PRESS RELEASE
HART SHARP VIDEO TO RELEASE NEW ROBERTO BENIGNI FILM
THE TIGER AND THE SNOW
A Worldwide Theatrical Release by Academy Award ® Winner Roberto Benigni,
Writer, Director, and Star of Life is Beautiful
New York, NY, April 2, 2007 - This spring, experience romance as Hart Sharp Video releases Academy Award ® Winner Roberto Benigni's film - The Tiger and the Snow to DVD. Destined to make you smile, The Tiger and the Snowwill be available to retail nationwide on May 8, 2007 for the suggested retail price of $24.98. Bonus features on The Tiger and the Snow include interviews with Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi, a making of..."featurette" and deleted scenes. The prebook date is April 10, 2007.
SYNOPSIS: Continuing to show his amazing ability to mix comedy with drama, Benigni's The Tiger and the Snow is about a Roman poet and lecturer named Attilio (Benigni) who feels compelled to head to Baghdad when he discovers that the woman he loves, Vittoria (Nicoletta Braschi) has been seriously injured during a bomb explosion. Moving heaven and earth, he manages to get to Iraq , and through a combination of luck and pig-headedness, and inspired by his passionate love of Vittoria , finds the hospital where she has been taken. Given that there is nothing immediately available to help her, Attilio goes off into the city in search of the drug that can save her life. With a brilliant script, wonderful score, and an unavoidable message of hope, The Tiger and the Snow comes highly recommended for people looking for a story with plenty of romanticism and hearty laughs. Due just in time for spring, The Tiger and the Snow will hit stores May 8, 2007 for a suggested retail price of $24.98 (DVD).
The romantic comedy feature film The Tiger and the Snow stars Academy Award © winner Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful, Pinocchio ), Jean Reno (The DaVinci Code, Ronin, Mission Impossible), Nicoletta Braschi (Son of the Pink Panther, Life is Beautiful) and features an original song and special guest appearance by singer/songwriter Tom Waits.
ABOUT HART SHARP VIDEO: Hart Sharp Video was founded in 2003 by Joe Amodei to develop, acquire, market and distribute DVD product in the theatrical feature film, documentaries, special interest and sports categories. Hart Sharp Video has built partnerships with E! Entertainment Television, Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, ESPN, MLB Productions, Bombo Sports and Entertainment, NESN and other high profile entertainment brands since their inception. Some recent releases include Conversations With Other Women , starring Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bohnam Carter; Brooklyn Lobster , starring Danny Aiello and Jane Curtin; Patriot Act, a Jeffrey Ross Home Movie featuring Drew Carey; and Down to the Bone featuring Vera Farmiga .
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