From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment: Eye In The Sky

From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment: Eye In The Sky

HELEN MIRREN, AARON PAUL AND ALAN RICKMAN STAR IN A GRIPPING, INTELLIGENT MILITARY DRAMA

EYE IN THE SKY

"A TAUT NAIL-BITER" - Los Angeles Times

AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL HD ON JUNE 14, 2016 AND ON BLU-RAY(TM) AND DVD ON JUNE 28, 2016 FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., April 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The moral implications of modern warfare are confronted in Bleecker Street's powerful drama, Eye in the Sky, coming to Digital HD on June 14, 2016 and Blu-ray((TM)), DVD and On Demand on June 28, 2016, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Tackling an ethical dilemma in a thought-provoking suspenseful story, the gritty film stars Academy Award(®) Winner, Helen Mirren (Trumbo, The Queen), Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad," Need for Speed), Academy Award(®) Nominee Barkhad Abdi (Captain Philips), Iain Glen ("Game of Thrones," Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) and the late Alan Rickman (Die Hard,Harry Potter) in his final on-screen performance. Eye in the Sky "holds us in a vise and keeps squeezing" according to Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.

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Directed by Academy Award(®) Winner Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, Ender's Game) and written by Guy Hibbert ("Complicit," Five Minutes of Heaven), Eye in the Sky follows Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren), a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Using remote surveillance and on-the-ground intelligence, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from "capture" to "kill." But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year-old girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute, reaching the highest levels of American and British government, over the moral, political and personal implications of modern military operations.

BLU-RAY(TM), DVD AND DIGITAL HD BONUS FEATURES:


-- "Perspective" Featurette: Actress Helen Mirren, Director Gavin Hood, and
Producer Colin Firth explain how the film serves as a mechanism for
discussion on the moral conflict surrounding drone warfare.
-- "Morals" Featurette: There's more at stake than meets the eye. Actress
Helen Mirren, director Gavin Hood, and producer Colin Firth discuss the
moral and ethical questions raised in the film.
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FILMMAKERS:

Cast: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi, Iain Glen, Alan Rickman
Directed By: Gavin Hood
Screenplay Written By: Guy Hibbert
Produced By: Ged Doherty, Colin Firth, David Lancaster
Executive Produced By: Claudia Bluemhuber, Benedict Carver, Xavier Marchand
Director of Photography: Haris Zambarloukos
Production Designer: Johnny Breedt
Edited By: Megan Gill
Music By: Paul Hepker, Mark Kilian
Costumes By: Ruy Filipe

TECHNICAL INFORMATION BLU-RAY((TM)):

Street Date: June 28, 2016
Copyright: 2016 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 57177806
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: Rated R for some violent images and language.
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Subtitles
Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Run Time: 1 Hour, 42 Minutes

TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD:

Street Date: June 28, 2016
Copyright: 2016 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 57177802
Layers: Dual Layers
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: Rated R for some violent images and language.
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Subtitles
Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1
Run Time: 1 Hour, 42 Minutes

About Bleecker Street

Bleecker Street (bleeckerstreetmedia.com) is an independently financed U.S. film distribution company founded in 2014 by Andrew Karpen. The studio specializes in smart and inviting entertainment appealing to discerning audiences nationwide. The company's recent releases include the Academy Award-nominated TRUMBO, the Al Pacino dramedy, DANNY COLLINS, I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, starring Blythe Danner, and PAWN SACRIFICE, with Tobey Maguire.

About Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE- www.uphe.com) is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios. Universal Studios is a part of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks, and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

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Tess Bartlett

Publicity, UPHE
Tess.Bartlet@nbcuni.com

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