The Host on Blu-ray Combo Pack with DVD & Ultraviolet July 9th!

FROM STEPHENIE MEYER, AUTHOR OF THE “TWILIGHT SAGA”

The Host
 
BE THE FIRST TO OWN IT ON DIGITAL JUNE 25, 2013
 
AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK WITH DVD AND ULTRAVIOLET™
JULY 9, 2013 FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
 
“IF YOU LOVE TWILIGHT, THE HOST WILL BLOW YOU AWAY!”
-BILL ZWECKER, FOX-TV

Universal City, California, May 7, 2013 – Based on The New York Times #1 bestselling novel, world-renowned author Stephenie Meyer presents The Host, the epic love story starring Academy Award® nominee Saoirse Ronan (Hanna, The Lovely Bones), Diane Kruger (National Treasure, Inglourious Basterds), Max Irons (Red Riding Hood) and Oscar® winner William Hurt (Kiss of the Spiderwoman, A History of Violence).  The Host will be available to own on Digital on June 25, 2013 as well as on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with DVD and Digital including UltraViolet™ on July 9, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over humans’ bodies and erasing their minds, Melanie Stryder (Ronan) risks everything to protect the people she cares about most, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world. Directed and adapted by Oscar® winner Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show, In Time) and co-starring Frances Fisher (Titanic, Unforgiven), Chandler Canterbury (Knowing, Repo Man) and Jake Abel (I Am Number Four, The Lovely Bones), this modern romance is… “Wildly entertaining! Full of love, thrills and romance!” (Manny Dela Rosa, NBC-TV).

The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack allows fans to watch The Host anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice.  It includes a Blu-ray™ disc, a DVD and Digital Copy including Ultraviolet™ for the ultimate, complete viewing experience.
·      Blu-ray™ disc unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best way to watch movies at home, featuring perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound.
·      DVD offers the flexibility and convenience of playing the movie in more places, both at home and while away.
·      Digital including UltraViolet™ is a revolutionary new way for fans to collect their movies and TV shows in the cloud.  UltraViolet™ lets consumers instantly stream and download to tablets, smartphones, computers and TVs.  Now available in both the United States and Canada.
·      Also includes an additional choice of digital formats from a variety of partners, including options to watch on iPhone®, iPad®, Android™, computers and more.

BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ and DVD):
·      DELETED SCENES
·      BRINGING THE HOST TO LIFE: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film, featuring interviews with Stephenie Meyer, Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, and Jake Abel.
·      SEEKER PSA: Feature Commentary with Author/Producer Stephenie Meyer, Screenwriter/Director Andrew Niccol, and Producer Nick Wechsler.

CAST AND FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, Frances Fisher, Jake Abel, Max Irons and William Hurt
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Based Off Novel by: Stephenie Meyer
Screenplay by: Andrew Niccol
Executive Producers: Ray Angelic, Claudia Bluemhuber, Marc Butan, Uwe Feuersenger, Bill Johnson, John Brooks Klingenbeck and Jim Seibel
Producers: Stephenie Meyer, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz and Nick Wechsler
Co-Producer: Jamie Audia, Lizzy Bradford and Roger Schwartz
Director of Photography: Robert Bock
Production Designer: Andy Nicholson
Editor: Thomas J. Nordberg
Costume Designer: Erin Benach
Music by: Antonio Pinto

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK:
Street Date: July 9, 2013
Copyright:  2013 Universal Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number:  61123848
Running time:  2 Hour, 6 Minutes
Layers:  BD-50
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Widescreen
Rating:  Rated PG-13 for some sensuality and violence
Languages/Subtitles:  English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound:  DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – DVD:
Street Date:  July 9, 2013
Copyright:  2013 Universal Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number: 61123838
Running time: 2 Hour, 6 Minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating:  Rated PG-13 for some sensuality and violence
Languages/Subtitles:  English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound:  Dolby Digital 5.1

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Parker Available on Blu-ray and DVD with UltraViolet May 21st

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (March 25, 2013) – Set amidst the unparalleled wealth and glamour of Palm Beach, Jason Statham (The Mechanic, Transporter trilogy) and Jennifer Lopez (Out of Sight, Enough) team up to get their cut in the fast-paced, action film PARKER, debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD with UltraViolet™ May 21st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.  Parker (Statham) is a thief who lives his life by a code of integrity. He believes that there must be order in his profession, and if that order is broken or if he’s crossed he will go to the ends of the earth to make it right and get even.  Based on the series of bestselling novels by Donald E. Westlake (under the penname of Richard Stark) and directed by Academy Award® nominee Taylor Hackford (Best Director, Ray, 2004, An Officer and a Gentleman), PARKER also stars Michael Chiklis (Fantastic Four, TV’s “The Shield”), Wendell Pierce (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, HBO’s “The Wire”), Clifton Collins Jr. (The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, Star Trek), Bobby Cannavale (HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”), Patti LuPone (TV’s “Life Goes On”), and three-time Academy Award® nominee Nick Nolte (Best Actor: The Prince of Tides, 1991, Affliction, 1997; Best Supporting Actor, Warrior, 2011).

