DATE: OCTOBER 5, 2006
FROM: LIBBY HENRY/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON
IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE
“ELVIS PRESLEY: THE ED SULLIVAN SHOWS”
3-DISC SPECIAL EDITION DVD
CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ELVIS’S HISTORIC APPEARANCES OUT NOVEMBER 21
*See the attached liner notes from Greil Marcus, the former editor of Rolling Stone and Creem, noted pop culture critic and author of the American music bible Mystery Train as well as Dead Elvis, Double Trouble, Lipstick Traces and the recently released The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice.
For more information, or to request a copy of ELVIS PRESLEY: THE ED SULLIVAN SHOWS contact MSO:
Libby Henry Kristine Ashton-Magnuson
818-380-0400 ext. 224 818-380-0400 ext. 233
Lhenry@msopr.com Kashton@msopr.com
About SOFA Entertainment:
SOFA Entertainment is an independent production company in Hollywood and the exclusive owner of "The Ed Sullivan Show," which holds 23 years of the Golden Age of Television. Since it was formed in 1990 by Andrew Solt, SOFA Entertainment along with its sister company, Andrew Solt Productions, has produced hundreds of hours of television and DVD programming. SOFA Entertainment is 50% owner of Historic Films Archives, LLC which holds over 30,000 hours of music, pop culture, history and entertainment programming.
About Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE) is based in Memphis, with additional offices in Los Angeles. In addition to Graceland and its related attractions in Memphis, including the Heartbreak Hotel, EPE is aggressively involved in a worldwide licensing program, merchandising, music publishing, and television, film, video and Internet projects. For more information on EPE and Graceland, visit www.Elvis.com . EPE is a subsidiary of CKX, Inc. (www.ckx.com), a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ National Market System (NMS) under the ticker symbol CKXE.
About Image Entertainment:
Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and over 200 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 300 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights and, through its subsidiary Egami Media, Inc., has digital download rights to more than 1,500 video programs and over 150 audio programs containing more than 2,000 tracks. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California, and has a domestic distribution facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Company's subsidiary Image Entertainment (UK) maintains a content acquisition office in London, England. For more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to www.image-entertainment.com.
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“ELVIS PRESLEY: THE ED SULLIVAN SHOWS”: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE "ELVIS PRESLEY: THE ED SULLIVAN SHOWS” 3-DISC SPECIAL EDITION DVD CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ELVIS’S HISTORIC APPEARANCES OUT NOVEMBER 21