TWO-LANE BLACKTOP

To be released in the UK on Blu-ray & Ltd Edition Blu-ray Steelbook on 23 January 2012

  

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SYNOPSIS:

With the melancholy open-road epic Two-Lane Blacktop, American auteur Monte Hellman (The Shooting, Cockfighter, and the recent Road to Nowhere) poeticised the beautiful, terrible rootlessness of his nation in the era of Vietnam. Funded by Universal in a bid to recreate the success of Easy Rider – by giving a number of filmmakers $1m and final cut – Hellman's effort is now regarded as one of the key films of the New Hollywood renaissance of the early 1970s.

While driving eastward on Route 66, two rival car owners – The Driver (singer-songwriter James Taylor) and The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys) in a souped-up, drag-racing '55 Chevy, and a middle-aged braggart (Warren Oates) in a gleaming GTO – begin to race for each other's "pink slips" and the affections of the listless female hitchhiker (Laurie Bird) who joins them on the road.

Scripted by esteemed novelist Rudy Wurlitzer, and featuring the only screen performances of Taylor and Wilson, Two-Lane Blacktop remains a timeless, existential portrait of lives in transit and of a country questioning its identity.

"The film is immaculately crafted, funny and quite beautiful, resonant with a lingering mood of loss and loneliness." - Jay Cocks, Time

"Two-Lane Blacktop is a movie of achingly eloquent landscapes and absurdly inert characters." - J. Hoberman, Village Voice

"Self-enclosed, self-absorbed, and self-destructive, it's absolutely riveting." - Tom Milne, Time Out

Two-Lane Blacktop is one of the most popular car-fetishist / petrolhead movies ever made and  listed as one of the 50 greatest independent films of all time by Empire Magazine. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Hellman's iconic film on blu-ray and ltd Edition Blu-ray Steelbook for the first time ever anywhere in the world on its 40th birthday, released on 23 January 2012.

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 SPECIAL DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY FEATURES:

• New restored high-definition master, supervised and approved by Monte Hellman 

• Original mono soundtrack and optional newly remastered 5.1 mix 

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired 

• Audio commentary by Monte Hellman and associate producer Gary Kurtz 

• On The Road Again: Two-Lane Blacktop Revisited, a 43-minute video piece in which Monte Hellman revisits the film's locations 

• Somewhere Near Salinas, a 28-minute interview by Monte Hellman with singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson 

• Sure Did Talk To You, a 24-minute video piece by Monte Hellman, interviewing producer Michael Laughlin, production manager Walter Coblenz, and the director's son Jared Hellman 

• Rare archival screen-test footage of James Taylor and Laurie Bird 

• Original theatrical trailer 

• Optional music and effects track 

• A lavish 36-page booklet featuring rare production imagery, the words of Monte Hellman, and more!

    

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DETAILS:

Label: Eureka Entertainment Ltd

Catalogue No: EKA70044 (RETAIL ONLY)

Barcode: 5060000700442

RRP: £23.48

Steelbook Cat. No: EKA70069 (RETAIL ONLY)

Steelbook Barcode: 5060000700695

Steelbook RRP: £30.63

Release Date: 23 January 2012

Certificate: 15

Run Time: 103 min. approx.

Format:  2.35:1 OAR/ Colour

Genre: Drama

 Director: Monte HELLMAN

Year: 1971

Country:  USA

Language: English

Subtitles: English SDH (Optional)

PUNISHMENT PARK

To be released in the UK in a new Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD edition on 23 January 2012

  

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SYNOPSIS:

Both controversial and relentless in its depiction of suppression and brutality, Punishment Park was heavily attacked by the mainstream press and permitted only the barest of releases in 1971. However, like Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool (1969) and Robert Kramer’s Ice (1969), Peter Watkins’ film has established itself as one of the key, yet rarely seen, radical films of the late 1960s/early 1970s. Giving voice to the disaffected youth of America that had lived through the campus riots at Berkeley, the trial of the Chicago Seven and who were witnessing the escalation of the Vietnam War, Punishment Park was named by Rolling Stone as one of their top ten films of 1971 and has earned many admirers in the four decades since its release.

