NAVARRE
CORPORATION’S
BCI WELCOMES
AN OUT OF
THIS WORLD
SHOWDOWN
WITH
BRAVESTARR!
The Best of
Bravestarr
On DVD July
3rd for the
First Time
Ever on
Planet
Earth!
Los Angeles,
CA – BCI, a
Navarre
Corporation
Company, and
leading UK
media
company and
underlying
rights
owner,
Entertainment
Rights Plc
(“ER”) will
release “Bravestarr,”
the popular
animated
space
western that
brought the
old west and
the future
together in
an exciting
and
groundbreaking
adventure
series. The
two DVD set,
which will
be released
under BCI’s
Ink & Paint
brand,
includes the
top five fan
selected
episodes and
the
theatrical
feature film
Bravestarr:
The Legend.
The set will
be available
July 3rd at
a suggested
retail price
of $24.98.
“Bravestarr
has a strong
and loyal
following
who still
remember
watching
these
colorful
western
characters
that are
lost in
space,” said
BCI’s Sr.
V.P.
Marketing
and
Acquisitions,
Marvin
Gleicher.
“Bravestarr
is the type
of animation
that’s truly
rooted in
classic
action
adventure
and science
fiction and
this series
will appeal
to kids and
adults
alike.”
Marshall
Bravestarr,
a hero of
Native
American
descent, has
escaped the
destruction
of his home
world by the
villainous
Stampede.
Now one of
the toughest
lawmen in
the
universe,
Bravestarr
comes to the
planet of
New Texas to
face the
good, the
bad, and the
weird.
Aiding him
in keeping
the peace
are his
trusty
sidekick
Thirty-Thirty
(a sentient
transforming
horse), the
beauteous
Judge Bean,
and the
diminutive
Prairie
People. The
world of
Bravestarr
is an
action-filled
fantasyland
loaded with
danger,
excitement,
and a
winning mix
of great
space
adventures
and classic
westerns.
This DVD set
includes the
feature film
“Bravestarr:
The Legend”
– the
theatrical
release that
led to the
popular
syndicated
action
series – and
the top five
stories from
“Bravestarr
The Series,”
as voted by
fans of this
action-filled
65-episode
program!
Episodes
included are
“Eye of the
Beholder,”
“To Walk a
Mile,”
“Fallen
Idol,”
“Tex’s
Terrible
Night” and
“The Price.”
“The Best of
Bravestarr”
is not just
a retro cool
collection
made for the
devoted, but
a
rediscovery
of an
animated
series
that’s sure
to gain new
fans in the
new
millennium
and beyond!
SPECIAL
FEATURES:
"Saddling Up
With
Bravestarr:
The Legend”
Documentary
- A look at
the origin
of
television's
most popular
animated
science
fiction
western,
including
interviews
with
producers,
writers,
animators,
and other
Filmation
personnel.
Feature-Length
Audio
Commentary
Track for "Bravestarr:
The Legend"
with
Producer Lou
Scheimer,
Director Tom
Sito, Voice
Actor Pat
Fraley,
Animator Tom
Sito, and
Voice
Director
Erika
Scheimer.
Hosted by
Andy Mangels.
“Bravestarr:
The Legend”
Theatrical
Trailer
Rare
Footage:
Promotional
presentation
of “Selected
Scene” from
“Bravestarr:
The Legend”
and
live-action
footage for
rotoscoping.
Image
Gallery of
“Bravestarr:
The Legend”
promotional
art and
advertising.
DVD-ROM
Material:
Script for
“Bravestarr:
The Legend,”
plus five
episodic
scripts.
Booklet with
episode
guide and
trivia fun
facts.
English and
Spanish
language
audio
tracks.
Ink & Paint
Trailers.
Producing
the special
features,
documentary
and most of
the extra
content is
entertainment
writer Andy
Mangels, a
best-selling
novelist,
and author
of Animation
on DVD – The
Ultimate
Guide.
