with three hours of previously unavailable bonus materials in the biggest home entertainment launch in Lionsgate’s history, the Company announced today.

The film, based on the New York Times best-selling novel from writer Suzanne Collins, achieved a remarkable four-week run as the #1 film at the North American theatrical box office where it has already grossed $392 million, ranking as the 14th highest-grossing film of all time, and it is approaching $650 million at the worldwide box office with an early June opening slated in China.

The 2-disc Blu-ray and 2-disc DVD arrive loaded with over three hours of extensive bonus materials including the comprehensive eight-part documentary, “The World is Watching: Making of The Hunger Games.” Other special features include a sit-down conversation with director Gary Ross as well as numerous featurettes that examine the global success of the books, the creation of the control room in the film and the filmmakers’ motivation behind creating new scenes that were not in the book plus much more. The Blu-ray Disc set contains an additional exclusive feature, “Preparing for the Games: A Director’s Process,” which looks at the progression of taking three key scenes from the book to the screen. The Hunger Games Blu-ray Disc and DVD is a must-have film that is hailed as “exciting and thought-provoking in a way few adventure dramas ever are” (New York Daily News). Fans will be able to pre-order the Blu-ray Disc and DVD, starting on Friday, May 25th, for $39.99 and $30.98, respectively.

“The motion picture event of the year is poised to become the home entertainment event of the year and, with a midnight launch and midnight retail events scheduled at stores around the country, we expect to replicate the same level of consumer excitement generated by the film’s theatrical debut,” said Ron Schwartz, Lionsgate Executive Vice President & General Manager, Home Entertainment. “This is far and away the biggest home entertainment launch in Lionsgate’s history and, true to a theatrical marketing campaign that incorporated an unprecedented reliance on digital and traditional media alike, our home entertainment launch will involve a similarly innovative and integrated digital and packaged media rollout that we will unveil in the weeks ahead.”

Directed by Academy Award® nominee Gary Ross (Seabiscuit), The Hunger Games, starring Academy Award® nominee Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), features an ensemble cast that includes Golden Globe® winner Donald Sutherland (Citizen X), Academy Award® nominee Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Academy Award® nominee Woody Harrelson (The People vs. Larry Flynt), Lenny Kravitz (Precious) and Emmy® nominee Elizabeth Banks (TV’s “30 Rock”). The film also stars some of the industry’s brightest up and coming actors such as Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right) and Liam Hemsworth (The Expendables 2).

The Hunger Games is the first in a trilogy of books published by Scholastic that has already become a literary phenomenon with over 36.5 million copies in circulation. Set in the future, one male and one female from each of the twelve districts of the nation is forced to participate in the annual competition called The Hunger Games, which is broadcast live throughout the country for the entertainment of the Capitol’s wealthy residents. Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) volunteers in her younger sister’s place to enter the games, and is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy when she’s pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

BLU-RAY & DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*
* “The World is Watching: Making of The Hunger Games” – an eight-part documentary covering the “making of” the film in all aspects from the pre-production process all the way through the theatrical release and fan reactions
* “Game Maker: Suzanne Collins and The Hunger Games Phenomenom” featurette
* “Letters from the Rose Garden” featurette – insights from Donald Sutherland on the development of his role as President Snow
* “Controlling the Games” featurette – stories and concepts behind creating the control center
* “A Conversation with Gary Ross and Elvis Mitchell”
* Propaganda Film (in its entirety)
* Marketing Archive
* “Preparing for The Games: A Director’s Process” (Blu-ray Exclusive)
* Subject to change
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 2012
Title Copyright: © 2012 Lionsgate Films Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Theatrical Release
Rating: PG-13 for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images- all involving teens
Genre: Action/Adventure
Blu-ray Closed Captioned: English SDH
DVD Closed Captioned: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Blu-ray Format: 1080P High Definition 16×9 Widescreen (2.40:1)
DVD Format: 16×9 Widescreen (2.40:1)
Feature Running Time: 142 minutes
Blu-ray Audio Status: English 7.1 DTS HD-MA, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Optimized for Late Night Listening and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio
DVD Audio Status: English 5.1 Dolby Digital EX, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Optimized for Late Night Listening and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital

To experience The Hunger Games online, please visit:
Official Website: http://www.thehungergamesmovie.com/
Official Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/thehungergamesmovie
Official Twitter Page: @TheHungerGames #HungerGamesDVD

ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of primetime cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 16 shows on more than 10 networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy Award-winning “Mad Men,” “Weeds” and “Nurse Jackie,” along with the powerful drama “Boss,” the new network series “Nashville” and “Next Caller,” the syndication successes “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” its spinoff “Meet the Browns,” “The Wendy Williams Show” and “Are We There Yet?” and the upcoming “Anger Management,” starring Charlie Sheen, and “Orange Is The New Black,” an original series for Netflix.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of “The Hunger Games” franchise, which has already grossed nearly $650 million at the worldwide box office, “The Expendables,” “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Cabin In The Woods,” “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family” and “Margin Call.” With the January 2012 acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company now has the two leading young adult franchises – the blockbuster “Twilight Saga,” which has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office, and “The Hunger Games.” Recent Summit hits include “Red,” “Letters to Juliet,” “Knowing,” the “Step Up” franchise and the Academy Award-winning Best Picture, “The Hurt Locker.”

