DVD & Blu-ray: THE WIND RISES (2013) - Animation

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Product Description: "Visually gorgeous" – Richard Corliss, TIME Acclaimed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) delivers a modern masterpiece with this Academy Award-nominated exploration of creative passion in a hostile world. Jiro Horikoshi is fascinated by aviation but unable to become a pilot due to a medical condition. He moves to Tokyo in 1923, surviving the Great Kanto Earthquake to become a highly accomplished airplane designer. As rumors of war escalate, Jiro reunites with Nahoko, a young woman he met during the earthquake years earlier. The two fall deeply in love, just as Nahoko falls ill with tuberculosis. Inspired by visions of Italian aeronaut Caproni, Jiro must confront mounting tragedies with dignity in this epic tale of love and perseverance.

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DVD & Blu-Ray: THE WIND RISES From Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki

Product Description: From Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Best Animated Feature, SPIRITED AWAY, 2002) comes a spellbinding movie beyond compare. Experience "perhaps the greatest animated film the cinema has ever seen" (David Ehrlich, Film.com) on Blu-ray. Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, he becomes one of the world's most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key historical events in an epic tale of love, perseverance and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world. Bring home the film that has dazzled fans and critics around the globe. Bursting off the screen with spectacular picture and sound and featuring fascinating bonus material, Miyazaki's final masterpiece, THE WIND RISES, is breathtaking on Blu-ray and DVD.

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In Theaters: POMPEII, 3 DAYS TO KILL, THE WIND RISES

Movies opening this week in theaters:

• POMPEII (Sony Pictures / PG-13 / Wide)
• 3 DAYS TO KILL (Relativity Media / PG-13 / Wide)
• THE WIND RISES (Walt Disney Pictures / PG-13 / Wide)

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