From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Atonement

From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Atonement

Nominated for seven Academy Awards(R) including Best Picture Winner of Best Music Score

Winner of two Golden Globe(R) Awards including Best Motion Picture - Drama

Winner of two BAFTA(R) Awards including Best Film

"A crowning achievement. A ravishing romance." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"Four Stars. A sweeping love story." - Leah Rozen, People

On DVD March 18, 2008 FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- SYNOPSIS: From the award-winning director of Pride and Prejudice comes a stunning, critically acclaimed epic story of love, betrayal, and all its consequences. When a young girl catches her sister in a passionate embrace with a childhood friend, her jealousy drives her to tell a lie that will irrevocably change the course of all their lives forever. Academy Award(R) nominee Keira Knightley and James McAvoy lead an all-star cast in the film critics are calling "the year's best picture" (Thelma Adams, US Weekly).

BONUS FEATURES:
-- Deleted Scenes
-- Bringing the Past to Life: The Making of Atonement
Watch the new become old as the filmmakers recreate the English
Countryside of 1935, the famous Dunkirk evacuation and the drama of war
torn WWII London.
-- From Novel to Screen: Adapting a Classic
Once again director Joe Wright takes a classic period story and
re-invigorates it for a new audience. Re-uniting the director, producer
and star of PRIDE & PREJUDICE, we look at how Wright's modern style of
film-making brings these novels to life.
-- Feature Commentary with Director Joe Wright

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Street Date: March 18, 2008
Price: $29.98
Selection Number: 61033285 AWS; 61033286 FF
Running Time: 2 Hours 3 Minutes
Layers: Dual Layers
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1; Full Frame 1.33:1
Rating: R for disturbing war images, language, and some sexuality.
Languages: English SDH/ Spanish/French
Subtitles: English SDH/Spanish/French
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1

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CONTACT: Lea Porteneuve, Vice President, Publicity, +1-818-777-1391,
Lea.Porteneuve@nbcuni.com, or Scott Lyons, Manager, Print Publicity,
+1-818-777-0523, Scott.Lyons@nbcuni.com, or Kelly Castell, Manager, Broadcast
Publicity, +1-818-777-0549, Kelly.Castell@nbcuni.com, or Nicole Canizales,
Manager, Online Publicity, +1-818-777-0115, Nicole.Canizales@nbcuni.com, all
of Universal Studios Home Entertainment

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