Maverick Filmmaker Ed Burns Debuts "Purple Violets" on the iTunes Store

First Feature Film to Premiere Exclusively on iTunes

Burns today announced that his latest writing and directing effort, "Purple Violets," will premiere exclusively on the iTunes Store, bypassing the standard studio and theatrical release pattern.
"Purple Violets" features Selma Blair, Ed Burns, Debra Messing and Patrick Wilson and will be available for purchase and download on iTunes beginning on November 20 for $14.99.
The iTunes Store will be the only place to get the movie for the first month of release.
Burns returns to Tribeca and the downtown neighborhoods that have become his trademark, where he continues to explore the contemporary topics that he has become best known for: family, friendships, careers, ambition and romance.

PURPLE VIOLETS is a Wild Ocean Films production.

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"The specialized movie business has changed so dramatically in the last five years. My style of filmmaking is dying on the vine. These small, talky movies have a hard time finding an audience theatrically so you need to adapt."
"There are still people who want to see this non-traditional type of film and now there are non-traditional ways to get them out there. I am extremely thankful that Apple shares this vision and is willing to take the next step with me."

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The iTunes Store is the world's most popular online music, TV and movie store featuring a catalog of over six million songs, 550 television shows and 500 movies. With Apple’s legendary ease of use, pioneering features such as Cover Flow, integrated podcasting support, iMix playlist sharing, seamless integration with iPod and iPhone, and the ability to turn previously purchased songs into completed albums at reduced prices, the iTunes Store is the best way for PC and Mac users to legally discover, purchase and download music and video online.

PURPLE VIOLETS is a contemporary comedy-drama written, directed and produced by Ed Burns, set against his favorite cinematic backdrop, New York City. When Patti (Selma Blair) and Kate (Debra Messing) get together over dinner to celebrate Kate’s 33rd birthday, they’re busy chatting about the future when suddenly they’re staring directly into their past. Across the restaurant, at a table in the corner, sit the college boyfriends they dumped twelve years ago: Brian (Patrick Wilson), who has since become a best-selling crime novelist, and Murphy (Ed Burns), a screw-up in college and now Brian’s attorney. What follows is a series of events that will lead the four of them to discover the precarious nature of first loves and the unpredictable path of second chances. For his eighth film in eleven years, Burns not only returns to Tribeca and the downtown neighborhoods that have become his trademark, he also continues to explore the contemporary topics that he has become best known for: family, friendships, careers, ambition and romance. PURPLE VIOLETS is a Wild Ocean Films production.

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Wild Ocean Films
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