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PR Documentary Bright Leaves available on iTunes

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A subjective, autobiographical meditation on the allure of cigarettes and their troubling legacy for the state of North Carolina. It's about loss and preservation, addiction and denial. And it's also about filmmaking - home movies, documentary, and fiction filmmaking - as the filmmaker fences with the legacy of an obscure Hollywood melodrama that is purportedly based on his great-grandfather's life.

From the director of Sherman's March, North Carolina native Ross McElwee takes a journey across the social, economic and psychological tobacco terrain of his home state in the documentary Bright Leaves.



A subjective, autobiographical meditation on the allure of cigarettes and their troubling legacy for the state of North Carolina. It's about loss and preservation, addiction and denial. And it's also about filmmaking - home movies, documentary, and fiction filmmaking - as the filmmaker fences with the legacy of an obscure Hollywood melodrama that is purportedly based on his great-grandfather's life.

* "Like Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Spurlock's Super Size Me, McElwee's BRIGHT LEAVES takes on a sizable foe -- in this case, big tobacco -- but with such grace and wit that his message never seems medicinal." Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
* "Personal yet the opposite of egotistical, truthful yet playful, happily distractible yet patient, and above all grateful for those in the world he loves around him, McElwee makes movies the way life might, ideally, be lived." Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
* "A gently provocative film diary about tobacco and its mixed legacy." Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

Also new on iTunes is the sixth installment of the award-winning machinima series based on Xbox's Halo – Red Vs. Blue: Reconstruction.

* Special Presentation – Sundance Film Festival
* Official Selection – SXSW Interactive Festival
* Official Selection – New York Video Festival

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THIS WEEK ON iTunes:
Bright Leaves (Documentary)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/BrightLeaves
A subjective, autobiographical meditation on the allure of cigarettes and their troubling legacy for the state of North Carolina. It's about loss and preservation, addiction and denial. And it's also about filmmaking - home movies, documentary, and fiction filmmaking - as the filmmaker fences with the legacy of an obscure Hollywood melodrama that is purportedly based on his great-grandfather's life.

Red vs. Blue Reconstruction (Comedy)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/RedVs.BlueReconstruction
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cz1lj7XpdA
When a secret government project goes wrong, the Reds and Blues must reconstruct their units to form an unlikely new alliance. It doesn't take long to find out they've taken on more than they ever bargained for, but there's no turning back. And no going home. Blood Gulch was only the beginning...

Ride the Divide (Documentary)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/RideTheDivide
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMUX3kVmYI0
An inspiring feature documentary about the world's toughest mountain bike race. This 'under the radar' event traverses over 2700 miles along the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. The film weaves the story of three characters' experiences with immense mountain beauty and small-town culture as they attempt to pedal from Banff, Canada to a small, dusty crossing on the Mexican border.

Huxley On Huxley (Documentary)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/HuxleyOnHuxley
CLIP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpRtj4TN2Ik
Narrated by Peter Coyote and featuring interviews with such luminaries as John Densmore, Michael Murphy, Nick Nolte and Ram Dass, this documentary offers a compelling glimpse of Laura's life with her husband Aldous Huxley, as well as the revolutionary and provocative work that had a major influence on American and contemporary cultural history.

The Tiger Next Door (Documentary)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/TheTigerNextDoor
Tracks Dennis Hill over the months that follow a surprise government inspection as he fights to keep the animals he claims to love. It also uncovers the intricate web of commerce and government laxity that keep breeders like Hill in business. What finally becomes exposed is the widespread attitude that humans are indeed lords of the animal kingdom.

From the Ground Up (Documentary)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/FromTheGroundUp
Shows how an ordinary cup of coffee occupies center stage in the world economy. Traveling with the filmmaker from Guatemala to South Carolina to New York City and seeing each phase of coffee production unfold the growing, picking, processing, distribution, brewing and selling one comes to understand that most products we use have passed through the hands, and lives, of countless people in numerous countries.

The Wombats: O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London (Concert Film)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/TheWombatsO2ShepherdsBushEmpire,London
Humorous pop-punk bands are a mainstay of many large towns, so it takes something more for one to break into the mainstream. Enter the Wombats, a three-man cross between Art Brut's Wire-like fractured art-punk and Half Man Half Biscuit's wicked Liverpudlian humor.

Johnny Guitar Watson: North Sea Jazz Festival, 1993 - The Hague (Concert Film)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/JohnnyGuitarWatsonNorthSeaJazzFestival,1993-TheHague
The pioneering rocking guitarist, an inspiration for countless axemen who followed in his wake, is captured in blistering form in this concert from 1993.

Shopping (Action & Adventure)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/Shopping1994
In a decaying British city of the near future, Billy is an ex-con adrenaline junkie dating the thrill-seeking Jo. Billy and Jo are leaders of a teen gang of "ram-raiders," thieves who jack a car, ram the vehicle through the front of a store, and steal whatever they can carry before the authorities arrive.

Homeland (Drama)
http://www.iTunes.com/Movies/Homeland2009
Five peoples' fates become entwined when a Marine returns on furlough from Iraq. When no one greets him at the airport, he sets out to look for his father (Whip Hubley) on the wild Northwest coast. His journey becomes harder and harder as it intersects with his un-met step-mother, a bitter Gulf War One veteran, and the British stewardess from his connection home.


THIS WEEK ON Hulu:
American Scary (Documentary)
http://www.hulu.com/american-scary
A look at the nation's tradition of horror hosting, from Zacherley to A. Ghastlee Ghoul. With interviews and footage from major hosts from the 1950s to the present day, such as Zacherley, Vampira, Ghoulardi and others.

Soldiers Pay (Documentary)
http://www.hulu.com/soldiers-pay
From director David O. Russell (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees) comes the controversial documentary chronicling the soldier's struggle with the current war in Iraq. Interviews with soldiers and with Iraqis who played extras in "Three Kings."

Mission Accomplished (Documentary)
http://www.hulu.com/mission-accomplished
Seven months after the end of the war, acclaimed BBC journalist and filmmaker Sean Langan (Behind the Lines, Travels of a Gringo) takes a brave and eventful trip through Iraq, seeking to shed light on the current situation.

THIS WEEK ON Amazon VOD:
Trancers (Sci-Fi & Fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Trancers/dp/B003Y51V8I/
Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) is a trooper in Angel City, circa 2247, mopping up the last of the disciples of the evil Whistler. Whistler uses his psychic power to 'trance' those with weak minds and force them to obey his every desire. Whistler had been thought to be dead by now, but he's alive and well: in the year 1985.

Laserblast (Sci-Fi & Fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Laserblast/dp/B003XNH1R6/
Billy's never been able to fit in where he lives... suddenly that's not a problem anymore. A desert exploration leads to an explosive discovery for Billy - his own personal laser gun. Each time Billy fires the laser - he begins to mutate, little by little, into an alien. Possessed by the new power in his hands, Billy terrorizes the town with the awesome alien device. Now it's a race against time before the aliens return to claim the weapon... and his life.

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Posted by: News Editor - August 22, 2010, 6:46 pm - PR
Keywords: documentary