Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition

Journey back to 1912 and experience the Titanic’s maiden voyage. Explore detailed reconstructions of the ship’s interior including the Grand Staircase and first and third class cabins. Discover how the ‘unsinkable’ ship met its fate and connect with the personal stories of people onboard as you view artefacts recovered from the ocean floor. See treasures never before presented in Australia in this Melbourne-only showing. Tickets go on sale on 15 April 2010.

Date: From 14 May until 17 October 2010 (open until 9pm Thursdays)

Cost: Adult $24, Concession $18, Child $16, Family $66 (includes entry into Melbourne Museum)

Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition is presented by Melbourne Museum and Frontier Touring Co in association with RMS Titanic, Inc

Top Designs

In 2010, Top Designs celebrates its tenth birthday at Melbourne Museum with the theme ‘then, now and beyond’. Since 2001, more than 1,000 students have exhibited outstanding work in Top Designs and it has proven to be an important stepping stone for their future careers in design. The exhibition is a major component of the VCE Season of Excellence, managed by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Top Designs features exemplary student design in a range of VCE studies: Design and Technology, Food and Technology, Systems Engineering, Media, VET Multimedia and Visual Communication and Design.

Date: From the 27 March until 27 June 2010

Winter School Holidays

Journey back to 1912 and experience the Titanic‘s maiden voyage at Melbourne Museum’s Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition. Visit The Engine Room play space and build your own ocean liner or learn about the behaviour of icebergs. Discover some of the stories behind the people who set sail on the Titanic in a special story time.

Date: 11am – 3pm 26 June to 11 July 2010

600 Million Years: Victoria evolves

The newest exhibition in the redevelopment of the Science and Life Gallery, 600 Million Years: Victoria evolves explores the big question: how did life on Earth come to be the way it is? Taking you on a journey through time, 600 Million Years brings the story of Victoria’s evolution to life through animation, animatronics, models and multimedia interactives. Over millions of years Victoria has moved from the tropics to the Antarctic circle and now to temperate zone. It has been shaped by periods of volcanic activity and major climate shifts. Featuring fascinating fossils, gold, coal, dinosaurs and whales, the exhibition highlights the processes that make Victoria the special place it is today.

Date: Opening for the winter school holidays

Lotjpa: Speaking to

This exhibition explores the connection between Victorian Aboriginal teenagers and youth and Indigenous community members and Elders in the Shepparton region. Featuring photographs taken by Koorie youth complemented by community and Elder’s stories and a series of videos, the exhibition reveals the importance of oral history in Victorian Aboriginal culture.

Date: Until 27 June 2010

Paragon Shoes

For almost 100 years Paragon Shoes, a family business, designed and created shoes in Melbourne. Drawing their inspiration from the latest Paris, London and New York styles, Paragon’s shoes were sold throughout Australia and New Zealand. The Paragon Shoes display offers visitors an insight into local Melbourne manufacturing, fashion, and design.

Date: Until September 2010

Melbourne Museum, Nicholson Street, Carlton. Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm. Admission: Adult $8, children and concession FREE. For further details phone 13 11 02 or visit museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum

Xbox is conducting a research experiment involving a product to be released later this year. We are looking for a limited number of volunteers to take part in an independent study during which you and the product will be evaluated formally using scientific methods in a controlled environment.

To qualify you should have some experience playing video games in the past and have a clean bill of health. Results of the experiment will be published at some time in the future. The study will take place in Sydney during the late afternoon and into the evening of Monday April 19th. Please apply using the form below.

For more details, please visit www.xbox.com/en-AU/pm/theproject/default.htm

Breakthrough Interactive Design Tools Maximize Impact of Creative Content and Digital Marketing Campaigns Across Media and Devices

SYDNEY, Australia, — April 12, 2010 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Creative Suite® 5, a breakthrough release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow. Focusing on interactivity, performance and maximising the impact of digital content and marketing campaigns across media and devices, the Creative Suite 5 product line brings exciting full version upgrades of flagship creative tools while delivering significant workflow enhancements to designers and developers. Featuring integration with online content and digital marketing measurement and optimisation capabilities for the first time, Creative Suite 5 products include access to signature Omniture technologies, to capture, store and analyse information generated by Web sites and other sources. Additionally, a brand new component, Adobe Flash® Catalyst™, joins the Creative Suite, ushering in the ability to design interactive content without writing code and improve the collaborative process between designer and developer.