Lionsgate’s home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 13,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company’s core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

21 Jump Street- Going Undercover June 26th on Blu-ray™ and DVD

A totally hilarious movie that will have you laughing until it hurts.”
- Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV

“That rare comedy that’s funny throughout.”
- Claudia Puig / USA Today

Jonah Hill (Superbad) and Channing Tatum (The Vow) Team Up
For the Year’s #1 Action Comedy

21 JUMP STREET
They’re too old for this shift.

Going Undercover June 26th on Blu-ray™ and DVD with UltraViolet™ Featuring Hilarious Special Features
- Including Gag Reel, Deleted Scenes and More -

Culver City, CA (5/8/12) – Jonah Hill (Moneyball, Superbad) and Channing Tatum (The Vow, Dear John) swap guns for books in the hit action-comedy 21 JUMP STREET, which garnered more than $130 million at the box office and will be available on Blu-ray™ and DVD with UltraViolet™ June 26th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In this hilarious and action-packed comedy, Hill and Tatum star as a team of rookie cops forced to go undercover at a high school to bust a dangerous drug ring. The film has had both critics and audiences jumping in their seats with laughter, featuring a hysterical supporting cast, including rap legend Ice Cube (Barbershop, Friday), Dave Franco (Fright Night, Superbad), Brie Larson (Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, “United States of Tara”), Ellie Kemper (Bridesmaids, “The Office”) and Rob Riggle (The Hangover, The Other Guys).  Bonus features on the DVD include director and cast commentary, four deleted scenes and “Back to School,” a featurette that provides a look into how the hilarious movie came together.  In addition to director and cast commentary and the “Back to School” featurette, the Blu-ray™ bonus features also include 20 deleted scenes, a gag reel, “Cube-O-Rama,” featuring hilarious outtakes with Ice Cube (Captain Dickson), and four additional behind-the-scenes featurettes – “Brothers In Arms,” “Johnny Depp On Set,” “The Rob Riggle Show,” and “Peter Pan on The Freeway.”

Synopsis
Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier – and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind.

21 JUMP STREET was written by Michael Bacall (Project X, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World), based on the TV show “21 Jump Street” created by Patrick Hasburgh & Stephen J. Cannell. It was produced by Neal H. Moritz (The Fast & The Furious series) and Stephen J. Cannell (The A-Team, TV’s “21 Jump Street). Executive producers are Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ezra Swerdlow (The Smurfs, Zombieland) and Tania Landau (Made of Honor, Vantage Point).  The film has a run time of approximately 110 minutes, and it has been rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, drug material, teen drinking and some violence.

  Blu-ray™ Bonus Material
·         Director and Cast Commentary
·         Gag Reel
·         Cube-O-Rama, featuring hilarious outtakes with Ice Cube (Captain Dickson)
·         Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes, including:
o   Back to School, a look into how the hilarious movie came together
o   Brothers In Arms, taking an in-depth look into how Jonah and Channing worked together on the stunts and laughs for this buddy action comedy
o   Johnny Depp On Set, going behind the scenes to bring Tom Hansen back to 21 Jump Street
o   The Rob Riggle Show, discussing the comedy genius of Rob Riggle
o   Peter Pan on The Freeway, a behind-the-scenes look at shooting the action-packed freeway scene
·         20 Deleted Scenes

  DVD Bonus Material
·         Director and Cast Commentary
·         “Back to School” Featurette, a look into how the hilarious movie came together
·         Four Deleted Scenes

ABC’s TV on DVD This Fall: REVENGE, ONCE UPON A TIME, CASTLE, Etc…

Fans Can Soon Bring Their Favorite TV Series Home!

EIGHT ABC STUDIOS SERIES
HEADING TO HOME ENTERTAINMENT
THIS FALL

Including the Complete First Seasons of Popular New Series
 “Revenge” (DVD) and “Once Upon A Time” (DVD and Blu-rayTM)

Returning Favorites Launching on DVD Include
•• “Army Wives” •• “Body of Proof” •• “Castle” •• “Desperate Housewives” ••
•• “Grey’s Anatomy” •• “Private Practice” ••

BURBANK, Calif. – May 4, 2012 – ABC Studios proudly announces the August/September home entertainment debuts of eight star-studded TV series.  Complete season releases begin on August 21 with the debut of the entire first season of ABC’s addicting and star-studded new series ‘Revenge.’  The complete first season of enchanting breakout hit ‘Once Upon A Time’ releases August 28, on both DVD and Blu-rayTM.

The network’s sizzling Fall slate of TV-on-DVD releases continues with much-loved series ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ arriving on DVD on September 4.  Witty crime drama and fan-favorite ‘Castle,’ along with the popular drama ‘Private Practice’ make their DVD bow September 11, 2012.  Riveting dramas ‘Body of Proof’ and Army Wives’ head into homes on DVD, September 18.

Rounding out this fantastic fall line-up is the final season of beloved ‘Desperate Housewives,’ releasing the series’ complete eight and final season AND a special ‘Complete Collection’ allowing fans to own every episode and exciting bonus feature ever released in the series, in a premium collectible package and with an exclusive bonus disc that contains even more great castinterviews and behind the scenes from the final season, on September 25.

These releases will allow fans to dig deeper into these popular series with never-before-seen material, such as exclusive bonus features, deleted scenes, blooper reels and featurettes on favorite characters.  Each allows fans the chance to relive all their favorite moments uninterrupted, catch up on missed episodes and share their love for some of the best new series on TV with friends and family.

August 21, 2012

REVENGE: The Complete First Season

Twenty years ago, Hamptons’ wealthiest elite destroyed a young girl’s life.  Relive Emily Thorne’s (Emily VanCamp) quest for revenge and uncover every deep, dark secret.

