Culver City, CA (4/13/09) – This summer, you won’t need to leave home for globe-hopping excitement as the action-packed spy thrillerTHE INTERNATIONAL arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and PSP this June 9, 2009, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Oscar® Nominees Clive Owen (Closer*, Inside Man, Children of Men) and Naomi Watts (21 Grams**, King Kong, The Ring) team up for this fast-paced and timely thriller about an Interpol Agent (Owen) and a Manhattan D.A. (Watts) on a dangerous, cross-continental mission to stop an international arms ring. Featuring top-notch performances, stunning locales and some of the most talked about action sequences of the year, THE INTERNATIONAL is guaranteed to thrill action and suspense fans around the globe!
THE INTERNATIONAL arrives on Blu-ray and DVD armed with exciting bonus features, including Deleted Scenes, Director and Screenwriter Commentary and four behind-the-scenes featurettes: “The Making of The International,” featuring cast and crew interviews; “Shooting at the Guggenheim,” detailing the making of the film’s most talked about action sequence; “The Autostadt” about filming at the famous German automotive museum and, finally, “The Architecture of The International,” which explores the film’s stunning use of interiors and exteriors from around the world. Exclusive to the Blu-ray Disc are such innovative features as “Around the World with Tom Tykwer,” which includes interviews with the director from the film’s various production locations; “The International Experience,” a Picture-in-Picture Track that includes behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, storyboards and location shots; and CineChat, which enables viewers to send onscreen messages to friends watching the movie anywhere around the world! In addition, the Blu-ray edition also includes a special Digital Copy of the film for playback on PC, Mac, iPod or PSP. Priced to own at an SRP of $39.95 (Blu-ray), $28.96 (DVD) and $24.94 (PSP), THE INTERNATIONAL is an intelligent, high-style thriller fans of The Bourne Identity and Inside Manwon’t want to miss!
Synopsis
Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Owen) is determined to expose an arms dealing ring responsible for facilitating acts of terrorism around the globe. But as his investigation leads Salinger and his partner, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts), deeper into the secret world of greed, corruption and murder, they become targets of a deadly conspiracy so vast, they soon find the only people left to trust…are each other. This pulse-pounding thriller plays a high-stakes game of suspense, intrigue and explosive action.
THE INTERNATIONAL co-stars Oscar® nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl (Shine***, Eastern Promises) and Brian F. O’Byrne (Million Dollar Baby, TV’s “Oz”). It was produced by Charles Roven (The Dark Knight), Richard Suckle (Scooby Doo) and Lloyd Phillips (The Legend of Zorro). It marks the screenwriting debut of writer Eric Silver and features stunning cinematography from Frank Griebe, who previously worked with director Tom Tykwer on the films Heaven, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and Run, Lola, Run. The film was released by Columbia Pictures and has a run time of approximately 118 minutes. It has been rated R for some sequences of violence and language.
DVD and Blu-ray Disc Bonus Material
· Deleted Scenes
· “The Making of The International” Featurette
· “Shooting at the Guggenheim” Featurette
· “The Autostadt” Featurette
· “The Architecture of The International” Featurette
· Commentary with Director Tom Tykwer and Writer Eric Singer
Also, Only on Blu-ray™ High Def
· Digital Copy – A digital copy of the film to download to your PC, Mac, iPod or PSP
· Around the World with Tom Tykwer- Interviews with the director on location around the world
· “The International Experience” Picture in Picture Track with behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, storyboards and location shots
· CineChat – Send onscreen messages to friends around the world while watching the movie together
