Arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD November 11th Source: Cinedigm, GKIDS Inc., Bender/Helper Impact Official Website: patema.jp (Japan), gkidsfilms.com/patema (US) Special Thanks to Geovani Rocha From the distributors who brought us classics like ERNEST & CELESTINE and FROM UP ON POPPY HILL, GKIDS introduces the stunning animation, PATEMA INVERTED (????????, Sakasama no Patema, 2013), arriving on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD November 11, in conjunction with Cinedigm. TIME OF EVE (?????, Ivu no Jikan, 2009) director Yasuhiro Yoshiura creates a perspective-twisting, sci-fi adventure about two people separated by opposite gravities. A nominee for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film, PATEMA INVERTED is cited as “charming fun from any angle” (Empire Magazine) and is sure to be a fan favorite. The Blu-ray and DVD editions have English and Japanese audio, English subtitles and extensive bonus features including an audio commentary and interviews with the director and voice actors.
SYNOPSIS Patema lives in an underground world and, although she is a princess, she is held back by the rules imposed by the elders of her clan. One day when she is exploring a forbidden zone she tumbles headlong into a void and out into the wide open world above the surface, a place with reversed physics where she could “fall up” into the sky and be lost forever. Age is a student on this surface world and a part of a society whose compliant population has been brainwashed against the “sinners who fell into the sky.” When he spies Patema hanging upside down from a tree, he pulls her down to safety, struggling to keep her earthbound as she grips on to him for dear life. Together they master the art of navigating competing gravitational forces and set out to discover the secret that keeps their worlds apart.
PATEMA INVERTED Street Date: November 11, 2014 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Language: English and Japanese Audio Tracks Subtitles: English Run Time: Approx. 98 Minutes + Extras Rating: NR BONUS FEATURES Audio Commentary with Director and Voice Actors Interview with Director Yasuhiro Yoshiura Interviews with Original Japanese Voice Cast At the Premiere with Director and Cast Trailers BLU-RAY BASICS Price: $34.95 UPC Number: 025192245749 Configuration: Blu-ray Single DVD BASICS Price: $29.95 Catalog #: 88153014000 UPC Number: 025192245732 Configuration: DVD Single Disc Type: Standard Amaray DIGITAL HD BASICS Catalog #: NNVG10008065
About Cinedigm Entertainment Corp.
Cinedigm is a leading independent content distributor in the United States, with direct relationships with over 60,000 physical retail storefronts and digital platforms, including Wal-Mart, Target, iTunes, Netflix, and Amazon, as well as the national Video on Demand platform on cable television. The company’s library of over 52,000 films and TV episodes encompasses award-winning documentaries from Docurama Films, next-gen Indies from Flatiron Film Company, acclaimed independent films and festival picks through partnerships with the Sundance Institute and Tribeca Films and a wide range of content from brand name suppliers, including National Geographic, Discovery, Scholastic, WWE, NFL, Shout Factory, Hallmark, Jim Henson and more.
About GKIDS
GKIDS is a distributor of award-winning animation for both adult and family audiences. Theatrical releases include Tomm Moore’s Oscar nominated THE SECRET OF KELLS, Michel Ocelot’s acclaimed AZUR & ASMAR, European Film Award Best Animated Feature winner MIA AND THE MIGOO, Nina Paley’s multiple-award-winning SITA SINGS THE BLUES, and Japan Academy Prize winner SUMMER WARS by Mamoru Hosoda. Upcoming GKIDS releases include 2011 Berlin official selection A CAT IN PARIS and Annecy winner ELEANOR`S SECRET. GKIDS is also producer of New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival, North America’s largest festival of film for children and teens. NYICFF is an Oscar-qualifying event and jury members include Uma Thurman, Susan Sarandon, Gus van Sant, Matthew Modine, James Schamus, Michel Ocelot, and Christine Vachon.
For more information on PATEMA INVERTED, please see the previous coverage here on SciFi Japan:
