FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“Dig in for the fireworks and a whole lot of crazy….”
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“This is one of the best movies of the year”
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
Three Oscar®Nods and a Golden Globe win for
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Arriving on Blu-ray™Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand March 29, 2016
Available on Digital HD March15, 2016
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (February 17, 2016) –Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company are proud to present the home entertainment release of the eighth film bytwo-time Academy Award®winner Quentin Tarantino(Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction). Shot entirely on 70mm and featuring a Golden Globe®and BAFTA® award-winning score by Oscar®winner EnnioMorricone (Bugsy, The Mission)THEHATEFUL EIGHT“absolutely delivers on the sheer moment-to-moment pleasures fans have come to expect — from dynamite dialogue to powder-keg confrontations,” Peter Debruge, Variety.
An explosive frontier mystery about eight strangers with one deadly connection, THE HATEFUL EIGHTwill be available for digital download on March15, 2016 from Starz Digital before heading to retail on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack ($39.99 SRP) and DVD ($29.98 SRP) from Anchor Bay Entertainment and On Demand March 29, 2016.Special features for THE HATEFUL EIGHTinclude two featurettes – “Beyond the Eight: A Behind-the-Scenes Look” and “Sam Jackson’s Guide to Glorious 70mm.”
“If you’re going to shoot your movie and release it in 70mm,
it’s really the way to go: twenty-four frames a second flickering through a projector,
creating the illusion of movement.” – Quentin Tarantino
Ultra Panavision 70 is the very rare and exceptional format that Quentin Tarantino and his team used to shoot THE HATEFUL EIGHT, the widest 70mm theatrical release in twenty years. Panavision’s unique anamorphic camera lenses capture images on film in an incredible aspect ratio of 2.76:1. Almost all films seen today are shot in ratios of either 1.85:1 or 2.39:1. Simply put, Ultra Panavision 70 provides an amazingly wide and more detailed image.
THE HATEFUL EIGHT marks the triumphant return to the genre for legendary composer Morricone (The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars). Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Original Score, Morricone is back in the saddleafter nearly four decades since last scoring a full-length Western. Additional Academy Award®nominations include 3-time Oscar®winner Robert Richardson for Best Cinematography and Jennifer Jason Leigh for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. THE HATEFUL EIGHT’snotorious all-star castalso boastsOscar®nominees Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Kurt Russell(Silkwood), Emmy®nominee Walton Goggins(TV’s Justified), DemianBichir (A Better Life) and Tim Roth (Rob Roy).
In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, setsix or eight or twelve yearsafter the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in those parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff. Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (DemianBichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with OswaldoMobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…
ABOUT THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is a multimedia production and distribution company launched in October 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films in 1979. TWC also encompasses Dimension Films, the genre label founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein. During Harvey and Bob’s tenure at Miramax and TWC, they have received 351 Oscar nominations and won 81 Academy Awards.
Since 2005, TWC and Dimension Films have released such films as VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA; THE READER; INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS; SCRE4M; SPY KIDS: THE KING’S SPEECH; UNDEFEATED; THE ARTIST; THE MASTER; SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK; DJANGO UNCHAINED; SCARY MOVIE 5; LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER; PHILOMENA; THE IMITATION GAME; PADDINGTON; WOMAN IN GOLD; SOUTHPAW, CAROL, MACBETH and THE HATEFUL EIGHT. Upcoming releases include SING STREET and THE FOUNDER.
TWC boasts an active television production division which garnered twelve Emmy nominations in 2015. TWC Television produces the reality powerhouse Project Runway, with its spin-off series Project Runway All Stars, Under The Gunn, and Threads. Scripted series include John Fusco’s Marco Polo with Netflix, going into its second season, and War & Peace, which debuts on Lifetime, A&E and HISTORY in 2016.Other recent TWC television productions include Mob Wives, Million Dollar Shoppers, Rodeo Girls, Cement Heads and Trailer Park: Welcome to Myrtle Manor. Scripted projects in development include Ten Commandments, Daniel Stashower’s The Hour Of Peril and military drama Six.TWC also developed Nanny Diaries and produced The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
ABOUT ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a leading independent home entertainment company that acquires and releases a wide array of filmed entertainment in the theatrical and home entertainment markets, including STARZ Original series, children’s entertainment, fitness (Anchor Bay Fitness), sports and specialty films on Blu-ray™ and DVD formats. The company has long-term distribution agreements in place for select programming with The Weinstein Company, AMC Networks and RADiUS, among others. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment (www.anchorbayentertainment.com) is a full service distributor in the North American market. Anchor Bay Entertainment is a Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, www.starz.com.
The Hateful EightDVD The Hateful EightBlu-ray
Street Date: March 29, 2016 Street Date: March 29, 2016
Pre-book: February 24, 2016 Pre-book:February 24, 2016
Catalog #: WC63847 Catalog #: BD63848
UPC: 01313263847880 UPC: 01313263848580
Run Time: 168 mins Run Time: 168 mins
Rating: R Rating: R
SRP: $ 29.98 SRP: $ 39.99
Format: DVD Format: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD
Aspect Ratio:Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation 2.76:1 Aspect Ratio: Widescreen Presentation 2.76:1
English and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital English: 5.1 DTSHD-MA
English Subtitles For The Deaf & Hearing Impaired Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Spanish Subtitles English Subtitles For The Deaf & Hearing Impaired
Spanish Subtitles
Robert Richardson
Nominated nine times
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Django Unchained (2012)
*Hugo (2011)
InglouriousBasterds (2009)
*The Aviator (2004)
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
*JFK (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Platoon (1986)
*Won
EnnioMorricone
Nominated six times
Days of Heaven (1978)
The Mission (1986)
The Untouchables (1987)
Bugsy (1991)
Malèna (2000)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
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