From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: The Debt

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OVERVIEW:  Startling action and surprising revelations compel retired secret agent Rachel Singer (Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren, The Queen) back into action in Focus Features and Miramax's critically acclaimed hit espionage thriller The Debt, directed by Academy Award® nominee John Madden (Shakespeare in Love). Filmed on location in Tel Aviv, the U.K., and Budapest, The Debt will be available on Blu-ray™, DVD, Digital Download and On Demand from Universal Studios Home Entertainment on December 6, 2011.

In 1997, shocking news reaches Rachel and Stephan (Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton ) regarding their former colleague David (Ciaran Hinds, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) – from their secret mission in 1965-1966 to track down Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace) in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission was accomplished – or was it? The stellar cast of The Debt also includes Jessica Chastain (The Help, The Tree of Life) as the young Rachel, used as bait to tighten the net around Vogel. She is also caught in a romantic triangle with her fellow agents, young David (Sam Worthington, Avatar, Clash of the Titans), and Stephan (Marton Csokas, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Bourne Supremacy). The suspense builds in and across the two different time periods, compelling Rachel to take matters into her own hands.

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BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ and DVD):

• A LOOK INSIDE THE DEBT
• EVERY SECRET HAS A PRICE:  HELEN MIRREN IN THE DEBT
• THE BERLIN AFFAIR:  THE TRIANGLE AT THE CENTER OF THE DEBT
• FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR JOHN MADDEN AND PRODUCER KRIS THYKIER

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – BLU-RAY™:
Street Date:  December 6, 2011
Copyright:  2011 Universal Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number:  62119711
Running time:  1 Hour, 53 Minutes
Layers:  BD-50
Picture Format : Widescreen  
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Rating:  Rated R for some violence and language
Languages/Subtitles:  English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound:  DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS Surround 5.1, French DTS Surround 5.1

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – DVD:
Street Date:  December 6, 2011
Copyright:  2011 Universal Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number: 62119707
Running time: 1 Hour, 53 Minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Rating:  Rated R for some violence and language
Languages/Subtitles:  English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound:  Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1

CAST AND FILMMAKERS
Cast:  Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Jesper Christensen, Marton Csokas, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson
Directed by:  John Madden
Screenplay by: Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan
Based on the film Ha-Hov, written by Assaf Bernstein & Ido Rosenblum
Produced by: Matthew Vaughn, Kris Thykier, Eduardo Rossoff, Eitan Evan
Executive Producer: Tarquin Pack
Co-Producer:  Mairi Bett
Director of Photography:  Ben Davis, BSC
Production Designer:  Jim Clay
Film Editor: Alexander Berner
Music by:  Thomas Newman
Costume Designer:  Natalie Ward

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