Academy Award-nominated writer/director David Mamet explores the world of martial arts in his latest film Redbelt. This Sony Pictures Classics film, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga, Tim Allen, Joe Mantegna, Rodrigo Santoro, David Paymer and Ricky Jay, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 26, 2008.
Special features on the Blu-ray and DVD will include several behind-the-scenes featurettes, interviews, and a rare commentary track with director/writer David Mamet and UFC Champion Randy Couture.
Redbelt is the story of Mike Terry, a Jiu-Jitsu teacher who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, choosing instead to pursue an honorable life by operating a self-defense studio with a samurai’s code. Terry and his wife Sonda struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident on a dark, rainy night at the Academy between an off-duty officer and a distraught lawyer puts in motion a series of events that will change Terry’s life dramatically, introducing him to a world of promoters and movie star Chet Frank. Faced with this, in order to pay off his debts and regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his life.
