Image Entertainment Announces Exclusive North American Distribution Agreement for the Romantic Comedy “The Last Word”

Film Stars Two-Time Academy Award Nominated Actress Winona Ryder, Wes Bentley and Emmy Award Winning Actor Ray Romano

Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISK), a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced today that it has entered into a North American distribution agreement with The Last Word LLC to acquire the North American home video and digital rights to the romantic comedy “The Last Word.” The deal was announced at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film stars two-time Academy Award nominated Actress Winona Ryder (“Little Women,” “The Age of Innocence,” “Edward Scissorhands,”), Wes Bentley (“Ghost Rider,” “American Beauty”) and Emmy Award winning actor Ray Romano (“Everybody Loves Raymond,” “ Ice Age: The Meltdown”). Geoffrey Haley (“The Parlor”) wrote and directed.

“The Last Word” is a romantic comedy about a reclusive writer played by Bentley who makes his living composing eloquent suicide notes for people contemplating ending it all. His life gets turned upside down after he is romantically seduced by one of his recently deceased client’s relatives played by Ryder. Romano plays a client of Bentley’s character, who is a failed classical composer living in Los Angeles, making a living writing telephone on-hold music and trying to find peace in his life.

David Borshell, Image’s President, stated, “We’re proud of the caliber of talent associated with this project. ‘The Last Word’ fits perfectly into our line-up of high quality cast driven films.”

“The Last Word” was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

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 approximately 250 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 450 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 approximately 2,000 video programs and over 300 audio programs containing more than 4,500 tracks. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. For more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to www.image-entertainment.com.

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