The Hangover now top selling comedy DVD ever

The following press release was shared with us by a Warner Home Video PR rep.  The Hangover has now become the highest selling comedy DVD of all time – pretty impressive.  It is one of the finalists in the Movie Room Reviews 2009 DVD Awards for best comedy DVD as well.

The Hangover DVD Review

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Press Release about The Hangover

Burbank, CA, January 6, 2010 – Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ smash hit The Hangover has added another milestone to its record-breaking 2009 run. Since its release on Blu-ray and DVD on December 15th 2009 the film has become the #1 comedy of all time on the DVD charts with combined consumer and rental sales topping 8.6 million units with 1.5 million units coming from Blu-ray purchases. Strong sales are expected to continue bringing the six-month estimate to 9.5 million units.

“We are thrilled that The Hangover is enjoying the same level of success as it had on the big screen, having become the #1 comedy of all time on DVD. Working with a filmmaker as talented as Todd Phillips to bring this film to DVD—both for the fans who want to see it again and again, and for those who may not yet have seen it—has been a privilege,” said Ron Sanders, President of Warner Home Video.

The Hangover was the box office surprise hit of 2009, earning more than $467 million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time. Currently the film is nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for a Golden Globe in the category Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. It also received a Critics’ Choice Award nomination for Best Comedy, and was named one of the Top Ten films of the year by AFI.

The record-breaking performance of The Hangover was one of a number of milestones reached by Warner Home Video, which remains the market share leader in Total Video sales as well as the segment Total Blu-ray for 2009. Market share leader categories also include Theatrical Catalog Video, Family and Animation Catalog and TV on Video (DVD and BD combined).

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Green Hat Films Production of a Todd Phillips Movie, The Hangover, starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha and Jeffrey Tambor. The film is directed by Phillips from a screenplay by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore. Todd Phillips and Dan Goldberg produced, with Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, William Fay, Scott Budnick, Chris Bender and J.C. Spink serving as executive producers.

Warner Archives: The Gathering Preview

Warner Archives is the Warner Home Video response to consumer demand to get classic movies on DVD with advanced graphic technology and resolution.  Since starting the Archives section of Warner Brothers a few months ago, the company has added a huge number of great classics on DVD.  The Gathering was an award-winning feature length film originally aired on TV in 1977.  The Warner Archives: The Gathering released on DVD December 15th.

The Gathering Movie Synopsis

The Gathering (Disc 1, Newly Remastered)
For years, hard-driving businessman Adam Thornton neglected his family. Now, with a diagnosis of only weeks to live, Adam arranges a Christmas reunion – but not even the season of miracles can heal long-time emotional wounds. Edward Asner is Adam and Maureen Stapleton plays his estranged wife Kate in The Gathering, winner of the Emmy as Outstanding Special (1977-1978).

The Gathering Part II (Disc 2, Bonus Feature)
Two Christmases hence, Kate runs Thornton Industries and is wooed by a courtly financier (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) in The Gathering Part II. Kate’s children fear he’s more interested in the business than in Kate herself. Or has the season brought Kate the magic of romance? Stapleton and many The Gathering cast members return for another holiday tale aglow with life’s – and love’s – possibilities.

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Studio: Warner Bros.
Screen Aspect: 4 X 3 FULL FRAME
Run Time: 194 minutes
Packaging Type: Amaray Case
Genre: Drama

Coming Up on DVD: Something Something Something Darkside

Family Guy: Something Something Darkside comes to DVD and Blu-ray on December 29th.  The following contributed article previews what you can expect from the DVD release!

That’s right: it’s the intergalactic story of the Empire Strikes Back, as re-imagined by Peter Griffin and his motley crew!
The Griffin clan are off on yet another adventure in this latest new release DVD, and this time, they’re taking it to the next level – outer space.
Something Something Something DarkSide is the official sequel to Blue Harvest, the season six episode of Family Guy had Peter Griffin telling the Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope story to his family during a blackout.

Family Guy writer Kirker Butler confirms that the minds behind the hilarious animated sitcom are Star Wars fanatic, hence the frequent references.
“There are a few huge Star Wars nerds on staff:” [creator] Seth [MacFarlane], David Goodman, Alec Sulkin (who wrote Blue Harvest) and myself are easily the biggest,” he tells GalacticBinder.com.

“So, it was just a given that if Blue Harvest was successful, we’d do an Empire episode, and I just happened to be fortunate enough to get the gig. But because all of our shows are so collaborative I can in no way take full credit for the episode. That being said, all the good jokes are mine!”
He adds, “The Empire Strikes Back is by far my favorite movie ever, so to be able to have my name on this episode is without a doubt a career high.”

Naturally, the role of Darth Vader is filled by young Stewie, who spends every waking minute hunting the galaxy to find rebel Luke Skywalker (Chris) and his troops.

Luke, meanwhile, is safely hidden away on the ice planet Hoth, where he has a vision of his late mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Herbert). Obi-Wan tells him to go to the Dagobah system to learn the ways of the Force under Jedi Master Yoda (Carl), so Luke quickly heads in that direction – until he learns that his friends are in trouble.

Princess Leia (Lois) and Han Solo (Peter), who are taking a romantic shine to one another, have landed in the dangerous clutches of the Empire, forcing Luke to intervene. It all comes to a head in a climactic confrontation between the young Jedi and Darth Vader himself…

It almost seems that you need to be a Star Wars buff to even be considered for a job working with Seth MacFarlane, as Butler reveals, “Our animators are some of the best in the business, and most of them are also huge Star Wars fans, so their contributions have been invaluable. They deserve as much credit for the success of these shows as the writers do.”

MacFarlane also confirms that it’s not just the Star Wars trilogies that he adores.

He reunited the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation for a special ep in season seven. In this episode, Quahog hosts its annual Star Trek convention with cast members of The Next Generation as guests. Stewie is desperate to ask his favorite stars about the show, but when he’s unable to talk to them during the Q&A session, he builds a transporter to beam the cast to his bedroom so he can spend the day getting to know them.

“We’d also love to do the Indiana Jones series, at least the first three,” MacFarlane tells CraveOnline.com. “I guess Peter would be Indy. Lois would be Marion. And Stewie would be Short Round!”

It’s no wonder that Butler enjoys his job. When a hard day at the office involves kicking around ideas for future film parodies and working out how the squeeze in yet another controversial gag, it’s clear that the team behind Family Guy have plenty of fun making the show.

“We do have a really good time, but there’s always a lot of work to get done – that is, if you consider sitting around all day making each other laugh, work,” Butler says. “There’s not a lot of practical jokes but there is a lot of ball busting. Usually it’s pretty good-natured!

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