The Adobe CS5 product family also enables the creation of content and applications for the much anticipated releases of Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR® 2, which are optimised for high performance on mobile screens and designed to take advantage of native device capabilities for a richer, more immersive user experience.

The new lineup is headlined by Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection, which includes, in a single package, all of Adobe’s renowned Creative Suite tools, such as Photoshop® CS5 (see separate release), Illustrator® CS5, InDesign® CS5 (see separate release), Flash Catalyst CS5 (see separate release), Flash Professional CS5, Dreamweaver® CS5, Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 (see separate release) and After Effects® CS5. These tools are also available separately or in one of the five Creative Suite editions. The complete Creative Suite 5 lineup includes Creative Suite 5 Master Collection, Creative Suite 5 Design Premium, Creative Suite 5 Web Premium, Creative Suite 5 Production Premium and Creative Suite 5 Design Standard, as well as 15 point products, associated technologies and integration with new Adobe CS Live Services (CS Live Services are complimentary for a limited time).*

“While Creative Suite 5 continues Adobe’s storied history of delivering astonishing new creative features, this release first and foremost addresses the challenges facing publishers and creatives worldwide—how to build profitable businesses around digital content,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer at Adobe. “By coupling sophisticated online business analytics with dazzling creative tools, we’re ensuring that publishers, designers and marketers can create, deliver and optimise beautiful, high-impact digital experiences across media and devices.”

“We’re a region renowned for our innovation and design, with the Pacific region home to very active and world-renowned developer and creative communities, especially in Australia and New Zealand. The launch of CS5 will be significant for our markets. The attention it’s already received ahead of launch has been astounding and we expect this to continue,” commented Calum Russell, Marketing Manager for Adobe, Pacific. “We’re hosting a series of roadshows at the end of April and throughout May in Australia and New Zealand to reach out to our developer and creative communities in 9 cities across Australia and New Zealand, and we’re anticipating a strong turnout for those events.”

John Treloar, Education Director for Adobe in Asia Pacific knows firsthand how powerful creative products can be in an education environment following the NSW Department of Education and Training’s recent laptop initiative for public schools and TAFE: “The launch of Creative Suite 5 provides many opportunities for schools and colleges in the Pacific region. For students, it teaches them to think outside of the box of the traditional design or creative role and consider what their future in a creative based economy will look like when they enter it professionally.

“CS5 completes the creative workflow and blurs the borders between publisher and developer, producer and editor, photographer and designer. For educators, the new features of CS5 enable learning in an engaging and interactive way where a student can easily explore their imagination, driving their hunger for creativity.”

From a publishing perspective, CS5 is an essential set of tools which is particularly relevant for the Pacific regions’ burgeoning media landscape as Fraser Crozier, Business Liaison Manager – Group I.T. Applications for Pacific Magazines puts it: “There are several obvious feature additions to InDesign CS5 that stand out, making this release an ROI friendly investment.”

“The list of enhancements and new features is so long that it would be faster to just go out and buy it, start using it, talk to your peers and rejoice in the knowledge that Adobe has delivered a killer punch. By the time you finished reading the publicity you could have bought it, installed it and created your first CS5 masterpiece. As for the rest of the suite, wow…64bit Photoshop for Mac, finally…. And then there is a whole bunch of feature enhancements in all the main products. Think big – and you might just get close to the real impact that these will have.”

Design Without Boundaries

More than 250 new features have been integrated into the Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection. InDesign CS5 is powering the transition to digital publishing with new interactive documents and enhanced electronic reader device support. Image creation and editing get a boost in Photoshop CS5 with Refine Edge, which offers better edge detecting technology and masking results in less time. Photoshop CS5 also includes the ability to remove an image element and immediately replace the missing pixels with Content-Aware Fill. New stroke options allow Adobe Illustrator CS5 users to create strokes of variable widths and precisely adjust the width at any point along the stroke.