Blu-ray and DVD bonus materials include commentary by Director Taylor Hackford and two featurettes. “Bringing the Hunter to Life: The Making of Parker” gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film, and Parker’s character and the film are introduced in “Who is Parker?”

Blu-ray exclusive material includes “The Origin of Parker,” exploring the mind of the character Parker from the novels and showing how filmmakers brought him to life in the film, as well as “Broken Necks and Bloody Knuckles,” in which Statham and the stuntmen walk through the fight choreography in the film.

Synopsis:
Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don’t steal from people who can’t afford it and don’t hurt people who don’t deserve it. But on his latest heist, his crew double crosses him, steals his stash, and leaves him for dead. Determined to make sure they regret it, Parker tracks them to Palm Beach, playground of the rich and famous, where the crew is planning their biggest heist ever. Donning the disguise of a rich Texan, Parker takes on an unlikely partner, Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a savvy insider, who’s short on cash, but big on looks, smarts and ambition. Together, they devise a plan to hijack the score, take everyone down and get away clean.

Based on the novel Flashfire by Richard Stark and directed by Taylor Hackford, PARKER has a screenplay by John J. McLaughlin. The film was produced by Taylor Hackford, Les Alexander, Jonathan Mitchell, Steve Chasman, Sidney Kimmel and Matthew Rowland and executive produced by Peter Schlessel, Brad Luff, Stratton Leopold, Bruce Toll, Nick Meyer, Marc Schaberg and Clint Kisker.

PARKER has a running time of approximately 118 minutes and is rated R for strong violence, language throughout and brief sexual content/nudity.

Blu-ray and DVD Bonus Materials Include:
§  Commentary with Director Taylor Hackford
§  Featurettes:
o   “Bringing the Hunter to Life: The Making of Parker”
o   “Who is Parker?”

Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Materials Include:
§  Featurettes:
o   “The Origin of Parker”
o   “Broken Necks and Bloody Knuckles”

Artwork and digital clips are available for download at www.sphepublicity.com.
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Kino Classics Releases Little Fugitive on Blu-ray

“Our New Wave would never have come into being if it hadn’t been for the young American Morris Engel, who showed us the way to independent production with his fine movie Little Fugitive.” – François Truffaut

New York, NY – March 20, 2013 – Kino Classics is proud to announce the Blu-ray release of Little Fugitive, the landmark American independent film from the team of Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin and Ray Ashley, which tells the story of a little boy’s day on the boardwalk at Coney Island in the early ’50s with near documentary-like authenticity. The film was an Academy Award nominee for Best Motion Picture Story and won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Little Fugitive comes to Blu-ray on March 26th with a SRP of $34.95, mastered in HD from a 35mm print preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, with support from The Film Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation. This Blu-ray comes packed with special features including audio commentary by director Morris Engel, two documentary shorts by Mary Engel about her parents: “Morris Engel: The Independent” (2008, 28 min.) and “Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life” (1995, 18 min.); the theatrical trailer; and a photo gallery.

Widely regarded as one of the most influential and enjoyable films of the American independent cinema, Little Fugitive is an utterly charming fable that poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood.

When a seven-year-old boy (Richie Andrusco) is tricked into believing he killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New York’s nether wonderland: Coney Island. Upon and beneath the crowded boardwalk, Joey experiences a day and night filled with adventures and mysteries, resulting in a film that is refreshingly spontaneous and thoroughly delightful.

Hailed by critics as a groundbreaking cinematic feat, Little Fugitive won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, played in nearly 5,000 theatres in the U.S. and is now recognized as a classic of American independent film.

1953 US 80 min. B&W 2.0 Mono Original Aspect Ratio (1.33:1) 1920x1080p

Blu-ray Features:

* Mastered in HD from a 35mm print preserved by The Museum of Modern Art with support from The Film Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation
* Audio commentary by director Morris Engel
* Two documentary short films by Mary Engel: “Morris Engel: The Independent” (2008, 28 min.) and “Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life” (1995, 18 min.)
* Theatrical trailer
* Photo gallery

Little Fugitive
Directors: Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin and Ray Ashley
Genre: Independent/Comedy
SRP (Blu-ray): $34.95
Street date: March 26, 2013

The Growing Anticipation in Rome for the Papal Conclave Makes This an Ideal Time to Revisit The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons

Hit Films Starring Two-time Academy Award® Winner Tom Hanks and Directed by Oscar® Winner Ron Howard
Available Now on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (March 13, 2013) – As global interest in the mysteries of the Papal Conclave and of the Vatican heightens, this is the ideal time to re-experience the mysteries and intrigue revolving around the Church in two box-office hits – THE DA VINCI CODE and ANGELS & DEMONS, available now on Blu-ray™, DVD and digital download from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.  While the Conclave of Cardinals are locked within the Vatican to elect the new leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, the rest of the world can watch two-time Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks (Best Actor: Forrest Gump, 1994 Philadelphia, 1993), Academy Award winner Ron Howard (Best Director and Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind, 2001) and bestselling author Dan Brown who teamed up for both films which explore fascinating and thought-provoking religious beliefs and controversies. In THE DA VINCI CODE, noted symbologist Professor Robert Langdon (Hanks) goes on a heart-racing quest to unearth the biggest cover-up in human history.  ANGELS & DEMONS takes viewers inside a Conclave in action and on a thrilling journey through Rome as Langdon discovers the shocking truth about the Illuminati, an ancient secret brotherhood who will stop at nothing to destroy its eternal enemy, the Catholic Church.

