DVD/BLU-RAY News: ANIMAL KINGDOM

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Directed by David Michôd

Starring Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, Sullivan Stapleton and introducing James Frecheville

Out To Own On DVD, Blu-ray & EST
July 11th, 2011

ANIMAL KINGDOM tells the gripping tale of seventeen year-old J (James Frecheville), as he fights for survival in a vicious criminal family and the detective (Guy Pearce, The King’s Speech and Memento) who tries to save him. Pope Cody (Ben Mendelsohn), an armed robber on the run from a gang of renegade detectives, is in hiding, surrounded by roughneck friends and family. Soon, Pope’s nephew, J, arrives and moves in, but when tensions between the family and corrupt cops reach breaking point, J finds himself at the centre of a cold-blooded revenge attack that turns the family upside down.

Writer and director David Michôd’s brutal and captivating depiction of Melbourne’s criminal underbelly heralds the arrival of an intense new voice to contemporary Australian Cinema.

The film has received awards and nominations worldwide, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Jacki Weaver, and Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 

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Extras: Interviews (David Michôd, Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Jacki Weaver, James Frecheville, Laura Wheelwright, Sullivan Stapleton, Luke Ford) / Making Of / Trailer

DVD Tech specs: Cert: 18 / Feature Running Time: 108 min approx / Region 2 Feature Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 / Colour PAL / Audio: Stereo 2.0 / English language / Cat No: OPTD1998 / RRP: £17.99

BLURAY Tech specs: Cert: 18 / Feature Running Time: 108 min approx / Region B Feature Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 / Colour PAL / Audio: Stereo 2.0 / English language / Cat No: OPTD1998 / RRP: £22.99