Microcosmos DVD Press Release

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<center><b><u>Award-Winning Film Available To Own
For The First Time On DVD</u>

MICROCOSMOS

<u>Explore The World Right Below You On May 3</b></u></center>

BURBANK, Calif., February 28, 2005 - Miramax Home Entertainment presents
<b>MICROCOSMOS</b>, a spectacular look at the real-life world of insects from a fascinating bug’seye
view. Narrated by Academy Award®-nominated actress Kristin Scott Thomas (“<i>The
English Patient</i>”), this award-winning, extraordinary journey into a fascinating mini-universe is
available to own for the first time ever on DVD May 3, priced at a collectible $19.99 (SRP).

<b>MICROCOSMOS</b> filmmakers Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou combined fifteen years of
research with breakthrough film techniques to create this unique film that won the prestigious
Cesar award, France’s equivalent of the Academy Award®, and the Grand Prize for Technical
Achievement at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The special camera technology employed in
<b>MICROCOSMOS</b> takes viewers on an amazing up-close tour of the incredible world right
beneath our feet, where remarkable insects strive and thrive.

In <b>MICROCOSMOS</b>, ladybugs fly like helicopters, ants scatter as a Godzilla-like Pheasant
invades their territory, a diving-bell spider makes an underwater home out of a single, tiny air
bubble - and these are just some of the many fantastic yet real-life scenes that are depicted. The
film’s breakthrough visual and audio techniques bring viewers up close and personal with the
fascinating behavior of <b>MICROCOSMOS</b>’ all-insect cast of characters.

<b><u>STREET DATE: May 3, 2005</b>
Suggested retail price</u>: $19.99 (DVD)
<u>Direct DVD prebook</u>: March 8, 2005
<u>Distributor DVD prebook</u>: March 22, 2005
<u>Feature running time</u>: Approximately 75 minutes
<u>Rated</u>: “G”
<u>DVD aspect ratio</u>: 1.66:1 enhanced for 16 x 9 screens
<u>Sound</u>: Dolby® Digital 2.0 Surround Sound
<u>Languages</u>: English, Spanish audio

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