Set in a detention camp in an America of the near-future, Punishment Park’s pseudo-documentary style (continuing Watkins’ subversive innovations with Culloden and The War Game) places a British film crew amongst a group of young students and minor dissidents who have opted to spend three days in ‘Bear Mountain Punishment Park’. The detainees, rather than accept lengthy jail sentences for their ‘crimes’, gamble their freedom on an attempt to reach an American flag — on foot and without water — through the searing heat of the desert. The pursuit of Group 637 — a lethal, one-sided game of cat-and-mouse with a squad of heavily armed police and National Guardsmen — is contrasted with the corrupt trial of Group 638 by a quasi-judicial tribunal.

Unlike Easy Rider’s mythologising of American counter-culture, Punishment Park’s uncompromising stance, and its uneasy parallels with Guantanamo Bay, retain a powerful and prescient message in the post-9/11 present.

Rarely seen in the UK, The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to celebrate Punishment Park’s 40th anniversary with its first ever release on Blu-ray.

  

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SPECIAL DUAL FORMAT EDITION FEATURES:

• Newly restored high-definition transfer (shot on 16mm, Punishment Park has been remastered from a new 35mm print struck from the restored 35mm blow-up negative held in Paris)

• 30-minute video introduction by Peter Watkins

• Full-length audio commentary by Dr. Joseph A. Gomez (author of the 1979 book Peter Watkins)

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• 40-page booklet with two essays and reprints

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DETAILS:

Label: Eureka Entertainment Ltd

Catalogue No: EKA70061 (RETAIL ONLY)

Barcode: 5060000700619

RRP: £20.42

Release Date: 23 January 2012

Certificate: 15

Run Time: 88 min. approx.

Format:  1.37:1 OAR/ Colour

Genre: Drama

Director: Peter WATKINS

Year: 1971

Country:  UK/ USA

Language: English

Subtitles: English SDH (Optional)

LE SILENCE DE LA MER

 To be released in the UK in a new Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD edition on 23 January 2012

  

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SYNOPSIS:

Le Silence de la mer – Jean-Pierre Melville’s debut film – is an adaptation of the novella of the same title by celebrated French Resistance author Vercors (the pen name of Jean Bruller). Clandestinely written in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France and furtively distributed, it captured the spirit of the moment, and quickly became a staple of the Resistance.

Melville’s cinematic adaptation – partly shot in Vercors’ own house – tells the story of a German officer, Werner von Ebrennac (Howard Vernon), who is billeted to the house of an elderly man (Jean-Marie Robain) and his niece (Nicole Stéphane) in occupied France.

One of the most important French films to deal with World War II, and a landmark in Melville’s distinguished oeuvre, Le Silence de la mer is a lyrical, timeless depiction of the experiences and struggles of occupation and resistance.

The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Melville’s debut film for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.

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SPECIAL DUAL FORMAT EDITION FEATURES:

• New high-definition original aspect ratio transfer, licensed from Gaumont

• New and improved optional English subtitles on the feature, documentary, and trailer

• Video discussion by Ginette Vincendeau, professor of French cinema at King’s College London [23:00]

• MELVILLE OUT OF THE SHADOWS - A new French-made documentary about Melville's film [41:00] - Blu-ray only

• Original Theatrical Trailer - Blu-ray only

• 56-PAGE BOOKLET including an article by Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris, and a Melville interview by Rui Nogueira, author of Melville on Melville

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DETAILS:

Label: Eureka Entertainment Ltd

Catalogue No: EKA70066 (RETAIL ONLY)

Barcode: 5060000700664

RRP: £20.42

Release Date: 23 January 2012

Certificate: U

Run Time: 84 min. approx.

Format:  1.37:1 OAR/ B&W

Genre: World Cinema

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Year: 1949

Country:  France

Language: French

Subtitles: English (Optional)

LOVELY BY SURPRISE

  To be released in the UK on DVD on 26 December 2011

"Lovely By Surprise is a fantastic movie, which fills every moment with brilliant writing, superb direction, and wonderfully weird characters."  - Den of Geek

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SYNOPSIS:

A truly unique and visually stunning take on meta-fiction, Lovely By Surprise follows the journey of novelist Marian Walker as she attempts to finish her first novel.

Facing the age-old problem of writer's block, novelist Marian Walker (Carrie Preston) turns to her mentor and ex-lover, Jackson (Austin Pendleton). But his seemingly innocent advice to kill the book's protagonist unexpectedly leads one of her wilful characters (Michael Chernus) to escape from the novel and stir up the unresolved issues in her life.