The Da Vinci Code Synopsis:
In The Da Vinci Code, noted symbologist Professor Robert Langdon (Hanks) and police cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) go on a heart-racing quest to unearth the biggest cover-up in human history.  Langdon is called to the Louvre Museum late one night where a curator has been murdered, leaving behind a mysterious trail of symbols and clues. With his own survival at stake, Langdon unveils a series of stunning secrets hidden in the art work of Leonardo Da Vinci, all leading to a covert society dedicated to guarding an ancient secret that has remained hidden for 2000 years. The pair set off on a frantic quest through Paris, London and Scotland, collecting clues as they desperately attempt to crack the code and reveal secrets that will shake the very foundations of mankind.  The Da Vinci Code also stars Audrey Tautou (Amelie, Dirty Pretty Things), Sir Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2, Frida), Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) and Jean Reno (The Professional, Mission Impossible).

The Da Vinci Code has a run time of approximately 149 minutes and is rated PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references, and sexual content.

Angels & Demons Synopsis:
In Ron Howard’s thrilling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals’ lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) desperate for help, Langdon embarks on a nonstop, action-packed race through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, and the most secretive vault on Earth!

Angels & Demons has a running time of approximately 138 minutes and is rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material.

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May Titles From The Criterion Collection

BAND OF OUTSIDERS – Bluray Edition
Four years after Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard reimagined the gangster film even more radically with Band of Outsiders. In it, two restless young men (Sweet Movie’s Sami Frey and Eyes Without a Face’s Claude Brasseur) enlist the object of both of their fancies (Pierrot le fou’s Anna Karina) to help them commit a robbery—in her own home. This audacious and wildly entertaining French New Wave gem is at once sentimental and insouciant, effervescently romantic and melancholy, and it features some of Godard’s most memorable set pieces, including the headlong race through the Louvre and the unshakeably cool Madison dance sequence.

1964 • 95 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New digital master of Gaumont’s recent high-definition restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Visual glossary of references and wordplay found in Band of Outsiders
• Exclusive interviews with cinematographer Raoul Coutard and actor Anna Karina
• Excerpts from a 1964 interview with director Jean-Luc Godard, including rare behind-the-scenes footage from the film
• Filmmaker Agnès Varda’s 1961 silent comedy Les fiancés du pont Mac Donald, starring Godard and Karina and featuring other members of the Band
of Outsiders cast
• Godard’s original theatrical trailer and the 2001 U.S. rerelease trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by poet and critic Joshua Clover, Godard’s character descriptions for the film’s 1964 press book, and an interview with the director from the same year

TITLE: Band of Outsiders (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2266BD
UPC: 7-15515-10641-2
ISBN: 978-1-60465-729-6
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 4/9/13
STREET: 5/7/13

JUBAL – Blu-Ray & DVD Editions
A trio of exceptional performances from Glenn Ford (3:10 to Yuma), Ernest Borgnine (Marty), and Rod Steiger (On the Waterfront) form the center of Jubal, an overlooked Hollywood treasure from genre master Delmer Daves (3:10 to Yuma). In this Shakespearean tale of jealousy and betrayal, Ford is an honorable itinerant cattleman, befriended and hired by Borgnine’s bighearted ranch owner despite his unwillingness to talk about his past. When the new hand becomes the target of the flirtatious attentions of the owner’s bored wife (Valerie French) and is entrusted by the boss with a foreman’s responsibilities, his presence at the ranch starts to rankle his shifty fellow cowhand, played by Steiger. The resulting emotional showdown
imparts unparalleled psychology intensity to this western, a vivid melodrama featuring expressive location photography in Technicolor and CinemaScope.

1956 • 100 minutes • Color • Stereo • 2.35:1 aspect ratio

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones

TITLE: Jubal (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2262BD
UPC: 7-15515-10611-5
ISBN: 978-1-60465-726-5
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 4/16/13
STREET: 5/14/13

TITLE: Jubal (DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2263D
UPC: 7-15515-10601-6
ISBN: 978-1-60465-725-8
SRP: $19.95
PREBOOK: 4/16/13
STREET: 5/14/13

3:10 TO YUMA – Blu-Ray & DVD Editions
In this beautifully shot and acted, psychologically complex western, Van Heflin (Shane) is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding a captured outlaw, played with cucumber-cool charisma by Glenn Ford (The Big Heat), to the train that will take him to prison. This apparently simple plan turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that will test each man’s particular brand of honor. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty), 3:10 to Yuma is a thrilling, humane action movie, directed by the supremely talented studio filmmaker Delmer Daves (Jubal) with intense feeling and precision.

