Pay your respects to the year’s most outrageous comedy when Death At A Funeral arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on September 27, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Funnymen Martin Lawrence (Big Momma’s House, Bad Boys I & II), Tracy Morgan (30 Rock, First Sunday, Cop Out) and Chris Rock (Grown Ups, Madagascar) lead an all-star cast in this uproarious tale of a family mourning the loss of their patriarch over the course of one unexpectedly hilarious day.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Neil LaBute (Nurse Betty, Lakeview Terrace) and co-starring Zoë Saldaña (Avatar, Star Trek), Loretta Devine (Crash, Waiting to Exhale), Danny Glover (2012, Lethal Weapon 1-4) Regina Hall (First Sunday, Scary Movie 1-4), James Marsden (Enchanted, X-Men), Columbus Short (Quarantine, Stomp the Yard) and Luke Wilson (Old School, The Royal Tenenbaums), Death At A Funeralis a humourously acted, high-energy riot.
Blu-ray and DVD bonus features include commentary with director Neil LaBute and co-producer/star Chris Rock, deleted scenes and the behind-the-scenes featurettes Family Album, Death for Real and Death at a Funeral: Last Rites, Dark Secrets, which offer a revealing look at the making of this modern day screwball comedy. Exclusively available on the Blu-ray edition is the BD-Live enabled movieIQ, which lets viewers access live trivia information about Death At A Funeral’s cast, crew, music and production - all while watching the movie.
Death At A Funeral will be available on DVD for RRP £17.99 and on Blu-ray for RRP £22.99.
When the patriarch of a dysfunctional family dies, his funeral turns into a family circus. Misplaced bodies, blackmail, indecent exposure and a corpse that won’t stay in the box get the party started, but when old family skeletons start tumbling out of the closet, all Hell breaks loose.
Death At A Funeral was written by Dean Craig (upcoming Down and Dirty Pictures, Caffeine) and produced by Sidney Kimmel (Adventureland, Lars and the Real Girl), William Horberg (Milk, The Kite Runner), Chris Rock (Good Hair, Everybody Hates Chris), Share Stallings (upcoming A Few Best Men, Curious George 2) and Laurence Malkin (upcoming A Few Best Men, Caffeine). It was executive produced by Jim Tauber (Management), Bruce Toll (Adventureland, Management), Dean Craig (Off the Hook) and Glenn S. Gainor (Obsessed, Quarantine). It co-stars Keith David (ATL, First Sunday), Peter Dinklage (Elf, The Station Agent) and Ron Glass (Lakeview Terrace, Serenity).