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PR Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas on DVD Sep 1

Barnholtz Entertainment & Lionsgate Entertainment

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas is presented in anamorphic widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16 x 9 and either 5.1 surround audio or 2.0 stereo audio. Special features include commentary with director Michael Feifer and star Antonio Sabato, Jr., stills gallery and Spanish subtitles.

Barnholtz Entertainment & Lionsgate Entertainment Proudly Present Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

Prolific Serial Killer or Prolific Liar? True Crime Thriller Starring Antonio Sabato Jr. On DVD Sept. 1st

“The most effective portrayal of a serial killer to ever be put to film!” Independent Film Quarterly

LOS ANGELES — Sept. 1, 2009 — For Immediate Release — The evolution of one of America’s most notorious serial killers is hauntingly portrayed in Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas, coming to DVD Sept.1 from Barnholtz Entertainment (distributed by Lionsgate Entertainment).



Convicted and sentenced to death in Texas for 11 murders (commuted to life in prison by then-governor George W. Bush), Henry Lee Lucas (Antonio Sabato, Jr., General Hospital, Melrose Place) confessed to more than 350 murders, most with partner Ottis Toole (Kostas Sommer). But due to an ongoing habit of making confessions, then recanting them, it is unknown how many he actually committed.

Verbally and physically abused as a child by his mother (whom he killed, serving 10 years), Lucas drifted around the American south as a young adult, meeting Toole in Florida in 1976. He began a romantic affair with Toole’s young niece Frieda Powell (Kelly Curran) – who they took on the road with them – and was later charged with her murder as well.

In Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas, flashbacks recreate the crimes, violence, ruthlessness and callousness of one of America’s most infamous serial killers, who once revealed, “Killing is like eating and you eat because you’re hungry. Sometimes I just got hungry.”

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas is presented in anamorphic widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16 x 9 and either 5.1 surround audio or 2.0 stereo audio. Special features include commentary with director Michael Feifer and star Antonio Sabato, Jr., stills gallery and Spanish subtitles.

Barnholtz Entertainment, Inc. (BEI), founded in 1996, and North American Motion Pictures (NAMP), founded in 2008, produce and distribute theatrical and direct-to-video, feature-length genre films – westerns, horror, action-adventure and comedy – with top-quality production values, superior packaging and star-driven casts. Headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., BEI and NAMP are helmed by industry veteran Barry Barnholtz. The companies’ library of nearly 200 films, produced under the Barnholtz Entertainment banner, includes such stars as Russell Crowe, Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, Cameron Diaz, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Reese Witherspoon, Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock, Jessica Alba, Hugh Jackman, Richard Gere and Chris Rock, to name a few. According to Rentrak, 19 of the last 20 Barnholtz films distributed on DVD (by Lionsgate Entertainment) were ranked as a top-10 non-theatrical rental title. Two titles reached #1, The Legend of Butch and Sundance (six weeks) and Ed Gein: Butcher of Plainfield.

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
Barnholtz Entertainment/Lionsgate Entertainment
Genre: Thriller
Rated: R
Format: DVD
Running Time: Approx. 81 Minutes (Plus Special Features)
Suggested Retail Price: $26.98
Order Date: August 5, 2009
Street Date: September 1, 2009
Catalog #: 25999
UPC Code: #012236104445

Barnholtz Entertainment & Lionsgate Entertainment

Posted by: News Editor - September 1, 2009, 9:31 pm - PR
Keywords: drama