Created by Mike Kelley (“Swingtown”) and the producers of the “Twilight” series, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, “Revenge” features Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe, Henry Czerny, Joshua Bowman, Nick Wechsler, Gabriel Mann, Connor Paolo, Ashley Madekwe and Christa B. Allen.

The complete first season features exclusive bonus features including an in-world sit-down interview with the infamous Nolan Ross in “Nolan Ross: Exposed,” “Lifestyles of the Rich and Dangerous”; “Hamptons Bound: Preparing for Life at the Shore”; “Haute Hamptons: Femme Fatale Fashion”; bloopers; deleted scenes and insightful episode commentaries.

Release Date: August 21, 2012                                                        Distributor Prebook: July 10, 2012
Rating: U.S.: TVPG LSV/Canada: PG                                                Suggested Retail Price: $45.99 US; $54.99 Canada
Direct Prebook: June 26, 2012                                                         Running Time: Approx. 946 minutes (22 episodes)

August 21, 2012
             
ONCE UPON A TIME:  The Complete First Season     

Once upon a time there was an enchanted forest filled with fairytale characters. One day the Evil Queen released a curse which trapped all of them in a horrible place where their happy endings were stolen – our world.

Featuring Ginnifer Goodwin,Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Jared Gilmore, Robert Carlyle and Raphael Sbarge, the complete first season is available on DVD and high definition Blu-rayTM.

The exciting releases include a wealth of bonus material and extras including an exploration of the genesis of this exciting series in “Fairy Tales in the Modern World;” “Welcome to Storybrooke;” cast interviews on childhood memories in “Tell Me A Story;” “Building Character; deleted scenes and bloopers.   Additionally, the Blu-rayTM  exclusively features “Exploring Tall Tales: True Origins,” an exciting interactive archive of  fairytale favorites.

Release Date: August 28, 2012                         Distributor Prebook: July 17, 2012
Rating: U.S.: TV PG LSV/Canada: PG                                 Suggested BD Retail Price: $ 79.99 US; $94.99 Can
Direct Prebook: July 3, 2012                                                Suggested DVD Retail Price: $45.99 US; $54.99 Can
Running Time: Approx 946 minutes (22 episodes)

September 4, 2012

GREY’S ANATOMY:  The Complete Eighth Season

As fifth year residents, it’s do or die for the doctors of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. Things heat up in the operating room and in the bedroom as competition abounds and passions are ignited.

“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Eric Dane, Sara Ramirez, Kim Raver, Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew.

The six-disc DVD brings fans closer to the action with an exciting feature following Scottish actor, Kevin McKidd (Dr. Owen Hunt), extended episodes, bloopers and deleted scenes.

Release Date:  September 4, 2012                              Distributor Prebook:  July 24, 2012
Rating: U.S.: TV 14 DLSV/Canada: 14A                        Suggested Retail Price: $45.99 US; $54.99 Canada
Direct Prebook: July, 10, 2012                                       Running Time: 1032 minutes (24 episodes)

September 11, 2012

PRIVATE PRACTICE:  The Complete Fifth Season

From the creators of “Grey’s Anatomy” comes the fifth season of ABC’s sexy, medical drama, “Private Practice.” Addison and her friends at the practice are faced with new challenges as unexpected people enter and complicate their lives. From a sexy new doctor to an illegitimate son, the lives and loves of these doctors are put to the test.

From Executive Producer, Shonda Rhimes and starring Kate Walsh, Tim Daly, Paul Adelstein, KaDee Strickland, Taye Diggs, Amy Brenneman, Brian Benben, Caterina Scorsone and Benjamin Bratt, the fifth season DVD collection of “Private Practice” features extras including bloopers and deleted scenes.

Release Date: September 11, 2012                            Distributor Prebook: July 31, 2012
Rating: U.S.: TV 14 DLSV/Canada: G                            Suggested Retail Price: $39.99 US; $44.99 Canada
Direct Prebook: July 17, 2012                                        Running Time: 946 minutes (22 episodes)

September 11, 2012

CASTLE: The Complete Fourth Season

Television’s most unlikely crime-fighting team is back and their relationship is stronger than ever!  Prepare for a season full of suspense where lines are drawn, sides are chosen and careers are put on the line as Castle tries to protect Beckett following her near death encounter.  Castle’s relationship with Beckett radically changes during the season, leading to a final confrontation with a mysterious man who holds all the answers that Beckett has been searching for since the night her mother was murdered.
Featuring Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Jon Huertas, Seamus Dever, Tamala Jones, Penny Johnson Jerald, Susan Sullivan and Molly C. Quinn, the fourth season of “Castle” is more action-packed than ever before.
Features all 23 episodes plus exclusive bonus material including “Nathan & Friends: Castle Goes Radio;” “Anatomy of A Stunt;” audio commentaries, deleted scenes, and bloopers.

Release Date: September 11, 2012                            Distributor Prebook: July 31, 2012
Rating: U.S.: TV14 DLV/Canada: PG                             Suggested Retail Price: $45.99 US; $54.99 Canada
Direct Prebook: July 17, 2012                                        Running Time: 989 minutes (23 episodes)

September 18, 2012

BODY OF PROOF: The Complete Second Season

Dr. Megan Hunt may have a prickly personality, but she’s a brilliant medical examiner with unique techniques for solving even the most complex crimes.  Relive every unique medical mystery as Megan
seeks justice for each victim, while also putting her life back together and repairing her personal relationships with the living.

