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Anchor Bay Entertainment Presents Two-Time Academy Award(R) Winners Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman in an Unforgettable Drama from Overture Films

Posted on: Tuesday, 3 March 2009, 05:00 CST

LAST CHANCE HARVEY

Available on DVD and Blu-ray(TM) on Tuesday, May 5

"Richly funny and touching, it's too good to resist!" - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"Utterly charming. Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson make a winning combo." - Lou Lumenick, New York Post

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Two-time Academy Award(R) winners Emma Thompson (Oscar(R) winner for Sense and Sensibility and Howards End) and Dustin Hoffman (Oscar(R) winner for Rain Man and Kramer vs. Kramer) reunite in the critically acclaimed drama Last Chance Harvey available on DVD and Blu-ray(TM) on May 5, 2009 (pre-book: April 2, 2009). Both Hoffman and Thompson received 2009 Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress for their respective roles. A hopeful romance that celebrates new beginnings at any age, Last Chance Harvey is directed and written by Joel Hopkins (Jump Tomorrow). SRP is $29.98 for the 2-disc DVD set and $39.98 for the Blu-ray(TM) edition.

"Hoffman and Thompson are wonderful," said Karen Durbin of ELLE magazine. "Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman make late blooming romance so fresh," added Caryn James of Marie Claire. "Each exudes the palpable screen presence that has won them Oscars and made them famous," praised Mike Goodridge, Screen Daily.

Last Chance Harvey also features a superb supporting cast that includes Eileen Atkins (Cold Mountain, Gosford Park), Liane Balaban (Definitely Maybe, Happy Here and Now), James Brolin (Traffic, Catch Me If You Can), Kathy Baker (The Jane Austen Book Club, Edward Scissorhands), and Richard Schiff ("The West Wing").

The Last Chance Harvey DVD bonus features include audio commentary with writer/director Joel Hopkins and Hoffman and Thompson, along with "An Unconventional Love Story - The Making of Last Chance Harvey." The Last Chance Harvey Blu-ray(TM) edition includes the above-mentioned special features, as well as BD-Live capability.

New Yorker Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) is on the verge of losing his dead-end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss (Richard Schiff) that he has just one more chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter's wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting -- or else. Harvey arrives in London only to learn his daughter (Liane Balaban) has chosen to have her stepfather (James Brolin) walk her down the aisle instead of him. Doing his best to hide his devastation, he leaves the wedding before the reception in hopes of getting to the airport on time, but misses his plane anyway. When he calls his boss, he is fired on the spot.

Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate (Emma Thompson), a slightly prickly, 40-something employee of the Office of National Statistics. Kate, whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother (Eileen Atkins), is touched by Harvey, who finds himself energized by her intelligence and compassion. The growing connection between the pair inspires both as they unexpectedly transform one another's lives.

About Anchor Bay Entertainment

Anchor Bay Entertainment is the home entertainment division of Starz Media, LLC. It includes the Anchor Bay Films and Manga Entertainment brands. It distributes feature films, children's entertainment, fitness, TV series, documentaries, anime and other filmed entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray(TM) formats. It is the exclusive home media distributor in the U.S. of the theatrical titles from Overture Films. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment has offices in Troy, MI, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. Starz Media (www.starzmedia.com) is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Capital Group.

About Overture Films

Overture Films (www.overturefilms.net) develops, produces, acquires, and distributes feature length, theatrical motion pictures worldwide. The studio is a wholly owned unit of Starz Media, a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Capital Group (NASDAQ: LCAPA, LCAPB), a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation. Its affiliated companies, Anchor Bay Entertainment and Starz Entertainment, make the films available domestically to viewers via home video, premium television, Internet and other outlets.

SOURCE Anchor Bay Entertainment

Source: PR Newswire

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