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THE BELOVED CANINE IS BACK EM-BARKING

ON AN ALL-NEW HOWL-ARIOUS ADVENTURE PERFECT

FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

BEETHOVEN’S TREASURE TAIL

AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL HD ON OCTOBER 14, 2014 AND ON DVD AND BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK WITH DVD, DIGITAL HD & ULTRAVIOLET™ ON OCTOBER 28, 2014, FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT

SYNOPSIS:  Get ready to howl with laughter in this all-new family comedy starring America’s favorite St. Bernard, the one and only Beethoven! After a doggone disaster of a movie shoot, the big-hearted pooch and his trainer, Eddie (Jonathan Silverman, Beethoven’s Big Break), are heading home when they get stranded in a small coastal village. When Beethoven befriends a local boy (Bretton Manley, Ted), he helps him find a pirate map to lost treasure and together they em-bark on an adventure that brings the whole town together. Co-starring Morgan Fairchild (Flamingo Road), Kristy Swanson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), it’s a heartwarming “tail” about finding fun wherever your nose leads you.

Produced by Universal 1440 Entertainment, the production arm of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Beethoven’s Treasure Taildebuts on Digital HD on October 14, 2014, and on DVD and Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with DVD, Digital HD & Ultraviolet™ on October 28, 2014.

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FILMMAKERS

Cast: Jonathan Silverman, Kristy Swanson, Bretton Manley, Jeffrey Combs, Alec Mapa with Colin Mochrie and Morgan

Fairchild

Written and Directed By: Ron Oliver

Produced By: Albert T. Dickerson III

Director of Photography: C. Kim Miles CSC

Production Designer: Bill Fleming

Edited By: Heath Ryan

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK:

Street Date:  October 28, 2014

Copyright:  2014 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Selection Number:  63129928

Running time:  1 hour 38 minutes

Layers:  BD-50

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen

Languages/Subtitles:  English, Spanish, French

Sound:  DTS-Digital Surround 5.1 (Spanish, French)/DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English)

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – DVD:

Street Date:  October 28, 2014

Copyright:  2014 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Selection Number: 63129927

Running time: 1 hour 38 minutes

Layers: Dual Layer

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen

Languages/Subtitles:  English, Spanish, French

Sound:  Dolby Digital 5.1 (English, Spanish, French)

About Universal Studios Home Entertainment

The Universal 1440 Entertainment banner develops and produces live-action and animated productions directly for the home entertainment, television and the stage.  Since its formation in 2005, the group has assembled an exceptional roster of animated family fare, including the brand-new animated feature-length home entertainment release The Little Engine That Could; the Daytime Emmy®-winning “Curious George” television series on PBS KIDS; and a string of hit Barbie movies, based on the world-renowned Mattel-branded doll. The group also has successfully built upon some of Universal’s highly celebrated live-action franchises, most recently launching the Tony Award®-nominated hit touring stage production Bring It On: The Musical; the adrenaline-fueled actioner Death Race 3: Inferno; and the latest in the terrifying suspense saga Curse of Chucky.  Projects currently readying for release include the all-new home entertainment features Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power, Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse and Jarhead 2: Field of Fire.

Universal 1440 Entertainment is a production entity of Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE).  USHE is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is a part of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks, and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.