Director`s Critically-Lauded Thriller Debuts on DVD, Digital and Video on Demand May 29th Source: Indomina Releasing, MPRM Communications Official Site: mediaasia.com/lifewithoutprinciple Special Thanks to Leif Helland
Three ordinary people -- a gangster, a broker and a police inspector -- find their destinies inextricably intertwined as lies, deceit and greed take them on a violent, wild heist when LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE (???, Dyut Meng Gam, 2011), legendary Hong Kong film director Johnny To’s (RUNNING OUT OF TIME, TRIAD ELECTION) critically-acclaimed film debuts on DVD, Digital and Video on Demand May 29th from Indomina Releasing. The riveting thriller boasts a stellar cast, including Ching Wan Lau (POKER KING, THE GREAT MAGICIAN), Richie Ren (ACCIDENT, PUNISHED), Denise Ho (MERRY-GO-ROUND), Hoi-pang Lo (DREAM HOUSE, SPARROW), Terrance Yin (LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE) and Hang-shuen So (BULLET IN THE HEAD). Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment, LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE is priced to own on DVD at $14.94 SRP. At the 2012 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE won the Film of Merit award, a Best Actor trophy for Ching Wan Lau and a Best Screenplay award for the team of Tin-Shing Yip, Nai-Hoi Yau, Ben Wong, Kin-Yee Au and Ka-kit Cheung; while at the 2012 Hong Kong Film Awards, Hang-shuen So was named Best Supporting Actress and Hoi-pang Lo Best Supporting Actor. In addition, the film was nominated for the prestigious Golden Lion at the 2011 Venice Film Festival. An ordinary bank teller turned financial analyst is forced to sell high-risk securities to her customers in order to meet her sales target. A small-time thug delves into the futures index hoping to earn easy money to post bail for a buddy in trouble with the law. A straight-arrow Police inspector who has always enjoyed his middle income lifestyle is suddenly desperate for money when his wife puts a down payment on a luxury flat she can’t afford and his dying father wants him to look after a young half-sister he never knew he had. Three little people who are in dire need of money for the predicaments in their respective lives have nothing in common until a bag of stolen money worth HK$5m pops up and lands them in an intricate situation that forces them into making soul searching decisions about right and wrong and everything in between on the morality scale. DVD Catalog #: 883476080758 UPC Code: ID8075 SRP: $14.94 CAST: Ching Wan Lau, Richie Ren, Denise Ho, Hoi-Pang Lo, Hang Shuen So DIRECTOR: Johnny To WRITER: Tin-Shing Yip, Nai-Hoi Yau, Ben Wong, Kin-Yee Au, Ka-kit Cheung LANGUAGE: In Cantonese with English subtitles GENRE: Thriller RUN TIME: 107 minutes STUDIO: Indomina Releasing RATING: Not rated BONUS FEATURES: QR Code inside packaging unlocks bonus features
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The Indomina Group is a vertically integrated independent studio launched in 2008 by Vice Chairman and CEO Jasbinder Singh Mann. Operating in Los Angeles and the Dominican Republic, Indomina takes a transmedia approach to collaborating with content creators around the world to bring innovative entertainment properties to the market. The company’s global operations include the production and distribution of motion pictures, television, music, interactive games, and the ownership of world-class studio facilities and production services.
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Vivendi Entertainment is a full service independent film, television, DVD and digital distribution company operating in the United States and Canada. Representing a vast range of genres including action, comedy, urban, family, Latino, sports and stand-up comedies, Vivendi Entertainment has become a favorite distribution partner for independent content providers. The company has built an extensive catalog of over 3,000 titles, and its customer-centric business model was founded on the principles of collaboration and financial transparency. The company provides sales, marketing, and distribution services to many of the home entertainment industry`s most prestigious brands including: World Wrestling Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Shout! Factory, Classic Media, Big Idea, RHI, Code Black, National Geographic, Salient, Televisa, Sid and Marty Krofft Pictures and Nelvana Vivendi Entertainment is a division of Universal Music Group Distribution, the award-winning sales, marketing and distribution arm of Universal Music Group, the world`s leading music company.