1957 • 92 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
• Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the
Blu-ray edition
• New interviews with author Elmore Leonard and Glenn Ford’s son and biographer, Peter Ford
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones
TITLE: 3:10 to Yuma (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2260BD
UPC: 7-15515-10581-1
ISBN: 978-1-60465-724-1
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 4/16/13
STREET: 5/14/13

TITLE: 3:10 to Yuma (DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2261D
UPC: 7-15515-10571-2
ISBN: 978-1-60465-723-4
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 4/16/13
STREET: 5/14/13

MEDIUM COOL – Blu-Ray & DVD Editions
It’s 1968, and the whole world is watching. With the U.S. in social upheaval, famed cinematographer Haskell Wexler (Days of Heaven) decided to make a film about what the hell was going on. His debut feature, Medium Cool, plunges us into that moment. With its mix of scripted fiction and seat-of-the-pants documentary technique, this story of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman (Jackie Brown’s Robert Forster) is a visceral, lasting cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. An inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera, Medium Cool is as prescient a political film as Hollywood has ever produced.

1969 • 110 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.85:1 aspect ratio

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Haskell Wexler, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Two audio commentaries, one featuring Wexler, actor Marianna Hill, and editor Paul Golding, the other featuring historian Paul Cronin
• New interview with Wexler
• Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!, a fifty-five-minute documentary about the making of Medium Cool, produced by Cronin and featuring interviews with Wexler, Golding, actors Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, and Robert Forster, Chicago historian Studs Terkel, and others
• Excerpts from Sooner or Later, a documentary by Cronin about Harold Blankenship, who plays the adolescent Harold in the film
• Original theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic and programmer Thomas Beard

TITLE: Medium Cool (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2264BD
UPC: 7-15515-10631-3
ISBN: 978-1-60465-728-9
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 4/23/13
STREET: 5/21/13

TITLE: Medium Cool (2-DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2265D
UPC: 7-15515-10621-4
ISBN: 978-1-60465-727-2
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 4/23/13
STREET: 5/21/13

LIFE IS SWEET -  BLU-Ray & DVD Editions
This moving film from Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy) is an intimate, invigorating, and amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London—an irrepressible mum and dad (Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent) and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering layabout (Claire Skinner and Jane Horrocks). In it, Leigh and his typically brilliant cast create, with extra­ordinary sensitivity and craft, a vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father’s desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy, Life Is Sweet is captivating, and it was Leigh’s first international sensation.

1990 • 103 minutes • Color • 2.0 surround • 1.85:1 aspect ratio

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• New audio commentary featuring director Mike Leigh
• Audio recording of a 1991 interview with Leigh at the National Film Theatre in London
• More!
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic David Sterritt

TITLE: Life Is Sweet (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2258BD
UPC: 7-15515-10561-3
ISBN: 978-1-60465-722-7
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 4/30/13
STREET: 5/28/13

TITLE: Life Is Sweet (DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2259D
UPC: 7-15515-10551-4
ISBN: 978-1-60465-721-0
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 4/30/13
STREET: 5/28/13

Attention Canada: All May Titles Are Available in All Canada.

LES MISERABLES on Blu-ray & DVD on 3/22/1

The Global Musical Phenomenon
Starring Oscar® Nominees Hugh Jackman & Anne Hathaway Oscar® Winner Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried
 
Nominated for Eight Academy Awards® Including Best Picture and Winner of Three Golden Globe Awards® Including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
 
LES MISÉRABLES
March 22, 2013
 
“The Best Film of the Year!” – Kyle Smith, New York Post
 
Own on Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack Including DVD, Digital Copy & UltraViolet™

Universal City, California – The sweeping and spectacular musical extravaganza Les Misérables has been seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries around the globe.  Now the motion picture adaptation that grossed more than $340 million worldwide arrives on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on March 22, 2013, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.  Critically acclaimed and star-studded, Les Misérables is a stunningly realized interpretation of Victor Hugo’s epic tale of broken dreams, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the endurance of the human spirit.  This Golden Globe®-winning cinematic event can now be experienced over and over again on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD with more than an hour of bonus features including cast interviews.  Additionally, the Blu-ray™ Combo Pack is loaded with an extra 45 minutes of exclusive content taking viewers behind the scenes of the groundbreaking production for an unmatched entertainment experience.

Directed by Academy Award® winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), Les Misérables features an all-star cast including Golden Globe® winner Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Prestige), Oscar® winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind), Golden Globe® winner Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises,
The Devil Wears Prada), Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!, Dear John), Eddie Redmayne (My Week With Marilyn,
The Other Boleyn Girl), Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter series, Sweeney Todd), Golden Globe® winner
Sacha Baron Cohen (Hugo, Borat) and newcomer Samantha Barks.

Compelling and poignant, Les Misérables has earned kudos from critics around the world, including Vogue’s Adam Green, who describes it as “a spectacular achievement” and Deadline.com’s Pete Hammond, who calls it “remarkably entertaining and powerful” and praises its “stunning imagery and performance.”  Les Misérables dominated the 2013 awards season, garnering eight Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, and sweeping the Golden Globes with awards for Jackman, and Hathaway, as well as the prize for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack allows consumers to view Les Misérables anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice.  It includes a Blu-ray™ disc, a DVD, a Digital Copy and UltraViolet™ for the ultimate, complete viewing experience.

