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DVDfever.co.uk – Press release: Charlie Bartlett on DVD
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Posted: February 6th, 2009.
“Brilliantly original – Grazia
Fresh and funny – GQ
“Not your typical high-school flick: smart, original and wickedly funny.Anton Yelchin is excellent” – Heat
Robert Downey Jr. and Anton Yelchin star in the cool and original comedy Charlie Bartlett, in which a wealthy teenagers foray into bathroom-stall psychiatry becomes a smart, funny and touching battle against the loneliness, angst and hypocrisy of the modern world. Charlie Bartlett is released to buy and rent on DVD on 23 February 2009 from MGM and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Expelled from yet another private school for his blossoming, though illegal, entrepreneurial activities, wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Yelchin; Alpha Dog, Star Trek) finds himself at regular high school. His smart, geeky appearance gets him a first day beating from the school bully, so his overly medicated mother (Hope Davis; American Splendor; About Schmidt) calls in the family psychiatrist to help him out.
Seeing an opportunity not to be missed, Charlie sets himself up as the school agony uncle, dishing out advice and prescription drugs, courtesy of the family shrink, from the school toilets. His charm, charisma and access to medication soon starts to win him new friends as well as the attentions of the principals daughter, much to the annoyance of the principal (Downey Jr; Iron Man, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Chaplin), a man battling his own demons in this provocative and edgy comedy. As Charlie Bartletts world and fledgling psychiatric practice unravel, he begins to understand theres a whole lot more to making a difference than handing out pills.
Charlie Bartlett marks the directorial debut for Jon Poll, a world-class film editor with deep comic roots, who has previously collaborated with Charlie Bartlett producer Jay Roach on both the blockbuster Meet the Parents and Austin Powers, among others. Special features on the DVD include a Restroom Confessionals featurette and the Spiral Beach Voodoo music video. Dont miss out on your chance to see this irreverent comedy on DVD this February!
Extras: Commentary with Jon Poll, Anton Yelchin and Kat Dennings, Restroom Confessional, Spiral Beach Voodoo Music Video
The DVD is out on February 23rd, it runs for 92 mins and retails for £19.99 on DVD,but is currently on Amazon at the link above for £12.98.
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