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IN THE NOT-SO-DiSTANT FUTURE, CONSUMERISM AND MARKETING DRIVE OUR WORLD IN THE HART SHARP VIDEO, NETFLIX AND POSSIBLE FILMS DVD RElEASE
The Girl From Monday
Directed by Cannes Film Festival Award-Winner Hal Hartley, The Action-Packed Futuristic Comedy Hits Retail On January 10, 2005
November 2005 New York, NY -- This January Hart Sharp Video, Netflix, and Possible Films present a stylized account of friendship, sacrifice and free love in the information age with the DVD release of The Girl From Monday . Directed by Cannes Film Festival Award recipient Hal Hartley (Best Screenplay, Henry Fool ) The Girl From Monday is unique vision of consumerism's effects on society and the startling world that could be our future. Starring Sabrina Lloyd ("Sliders," "Sports Night"), Bill Sage ( Simple Men ) and Brazilian fashion model Tatiana Abracos, The Girl From Monday will be available on DVD for the suggested retail price of $19.99 on January 10, 2006. The pre-book date is December 13, 2005.
In The Girl From Monday , Hartley upholds his reputation for creating distinctive films that are both amusing and heartbreaking as evidenced by this cautionary tale's solid media acclaim. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer praised the movie for being a "snarky satire of consumerism in the guise of pseudo sci-fi," and the Arizona Daily Star lauded the movie as "one of the most intelligent and funny sci-fi films in years" The DVD bonus features include the Original Theatrical Trailer and "The Making of The Girl From Monday " featurette
SYNOPSIS: A being from a constellation called Monday drops into the earth's ocean from outer space. Not having a body of its own, it assumes the form of a beautiful young woman (Abracos) to look for her friend who arrived years before and who might now be in trouble. The world she dropped into is tangled in a web of instability on the heels of the "Great Revolution." The Major Multimedia Monopoly, Triple M, has created a "Dictatorship of the Consumer" and promised to bring more choice, free access, humanitarian reform and technological progress to the people. Fulfilling its promise, Triple M has enacted the "Human Value Reform Act," in which citizens are public offerings on the stock exchange and a person's value increases depending on the current state of the market. Jack Bell (Sage) is the father of the idea, but after seeing its dehumanizing consequences, he assumes the position of leader of the Counter-Revolution, to bring down the empire. The Girl From Monday is a truly tragic, but beautiful and funny film about the way we live.
ABOUT HART SHARP VIDEO: Hart Sharp Video was founded in 2003 by Joe Amodei to develop, acquire, market and distribute home video and DVD product in the feature film, special interest and sports categories. Some of Hart Sharp Video's recent releases have included; Super Size Me featuring filmmaker Morgan Spurlock as he unravels the American obesity epidemic; Still, We Believe.The Boston Red Sox Movie chronicling the unique relationship between the Boston Red Sox and their fans set against the backdrop of the extraordinary 2003 season; Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox® highlighting the record-breaking season through exciting game highlights and player interviews and Yankeeography chroniclin g the signature, award-winning biography series on DVD that brings the greatest names in New York Yankees history to life.
For more information, please contact:
Lynne Hillman, Hart Sharp Video
PH: (917) 847-2918 E-MAIL: lynne.hillman@hartsharpvideo.com