The exciting series stars Dana Delany, Jeri Ryan, John Carroll Lynch, Nicholas Bishop, Sonja Sohn, Geoffrey Arend, Windell Middlebrooks, and Mary Mouser the four-disc collection features deleted scenes, and bloopers.

Release Date: September 18, 2012                            Distributor Prebook: August 7, 2012
Rating: U.S.: TV14 DLSV/Canada:  PG                         Suggested Retail Price: $39.99 US; $44.99 Canada
Direct Prebook: July 24, 2012                                        Running Time: 860 minutes (20 episodes)

September 18, 2012

ARMY WIVES: The Complete Sixth Season

Relive each emotional moment from the lives of the military families at Fort Marshall, SC, in the riveting sixth season of “Army Wives.” The women’s friendships continue to grow stronger as
they band together through difficult times.

The popular series stars Kim Delaney, Catherine Bell, Sally Pressman, Brigid Brannagh, Wendy Davis, Brian McNamara, Sterling K. Brown, Drew Fuller, Terry Serpico and Jeremy Davidson.

Fans of the series can experience all the emotion of season six with this 13-episode collection that also features bloopers and deleted scenes

Release Date: September 18, 2012                 Distributor Prebook: August 7, 2012
Rating: U.S.: TV PG LSV                                        Suggested Retail Price: $39.99 US
Direct Prebook: July 24, 2012                          Running Time: 780 minutes (13 episodes)

September 25, 2012

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: The Complete Eighth and Final Season

Say goodbye to the ladies of Wisteria Lane with the final climactic season of “Desperate Housewives.” The stakes are at an all-time high as each of the women cope with their guilt in the aftermath of last season’s shocking murder and cover-up.

“Desperate Housewives” stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis, Vanessa Williams as Renee Perry, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Doug Savant as Tom Scavo, Charles Mesure as Ben Faulkner and Madison de la Garza as Juanita Solis, with Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young and James Denton as Mike Delfino.

The beloved series’ final season is released in a five-disc DVD set features exciting bonus material including the final goodbye from the original four housewives, bloopers, deleted scenes and more.

Release Date: September 25, 2012                             Distributor Prebook: August 14, 2012
Rating: U.S: TV14 DLSV/Canada: 14A                          Suggested Retail Price: $45.99 US; $54.99 Canada
Direct Prebook: July 31, 2012                                        Running Time: 989 minutes (23 episodes)

September 25, 2012

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: The Complete Collection
In addition to the complete eighth and final season,“Desperate Housewives: The Complete Collection” will be available on the same day.   Housed in a collectible replica of Mary Alice’s infamous steamer trunk, the complete collection contains all 179 episodes from all eight seasons on 46-discs, including an exclusive bonus disc with even more cast interviews and behind the scenes from the final season.This set is a must-have for any “Desperate Housewives” fan.

Release Date: September 25, 2012                             Distributor Prebook: August 14, 2012
Rating: U.S: TV14 DLSV/Canada: 14A                          Suggested Retail Price: $45.99 US; $54.99 Canada
Direct Prebook: July 31, 2012                                        Running Time: 989 minutes (23 episodes)

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IN DARKNESS ON BLU-RAY & DVD COMBO PACK ON JUNE 12

Culver City, CA (April 23, 2012) – Directed by Academy Award® nominee Agnieszka Holland (Best Adapted Screenplay, Europa, Europa, 1990), IN DARKNESS, a Sony Pictures Classics Film, is based on the true story of an ordinary sewer worker who helped save a group of Jews from Nazi persecution.  IN DARKNESS, which was nominated for an Oscar® for Best Foreign Language film, will be released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on Blu-ray™ and DVD on June 12th.  The combo pack will include two special featurettes – “An Evening with Agnieszka Holland,” and “In Light,” a conversation between Holland and Krystyna Chiger who, as one of the youngest survivors of this extraordinary story, chronicled her experiences in the book, The Girl in the Green Sweater.

During a career spanning almost 40 years, Agnieszka Holland has made a name for herself directing award-winning European films such as Europa, Europa and Angry Harvest, as well as   episodes of popular American television series including HBO’s “The Wire” and “Treme.”   IN DARKNESS, her latest film, was an official 2011 selection of the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Synopsis
From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland, IN DARKNESS is based on a true story.  Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto.  He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above.  What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience.

SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
“An Evening with Agnieszka Holland” Featurette
“In Light:  A Conversation with Agnieszka Holland and Krystyna Chiger” Featurette

IN DARKNESS is directed by Agnieszka Holland and written by David F. Shamoon, based on the book “In The Sewers of Lvov” by Robert Marshall. The film was produced by Steffen Reuter, Patrick Knippel, Marc-Daniel Dichant, Leander Carell, Juliusz Machulski, Paul Stevens and Eric Jordan.

IN DARKNESS has a running time of 145 minutes and is rated R for violence, disturbing images, sexuality, nudity and language. The film is in Polish, German, Yiddish and Ukrainian with English subtitles. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sonypictures.com.

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July Titles From Criterion – Acclaimed & Award-Winning LE HAVRE, Jarmusch & Stillman on BD, & Eclipse Series 34!!!

In July, Criterion will introduce viewers to the latest film by the great director Aki Kaurismäki.  Le Havre comes to Blu-ray and DVD direct from its acclaimed U.S. theatrical run courtesy of Janus Films, which picked it up after it took the 2011 Cannes Film Festival by storm, earning a standing ovation and an international critics’ prize. The warm-hearted, humorous, and humane Le Havre is not the only deadpan delight this month: Jim Jarmusch’s classic prison-break comedy Down by Law, and Whit Stillman’s erudite and quirkily hilarious Metropolitan and The Last Days of Disco all come to Blu-ray for the first time too.

