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New Release: Best Of Warner Bros. Collections Due January 29   WARNER BROS. CELEBRATES ITS 90TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2013 WITH “BEST OF WARNER BROS.” COLLECTIONS Two New Documentaries Honoring the Studio to be Screened at Special Global Events Year-Long Celebration Includes 100 Film DVD Collection and 50 Film Blu-ray™ Collection, Largest Film Collection Released in Each Format by Any Studio to date Five New “Best of Warner Bros.” 20 Film DVD Box Sets also to be Released throughout Year   One of the most respected, diversified and successful motion picture studios in the world, Warner Bros. began when the eponymous brothers -- Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack -- incorporated on April 4, 1923. Four years later, the release of The Jazz Singer, the world’s first “talkie,” set a tone of innovation and influence that would forever become synonymous with the Warner Bros. brand. Soon to be 90, Warner Bros. continues to entertain the world with films passionately produced, selectively acquired, carefully preserved and impeccably curated for both the casual and ultimate movie lover to enjoy forever.   As a result of all the films the studio has produced, co-produced (with numerous partners), acquired and distributed, Warner Bros. now boasts the largest film library in the world – 6,800 feature films, with 2,000 films currently available on DVD and Blu-ray™. The library includes 22 Academy Award®*-winning Best Pictures (the most in Oscar® history), and leading franchises such as Harry Potter™, Batman™, Lord of the Rings™, The Matrix and Superman™.   Beginning in January, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group (WBHEG) will launch a major Anniversary initiative that will continue through year-end 2013. This includes the release of seven new collections, including two limited and numbered anniversary collections -- 100 films on DVD and 50 films on Blu-ray™, both the largest collections of films ever released, to date, in their respective formats. The year-long celebration will also include several stand-alone releases of new-to-format classics on Blu-ray™ for the first time, including The Jazz Singer,  all three James Dean films (East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Giant), Cabaret and Academy Award® Best Picture Winners Grand Hotel (1932), Mrs. Miniver (1943), and Driving Miss Daisy(1990).   Stated Jeff Baker, WHV’s Executive Vice President and General Manager, Theatrical Catalog, “As the recognized leader in theatrical library market share, we’re delighted to be celebrating our 90th with the largest, most compelling film collections in home entertainment history. We’ve put a lot of thought and care into the selection of these classics, and I think the results will be something movie fans -- from the casual to the dedicated – will embrace.”   Finally, WBHEG will have a year-long trade program supported by an online and social media campaign. The campaign is designed to celebrate the films representing The Best of Warner Bros, by artfully connecting with movie-lovers through the memories that mirror, resemble, or remind them of their favorite movies. The microsite www.bestofwb.com will serve as the central hub for all content and provide fans with a richer and more integrated experience.   The Collections The Best of Warner Bros. 100 Film DVD Collection*: 100 movies including all 22 of Warner Bros. library’s Best Picture ™ Winners and two new documentaries (details below) on 55 discs presented in book style premium packaging.   The Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-ray™ Collection* includes 50 movies and the two new documentaries on 52 discs, also presented in book style premium packaging. It will introduce several new-to-Blu-ray film titles, including Grand Hotel, Mrs. Miniver, and Driving Miss Daisy.   Both of the above are limited and numbered collections and each includes a collectible poster and series of art cards featuring movie poster designs created by legendary American graphic designer Bill Gold.   Gold, who worked with Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including Clint Eastwood, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Elia Kazan, and Ridley Scott, had this to say:     "My 65-year career began with Yankee Doodle Dandy and Casablanca and continued on to every Clint Eastwood picture from Dirty Harry to Mystic River (and I came out of retirement to design the poster for J. Edgar). In my wildest dreams I could not have foreseen the world I would inhabit and the joy it would bring me over the years. Every poster I worked on had a story to tell, and I'm delighted to be able to share a sampling of some of them in these collections."   The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film DVD Collections will be released throughout the year in five separate sets. Each features a gem-packed collection of 20 essential movie classics in five major genres: Best Pictures (January), Musicals (February), Romance (April), Comedy (July) and Thrillers (September).   The Best of Warner Bros. Animation Collections will be released throughout the year in three separate animation sets.  Each features animation at its best in three key brands Hanna-Barbera (May), Looney Tunes (June) and DC Comics (August).   The Best of Warner Bros. Superman TV Collection (May) features 9 essential Superman live action television and animated television shows in one collection.     Two New Documentaries to Celebrate Warner Bros. 90th Anniversary   Created specially for this anniversary, Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot is a full-length documentary that features some of Warner Bros.’ top talent and executives giving an inside look at the history of the studio. In on-the-lot interviews, stars including Clint Eastwood, Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Martin Sheen, along with current and former studio toppers Barry Meyer, Alan Horn, Bob Daly, and Terry Semel, and others, recount personal reflections and anecdotes about their experiences at the studio. Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot was produced by documentarian Gary Khammar (It’s So Audrey! A Style Icon) and producer Bill Gerber (Gran Torino).   Now, for the first time, home viewers can take the hugely popular Warner Bros Studio VIP Tour in this new documentary produced exclusively for the 90th Anniversary collections. In The Warner Bros. Lot Tour, an official WB Lot Tour Guide gives guests a “virtual” tram ride (of what some 200,000 annual visitors experience) -- an extraordinary opportunity to see first-hand where movie magic happens at the world’s busiest motion picture and television studio. Unlike a theme park, the Tour represents a rare and intimate “behind-the-scenes” look at real Hollywood, winding through back lot streets, sound stages, sets and craft shops.   Best of Warner Bros. 100 Film DVD Collection Street Date: 1/29/13 Order Date: 12/25/12 Catalog # 1000334080 Pricing: $597.92 SRP     Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-ray Collection Street Date: 1/29/13 Order Date: 12/25/12 Catalog # 1000334079 Pricing: $597.92 SRP       # # # The Best of Warner Bros. 100 Film DVD Collection Jazz Singer, The                                   1927 Broadway Melody of 1929*                      1929 Public Enemy, The                                1931 Cimarron (1931) *                                   1931 Grand Hotel*                                          1932 42nd Street                                           1933 Mutiny on the Bounty*                             1935 Night at the Opera, A                             1935 Great Ziegfeld, The*                               1936 Life of Emile Zola, The*                          1937 Adventures of Robin Hood, The               1938 Dark Victory                                          1939 Gone with The Wind*                              1939 Wizard of Oz                                         1939 Philadelphia Story, The                           1940 Maltese Falcon, The                               1941 Citizen