FROZEN RIVER on DVD on FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Culver City, CA (November 24, 2008) – The winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; Frozen River will be released on DVD on February 10, 2009, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Written and directed by Courtney Hunt and starring Melissa Leo (TV’s Homicide:  Life on the Streets, 21 Grams), this Sony Pictures Classics film will be available for an SLP of $28.96.  Special features will include a commentary with Writer and Director Courtney Hunt and Producer Heather Rae.

Frozen River, which features “a superb performance by Melissa Leo” (David Ansen, Newsweek), has been nominated for two Gotham Independent Film Awards (Best Feature and Best Breakthrough Actor, Melissa Leo) and has won the Audience Award for Best Picture at the Provincetown Film Festival. The film also was chosen as the Opening Night Selection at MOMA’s 2008 New Directors/New Films series and won the Lena Sharpe Audience Award for Best Female Director at the Seattle Film Festival

Synopsis

Life in Massena is as harsh and barren as the frigid landscape.  In this bleak terrain, two hardened single mothers are trying to make a life for their children.  Lila is a widowed Mohawk whose mother-in-law “stole” her newborn son a year ago.  Ray is a mother of two whose gambling-addicted husband just left town with the down payment for their new trailer home.  Faced with little opportunity to make ends meet, Ray and Lila embark on an illegal venture transporting immigrants into the U.S. across Mohawk territory.  With the money for the down payment within Ray’s grasp, the women are determined to make one last run.  When circumstances spiral out of control, the two women must make life or death decisions based on their friendship and love for their children.

DVD BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:

* Commentary with Writer and Director Courtney Hunt and Producer Heather Rae

Frozen River was written and directed by Courtney Hunt, produced by Heather Rae and Chip Hourihan.  The film stars Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott and Mark Boone Junior.

FROZEN RIVER DVD
DVD Catalog #:

27180

DVD UPC Code:

0-43396-27180-7

DVD Order Date:

12/25/08

DVD SLP:
$28.96
Running Time
97 minutes
Rating
R for some language