Roadshow - February 2011 Releases

TOP GEAR: APOCALYPSE

RELEASE DATE:       2 February 2011
STARRING:              Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond
RRP DVD:               $29.99
RRP BD:                $39.99

Top Gear Apocalypse gives you all the tips you’ll ever need to survive in the event of a really big calamity.

Have you ever wondered what driving will be like in a post apocalyptic world that's been blown to bits by nuclear bombs or a massive comet? Well if you have, James May and Richard Hammond give you all the answers in this brand new, incredibly cheerful, Top Gear release. And if you haven't given this burning topic a moment's thought, then there's plenty to get your teeth into.

Filled with the usual madcap antics and motoring mayhem, where even something as mundane as the MOT will become a futuristic nightmare, Richard and James are here to show you how it’s done. In a Nuclear Winter the aftermath of a nuclear war, when millions of tons of soot and ash is thrown up into the atmosphere, James asks ‘how on earth would you drive to work in one?’ And if you’re a petrol head, you’ll find yourself asking an even more important question, namely, if, in a post apocalyptic world, there was only one barrel of petrol left, which cars would you use it on to have one of your very last drives in?

James and Richard also drive each other’s car… although James is sitting in Richard’s car and Richard is sitting in James’ car and will both race using remote control! Silly yes, but brilliant, definitely.

The DVD version of this title also contains a Digital Copy, which allows you to download to a portable device so that you can take Top Gear on the road with you.

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DEADLY IMPACT

STUDIO:                  MGM
RELEASE DATE:       16 February 2011
DIRECTOR:              Robert Kurtzman
STARRING:            Sean Patrick Flanery, Joe Pantoliano
CATEGORY:             Thriller
RRP DVD:               $39.99

A white-knuckle action-thriller.

Hard-nosed cop Thomas Armstrong’s life was shattered when he became the helpless target of a mastermind assassin. Now the killer has returned to terrorize the city with an explosive game of cat and mouse. In a thrilling race against time, Armstrong must stay one step ahead to capture the madman and save innocent lives.

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FAREWELL

STUDIO:                  Hopscotch
RELEASE DATE:       23 February 2011
DIRECTOR:              Christian Carion
STARRING:              Emir Kusturica, Guillaume Canet, Alexandra Maria Lara
CATEGORY:             Drama
RRP DVD:               $39.99

In the vein of The Lives Of Others and based on an incredible true story, Farewell is an espionage film about events that changed history. Directed by Christian Carion (Joyeux Noel) and starring two of Europe's respected actor/ directors Emir Kusturica and Guillaume Canet.

In 1981, Colonel Grigoriev (Kusturica) of the KGB, disenchanted with the Communist ideal, decides he is going to change the world. Discreetly, he makes contact with Pierre (Canet), a French engineer working in Moscow and little by little passes on documents to him - mainly concerning the United States - containing information which would constitute the most important Cold War espionage operation known to date. During a period of two years, French President, Francois Mitterrand and US chief Ronald Reagan were to personally vet the documents supplied by this source in Moscow, to whom the French Secret Service gave the codename ‘Farewell'.

Farewell smuggled out information that would cause ructions that sounded the death bell of the Soviet Union. The Berlin Wall would fall before the end of the 80s. In his own way, Farewell managed to change the world, by avoiding traditional espionage methods too well known to the KGB and by not asking for any financial compensation whatsoever, "much too capitalist" for his taste. He simply followed his destiny, so that a new world might dawn for his fellow Russians, but especially for his son.

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LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS – THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       2 February 2011
DIRECTOR:              Zack Snyder
STARRING:              Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham
CATEGORY:           Family Animation
RRP DVD:               $39.99
RRP BD:               $39.99
RRP BD 3D/2D:               $59.99
RRP BD 3D/2D/DC:               $59.99


Acclaimed filmmaker, Zack Snyder, makes his animation debut with the fantasy, family adventure, The Legend Of The Guardian: The Owls Of Ga'hoole, based on the beloved Guardians of Ga’Hoole books by Kathryn Lanskay.

The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father’s epic tales of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole, a mythical band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of the owl kind from the Pure Evil Ones.

While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older broth Kludd scoffs at the notion and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his father’s affection from his younger sibling. But Kludd’s jealous has terrible consequences – causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Evil Ones.

Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other daring young owls. Together they soar across the seas and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary Guardians – Soren’s only hope of defeating the Pure Evil Ones and saving the owl kingdom.

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THE GOOD GUY

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       8 February 2011
DIRECTOR:              Julio DePietro
STARRING:              Alexis Bledel, Anna Chlumsky, Andrew McCarthy
CATEGORY:           Comedy
RRP DVD:               $39.99

Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with.

Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. Beth falls hard for Tommy, a sexy, young Wall Street hot-shot. But just as everything seems to be falling into place, complications arise in the form of Tommy's sensitive and handsome co-worker Daniel. Beth soon learns that the game of love in the big city is a lot like Wall Street -- high risk, high reward and everybody has an angle.

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Published 1st Mar 2011

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