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From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Atonement

Posted on: Monday, 25 February 2008, 15:00 CST

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

For artwork, please log on to our website at http://www.ushepublicity.com/ or fax your request to Universal Studios Home Entertainment Publicity at (818) 866-0226.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios (http://www.universalstudios.com/). Universal Studios is a part of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric, with 20% owned by Vivendi.

CONTACTS: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Lea Porteneuve Vice President, Publicity (818) 777-1391 Lea.Porteneuve@nbcuni.com Scott Lyons Manager, Print Publicity (818) 777-0523 Scott.Lyons@nbcuni.com Kelly Castell Manager, Broadcast Publicity (818) 777-0549 Kelly.Castell@nbcuni.com Nicole Canizales Manager, Online Publicity (818) 777-0115 Nicole.Canizales@nbcuni.com

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

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, BroadcastPublicity, +1-818-777-0549, Kelly.Castell@nbcuni.com, or Nicole Canizales,Manager, Online Publicity, +1-818-777-0115, Nicole.Canizales@nbcuni.com, allof Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Web site: http://www.ushepublicity.com/http://www.universalstudios.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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