Arriving on May 23rd, DVD Includes a Bloopers Reel, an Audio Commentary, a Dolly Parton Music Video and More

“Felicity Huffman’s performance is nothing short of amazing!”
-Leonard Maltin, Entertainment Tonight

SANTA MONICA -- Genius Products, Inc. (OTCBB: GNPI) and The Weinstein Company today announced the May 23, 2006 DVD release of Transamerica, starring Felicity Huffman in the most extraordinary role of her career. Huffman, Emmy Award® winner for TV’s “Desperate Housewives,” won a Golden Globe® for Best Actress in a Drama, and was nominated for an Academy Award® in the film that takes a funny, touching, completely original look at a modern American family. It’s a film with “a lot of humanity and a lot of heart (Ebert & Roeper).” Felicity Huffman plays Bree, a transsexual about to take the final step in her transformation from man to woman while at the same time playing new mother to the son she never knew she had. The film also features acclaimed performances by the supporting cast, including up-and-coming star, Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead), Fionnula Flanagan (Four Brothers, The Others), Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves) and Elizabeth Peña (Tortilla Soup). Transamerica marks the directorial debut of writer/director Duncan Tucker, who won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. The soundtrack features the Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominated song “Travelin’ Thru,” sung by Dolly Parton.

Available for the suggested retail price of $28.95, Transamerica features a bloopers Reel with over four minutes of hilarious footage, a feature length audio commentary with Director, Duncan Tucker, and two taped conservations between the director and stars, Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers. Additional bonus features include the music video of Dolly Parton’s Academy Award® nominated song, “Travelin’ Thru,” and the behind-the-scenes making of the music video.

Prim and proper Bree (Huffman) gets an out-of-the-blue phone call from Toby, her illegitimate 17-year old son just as she is about to take the final step in becoming the woman she always wanted to be. The son (Zegers), who was raised by her ex-lover, has been arrested and needs Bree to bail him out. So she leaves L.A. and flies to New York with the plan to deposit her estranged son with his stepfather in Tennessee. But the wheels of fortune take Bree and Toby on a cross-country adventure filled with u-turns, both humorous and emotional, that bring parent and son closer together.

BASICS
Price: $28.95
Order Due Date: April 11, 2006
Street Date: May 23, 2006
MPAA Rating: R
Languages: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Running time: 104 minutes
Catalog Numbers: 79039
Screen Format: 16X9 Widescreen (1.78:1)
Closed Captioned

About Genius Products Inc.

Genius Products, Inc. (OTCBB:GNPI), one of the industry's fastest growing independent home entertainment distributors, produces and distributes an ever-expanding library of home entertainment products including DVDs and CDs. Sold in retail outlets nationwide under such well-known brands as NBC News, Wellspring, TV Guide®, Sundance Channel Home Entertainment™ and Baby Genius®, the company's products are distributed through the Genius Products Branded Distribution Network, an extensive, proprietary distribution network that extends throughout the U.S. to mass, drugstore, supermarket and specialty retailers.

Genius Products boasts a premiere management team comprised of seasoned executives from major Hollywood studios, who have steered the company into the forefront of the industry through their landmark distribution deal with The Weinstein Company.

Upcoming films planned for release by Genius Products include films by The Weinstein Company such as DERAILED, starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen; HOODWINKED, an updated retelling of the classic story of Red Riding Hood with the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close and Jim Belushi; MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins; WOLF CREEK, an Australian horror film, and THE MATADOR, starring Pierce Brosnan. Potential new releases include sequels to SIN CITY, SCARYMOVIE, KILL BILL and TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES.

About The Weinstein Company.

The Weinstein Company was created by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films Corp. in 1979. TWC is a multi-media company that officially launched on October 1, 2005. Dimension Films, the genre label that was founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, is also included under TWC banner. The Weinsteins are actively working on the production, development and acquisition of projects for TWC.

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