Matthew Mcconaughey Is on Fire in KILLER JOE, Fierce and Ferociously Funny

“Matthew McConaughey is on fire in KILLER JOE, fierce and ferociously funny.”

– Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

“Expertly directed, flawlessly cast and written with merciless black humor.”

– Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

A totally TWISTED, DEEP-FRIED TEXAS REDNECK TRAILER PARK MURDER STORY

Matthew McConaughey Stars In Critically Acclaimed Black Comedy Thriller Arriving On Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Video On Demand and Pay-Per-View December 21

From Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Early Digital Download Window Begins December 14

LOS ANGELES, CA October 16, 2012 – Academy Award®-winning director William Friedkin (The French Connection, 1971) and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) take a trip into a Texas trailer park underworld in Killer Joe, arriving on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Video On Demand and Pay-Per-View on Friday, December 21 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Killer Joe will also be available on EST December 14, one week prior to the Blu-ray, DVD and Video On Demand release. This twisted and darkly humorous story of Detective “Killer” Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) has electrified audiences with its audacious spirit for deep-fried noir.

Featuring a critically acclaimed performance from McConaughey, Killer Joe’s all-star cast also includes Emile Hirsch (Into The Wild), Juno Temple (The Dark Knight Rises), Gina Gershon (The Insider) and Thomas Haden Church (Sideways). An official selection of the Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival, Killer Joe was also a Time Out New York critic’s pick. The film was released theatrically through LD Entertainment.

The Unrated Director’s Cut of the film will be available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. There will also be an R-rated DVD version. The Blu-ray and DVD bonus materials will include a behind-the-scenes featurette plus the Director intro and Cast Q&A from SXSW. The Unrated Director’s Cut will also feature an audio commentary with Director William Friedkin. The Killer Joe Blu-ray Disc and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.

Killer Joe Cooper (McConaughey) is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hit man with the charm of a southern gentleman. Chris (Hirsch) hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. Unable to pay for the service upfront Joe takes Chris’ sister Dottie (Temple) as a retainer until he can be paid.

BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*

· “Southern Fried Hospitality: From Stage to Screen” featurette

· SXSW Q&A with Cast

· SXSW Intro by William Friedkin

· Red Band Theatrical Trailer

· Audio Commentary with Director William Friedkin (Unrated Version Only)

*Subject to change

*** For artwork, please visit www.lionsgatepublicity.com ***

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Year of Production: 2011

Type: Theatrical Release

Ratings: R for strong and disturbing violence, sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use and language; Unrated – the unrated version contains material different from the R-rated version.

Genre: Dark Comedy; Thriller; Crime

Blu-ray Closed Captioned: English SDH

DVD Closed Captioned: English

Subtitles: English and Spanish

Blu-ray Format: 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen (2.40:1)

DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen (2.40:1)

Feature Running Time: Unrated Director’s Cut - 102 minutes

R-rated Version – 101 minutes

Blu-ray Audio Status: 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio

DVD Audio Status: 5.1 Dolby Digital

ABOUT LIONSGATE

Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales.

The Company has built a strong television presence in production of primetime cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 23 shows on 16 networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men, the critically acclaimed series Weeds, Nurse Jackie and Boss, the new comedy Anger Management, which has been picked up for another 90 episodes by FX, the upcoming network series Nashville and Next Caller, the syndication successes Tyler Perry's House of Payne, its spinoff Meet the Browns, For Better Or Worse, The Wendy Williams Show, Are We There Yet? and the upcoming Orange Is The New Black, an original series for Netflix.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, which has already grossed nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office, The Possession, The Expendables 2, The Cabin in the Woods, Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection and Margin Call. With the January 2012 acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company has now added the blockbuster Twilight Saga, which has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office, to its current slate, giving the Company the two premier young adult franchises in the world. Recent Summit hits include Red, Letters to Juliet, Knowing and the Academy Award-winning Best Picture, The Hurt Locker.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 15,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

ABOUT LD ENTERTAINMENT

LD Entertainment is an independent production, acquisitions and distribution company founded by CEO Mickey Liddell. In January 2012, Liddell Entertainment launched its own distribution arm headed by David Dinerstein, forming LD Entertainment. In addition to producing four to six movies a year with budgets of up to $25 million, the company also acquires films for domestic distribution.

In its initial year, LD Entertainment released KILLER JOE, directed by William Friedkin, written by Tracy Letts, starring Matthew McConaughey. Additionally, LD Entertainment will release their own feature productions including THE COLLECTION (Nov. 30, 2012), from SAW IV, V, AND VI writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, starring Josh Stewart; DISCONNECT (2013), starring Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Bateman; THE OCCULT (2013), starring Rufus Sewell and Jennifer Carpenter; and THÉRÈSE (2013), starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jessica Lange, based on the novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola. BLACK ROCK, acquired at The 2012 Sundance Film Festival, directed by Katie Aselton, written by Mark Duplass, starring Kate Bosworth, will be released in 2013.

Founded in 2007, Liddell Entertainment, a division of LD Entertainment, produced THE GREY, starring Liam Neeson; SILENT HOUSE, starring Elizabeth Olsen; and THE DETAILS, starring Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks. Liddell Entertainment also acquired a wide array of films including the three-time Oscar-nominated film, ALBERT NOBBS, starring Oscar-nominee Glenn Close; the Academy Award-nominated BIUTIFUL, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Javier Bardem; I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS, starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor; and GOOD HAIR, starring Chris Rock.

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