500 DAYS OF SUMMER romantic comedy on Blu-ray & DVD (Dec 22)

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Boy meets girl.
Boy falls in love.
Girl doesn't.

This is not a love story.
This is a story about love.

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

"An original romantic comedy... It bristles with energy, emotional and intellectual, as it flits about the dizzying highs and weeping-karaoke lows of a passionate entanglement."
—Michael Ordona (Los Angeles Times)

"500 DAYS OF SUMMER finds just the right scale and tone, neither trivializing nor melodramatically overstating the delicate feelings it explores."
—A. O. Scott (The New York Times)

"The sublimely smart-sexy-joyful-sad 500 DAYS OF SUMMER hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen. It turns the genre on its empty head and sees relationships for what they are — a bruising business."
—Peter Travers (Rolling Stone)

"A delightful comedy, alive with invention... There's a little black and white, a little musical number, a little Fellini, which is always helpful in evoking a man in the act of yearning."
—Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)

(500) DAYS OF SUMMER — on Blu-ray & DVD »
(available December 22)

Los Angeles, CA — Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents the critically acclaimed, offbeat romance that proves when it comes to love some people know nothing at all as (500) Days of Summer arrives on Blu-ray Disc and DVD December 22.

Zooey Deschanel (Yes Man) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) star in this quirky romantic comedy about love and fate, as a young greeting card writer (Gordon-Levitt) who is hopelessly, helplessly searching for the girl of his dreams... and his new co-worker, Summer Finn (Deschanel), may just be "the one." But the 500 days of their offbeat relationship reveal (in no particular order) that the road to happiness can be unpredictable, uncontrollable — and unbelievably funny!

From first time feature film director Marc Webb (Jesse McCartney: Up Close), the hilarious true-to-life film also stars Matthew Gray Gubler (Alvin and the Chipmunks) and Clark Gregg ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") in a unique dissection of the uncertain and whimsical year-and-a-half of one young man's no-holds-barred love affair, where he learns that love can be difficult, but it's also by far the best thing life has to offer.

The (500) Days of Summer Blu-ray (with Digital Copy) includes cast and crew commentary, deleted and extended scenes, a "making-of" featurette, Summer storyboards, audition tapes, music videos and much more, and will be available for the gift-giving price of $39.99. The (500) Days of Summer standard DVD features the cast and crew commentary, deleted and extended scenes, and will be available for the suggested retail price of $29.98.

Blu-ray BONUS FEATURES include:
• Feature Commentary with director Marc Webb, writer Michael Webber, co-writer Scott Newstator and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Lost Days of Summer: 9 Deleted and Extended Scenes with optional Commentary by director Marc Webb, writer Michael Webber, co-writer Scott Newstator and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- "Love Testimonials"
- "I Think We Should Stop Seeing Each Other"
- "Family Dinner" (Day 11)
- "Paul Meets Summer"
- "Tom and Summer Argue"
- "Tom in the Movie Theatre" (Day 286)
- "The Worst Morning Ever"
- "Tom Sees Summer Everywhere" (Day 306)
- "Date With Allison" (Day 345)
• Not a Love Story – Making (500) Days of Summer
• Summer at Sundance
• Two Audition Tapes with optional Commentary by director Marc Webb
- Geoffrey Arend ("McKenzie")
- Matthew Gray Gubler ("Paul")
• Summer Storyboards
• Bank Dance directed by Marc Webb
• Mean's Cinemash: "Sid and Nancy/(500) Days of Summer"
• Music Video: "Sweet Disposition" by Temper Trap
• Six Conversations with Zooey and Joseph
• Filmmaking Specials
• BD-Live Bootstrap
• Trailers to other Fox/MGM films
• Bonus Digital Copy of the film (2nd disc)

DVD BONUS FEATURES include:
• Feature Commentary with director Marc Webb, writer Michael Webber, co-writer Scott Newstator and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Lost Days of Summer: 9 Deleted and Extended Scenes with optional Commentary by director Marc Webb, writer Michael Webber, co-writer Scott Newstator and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Trailers to other Fox/MGM titles

(500) DAYS OF SUMMER — Explore further:
—> Visit the film's Official site »
(loaded with content - from Fox Searchlight)

—> View the Theatrical Trailer (w/HD) »
(from Apple.com Trailers website)

Rated PG-13 for sexual material and language

Film Synopsis:
Boy meets girl.
Boy falls in love.
Girl doesn't.
This is not a love story.
This is a story about love.
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

In this quirky romantic comedy about love and fate, a young greeting card writer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is hopelessly, helplessly searching for the girl of his dreams... and his new co-worker, Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel), may just be "the one." But the 500 days of their offbeat relationship reveal (in no particular order) that the road to happiness can be unpredictable, uncontrollable — and unbelievably funny!

Tom believes, even in this cynical modern world, in the notion of a transforming, cosmically destined, lightning-strikes-once kind of love. Summer doesn't. Not at all. But that doesn't stop Tom from going after her, again and again, like a modern Don Quijote, with all his might and courage. Suddenly, Tom is in love not just with a lovely, witty, intelligent woman — but with the very idea of Summer, the very idea of a love that still has the power to shock the heart and stop the world.

The fuse is lit on Day 1 when Tom, a would-be architect turned sappy greeting card writer, encounters Summer, his boss's breezy, beautiful new secretary, fresh off the plane from Michigan. Though seemingly out of his league, Tom soon discovers he shares plenty in common with Summer. By Day 31, things are moving ahead, albeit "casually." By Day 32, Tom is irreparably smitten, living in a giddy, fantastical world of Summer on his mind.

By Day 185, things are in serious limbo — but not without hope. And as the story winds backwards and forwards through Tom and Summer's on-again, off- again, sometimes blissful, often tumultuous dalliance — all of which adds up to a kaleidoscopic portrait of why, and how, we still struggle so laughably, cringingly hard to make sense of love and to hopefully make it real.

Fans of HIGH FIDELITY and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND will be charmed by this quirky film that sheds a linear plot in favor of a memory-driven look at a failed romance. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (BRICK) stars as Tom, a greeting-card writer who dreams of becoming an architect and finding his true love. Zooey Deschanel (THE HAPPENING) plays Summer, a vintage-looking beauty whose ideas about love are entirely modern. As Tom remembers his 500 days with Summer, his mind jumps from moment to moment, largely thinking of the good times in their trouble-filled relationship.

Indie darlings Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt are perfectly cast in this sweet, funny film that infuses the typical romantic tropes with reality. Anyone else would have caused audiences to hate Summer, but Deschanel is adorable enough that she still endears herself to viewers. Arthouse favorite Gordon-Levitt hasn't played a traditional romantic lead since 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU in 1999, but here he proves equally adept at portraying Tom's sweetness and his neuroses. Music-video director Marc Webb makes his feature debut with 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, and it's easy to see influences of his past work.

The soundtrack boasts songs from Regina Spektor, Doves, Feist, Wolfmother, and, of course, The Smiths, the band that brings the couple together. Webb also adds an innovative style to the dramedy, combining a naturalistic look at love with a non-linear plot, animated vignettes, and a triumphant musical sequence. The film's mixture of cynicism and romance makes it perfect viewing for happy couples, the recently dumped, and the hopeful singles in the audience.

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