The names Jean Renoir (The Rules of the Game), Marcel Carné (Children of Paradise), and Henri-Georges Clouzot (Le corbeau) surely ring bells for lovers of classic French cinema. One of their contemporaries is not as well known today: Jean Grémillon, the subject of July’s Eclipse set. In their thirty-fourth series, Jean Grémillon During the Occupation, Criterion offers three of this brilliant director’s most acclaimed films, all made during a tumultuous period in history, after the German invasion of France. These are subtly political films but also supreme entertainments, about love and other obsessions.

DOWN BY LAW –  Blu-ray Edition
Director Jim Jarmusch followed up his brilliant breakout Stranger Than Paradise with another, equally beloved portrait of loners and misfits in America. When fate lands three hapless men—an unemployed disc jockey (Short Cuts’ Tom Waits), a small-time pimp (Fishing with John’s John Lurie), and a strong-willed Italian tourist (Life Is Beautiful’s Roberto Benigni)—in a Louisiana prison, a singular adventure begins. Described by Jarmusch as a “neo-Beat noir comedy,” Down by Law is part nightmare and part fairy tale, featuring sterling performances and crisp black-and-white photography by esteemed cinematographer Robby Müller (Paris, Texas).

1986 • 107 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.78:1 aspect ratio

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Thoughts and reflections on the making of the film from director Jim Jarmusch in 2002
• Interview with director of photography Robby Müller from 2002
• Footage from the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, including a press conference featuring Jarmusch and actors John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, and Nicoletta Braschi, and an interview with Lurie, with commentary
• Sixteen outtakes
• Music video for Tom Waits’s cover of Cole Porter’s “It’s All Right with Me,” directed by Jarmusch
• Q&A with Jarmusch in which he responds to fans’ questions
• Recordings of phone conversations between Jarmusch and Waits, Benigni, and Lurie
• Production Polaroids and location stills
• Isolated music track
• Optional French dub track, featuring Benigni
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by critic Luc Sante

TITLE: Down by Law (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC1986BD
UPC: 7-15515-06861-1
ISBN: 978-1-60465-393-9
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 6/19/12
STREET: 7/17/12

THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO -  Blu-ray Edition
The Last Days of Disco is a cleverly comic return to an early 1980s Manhattan party scene from director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan). At the center of the film’s roundelay of revelers are the icy Charlotte (Underworld’s Kate Beckinsale) and the demure Alice (Boys Don’t Cry’s Chloë Sevigny), by day toiling as publishing house assistants and by night looking for romance and entertainment at a Studio 54–like club. The Last Days of Disco is an affectionate yet unsentimental look at the end of an era, brimming with Stillman’s trademark dry humor.

1998 • 113 minutes • Color • 5.1 surround • 1.78:1 aspect ratio

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Whit Stillman, with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Stillman and actors Chloë Sevigny and Chris Eigeman
• Four deleted scenes with commentary by Stillman, Eigeman, and Sevigny
• Audio recording of Stillman reading a chapter from his book The Last Days of Disco, with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards
• Behind-the-scenes featurette
• Stills gallery with captions by Stillman
• Original theatrical trailer
• PLUS: An essay by novelist David Schickler

TITLE: The Last Days of Disco (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2165BD
UPC: 7-15515-09681-2
ISBN: 978-1-60465-608-4
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 6/26/12
STREET: 7/24/12

METROPOLITIAN – Blu-ray Edition
One of the great American independent films of the 1990s, the surprise hit Metropolitan by writer-director Whit Stillman (Damsels in Distress) is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a middle-class young man’s romantic misadventures in New York City’s debutante society. Stillman’s deft, literate dialogue and hilariously highbrow observations earned this first film an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Alongside the wit and sophistication, though, lies a tender tale of adolescent anxiety.

1990 • 99 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.66:1 aspect ratio

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Whit Stillman and cinematographer John Thomas, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary by Stillman, editor Christopher Tellefsen, and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols
• Rare outtakes and alternate casting, with commentary by Stillman
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Luc Sante

TITLE: Metropolitan (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2164BD
UPC: 7-15515-09671-3
ISBN: 978-1-60465-607-7
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 6/26/12
STREET: 7/24/12

LE HAVRE – Blu-ray & DVD
In this warmhearted comic yarn from Aki Kaurismäki (The Match Factory Girl), fate throws the young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (La vie de bohème’s André Wilms), a kindly bohemian who shines shoes for a living, in the French harbor city Le Havre. With inborn optimism and the support of most of his tight-knit community, Marcel stands up to the officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic French cinema of the past, especially the poetic realist works of Jean Duvivier and Marcel Carné, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight and one of the Finnish director’s finest films.

