KILLING THEM SOFTLY Hits Blu-ray & DVD March 26, 2013

I’ve received this press release stating that on March 26th Anchor Bay Entertainment & The Weinstein Company will release one of my favorite films last year, Killing Them Softly on Blu-Ray and DVD.
Check out product details below..

ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT & THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY PROUDLY PRESENT

KILLING THEM SOFTLY

STARRING BRAD PITT, SCOOT MCNAIRY, BEN MENDELSOHN, RICHARD JENKINS, JAMES GANDOLFINI, RAY LIOTTA, and SAM SHEPARD

“Brad Pitt is menacingly good” -Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Available on DVD and Blu-ray(TM) Combo Pack on March 26, 2013

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company announced today the release of KILLING THEM SOFTLY, available on DVD and Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack March 26, 2013. The film was written and directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford). KILLING THEM SOFTLY’s SRP is $39.99 for the BD+DVD+DC Combo Pack and $29.98 for the DVD. Pre-book date is February 27, 2013.

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called KILLING THEM SOFTLY, “A juicy, bloody, grimy crime drama that satisfies!” Rolling Stone film critic, Peter Travers wrote, “The acting is aces, especially Pitt mixing it up with the superb James Gandolfini…They make this movie a potently nasty provocation.” In his review for The Telegraph, Tim Robey called the film, “An electrifying thriller!”

Brad Pitt delivers an explosive performance as Jackie Cogan, an enforcer for the Mob in Andrew Dominik’s gritty yet stylish crime thriller KILLING THEM SOFTLY. Cogan must restore order in the criminal economy after a Mob protected card game is heisted by a group of inexperienced crooks. Brad Pitt stars along with Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, Max Casella, Trevor Long, Slaine and Sam Shepard.

The KILLING THEM SOFTLY Blu-ray™ + DVD + DC Combo Pack special features include Deleted Scenes and The Making of Killing Them Softly.

Learn more about KILLING THEM SOFTLY at: www.killingthemsoftlymovie.com.

ABOUT THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY

The Weinstein Company (TWC) is a multimedia production and distribution company launched in October 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films in 1979. TWC also encompasses Dimension Films, the genre label founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, which has released such popular franchises as SCREAM, SPY KIDS and SCARY MOVIE. Together TWC and Dimension Films have released a broad range of mainstream, genre and specialty films that have been commercial and critical successes. TWC releases took home eight 2012 Academy Awards®, the most wins in the studio’s history. The tally included Best Picture for Michel Hazanavicius’s THE ARTIST and Best Documentary Feature for TJ Martin and Dan Lindsay’s UNDEFEATED. THE ARTIST brought TWC its second consecutive Best Picture statuette following the 2011 win for Tom Hooper’s THE KING’S SPEECH.

Since 2005, TWC and Dimension Films have released such films as GRINDHOUSE; I’M NOT THERE; THE GREAT DEBATERS; VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA; THE READER; THE ROAD; HALLOWEEN; THE PAT TILLMAN STORY; PIRANHA 3D; INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS; A SINGLE MAN; BLUE VALENTINE; THE COMPANY MEN; MIRAL; SCRE4M; SUBMARINE; DIRTY GIRL; APOLLO 18; OUR IDIOT BROTHER; I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT; SARAH’S KEY; SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D; MY WEEK WITH MARILYN; THE IRON LADY; W.E.; CORIOLANUS; UNDEFEATED; THE ARTIST; and BULLY. Currently in release are LAWLESS, THE MASTER, THE INTOUCHABLES and THIS MUST BE THE PLACE. Upcoming releases include QUARTET, DJANGO UNCHAINED and ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH.

TWC is also active in television production, led by former Miramax Films President of Production and current President of Television Meryl Poster, with credits including the Emmy® nominated and Peabody Award winning reality series Project Runway, spin-off series Project Runway All Stars and Project Accessory, the VH1 reality series Mob Wives, spin-off series Big Ang and Mob Wives: Chicago, and the critically acclaimed HBO comedy/crime series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency which also received a Peabody Award. The company is currently in pre-production on the martial-arts epic Marco Polo for Starz. TWC additionally has 17 series in different stages of development, including The Nanny Diaries, being adapted for ABC by Amy Sherman Palladino (Gilmore Girls).

ABOUT ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT

Anchor Bay Entertainment is a leading home entertainment company. Anchor Bay acquires and distributes feature films, original television programming including STARZ Original series, children’s entertainment, anime (Manga Entertainment), fitness (Anchor Bay Fitness), sports, and other filmed entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray(tm) formats. The company has long term distribution agreements in place for select programming with AMC Networks, RADiUS, and The Weinstein Company. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment has offices in Troy, MI, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. Anchor Bay Entertainment (www.anchorbayentertainment..com) is a Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, www.starz.com.

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KILLING THEM SOFTLY BLU-RAY™ Combo Pack

(Blu-ray™ + DVD+ Digital Copy)

Street date: March 26, 2013

Pre-book: February 27, 2013

Catalog #: BD24757

UPC: 0 1313 24757-9 0 80

Run time: 98 Minutes

Rating: R

SRP: $39.99

Format: Widescreen Presentation 2.40

Audio: 5.1 DTSHD-MA

KILLING THEM SOFTLY DVD

Street date: March 26, 2013

Pre-book: February 27, 2013

Catalog #: WC24753

UPC: 0 1313 24753-9 4 80

Run time: 98 Minutes

Rating: R

SRP: $29.98

Format: Widescreen Presentation 2.40

Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1