PR: Carnage on DVD and Blu-ray Mar 20

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Screen adaptation of Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning Broadway hit, "God of Carnage," will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD March 20th from Sony Pictures Classics and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Academy Award(R) winner Roman Polanski (2002, Best Director, The Pianist) directs this sharp and witty comedy of "(no) manners" about the human condition and the carnage that is adulthood. Starring an ensemble cast featuring Academy Award(R) winner Jodie Foster (1988, Best Actress, The Accused), Academy Award(R) winner Kate Winslet (2008, Best Actress, The Reader), Academy Award(R) winner Christoph Waltz (2009, Best Supporting Actor, Inglourious Basterds), and Academy Award(R) nominee John C. Reilly (2002, Supporting Actor, Chicago), the bitterly amusing story focuses on one evening in the lives of two couples locked in a showdown after their children are involved in a playground incident.

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"Fully delivers the laughs and savagery" Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter "A spellbinding display of verbal fireworks" Rick Warner, Bloomberg News Nominated for Two Golden Globe(R) Awards

Carnage

Starring Academy Award(R) Winners Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and Academy Award(R) Nominee John C. Reilly

Roman Polanski's Adaptation of the Tony(R) Award-Winning Play
Available on Blu-ray(TM) and DVD March 20th



Culver City, Calif. (February 6, 2012) - Carnage, the screen adaptation of Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning Broadway hit, "God of Carnage," will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD March 20th from Sony Pictures Classics and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Academy Award(R) winner Roman Polanski (2002, Best Director, The Pianist) directs this sharp and witty comedy of "(no) manners" about the human condition and the carnage that is adulthood. Starring an ensemble cast featuring Academy Award(R) winner Jodie Foster (1988, Best Actress, The Accused), Academy Award(R) winner Kate Winslet (2008, Best Actress, The Reader), Academy Award(R) winner Christoph Waltz (2009, Best Supporting Actor, Inglourious Basterds), and Academy Award(R) nominee John C. Reilly (2002, Supporting Actor, Chicago), the bitterly amusing story focuses on one evening in the lives of two couples locked in a showdown after their children are involved in a playground incident.

Carnage has received two Golden Globe(R) nominations this season: Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture Comedy Or Musical, for both Foster and Winslet.

A Film Festival favorite this past fall, Carnage, which has a screenplay by Yasmina Reza and Polanski, was produced by SBS Productions and Said Ben Said (Unforgivable).

The special features include Actors' Notes, a look at the making of the film, a filmed Q&A with John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz, and a red carpet featurette. Carnage will be available on Blu-ray for $35.99 and on DVD for $30.99.

Synopsis
Carnage, is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the "victim's" parents, liberal writer Penelope Longstreet and her wholesaler husband, Michael (Foster and Reilly), invite the "bully's" parents, power couple Nancy and Alan Cowan (Winslet and Waltz), over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage.

Blu-ray & DVD Special Features include:
Actors' Notes - A Look at the Making of the Film
An Evening with John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz
On the Red Carpet

Carnage has a run time of approximately 80 minutes and is rated R (for some strong language).



Carnage Blu-ray
Blu-ray Catalog: 39588
UPC Code: 043396395886
Order Date: 2/16/12
SRP: $35.99

Carnage DVD
DVD Catalog: 39591
UPC Code: 043396395916
Order Date: 2/1612
SRP: $30.99

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News Editor February 10, 2012, 8:52 am