Waltz With Bashir On Blu-Ray And DVD On June 23, 2009

This just in from Sony…

An Academy Award®-nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Waltz With Bashir will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 23, 2009 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The winner of the Golden Globe® for Best Foreign Language Film, Waltz With Bashir was written and directed by Ari Folman. This Sony Pictures Classics film will be available for an SLP of $39.95 for Blu-ray and $28.96 for DVD. Special features on both versions will include an English language version of the film, Director’s Commentary, a Making-Of Featurette, a Q & A with Director Ari Folman and Animatics-Building the Scenes.

Based on actual events, Waltz With Bashir is a powerful and groundbreaking animated feature that follows one man’s personal experience with the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. In addition to its Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe win, Waltz With Bashir was nominated for the Palme D’Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was a 2008 official selection at the New York Film Festival, the Toronto Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival.

Synopsis

Inspired by actual events, Waltz with Bashir chronicles one man’s descent into his own half-forgotten past. Filmmaker Ari Folman, an Israeli veteran of the First Lebanon War, encounters an old friend suffering from nightmares of the conflict. Ari begins to wonder why his own memories are full of gaps. In an effort to uncover the truth, he reconnects with old friends and dares to confront the horrors of war. Hailed by the L.A Times as “innovative” and “devastating,” Waltz with Bashir fuses animation and documentary to create an experience unlike anything you’ve ever witnessed.

BLU-RAY AND DVD BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:

* English language version of the film
* “Making-of” Featurette
* Animatics – Building the Scenes
* Q & A with Director Ari Folman
* Director’s Commentary

Waltz with Bashir was written and directed by Ari Folman, produced by Folman; Yael Nahlieli, Bridget Folman Film Gang, Israel; Serge Lalou, Les Films d’Ici, France; Gerhard Meixner, Razor Film, Germany and Roman Paul, Razor Film, Germany. In Hebrew with English subtitles.