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Ride Around the World 

Take a Ride on the Wild Side

“Spectacular… what IMAX was made for!”

—     Seattle Times 

“A must see! Astonishing locations. Amazing horsemanship and

action to take your breath way …”

—     City Guide, St. Louis 

“An extraordinary film! Stands to help revolutionize the

very idiom of western movie storytelling …”

—     Fort Worth business Press 

Extraordinary Picture & Sound Created in IMAX  

For Cowboys & Cowgirls of All Ages, Galloping Onto DVD & Blu-ray Dec. 1^st  

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Nov. 5, 2009 — For Immediate Release — Saddle up for a wild ride and discover the amazing 1,200-year global history of cowboys in Ride Around the World, being released Dec. 1 on DVD and Blu-ray from Image Entertainment. 

Rope wild bulls on one of America’s most-famous ranches; swim with horses through the watery Argentine back country; stage an attack on a casbah with Moroccan mounted warriors; gallop over mountain tops in spectacular British Colombia;  journey on horseback through these exotic landscapes and many more as you Ride Around the World!

Experience global horse culture in all its gritty glory as you experience a spectacular journey through Morocco, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, British Columbia and Texas. Meet vaqueros, gauchos, baqueanos and cowboys who are part of a single global horse culture—an unbroken trail stretching back 1,200 years. These rugged men and women were pioneers, often first to settle the wild frontiers, laying the foundation in language, music and dress to shape a culture for the entire new world.

Filmed in exotic and rarely visited locations, Ride Around the World includes some of the most spectacular horse footage ever seen. A truly profound visual and cultural experience, this international journey will thrill audiences around the world while uniting them in a shared heritage.

Ride Around the World is the 2007 winner of “Best Documentary” at the Western Heritage Awards and the 2007 winner of the “Gold Medal” at the Park City Film Music Festival. This critically acclaimed documentary, which enjoyed a national theatrical release, was supported by a national print advertising campaign in America’s Horse magazine and on several horse enthusiasts Web sites.

Ride Around the World is presented in widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16 x 9 (1.78:1). The transfer from the original IMAX 15/70 print was completed using state-of-the-art scanning technology. The English and Spanish soundtracks are delivered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.

Special features include full-length “Making Of” documentary produced as an episode for the award-winning TV series America’s Horse; trailer gallery;  film trivia quiz; and optional Spanish-language audio track. The Blu-ray 1080p version includes the same special features of the SD release, but with enhanced audio, which are presented in DTS HD Master 5.1 audio format on all tracks. The Blu-ray version will be BD Live enabled.

Short Synopsis: 
Saddle up for a wild ride and discover the amazing 1,200-year global history of cowboys. Rope wild bulls on one of America’s most-famous ranches; swim with horses through the watery Argentine back country; stage an attack on a casbah with Moroccan mounted warriors; gallop over mountain tops in spectacular British Colombia; journey on horseback through these exotic landscapes and many more as you Ride Around the World! 

Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee and distributor of entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 400 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights and, through its subsidiary, Egami Media, Inc. has digital download rights to approximately 2,000 video programs and over 300 audio titles containing more than 5,100 individual tracks. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. For more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to www.image-entertainment.com. 

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