Press Release Lionsgate Press Release: The Courier (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

present Based on the incredible true story of a businessman turned spy Digital Street Date: 6/1/2021 Blu-ray™ / DVD Street Date: 6/1/2021 Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo SRP: $39.99 DVD SRP: $29.95 SANTA MONICA, CA – April 20, 2021 – The Cold War espionage thriller will be coming to homes everywhere when THE COURIER arrives on Digital, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), and DVD June 1. Directed by Dominic Cooke and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, and Angus Wright. THE COURIER will be available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD for the suggested retail price of $39.99 and $29.95, respectively. In this true-life Cold War spy thriller, unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) becomes entangled in one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Recruited by MI6 and a CIA operative (Angus Wright and 2018 Primetime Emmy® and 2018 & 2019 Golden Globe® winner Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series), Wynne forms a covert partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), and both men risk everything in a danger-fraught race against time to provide the intelligence needed to prevent nuclear confrontation and end the Cuban Missile Crisis. BLU-RAY / DVD SPECIAL FEATURE On the Brink: Making The Courier Check out the Spies & Spymasters Virtual Happy Hour: True Story of Greville Wynne & Oleg Penkovsky

​ Directed by Dominic Cooke Written by Tom O'Connor Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK’s MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. 111 Minutes | Rated PG-13 THE COURIER will be available to rent for $19.99 through On Demand platforms such as Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, VUDU and cable providers starting April 16, 2021. Thank you for supporting HTF when you preorder using the link below. If you are using an adblocker you will not see link. As an Amazon Associate HTF earns from qualifying purchases