Multiple Gemini Nominated DURHAM COUNTY: SEASON ONE On DVD September 9

August 27, 2008

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Muse Distribution International and Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada Premieres
Durham County: Season One
On DVD September 9, 2008

‘Dark, moody, and emotionally taut…it’s one of the best Canadian shows of the year.’ - NOW Magazine
Toronto, ON – Muse Distribution International has engaged Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada, a leader in the crime and horror genre, as its exclusive service agent in Canada to distribute Durham County, the sophisticated and powerful series that explores violence in a suburban setting, in the Canadian home entertainment market. This title will be available for the first time ever on DVD September 9, 2008 in a three disc set packaged in a stunning foil slip case. Season two of Durham County is heading into production this fall and will premiere on The Movie Network (eastern Canada) and Movie Central (western Canada) in spring 2009.

Durham County is an emotionally compelling six-episode dramatic series that combines police procedural with an intense family drama. It explores the complex relationship between a homicide cop, Mike Sweeney, played by Hugh Dillon (Hard Core Logo, Flashpoint) and his adversary, Ray Prager, who appears to be a serial killer, played by Justin Louis (Trump Unauthorized). They have a shared history that goes all the way back to high school; as well as unfinished business and dark secrets. You think you can leave your past behind. But you can’t…

Hélène Joy (Murdoch Mysteries) plays Sweeney’s wife Audrey who has recently returned home from the hospital after a battle with breast cancer, and Laurence Leboeuf (Human Trafficking) is their 16 year old daughter with a dark streak. Ray’s wife Traci, Sonya Salomaa (The Collector), is a knockout blonde in her early thirties and Greyston Holt (A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story) is their son Ray Jr, a talented writer who is belittled by his father and an outsider at school.
They say there are only six degrees of separation between you and anyone else in the world, but sometimes it’s not even that. Sometimes the most brutal evil you can imagine is already in your world. Sometimes he’s just across the street.

Disc One
Episodes 1-3
- English and French Tracks

Disc Two
Episodes 4-6
- English and French Tracks

Disc Three
Bonus Features
-           Behind The Scenes Featurette
-          Character bios
-          Audio Tracks from Hugh Dillon and the Redemption Choir: ‘Sorrytown’, exclusive to Durham County, and the previously released ‘Puzzle I Am’
-          Season 2 Synopsis

Durham County is written by Laurie Finstad Knizhnik (Bliss, Cold Squad) and helmed by award-winning directors Holly Dale for episodes 1-4 (Cold Case, Absolution, The Collector) and Adrienne Mitchell for episodes 5-6 (Bliss, Drop The Beat, Straight Up) and Executive Producers are Michael Prupas (This is Wonderland, Human Trafficking, Wind in the Willows) of Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Janis Lundman (Bliss, Drop The Beat, Talk 16) and Adrienne Mitchell of Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. Durham County was created by Finstad Knizhnik, Lundman and Mitchell.

Durham County is a co-production between Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. With the participation of The Movie Network and Movie Central, and will be distributed on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada on behalf of Muse Distribution International.

Muse Entertainment Enterprises is a leading independent feature film and television producer known for well-crafted, high-quality productions. Muse’s most recent productions include the comedy feature The Deal starring William H. Macy and Meg Ryan, and the television mini-series Durham County. Since its founding in 1998, Muse has produced, co-produced and provided production services on more than 100 theatrical features, TV movies, mini-series and series. Among its many award-winning productions are the mini-series Human Trafficking and Answered by Fire, the TV series This is Wonderland and Tales from the Neverending Story and the TV films The Wind in the Willows and The Many Trials of One Jane Doe. Muse was the production services producer of the award-winning feature films I’m Not There and The Fountain and of the TV movies The Wool Cap and Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story. The company’s head office and its Quebec production centre are based in Montreal. Muse also maintains development and production operations in Toronto, Vancouver and Los Angeles.
Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. has been producing entertaining and provocative film and television in Canada for over 15 years. Founded by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell, the company is synonymous with high-quality, innovative productions that aim to entertain both domestic and international audiences. With their strong backgrounds in producing (Lundman/Mitchell) and directing (Mitchell) the two partners have produced award winning human-interest documentaries (Talk 16, Talk 19, Lawn and Order) and cutting edge dramatic television series (Straight Up, Drop The Beat and Bliss). Their most recent 6 X 1 hour dramatic series, Durham County, combines police procedural with family melodrama and explores violence and the hope for love that drives it. Back Alley Films has worked with co-producing partners Alliance Atlantis, Galafilm and Muse Entertainment and with broadcasters CBC, CTV, Global Television, Showcase, The Movie Network, Movie Central and Oxygen Media. Back Alley Films offices are located in Toronto and Montreal.

Anchor Bay Entertainment is a division of Starz Media. Starz Media is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes Film Roman and Anchor Bay Entertainment as well as the Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming – including theatrical films – and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media is a wholly owned subsidiary of Starz, LLC which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. and which is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starzmedia.com <http://www.starzmedia.com> .