press release

For Immediate Release

ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER ANNA PAQUIN

FLY AWAY HOME

SPECIAL EDITION DVD ARRIVES AUGUST 7, 2001
FROM COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT

* All-Star Cast Includes Academy Award-Winner Anna Paquin ("The Piano"), Jeff Daniels ("Terms of Endearment") and Emmy Award Winner Dana Delaney (TV's "China Beach")
* Directed by Carroll Ballard ("Wind" and "The Black Stallion")
* Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography
* 1996 Theatrical Release

DVD ADDED VALUE ELEMENTS

* Audio Commentary by Director Carroll Ballard and Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel
* Audio Commentary by Composer Mark Isham with newly Created Isolated Score
* Exclusive Featurette: "Operation Migration: Birds of A Feather"
* Documentary: "The Ultra Geese"
* HBO Special: "Leading the Flock"
* Link to "Operation Migration" Website - www.operationmigration.durham.net
* Theatrical Trailers
* Filmographies (Carroll Ballard, Caleb Deschanel, Anna Paquin and Jeff Daniels)

SYNOPSIS

The soaring adventure of a 13-year old girl (Paquin) and her estranged father (Daniels) who learn what family is all about when they adopt an orphaned flock of geese and teach them to fly!

Rated PG
108 Minutes
Closed-Captioned
Color
Sound: Dolby 2-Channel and Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Widescreen
Languages: English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and
Thai
Trailers: "Fly Away Home," The Trumpet of the Swan," "Stuart Little,"
"Madeline"
and "Matilda"
SLP: $24.95
DVD #06046
UPC #0-43396-06046-3

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment and Newmarket Press have entered into a cross-promotional agreement for the Fly Away Home DVD and book. Newmarket Press will include a FLY AWAY HOME DVD coupon in all of their FLY AWAY HOME books and CTHE will sticker all FLY AWAY HOME DVD product.

TRADE INFORMATION

Order Date: July 10, 2001

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Sony Pictures' global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries worldwide. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.spe.sony.com

End Of Release

» Index: Press release archive

» Discuss: Weigh in at the forum