SANTA MONICA – PRESS RELEASE – Genius Products, Inc. and The Weinstein Company bring one of the years most controversial and salacious films, The Libertine, to DVD on July 4, 2006. Two-time Academy Award nominee Johnny Depp stars as John Wilmont, the second Earl of Rochester, a passionate rebel whose ideas challenged a kingdom and whose escapades scandalized a nation.
The availability of The Libertine DVD is timed to coincide with the theatrical release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest in early July for the suggested retail price of $28.95. The Libertine features 10 deleted scenes, the making-of featurette “Capturing The Libertine,” and a feature-length commentary with director Laurence Dunmore.
