Lions Gate Home Entertainment and THINKfilm Ink United States Home Video Distribution Deal

Lions Gate Home Entertainment and THINKfilm Ink United States Home Video Distribution Deal

Three Year Deal Covering All Theatrical Releases and Select D-T-V Titles Begins This September With Academy-Award(R) Winning BORN INTO BROTHELS

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, SANTA MONICA, Calif., and TORONTO, July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lions Gate Home Entertainment (LGHE), a division of Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF) Toronto, has inked a home video distribution deal with Toronto-based independent studio THINKFilm. Under the terms of the deal, LGHE will represent all of THINKFilm's theatrical releases for distribution to mass merchant accounts in the U.S. home video market. THINKFilm will continue to distribute to other direct accounts. The first title in the deal is the Academy-Award(R) winning BORN INTO BROTHELS, winner of the 77th annual Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, set for release on September 20. In addition LGHE will distribute a number of direct-to-video titles in all of the US home video market. Lions Gate Entertainment President Steve Beeks and THINKFilm President & CEO Jeff Sackman made the announcement.

The three-year deal comes as LGHE continues to enhance its vast library in all genres. The fastest-growing studio in the industry, Lions Gate will add the THINKFilm titles to its already impressive video release schedule of theatrical motion pictures. With this deal, the Company will now be presenting up to 30 theatrical pictures to the video market each year. The deal also bodes well for THINKFilm which has acquired and successfully marketed some of the most interesting and popular independent feature film and documentaries in recent years.

In addition to BORN INTO BROTHELS, LGHE will also be releasing two critically-acclaimed, award-winning documentaries, THE ARISTOCRATS and MURDERBALL, in the fourth quarter. Featuring a who's who of the best comedians in the world, THE ARISTOCRATS was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival this past January. MURDERBALL was a standout on the Festival circuit, earning the Audience and Special Jury Prizes for Best Documentary at Sundance, the Audience and Jury Awards at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival.

"Partnering with a visionary company like THINKFilm gives us access to some of the highest quality movies in the independent film world. The opportunity to work with THINKFilm's Jeff Sackman, who has an incredible reputation in the independent film business, is like welcoming him home," said Beeks. "This deal reflects our continued commitment to the independent film marketplace as titles like BORN INTO BROTHELS, THE ARISTOCRATS and MURDERBALL will further enhance our reputation for delivering original, daring, quality entertainment."

"We are extremely pleased to be working in partnership with Lions Gate Home Entertainment to bring our unique and compelling award-winning films to an even wider U.S. audience," said Sackman. "We've been looking for a more efficient way to service the U.S. mass merchants and have found that in Steve Beeks and Lions Gate, one of the most powerful forces in home entertainment distribution."

ABOUT LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT

Lions Gate is the premier independent producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content. Its prestigious and prolific library is one of the largest in the entertainment industry. The Lions Gate brand name is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

ABOUT THINKFILM:

Privately owned and based in Toronto, THINKFilm was founded in September 2001 by President/CEO Jeff Sackman. THINKFilm represents the new face of independent film, distributing high-quality, award-winning independent films to the home entertainment marketplace. THINKFilm's most recent releases GAME OVER: KASPAROV AND THE MACHINE, OVERNIGHT and MONDOVINO will soon be followed by KONTROLL, DALLAS 362 and the highly anticipated MURDERBALL. More information about THINKFilm can be found online at www.thinkfilmcompany.com.

For further information contact:

FOR LIONS GATE Sarah Greenberg / Jodie Magid Lions Gate Entertainment 310.255.3856 / 212.386.6885 sgreenberg@lgecorp.com / jmagid@lgecorp.com

For corporate inquiries: Peter Wilkes Lions Gate Entertainment pwilkes@lgecorp.com 310-255-3726

FOR THINKFILM Amanda Dwyer (416) 488-0037 Ext. 242 adwyer@thinkfilmcompany.com

Alan Amman mPRm Public Relations 323-933-3399 aamman@mprm.com

Source: Lions Gate Home Entertainment

CONTACT: Sarah Greenberg, +1-310-255-3856, sgreenberg@lgecorp.com, or Jodie Magid, +1-212-386-6885, jmagid@lgecorp.com, or Corporate inquiries, Peter Wilkes, +1-310-255-3726, pwilkes@lgecorp.com, all of Lions Gate Entertainment; or Amanda Dwyer of THINKfilm, +1-416-488-0037, ext. 242, adwyer@thinkfilmcompany.com; or Alan Amman of mPRm Public Relations, +1-323-933-3399, aamman@mprm.com, for THINKfilm

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