·         Blu-ray™ disc unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best way to watch movies at home, featuring perfect hi-def picture and hi-def sound.
·         DVD offers the flexibility and convenience of playing movies in more places, both at home and away.
·         Digital Copy provides consumers with a choice of formats from a variety of partners, including options to watch on iPhone®, Android™, computers and more.
·         UltraViolet™ is a revolutionary new way for consumers to collect their movies and TV shows in the cloud. UltraViolet™ lets consumers instantly stream and download to tablets, smartphones, computers and TVs. Now available in both the United States and Canada.
Bonus Features Exclusive to the Blu-rayTM
·         Les Misérables Singing Live:  The star-studded cast and production team discuss how the daunting challenge of singing live rather than lip-syncing to pre-recorded tracks ultimately gave them the creative freedom to deliver nuanced, emotionally powerful performances.
·         Battle at the Barricade:  Director Tom Hooper wanted the dramatic building of the barricade to be as visceral and intense as possible, so he had his actors build it in real time, literally hurling furniture out of windows to construct an actual barricade. This featurette takes an in-depth look at the creation and filming of all the action on this remarkable set.
·         The West End Connection:  Meet the “godfather” of the original stage production of Les Misérables, renowned West End producer Cameron Mackintosh, who was deeply involved in the filming, as well as former Les Misérables, theatrical stars who were thrilled to appear in supporting roles in the current film.
·         Les Misérables on Location:  Filming rather than staging Les Misérables presents the opportunity to shoot in real world locations: a massive dry dock on the coast of England, a beautiful underground chapel in the heart of London and the ancient city of Winchester.  Members of the cast and crew talk about what it was like to find and work in these incredible locations.

Bonus Features on Both the Blu-rayTM and DVD
·         The Stars of Les Misérables:  Director Tom Hooper talks about casting the iconic characters, and the actors discuss why it was important to them to be a part of this groundbreaking version of
Les Misérables.
·         Creating the Perfect Paris:  Production designer Eve Stewart created a massive Paris set featuring real cobblestones and running water. Take an intricate look into the detailed recreation of these Paris streets that no longer exist in today’s world.
·         The Original Masterwork: Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables:  This mini-documentary takes a look at the historical backdrop and universal themes of Hugo’s classic, and how the filmmakers mined the novel to enrich the look and feel of the film.
·    Feature Commentary with Director Tom Hooper

SYNOPSIS
Hugh Jackman, Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star in this critically acclaimed adaptation of the epic musical phenomenon.  Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells the story of ex-prisoner Jean Valjean (Jackman), hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe), after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. This enthralling story is a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit and “an unforgettable experience” (Richard Roeper, RichardRoeper.com).

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FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen
Directed By: Tom Hooper
Produced By: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Screenplay By: William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
Music By: Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics By: Herbert Kretzmer
Based on the Original Stage Musical By: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
From The Novel By: Victor Hugo
Executive Producers: Liza Chasin, Angela Morrison, Nicholas Allott, F. Richard Pappas
Director of Photography: Danny Cohen BSC
Production Designer: Eve Stewart
Costume Designer: Paco Delgado
Edited By: Chris Dickens, Melanie Ann Oliver

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – BLU-RAY™:
Street Date: 3/22/13
Copyright: 2013 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Numbers: 61125042 / 61125654 (CDN)
Running Time: 2 hours, 38 minutes
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: PG-13 for suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements
Technical Info: English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, English DTS Surround 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish

TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD:
Street Date: 3/22/13
Copyright: 2013 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Numbers: 61123149 / 61125663 (CDN)
Running Time: 2 hours, 38 minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating: PG-13 for suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements
Technical Info: English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish

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IRON MAN: RISE OF TECHNOVORE Available on Blu-ray and DVD with UltraViolet April 16th

The Explosive New Chapter in the Hugely Popular Marvel Franchise
IRON MAN: RISE OF TECHNOVORE

An All-New, Action-Packed, Anime Feature Film
Available on Blu-ray™ and DVD with UltraViolet™ April 16th
 
Bonus Materials Include Photo Gallery and Two Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (February 4, 2013) – Marvel’s Iron Man returns in the all-new, animated, high-adrenaline feature-length film IRON MAN: RISE OF TECHNOVORE, debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD with UltraViolet™ April 16th from Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Produced by Madhouse and featuring Marvel Super Heroes such as War Machine, Nick Fury, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and The Punisher, IRON MAN: RISE OF TECHNOVORE is the explosive new chapter in the popular Iron Man franchise.  After a deadly terrorist attack, Iron Man is blamed and must go on the run from S.H.I.E.L.D. and stop the insane villain Ezekiel Stane who has developed a new type of “bio tech” that seems to outclass even the Iron Man armor. The cast includes the voice talents of ]Matthew Mercer (Resident Evil Damnation) as Iron Man and Norman Reedus (The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, TV’s “The Walking Dead”) as Punisher.

Exclusive to the Blu-ray is an interactive art gallery featuring the conceptual art produced by Madhouse for the film.  The Blu-ray and DVD also come with two behind-the-scenes featurettes: “Tale of Technovore,” exploring the animation, story and the adaptation of Marvel characters for the anime film; and “S.H.I.E.L.D.: Protecting the Marvel Universe,” giving viewers an all-access look and brief history into the organization as portrayed in the comics and adapted in the film.