Kane                                          1941 Mrs. Miniver*                                          1942 Casablanca*                                          1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy                            1942 Gaslight                                                1944 Anchors Aweigh                                     1944 Mildred Pierce                                        1945 Best Years of Our Lives*                        1946 Big Sleep, The                                       1946 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The           1948 American in Paris, An*                           1951 Streetcar Named Desire, A                     1951 Singin' in the Rain                                  1952 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers             1954 Star Is Born, A (1954)                            1954 East of Eden                                         1955 Rebel Without A Cause                          1955 Around the World in 80 Days*                 1956 Giant                                                    1956 Searchers, The                                      1956 Face in the Crowd, A                              1957 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof                             1958 Gigi*                                                     1958 Ben-Hur*                                               1959 North By Northwest                                1959 How the West Was Won                        1962 What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?      1962 Viva Las Vegas                                     1964 Doctor Zhivago                                      1965 Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?              1966 Cool Hand Luke                                     1967 Dirty Dozen, The                                    1967 2001: A Space Odyssey                         1968 Bullitt                                                    1968 Wild Bunch, The                                    1969 Dirty Harry                                             1971 Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory     1971 Cabaret                                                 1972 Clockwork Orange, A                             1972 Enter the Dragon                                    1973 Exorcist, The                                         1973 Blazing Saddles                                     1974 Dog Day Afternoon                                 1975 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest*         1975 All The President's Men                          1976 Superman, The Movie                             1977 Caddyshack                                          1980 Shining, The                                          1980 Clash of the Titans                                 1981 Chariots of Fire*                                     1981 National Lampoon's Vacation                  1983 Outsiders, The                                       1983 Right Stuff, The                                     1983 Risky Business                                     1983 Amadeus*                                             1984 Color Purple, The                                   1985 Goonies, The                                         1985 Full Metal Jacket                                   1987 Lethal Weapon                                      1987 Batman                                                 1989 Driving Miss Daisy*                                1989 Goodfellas                                             1990 Bodyguard, The                                     1992 Unforgiven*                                            1992 Fugitive, The                                         1993 Interview with the Vampire                       1994 Natural Born Killers (Director's Cut)          1994 Shawshank Redemption                         1994 Seven                                                   1995 L.A. Confidential                                    1997 Matrix, The                                            1999 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone      2001 Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring      2001 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers                      2002 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*           2003 Notebook, The                                      2004 Million Dollar Baby*                                2005 Departed, The*                                      2006 300                                                       2007 Dark Knight, The                                   2008 Blind Side, The                                      2009 Hangover, The                                       2009 Sherlock Holmes                                   2009 Inception                                               2010 Documentaries: Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot, Warner Bros. Lot Tour (2013)   *Best Picture Winners (22)       Best of Warner Bros. 50 Film Blu-ray™ Collection Grand Hotel*                                          1932 Mutiny on the Bounty*                             1935 Gone with The Wind*                              1939 Wizard of Oz                                         1939 Maltese Falcon, The                               1941 Citizen Kane                                          1941 Mrs. Miniver*                                          1942 Casablanca*                                          1942 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The           1948 American in Paris, An*                           1951 Streetcar Named Desire, A                     1951 Singin' in the Rain                                  1952 Gigi*                                                     1958 Ben-Hur*                                               1959 North By Northwest                                1959 How the West Was Won                        1962 Doctor Zhivago                                      1965 Cool Hand Luke                                     1967 2001: A Space Odyssey                         1968 Bullitt                                                    1968 Dirty Harry                                             1971 Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory     1971 Clockwork Orange, A                             1972 Exorcist, The                                         1973 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest*         1975 Superman, The Movie                             1977 Shining, The                                          1980 Chariots of Fire*                                     1981 Risky Business                                     1983 Amadeus*                                             1984 Color Purple, The                                   1985 Full Metal Jacket                                   1987 Lethal Weapon                                      1987 Driving Miss Daisy*                                1989 Goodfellas                                             1990 Bodyguard, The                                     1992 Unforgiven*                                            1992 Natural Born Killers (Director's Cut)          1994 Matrix, The                                            1999 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone      2001 Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring   2001 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers                     2002 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*         2003 Million Dollar Baby*                                2005 Departed, The*                                      2006 Dark Knight, The                                   2008 Blind Side, The                                      2009 Hangover, The                                       2009 Sherlock Holmes                                   2009 Inception                                               2010 Documentaries: Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot, Warner Bros. Lot Tour (2013) *Best Picture Winners (16)