Image Entertainment to Release ''Austin City Limits Music Festival 2005'' Concert on Special Edition 2-Disc CD and DVD Sets.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- Image Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq:DISK), a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, today announced the June 20, 2006 release of "Austin City Limits Music Festival 2005" on DVD and CD.

Winning Pollstar's "Festival of the Year" award, "Austin City Limits Music Festival 2005" perfected the concert concept in both talent and patron experience. The CD and DVD will both be released as special edition 2-disc sets featuring highlights from the 2005 Austin City Limits Music Festival, with DVD Disc 1's performances mixed in Dolby(R) Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.

DVD Disc 1 contains 111 minutes of live performances from the festival's typically diverse roster: Jet, The Allman Brothers Band, The Bravery, Thievery Corporation, The Black Keys, Kasabian, Bloc Party, The Frames, Kaiser Chiefs, Blues Traveler, Ambulance LTD, Eisley, The Decemberists, Jason Mraz, Mike Doughty, Aqualung, Keane, Rachael Yamagata, Robert Earl Keen, Steve Earle and the Dukes, Gov't Mule, John Prine, Widespread Panic, and a bonus track from John Butler Trio.

DVD Disc 2 is devoted entirely to special features, including candid interviews with fourteen of the featured artists and four mini-documentaries: Bradley Beesley's "Ambulance LTD ACLMF 2005," "Voices from Within" (featuring Blues Traveler; directed by Dan Shaw), "214 Circle Drive" (featuring Ruthie Foster; directed by Margaret Brown), and "Roky Erickson," Kyle Ellison's portrait of Austin's own father of psychedelia.

Artfully unpolished Disc 2 bonus footage includes a time lapse view in "3 Days in 2 Minutes"; "Inside the Gates," ACL Festival fans' unedited musings; "Allman Brothers Band Bus Tour"; expression through dance in "Movin' and Shakin'"; and "ACL Raw," which features candid performances from Jason Mraz and Rachael Yamagata, South Austin Jug Band, Zap Mama, and a beyond-their-years track from the Palm Elementary School Choir, among others. A 2005 festival photo gallery is also included.

For a limited time, Austin City Limits fans can pre-order the 2005 CD and DVD at a special discounted price when they buy a ticket to ACL Music Festival 2006. Tickets for the 2006 festival go on sale April 13 and are available at www.austincitylimits.com.

In addition to ACL's 2005 Festival of the Year award from Pollstar, Charles Attal, talent buyer for ACL, won the prestigious Bill Graham Award/Promoter of the Year. Every year, the Austin City Limits Music Festival presents more than 130 bands on eight stages over three days. Like its namesake television program on PBS, the festival offers fans an eclectic mix of performers from legendary artists to rising stars. Since its debut in 2002, more than 600,000 people have experienced the multi-stage event in Austin's Zilker Park. Austin City Limits is a co-production of KLRU-TV and Capital Sports & Entertainment, with Charles Attal Presents. More information is available at www.austincitylimits.com.

About Image Entertainment:

Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and over 200 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 300 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights and, through its subsidiary Egami Media, Inc., has digital download rights to more than 1,500 video programs and over 150 audio programs containing more than 2,000 tracks. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California, and has a domestic distribution facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Company's subsidiary Image Entertainment (UK) maintains a content acquisition office in London, England. For more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to www.image-entertainment.com.

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