Synopsis:
Billionaire Tony Stark, in his Iron Man armor, prevents an attack from a mysterious new foe, but innocent bystanders are killed, including his best friend War Machine, Lt. Colonel James Rhodes.  Detained for questioning by S.H.I.E.L.D., Iron Man escapes, determined to find the mastermind behind the attack. Pursued by Black Widow and Hawkeye, Iron Man enlists the help of the ruthless vigilante The Punisher.  But can the Armored Avenger handle what he finds when he catches the person responsible and is forced to face his deadliest weapon, a biotechnology called Technovore that could wipe out all life on the planet?

IRON MAN: RISE OF TECHNOVORE is directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki (Paranoid Agent, Highlander) with story by Brandon Auman (The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man: Armored Adventures).

Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Features Include:
§  Conceptual Art Gallery

Blu-ray and DVD Bonus Features Include:
§  Two Featurettes
o   “Tale of Technovore”
o   “S.H.I.E.L.D.: Protecting the Marvel Universe”

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD & CHROME UNRATED EDITION (Available on Blu-ray and DVD on February 19, 2013)

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN, UNRATED EDITION AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 19, 2013 ON BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK WITH DVD, DIGITAL COPY AND UltraViolet™ FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
 
Universal City, California – From Universal Cable Productions and the award-winning producing team of the critically acclaimed series “Battlestar Galactica” comes the all-new Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome Unrated Edition.  The new spin-off film is packed with spectacular visual effects and cutting edge CGI and stars Luke Pasqualino (“The Borgias”) as a young Captain William Adama in the hard-hitting tale of the first Cylon war. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome will be available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD, On Demand and Digital Download on February 19, 2013.

Fans will first be able to view Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome when it premieres exclusively on Machinima’s premium channel, Machinima Prime (http://www.youtube.com/MachinimaPrime), beginning November 9, 2012.   It will be presented as 10 episode chapters set to run through February 2013 and be followed by a two-hour movie premiere on Syfy.   A special never-before-seen unrated version of this explosive broadcast event will then be available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download.

An all-new chapter in the “Battlestar Galactica” saga, Blood & Chrome takes place in the midst of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a young, talented fighter pilot, William Adama, finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Though Adama quickly finds himself at odds with his co-pilot, the battle weary officer Coker (Ben Cotton, “Alcatraz”), the two men must set their differences aside when a routine escort mission with an enigmatic passenger (Lili Bordán, “Silent Witness”) turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet.

The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack allows consumers to watch Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome Unrated Edition anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice.  It includes a Blu-ray™ disc, a DVD, a Digital Copy, and UltraViolet™ for the ultimate, complete viewing experience.

·         Blu-ray™ disc unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best way to watch movies at home, featuring perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound.
·         DVD offers the flexibility and convenience of playing the movie in more places, both at home and while away.
·         Digital Copy provides consumers with a choice of formats from a variety of partners, including options to watch on iPhone®, iPad®, Android, computers and more.
·         UltraViolet™ is the revolutionary way for consumers to collect their movies and TV shows in the cloud.  UltraViolet™ lets consumers instantly stream and download to tablets, smartphones, computers and TVs.  Now available in both the United States and Canada.

BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO BLU-RAYTM COMBO PACK:
ADDITIONAL  DELETED SCENES  (SEVEN EXCLUSIVE)

BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ and DVD):
SIX DELETED SCENES
BLOOD & CHROME VISUAL EFFECTS: Discover how the groundbreaking use of visual effects brought the world of
“Battlestar Galactica” to life like you’ve never seen before!

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION – BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK:
Street Date: February 19, 2013
Copyright:  2013 Universal Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number:  61125363(U.S.); 61125469(Canada)
Running time:  97 Minutes
Layers:  BD-50
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen
Rating:  Not rated
Languages/Subtitles:  English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound:  5.1 DTS  HD Master Audio

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – DVD:
Street Date:  February 19, 2013
Copyright:  2013 Universal Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number: 61124481(U.S); 61124478(Canada)
Running time: 97 Minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating:  Not rated
Languages/Subtitles:  English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound:  Dolby Digital 5.1

Criterion Collection – April 2013 Blu-ray and DVD Releases

GATE OF HELL – Blu-ray & DVD
A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, Gate of Hell is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa (A Page of Madness). In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love. Kinugasa’s film is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion that was an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan.

1953 • 89 minutes • Color • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 1.37:1 aspect ratio

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film historian Stephen Prince

TITLE: Gate of Hell (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2247BD
UPC: 7-15515-10441-8
ISBN: 978-1-60465-710-4
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 3/12/13
STREET: 4/9/13

TITLE: Gate of Hell (DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2248D
UPC: 7-15515-10451-7
ISBN: 978-1-60465-711-1
SRP: $19.95
PREBOOK: 3/12/13
STREET: 4/9/13

NAKED LUNCH – Blu-ray
In this adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s hallucinatory, once-thought unfilmable novel Naked Lunch, directed by David Cronenberg (Videodrome), a part-time exterminator and full-time drug addict named Bill Lee (Robocop’s Peter Weller) plunges into the nightmarish Interzone, a netherworld of sinister cabals and giant talking bugs. Alternately humorous and grotesque—and always surreal—the film mingles aspects of Burroughs’s novel with incidents from the writer’s own life, resulting in an evocative paranoid fantasy and a self-reflexive investigation into the mysteries of the creative process.