2011 • 93 minutes • Color • 5.1 surround • In French with English subtitles • 1.85:1 aspect ratio

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Aki Kaurismäki, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• New interview with actor André Wilms
• Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2011, featuring cast and crew
• French television interview with Kaurismäki, Wilms, and actors Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Kati Outinen
• Concert footage of Little Bob, the rock group featured in the film
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Sicinski

TITLE: Le Havre (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2162BD
UPC: 7-15515-09651-5
ISBN: 978-1-60465-605-3
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 7/03/12
STREET: 7/31/12

TITLE: Le Havre (DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2163D
UPC: 7-15515-09661-4
ISBN: 978-1-60465-606-0
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 7/03/12
STREET: 7/31/12

Eclipse Series 34: Jean Grémillon During the Occupation

Though little known outside of France, Jean Grémillon is a consummate filmmaker from his country’s golden age. A classically trained violinist who discovered cinema as a young man when his orchestra was hired to accompany silent movies, he went on to make almost fifty films—which ranged from documentaries to avant-garde works to melodramas with major stars—in a career that started in the mid-1920s and didn’t end until the late 1950s. Three of his richest films came during a dire period in French history: Remorques, starring Jean Gabin, was begun in 1939 but finished and released after Germany invaded France, and Lumière d’été and Le ciel est à vous were produced during the occupation. These are character-driven dramas that reveal either a society on the precipice of doom or people breaking free of societal limitations; humane, entertaining, and technically brilliant, they show Grémillon to be
one of cinema’s true hidden masters.

THREE-DVD BOX SET INCLUDES:

Remorques
Jacques Prévert cowrote this atmospheric tale of the romantic trials of a tugboat captain, played by the iconic French star Jean Gabin. For André and the other members of the Cyclone’s crew, existence is harshly divided between the danger of the stormy seas and the safety of life at home with their patient women. When André meets temptation in the form of the alluring Catherine (Michèle Morgan) during a risky rescue, he comes perilously close to betraying his wife (Madeleine Renaud) of ten years. The haunting Remorques is distinguished by beautiful tracking shots and cunning special-effects work.

1941 • 84 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

Lumière d’été
A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about lives on the edge. This Jacques Prévert and Pierre Laroche–scripted tale of an obsessive love pentangle—whose principals range from artist to hotel manager to dam worker—was banned from theaters for the duration of the occupation for its dark portrayal of the hedonistic excesses of the ruling class. Today, it is often singled out as Grémillon’s greatest achievement.

1943 • 110 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

Le ciel est à vous
In this soaring romantic drama, the wife (Madeleine Renaud) of a former fighter pilot (Charles Vanel) who is preoccupied with his glory days in the sky during World War I, falls in love with the idea of flying herself. This soon becomes an obsession, and she undertakes a lofty feat: the longest solo flight ever made by a woman. A warm look at a working-class family as well as a triumphant tale of determination, Le ciel est à vous was one of Grémillon’s most successful films, and can be interpreted as a necessarily stealthy portrait of nonconformity.

1944 • 107 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

TITLE: Eclipse Series 34: Jean Grémillon During the Occupation

CAT. NO: ECL155
UPC: 7-15515-09721-5
ISBN: 978-1-60465-611-4
SRP: $44.95
PREBOOK: 6/26/12
STREET: 7/24/12

Attention Canada: Eclipse Series 34: Jean Grémillon During the Occupation and METROPOLITAN BD are available in English-Speaking Canada only. All other July titles are available in all Canada.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK arrives on Blu-ray & DVD May 22nd

THE WOMAN IN BLACK
Starring Daniel Radcliffe
In his First Film since Harry Potter

Arrives on Blu-ray™ & DVD May 22nd

Culver City, CA (April 16, 2011) – Daniel Radcliffe stars in THE WOMAN IN BLACK, the hit CBS Films ghost story that scared up more than $53 million at the box office, which will be released on Blu-ray™ and DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on May 22nd.  In the supernatural thriller, Radcliffe (Harry Potter) plays Arthur Kipps, a young lawyer who travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.  The film also stars Ciaran Hinds (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Academy Award® nominee Janet McTeer (2011, Supporting Actress, Albert Nobbs) and Liz White (Wild Bill).

THE WOMAN IN BLACK Blu-ray™ and DVD both include commentary by the writer and the director as well as two all-new featurettes: “Inside The Perfect Thriller: Making Woman in Black,” a discussion with the filmmakers and cast; and “No Fear: Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps,” in which Radcliffe discusses the most challenging and interesting parts of playing this character.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK is directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake) and produced by Richard Jackson (Setup), Simon Oakes (Let Me In) and Brian Oliver (The Ides of March). The screenplay is by Jane Goldman (X-Men: First Class) and based on the 1983 novel by Susan Hill. The film is a Hammer and Alliance Films presentation, in association with Cross Creek Pictures and is a Talisman production in association with Exclusive Media Group and The UK Film Council. Executive Producers are Guy East, Nigel Sinclair, Tobin Armbrust, Marc Schipper, Neil Dunn, Xavier Marchand, Roy Lee and Tyler Thompson. CBS Films released the film theatrically on February 3, 2012.

Synopsis:  Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), a widowed lawyer whose grief has put his career in jeopardy, is sent to a remote village to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased eccentric. But upon his arrival, it soon becomes clear that everyone in the town is keeping a deadly secret. Although the townspeople try to keep Kipps from learning their tragic history, he soon discovers that the house belonging to his client is haunted by the ghost of a woman who is determined to find someone and something she lost… and no one, not even the children, are safe from her vengeance.

Blu-ray™ and DVD Special Features include:
·         Commentary with Director James Watkins and Screenwriter Jane Goldman
·         Inside The Perfect Thriller: Making Woman in Black Featurette
·         No Fear: Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps Featurette

THE WOMAN IN BLACK has a run time of approximately 95 minutes and is rated PG-13 (for Thematic Material and Violence/Disturbing Images). Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at www.SonyPictures.com.

