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    Unique ID Code: 0000125094
    Added by: David Beckett
    Added on: 23/1/2010 13:35
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    Pontypool

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    Shut Up Or Die
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 97
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Content Type: Movie

    Synopsis:
    It appears to be just another humdrum winter's day in Pontypool, Ontario as shock-jock Grant Mazzy (McHattie) goes on air to present his morning phone-in radio show from a studio in the basement of the town's church. But amidst the minor news items regarding school bus cancellations and missing cats being reported by Mazzy's listening public and his "Eye in the Sky" reporter are a series of bizarre reports of local people developing strange speech patterns and committing acts of horrific violence. With no confirmation of these events on the official news wires, Mazzy, his producer (Houle) and assistant (Reilly) suspect an elaborate hoax is being played. However, it isn't long before the radio team realise that the reports are real and that something terrible is happening beyond the studio walls. Trapped inside the church as bloody chaos reigns outside, they must decide if they should stay on air in the hopes of being heard and eventually rescued, even though they suspect their broadcasts may be contributing to the madness infecting the residents of Pontypool.

    Special Features:
    • Director's Commentary
    • Pontypool: The Radio Play
    • 2 Short Films: Eve and Dada Dum
    • Stills Gallery
    • Trailers

    Video Tracks:
    1080p Widescreen 1.78:1

    Audio Tracks:
    DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English

    Directed By:
    Bruce McDonald

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Stephen McHattie
    Lisa Houle
    Georgina Reilly
    Hrant Alianak
    Rick Roberts
    Daniel Fathers
    Beatriz Yuste
    Tony Burgess
    Boyd Banks
    Hannah Fleming
    Rachel Burns

    Soundtrack By:
    Claude Foisy

    Director of Photography:
    Miroslaw Baszak

    Editor:
    Jeremiah L. Munce

    Costume Designer:
    Sarah Armstrong

    Production Designer:
    Lea Carlson

    Producer:
    Jeffrey Coghlan
    Ambrose Roche

    Executive Producer:
    Isabella Smejda
    Henry Cole
    J. Miles Dale
    Jasper Graham

    Distributor:
    Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment

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    Pontypool is currently the film of the month on Projector.tv. You can watch it there for only 99p!
    Link to watch: http://bit.ly/9S3aFg
    posted by Jo on 18/6/2010 10:26