PRESS RELEASE
"If there was an ounce of taste left in Hollywood , the magnificent Vera Farmiga would be a front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar ® " - Rolling Stone
"DOWN TO THE BONE has the unpredictability of life...Vera Farmiga gives a fearless performance."- Entertainment Weekly
HART SHARP VIDEO PRESENTS THE DVD RELEASE OF THE AWARD-WINNING, CRITICALLY - ACCLAIMED INDEPENDENT FILM
DOWN TO THE BONE
Awarded "Best Director" by the Sundance Film Festival
Debra Granik's feature film debut comes to DVD October 31
New York , September 6, 2006 - This fall, experience the heart-wrenching story of a struggling mother and her family as Hart Sharp Video releases the highly touted and much anticipated award-winning independent film - Down to the Bone - to DVD. Hailed " Down to the Bone is Farmiga's best work." by The New York Times Magazine , The 2004 Sundance Film Festival honored Down to the Bone with two high-profile, prestigious and extremely competitive awards: Best Director and A Special Jury Prize for acting. Destined to make its way into homes and hearts across the country, Down to the Bone will be available to retail nationwide on October 31, 2006 for the suggested retail price of $19.98. Bonus features on Down to the Bone include a film commentary with Director Debra Granik and Star Vera Farmiga, award-winning short Snake Feed on which the movie was based, the original theatrical trailer and English subtitles. The prebook date is October 3, 2006. SYNOPSIS
Irene (Vera Farmiga, The Manchurian Candidate, Martin Scorsese's The Departed, Anthony Minghella's Breaking and Entering) is a working class mother living in upstate New York . She struggles to keep her marriage together and raise two sons while keeping her cocaine addiction a secret. After a series of nearly fatal mishaps, she decides to check herself into a rehab center. There, she meets and falls in love with a fellow reformed addict (Hugh Dillon). When one of them falls into a relapse with the addiction, their commitment to staying clean - and to each other - shatters. This beautifully wrought film accurately and authentically explores the wrenching road to recovery without ever resorting to histrionics.
Down to the Bone is based upon Debra Granik's 1997 short film, Snake Feed , which won the Sundance Film Festival's Short Filmmaking Award in 1998.
ABOUT HART SHARP VIDEO: Hart Sharp Video was founded in 2003 by Joe Amodei to develop, acquire, market and distribute DVD product in the theatrical feature film, documentaries, special interest and sports categories. Hart Sharp Video has built partnerships with E! Entertainment Television, Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, ESPN, MLB Productions, Bombo Sports and Entertainment, NESN and other high profile entertainment brands since their inception. Some recent releases include Game 6 , starring Michael Keaton; When Do We Eat? , starring Michael Lerner, Lesley Anne Warren and Jack Klugman; Patriot Act, a Jeffrey Ross Home Movie featuring Drew Carey; and ESPN's Three Club Tour with Hank Haney .
For more information please visit www.hartsharpvideo.com
For more information, please contact
Lynne Hillman
Hart Sharp Video - Publicist
PH: (917) 847-2918 E-MAIL: lynne.hillman@hartsharpvideo.com |
