PR: American Bully on DVD Jul 26

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It starts out as just a typical day in the lives of seven high school students in a town that looks like Anywhere, U.S.A. But when one middle-American teenager - deeply affected by 9/11, terrorism and the war in Iraq – and his friends become involved in an isolated high school altercation, it escalates into a hate crime that shocks the entire nation and sends a small town reeling.

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Green Apple Entertainment Proudly Presents
American Bully

Straight Out of Today's Headlines & Featuring a Top-Drawer, Ensemble Cast, Award-Winning & Critically Acclaimed Teenage Drama Leaves Audiences Breathless in Communities Coast-to-Coast

Highly disturbing ... tightens the screws and generates some wrenching tension ... the young cast is remarkable. Daily Variety

Demands your attention ... reminded me of youth classics as The Outsiders and Taps. MSN

Powerful ... like the recent experimentalism of Gus Van Sant's Elephant. The Post and Courier

Muscling Its Way Onto DVD July 26th

BOCA RATON — July 1, 2011 — For Immediate Release — Telling a hard-hitting and emotional story wrenched right out of today's headlines – and starring a top-drawer, young ensemble cast – American Bully is muscling its way onto DVD July 26 from Green Apple Entertainment.



InAmerican Bully, it starts out as just a typical day in the lives of seven high school students in a town that looks like Anywhere, U.S.A. But when one middle-American teenager – deeply affected by 9/11, terrorism and the war in Iraq – and his friends become involved in an isolated high school altercation, it escalates into a hate crime that shocks the entire nation and sends a small town reeling.

With intense performances from a cast of emerging young stars, American Bully is a haunting and relevant film forcing us to confront the harrowing and potent menace that lurks just under the surface of any town in America.

Directed by Dave Rodriguez (The Blue Wall, Push), American Bully's stellar, ensemble cast includes young up-and-comers Matt O'Leary (Sorority Row, Live Free or Die Hard, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Domestic Disturbance) as Brandon O'Leary and Marshall Allman (HBO's True Blood, FOX-TV's Prison Break, Hostage) as Mike Grossman. Also starring John Savage as a news producer (Message in a Bottle, The Thin Red Line, The Godfather: Part III, The Deer Hunter), Paul Ben-Victor (HBO's Entourage, HBO's The Wire, True Romance, Daredevil, A Civil Action) as Principal Wheeler and Natasha Henstridge (TV's Eli Stone, The Whole Nine Yards, Species) as Carol Mills.

American Bully (formerly titled Anytown) won Best Feature at the 2009 Charleston International Film Festival, Best Screenplay" at the 2009 Long Island International Film Festival and the Excellence in Filmmaking award at the 2009 Method Fest Film Festival. It was also an Official Selection at the 2010 Anaheim International Film Festival and the 2009 New York International Latino Film Festival.

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American Bully is presented in widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16 x 9 (2:35) and Dolby Digital 2.0. Special features include film trailer.

Green Apple Entertainment is a leading international distributor of quality, independent entertainment on DVD, Blu-ray, download and streaming platforms and cable VOD. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., Green Apple works directly with filmmakers to cultivate superior filmmaking for a variety of genres – including action, drama, romance, thrillers, horror/sci-fi, documentaries, family and animation – and fresh new viewing experiences for a diverse array of audiences. Green Apple was founded in 2005 by industry veteran Tim Warren.

American Bully
Green Apple Entertainment
Genre: Drama/Crime/Thriller
Rating Pending
Format: DVD Only
Running Time: Approx. 85 Minutes (Plus Special Features)
Suggested Retail Price: $24.98
Pre-Order Date: June 28, 2011
Street Date: July 26, 2011
Catalog #: GAE-F23
UPC Code: #855982002234

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News Editor June 19, 2011, 12:10 pm