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Thursday, March 24, 2011

A Wave of MGM Releases Are Coming to Blu-ray This March!

On March 29th, MGM Home Entertainment will release eight MGM classics on Blu-ray for the first time ever!! Titles include All Dogs Go To Heaven, All Dogs Go To Heaven 2, Material Girls, Picture This, The Secret of NIMH, Teen Wolf, The Greatest Story Ever Told, and Legally Blonde 2.  For a brief breakdown of each movie, please read the release below:






MGM March Blu-ray Classics Several MGM Classics Make Their Debut on Blu-ray March 29, 2011

ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN FAST FACTS:
Street Date:                                    March 29, 2011
Rating:                                                      NR
Total Run Time:                                    88 minutes
ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN SYNOPSES:
Set in 1939 New Orleans, this colorful, song-filled story centers on Charles B. Barkin, a roguish German Shepherd with the charm of a con man and the heart of a marshmallow. Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, a cigar-chomping pit bull known as Carface, Charlie finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals leads this unlikely pair on an adventure packed with thrills, laughs, tears and true love.

ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN 2 FAST FACTS:
Street Date:                                    March 29, 2011
Rating:                                                      G
Total Run Time:                                    86 minutes
ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN 2 SYNOPSES:
Get ready for plenty of thrills and excitement as everyone’s favorite pups unleash their charm in this lively tale of courage, love and friendship that is captivating entertainment and dog gone good fun for all! All dogs do go to heaven…and some lucky few return to earth. That’s what happens when mischievous mutt Charlie Barkin (Charlie Sheen) is asked to retrieve Gabriel’s horn when it is stolen from heaven. Seeing his chance to have some fun, Charlie recruits his sidekick Itchy (Dom DeLuise) and happily steps up to the challenge. Immediately, the two get side tracked into trouble…until a sweet young runaway boy and a beautiful Irish setter (Sheena Easton) set them straight. But time is running out, and if Charlie is going to secure the valuable horn, he will have to prove himself worthy of his wings by taking on two incredible villains in a hair-raising, breathtaking race to the finish!

MATERIAL GIRLS FAST FACTS:
Street Date:                                    March 29, 2011
Rating:                                                      PG
Total Run Time:                                    98 minutes
MATERIAL GIRLS SYNOPSES:
Sisters Tanzie and Ava (Hilary and Haylie Duff) have it all — designer clothes to wear, hunky guys to date and millions of dollars to spend. Their life has been one big party since inheriting their dadÄ’s cosmetics company… but the party ends when a product scandal leaves the celebutantes without a penny to their name. It’s a hilarious riches-to-rags tale as the girls go from maximum fun to minimum wage. Co-starring Anjelica Huston and Lukas Haas, MATERIAL GIRLS proves that laughter is always in fashion.

PICTURE THIS FAST FACTS:
Street Date:                                    March 29, 2011
Rating:                                                      PG-13
Total Run Time:                                    92 minutes
PICTURE THIS SYNOPSES:
Mandy has just been invited to the biggest party of the year by the most popular boy in school, but there’s one problem — she’s grounded! When her father agrees to let her go study with friends, he insists on checking in every half hour via video cell phone. Trapped by technology, Mandy and her “cell” mates need a little ingenuity — and a lot of imagination — to make it to the party without exposing the plan to Dad’s prying eyes!

THE SECRET OF NIMH FAST FACTS:
Street Date:                                    March 29, 2011
Rating:                                                      G
Total Run Time:                                    82 minutes
THE SECRET OF NIMH SYNOPSES:
Get ready to meet some runaway rodents with an earth-shattering secret! Suspenseful and heartwarming, this beautifully animated odyssey stars Mrs. Brisby, a mild-mannered mother mouse with a plan to move Heaven and Earth (or at least her house and home) to save her family from Farmer Fitzgibbon’s plow! Along the way she gets some help from a lovelorn Crow, a busybody neighbor mouse and a fearsome Great Owl. Unfortunately, Mrs. Brisby will need an engineering miracle to hoist her home, and for that she must face a mysterious rat, fend off a ferocious cat and claim a magic amulet! But when Mrs. Brisby discovers the astounding secret of NIMH…it could change her life forever! This timeless tale of love, courage and determination will transport the whole family into an enchanting world where the bravest hearts live in the meekest of mice.

TEEN WOLF FAST FACTS:
Street Date:                                    March 29, 2011
Rating:                                                      PG
Total Run Time:                                    92 minutes
TEEN WOLF SYNOPSES:
What’s a high school kid got to do to be popular? Just let down his hair and howl! Starring Michael J. Fox (Back to the Future), Teen Wolf is an outrageous comedy about a shy teenager with more than a changing voice to contend with…he’s a budding young werewolf! And when his newfound powers help him score at basketball — and with the popular girls — he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD FAST FACTS:
Street Date:                                    March 29, 2011
Rating:                                                      G
Total Run Time:                                    199 minutes
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD SYNOPSES:
“A magnificent film” (New York Daily News), this glorious epic is an inspiring, grand-scale recreation of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, from His humble birth and teachings to his crucifixion and ultimate Resurrection. Lavishly produced at a cost of $20 million — an enormous amount for the time — and honored with five 1965 Academy Award® Nominations, this exceptional motion picture is exquisitely beautiful. Now presented in its original theatrical brilliance with intermission and overture, it is truly The Greatest Story Ever Told.

LEGALLY BLONDE 2 FAST FACTS:
Street Date:                                    March 29, 2011
Rating:                                                      PG-13
Total Run Time:                                    95 minutes
LEGALLY BLOND 2 SYNOPSES:
When Elle (Reese Witherspoon) discovers that her lovable chihuahua Bruiser’s mom is locked in a cruel animal testing facility, she heads to D.C. to fight for animal rights, give Washington a makeover and prove once and for all that America really is the land of the free… and the home of the blonde!
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