Australia's Umbrella Entertainment are proud to release the following titles mid March
and including there first 2 Blu-ray releases... DOGS IN SPACE and WITHNAIL AND I.
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THE KILLING FIELDS (2 DISC SPECIAL EDITION)
New York Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg (Sam
Waterston) is sent to Cambodia in 1972 to cover the war between
the revolutionary Khmer Rouge and the government. He
meets Dith Pran (Haing S. Nor in an Academy Award® winning
performance): a local journalist who becomes his trusted
assistant, interpreter, and friend. When the Khmer Rouge
troops enter Phnom Penh in April 1975 and seize control of the
country, Pran throws himself at their mercy to save the lives of
Schanberg and several other foreign correspondents.
What follows for Pran, and for all Cambodians, is unspeakable
horror. Whilst Schanberg spends four and a half years
seeking news of his friend, nearly half the population of seven
million are massacred by the Khmer Rouge or die of starvation
and disease. The once rich Cambodian countryside now
bears a new name: “The Killing Fields”.
Based on Pulitzer prize winning Schanberg’s 1980 article for the
New York Times, “The Death and Life of Dith Pran”, this is the
story of Pran’s heroism and the struggle for the two men to
reunite.
Special Features
Disc One:
- Audio Commentary with director Roland Joffé
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc Two:
- BBC Documentary - The Making of The Killing Fields - 60 Mins
- Exclusive Interview with Producer David Puttnam
Release date: 10th March, 2009
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MISSION, THE (2 DISCS)
In the 1750s, a Spanish Jesuit priest, Father Gabriel (Jeremy
Irons, Dead Ringers, Lolita) enters the South American jungle to
build a mission and convert a community of Guaraní Indians to
Christianity.
A mercenary and slaver, Rodrigo Mendoza (two-time Academy
Award ® winning actor Robert De Niro), makes his living
kidnapping native Indians and selling them to the nearby
plantations. After slaying his brother Felipe (Aidan Quinn)
in a duel fought over his fiancée, Mendoza spirals into guilt and
depression before Father Gabriel challenges Mendoza to
undertake a suitable penance.
Mendoza joins the mission and together he and Father Gabriel
work to help care for the Guaraní tribe. Unknown to them a
new treaty is signed between Portugal and Spain that sounds the
death knell of the Jesuit missions. Father Gabriel and
Mendoza find themselves fighting those sent to suppress them –
the one armed with the love of God, the other with the sword.
The Mission won the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award® for
Best Cinematography and ranks as one of the greatest
contemporary adventure films.
Special Features
Disc One:
- Audio Commentary by Roland Joffe
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc Two:
- BBC Documentary Which Examines the Lives of the Waunana
Indians - 60 minutes
Release date: 10th March, 2010
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FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC
Kirsty Swanson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Victoria Tennant (LA
Story) and Academy Award® winner Louise Fletcher (One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) star in this haunting suspense thriller
based on the novel that launched the extraordinary career of V.
C. Andrews and won her a devoted following.
When the father of four beautiful blond children dies in a tragic
accident, their mother takes them to the foreboding family
mansion she fled 17 years earlier. Their frightening grandmother
locks them in an upstairs room, from which the only escape is
into the cluttered and cobwebbed attic. The children must
survive a nightmare of brutal cruelty, forbidden passion and a
final shocking discovery that will shatter their innocence forever.
Release date: 10th March, 2010
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DOGS IN SPACE (BLU-RAY)
Set against the backdrop of Melbourne's late '70s punk rock
scene, Dogs in Space chronicles life in a chaotic, squalid
share-house. Hippies, addicts, students and radicals fill their days
and nights with sex, drugs, parties and television.
Writer/director RICHARD LOWENSTEIN balances a series of
chaotic vignettes with the central story of the romance between
housemates Sam (MICHAEL HUTCHENCE), the lead singer of the
band, Dogs in Space and his lover Anna (SASKIA POST) as it spirals
out of control.
Hutchence is a brilliant symbol of reckless youth in this, his first
dramatic screen role, giving Dogs in Space instant cult status
upon its release.
This first ever DVD release offers a wealth of extras, including
Lowenstein's recently premiered documentary on the Melbourne
underground music scene of the time, 'We're Livin' On Dog Food',
which features - among other treats - exclusive footage of
Michael Hutchence on the set of Dogs In Space.
Special Features
- Audio Commentary with Richard Lowenstein and Ollie Olsen
- We're Livin on Dog Food - Presented in FULL HD
- Making Of 'Dogs in Space"
- Rooms for the Memory Clip
- Leap for Lunch Clip
- Punkline
- Theatrical Trailer
Release date: 10th March, 2010
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WITHNAIL AND I (BLU-RAY)
This cult comedy classic follows a couple of destitute young
actors living in drunken squalor in 1969, the twilight days of
swingin' London. The elegantly wasted Withnail ( the astounding
Richard E Grant in a breakout performance) Is a depraved dandy
without money or ambition, while his anxious sidekick is the
younger and more impressionable Marwood ( Paul McGann). The
demented duo drown their minds in booze and pills until finally
escaping to the country, staying in the home of wealthy,
lecherous Uncle Monty, who later takes a liking to young
Marwood! But this retreat fast turns a miserable nightmare as
violent weather, hunger and hostile locals bring on more
madness.
This British comic milestone comes in a new widescreen print,
with a cacophony of special features.
Special Features
- Audio Commentary with Paul McGann and Ralph Brown
- Audio Commentary with Director Bruce Robsinon
- Postcards from Penrith Featurette
- Bruce Robinson Interview
- Withnail and Us 1999 Documentary
- Behind the Scenes Stills by Ralph Steadman
- Swear-A-Thon
- Theatrical Trailer
- Withnail and I Film Score
Release date: 10th March, 2009
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