CLINT EASTWOOD AND JOHN MALKOVICH DELIVER SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCES IN THIS
SKILLFULLY CRAFTED THRILLER
In the Line of Fire
Available in High Definition on Blu-ray Disc™ July 1, 2008
Culver City, Calif. (May 19, 2008) – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announces the Blu-ray™ High-Def release of In the Line of Fire on July 1, 2008 for the SRP of $28.95. This suspense-driven thriller stars four-time Academy Award® winner Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, Dirty Harry) as Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan, who is unable to forget his failure to protect John F. Kennedy on that fateful day in 1963, and Emmy Award® winner John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich, Ripley's Game) as Mitch Leary (John Malkovich), a psychotic man who calls himself Booth. When Booth threatens to kill the current president, Horrigan is the only man capable of stopping him. The aging Secret Service Agent has no intention of failing his President this time around and engages in a cat-and-mouse game to prevent another national tragedy from happening.
Synopsis: In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire showcases Clint Eastwood at his finest. In a performance that won universal acclaim, Eastwood stars as Frank Horrigan, a veteran Secret Service agent haunted by his failure to protect John F. Kennedy from assassination. Thirty years later, he gets a chance to redeem himself when a brilliant psychopath threatens to kill the current president and take Horrigan with him. Taunting him by phone and tantalizing him with clues, the assassin (John Malkovich) lures Horrigan into an electrifying battle of wits and will that only one man can survive.
In the Line of Fire has a run time of approximately 128 minutes and is rated R for mature thematic elements, sexual content and some violent images. Artwork is available at
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Directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One); written by Jeff Maguire (Gridiron Gang); the film stars Clint Eastwood, (Absolute Power, Dirty Harry), John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich, Ripley's Game), Rene Russo (Yours, Mine and Ours, Major League and Major League II), Dylan McDermott (The Messengers, The Tenants), Gary Cole (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Conspiracy)
Blu-ray Disc™ Bonus Features:
· Commentary with Director Wolfgang Petersen
· Deleted Scenes
· Piano Bar #1 and #2
· Hat Joke
· Miss ME?
· Watching the News
· Documentary – The Ultimate Sacrifice
· Three Featurettes:
· Catching the Counterfeiters
· How’d They Do That?
· Showtime Special: Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service
BD Catalog Number: 25875
BD UPC Code: 043396258754
BD Order Date: 06/13/2008
BD SRP: $28.95
BD Aspect Ratio: 2.40
BD Language(s): English 5.1, French (Parisian) 5.1, Spanish (Latin Am) 5.1, Portuguese (Brazil) 5.1
BD Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin Simplified), Chinese (Mandarin Traditional), Dutch, English (US), French (Parisian), Indonesian / Bahasa, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Latin Am)
