Roadshow - February 2010 Releases

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(500) DAYS OF SUMMER

STUDIO:                  Twentieth Century Fox
RELEASE DATE:       10 February 2010
DIRECTOR:              Marc Webb
STARRING:              Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel
CATEGORY:            Comedy
RRP DVD:               $34.99
RRP BLURAY:          $49.99


Boy Meets Girl. Boys Falls in Love. Girl Doesn’t.

In this quirky romantic comedy about love and fate, a young greeting card writer is hopelessly, helplessly searching for the girl of his dreams...and his new co-worker, Summer Finn, may just be “the one.” But the 500 days of their offbeat relationship reveal (in no particular order) that the road to happiness can be unpredictable, uncontrollable — and unbelievably funny!

DVD Special Features: Lost Days of Summer: Deleted and Extended Scenes Blu-Ray Special Features: Lost Days of Summer: Deleted and Extended Scenes; Bank Dance Directed by Marc Webb; Mean’s Cinemash: “Sid and Nancy/ 500 Days of Summer”; Music Video: SWEET DISPOSITION by Temper Trap; Conversations with Zooey and Joseph

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TWO LOVERS

STUDIO:                  Roadshow Entertainment
RELEASE DATE:       3 February 2010
DIRECTOR:              James Grey
STARRING:              Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow
CATEGORY:             Drama
RRP DVD:               $39.99

Leonard is an attractive but troubled young man who moves back in with his parents following a suicide attempt and encounters two women in quick succession. The mysterious and beautiful neighbour Michelle and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman buying out the family’s dry-cleaning business. As the exotic but equally troubled Michelle seems poised to fall for Leonard, and his family pressures him into committing to Sandra, Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love – or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him.

DVD Special Features: Audio Commentary; Deleted Scenes

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THE HOAX

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       17 February 2010
DIRECTOR:              James Grey
STARRING:              Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis
RRP DVD:               $39.99

Never Let The Truth Get In The Way Of A Good Story.

In 1971, Clifford Irving told an incredible whopper - one of the most audacious and outrageous hoaxes ever perpetrated on the media and the American public. Claiming to have obtained Howard Hughes’ long sought-after memoirs, Irving pulled the wool over the entire publishing industry’s eyes, and nearly made off with millions and worldwide fame, until his clever yarn unravelled into a serious crime when the famous recluse amazingly emerged to pull the rug out from under him! Inspired by Irving’s untrue story, Academy Award® nominated director Lasse Hallstrom imaginatively explores how a man, an industry and an entire nation could become intoxicated by a good story…in sheer defiance of the fact that it never really happened.

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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH 

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       24 February 2010
DIRECTOR:              Rod Lurie
STARRING:              Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett, David Schwimmer
CATEGORY:             Drama
RRP DVD:               $39.99

As topical as today’s headlines NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH is the new film from writer-director Rod Lurie (The Contender) in which two very different, strong women fight to protect what they hold most dear. Rachel – her source, her integrity and her career. And Van Doren, the exposed CIA operative - her reputation within the agency and the sanctity of her other life as a caring suburban mother.

For young reporter Rachel Armstrong it stretches all the way to the United States Supreme Court. When Washington D.C. based reporter, Rachel writes an explosive story that reveals the identity of covert CIA agent, Erica Van Doren and its published by her paper all hell breaks loose and the government demands to know the identity of Rachel’s source. With the support of her editor Bonnie Benjamin, the paper’s inhouse attorney, Avril Aaronson and her husband Ray defies the charismatic, career minded special prosecutor, Patton Dubois which finally leads to contempt of court and jail. But even the hardship of detention behind bars does not weaken Rachel’s resolve to protect her sources. With the aid of an attorney, Albert Burnside, he pleads her case on First Amendment grounds – a case he argues all the way to the highest court in the land

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SHRINK

STUDIO:                  Roadshow Entertainment
RELEASE DATE:       17 February 2010
DIRECTOR:              Jonas Pate
STARRING:              Kevin Spacey, Saffron Burrows
CATEGORY:             Comedy
RRP DVD:               $34.99

The Doctor Is Out.

In Hollywood, people in need revolve around Dr. Henry Carter, a shrink: Jack, an aging star wants permission to cheat on his wife; Shamus is a director who's a cokehead; Patrick is a high-powered germophobic producer; Jeremy is a young writer looking for a break; Jemma, a high-school student, is skipping school; and Kate is an actress facing her mid-30s. Henry's wife recently died; he's grieving, blaming himself, smoking lots of pot. Henry's friends try an intervention; someone steals a patient's file from Henry; Patrick's assistant, the pregnant Daisy, sees promise in Jeremy's work; and, Jesus, Henry's drug dealer, sells him some potent weed.

DVD Special Features: Audio Commentary with Director Jonas Pate and Producer Braxton Pope; On-Camera Interviews with Director Jonas Pate and Produce Braxton Pope; Music Video – “Here” by Jackson Browne; Deleted Scenes

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Published 4th Mar 2010

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