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Julianne Moore in Still Alice Comes To Blu-ray This May

Call me crazy, but Julianne Moore has always been crazy, red hot!  Although I have yet to see it, her role in Still Alice is undoubtedly a winner as she took home the Oscar this year…FINALLY…for Best Actress in this.  The film also stars Academy Award Nominee Alec Baldwin along with Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth and Hunter Parrish.  Best of all…it’s coming home on Blu-ray May 12th!  It features include three in-depth featurettes as well as deleted scenes.  However, don’t take my word for it.  Check out the full press release below now from Sony!

CULVER CITY, Calif. (Mar. 23, 2015) – In her Academy Award^® winning role, Julianne Moore stars in Sony Pictures Classics’ gripping and emotional STILL ALICE, available on Digital HD April 28 and debuting on Blu-ray and DVD May 12 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. When linguistics professor Dr. Alice Howland (Moore) is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, she struggles to stay connected to the world around her and who she once was. STILL ALICE depicts the progression of the disease, its familial impact, and the aching resilience brought forth. Moore’s performance was the most awarded of the season, earning her the Best Actress Oscar^®, as well as Best Actress awards from the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, and the Broadcast Film Critics Association, among others.

 

From independent filmmaking team Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland (Quinceañera), STILL ALICE also stars Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin (Best Supporting Actor, The Cooler, 2003) as Alice’s husband, along with Kristen Stewart (Twilight franchise), Kate Bosworth (Homefront) and Hunter Parrish (“The Good Wife”) as their children.

STILL ALICE bonus features include deleted scenes and three in-depth featurettes. The first, “Directing Alice,” is a look at Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland’s unique journey to create STILL ALICE. This piece includes inspiring footage of the adapted directorial techniques used by Glatzer and Westmoreland, as Glatzer’s battle with ALS progressed while filming. The second featurette, “Finding Alice,” explores the research and time dedicated by the filmmakers and cast to create an accurate portrayal of the disease. This featurette also introduces Sandy Oltz, a woman living with early-onset Alzheimer’s, who served as a consultant and advisor to Julianne Moore. In the third featurette, composer Ilan Eshkeri discusses how Alzheimer’s has affected his life, why he was drawn to this project and the role music plays in the film.

 

Synopsis:

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.

Based on the novel of the same name by Lisa Genova, STILL ALICE was directed and written by Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland. The film was executive produced by Maria Shriver, Marie Savare, Christine Vachon, Emilie Georges, Nicholas Shumaker, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler. Lex Lutzus, James Brown, Pamela Koffler served as producers, and Elizabeth Gelfand Stearns served as co-producer.

Blu-ray & DVD Bonus Features:

• Three Deleted Scenes
• Three All-New Featurettes

o   “Directing Alice” – A look at Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland’s unique and inspiring journey to create STILL ALICE.

o   “Finding Alice” – The cast, filmmakers & Alzheimer’s experts discuss what went into creating an accurate depiction of Alice Howland’s disease. Featuring executive producer and longtime Alzheimer’s advocate Maria Shriver, who this year launched Maria Shriver’s Wipe Out Alzheimer’s (TM) Challenge in partnership with A Woman’s Nation and the Alzheimer’s Association.

o   “Interview with Composer Ilan Eshkeri” – The composer shares insight into the creation of the soundtrack.

 

STILL ALICE has a run time of approximately 101 minutes. It is rated PG-13 for mature thematic material and brief language, including a sexual reference.