Culver City, CA (5/3/2010) – Internationally renowned fashion designer Tom Ford makes his critically-acclaimed filmmaking debut with the seductive and stylish romantic drama A SINGLE MAN, available on Blu-ray and DVD this July 6th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Colin Firth (Mamma Mia!, Bridget Jones’s Diary) gives a BAFTA-winning and Oscar®-nominated[1] performance as George Falconer, a college professor struggling to find meaning in his life after the tragic death of his partner. Four-time Oscar® nominee Julianne Moore (Best Actress, Far From Heaven, 2002) co-stars in a Golden Globe®-nominated turn as George’s best friend and former lover in a sterling cast that also includes Matthew Goode (Watchmen, Match Point), Ginnifer Goodwin (“Big Love”, He’s Just Not That Into You), Nicholas Hoult (Clash of the Titans, TV’s “Skins”) and Lee Pace (“Pushing Daisies”, Infamous). Featuring sumptuous art direction, stunning cinematography and ravishing costume design, A SINGLE MAN is a heart-stopping piece of exquisitely crafted cinema that movie lovers are invited to experience like never before on Blu-ray and DVD.
Go behind the scenes of this provocative new film with hours of revealing bonus features, including Commentary with Co-writer/Director Tom Ford and a behind the scenes featurette. Exclusively available on the Blu-ray edition is the BD-Live™ enabled movieIQ™, which lets viewers access live trivia information about A SINGLE MAN’s cast, crew, music and production – all while watching the movie.
Connoisseurs of quality filmmaking won’t want to miss the film Claudia Puig of USA Today called “stunningly gorgeous” when A SINGLE MAN becomes available to own at $34.95 (BD) and $27.96 (DVD).
Synopsis
Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, A SINGLE MAN is the story of George Falconer (Firth), a 52-year-old British college professor who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim (Goode). George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately leads him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Moore), a 48-year-old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A young student of George’s, Kenny (Hoult), who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit. A SINGLE MAN is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.
A SINGLE MAN was written for the screen by Tom Ford and David Scearce, based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood. It was produced by Ford, Andrew Miano (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, The Golden Compass), Robert Salerno (21 Grams, All the Pretty Horses) and Chris Weitz (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, In Good Company). It features BAFTA-nominated costume design by Arianne Phillips (3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line) and a Golden Globe®-nominated score by Polish composer Abel Korzeniowski (Pogoda na jutro, Duze zwierze). It was distributed theatrically by The Weinstein Company and has a run time of approximately 100 minutes. It has been rated R for some disturbing images and nudity/sexual content.
Blu-ray and DVD Bonus Material
• Commentary with Writer/Director Tom Ford
• Making-of Featurette
Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Material
• movieIQ™+sync and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie