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Kino Lorber Releases Restored Version on Ganja & Hess (1973) on DVD and Blu-ray

“One of the most literate, allegorical, and evasive of all horror films.”
– David Walker and Tim Lucas, Video Watchdog

New York, NY- April 16, 2012 – Kino Classics is proud to announce the Blu-ray and DVD release of Bill Gunn’s rarely-screened feature Ganja & Hess, a 1973 erotic thriller that revolutionized the vampire film and has become recognized as a cornerstone of the African American cinema.

For years circulated in a bastardized version created without Gunn’s involvement, this Kino Classics edition presents the original director’s cut, mastered in HD from a 35mm negative restored by the Museum of Modern Art, with support from The Film Foundation. Kino Classics is releasing Ganja & Hess (1973) on May 8, 2012, with a SRP of $29.95 (on Blu-ray) and $24.95 (on DVD).
In one of his few screen appearances, reclusive actor Duane Jones (Night of the Living Dead) stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable assistant (Gunn), endowing him with the blessing of immortality, and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood. When the assistant’s beautiful and outspoken wife Ganja (Marlene Clark in an unforgettable performance) comes searching for her vanished husband, she and Hess form an unexpected partnership. Together, they explore just how much power there is in the blood.

In is landmark book American Film Now, James Monaco called Ganja & Hess, “An underground classic…the most complicated, intriguing, subtle, sophisticated, and passionate Black film of the Seventies.”

Almost forty years after its original release, Ganja & Hess remains an utterly unique viewing experience — blending an experimental audiovisual style with elements of the 1970s blaxploitation film.

An award-winning screenwriter, playwright, and actor, Gunn’s voice as a director is defiant, lyrical, insightful and one-of-a-kind, making it all the more tragic that he died in 1989, of encephalitis, at age 54. In a 2010 article in Filmmaker Magazine, Brandon Harris praised Gunn as, “a man who came before his time…a man with a vision we were never quite ready for, black or white, studios or independents, 1970 or 2010.”

Special Features

* Mastered in HD from the new restoration 35mm negative.
* “The Blood of the Thing” (25 Min.) an interview-based documentary produced for the 1998 DVD release.
* Audio commentary by producer Chiz Schultz, actress Marlene Clark, cinematographer James Hinton, and composer Sam Waymon.
* Original screenplay by Bill Gunn
* Essay on the making of the film (and subsequent recutting) by David
Walker and Tim Lucas (ROM access only).
* Photo gallery

Ganja & Hess (1973)
U.S. 1973 Color 113 Min. 1.66:1 2.0 Mono
Released by Kelly-Jordon Enterprises
Written and directed by Bill Gunn / Produced by Chiz Schultz
Photographed by James F. Hinton / Music by Sam Waymon
With Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn, Sam Waymon, Leonard Jackson, Mabel King
Restored by the Museum of Modern Art and The Film Foundation
Produced for video by Bret Wood
Special features produced by David Kalat

The Artist Debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD with UltraViolet™ June 26th

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (April 9, 2012) – The recipient of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Musical Score and Best Costume Design, THE ARTIST, arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD with UltraViolet™ June 26th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.  Declared “a love letter to the movies” by The Los Angeles Times, THE ARTIST is the recipient of three Golden Globe® Awards — more than any other picture — including Best Comedy, Best Actor and Best Score.  The film also took home the top prize for Achievement in Directing in a Theatrical Release from the Directors Guild of America, and Oscar Winning Best Actor (Jean Dujardin) won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. Uggie, the film’s surprise breakout star and 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier, also took home the top honor from the first annual “Golden Collar Awards.” Set in 1927, THE ARTIST tells the story of film superstar George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) who is about to be banished from the movie business by the advent of talking pictures. With the introduction of “The Talkies,” as movies with sound were known at their onset, came the abrupt end to the careers of many silent film stars, including George’s screen persona, which soon falls into oblivion. For young, movie extra Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), the sky’s the limit, and major movie stardom awaits.

Starring Jean Dujardin (George Valentin) and Bérénice Bejo (Peppy Miller), THE ARTIST also features dynamic performances by: John Goodman (Al Zimmer); James Cromwell (Clifton); Penelope Ann Miller (Doris); Malcolm McDowell (the Butler); and 10-year-old “Uggie” the dog, most recently featured in “Water for Elephants,” barking opposite Robert Pattinson.  The film also includes an all-star lineup of filmmakers, including: writer/director Michel Hazanavicius; producer Thomas Langmann; director of photography Guillaume Schiffman; and production designer Laurence Bennett.

THE ARTIST Blu-ray™ and DVD is packed with extras for both movie aficionados and casual film fans:  Blooper Reel; Q&A with the filmmakers and cast; “Hollywood As A Character: The Locations of The Artist” Featurette, which takes viewers on a tour of film locations; “The Artist: The Making of A Hollywood Love Story” Featurette, allowing fans to go behind the scenes on set; and four mini Featurettes, “The Artisans Behind The Artist,” providing a look at the film’s costume designs, cinematography, production design and the composer.  THE ARTIST also includes UltraViolet™, an entirely new way to collect, access and enjoy your digital entertainment.

Synopsis:
Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), it seems the sky’s the limit – major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.

THE ARTIST Special Features include:
Blooper Reel;
Q&A with the filmmakers and cast;
“Hollywood As A Character: The Locations of The Artist” Featurette;
“The Artist: The Making of An American Romance” Featurette; and
The Artisans Behind The Artist Featurettes:
The Costumes
The Cinematography
The Production Design
The Composer

THE ARTIST has a run time of approximately 100 minutes and is rated PG-13 for a disturbing image and a crude gesture.

