“Doctor Zhivago,” “Casablanca” And Other Distinguished Movies To Be Offered For The First Time In High Definition VOD As Part Of Warner Bros. Entertainment’s 85th Anniversary Celebration On Demand
(August 14, 2008 – Burbank, CA) – Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) is celebrating Warner Bros. Entertainment’s 85th Anniversary with the Video on Demand (VOD) release of 85 time-honored classic films, many of which will be available for the first time in high definition on VOD. Starting today, titles such as “Superman: The Movie,” “Casablanca” and “Full Metal Jacket” will be available via VOD from Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox Cable, Charter Communications and Rogers Cable (Canada) as well as satellite providers DirecTV and DISH Network. In addition, Time Warner Cable will celebrate the Studio’s anniversary by holding special outdoor screenings of “Casablanca,” “Superman: The Movie” and other Warner Bros. Pictures releases in New York and Los Angeles.
The movies included in this special VOD anniversary promotion are among the most distinguished films ever to grace the silver screen. Stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino and many others are now only a remote click away in rich, high definition quality. WBDD is proud to present the following titles:
Key:
(none) – Title offered in standard definition
* - Title offered for the first time in high definition VOD
** - Title offered in high definition VOD • “Absolute Power” *
• “All the President's Men” *
• “An American in Paris” *
• “Analyze This” *
• “Any Given Sunday” *
• “Arthur” *
• “Beetlejuice” *
• “Ben Hur” *
• “Blade Runner” **
• “Blazing Saddles” **
• “Blood Work” *
• “Bonnie and Clyde” **
• “Casablanca” *
• “Chariots of Fire” *
• “A Clockwork Orange” **
• “Collateral Damage” *
• “Constantine” *
• “Cool Hand Luke” *
• “Deliverance” **
• “Devil's Advocate” *
• “Dial M for Murder” *
• “Dirty Harry” **
• “Doctor Zhivago” *
• “Dog Day Afternoon” **
• “Enter the Dragon” **
• “Eraser”
• “The Exorcist” **
• “Fear dot com” *
• “The Fugitive” * *
• “Full Metal Jacket” **
• “Goodfellas” **
• “Green Mile” **
• “Grumpy Old Men”
• “Horror of Dracula”
• “I Confess” *
• “Interview with the Vampire” *
• “The Killing Fields” *
• “Last Samurai” **
• “Lethal Weapon”
• “Lethal Weapon 2” **
• “Lethal Weapon 3” *
• “Lethal Weapon 4” *
• “Little Shop of Horrors” *
• “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” *
• “Maltese Falcon” *
• “Mars Attacks!” *
• “Matrix Reloaded” **
• “Matrix Revisited” (not theatrically released)
• “Matrix Revolutions” **
• “Million Dollar Baby” **
• “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (1941)*
• “Natural Born Killers” **
• “Ocean's Eleven” (1960) *
• “Ocean's Eleven” (2001) **
• “Ocean's Twelve” **
• “Once Upon a Time in America” *
• “Pale Rider” **
• “Pee-Wee's Big Adventure” *
• “The Philadelphia Story” *
• “Presumed Innocent” *
• “The Road Warrior” **
• “Rebel without a Cause” *
• “The Right Stuff” *
• “Risky Business” *
• “The Shawshank Redemption” *
• “The Shining” **
• “Singin' in the Rain” *
• “Space Jam” *
• “Spies Like Us”
• “Stage Fright” *
• “Strangers on a Train” *
• “Streetcar Named Desire” *
• “Superman II” **
• “Superman III” *
• “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace”
• “Superman: The Movie” **
• “Suspicion” *
• “Three Kings” *
• “Training Day” **
• “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” *
• “Troy” **
• “Twilight Zone: The Movie” **
• “Under Siege” **
• “Unforgiven” **
• “The Wrong Man” * (Note: Some titles may not be offered on all cable and satellite systems and high definition is subject to availability. Please consult your programming guide or contact your provider for details). Outdoor Screenings Movie fans will be able to enjoy “stars under the stars” as Time Warner Cable presents a series of free, public indoor and outdoor screenings featuring classic Warner Bros. Pictures titles. The films being shown include classics such as “Superman: The Movie,” “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” and “Casablanca.” The Time Warner Cable outdoor screening schedule is: Friday, August 15 – “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory”
New York - Chelsea Piers (West Side Highway) - Hudson River Trust (outdoor) 6:30 pm – Gates open
8:30 pm – Movie begins Monday, August 18 – “Superman: The Movie”
New York – Bryant Park (6th Ave. and 42nd St.) (outdoor) 5:00 pm – Lawn opens
8:30 pm – Movie begins Friday, September 5 – “Casablanca” (outdoor)
Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, Calif. 6:00 pm – Gates open
8:00 pm – Movie begins Friday, September 5 – “Looney Toons: Back in Action”
Staten Island, NY – Historic Richmond Town (441 Clarke Ave.) 7:00 pm – Gates open
