THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER on Blu-ray & DVD on February 12th
“Grade A: Graceful and beguiling.”
– Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
“A first-rate coming-of-age film. Hilarious and heart wrenching and so real.”
–
Karen Durbin, Elle
BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING NOVEL
Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller and Mae Whitman Star in the Critically Acclaimed Film Arriving On Blu-ray Disc, DVD,
Video On Demand and Pay-Per-View February 12, 2013
Early Digital Download Window Begins January 22
LOS ANGELES, CA November 13, 2012
– Acclaimed author Stephen Chbosky makes his screenwriting and directing debut with
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the adaption of his acclaimed best-selling coming-of-age novel. The film, which has been heralded as
The Breakfast Club for a new generation, arrives on Blu-ray Disc
(plus Digital Copy and UV), DVD (plus Digital Copy and UV), Video On
Demand and Pay-Per-View on February 12 from Summit Entertainment, a
LIONSGATE company.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower will also be available on EST January 22, three weeks prior to the Blu-ray,
DVD and Video On Demand release.
Featuring stellar performances from a young ensemble cast,
The Perks of Being a Wallflower centers around a freshman named Charlie (Logan Lerman,
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief)
who is always watching from the sidelines until a pair of charismatic
seniors takes him under their wing. Beautiful, free-spirited Sam (Emma
Watson, the
Harry Potter franchise) and her fearless stepbrother Patrick (Ezra Miller,
We Need to Talk About Kevin) shepherd Charlie through new friendships, first love, burgeoning sexuality, wild parties, midnight screenings of The
Rocky Horror Picture Show and the quest for the perfect song. The
film also stars Mae Whitman (TV’s “Parenthood”), Nina Dobrev (TV’s “The
Vampire Diaries”), Dylan McDermott (TV’s “American Horror Story”), Kate
Walsh (TV’s “Private Practice”), Joan Cusack
(Showtime’s “Shameless”) and Paul Rudd (upcoming This is 40).
The
Blu-ray Disc and DVD will include two audio commentaries; one featuring
screenwriter/director Stephen Chbosky, and the other with Chobsky and
the cast, deleted
scenes, dailies and a featurette. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Blu-ray Disc and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.99 and $29.95, respectively.
BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*
·
Audio commentary with Screenwriter/Director Stephen Chobsky
·
Audio commentary with Director Stephen Chbosky and the cast
·
“Best Summer Ever” featurette
·
Deleted scenes with optional audio commentary with Stephen Chbosky
·
Dailies
*Subject to change
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 2012
Title Copyright:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower © 2012, Artwork & Supplementary Materials © 2013 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Type:
Theatrical Release
Ratings:
PG-13 for mature thematic material, drug and alcohol use, sexual content including references, and a fight – all involving teens
Genre: Drama, Romance, Coming of Age
Blu-ray Closed Captioned:
English SDH
DVD Closed Captioned: English
Subtitles:
English SDH and Spanish
Blu-ray Format:
1080P High Definition
16x9 Widescreen (1.78:1)
DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen (1.78:1)
Feature Running Time:
103 Minutes
Blu-ray Audio Status:
5.1 DTS HD Master Audio
DVD Audio Status:
5.1 Dolby Digital
ABOUT SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT
Summit
Entertainment, LLC, a LIONSGATE company, is a worldwide theatrical
motion picture development, financing, production and distribution
studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution
for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as
acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents
international sales for both its own slate and third party
product. Summit Entertainment, LLC releases on average 10 to 12 films
annually.
ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate
is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified
presence in motion picture production and distribution, television
programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment,
digital distribution, new channel platforms and international
distribution and sales. The Company has built a strong television
presence in production of primetime cable and broadcast
network series, distribution and syndication of programming and an
array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 25 shows on 18 networks
spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication
businesses, including the multiple Emmy Award-winning
Mad Men, the critically acclaimed series Weeds, Nurse Jackie and Boss,
the new comedy Anger Management, which has been picked up for another 90
episodes by FX, the network series Nashville, the syndication successes
Tyler Perry's House of Payne, its spinoff
Meet the Browns, For Better Or Worse, The Wendy Williams Show, Are We
There Yet? and the upcoming Orange Is The New Black, an original series
for Netflix.
Its
feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the
blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, which has
already grossed nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office, The
Possession, Sinister, The Expendables 2, Cabin in the Woods, Tyler
Perry's Madea's Witness Protection and Arbitrage. With the January 2012
acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company
has now added the blockbuster Twilight Saga, which has grossed more
than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office, to its current slate,
giving the Company the two premier young adult franchises in the world.
Recent Summit hits include Red, Letters to Juliet,
Knowing and the Academy Award-winning Best Picture, The Hurt Locker.
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