Work Faster with Greater Precision
Engineering breakthroughs throughout Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection work together to dramatically improve performance. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects are now native 64-bit applications on both Mac and Windows®, allowing users to work more fluidly when working on high-resolution projects. The highly anticipated NVIDIA® GPU-accelerated Adobe Mercury Playback Engine allows Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 users to open projects faster, refine effects-rich HD sequences in real time and play back complex projects without rendering. The revolutionary time-saving Roto Brush tool in After Effects helps users isolate moving foreground elements in a fraction of the normal time. In addition, Dreamweaver CS5 now supports popular content management systems Drupal, Joomla! and WordPress, allowing designers to get accurate views of dynamic Web content from within the product.

Accelerate and Optimize Creative Workflows
Adobe Creative Suite 5 products integrate with new Adobe CS Live*, a set of five online services that accelerate key aspects of the creative workflow and enable designers to focus on creating their best work. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time and currently include Adobe BrowserLab, Adobe CS Review, Acrobat.com, Adobe Story and SiteCatalyst® NetAverages™ from Omniture. Adobe CS Review enables online design reviews directly from Creative Suite 5 applications, while Adobe BrowserLab is an indispensable tool for testing Web site content across different browsers and operating systems. NetAverages provides Web usage data that helps reduce the guesswork early in the creative process when designing for Web and mobile. Adobe Story is a collaborative scriptwriting tool that improves production and post-production workflows in CS5 Production Premium. Access to Acrobat.com services, such as Adobe ConnectNow Web conferencing, is also included to enhance discussion and information exchange with colleagues and clients around the globe.

Create and Deliver to More Mobile Platforms
Using Flash Professional CS5, designers and developers can create, test and deliver Web content across a wide range of mobile platforms and devices such as smartphones, tablets, netbooks, smartbooks and other consumer electronics. Users can look forward to deploying content in the browser with Flash Player 10.1 and as a standalone application with AIR 2 when those planned products become available. In addition, users can now build AIR applications using the new Packager for iPhone tool preview, a component of Flash Professional CS5, which can be deployed on the iPhone and iPad (subject to Apple’s requirements and approval) with future device support planned for Android, BlackBerry and Palm webOS.

Adobe Launch Events and Roadshows in Pacific Region
Join Adobe customers and communities at the APAC Online Event, April 13 at 2pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) by registering here http://cs5launch.adobe.com/ap/. This event features presentations on the top new features of each CS5 suite, Photoshop, and our new CS Live online services, and will be the same agenda as the global event hosted by Adobe in its US headquarters at a more APAC-friendly time.

If you can’t make it to our APAC Online event, you can still get up close and personal with CS5 at one of Adobe’s 2010 Roadshow events. Sessions are scheduled on the following dates and locations:

28th April Auckland SkyCity
3rd May Sydney SCEC
6th May Melbourne Sofitel
10th May Wellington – Hosted by Renaissance Corporation Limited
12th May Christchurch – Hosted by Renaissance Corporation Limited
25th May Adelaide – Hosted by Data#3 Limited
27th May Perth – Hosted by Data#3 Limited
8th June Brisbane Hilton
10th June Canberra National Convention Centre

To attend one of these events, simply fill out the online registration form here:

http://www.adobeonlinefestival.com/cs5roadshow/

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information – anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

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*This product may allow you to extend its functionality by accessing certain features that are hosted online, including CS Live online services (“Online Services”), provided you have a high-speed Internet connection. The Online Services, and some features thereof, may not be available in all countries, languages, and/or currencies and may be discontinued in whole or in part without notice. Use of the Online Services is governed by separate terms of use and by the Online Privacy Policy, and access to some services may require user registration. Some Online Services, including services that are initially offered at no charge, may be subject to additional fees and require a separate subscription. For more details and to review the applicable terms of use and Online Privacy Policy, visit www.adobe.com. For more information about CS Live online services, see www.adobe.com/go/cslive.

12 April 2010, Australia – Sam Mort of Sydney has just won the Live Qualifier Event in Australia and secured his place in the FIFA Interactive World Cup Grand Final 2010.

The FIFA Interactive World Cup is the world’s largest football gaming tournament. Organised by FIFA and presenting partners EA SPORTS™ and PlayStation® – the competition combines online and offline football tournaments played with EA SPORTS™ FIFA 10 on PlayStation®3.