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Unleashed June 12th on Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ & DVD – all include UltraViolet™

Culver City, CA (4/9/12) – Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage (1996, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Leaving Las Vegas) is back as Johnny Blaze in Marvel’s action-packed 3D sequel GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE, unleashed June 12th on Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ and DVD – all with UltraViolet™ – from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.  In this thrilling follow-up to the worldwide, box-office hit Ghost Rider, the world’s darkest hero takes on the ultimate bad guy: the devil, himself. The sequel is directed by acclaimed action filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank series, Gamer), and co-stars Ciarán Hinds (John Carter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2), Violante Placido (The American), Johnny Whitworth (Limitless, 3:10 to Yuma), Christopher Lambert (Highlander, Mortal Kombat), and Idris Elba (Thor, Takers).

The GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ and DVD releases each include deleted scenes, as well as UltraViolet™, which allows consumers to add the film to their Digital Rights Library, enabling them to download or instantly stream the film.  Exclusive to the Blu-ray 3D™ and Blu-ray™ are explosive special features, including a Directors’ Expanded Video Commentary and The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, a six-part documentary that goes behind-the-scenes into how the film was made.  In addition, the Blu-ray 3D™ will also include a 3D bonus featurette, Riding Into Another Dimension, which details the creative hurdles and advantages of moving Ghost Rider into the world of 3D filmmaking.

Synopsis: In the successor to the worldwide hit Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze, still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter, is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy and possibly rid himself of the curse forever.

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE was written by Scott M. Gimple and Seth Hoffman (TV’s “The Walking Dead”) and David S. Goyer (Batman Begins), based on the Marvel Comic. It was produced by Stefan Brunner, Ashok Amritraj, Michael De Luca, Avi Arad and Ari Arad.

The film has a run time of approximately 95 minutes and has been rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, some disturbing images, and language.

DVD Bonus Material
·         Deleted Scenes

Blu-ray 3D™ and Blu-ray™ Bonus Material
·         Deleted Scenes
·         Directors’ Expanded Video Commentary
·         The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Six-Part Documentary, Including:
o   Blazing a New Path, a behind-the-scenes look at how the film was made;
o   Patience Is Not a Virtue: Pre-Production, an in-depth look at the challenges the production crew had during pre-productions;
o   We Will Burn This City To Bitter Ashes, allowing for the discovery of the shooting locations in Romania and Eastern Europe;
o   To Hell and Back: Production, a look at the shooting style that directors brought to the film and some of the key stunt sequences;
o   Walking in Both Worlds: Moving into Post-Production, exploring the challenges of completing a film; and
o   The Fires of Hell Will Purify You: Release.

Blu-ray 3D™ Exclusive:
o   3D Featurette: Riding Into Another Dimension

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The Vow On DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack May 8th

“The perfect movie for anyone who has ever been in love.” – Shawn Edwards, Fox TV

Can a Once in a Lifetime Love Find a Second Chance?

THE VOW

$170 Million Worldwide Box-Office Smash
Starring Rachel McAdams & Channing Tatum
On DVD and Blu-ray™ Combo Pack May 8th
Includes UltraViolet™

Bonus Features Include Director Commentary, a Gag Reel,
Deleted Scenes and Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (April 2, 2012) – Rachel McAdams (Midnight in Paris, The Notebook) and Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, Dear John) rediscover the meaning of true love in THE VOW, coming to DVD and Blu-rayTM Combo Pack May 8th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Both DVD and Blu-rayTM Combo Pack include UltraViolet™, which allows owners of the Blu-ray and DVD to add the film to their Digital Rights Library, enabling them to instantly stream or download the film. Inspired by true events, the romantic tale follows Paige (McAdams) and Leo (Tatum) after they survive a car accident that leaves Paige without any memory of the man she fell in love with or their marriage. It’s up to Leo to win back her heart … and her mind. The film also stars Sam Neill (TV’s “Alcatraz,” Jurassic Park), two-time Academy Award® winner Jessica Lange (Best Supporting Actress, Tootsie, 1982; Best Actress, Blue Sky, 1994) and Scott Speedman (Underworld).

The DVD and Blu-rayTM Combo Pack bonus features include commentary with Director Michael Sucsy, a gag reel and deleted scenes. Exclusive to the Blu-rayTM Combo Pack are three behind-the-scenes featurettes: “’Til Death Do They Part,” a look at how the true-life story was made into the movie; “Profiles of Love: Paige and Leo,” which discusses what drew McAdams and Tatum to the project, as well as their perspectives on their characters and the film’s themes; and “Trying to Remember,” explaining how trauma can affect memory.

Synopsis: Inspired by a true story, THE VOW tells the tale of a husband (Channing Tatum) who must regain the love of his wife (Rachel McAdams) after a coma steals the past five years of her memories.

THE VOW, a Birnbaum/Barber production, presented by Screen Gems and Spyglass Entertainment, was directed by Michael Sucsy from a story by Stuart Sender, and a screenplay by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein and Jason Katims. It was produced by Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman and Paul Taublieb, with J. Miles Dale, Austin Hearst and Susan Cooper serving as executive producers.

Bonus Features Include:
§ Commentary with Director Michael Sucsy
§ Deleted Scenes
§ Gag Reel

Blu-rayTM Combo Pack Exclusives Include:
§ Featurettes:
o “’Til Death Do They Part”
o “Profiles of Love: Paige and Leo”
o “Trying To Remember”

The Vow has a running time of 104 minutes and is rated PG-13 for an accident scene, sexual content, partial nudity and some language.

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