``Ryan's Daughter,'' Epic Masterpiece From David Lean, on DVD for First Time; ``The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' Based on Acclaimed Author Milan Kundera's #1 Best-Seller.BURBANK, Calif. -- Both Arrive February 7 in Two-Disc Special Editions Loaded With Bonus Content, Including New Commentaries, Documentaries, Vintage Shorts and More On February 7, 2006, Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. celebrates Valentine's Day with the DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. debut of David Lean's epic love story, "Ryan's Daughter," featuring a new digital transfer from the restored 65mm picture and a remastered soundtrack. Joining is a second romantic classic, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," Philip Kaufman's lyrical film based on the landmark New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times #1 best-seller by Milan Kundera, said to have been a contender for this year's Nobel Prize(1). Both are being released as Two-Disc Special Editions with commentaries, documentaries, vintage shorts, newsreels and other bonus extras and will each be available for $26.99 SRP/ $19.95 MAP. "Ryan's Daughter" Two-Disc Special Edition DVD (1970) An epic tale of forbidden romance, "Ryan's Daughter" stars Sarah Miles as Rosy Ryan, a lovely, headstrong head·strong adj. 1. Determined to have one's own way; stubbornly and often recklessly willful. See Synonyms at obstinate, unruly. 2. Resulting from willfulness and obstinacy. Irish lass who cannot forsake her passionate romance with a handsome British officer (Christopher Jones). When her illicit affair leads to a charge of treason, it is the devotion of her reserved schoolteacher husband Charles (Robert Mitchum) that proves to be the greater love. Academy Award(R)-winning director David Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt frame this brooding romance set during the 1916 Irish Rebellion and within the expansive beaches, craggy cliffs and heathered heath·ered adj. Flecked with various colors; speckled: heathered yarn. hills of Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. Freddie Young's lush cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special and John Mills' memorable portrayal of the town simpleton sim·ple·ton n. A person who is felt to be deficient in judgment, good sense, or intelligence; a fool. [simple + -ton (as in surnames such as Chesterton, Singleton). won Academy Awards. "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" Two-Disc Special Edition DVD (1988) A young doctor's quest for sex and his stumbling into love in Prague, circa 1968, are part of the rich storyline of this sensual film based on the novel by the Czech novelist Milan Kundera. Produced by Saul Zaentz and directed by Philip Kaufman, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the doctor, with Lena Olin as Sabina and Juliette Binoche as Tereza completing the romantic triangle at the center of his world. E-mail requests for materials to karenpenhale@cs-pr.com or fax to 818-260-0707. Art can be downloaded at www.whvdirect.com (1) Awarded recently to Harold Pinter |
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