As the champion of the Sydney Live Qualifier Event, Mort has won an all expenses paid trip to join a total of 32 of the world’s best virtual footballers at the Grand Final where they will compete for the title of FIFA Interactive World Player 2010 and a champion’s prize of US$20,000. The winner of the Grand Final will also receive a money can’t buy opportunity to attend the FIFA World Player Gala in 2010 where they will have the chance to meet some of the world’s elite male and female footballers.

Mort, a 24-year-old fan of both virtual and real life football, was one of hundreds of Australian gamers who gathered at the event which took place at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.
 
“Overall it was a great tournament – there was a buzz in the air and it was good to be pit against some of the best. In total I scored around 50 goals and conceded only about five or six, a result I’m pretty happy with. I love the EA Sports FIFA franchise and I’m looking forward to representing Australia at the FIFA Interactive World Cup Grand Final,” he finished.  
 
The Live Qualifier Event in Sydney was one of 10 Live Qualifier Events that took place around the world in countries including Brazil, South Africa, Russia and Japan. All Live Qualifier Events took place between October 2009 and April 2010.
 
This year marks the sixth edition of the FIFA Interactive World Cup. Last year’s tournament witnessed over 515,000 players compete in the online qualification in an attempt to join the 19 winners from the Live Qualifier Events at the Grand Final in Barcelona, Spain. After a hardly fought Grand Final, 21-year-old Bruce Grannec from France was crowned the FIFA Interactive World Champion for 2009.
For further information about the FIFA Interactive World Cup please visit www.FIFA.com/FIWC.


Footage and Images of the Sydney FIFA Interactive World Cup Qualifier Event can be found on the FIFA Media Channel http://media.FIFA.com
 
To request the Official Emblem of the FIFA Interactive World Cup please fill out the marks request form for media on www.FIFAdigitalarchive.com

Latest email scams continue unabated to deliver dropped malware

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – April 12, 2010 – Facebook and MySpace users are again the targets of spam waves that have been dishing out more than 500 infected email messages at 10 minute intervals. BitDefender has today found two campaigns targeting Facebook and MySpace account holders in the form of emails notifying them that passwords to their accounts have been changed due to security reasons. The recipients of this fake notification are prompted to open an attached .zip file in order to find out their new allocated password.

The behavior of Trojan.Oficla.J and Trojan.Fakealert.BZZis are worryingly similar to that of Trojan.Dropper.Oficla.G, which plagued Facebook users last month. The new threats contains malicious or potentially unwanted software which it ‘drops’ and installs on the system.

Upon installation, the latest trojans automatically minimises any open browser windows to display a warning message. This message notifies the user about several alleged computer infections and points out the necessity of installing a security solution.

By clicking either the ‘OK’ or ‘Cancel’ buttons of the various pop-up windows appearing on the screen, the user activates a false antivirus scanning process that detects oodles of malware in the system, whilst other fake pop-up windows attempt to trick the user into downloading the malicious program posing as the antivirus.

Once installed, it modifies and damages the content of several system files, whilst delivering numerous pop-ups on sham system problems and fake infections.

In order to stay safe, BitDefender recommends you never open attachments coming from unknown contacts. They also suggest people install and update a complete antimalware software solution.

ASUS First to Deliver New IEEE Standard on Motherboards

Company Integrates Industrial Energy Efficient Ethernet Standard in Motherboards for Significant Power Savings

Sydney, Australia, 12 April 2010 – ASUS became the first motherboard maker to announce the introduction of the IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard on a number of new motherboards. This helps increase energy savings up to 81.3% by reducing power delivery during periods of low network activity.

Industry Leading Eco-Friendly Motherboard Brand

Dedicated to developing eco-friendly products, ASUS continuously pioneers the introduction of green technology on motherboards. This has brought about the world’s first motherboard power savings engine, the EPU (Energy Processing Unit), the industry’s first Energy Star 5.0-compliant motherboard and the addition of ASUS motherboards to the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. Taking eco-friendly action to a new level, ASUS motherboards are now the first in the world ready for the new Energy Efficient Ethernet standard.

