PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2012
Get ready to rumble when Steve Austin and Dolph Lundgren battle for…
THE PACKAGE
Beware of The German!
Coming to Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack and DVD February 19th
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Unrelenting action is the order of the day when superstars Steve Austin (The Expendables, Maximum Conviction) and Dolph Lundgren (The Expendables II, One In The Chamber) burn up the screen in Anchor Bay Films’ bone-crunching action epic The Package, coming to Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack and DVD February 19th. SRP is $29.99 for the Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack and $26.98 for the DVD, with pre-book on January 23rd.
Directed by Jesse V. Johnson and written by Derek Kolstad, The Package features Austin as Tommy Wick, a nightclub bouncer and enforcer for Seattle crime boss Big Doug (Eric Keenleyside, Dreamcatcher, Firewall). When Big Doug instructs Tommy to hand-deliver a secret package to the mysterious international crime lord “The German,” (Lundgren), he does so with the hopes that Big Doug will forgive the debt Tommy’s brother Eddie (Lochlyn Munroe, White Chicks, Freddy vs. Jason) owes.
Word of the clandestine delivery spreads and soon “the package” – and those who carry it – becomes the target of rival gang leader Anthony (Michael Daingerfield, The Messengers). Anthony will stop at nothing to ensure its capture. Facing incredible odds, Tommy races against the ticking clock – and a small army of hit men, mercenaries, assassins and sadists -- to complete delivery. But does The German have other ideas about what to do with the package?
About Anchor Bay Films
Anchor Bay Films is unique in that it offers the creative community a fully integrated distribution capability on all platforms and an international solution extending beyond the U.S. Anchor Bay Films is a division of Anchor Bay Entertainment and is on the ground providing quality distribution with operations in the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, as well as distribution capabilities in other key territories. The company focuses on a platform release strategy for its films with an eye toward maximizing their potential across all ancillary distribution platforms. Recent theatrical releases include 10 Years starring Channing Tatum and Rosario Dawson, High School starring Adrien Brody and Colin Hanks, and Seeking Justice starring Nicolas Cage, January Jones, and Guy Pearce. Films in its library include the critically-acclaimed comedy City Island starring Andy Garcia and Solitary Man starring Michael Douglas as well as the 2011 releases of Kill the Irishman starring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer, and Christopher Walken, Toronto Film Festival award-winner Beautiful Boy with Maria Bello and Michael Sheen, and Cannes 2011 premiere Corman’s World.
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a subsidiary of Starz Media, LLC which is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation.
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The Package
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Blu-ray™/DVD Combo
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DVD
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Street Date
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February 19, 2013
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February 19, 2013
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Pre-book Date
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January 23, 2013
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January 23, 2013
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Catalog #
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BD59474
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AF59472
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UPC
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0 1313 25947-4 3
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0 1313 25947-2 9
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Run Time:
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95 minutes
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95 minutes
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Rating
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R
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R
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SRP
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$29.99
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$26.98
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Format
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1.78:1/16x9 1080p
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1.78:1/16x9
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Audio
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Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (Blu-ray™);
Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD)
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Dolby Digital 5.1
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Subtitles
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English SDH, Spanish
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English SDH, Spanish
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