Restrepo is currently one of the highest reviewed films of the year, sitting at 97% with nearly 100 reviews on RottenTomatoes and recently garnered as a final selection for the documentary Oscar category. We have partnered with Virgil Films & Entertainment and National Geographic Entertainment to give away three Blu-ray copies to our readers!
For a chance to win one of the three Blu-rays just fill out the form below by 11:59 PM EST on Thursday, December 2nd, 2010. We will select the winners at random and you will be notified by e-mail. One entry per household. No purchase necessary. Winners must live inside the U.S. Shipping to a P.O. box is not permitted. Check out more info regarding the film as well as a trailer below, after the submission form. Good luck!
Presented by Virgil Films & Entertainment and National Geographic Entertainment
FROM DIRECTORS TIM HETHERINGTON AND SEBASTIAN JUNGER
THE AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY THAT WON AMERICA’S HEARTS COMES HOME
RESTREPO
Available on Blu-ray and DVD December 7th
Packed With Special Bonus Features
“This one is exceptional…an outstanding new documentary.
It’s a fantastic movie. See it!”
– The New York Times
“deeply moving”
– Rolling Stone Magazine
“…a stunning piece of work”
– New York Magazine
New York, NY (September 30, 2010) – Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the critically acclaimed documentary, Restrepo, makes its way to Blu-ray and DVD this December. Directed by Tim Hetherington and award-winning journalist and best-selling author, Sebastian Junger (WAR, The Perfect Storm), the film has been revered nationwide as an intense study on modern warfare. The film took audiences and critics through “a riveting journey into combat” (New York Magazine) while filmmakers followed the deployment of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley during the course of twelve months.
Heralded as, “One of the boldest, most personal, and closest-to-the-action war documentaries you’re likely to see” by GetTheBigPicture.net, Virgil Films & Entertainment has teamed up with National Geographic Entertainment to present the DVD and Blu-ray disc premiere of Restrepo on December 7th for a suggested retail of $19.99 and $34.99 respectively.
Without political agenda, Hetherington and Junger capture the daily activities of American soldiers deployed at ‘Outpost Restrepo’, a location named after a fellow soldier who was killed during battle. Set in one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous valleys, viewers are presented with a raw portrait interspersed with up-close encounters between the comrades. From their playful antics -down to their heartbreaking moments of silence, Restrepo bares it all. As noted by The Wall Street Journal, this film “…will stir your heart and open your mind.”
Bonus Features on DVD and BD formats include: Extended and deleted scenes; Extended interviews; an Update on the soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Battle Company, 173rd Airborne; and much more.
Synopsis – Restrepo
Directed by renowned author Sebastian Junger (the 1997 bestseller The Perfect Storm) and famed photographer Tim Hetherington, Restrepo is a feature-length documentary about the deployment of a troop of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, considered at the time to be one of the deadliest deployments in that country’s war. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, named “OP Restrepo” after a platoon medic who was killed in action. Restrepo is an entirely experiential film—the cameras never leave the dangerous valley, there are no talking head interviews with generals or diplomats, and there is no moral or political analysis. The only goal is to make viewers feel like as if they have just been through a 90-minute deployment. Restrepo is a film about war—the conclusions are up to you.
More info can be found online at www.restrepothemovie.com
Virgil Films & Entertainment
Virgil Films & Entertainment, formerly Arts Alliance America, was founded in 2003 as Hart Sharp Video by Joe Amodei to develop, acquire, market and distribute DVD product in the theatrical feature film, documentaries, special interest and sports categories. The company has built partnerships with Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, National Geographic Cinema Ventures, ESPN, MLB Productions, Bombo Sports and Entertainment, Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets, and other high profile entertainment brands since their inception. Recent releases from Virgil Films & Entertainment include the Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me: Special Edition; Mad Ron’s Prevues From Hell and Seven Days starring Yun-jin Kim (ABC’s “Lost”). Upcoming releases include: Shoot The Hero! starring Jason Mewes, Nick Turturro and Danny Trejo; The Brazen Bull starring Michael Madsen and Rachel Hunter; and Michael Imperioli’s directorial debut The Hungry Ghosts. For more information, please visit: www.VirgilFilmsEnt.com
National Geographic Entertainment
National Geographic Entertainment (NGE) combines into a single operating group National Geographic Films (NGF), National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV), Kids Entertainment and Music & Radio. In 2005 NGF co-presented the Academy Award-winning “March of the Penguins.” National Geographic World Films co-presented both the 2004 Oscar-nominated film “The Story of the Weeping Camel,” which received the Director’s Guild Award for best documentary and was nominated for an Academy Award, and Lu Chuan’s “Mountain Patrol: Kekexili.” NGCV released the 3-D concert film “U2 3D” to critical acclaim and set giant-screen box office records with “Mysteries of Egypt” and “Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure.” In 2009 NGCV released “Amreeka,” which was nominated for the Best Picture Gotham Independent Film Award and the Independent Spirit Award. In 2010 NGCV released the critically praised “Restrepo,” which won the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Award. Currently in release is “The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest.” NGE and ImageNation Abu Dhabi co-produced with Exclusive Media Group Peter Weir’s “The Way Back,” which premiered at this year’s Telluride Film Festival and will be released by Newmarket Films.
Daniel Battsek is president of NGF, Lisa Truitt is president of NGCV, and Mark Katz is president of NGCV Distribution.
NGE is part of National Geographic Global Media, bringing together all of National Geographic’s editorial platforms to streamline collaboration and support the Society’s mission. Founded in 1888 to “increase and diffuse geographic knowledge,” National Geographic works to inspire people to care about the planet. It reaches more than 375 million people worldwide each month through magazines, books, digital media, television, radio, music, film and live events. It funds over 250 scientific research, exploration and conservation projects each year and supports an education program promoting geography literacy. For more information, visit www.nationalgeographic.com.
Restrepo
Virgil Films & Entertainment
STREET DATE: December 7 2010
Pre-book Date: November 2, 2010
SRP: $19.99 DVD
$34.99 Blu-ray
Genre: Documentary
Director: Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington
Running Time: 93 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Rating: R
Bonus Features:
• FULL LENGTH FEATURE IN HD
• 5.1 SURROUND SOUND
• EXTENDED / DELETED SCENES
• EXTENDED INTERVIEWS
• UPDATE ON THE SOLDIERS OF 2ND PLATOON, BATTLE COMPANY, 173rd AIRBORNE
• COLLECTION OF YOUTUBE/ RESTREPO.COM VIDEOS
• PHOTO GALLERY
*Subject to change