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    Jack Black & Kyle Gass Rock Out as the Greatest Band of All Time in Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, Power Sliding onto DVD February 27, 2007, From New Line Entertainment

    LOS ANGELES, CA (December 18, 2006)– Rock and roll to the underworld and beyond as the self-proclaimed greatest band of all time, Tenacious D, seize their harmonious fate in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. America’s funniest melodic duo, Jack Black (The Holiday, Nacho Libre) and Kyle Gass (Elf, The New Guy), rock your socks off as Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny hits DVD on February 27, 2007, from New Line Home Entertainment. JB (Black) and KG (Gass) reveal the legend of Tenacious D’s miraculous origin, from their first introduction to taking on the devil in the ultimate rock and roll showdown as they unearth the darkest secret in the history of music. Joining them onstage is an all-star cast, featuring Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum, Meet the Fockers), Tim Robbins (War of the Worlds, The Player), Meat Loaf (BloodRayne, Fight Club) and musician Dave Grohl (Nirvana, The Foo Fighters). With feature-length commentary from Jack Black, Kyle Gass and director Liam Lynch (Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic), outrageous deleted/extended scenes and featurettes, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny arrives on DVD at a $27.95 SRP. The order due date is January 23, 2007.
    Witness the birth of Tenacious D, the self-proclaimed greatest rock band of all time! On a fateful day in Venice Beach, JB (Jack Black) and KG (Kyle Gass) meet and realize that they were destined to make history by combining their musical genius. But when overnight success eludes them, they set out to find the legendary "Pick of Destiny" – a special guitar pick believed to possess magical powers that can turn any open-mike wannabe into a rock legend. Their epic quest, which includes rock star cameos, run-ins with the law, sorority hotties and Sasquatch, will have you begging for an encore.

    DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*

    • Commentary from stars Jack Black, Kyle Gass and director Liam Lynch
    • Deleted scenes with introduction from director Liam Lynch
    • Deleted/extended scenes
    • “Making of…” Documentary
    • “In the Studio” featurette
    • “Making of the Video” featurette for “The Pick of Destiny”
    • Music Video: Tenacious D’s “The Pick of Destiny”
    • Jump to a song jukebox feature
    • Theatrical trailer
    • Teaser trailer
    • Animated menus
    • 16x9 widescreen (1.85) version of the film
    • English DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete, English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX Surround Sound, English 2.0 Stereo Surround
    • English subtitles and closed captions
    • Spanish subtitles

    *DVD special features subject to change.
    Title     Format     SRP     Cat. #     ISBN #     UPC #
    Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny     Keepcase     $27.95 SRP     N10698     0-7806-5677-6     794043106989
    New Line Home Entertainment distributes New Line Cinema theatrical films on DVD, including the premium DVD brand infinifilm™. The Company also distributes feature films and non-theatrical programs acquired or produced by New Line Home Entertainment and New Line Television. Founded almost 40 years ago, New Line Cinema is the most successful independent film company in the world. Its mission is to produce innovative, popular and profitable entertainment in the best creative environment. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted to home entertainment, television, music, theater, merchandising and an international unit. In 2005, New Line partnered with HBO to form Picturehouse, a new theatrical distribution company to release independent films. A pioneer in franchise filmmaking, New Line’s Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most successful film franchises in history. New Line is a division of Time Warner, Inc.
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