"Map to the Stars" Finds it Way to Home Entertainment

Director David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises, A History of Violence) returns with a provocative satire about the Hollywood film industry and the demons of celebrity obsession in the Focus World release Maps to the Stars,  on Blu-ray with Digital HD and DVD on April 14, 2015 for retail sales and on May 12 per Uni public library holdback policy for libraries from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Academy Award winner Julianne Moore (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay) stars with Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right), Olivia Williams (Hyde Park on Hudson), John Cusack (Being John Malkovich), and Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga) in this unforgettable darkly comic thriller written by Bruce Wagner (I'm Losing You). Hollywood actress Havana Segrand (Moore) is unraveling as her career flounders. Her self-help psychotherapist (Cusack) and his wife (Williams) are busy managing the career of their child-star son. But when a mysterious young woman named Agatha (Wasikowska) befriends a limo driver and aspiring actor (Pattinson) all their lives get together, and nothing will ever be the same as they try to survive in a world of money, fame, ambition, envy, ghosts, and vice.

Maps to the Stars will be available on Blu-ray and Digital HD with UltraViolet and on DVD.

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• DVD offers the flexibility and convenience of playing movies in more places, both at home and away.

FILMMAKERS Cast:  Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Williams, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson
Directed By:  David Cronenberg
Written By:  Bruce Wagner
Produced By:  Martin Katz, Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt
Executive Producers:  Benedict Carver, Renee Tab, Patrice Theroux
Cinematography:  Peter Suschitzky
Production Designer:  Carol Spier
Edited By:  Ronald Sanders
Costume Designer:  Denise Cronenberg
Music By:  Howard Shore

 

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – Blu-ray:Street Date: April 14, 2015 for retail ; (May 12 for library circulation, per Uni public library holdback policy)
Running Time: 1 Hour 52 minutes
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1
Rating: R for strong disturbing violence and sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some drug material.
Technical Info: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French

 

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – DVD:Street Date: April 14, 2015    (May 12 for library circulation, per Uni public library holdback policy)
Running Time: 1 Hour 52 minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Rating: R for strong disturbing violence and sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some drug material.
Technical Info: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French