PINEAPPLE EXPRESS on DVD & Blu-ray - available now!

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"PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is a raucous, ribald mission comedy... As a stoner movie, Pineapple Express is a success." -Ben Walters, Sight and Sound

"It's interesting to watch Rogen play the 'straight' foil to Franco's stoner clown... Rogen's unique comedy engine is oiled by the tension between the urge to veg and the need to act responsibly." -Jan Stuart, The Los Angeles Times

"PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is the perfect companion-piece to SUPERBAD... The chemistry between Rogen and Franco is effortless." -Olly Richards, Empire

Brief Synopsis: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

Sony will release PINEAPPLE EXPRESS this Tuesday on DVD & Blu-ray. Single disc and double disc unrated editions as well as a single disc rated edition are available on DVD (click link above to view editions).

The DVD and Blu-ray™ High-Def 2-Disc Special Editions arrive with an unlock code which customers can use to download a free additional copy of the film on iTunes or to download a Digital Copy of the film which is playable on PSP®, or PCs with Windows Media Player.

"Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is thrilled to expand the value and convenience of our Digital Copy program to the iTunes community," said Lexine Wong, Senior Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at SPHE. "Consumers can enjoy Pineapple Express where and how they like – whether with the full home entertainment experience of Blu-ray High Def or DVD or on the go with their laptop, PSP or iPod®."

Some previous Sony DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases have already included Digital Copy, playable on PC or PSP. Pineapple Express marks the first release from Sony to include a download on iTunes, and the studio plans to include these with select additional titles in the future.

Details + BONUS FEATURES
Rated DVD Edition:
• Theatrical film version
• Filmmaker and Cast Commentary
• Deleted & Extended Scenes
• Gag Reel
• The Making of "Pineapple Express"

Rated/Unrated DVD Edition:
• Both Theatrical & Extended film versions
• Filmmaker and Cast Commentary
• Extended and Alternate Scenes
• Gag Reel
• The Making of "Pineapple Express"

Rated/Unrated 2-Disc DVD Special Edition:
Disc One:
• Both Theatrical & Extended film versions
• Commentary with Filmmakers and Cast
• Extended and Alternate Scenes
• Gag Reel
• The Making of "Pineapple Express"
Disc Two:
• Deleted Scenes
• More Extended and Alternate Scenes
• Phone Booth
• Line-O-Rama
• Direct-O-Rama
• Item 9
• Saul's Apartment
• Raw Footage
• Rehearsal Footage
• First Table Read
• Comic-Con Panel
5 Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes:
• The Action Of Pineapple Express
• Begley's Best
• Red And Jessica's Guide To Marriage
• Injury Report
• Stuntmaster Ken
• Download a Digital Copy of the film which is playable on PSP®, or PCs with Windows Media Player

Rated/Unrated 2-Disc Blu-ray Special Edition:
Disc One:
• Both Theatrical & Extended film versions
• Commentary with Filmmakers and Cast
• Deleted Scenes
• Extended and Alternate Scenes
• Gag Reel
Disc Two:
• Action of "Pineapple Express" Explained
• Line-O-Rama
• Direct-O-Rama
• Gag Reel
• Item 9
• Raw Footgate
• Begley's Best
• Comic Con Panel
• Red and Stormy's Guide to Marriage
Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes:
• Injury Report
• Stuntmaster Ken Jeong
• Rehearsal Footage
• First Table Read
• Jonah Hill on Set
• (BD-Live Enabled)
• Download a Digital Copy of the film which is playable on PSP®, or PCs with Windows Media Player

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS - Explore the film further:

» View the Trailer (& HD) »
(from Apple.com's Trailers website)

» PINEAPPLE EXPRESS Official Site »
(View Trailer, Sample Clips, Gallery and more!)

"Fanboy wish-fulfillment, half-baked Beckettian verbal play, and endearingly unguarded bromance are smoothly blended in this David Gordon Green joint." -Paul Brunick, Film Comment

"The script by Rogen and his Superbad writing partner, Evan Goldberg, is a trippy wonder... Loaded with turbocharged action and nonstop giggles." -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Rated R for pervasive language, drug use, sexual references and violence.

Full Synopsis:
One hit could ruin your whole day.
A new comedy from the creative genius of Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Talladega Nights) follows a pair of druggie losers as they reach the top of the hit-list when one witnesses a mob murder and drags his buddy into a crazy flight from mobsters bent on silencing both of them permanently. The film stars new sensation Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Superbad, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and James Franco (Spider-Man 1-3) and it co-stars Rosie Perez (Do The Right Thing) and Gary Cole (The Brady Bunch Movie).

While it might sound outlandish to speak of THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS in the same sentence as Citizen Kane, in its own little neck of the cinematic woods the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen comedy is perhaps just as groundbreaking. In fact, it's nearly impossible to think of another film that blends so seamlessly pitch-perfect stoner babble with high-octane action sequences. Dale Denton (Rogen), a process server with a weed fixation, witnesses a murder and turns to his dealer, Saul (James Franco), for support. The murderer is actually Saul's main drug supplier, and because of Saul's access to some extremely rare high-grade pot (called Pineapple Express) the two are quickly tracked down and put on the run.

Like all Apatow/Rogen vehicles, the movie deals with the theme of men succumbing to adulthood and all the adjustments they are forced to make in the process. However, unlike Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is just too wacky to offer any lessons. Still, there's more going on here than giggles and the munchies. Indie director David Gordon Green (Snow Angels) brings a subtle auteur's touch to the proceedings, approaching the smoking scenes with his distinctively loose feel and giving the action sequences a wonderfully dated sheen that makes them look more like a fight from Knight Rider than the empty flash of 21st-century blow-´em-ups.

It is Franco, however, who truly steals this movie--he hasn't been this charming since his days on Freaks and Geeks. There's only so many ways to play a stoner, but Franco puts his own endearing, lovable spin on the type, portraying Saul as a kind-hearted, well-intentioned yet hardcore dope smoker. Rogen and Apatow have proven themselves a nearly unstoppable juggernaut; here's hoping they bring Franco along on the ride a little more often.

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