COMA arrives on DVD October 30th

Don’t Let Them Put You Under

COMA

A&E Miniseries From Ridley Scott and Tony Scott

Based on the Bestselling Novel by Robin Cook

Starring Lauren Ambrose, Steven Pasquale, Geena Davis,

James Woods, Richard Dreyfuss and Ellen Burstyn

Coming to DVD October 30^th

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (September 4, 2012) – An all-star cast headlines the hit, suspenseful sci-fi miniseries COMA, debuting on DVD October 30^th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film is a chilling, four-hour, modern-day retelling of The New York Times bestselling novel by Robin Cook, and 1978 film written and directed by Michael Crichton.  The all-star cast includes Lauren Ambrose (TV’s “Six

Feet Under”), Steven Pasquale (TV’s “Rescue Me”), Academy Award^® winner Geena Davis (Best Actress in a Supporting Role, The Accidental Tourist, 1988), two-time Academy Award^® nominee James Woods

(Best Actor in a Leading Role, Salvador, 1986; Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Ghosts of Mississippi, 1996), Academy Award^® winner Richard Dreyfuss (Best Actor in a Leading Role, The Goodbye Girl, 1977), and Academy Award^® winner Ellen Burstyn (Best Actress, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, 1974).  The miniseriesalso stars James Rebhorn (“Law & Order), Joe Morton (“The Good Wife”), Michael Weston (“House”) and Joseph Mazello (“The Pacific”).  In this medical thriller, a medical student (Ambrose) discovers something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table.

Synopsis:

A healthy patient suddenly falls into a coma. It’s not an impossible event, but it is rare. So why does it keep happening at Peachtree Memorial?  Lauren Ambrose stars as Dr. Susan Wheeler in this thriller about a

medical student who discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. Based on the novel by

Robin Cook, COMA was directed by Emmy Award^® winner Mikael Salomon (Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: “Band of Brothers”) from a teleplay by John J. McLaughlin. 

Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David W. Zucker, Martin Erlichman and Mikael Salomon serve as executive producers.COMA has a running time of 161 minutes and is not rated.  The miniseries will air on A&E over

two days starting Labor Day, September 3rd and 4th.

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