Roadshow - July 2010 Releases

CRAZY HEART

STUDIO:                  Twentieth Century Fox
RELEASE DATE:       21 July 2010
DIRECTOR:              Scott Cooper
STARRING:              Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal
CATEGORY:            Drama
RRP DVD:               $39.99
RRP BD:                $39.99

Award winner Jeff Bridges delivers the performance of a lifetime in Crazy Heart, the powerful story of a country music star’s rocky road to redemption.

Bad Blake (Bridges) is a broken-down, hard-living country singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad, learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man's crazy heart.

WINNER OF 2 ACADEMY AWARDS:

• Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
• Best Original Song: “The Weary Kind”

DVD Special features:

• Deleted Scenes

Blu-Ray Special Features:

• Deleted Scenes
• Jeff Bridges/Maggie Gyllenhaal/Robert Duvall on what brought them to Crazy Heart

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MAO’S LAST DANCER

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       7 July 2010
DIRECTOR:              Bruce Beresford
STARRING:              Chi Cao, Kyle Mclachlan, Amanda Schull
CATEGORY:            Drama
RRP DVD:               $39.99
RRP BD:                $49.99

From acclaimed Australian film director Bruce Beresford comes the true story of a small boy’s extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Mao’s Last Dancer captures the intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity, the pain of exile, and ultimately the triumph of individual endeavour over ideology.

Filmed in China, the US and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, and a star-studded cast including Kyle Mclachlan, Amanda Schull and Jack Thompson, Mao’s Last Dancer is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.

Boasting over $1.8 million at the New Zealand cinema boxoffice, Mao’s Last Dancer is the inspiring film you’ll want to watch time and time again.

DVD Special features:

• Behind the Scenes Featurettes
• The Making of Mao’s Last Dancer
• Photo Gallery
• Deleted Scenes

Blu-Ray Special Features:

• Behind the Scenes Featurettes
• The Making of Mao’s Last Dancer
• Photo Gallery
• Deleted Scenes

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TALK TO ME

STUDIO:                  MGM
RELEASE DATE:       7 July 2010
DIRECTOR:              Kasi Lemmons
STARRING:              Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps
CATEGORY:            Drama
RATING:            M Contains violence, offensive language and sex scenes
RRP DVD:               $19.99

The story of radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

As Petey's voice, humour, and spirit surged across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tuned in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have.

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UNDERBELLY: THE GOLDEN MILE (FULLY LOADED)

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       28 July 2010
STARRING:              Firass Dirani, Emma Booth, Salvatore Coco, Dieter Brummer
CATEGORY:            Television
NUMBER OF DISCS:   4
RRP DVD:               $69.99

The cops were bent and the crims were cool. And together they ran the most exciting street in Australia. Strippers, gamblers, gunmen, dealers, bouncers, bagmen – they all came to the Golden Mile.

A smart and sexy young Kim Hollingsworth, smiling teenage Kings Cross identity Johnny Ibrahim, the Bayeh Brothers, Trevor Haken, Chook Fowler...the Golden Mile was their playground, and they played like there was no tomorrow. Then, in 1995, “tomorrow” came and the Wood Royal Commission cleaned out the Black Empire within the NSW Police. But it left behind a mess that took years of mayhem to bring under control.

DVD Special Features:

• Deleted Scenes - 3 x “too hot for TV” scenes and many strong language ad-libbed moments from our crims!
• Audio commentaries on 2 episodes - Director: Tony Tilse, Producer: Peter Gawler, Key Cast
• Firass Dirani (John Ibrahim), Paul Tassone (Chief Inspector Dennis Kelly), Daniel Roberts (Detective Sergeant Jim Egan)
• Behind the scenes - interviews and on set footage

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FUNNY LADIES OF BRITISH COMEDY

RELEASE DATE:       7 July 2010
STARRING:             Patricia Routledge, Dawn French, Prunella Scales, Mollie Sugden 
RRP DVD:               $29.99

Hosted by the Grand Dame of British comedy, Penelope Keith, this hilarious collection of clips and interviews pays tribute to British television’s finest female comediennes and is sure to have you laughing till it hurts.

Join Patricia Routledge (Keeping Up Appearances), Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley), Prunella Scales (Fawlty Towers), Mollie Sugden (Are You Being Served?), and many more funny ladies in this celebration of their careers.

New interviews are combined with clips of their funniest moments, and the memorable characters they portrayed. Think of social climber extraordinaire Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced “bouquet,” of course), that chocolate-guzzling vicar, Geraldine Grainger, and Sybil Fawlty, whose cry of “BASIL!” still inspires fear and laughter after thirty years!

Going behind the scenes of the most successful British comedies, The Funny Ladies of British Comedy asks the question, “Who makes these funny ladies laugh?” Comedy lovers will relish the opportunity to hear their favourite female comediennes describe their inspirations and experiences in their own words.

Special features: Brand new interviews with Patricia Routledge, Mollie Sugden, Dawn French and Jon Plowman (producer of Absolutely Fabulous and Vicar of Dibley).

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Published 30th Jul 2010

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