1991 • 115 minutes • Color • 2.0 surround • 1.78:1 aspect ratio

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• High-definition digital transfer, approved by director David Cronenberg, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Cronenberg and actor Peter Weller
• Naked Making Lunch, a 1992 television documentary by Chris Rodley about the making of the film
• Special effects gallery, featuring artwork and photos alongside an essay by Cinefex magazine editor Jody Duncan
• Collection of original marketing materials
• Audio recording of William S. Burroughs reading from his novel Naked Lunch
• Gallery of photos taken by poet Allen Ginsberg of Burroughs
• PLUS: A booklet featuring reprinted pieces by film critic Janet Maslin, director Chris Rodley, critic and novelist Gary Indiana, and Burroughs

TITLE: Naked Lunch (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2253BD
UPC: 7-15515-10501-9
ISBN: 978-1-60465-716-6
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 3/12/13
STREET: 4/9/13

REPO MAN – Blu-ray & DVD
A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas) as a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club) as the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious—and otherworldly—Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Featuring the ultimate early-eighties L.A. punk soundtrack, this grungily hilarious odyssey is a politically trenchant take on President Reagan’s domestic and foreign policy.

1984 • 92 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.78:1 aspect ratio

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital restoration, approved by director Alex Cox, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Audio commentary featuring Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss, and Del Zamora
• Interviews with Cox, Richardson, and Zamora; producers Peter McCarthy and Jonathan Wacks; actors Olivia Barash, Dick Rude, Miguel Sandoval, and Harry Dean Stanton; musicians Keith Morris and Iggy Pop; and Sam Cohen, the inventor of the neutron bomb
• Deleted scenes
• The complete “cleaned-up” television version of the film, prepared by Cox
• Trailers
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Sam McPheeters; an illustrated production history by Cox, with his original comic and film proposal; and a 1987 interview with real-life repo man Mark Lewis

TITLE: Repo Man (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2251BD
UPC: 7-15515-10481-4
ISBN: 978-1-60465-714-2
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 3/19/13
STREET: 4/16/13

TITLE: Repo Man (2-DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2252D
UPC: 7-15515-10491-3
ISBN: 978-1-60465-715-9
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 3/19/13
STREET: 4/16/13

PIERRE ETAIX  – Blu-ray & DVD
A French comedy master whose films went unseen for decades as a result of legal tangles, director-actor Pierre Etaix is a treasure the cinematic world has rediscovered and taken up with relish. His work can be placed in the spectrum of classic physical comedy with that of Jacques Tati and Jerry Lewis, but it also stands alone. These films, influenced by Etaix’s experiences as a circus acrobat and clown and by the silent film comedies he adored, are elegantly deadpan, but as an on-screen presence, Etaix radiates warmth. This collection includes all of his films, including five features, The Suitor (1962), Yoyo (1965), As Long as You’ve Got Your Health (1966), Le grand amour (1969), and Land of Milk and Honey (1971)—most of them collaborations with the great screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie)—and three shorts, Rupture (1961), the Oscar-winning Happy Anniversary (1962), and Feeling Good (1966). Not one of these is anything less than a bracing and witty delight.

The Suitor 1962 • 84 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.66:1 aspect ratio
Yoyo  1965 • 98 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.66:1 aspect ratio
As Long as You’ve Got Your Health   1966 • 68 minutes • Black & White/Color • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.66:1 aspect ratio
Le grand amour 1969 • 87 minutes • Color • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.66:1 a spect ratio
Land of Milk and Honey  1971 • 76 minutes • Color • Monaural • In French with English subtitles • 1.66:1 aspect ratio

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New digital restorations of all five features and three short films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-ray edition
• New interview with director Pierre Etaix
• New video introductions by Etaix to seven of the films
• Pierre Etaix, un destin animé (2010), a portrait of the life and work of the director by his wife, Odile Etaix
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic David Cairns

TITLE: Pierre Etaix (2-DISC BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2254BD
UPC: 7-15515-10511-8
ISBN: 978-1-60465-717-3
SRP: $59.95
PREBOOK: 3/26/13
STREET: 4/23/13

TITLE: Pierre Etaix (3-DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2255D
UPC: 7-15515-10521-7
ISBN: 978-1-60465-718-0
SRP: $49.95
PREBOOK: 3/26/13
STREET: 4/23/13

RICHARD III – Blu-ray & DVD
With Richard III, director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier (Hamlet) brings Shakespeare’s masterpiece of Machiavellian villainy to mesmerizing cinematic life. Olivier is diabolically captivating as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who, through a set of murderous machinations, steals the crown from his brother Edward. The supporting cast—including Ralph Richardson (Fallen Idol), John Gielgud (Arthur), and Claire Bloom (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)—is just as impressive. Filmed in VistaVision and Technicolor, Richard III is one of the most visually inspired of all big-screen Bard adaptations.