Lower Power Idle Mode

The new IEEE 802.3az EEE standard is regulated by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), one of the leading standard-issuing organisations in the industry. The EEE standard was developed for enhanced efficiency, reducing the power that drives data throughput during periods of low Internet usage or minimal Ethernet activity on both sides of a link. This helps lower total system energy consumption. Even though the Internet is utterly vital for communications, activity related to its usage usually reverts to a lowered state after data finishes downloading. Responding to dynamic Internet usage, the new standard detects activity levels and lowers power consumption in idle phases, increasing supply during periods of normal transmission—thus optimising efficiency while saving power.

Significant Savings from Lower Power Requirements

By incorporating the IEEE 802.3az EEE standard, ASUS motherboards consume up to 81.3% less energy. Operating a Gigabit Ethernet LAN now requires only 89.1mW of power instead of 476.8mW during periods of lower Ethernet utilisation. With increasing emphasis by governments on energy efficiency, the new standard helps companies and users align with new regulations while consuming energy more responsibly for the good of all.

Introducing: New Motherboard Series with Enhanced Efficiency

ASUS has recently incorporated IEEE 802.3az EEE* into the new ASUS M4A89 Series motherboards. Aiming to provide more environmentally-sustainable operations, the company is getting ready to introduce an entire, completely new line of motherboards enhanced with the new standard. Please watch for announcements as the range of offerings expands.

*IEEE 802.3az EEE-compliant models include: M4A89 / M4A88 / M4A87TD series motherboards

‘Altered Carbon’ Author to Pen the Story for Crytek’s Blockbuster Action Game – Coming Holiday 2010 

Australia – April 12, 2010 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Crytek GmbH today announced that Richard Morgan, award-winning author of the science-fiction bestsellers ‘Altered Carbon’ and ‘Broken Angels’, is writing the story for this holiday’s blockbuster action game, Crysis 2. Morgan is working with Crytek to bring his trademark visceral writing style to the project, which is his first entry into the video game medium.  In Crysis 2, New York is under the attack of a unique and frightening alien species that combines deadly weaponry, exceptional sensory abilities and intelligent collaboration to present players with the most challenging opponents ever seen in a first person shooter.  Surrounded by devastation, players must assess the situations they encounter, adapt to this urban jungle and use the weapons and powers given solely to them to save New York. Morgan enters this distressed world and brings it to life with gritty characters, a rich back-story and plot twists rarely found in video games.

WD AV-25 Hard Drives Provide Cooler, Quieter Operation with Lower Power Consumption and are Ideal for 24×7 Multimedia Streaming Environments

Sydney, Australia: April 12, 2010 – As demand has increased for digital video storage, including high-definition (HD) video, and as the variety of video-systems configurations increases, WD® today expanded its line of hard drives for AV/DVR and surveillance applications to include small form factor, 2.5-inch SATA hard drives. WD AV-25 hard drives provide high reliability with a Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of 1 million hours and are engineered specifically for demanding, always-on multimedia streaming applications, while running at cool and quiet temperatures.

In addition to high reliability, WD AV-25 hard drives meet the demanding requirements of the AV/DVR and surveillance markets by offering customers universal compatibility, low power consumption and the ability to simultaneously record multiple audio and/or high-definition video streams. The new WD AV-25 hard drive is ideal for applications such as DVRs (digital video recorders), digital video surveillance and other small form factor environments where power consumption and 24×7 reliability are critical.

“Customers that market audio and video recording applications, such as DVRs, media centers and mainstream surveillance systems, often require 24×7 operation from hard drives,” said Jim Welsh, senior vice president and general manager of WD’s branded products and consumer electronics groups. “WD AV-25 hard drives are designed to withstand these demanding environments and offer consumers a small form factor solution that consumes less power, generates less heat, and operates quietly and, most importantly, reliably.”

