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WIDE SARGASSO SEA
Press Release

Available to buy on DVD  November 4, 2003
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward and Michael York
MPAA Rating: Contains R and NC-17 versions of the film
Total Running Time:  98 minutes (rated R version) / 99 minutes (NC-17 version)
DVD Order Date: October 6, 2003

“Sensual and Romantic. Two Thumbs Up.” - Siskel & Ebert

WIDE SARGASSO SEA ARRIVES ON DVD FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM NEW LINE HOME ENTERTAINMENT

DVD Contains R-Rated and NC-17 Versions of the Film

Los Angeles (August 25, 2003) New Line Home Entertainment today announced the release of the film Wide Sargasso Sea available for the first time on DVD. From the critically acclaimed novel by Jean Rhys comes a tale of erotic obsession set on a plantation in the lush Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Wide Sargasso Sea will be available on November 4 for $19.98. This film is currently available on VHS.

Sugar heiress Antoinette Cosway (Karina Lombard, The Firm) is an aristocratic, convent-schooled Creole who falls hard for repressed Englishman Edward Rochester (Nathaniel Parker, The Bodyguard). Her parents, Annette Cosway (Rachel Ward, Against All Odds, TVs “The Thorn Birds”) and Paul Mason (Michael York, Austin Powers in Goldmember) approve of their union, and of Edward’s pure Anglo bloodline, not realizing that he is, in fact, marrying their daughter for her dowry. Once they begin their life together, Edward becomes captivated by Antoinette’s untamed sensuality, and a mutual passion overtakes them.

The exotic beauty of the Caribbean masks many secrets of sensual pleasure and dark temptations, and when an obsessed Antoinette resorts to black magic to keep Edward from going astray, their world spirals into seduction, betrayal, and, ultimately, revenge.

The DVD 9 includes both the R-rated and NC-17 widescreen (1.85:1) versions of the film, 5.1 Surround Sound, DTS Surround Sound, Stereo Surround Sound, English subtitles, closed captions, animated menus and the original theatrical trailer, as well as trailers from other New Line Home Entertainment films.

Title Format SRP Cat. # ISBN # UPC #
Wide Sargasso Sea DVD $19.98 N6325 0-7806-4275-9 7 94043 63252 5
New Line Home Entertainment distributes New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features theatrical films on DVD and VHS, including the premium DVD brand infinifilm™. The Company also distributes feature films and non-theatrical programs acquired or produced by New Line Home Entertainment and New Line Television. Founded in 1967, New Line Cinema is the leading independent producer and distributor of theatrical films and licenses its programming to ancillary markets including cable and broadcast television as well as in all international markets. New Line Cinema is a unit of Time Warner.
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