This release
will be
supported
with a print
campaign and
internet
exposure
including
viral video
and targeted
advertising,
including
special
distribution
at San Diego
Comic-Con
2007.
The entire
line of Ink
& Paint
titles can
be viewed at
www.inkandpaintdvd.com.
About
Navarre
Corporation
Navarre
Corporation
is a
publisher
and
distributor
of physical
and digital
home
entertainment
and
multimedia
products,
including PC
software, CD
audio, DVD
video, video
games and
accessories.
Since its
founding in
1983, the
Company has
established
distribution
relationships
with
customers
across a
wide
spectrum of
retail
channels
which
includes
mass
merchants,
discount,
wholesale
club, office
and music
superstores,
military and
e-tailers
nationwide.
The Company
currently
provides its
products to
over 19,000
retail and
distribution
center
locations
throughout
the United
States and
Canada.
Navarre has
expanded its
business to
include the
licensing
and
publishing
of home
entertainment
and
multimedia
content,
primarily
through the
acquisitions
of Encore,
BCI, and
FUNimation.
For more
information,
please visit
the
Company's
web site at
http://www.navarre.com.
About BCI
BCI, a
wholly owned
subsidiary
of the
Navarre
Corporation,
is a leading
independent
entertainment
DVD and
audio
publisher
and
distributor.
Working with
licensors
from around
the world,
BCI has
acquired an
extensive
library
including
animation,
action,
sports,
horror,
drama and
special
interest
programming.
The BCI
brand is
committed to
bringing the
most
original
product to
the
marketplace
with its
innovative
marketing
programs,
bonus
features and
collectible
packaging.
The
diversity of
product has
led to the
creation of
BCI’s labels
– Ink &
Paint
(animation),
International
Voyage
(international
programming),
Ronin
Entertainment
(film and
television
programming
from Japan)
and Deimos
Entertainment
(horror,
cult and
sci-fi
films). BCI
is uniquely
qualified to
represent a
vast array
of content
for North
American DVD
distribution.
For more
information,
please visit
www.bcieclipse.com.
About
Entertainment
Rights
Entertainment
Rights Plc
(“ER”) is
the UK’s
leading
global media
group
specializing
in the
ownership of
high quality
children’s
and family
programming,
characters
and brands.
ER owns or
manages the
rights to
many global
characters
including
Basil
Brush®,
Postman
Pat®, Jess
the Cat™,
Little Red
Tractor™,
Rupert
Bear®,
He-Man and
the Masters
of the
Universe®,
Fat Albert
and the
Cosby kids™,
She-Ra®, Jim
Jam &
Sunny™,
Ghostbusters,
The Lone
Ranger,
Lassie,
Rudolph the
Red-Nosed
Reindeer,
Casper the
Friendly
Ghost, Felix
the Cat and
the
award-winning
VeggieTales.
In January
2007, ER
acquired
Classic
Media, the
US-based
owner of an
extensive
portfolio of
children’s
and family
characters
and brands
including
Lassie,
Underdog,
The Lone
Ranger,
Casper the
Friendly
Ghost, and
Big Idea
Productions
Inc,
producer and
creator of
the
award-winning
VeggieTales
series of
programming
which, to
date, has
sold over 50
million home
videos.
Since 1999,
when ER
owned rights
to just 39
episodes of
programming,
ER’s library
has grown to
circa 8,700
episodes of
high quality
children’s
and family
characters
and brands.
This
includes
certain
rights to
global
brands such
as Mattel’s
Barbie™,
Scholastic’s
Clifford™
and Hasbro’s
Transformers™.
ER’s wholly
owned
subsidiary
Tell-Tale
Productions,
created and
produced The
Tweenies,
one of the
UK’s most
successful
pre-school
brands. ER
has grown
rapidly.
Annual
revenues
have
increased
from $3.5m
in 1999 to
$60.2m in
2005, the
last
reported
financial
year