ROCK JOCKS Among Cinedigm's August Blu-ray/DVD Releases

By: Aug. 02, 2013
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It's August. A new month, a new batch of great films. Watch our THIS IS AUGUST trailer, highlighting some of the films we're releasing this month.

AUGUST RELEASES

Featured Films

The World Before Her
Two groups explore the options presented to women in modern India. One group competes for the crown of Miss India, the other prepares to kill and die for Hindu Nationalist beliefs.
(Releases August 6 on Digital and DVD)

Absence
Expectant mother Liz wakes to discover that her unborn child has disappeared overnight. She travels to the mountains with her husband and brother to escape the attention of prying neighbors and police - and to try to make sense of what happened.
(Releases August 6 on Blu-ray+DVD, DVD, Digital, and Cable VOD)

Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal
Starving artist Ronny takes up a teaching job to find inspiration. There, he befriends a muscular, mute art student named Eddie, who pursues exciting opportunities in the field of sleepwalking cannibalism.
(Releases August 6 on Digital)

And While We Were Here
An estranged married couple (Kate Bosworth and Iddo Goldberg) head off to the beautiful Island of Ischia, off Italy's Amalfi Coast, where life gets complicated when she begins a romantic affair with a younger man.
(Releases August 13th Pre-Theatrically on Digital)

Totally Spies Season 1
Three High School best friends and undercover spies battle with the most outrageous super villains all around the world!
(Releases August 13 on DVD and Digital)

Ip Man - The Final Fight
Based on the later life of Wing Chun Grandmaster Ip Man (who trained Bruce Lee), Anthony Wong fills in Donnie Yen's shoes as the legendary fighter.
(Releases August 20th Pre-Theatrically on Digital)

Rock Jocks
A top-secret band of overworked government employees (including Felicia Day and Justin Chon) spend their night shift fighting off boredom and a meddling bureaucrat hell-bent on shutting them down, while defending the world from an onslaught of asteroids.
(Releases August 13 on DVD, now on Digital and VOD)

This Is Martin Bonner
This Sundance award-winning film follows aging Martin Bonner, who leaves his old life behind for a new one - helping releasing prisoners discover life outside of jail. An unconventional friendship begins when he meets ex-con Travis (in a staggering performance from Richmond Arquette).
(Available August 20 on Digital)

Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
You will believe dreams come true when you watch this journey of Filipino Arnel Pineda, whose life changed when iconic American rock band Journey discovered his YouTube videos and gave him a chance of a lifetime.
(Available August 20 on DVD and Digital Download-to-Own)

Arthur Newman
A cross-country odyssey of self-discovery and renewal, ARTHUR NEWMAN is a comic romance about two unlikely souls who fall in love and find out who they really are. Starring Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Emily Blunt (Looper).
(Available August 20 for pre-DVD release Digital Download-to-Own)

A Company Man
Loyal employee Hyeong-do is tired of his dead-end job, which looks like your typical normal 9-5 company. But behind closed doors this place specializes in contract killings.
(Available August 27 on Digital)

Dean Slater: Resident Advisor
When a resident advisor accidentally lands in jail, professional college partier Dean Slater takes a group of nerdy freshmen under his wing to show them how to survive their first year in college. (Crib notes: party and score)
(Available August 27 on Digital)

Koch
During the '80s, New York's graffiti, crime, and struggle was at an all-time high. Through archived footage,KOCH follows New York's determined mayor Ed Koch during a period that shaped the city as you see it today.
(Available August 27 on Digital)

The Painting
Hailed as Picasso's Toy Story, this Best Animation César Award nominee is an epic Wizard of Oz-esque adventure from visionary animator-turned-director Jean-François Laguionie.
(Available August 27 on Blu-ray+DVD, DVD, and Digital)

Dog Pound
Angel, 15 years old: assault and auto theft. Davis, 16 years old: possession of narcotics with intent to resell. Butch, 17 years old: assault on a correctional officer. The three are taken to Enola Vale Youth Correctional Center in Montana, where they struggle to keep their bodies and spirits intact, but each act of violence swells ever more forcefully.
(Available August 13 on DVD and Digital Download-to-Own)

Highland Park
HIGHLAND PARK follows Detroit-area High School faculty (Billy Burke, Twilight / Danny Glover, The Royal Tenenbaums) as budget cuts start to eliminate most of their jobs. Facing pressure from a ruthlessly ambitious mayor (Parker Posey, Best In Show), against almost insurmountable odds they discover that luck is actually in the eye of the beholder.
(Available August 20 on DVD and Digital Download-to-Own)
Cinedigm is thrilled to announce that the following films have received a total of 10 nominations at the 34th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Check out the nominees before the winners are announced on October 1st!
The Loving Story (Available on DVD and Digital)
Nominations:
Best Documentary
Outstanding Historical Programming-Long-Form
Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long-Form
Hell and Back Again (Available on DVD and Digital)
Nomination:
Best Documentary
We Were Here (Available on DVD and Digital)
Nomination:
Outstanding Historical Programming-Long-Form
My Reincarnation (Available on DVD and Digital)
Nomination: Outstanding Informational Programming-Long-Form
Semper Fi: Always Faithful (Available on Digital)
Nomination:
Outstanding Informational Programming-Long-Form

Marina Amramovic: The Artist is Present (Available on Digital)
Nominations:
Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming
Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long-Form

The Woman Who Wasn't There (Available on Digital)
Nomination:
Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction

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