Features of the WD AV-25 hard drive include:

• 24×7 reliability – Designed to last in always-on streaming digital audio/video environments such as DVR/PVR, digital video surveillance and other demanding multimedia applications.
• Advanced Format technology – Leading edge technology that delivers improved video quality and AV performance through enhanced error correction capability.
• SilkStream™ technology – Optimized for smooth, continuous digital video playback of up to five simultaneous HD streams. SilkStream is compatible with the ATA streaming command set so AV customers can use standard streaming management and error recovery options.
• Ultra-cool operation – A cool drive is a more reliable drive. WD continues to develop new and innovative ways to keep drives cool while they are operating.
• Quiet – Noise levels have been minimized to less than one sone (1) – virtually below the threshold of human hearing.
• Low power consumption – The drive draws less than 2 Watts while operating and a mere 4.75 Watts during spin up 1 million hours MTTF (MTBF)
• Best-in-class reliability for small form factor AV storage. (2)
• Preemptive Wear Leveling (PWL) – The drive arm frequently sweeps across the disk to reduce uneven wear on the drive surface common to audio video streaming applications.

Price and Availability
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Product Name: WD AV-25
RRP:
WD AV-25 160 GB:  AU$59      NZ$76
WD AV-25 250 GB :  AU$64      NZ$83
WD AV-25 320 GB  :  AU$74      NZ$95
WD AV-25 500 GB   :  AU$105     NZ$135
Australian Distributors: Achieva Australia
New Zealand Distributors: Synnex NZ, Ingram Micro NZ, VST NZ
Website: www.westerndigital.com
Warranty: Three-year limited warranty
Availability: Now   

About WD
WD, one of the storage industry’s pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users’ data accessible and secure from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and media products.

WD was founded in 1970. The company’s storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital® and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company’s Web site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.

1 A sone is a subjective unit of loudness as perceived by a person with normal hearing.
2 Based upon dual tuner system operating in typical 30°C air ambient environment.

EVERYBODY’s FINE, starring ROBERT DE NIRO is a heartfelt account of the trials and tribulations of what it is to be a family; released to DVD 2 June 2010. 

Alone after the death of his wife and retired from his manual job in a wire factory, Frank Goode, played by the acclaimed ROBERT DE NIRO, comes to the realisation that he is not in any way connected to his children. But as they one-by-one cancel a weekend get-together at his home, he recognises that the problem is much deeper than just losing touch.  

Although advised by his doctor not to take any long trips due to his poor health, Frank decides that he will set out across America in a pilgrimage to surprise all of his children and find out for himself who they have become.

Frank’s first stop is New York City to spend time with his artist son David. But after sitting on his doorstep for some time the closest he gets to locating him is sighting his art work is on display at a nearby gallery.

Next is Amy, played by KATE BECKINSALE, a successful advertising consultant in Chicago. Almost immediately on Frank’s arrival, it is clear that tensions are high between Amy’s husband and son. Although successful, an embarrassing coldness has entered her life making it uncomfortable to have her father there.

Frank soon moves on to Denver to visit his musician son Robert, played by SAM ROCKWELL. Robert had claimed to be a conductor, but Frank soon discovers that he is in fact the percussionist. Robert quickly states that Frank’s arrival is at a bad time, and with a great deal of remorse, Frank catches a bus to Los Vegas to be with his youngest Rosie, played by DREW BARRYMORE.

In Vegas it is a similar story. Frank discovers with a heavy heart that Rosie has been hiding a good deal about her life from him. Although she agrees, like her siblings to be more open and honest with her dad, all remain cautious about revealing the truth, particularly their concern for David.

With the fate of David still weighing heavily on his mind, Frank is struck down with a heart attack as he heads home, and the family has to find the strength to be honest with themselves as well as their dad before his journey is over.

Based on the 1990 Italian film Stanno Tutti Bene, EVERYBODY’S FINE is written and directed by KIRK JONES, best known for writing and directing the English comedy hit Waking Ned Devine.

EVERYBODY’S FINE on DVD also includes special features; The Making of Paul McCartney’s ‘(I want to) Come Home’ and deleted and extended scenes.

In a remarkable and honest appraisal of modern family life, EVERYBODY’s FINE is not to be missed – available on DVD 2 June 2010.

     Available to own: 2 June 2010

       Rated: M

     Running time: 96 Minutes

Everybody’s Fine is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.  A division of Walt Disney Studios (US), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures and Buena Vista DVD releases.  Buena Vista is the Australian sell-through market leader and has been a recognised world video / DVD industry leader for over a decade