At turns funny, lyrical, dark and mysterious, this enigmatic and visually striking film festival favourite film explores past and present, art and reality, and the meaning of life and death, ultimately revealing the strength and beauty of the human heart.

Lovely by Surprise is released in the UK on DVD by Eureka Entertainment on 26 December 2011

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SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Trailer

- Deleted Scene

- Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

- Feature length Director’s commentary

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DETAILS:

Label: Eureka Entertainment Ltd

Catalogue No: EKA40340 (RETAIL ONLY)

Barcode: 5060000403404

RRP: £16.34

Release Date: 26 December 2011

Certificate: 12

Run Time: 98 min. approx.

Format:  1.85:1 OAR/ Colour

Genre: Comedy/ Drama

Director: Kirt GUNN

Year: 2007

Country:  USA

Language: English

Subtitles: English SDH

THE IRON LADY TO BE PREVIEWED AT ORIGINAL FILM LOCATION

Almost a month before its official release, Volkswagen screens The Iron Lady at the film’s ‘Houses of Parliament’ location in Manchester

An exclusive gala screening of one of this year’s most highly anticipated British films, The Iron Lady, is set to take place on Thursday 15^th December at Manchester Town Hall – the setting for the Houses of Parliament, a key location central to the film. 

The event is the latest in Volkswagen’s ‘See Film Differently’ series, designed to provide film fans with a behind the scenes style insight into some of the most exciting and iconic British films, old and new.

It follows original location screenings of An American Werewolf in London, which was held inside ZSL London Zoo, gangster classic Get Carter, shown at Newcastle Racecourse, Trainspotting, screened at the Royal Scottish Academy and A Clockwork Orange shown during its 40^th anniversary year at Brunel University – all notable locations featured in the classic films.

The latest See Film Differently screening will give film fans the chance to watch The Iron Lady, almost a month before its general UK release in January 2012.

Academy Award winners Meryl Streep (Margaret Thatcher) and Jim Broadbent (Denis Thatcher) star in the lead roles of the compelling story of a woman who battled through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.

It explores power and the price that is paid for power, and reveals a surprising and intimate portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman.

The Pathé presentation of The Iron Lady is directed by Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd, written by Abi Morgan and features performances from British talent including Richard E Grant and Anthony Head.

Tickets for the event are free and available courtesy of Volkswagen through an online ticket draw. For the chance to win tickets, films fans should long onto www.seefilmdifferently.com and register their interest.  Ticket applications close at midday on Friday 9^th December and all lucky winners will be informed the same day. Tickets will be allocated at random.  

Film fans can find out more about Volkswagen’s campaign and share their views on the events by visiting the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/seefilmdifferently. 

Successful 27th International Short Film Festival Berlin

With an audience record of 16,000, the 27th International Short Film Festival Berlin came to a euphoric close on Sunday. 500 films from 68 countries were shown in 50 programmes during a successful festival week. More than 500 accredited guestsattended this year’s festival, 220 international and german filmmakers and 100 industry professionals,. Prizes amounting to € 36,000 were awarded in six competition categories.

A particular highlight of this year‘s interfilm Festival were the foreign focuses onSwitzerland and Southeast Asia as well as the thematic spotlight on environment.

Ambitious events and new programme formats also triumphed: At Sound & Visionwe turned down the sound on 8 short films and invited 8 music acts and sound artists to create live soundtracks. The sold out show at the Volksbuehne’s main stage was an impressive aural and visual feat. The first-ever Film+Fertig was such an entertaining success that it looks as though the competition is here to stay: 5 film crews made 5 films featuring 5 criteria in 5 days. The winner was announced at the lively Film+Fertig awards ceremony. Further festival events included the cinematic guessing-game at interfilm Quiz Night, a film project exchange at Pitch me! as well as Film Salons and out-of-the-ordinary programming such as Bike Shorts (literally that), Critically Short (film critics’ favourite films), Decibel (short films about musicians and music), music videos and various parties. Once again interfilm celebrated the seemingly infinite diversity of filmmaking in highly original and unforgettable ways!

