Lionsgate presents the Blu-ray Disc debuts of Scary Movie 2 and Scary Movie 3: UNRATED, both available on September 20th.
Lionsgate also announces the Blu-ray Disc premieres of The Cider House Rules, Life is Beautiful, Cinema Paradiso and Dead Alive, with all four titles arriving on October 4th.
September 20th
Scary Movie 2 Blu-ray Disc
Scary Movie 3: UNRATED Blu-ray Disc
Audiences will laugh twice as hard this fall as Lionsgate debuts two hilarious Miramax films on Blu-ray Disc – Scary Movie 2 and Scary Movie 3: UNRATED. Presented for the very first time in 1080P High Definition and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, both horror parodies star two of comedy’s leading ladies — Anna Faris (The House Bunny) and Regina Hall (King’s Ransom). Available on September 20th, each Blu-ray Disc is loaded with an assortment of special features including deleted scenes, featurettes and audio commentaries.
Scary Movie 2
The follow-up spoof picks up from where the original Scary Movie satire left off, taking aim at supernatural thrillers like The Exorcist and Stigmata, among others. This time around, Marlon and Shawn Wayans (White Chicks) star as Shorty and Ray who are both tricked by their professor into visiting a haunted house as part of a school project. Cindy (Faris) and Brenda (Hall) join their peers for the “project.” When things start getting messy, the gang must work together to find a way to capture the ghostly menace. Tori Spelling (TV’s “Beverly Hills 90210”) and Chris Elliott (There’s Something About Mary) also star in this wild and zany sequel.
Scary Movie 3: UNRATED
After surviving the hijinks of the first two films, Cindy Campbell (Faris) is back with a new crew, lampooning horror hits such as The Ring, Signs and The Others. A mysterious videotape is circulating around town, and whoever views the tape has seven days left to live. News reporter Cindy Campbell is next on the list, and tries to work out a way to prevent her death. Meanwhile, crop circles have also been appearing in the local farm, and Cindy suspects that both mysteries are linked. But can she make the connection before the world ends? Thrillers, blockbusters and pop culture get their best goosing yet in this funnier and more explicit unrated version!
Pricing: Blu-ray Disc – $14.99 each
October 4th
The Cider House Rules Blu-ray Disc
A powerful and emotional film based on John Irving’s best-selling American classic and featuring an award-winning cast, Lionsgate debuts The Cider House Rules on Blu-ray Disc this October. Starring Golden Globe® nominee Tobey Maguire (Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Brothers, 2010) and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Monster, 2003), the film also features Oscar® winner Michael Caine* in the role that won him his second statuette. The Miramax film was directed by three-time Oscar® nominee Lasse Hallström**. The Cider House Rules was written for the screen by John Irving from his novel of the same name, and for his work, Irving was the recipient of the Academy Award® for Best Adapted Screenplay. Available for the first time in High Definition, the disc also includes audio commentary with the filmmakers, a “making of” featurette and deleted scenes.
Called “a voluptuous page turner of a movie” (Newsweek), the film tells the story of Homer Wells (Maguire), an orphan who is eager to leave the confines of St. Cloud’s Orphanage to explore the world. A favorite of the orphanage director, Homer has been groomed to be successor to Dr. Larch (Caine), a doctor who provides safe, albeit illegal abortions. After meeting Wally (Paul Rudd) and Candy (Theron), the doctor performs the procedure on the pregnant Candy, and Homer leaves with them to work on Wally’s apple farm. Drawn in by her beauty, Homer falls in love with Candy, and learns powerful lessons about love, life and home.
*Best Actor in a Supporting Role, The Cider House Rules, 1999; Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986
**Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and Best Director, My Life as a Dog, 1987; Best Director, The Cider House Rules, 1999
Pricing: Blu-ray Disc – $14.99
Life Is Beautiful Blu-ray Disc
Cinema Paradiso Blu-ray Disc
Audiences will enjoy the best that Italian cinema has to offer as Lionsgate debuts Miramax’s Life Is Beautiful and Cinema Paradiso on Blu-ray Disc this October. Both critically acclaimed, each film was honored with the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film*. The Life is Beautiful Blu-ray contains a “Making Life Beautiful” featurette and both discs feature the original theatrical trailer.
*Life Is Beautiful – Best Foreign Language Film, Italy, 1998; Cinema Paradiso – Best Foreign Language Film, Italy, 1989
Life Is Beautiful
Hailed as “an unpretentious, enormously likeable film,” (New York Times), Life Is Beautiful stars writer-director and Italian treasure, Roberto Benigni in his Oscar®-winning performance. The film touched the hearts of audiences and critics alike and earned three Academy Awards®**, and seven total nominations in 1998.
Guido (Benigni) is a bumbling Italian waiter, gifted with a colorful imagination and extraordinary sense of humor. Blessed with a wife and son, Guido and his family have a beautiful life. But as World War II draws closer to their home, Guido must use his gifts of comedy and imagination to save his loved ones from an unthinkable fate in a Nazi death camp.
**Best Foreign Language Film, Italy; Best Actor in a Leading Role, Roberto Benigni; Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
Cinema Paradiso
Honored with the Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film (1989), Cinema Paradiso is praised as “a shining valentine to the movies” (Los Angeles Times). For the first time in high-definition, the film has been fully restored and digitally remastered.
Haunted by memories of his first love – film – a now-famous Italian filmmaker (Jacques Perrin, The Chorus), returns to his hometown after a 30-year absence. Finally home, he reconnects with his community and recalls the highlights and tragedies of his past. The most important place being the village’s theater, where he’s reminded of the deep friendship that he forged with the projectionist.
Pricing: Blu-ray Disc – $14.99 each
Dead Alive Blu-ray Disc
One of the goriest fright films of all-time makes its high definition debut this fall as Lionsgate releases Dead Alive on Blu-ray Disc. The early film from Oscar® winning director Peter Jackson (Best Director, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003) is a cult classic with horror fans. Hysterical, outrageous and filled with bloodthirsty zombies, the film hits Blu-ray just in time for its 20th anniversary.
A mama’s boy who has the unfortunate task of looking after his aging, evil mother, Lionel (Timothy Balme, Jack Brown Genius) believes his dreams have come true when he meets the love of his life. While out to sabotage her son’s happiness, his Mum (Elizabeth Moody, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) is accidently bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey, which turns her into a flesh-eating zombie. Lionel is forced to put his relationship on hold to stop his undead mother, and the rest of the town that she’s infected before it’s too late.
Pricing: Blu-ray Disc – $19.98