Farscape: Season Two Volume 2.5

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From: ADV Films

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Release Date Set For Farscape: Season Two Volume 2.5

Fifth Volume In Home Video Launch Of The Award-Winning Series' Second Season

HOUSTON, December 3, 2002 - ADV Films has set a street date of February 25, 2002 for the release of Farscape: Season Two Volume 2.5, the fifth home video release in the second season of Jim Henson Television and Hallmark Entertainment's award-winning series. TV Guide hailed the series as "The Best Sci-Fi on TV," and USA Today called Farscape "TV's Best Space Series."

SCI FI's controversial decision to cancel Farscape after wrapping production on its fourth season has left the series' large and devoted fan base in an uproar. That fan base, nurtured by airings in countries around the world-including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Sweden, France and Australia-has also made Farscape a successful merchandising franchise, with popular action figures, video games, comic books, novels, apparel and other items currently being manufactured by top licensees.

ADV Films' DVD and VHS releases of first season episodes stood on Billboard's Top 10 sales charts for over four months. Farscape: Season Two Volume 2.5 will be released on DVD and VHS in two-disc or two-cassette sets, for fans hungry to add the series to their collections.

Farscape: Season Two Volume 2.5 episodes: A CLOCKWORK NEBARI A brainwashed Aeryn and Rygel return from a Commerce Planet with a surprise for Chiana-two fellow Nebari to take her home and "mind cleanse" her as well. Chiana learns her brother, Nerri is still alive and now the head of the Nebari resistance movement.

LIARS, GUNS AND MONEY-PART I: A NOT SO SIMPLE PLAN A plan to steal loot to buy D'Argo's son Jothee from the Slave Traders goes terribly wrong when D'Argo is captured in the heist. The crew's attempt to rescue him is complicated by the arrival of Crichton's nemesis Scorpius.

LIARS, GUNS AND MONEY PART II: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE... Scorpius wants to make a deal: D'Argo's son in exchange for Crichton. A plan to use the stolen loot to hire old foes and rescue Jothee makes sense, until it is discovered that the valuable ingots are actually alive... and eating Moya!

LIARS, GUNS AND MONEY PART III: PLAN B No money. Angry mercenaries. An injured Moya. And Crichton in the hands of Scorpius! Only an all-out assault has any chance of rescuing him. But even if Aeryn's plan succeeds, can Crichton rescue his own mind from Scorpius?

DIE ME, DICHOTOMY The neural chip Scorpius put in Crichton's brain finally takes over, turning him against our crew. Aeryn is forced into a deadly confrontation with Crichton/Scorpius that only one will survive.

Farscape: Season Two Volume 2.5 ($39.98 SRP DVD, $19.98 SRP VHS) contains 2 discs or two video cassettes with 2 episodes each. Languages: English 5.1 & English 2.0. DVD-only extras include: Farscape Dictionary: Curses & Insults; Alien Encounters; character back story: Chiana; actor biography: Gigi Edgley; Alien Races part 2; deleted scenes; conceptual drawings and ADV Previews.

About Henson: The Jim Henson Company, an established leader in family entertainment for more than 45 years, is a multimedia production company; one of the top character licensors in the industry; a leading publisher of children's books and home to Jim Henson Television, Jim Henson Pictures, Jim Henson Interactive, Jim Henson Home Entertainment and Jim Henson's Creature Shop(tm). The Company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices and production facilities in New York and London. The Jim Henson Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of EM.TV & Merchandising AG based in Munich, Germany. The Jim Henson Company website is located at: http://www.henson.com.

About ADV Films: In 1992, ADV Films (ADV) began to forge the international market for Japanese animation ("anime") by combining unique titles, outstanding production values and efficient large-scale distribution. Today, ADV is the #1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation to the North American market, with the firm's holdings including such premier titles as Spriggan, Sailor Moon, Samurai X, Medabots, Robotech, Gasaraki and Neon Genesis Evangelion. ADV has also expanded into other forms of genre programming, including live-action science fiction programs Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda and Farscape, and classic science fiction such as Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. ADV's corporate parent, A.D. Vision, Inc., publishes Newtype USA, the premiere anime and manga monthly in the English-speaking world, and operates The Anime Network, broadcasting anime and anime-related programming via digital cable, 24 hours a day. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, with additional offices in the EU and Japan, and distribution on four continents, ADV is fast becoming an international entertainment powerhouse. For more information, visit ADV on the web at http://www.advfilms.com.

Farscape: Season Two Volume 2.5
Running Time: 260 minutes (DVD), 250 minutes (VHS)
Pre-Book Date: 1/28/03
Street Date: 2/25/03
Format DVDVHS
SRP $39.98 $19.98