We called in the digital revolution and ended up with brilliant image quality: this year we decided to take the leap and screen festival films using a hard disk player. We were blown away by the system’s stability! The audience were treated to a stunning visual feast! Just 10 % of this year’s films were sent on 35mm while the rest, after uploading, instead of being shown in a Beta MP4 format, could be projected onto the screen in HD.

KUKI – the 4th International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlindrew 4,100 young (and not-so-young) cinema buffs to the movie theatres at Filmtheater am Friedrichshain, 3,000 of which were pupils who attended the diverse school programmes. The most popular KUKI programme proved to be the Spanish Foreign Language programme, “Que Onda?” which attracted approximately 650 cinema goers. In addition to the opening matinee event with a 320-strong audience, the kindergarten programme was literally bursting with 600 squealing and giggling young children!

GUESS Party, London

GUESS are pleased to announce an exclusive party event at the GUESS Regent Street store to celebrate the launch of their holiday party and Christmas collections. The in-store extravaganza will go on for three days and will take place on Friday 25^th through Sunday 27^th November 2011 from 10am-5pm each day.

Come in store for fabulous hairstyling tips from Cloud Nine, nail treats, indulgent delights from Hotel Chocolat, fabulous Cosmopolitan cocktails supplied by Chase Marmalade Vodka and much more.

DJs will be spinning tracks and top fashion will also be on hand to advise how to wear the up-to-the-minute styles and trends and how to jazz up your party outfit with must have accessories.

So put on your finest and join the GUESS party! Exclusively at the Regent Street GUESS store located at 162-168 Regent Street, London.

GUESS Regent Street store will also offer 30% off purchases when you join their mailing list – 25/26/27 November only.

They arrived, they planned, they unleashed, they return…

V- The Complete Second Season

Available on Blu-ray™ and DVD on 24^th October 2011 or download it from iTunes™

Prepare for the final showdown between The Fifth Column and The Visitors when V Season 2 arrives on 24^th October on Blu-ray and DVD.  With the planet on the brink of war and humans beginning to revolt against The Visitors, Queen Anna struggles to hide her real intentions; will her true plan be discovered in time?

Featuring Lost's Elizabeth Mitchell (Erica Evans) as the leader of The Resistance Movement (The Fifth Column) and Firefly's Morena Baccarin as the ruthless Queen Anna, Season 2 charts the on-going battle between these two women as they fight for the future of the planet. Alongside Erica, are Father Jack (Joel Gretsch), a priest who was hesitant to believe in the righteousness of the V's from the start; Ryan Nichols (Morris Chestnut), a Visitor himself who has switched sides and knows first-hand just what the V's are capable of and Kyle Hobbes (Charles Mesure) –a former mercenary and fugitive but an invaluable asset to the team.

Season 2 is jam -packed with 10 episodes of suspense filled sci-fi storylines; from Erica’s mission to find out the truth about Red Sky which leads to the discovery of a horrifying secret, to Tyler (Logan Huffman)and Lisa’s (Laura Vandervoort) blossoming relationship which is being carefully monitored and manipulated by The V’s, to Ryan’s risky battle to save his daughter from the evil clutches of Queen Anna and Lisa finding the courage to form an unlikely allegiance with Erica – this is a shocking second season finale not to be missed! 

Don’t miss V- Season 2 out on Blu-Ray and DVD from 24^th October and also available to download on iTunes.

Blu-ray Special Features Include:

-          The Arc of Story: Mining the Human Emotion - Featurette

-          Blooper Reel

-          A Visual Masterpiece for the Small Screen – Featurette

-          Deleted Scenes

DVD Special Features include:

-          Deleted Scenes

PASSION AND COMPASSION FOR URBAN SINS – THE WINNERS OF THE 1. INTERNATIONAL SINCITY FILM AWARD

A German and a British filmmaker from South Korea win the Jury Award of the 1. International SinCity Film Award. 

A young Italian contributor wins the Audience Award.

Berlin, 22 November 2011. SinCity, the hauntingly intense song by the young German singersongwriter SCHMIDT from Berlin, was the basis for filmic interpretations of the 21st century’s temptations. 85 filmmakers from 27 countries have sent in their music videos and shortfilms for the 1..International SinCity Film Award and presented astonishing works of passion and compassion, perils and pleasu¬res, visions and imaginations. The prizes, chosen by an acclaimed international jury and the audience, have an overall value of 20 000 Euro.

