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Australian Drama JASPER JONES Arrives on DVD April 10

Mar 19, 2018 Posted by in DVD/Blu-ray, Press Releases | Comments

TONI COLLETTE AND HUGO WEAVING STAR IN A RIVETING COMING-OF-AGE STORY CALLED “AUSTRALIA’S STAND BY ME[1]

JASPER JONES

Street Date: April 10, 2018
DVD SRP: $24.95


 

Adapted from Craig Silvey’s Acclaimed Novel, Director Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae) Tackles Prejudice, Class, Justice and Death through the Eyes of a Teenager in This Moving Drama Set in Small-Town Australia in the Late ’60s; Bonus Features Include Cast & Crew Interviews and the Short Film “Death for a Unicorn”

 

SYNOPSIS

Adapted from Craig Silvey’s acclaimed coming-of-age novel, JASPER JONES tells the story of Charlie Bucktin (Levi Miller), a bookish fourteen year-old boy living in a small Australian town. One night during the scorching summer of 1969, he is startled by Jasper Jones (Aaron McGrath), the town’s mixed race outcast, who appears outside his window desperate for help. Entrusted with a dangerous and terrifying secret, Charlie’s life is forever changed as he embarks on a journey to solve a chilling mystery, all while defeating the local racists, dealing with the breakup of his parents and falling head over heels in love.

Toni Collette and Hugo Weaving also star in this powerful drama, which Sarah Ward of Screen International calls “an engaging mystery, a warm-hearted account of friendship and an exploration of courage in the face of prejudice,” and Richard Kuipers of Variety calls it “a beautifully composed portrait of life…[a] marvelously entertaining and ultimately uplifting tale”.

[1] The Guardian

 

BONUS FEATURES

  • Director & Cast Interviews
  • Bonus Short Film: Death for a Unicorn (Directed by Francesca Reverdito and Riccardo Bernasconi, Narrated and voiced by Tilda Swinton, Switzerland | English Language | 15 minutes) — Little Billy is forced by his aunt to clean his uncle’s headstone daily. One day at the cemetery, Billy meets a little phantom who changes his life forever.

 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Type: DVD
Running Time: 103 minutes
Genre: Drama
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Widescreen
Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound/2.0 Stereo

 

About Film Movement

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide. Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, Sergio Corbucci and Ettore Scola. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com.