Comic actress Anna Faris (LOST IN TRANSLATION, SCARY MOVIE) shines in her starring turn in THE HOUSE BUNNY, a hilarious and heartfelt tale of female empowerment. As the film opens, Shelly Darlingson (Farris) is Big Bunny on Campus at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. With her 27th birthday approaching, Shelly eagerly anticipates fulfilling her dream: to be centerfold of the month. But when she learns that she's being booted from Bunnyland, Shelly finds herself with no family or place to call home. Desperate for both, she lucks across the socially inept sisters of the Zeta Alpha Zeta sorority. With no hope of attracting new pledges and the consequent threat of losing their sorority, the girls of Zeta take in the bubbly Shelly as their new "house mother." Shelly immediately sets to work helping the Zetas bring out their inner glamazons, luring in boys while drawing the ire of rival sorority Phi Iota Mu. Shelly also catches the eye of Oliver (Colin Hanks), who forces her to realize that it will take more her Playboy Mansion ways to win over a good man. Plus, Shelly discovers that her social insights have transformed the Zetas into the very superficial types they once railed against. And when Hugh Hefner calls to offer Shelly her dream centerfold shoot, she must choose between returning to the family that loved her best and saving the family that needs her most. Faris (who co-produced the film) is a comic delight as Shelly, with a perfect blend of sexy charm and sweet-natured cluelessness. Supported by an excellent cast of fresh faces and seasoned veterans, THE HOUSE BUNNY is an irresistible tale of inner beauty and "sisters" sticking together.
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Package Note: Region ABC
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby TrueHD 5.1 - English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai
Subtitles - Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Music Video: I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE
Introduction: Introduction To I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE
Behind the Scenes:
1. From Song To Set: Katherine McPhee
2. From Tour Bus To Trailer: Tyson Ritter
3. House Bunny Memories
Featurette:
1. House Bunny Style
2. The Girls of Zeta
3. Calendar Girls
4. Anna Faris: House of Mom
5. Colin Hanks: Mr. Nice Guy
6. Look Who Dropped By
7. The Girls Upstairs
8. Zetas Transformed
9. Getting Ready For A Party
Interactive Features:
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Distributor Notes: Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have - a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.
Executive Producer
Anna Faris: Comedic actress, THE HOT CHICK, SCARY MOVIE
Executive Producer
Karen McCullah Lutz: Screenwriter
Executive Producer
Kirsten Smith: Screenwriter
Director of Photography
Shelly Johnson: American Cinematographer
Review 1:
"Faris displays comedic chops that reach heights taller than her eight-inch stilettos."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.46 12/19/2008
Review 2:
3 stars out of 5 -- "Faris' considerable comic talents and endless frilly outfits fluff this workaday cautionary tale into an easy-watch whirl of sweetness and light colours."
Source: Total Film
p.58 11/01/2008
Review 3:
"Faris is endearing as the innocently ditzy Shelley Darlingson. She is a talented comedian and has some funny moments here..."
Source: USA Today
08/23/2008
Review 4:
"Anna Faris proves herself a faux-bimbo par excellence in this breezy, ditzy comedy about a Playboy bunny who goes back to school."
Source: New York Times
08/22/2008
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