Overall Jury Prize (Euro 5.000)

The music video from South Korea was chosen by the jury as outstanding: filmmakers NILS CLAUSS and STUART HOWE were awar¬ded first place. Clauss, a German from Berlin, and Howe, an Englishman from Norwich, have been working and living in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, for several years now. The film plays on the transition between city and countryside in such an original way that even a fish finds himself in pure astonishment.

Jury Runners-up (each Euro 1.000)

Four more jury prizes go to SIMON ROGOWSKI / Inspiria from Germany, to ZOLTÄN BOGDÄN from Hungary, to CHRISTIAN MATSU¬MUTO and LAIA MIRET / We hate Sundays from Spain and to ZSUZSA KOHAN from England.

The Audience Award (Euro 5.000)

Determined by the means of worldwide facebook-likes, this prize goes to the contribution of SILVIA BORDIN, a young Italian photogra¬pher and filmmaker from Bologna. SCHMIDT on the film: That’s SinCity Italian style, right on the point – bravissimo!

Special Award for Best Cinematography
The contribution of MICHELE CASTELLUCCI from London / United Kingdom, is awarded with the prize for Best Cinematography; director of photography JOSEPH FORTEBRACCIO wins a trip to the International Film Festival Berlin in February 2012.

The Jury

Guy Chambers (music producer), Rita Fluegge-Timm, Warner Music Germany (director artist department), Florian Gallenberger (direc¬tor and Academy Award winner) Thekla Reuten (actress), Volker Schloendorff (director, producer, and Academy Award winner), Philipp Stoelzl (director), Eike Wolff, Studio Babelsberg (head of communication), Rolf Zehetbauer (set designer and Academy Award winner)
To Guy Chambers, who produced the debut album of SCHMIDT, the competition represents “a true innovation in the music industry”. 

SCHMIDT

With her EP ‚Above SinCity‘ in stores now, SCHMIDT will be playing shows as special guest of british singer Mel C. on her tour in No¬vember and December. The debut album by SCHMIDT will be released in March 2012. http://www.femmeschmidt.com

All winning films on: http://genero.tv , http://www.sincityfilmaward.com und http://www.femmeschmidt.com

The Turkish Film Festival

The Turkish Film Festival is back again in London this year, and will be running from 24th November to 8th December and has moved from a familiar three day event to a full scale two week festival with some brilliant films on show and some wonderful attendees.

Claudia Cardinale stars in the opening night gala film, Being Italian with Signora Enrica, the debut feature from Ali Ilhan - a delightful film about an elderly Italian woman who takes in a young Turkish exchange student.  Cardinale is famous for her work with Fellini, Visconti and most famously in Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time in the West.  Ms.Cardinale will be in attendance for the Opening Night.

Other highlights include Tayfun Pirslimoglu's Hair which won Best Turkish Film and Best Director at the 2011 Istanbul Film Festival; the debut feature from acclaimed photographer Cemil Agacikoglu, September; Do Not Forget Me Istanbul, a portrait of Istanbul as seen through the eyes of six young International directors and Home, the first feature from actor Muzatffer Ozdemir, best known for his role in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Distant, for which he won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival.

These fresh offerings from younger voices go hand in hand with the established directors who are on show here, Ceylan himself with Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Dervis Zaim's Shadows and Faces and Sedat Yilmaz's Press.

Whilst other specialist film festivals are struggling to stay afloat, the unfortunate news a few weeks ago that there will be no Birds Eye Film Festival in 2012 came as a shock to many in the London film community, as it was a festival with a unique identity.

London has a whole host of film festivals with a specific genre or nationalistic strain (Korean, Jewish, Russian, even Kazakhstan) - the Turkish festival however, has been running for some years now and is now established as a vital platform for new emerging Turkish film-makers working both at home and abroad.  It also has a prestigious award - The Golden Wings Digiturk Digital Distribution Award - which offers a £30,000 prize enabling the winning film to be released theatrically in the UK and Ireland.
     Thanks to this prize a film like Bal (Honey) would never have received the great acclaim it did upon its release in April of this year.
     There is also a Golden Wings People's Choice Award presented to the most popular film as selected by audiences throughout the festival.

