“The Town” Ultimate Collector’s Edition March 6 From Warner Home Video
(November 29, 2011 – Burbank, CA) – “The Town,” Ben Affleck’s riveting drama about a Boston bank robbery, gets a brand new ending for its March 6 debut as an Ultimate Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray Disc and DVD from Warner Home Video. Taking a page out of the theatrical release, which had its Boston premiere at Fenway Park, Warner will reveal the new ending at a one-time only special theatrical showing in Boston prior to the March 6 release.
“The Town,” which will be offered as a Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack with UltraViolet Digital Copy*, takes you deep behind the scenes, and onto the streets and into the gritty history of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Added insights from director, writer and actor Ben Affleck will be contained in an all new feature length documentary that details his personal journey with the film, and with a never-before-seen alternate ending. Additional extras include a personal filmmaking journal with photos and notes, a detailed map of Charlestown, memorabilia from the set, and a personal letter from Affleck. Also included are film prop reproductions such as mug shots, employee files and FBI report.
Academy Award winner Ben Affleck (“Good Will Hunting”) directs and stars in “The Town,” which also features performances from Rebecca Hall (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”), Jon Hamm (TV’s “Mad Men”), Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker”), Blake Lively (“Green Lantern”), Titus Welliver (“Gone Baby Gone”), Oscar nominee Pete Postlethwaite (“In the Name of the Father”) and Academy Award winner Chris Cooper (“Adaptation”). This critically acclaimed dramatic thriller is about robbers and cops, friendship and betrayal, love and hope and escaping a past that has no future. “The Town Ultimate Collector’s Edition” will be available as a three-disc Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack, selling for $49.99 SRP can be found at Best Buy and Amazon or wherever DVD’s are sold. Order due date is January 31, 2012.
Synopsis:
There are over 300 bank robberies in Boston every year. And a one-square-mile neighborhood in Boston, called Charlestown, has produced more bank and armored car robbers than anywhere in the U.S.
One of them is Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck), but he is not cut from the same cloth as his fellow thieves. Unlike them, Doug had a chance at success, a chance to escape following in his father's criminal footsteps. Instead he became the leader of a crew of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves on taking what they want and getting out clean. The only family Doug has are his partners in crime, especially Jem (Jeremy Renner), who, despite his dangerous, hair-trigger temper, is the closest thing Doug ever had to a brother.
However, everything changed on the gang's last job when Jem briefly took a hostage: bank manager Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). When they discover she lives in Charlestown, Jem gets nervous and wants to check out what she might have seen. Knowing what Jem is capable of, Doug takes charge. He seeks out Claire, who has no idea that their encounter is not by chance or that this charming stranger is one of the men who terrorized her only days before.
As his relationship with Claire deepens into a passionate romance, Doug wants out of this life and the town. But with the Feds, led by Agent Frawley (Jon Hamm), closing in and Jem questioning his loyalty, Doug realizes that getting out will not be easy and, worse, may put Claire in the line of fire. Any choices he once had have boiled down to one: betray his friends or lose the woman he loves.
Go To Town With Special Features And Collectibles:
“The Town Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Combo Pack” contains both the Theatrical Version of the film and Extended Cut with Alternate Ending, as well as the following special features:###
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• “The Town: A Director’s Journey”: All new 30 minute documentary featuring director Ben Affleck
• Director commentary on the Theatrical Version, Extended Cut and Extended Cut with Alternate Ending
• “Pulling Off the Perfect Heist”
• “The Town”
• “Nuns with Guns”: Filming in the North End
• “The Real People of The Town”
• “Ben Affleck: Actor and Director”
• “The Cathedral of Boston”
• Theatrical Trailer
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• Personal letter from Ben Affleck
• 48-page filmmaking photo book with behind the scenes photos, filmmaking and script notes
• Poster-size map of Charlestown with details on crime scenes from the film
• Film prop reproductions:
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• Rub-on Tattoo sheet with the tattoo from Jem’s neck
• Desmond Elden’s Vericom Employee File that the FBI obtained after the first robbery
• Four mug shot cards (from the FBI office)
• 15-page FBI report (as held by FBI Special Agent Adam Frawley in the film)