Roadshow - September 2011 Releases

BLISS – THE BEGINNING OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD

STUDIO:                  TVNZ
RELEASE DATE:       7 September  2011
STARRING:              Kate Elliot
CATEGORY:             Television
RRP DVD:                $29.99

Bliss: The Katherine Mansfield Story takes a fresh look at an iconic woman who lived fast and died young and who, even as she was dying, managed to write stories of such delicate power that they are some of the most famous in the English language. 

Katherine’s life was brief, shocking and sad; containing sex, scandal, success, a brutal world war and early death.  Her stories celebrate a completely different world – that of her Edwardian childhood and the family and country she fled from. 

Bliss weaves together episodes from Katherine Mansfield’s brief and daring life - another high quality TV ONE Sunday Theatre drama.

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DISCOVERING HAMLET

STUDIO:                  Reel
RELEASE DATE:       7 September 2011 
STARRING:              Kenneth Branagh, Richard Clifford
CATEGORY:             Documentary - arts
RRP DVD:                $34.99

Narrated by veteran Royal Shakespeare Company actor Patrick Stewart.

Shakespeare comes alive inside the Birmingham Rep Company in a truly fresh interpretation of a celebrated work. Join Sir Derek Jacobi, a Shakespearian actor who directs Kenneth Branagh as he rehearses this coveted role for the first time. 

See it played out as never before by articulate gifted actors who try to put their own spin of the interpretation of the Bard's most famous tale. Exciting and fast-paced the narrative takes you right through from the first morning of dress rehearsal to tension filled opening night!

Special Features:

• Sir Derek Jacobi interview & extended interviews
• Cast & Crew interviews
• Behind The Scenes
• Picture Gallery

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WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE

RELEASE DATE:       7 September 2011
STARRING:              Professor Brian Cox
CATEGORY:             Comedy
RRP DVD:                $29.99
RRP BD:                 $34.99

Having taken on the Wonders of the Solar System, Professor Brian Cox steps onto an even bigger stage and explores the Wonders of the universe.

Professor Brian Cox is back with another mind-blowing exploration of the cosmos. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. With the most profound and elegant scientific ideas at its heart, Wonders of the Universe reveals how the story of humanity is intimately entwined with the epic story of the universe. 

13.7 billion years old, 93 billion light years across, more than 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This almost infinite, vast and complex universe has been the subject  of human fascination and scientific exploration for thousands of years. The wonders of the universe might seem alien to us and impossible to understand, but Professor Brian Cox uses the evidence found in the natural world around us to explain its simple truths.

Brian visits some of the most dramatic locations on the planet to explain the fundamental principles that underpin the laws of nature – light, gravity, matter and time.  He shows us how the water of Victoria Falls in Zambia behaves exactly as light does around a black hole and how the same laws that govern our lives here on Earth apply across the entire universe. 

Using 3D CGI imagery, his expert knowledge and his infectious enthusiasm, Professor Cox shows us that by understanding the laws that govern the universe we end up answering the deepest question about our own existence; who we are? Where do we come from? And what will happen to us?

Also available on Blu-Ray.

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HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS EVIL

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       28 September 2011
DIRECTOR:              Mike Disa
STARRING:              (voice cast) Glenn Close, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton
CATEGORY:             Animated Family
RRP DVD:                $39.99
RRP BD:                 $44.99

From the team that brought you Hoodwinked comes the side-splitting follow up.

The sequel catches up with Little Red training with a covert group called the Sisters of the Hood.  Finishing her training Little Red is sent out on her first mission by the returning Nicky Flippers, head of the Happy Ever After Agency, to investigate the disappearance of Hansel & Gretel.  Thankfully Granny and the rest of the hoodwinked gang, including the intrepid reporter, the Wolf, also return to help solve the forest’s latest caper.

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TANGIWAI – A LOVE STORY

STUDIO:                  TVNZ
RELEASE DATE:       7 September 2011
STARRING:              Rose McIver, Ryan O’Kane
CATEGORY:             Drama
RRP DVD:                $29.99

Based on a true story, Tangiwai, A Love Story is a tale of tragedy, heroism and love. 

It’s 1953 and Bob Blair and fiancé Nerissa Love are deeply in love. While Bob goes off to play cricket for his country in South Africa, Nerissa makes a fateful decision to travel to Auckland for Christmas on a train heading for a place better known as Tangiwai – ‘River of Tears’.

What follows is an act of courage and defiance that stands as one of our most dramatic moments in sporting history.  Batting through his tears, Bob reflects the heroism being played out back home as the nation faces its worst disaster. Produced for TVNZ’s prestigious Sunday Theatre drama slot, by award winning Lippy Pictures.

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Published 30th Sep 2011

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