1955 • 158 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.66:1 aspect ratio

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New high-definition digital master of the Film Foundation’s 2012 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Audio commentary by playwright and stage director Russell Lees and John Wilders, former governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company
• Interview with actor Laurence Olivier from a 1966 episode of the BBC series Great Acting, hosted by theater critic Kenneth Tynan
• Gallery of behind-the-scenes and production stills and posters, accompanied by excerpts from Olivier’s autobiography, On Acting
• Twelve-minute television trailer featuring footage of Olivier, producer Alexander Korda, and other cast and crew from the film
• Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin

TITLE: Richard III (BLU-RAY EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2249BD
UPC: 7-15515-10461-6
ISBN: 978-1-60465-712-8
SRP: $39.95
PREBOOK: 3/26/13
STREET: 4/23/13

TITLE: Richard III (2-DVD EDITION)
CAT. NO: CC2250D
UPC: 7-15515-10471-5
ISBN: 978-1-60465-713-5
SRP: $29.95
PREBOOK: 3/12/13
STREET: 4/9/13

ECLIPSE SERIES 38: MASAKI KOBAYASHI AGAINST THE SYSTEM
One of the most important filmmakers to emerge from Japan’s cinematic golden age, Masaki Kobayashi is best remembered today for his 1959 epic The Human Condition, but that is just one of the blistering films he made in a career dedicated to criticizing his country’s rigid social and political orders. He first found his voice—rebellious, angry, engaged—in the fifties, following his life-altering experiences as a soldier in World War II; the four films collected here, made in the same period as The Human Condition, reflect Kobayashi’s coming into his own as an artist. He fought to get these powerful dramas made at a studio more oriented at the time toward quiet family melodramas; they are unforgettable pictures of a postwar Japan troubled by identity crises and moral corruption on scales both intimate and institutional.

FOUR-DVD BOX SET INCLUDES:

The Thick-Walled Room
Even early on in his directing career, Kobayashi didn’t shy away from controversy. Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II, this drama about a group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers jailed for crimes against humanity was adapted from the diaries of real prisoners. Because of its potentially inflammatory content, the film was shelved for three years before being released.

1953 • 110 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

I Will Buy You
Kobayashi’s pitiless take on Japan’s professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. An excoriation of the inhumanity bred by a mercenary, bribery-fueled business, it follows the sharklike maneuvers of a scout dead set on signing a promising athlete to the team the Toyo Flowers.

1956 • 112 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

Black River
Perhaps Kobayashi’s most sordid film, Black River is an exposé of the rampant corruption on and around U.S. military bases following World War II. Kobayashi spirals out from the story of a love triangle that develops between a good-natured student, his innocent girlfriend, and a coldhearted petty criminal (The Human Condition’s Tatsuya Nakadai, in his first major role) to diagnose a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness, devolving into gangsterism, violence, and prostitution.

1957 • 110 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio

The Inheritance
On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown to his family and colleagues. A bevy of lawyers and associates then begin machinations to procure the money for themselves, enlisting the aid of impostors and blackmail. Yet all are outwitted by the cunning of the man’s secretary (The Makioka Sisters’ Keiko Kishi), in this entertaining condemnation of unchecked greed.

1962 • 108 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • In Japanese with English subtitles • 2.40:1 aspect ratio

TITLE: Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System
CAT. NO: ECL171
UPC: 7-15515-10311-4
ISBN: 978-1-60465-693-0
SRP: $59.95
PREBOOK: 3/19/13
STREET: 4/16/13

Attention Canada: GATE OF HELL, PIERRE ETAIX & RICHARD III are available in English-speaking Canada only. All other April titles are available in all Canada.

Lay the Favorite on Blu-ray and DVD 3/5/13!

“Lay the Favorite is…pleasing and exceptionally well made.”
-Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
 
ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT and RADiUS-TWC
GO ALL-IN WITH
LAY THE FAVORITE
ON BLU-RAY™ AND DVD
 
The Star-Powered Comedy Heads To Retail On March 5, 2013!

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-TWC announced today the Blu-ray™ and DVD release of LAY THE FAVORITE from two time Academy Award®-nominated director Stephen Frears (The Queen, High Fidelity). The films all-star cast includes Bruce Willis (The Die Hard Franchise), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago), Rebecca Hall (The Town) and Joshua Jackson (“Dawson’s Creek”).  LAY THE FAVORITE heads to retail on March 5, 2013 with an SRP of $29.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $24.98 for the DVD.

Get ready to get lucky! Professional odds-maker Dink (Bruce Willis) is running a small-time sports gambling enterprise when a former stripper named Beth (Rebecca Hall) promises to help him score big — and turns his world upside down. With his connections and her knack for numbers, the lucrative business of sports betting will never be the same. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Joshua Jackson round out the talented cast of misfits who are willing to risk everything for their dreams. Sly and sexy, heart-warming and hilarious, LAY THE FAVORITE, directed by Stephen Frears, delivers laughs and thrills in this vivid exposé of the world of gambling based on the Beth Raymer’s best-selling memoir, “Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling.”

The LAY THE FAVORITE Blu-ray™ and DVD special feature includes deleted scenes.

ABOUT RADiUS-TWC
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About Anchor Bay Entertainment
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