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The Odd Life of Timothy Green on Blu-ray and DVD 12-4-12

Burbank, Calif., October 10, in the year of our Lord 2012—Disney’s “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” one of the year’s most uplifting and enchanting family films, springs up on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD, High Definition Digital and On-Demand platforms on December 4, 2012. It’s the perfect, must-own family-film for audiences of all ages to enjoy and snuggle up to this coming Christmas season.

From Academy Award-nominated writer/director Peter Hedges, and starring Golden Globe® winner Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Oscar® winner Dianne Wiest and CJ Adams as Timothy Green, comes this highly imaginative story about a happily married couple who can’t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. Then one stormy night young Timothy shows up on their doorstep. Soon they and the small town in which they live learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life’s greatest gifts. The story is written by Ahmet Zappa.

“The Odd Life of Timothy Green” Blu-ray Combo Pack provides viewers with the chance to delve deeper into this captivating movie experience through never-before-seen bonus features, including the documentary “Family Roots: Bringing ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’ to the Screen,” which looks at this unique family story and the creative team that brought it to life; “Glen Hansard: Behind ‘This Gift” - the Academy Award® winning songwriter tells how he and Marketa Irglova crafted the moving end-credits song; “This Gift” Music Video by Glen Hansard; Five all-new deleted scenes; and a director audio-commentary.

“The Odd Life of Timothy Green” will be available to own and for in-home viewing and will contain the following bonus features:

DISC SPECIFICATIONS:

Street Date: December 4, 2012

Direct Prebook: October 9, 2012

Distributor Prebook: October 23, 2012

Release Formats & Suggested 2-Disc Combo Pack = $39.99 U.S./$46.99 Canada

Retail Price: 1-Disc DVD = $29.99 U.S./$35.99 Canada

HD Digital & On-Demand = please check with your local provider or favorite digital retailer for pricing

Feature Run Time: Approximately 100 minutes

Ratings: U.S.: PG / Canada: PG (Bonus material not rated)

Aspect Ratio: Blu-ray: 1.85:1 / DVD: 1.85:1

Audio: Blu-ray: 7.1 DTS-HD / DVD: 5.1 Dolby Digital

Languages & Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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About the Cast and Filmmakers:

“The Odd Life of Timothy Green” stars Golden Globe® winner Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Academy Award® winner Dianne Wiest and CJ Adams. Rounding out the cast are Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, M. Emmet Walsh, Odeya Rush, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lois Smith, with David Morse and Common.

Writer/director Peter Hedges adapted his first novel “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” into the film starring Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis. Since then, Hedges has written and directed two of his own films, “Pieces of April,” starring Katie Holmes, and “Dan in Real Life,” starring Steve Carell. His adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel “About a Boy” was nominated for Best Screenplay Academy Award® in 2002. The producers are Emmy® and Tony Award®–winner Scott Sanders, Ahmet Zappa and Jim Whitaker. Executive producers are John Cameron and Mara Jacobs. Peter Hedges penned the screenplay from a story by Ahmet Zappa.

The production team also includes double Academy Award®–winning cinematographer John Toll, production designer Wynn Thomas, costume designer Susie DeSanto and Academy Award®–nominated editor Andrew Mondshein.

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