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Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy star in Richard Linklater's charming, double headed romantic double bill - out now to own on DVD.

Before Sunrise and Before Sunset

Relive the romance, magic and wonder of two of the finest romantic films ever made this Valentine's. Critically acclaimed independent filmmaker Richard Linklater (School of Rock, Slacker) reunites Ethan Hawke (Training Day, Dead Poets' Society, Tape, Assault on Precinct 13) and Julie Delpy (Three Colours: White, An American Werewolf In Paris, Voyager, Killing Zoe, Villa des Roses, Europa Europa) in 2004's hit Before Sunset released to buy on DVD and to rent on DVD and VHS.

The equally loved predecessor Before Sunrise receives its DVD debut on the same day. Both DVDs will also be available to own in a special double pack. Perfect for a romantic night in or as a Valentine's gift, these films have captured hearts the World over.

Anti Hollywood Romance?

A glorious exploration of the realities of getting to know someone and falling in love, these two mesmerising films, hold remarkably true to the rhythms and subtleties of actual romantic encounters. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke discover that love can come as a complete surprise in 1995's Before Sunrise, which asks whether the greatest love of your life can last only one night. In last year's critically acclaimed follow-up, Before Sunset we find out what could happen if you had a second chance with the one that got away.

When Before Sunrise was released in 1995, critics hailed the movie as the most unconventional of love stories - an evening unwinding through the eyes of two strangers experiencing a foreign city and each other for the first time. For audiences, the film recalled the intoxicating promise of youth, in which two people could get off a train unexpectedly to spend an evening talking about everything under the stars.

"It was sort of an anti-Hollywood romance," says director Richard Linklater of his third film - after the indie hit that passed it?s title into popular culture: Slacker and the Liv Tyler starring Dazed and Confused. "In a simple way, it's a romance for realists. We're trying to capture something that's realistic - closer to something that maybe happened in your own life than in a movie. I think the people who connect with it have the same connection that we feel, and that's why we're continuing to explore these two characters." Resulting in the outstanding achievement of Before Sunset.

Critically Acclaimed

The realistic beauty of both films has spellbound critics and the public alike. The Daily Telegraph described Before Sunset as "Diaphanous and wonderful...a dream parade...Linklater's greatest achievement yet. It's beyond lovely...It's unfathomably deep and subtle, so achingly truthful that one could watch it a hundred times and still not exhaust its charms."

The Guardian newspaper called it a "...charming and affecting sequel...Linklater has messed with [the laws of romance] and given us two smart and tender films in the process...It's the date movie of the summer".

When Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) met on a Eurail train in Before Sunrise, the connection between them was immediate and profound. The 14-hour relationship that followed, as the pair explored the spontaneous and unexpected in Vienna, ended on a train platform where they swore they'd meet again six months later.

Paris

Nine years have passed since that morning. On the last stop of his book tour, at the tail end of a reading in a Paris book shop, Jesse finds Celine watching from the back of the room. She lives in Paris now, he in New York. He's flying out that evening and they utilise every moment, finding their human connection no less vital, inspiring or real than it was in nine years ago in Vienna.

In a stimulating and revealing journey through Paris, in real time, these two individuals explore the inner workings of their hearts and minds and rediscover their rare yet powerful love for the unexpected, the unrehearsed, and each other.

Here?s what some of the UK newspaper critics said about Before Sunset on its release in 2004:

"Excellent...funny, charming." - The Sun
"...too damn good to be ignored." ? Empire magazine
"...one of the most rewarding films of the year." - The Times
"Deeply romantic and quietly captivating." - Daily Express

Before Sunrise (1995) Before Sunset (2004) are available now as individual & double pack DVDs, certificate 15, with a combined run time of 174 minutes. Extra features are trailers for both films and a featurette ?On the set of Before Sunset?.

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