Turkish cinema is in a period of rude health at the moment, thanks in part to the auteuristic pedigree of Ceylan whose new film Anatolia received its world premiere at Cannes in the Grand Prix selection and was up for the Palme D'Or, and also selected as Turkey's entrant for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.  Bal won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and the much celebrated Men on the Bridge did some good box office and garnered critical attention when released also.

This year's festival will run at the following venues: Odeon West End, Apollo Piccadilly, Rio Dalston and Cine Lumiere.

For more information go to the festival website: www.ltff.org.uk for details of the schedule and screenings.

PAIR OF TEENAGERS WIN £5000 COMPETITION TO MAKE NEXT GREENPEACE CAMPAIGN FILM

Two teenage German students have won an international film competition organised by Greenpeace. 

The contest to make a short film attacking the Volkswagen brand was won by 18-year-old Andreas Borlinghaus and Johannes Laidler, 19, from Lake Constance, Germany. The result was announced last night at a ceremony at the Curzon Soho cinema in London. Andreas and Johannes will now be given a budget of £5000 to make Greenpeace’s next campaign film. Previous films have been seen by millions online and won a clutch of awards. 

Eighty film-makers from across the world entered the competition. A shortlist of 12 was selected by online voting before a judging panel, including directors Clio Barnard, Michael Geoghegan and Jack Price, and Nick Darken of advertising agency Albion, chose the winner. 

An estimated four million people have already watched Greenpeace’s own online film attacking Volkswagen’s record on climate change, while 450,000 people have signed up to join the campaign against the car-maker. The film has won a prestigious Gold Lovie award and is nominated for the viral video award at the 27th Berlin International Short Film Festival (it can be seen at www.vwdarkside.com). Now Andreas and Johannes will make its sequel. 

The competition was run across the UK, Germany, France and Belgium. All 12 shortlisted films – many of which subvert some of VW’s most famous adverts – were screened at the Curzon last night before the winner was named. 

Andreas Borlinghaus said: 

“We’re so excited to have won, because we think it’s really important, as film makers, to use cinema to raise public awareness of environmental issues. This competition was a great opportunity, giving us a chance to showcase our skills to a really wide audience.” 

Clio Barnard said: 

“What I loved about Pretending was how angry it made me. It exposed Volkswagen’s duplicity in such a simple but powerfully executed manner.” 

Another judge, Greenpeace executive director John Sauven, said: 

“We were stunned by the quality of the entries. This experiment in crowd-sourcing a brand attack has been a startling success with a large number of films I think agencies would have been proud to produce. VW has some of the most expensive creatives in the business working for them, but our online crew has come up with a great response to the company’s green-washing. We can’t wait to see what Andreas and Johannes make for us with the prize money.” 

Volkswagen has a reputation for producing some of the most memorable television adverts in history. Most recently its one minute film of a mini-Darth Vader – premiered in the ad break during this year’s Superbowl – became the most viewed online ad in history. With YouTube movies increasingly forming the cornerstone of global campaigns against corporate targets, the competition represented an opportunity for anyone with a camera and laptop to dictate the direction of the Greenpeace campaign in major media markets. 

VW markets itself as a green car company. But in reality it lobbies against key climate change laws and only fits the most fuel efficient technology to a small proportion of its vehicles. 

Plantronics Boosts Performance of PC Gamers at this years DreamHack

Plantronics GameCom 777 will be the headset of choice for global pro-gaming team 4Kings who will be taking part in Plantronics' Quake Dual Live Championship at this year's DreamHack Winter. This one on one duel will see 16 players from across the globe compete at the world's largest digital festival, which takes place in Jonkoping, Sweden from 24th - 27th November. First prize: 55,000 SEK (approx. 6,000 euros).

More info - http://www.dreamhack.se/dhw11/2011/11/11/16-players-ready-to-fight

The GameCom 777 gives 4Kings pro-gaming team a 360-degree spectrum of sound. Integrated with Dolby technology for a realistic surround sound expereince, they will be one step ahead as they are able to pinpoint their enemies even before they appear on screen. Comfortable and lightweight, with a noise-cancelling mic they will be able to quickly and clearly communicate with their team to push their strategy to the next level. Plus, the open ear design means they'll be able to hear what is happening outside the game. Good Luck 4Kings!

Plantronics GameCom supports the gaming community at all levels, and is proud to be a sponsor of 4Kings.