Movie lovers will be seeing stars this summer as Lionsgate debuts four beloved, acclaimed Miramax films on Blu-ray Disc – Bridget Jones’s Diary, Chocolat, Amélie and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Presented for the very first time in 1080P High Definition and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, all four films feature award-winning casts and engaging storytelling. Each Blu-ray Disc premiere is loaded with special features and will be available on July 19th for the suggested retail price of $19.99.
BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY
Academy Award® winners Renée Zellweger (Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Cold Mountain, 2004) and Colin Firth (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, The King’s Speech, 2011) star alongside Hugh Grant in the deliciously funny romantic comedy about a 30-something British woman looking for love in all the wrong places. A busy journalist and a “singleton” lost amid a sea of “smug-marrieds” in London; Bridget Jones (Zellweger) turns over a new page by channeling her insecurities into a journal that’s a hilarious chronicle of her misadventures. Her starring role, based on the best-selling book series, garnered Zellweger a Best Actress Oscar® nomination and spawned a hit sequel.
BLU-RAY DISC SPECIAL FEATURES*
- Audio commentary with Director Sharon Maguire
- “The Bridget Phenomenon” featurette
- “The Young and the Mateless” featurette
- “Portrait of the Makeup Artist” featurette
- Behind-the-Scenes featurette
- Deleted Scenes
*subject to change
CHOCOLAT
Nominated for five Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, Chocolat is the “charming and whimsical” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) romance starring Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and Judi Dench. When Vianne (Binoche) arrives into a sleepy, old-fashioned French village and opens a chocolate shop, she sends the townspeople into a flutter with her uniquely gifted treats. Before long the straitlaced villagers find themselves abandoning their reservations and succumbing to their deepest desires!
BLU-RAY DISC SPECIAL FEATURES*
- Audio commentary with Director Lasse Hallstrom and Producers David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran
- “The Making of Chocolat” featurette
- “The Costumes of Chocolat” featurette
- Production Design featurette
- Deleted Scenes
*subject to change
AMÉLIE
Nominated for five Academy Awards® including Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography, Audrey Tautou (Coco Before Chanel) stars as the French title character, Amélie, in this ”sugar rush of a movie” (Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times) that earned People’s Choice Award honors at the Toronto, Chicago and Edinburgh International Film Festivals. At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon she is spending her days as a Cupid, guardian angel and all-around do-gooder. But when Amélie bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own story?
BLU-RAY DISC SPECIAL FEATURES*
- “The Look of Amélie” featurette
- Fantasies of Audrey Tatou
- Q&A with Director and Cast
- Auditions
- Storyboard to Screen Comparisons
- “An Intimate Chat with Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet”
- “Home Movies” – Inside the Making of Amélie
*subject to change
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is the inspiring story of an eight-year-old boy, Bruno (Asa Butterfield, upcoming Hugo Cabret), who strikes up an unusual friendship with a Jewish boy during World War II. Their friendship proves both ordinary and remarkable, both inspiring and tragic in this “unforgettable motion picture experience” that is both “moving and touching beyond words” (Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com). This rousing drama costars Oscar® nominee Vera Farmiga (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Up in the Air, 2010) as the boy’s mother, in a performance that earned her Best Actress honors at the British Independent Film Awards.
BLU-RAY DISC SPECIAL FEATURES*
- Audio commentary with Writer/Director Mark Herman and Author John Boyne
- Deleted scenes (with optional commentary by Writer/Director Mark Herman and Author John Boyne)
- “Friendship Beyond the Fence” featurette
*subject to change
Program Information
Year of Production: Bridget Jones’s Diary: 2001
Chocolat: 2000
Amélie: 2001
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 2008
Title Copyright:: © 2011 Miramax
Type: Blu-ray Disc Premiere
Rating: Bridget Jones’s Diary: R for language and some strong sexuality
Chocolat: PG-13 for a scene of sensuality and some violence
Amélie: R for sexual content
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: PG-13 for some mature thematic material involving the
Holocaust.
Genre: Bridget Jones’s Diary: Romantic Comedy, Romance, Comedy, Literary Adaptation
Chocolat: Romance, Drama, Literary Adaptation
Amélie: Romantic Comedy, Comedy, Romance, Foreign
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: Drama, War, Historical, Literary Adaptation
Closed Captioned: English SDH
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Format: 1080P High Definition 16×9 Widescreen
Feature Running Time Bridget Jones’s Diary: 97 minutes
Chocolat: 121 minutes
Amélie: 122 minutes
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 94 minutes
Blu-ray Audio Status: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio™
