Bonus Features Include Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes and AFI Fest Q&A with Director Michael Dudok de Wit Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Jane Ayer Public Relations press release Official Movie Site: red-turtle.jp (Japan), sonyclassics.com/theredturtle (US) Special Thanks to Irene Dean and Lauren DeAngelis A remarkable collaboration between Academy Award-winning director/animator Michael Dudok de Wit (2000, Best Animated Short Film, FATHER AND DAUGHTER) and the legendary animation house Studio Ghibli (2003 Academy Award-winner, Best Animated Feature SPIRITED AWAY; MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO), THE RED TURTLE arrives on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital on May 2 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. A stunning, wordless examination of one man’s solitary search for survival and companionship, THE RED TURTLE was an Academy Award-nominee for Best Animated Feature Film, won both the Annie Award for Best Independent Animated Film and the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and has a “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. THE RED TURTLE was also an official selection at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Special features on THE RED TURTLE include two fascinating behind-the-scenes featurettes and an AFI Fest Q&A with director Michael Dudok de Wit.

Synopsis Marking the much-anticipated return of Studio Ghibli, this masterfully animated fantasy film tells the story of a man shipwrecked at sea who becomes stranded on a beautiful but desolate island. He learns to live in isolation, seemingly tormented in his efforts to escape the island by a giant red turtle. Miraculously, soon he comes upon a young woman, also lost at sea, and they create a family together. THE RED TURTLE is directed by Michael Dudok de Wit and written by Dudok de Wit and Pascale Ferran. Produced by Isao Takahata, Valérie Schermann and Christophe Jankovic. THE RED TURTLE has a running time of 81 minutes. It is rated PG for some thematic elements and peril. Specifications

Street Date: May 2, 2017 Rating: PG Runtime: 81 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Special Features • Director Michael Dudok de Wit Audio Commentary • The Birth of THE RED TURTLE • The Secrets of THE RED TURTLE • AFI Fest Q&A with Michael Dudok de Wit Blu-ray Cat.#: 49987 UPC: 043396499874 Definition: 1080p HD Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD MA, English 5.1 Dolby Digital Subtitles: English (US), English (SDH), Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil) Discs: 1 SRP: $30.99 DVD Cat.#: 49988 UPC: 043396499881 Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Subtitles: English (US), English (SDH), Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil) Discs: 1 SRP: $26.99 "Academy Award®" is the registered trademark & service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

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For more information on THE RED TURTLE please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan:

• Studio Ghibli’s THE RED TURTLE Press Notes
• Studio Ghibli’s THE RED TURTLE: Japanese Press Notes from Toho
• Studio Ghibli`s THE RED TURTLE Comes to America