Duplicity News

The wife really wanted to go see this when it had it’s cinema run but we just couldn’t get away (must start to complile list of babysitters!). Come to think of it, it doesn’t seem that long ago, but here we are at DVD release time already. Here’s the official press release:

DUPLICITY
STEALING $40 MILLION IS EASY.
TRUSTING EACH OTHER IS THE HARD PART.

Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich, Pretty Woman) is reunited with Clive Owen (Closer, Sin Ciy) in Duplicity, director Tony Gilroy’s (Michael Clayton, Bourne Identity) smart and sexy comedy, out to own on DVD and Blu-ray from 27th July 2009.

Set in the murky world of industrial espionage, Duplicity demonstrates that where money is everything and morality takes a backseat, it’s hard to determine who is playing who.

Former government spies-turned-corporate operatives and clandestine lovers, Ray Koval (Owen) and Claire Stenwick (Roberts), are working on opposing sides of an all out commercial war between corporate giants Equikrom and Burkett & Randle.

B&R boss Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson) is rumoured to be about to announce the discovery of the latest innovation in the beauty industry; a drug so in demand that it would bring fortune to the company who patents it. On hearing this, ambitious Equikrom CEO Richard Garsik (Paul Giamatti) is determined to crush his bitter rival by getting his hands on this formula first – by any means possible.

Embroiled in this corporate death match, Ray and Claire spot their chance to make a fortune and plot to secure the top secret formula themselves.

But the further they become entangled in their bosses’ Machiavellian plotting it becomes less and less clear exactly who is being played. As their mutual attraction threatens to interfere with their carefully laid plan, the trickiest part of the operation for Ray and Claire is to decide if they can trust each other.

As the plot twists and turns through the flashbacks in time and myriad of double and triple crossings, the one thing that becomes apparent is that in the high stake world of industrial espionage, nothing is what it seems.

Cast and Crew
- Claire Stenwick… Julia Roberts
- Ray Koval… Clive Owen
- Howard Tully…. Tom Wilkinson
- Richard Garsik… Paul Giamatti
- Director… Tony Gilroy
- Writer… Tony Gilroy

DVD Extras include
- Feature Commentary with
- Writer/Director Tony Gilroy and
- Editor/Co-Producer John Gilroy

Technical details
UK Certificate: 12
Ireland Certificate: 12
DVD RRP: £19.99
Blu-ray RRP: £24.99
Feature Run Time: 119mins
Subtitles: English, Arabic, Danish, Finnish,
Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
DVD Sound mix: Dolby Digital 5.1
Blu-Ray Sound mix: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Colour: Colour
DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Blu-ray Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1