Buy Stock in Enron DVD Today!

Buy Stock in Enron DVD Today!

Magnolia Home Entertainment Offers Downloadable Enron DVD Certificate as Unique 'Stock'-ing Stuffer

Enron DVD Stock Certificate Matures on January 17th When 'Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room' Becomes Available on DVD

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For savvy investors who only buy stock in a sure thing, Magnolia Home Entertainment is offering a unique opportunity to pre-order a copy of "Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room" on DVD and the ability to download and email a unique promotional replica stock certificate. Trading begins December 19th, 2005, when interested investors can visit www.enrondvd.com to pre-order a copy of the DVD that "leaves you with the exhilarated sensation of understanding the defining financial scandal of the era" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly). Making an ideal gift that's sure to spark conversation, the "certificate" mature on the same day that the fraud and conspiracy trial of Enron's founder (Kenneth Lay) and former chief executive officer (Jeffrey Skilling) begins.

"Demand is so high for this phenomenal film that we thought we'd give investors a chance to buy in early," said Randy Wells, Vice President of Magnolia Home Entertainment. "The certificate makes the perfect "stock"-ing stuffer as well as an interesting collectible."

"A fascinating chronicle of arrogance and greed" (A.O. Scott, New York Times), the critically acclaimed documentary tells the true story of how top executives at America's seventh largest company walked away with over $1 billion. One of the highest grossing documentaries of all time, "Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room" has been hailed as "an amazing piece of work" (Richard Roeper, "Ebert & Roeper") that is both "shocking and chilling" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times) as well as "terrifically entertaining" (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal).

A Grand Jury Prize nominee at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the film is currently in contention for an Academy Award(R) nomination as Best Documentary Feature, having been selected in the first round of elimination as one of only 15 films to be considered by Academy members. The DVD features interviews with Fortune reporters and authors of the best-selling book "The Smartest Guys In The Room" Peter Elkind and Bethany McLean, commentary by director Alex Gibney, deleted scenes, a "Where Are They Now?" featurette, a gallery of Enron cartoons, excerpts from Enron company skits and more. The DVD has a suggested retail price of $26.98.

DVD Special Features

* Deleted scenes

* The Making of "Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room" -- Includes
exclusive interviews with Gibney and investigative journalist Bethany
McLean, as well as research footage not included in the theatrical
release

* Additional Enron Company Skits (selections from discovered scripts) --
Short plays written to rally the Enron troops, as read by Gibney

* "Where Are They Now?" -- Find out what has happened to key players who
used to work at Enron, from the executives, to the traders to the
whistleblowers

* Gallery of Enron cartoons -- A look at how political cartoonists from
around the country brought their own brand of humor to the scandal

* FORTUNE articles -- The original articles exposing Enron's business
practices, which served as the basis for the film

* Feature commentary by director Alex Gibney

* HDNet's Higher Definition: Highlights from the Enron Show

* Firesign Theatre Presents: The Fall of Enron

* An index of websites with the latest information on Enron

Synopsis

The inside story of one of history's greatest business scandals, in which top executives of America's seventh largest company walked away with over $1 billion while investors and employees lost everything. Based on the best- selling book "The Smartest Guys in the Room" by Fortune reporters McLean and Elkind and featuring insider accounts and incendiary corporate audio and videotapes, Gibney reveals the almost unimaginable personal excesses of the Enron hierarchy and the utter moral vacuum that posed as corporate philosophy. The film comes to a harrowing denouement as we hear Enron traders' own voices as they wring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits out of the California energy crisis. As a result, we come to understand how the avarice of Enron's traders and their bosses had a shocking domino effect that may shape the face of our economy for years to come.

About Magnolia Home Entertainment

Magnolia Home Entertainment is a part of the diversified media and entertainment company 2929 Entertainment, a Wagner/Cuban Company. As part of its holdings, 2929 Entertainment owns 2929 Productions, Magnolia Pictures Distribution, Landmark Theaters, HDNet and HDNet Films. These outlets cover all aspects of the entertainment pipeline from development and production to distribution and exhibition, spanning film, television and home entertainment. For more information go to the World Wide Web at http://www.magpictures.com/.

Source: Magnolia Home Entertainment

CONTACT: Sarah Gumina, sarah_gumina@bhimpact.com, or Julie Siegel,
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for Magnolia Home Entertainment; or Christina Mancebo of Magnolia Home
Entertainment, +1-310-312-2383, cmancebo@magpictures.com

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