8:00 pm – Movie begins Additional details can be found at www.twoondemand.com. About Warner Bros. Digital Distribution Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) was founded in October 2005 to manage Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group’s electronic distribution streams over existing, new and emerging digital platforms, including pay-per-view, electronic sell-through, transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand, wireless and more. WBDD also oversees the WBHEG’s worldwide digital strategy, partnerships in digital services and emerging new clients and business activities in the digital space. About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment/videogames, direct-to-DVD production, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of content through DVD, electronic sell-through and transactional VOD, and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels, and is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party videogame titles.# # #
* - Title offered for the first time in high definition VOD
** - Title offered in high definition VOD • “Absolute Power” *
• “All the President's Men” *
• “An American in Paris” *
• “Analyze This” *
• “Any Given Sunday” *
• “Arthur” *
• “Beetlejuice” *
• “Ben Hur” *
• “Blade Runner” **
• “Blazing Saddles” **
• “Blood Work” *
• “Bonnie and Clyde” **
• “Casablanca” *
• “Chariots of Fire” *
• “A Clockwork Orange” **
• “Collateral Damage” *
• “Constantine” *
• “Cool Hand Luke” *
• “Deliverance” **
• “Devil's Advocate” *
• “Dial M for Murder” *
• “Dirty Harry” **
• “Doctor Zhivago” *
• “Dog Day Afternoon” **
• “Enter the Dragon” **
• “Eraser”
• “The Exorcist” **
• “Fear dot com” *
• “The Fugitive” * *
• “Full Metal Jacket” **
• “Goodfellas” **
• “Green Mile” **
• “Grumpy Old Men”
• “Horror of Dracula”
• “I Confess” *
• “Interview with the Vampire” *
• “The Killing Fields” *
• “Last Samurai” **
• “Lethal Weapon”
• “Lethal Weapon 2” **
• “Lethal Weapon 3” *
• “Lethal Weapon 4” *
• “Little Shop of Horrors” *
• “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” *
• “Maltese Falcon” *
• “Mars Attacks!” *
• “Matrix Reloaded” **
• “Matrix Revisited” (not theatrically released)
• “Matrix Revolutions” **
• “Million Dollar Baby” **
• “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (1941)*
• “Natural Born Killers” **
• “Ocean's Eleven” (1960) *
• “Ocean's Eleven” (2001) **
• “Ocean's Twelve” **
• “Once Upon a Time in America” *
• “Pale Rider” **
• “Pee-Wee's Big Adventure” *
• “The Philadelphia Story” *
• “Presumed Innocent” *
• “The Road Warrior” **
• “Rebel without a Cause” *
• “The Right Stuff” *
• “Risky Business” *
• “The Shawshank Redemption” *
• “The Shining” **
• “Singin' in the Rain” *
• “Space Jam” *
• “Spies Like Us”
• “Stage Fright” *
• “Strangers on a Train” *
• “Streetcar Named Desire” *
• “Superman II” **
• “Superman III” *
• “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace”
• “Superman: The Movie” **
• “Suspicion” *
• “Three Kings” *
• “Training Day” **
• “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” *
• “Troy” **
• “Twilight Zone: The Movie” **
• “Under Siege” **
• “Unforgiven” **
• “The Wrong Man” * (Note: Some titles may not be offered on all cable and satellite systems and high definition is subject to availability. Please consult your programming guide or contact your provider for details). Outdoor Screenings Movie fans will be able to enjoy “stars under the stars” as Time Warner Cable presents a series of free, public indoor and outdoor screenings featuring classic Warner Bros. Pictures titles. The films being shown include classics such as “Superman: The Movie,” “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” and “Casablanca.” The Time Warner Cable outdoor screening schedule is: Friday, August 15 – “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory”
New York - Chelsea Piers (West Side Highway) - Hudson River Trust (outdoor) 6:30 pm – Gates open
8:30 pm – Movie begins Monday, August 18 – “Superman: The Movie”
New York – Bryant Park (6th Ave. and 42nd St.) (outdoor) 5:00 pm – Lawn opens
8:30 pm – Movie begins Friday, September 5 – “Casablanca” (outdoor)
Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, Calif. 6:00 pm – Gates open
8:00 pm – Movie begins Friday, September 5 – “Looney Toons: Back in Action”
Staten Island, NY – Historic Richmond Town (441 Clarke Ave.) 7:00 pm – Gates open
8:00 pm – Movie begins Additional details can be found at www.twoondemand.com. About Warner Bros. Digital Distribution Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) was founded in October 2005 to manage Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group’s electronic distribution streams over existing, new and emerging digital platforms, including pay-per-view, electronic sell-through, transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand, wireless and more. WBDD also oversees the WBHEG’s worldwide digital strategy, partnerships in digital services and emerging new clients and business activities in the digital space. About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment/videogames, direct-to-DVD production, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of content through DVD, electronic sell-through and transactional VOD, and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels, and is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party videogame titles.