The Most Captivating Drama on Tv Is Back

Mad Men: Season 5

THE MOST CAPTIVATING DRAMA ON TV IS BACK

AND BETTER THAN EVER

Winner of 3 Golden Globes® and 4 Emmys® for Best Drama , MAD MEN, the AMC Drama Starring Jon Hamm Arrives On Blu-ray Disc, DVD and Digital Download October 16 From Lionsgate Home Entertainment

“…no series sets a higher, more consistent level of excellence, a level sustained,
fans will be pleased to hear, as Mad Men returns after a 17-month absence.”

- USA Today

“Mad Men is back and back in all the right ways-the humor, the writing, the period details, and best of all, the flawless attention to these characters and their cluttered interior worlds.”

- Newsday

SANTA MONICA, CA, July 31, 2012 – The men and women of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce are back with all-new drama inside and outside of the office. From creator Matthew Weiner (HBO’s “The Sopranos”) and featuring a stellar cast including Jon Hamm (Friends with Kids), Elisabeth Moss (TV’s “The West Wing”), Christina Hendricks (I Don’t Know How She Does It) and January Jones (X-Men: First Class), MAD MEN: Season Five arrives on Blu-ray Disc, DVD and Digital Download on October 16, 2012. The AMC premiere of Season Five was the most watched MAD MEN episode ever, up over 21% from the previous season premiere. MAD MEN continues to establish itself as one of the most honored series in television history, winning its fourth consecutive Emmy® for Outstanding Drama Series last year, a milestone achieved by only three other shows in history (TV’s “Hill Street Blues,” TV’s “L.A. Law,” TV’s “The West Wing”).

The hit series also stars Vincent Kartheiser (In Time), John Slattery (The Adjustment Bureau), Jessica Paré (Lost and Delirious), Robert Morse (TV’s “City of Angels”), Kiernan Shipka (Carriers), Aaron Stanton (August Rush), Rich Sommer (The Devil Wears Prada) and Jared Harris (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows). The 3-disc Blu-ray and 4-disc DVD are packed with special features, including extensive commentaries and innovative featurettes examining the time period and culture of the MAD MEN era. MAD MEN: Season Five, which contains all 13 episodes, will be available for the suggested retail price of $49.99 on Blu-ray and $49.98 on DVD.

SYNOPSIS

Season Five of MAD MEN, four-time Emmy® winner for Outstanding Drama Series and winner of three consecutive Golden Globes®, plunges into the seductive and intriguing world of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Jon Hamm and the rest of the award-winning cast continue to mesmerize as they adapt to changing times and social revolution. Lust is back. Adultery is back. Deception is back. MAD MEN is back.

BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*

· “MAD MEN Say the Darndest Things” - Take a look at the best one-liners from the series and perhaps you will see your favorite!

· “The Uniform Time Act of 1966” - A pictorial time line explores the history of Daylight Savings Time and its official observance in the United States.

· “What Shall I Love If Not the Enigma?” - A glance into the life and work of metaphysical artist Giorgio de Chirico.

· “The Party of the Century” - Author Deborah Davis and legendary bandleader Peter Duchin take you inside Truman Capote’s infamous Black & White Masquerade Ball.

· “Scoring Mad Men: Inside a Session” - Join composer David Carbonarra, orchestrator Geoff Stradling and sound engineer Jim Hill in the recording studio as they discuss their formula for scoring MAD MEN.

· “Newsweek Magazine Digital Gallery” - A selection of Newsweek Magazine covers share the top news stories from around the world in 1966.

· MAD MEN Season 5 commentaries - Matthew Weiner and the cast and crew of MAD MEN take viewers behind the scenes in feature-length audio commentaries for all 13 episodes.

*Subject to change

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PROGRAM INFORMATION

Street Date: October 16, 2012

Price: $49.99 Blu-ray / $49.98 DVD

Rating: Not Rated

Run Time: 611 minutes (episodes only)

Type: TV on DVD

Genre: Drama

Blu-ray Closed Captioned: English SDH

DVD Closed Captioned: English

Subtitles: English and Spanish

Blu-ray Format: 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen (2.35:1)

DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen (2.35:1)

Blu-ray Audio Status: 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio

DVD Audio Status: 5.1 Dolby Digital

ABOUT LIONSGATE

Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of primetime cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 23 shows on 16 networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men, Weeds and Nurse Jackie, along with the powerful drama Boss, the new comedy Anger Management, the upcoming network series Nashville and Next Caller, the syndication successes Tyler Perry's House of Payne, its spinoff Meet the Browns, For Better Or Worse, The Wendy Williams Show, Are We There Yet? and the upcoming Orange Is The New Black, an original series for Netflix.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, whichhas already grossed nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office, The Expendables, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Cabin in the Woods, Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection and Margin Call. With the January 2012 acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company has now added the blockbuster Twilight Saga, which has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office, to its current slate, giving the Company the two premier young adult franchises in the world. Recent Summit hits include Red, Letters to Juliet, Knowing, the Step Up franchise and the Academy Award winning Best Picture The Hurt Locker.

Lionsgate’s home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 13,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

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