Oscar Nominated Animated Film MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI Coming to Digital HD & More This May

An enchanting and touching story about the resilience of children and the uplifting power of friendship, the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominated film for best animated feature My Life as a Zucchini is available on Digital HD on May 9, 2017 and on Blu-ray combo pack, DVD and On Demand on May 23, 2017 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, in partnership with GKIDS. Hailed by critics as "captivating and vibrant!" (Stephanie Zacharek, TIME Magazine) and "inspiring!" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), My Life as a Zucchini has garnered an impressive 100% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and features a stellar voice cast bringing the charming animation and powerful story to life.

After befriending a kind police officer, nine-year-old Zucchini is taken to a foster home filled with other orphans his age. Though he struggles to find his place at first, with the help of his new friends, Zucchini learns to trust and love again as he searches for a new family of his own. With a band of unforgettable characters you'll be cheering for, My Life as a Zucchini stands as a testament to the resilience of the human heart.

Showcasing an all-star voice cast including Will Forte ("The Last Man On Earth"), Nick Offerman ("Parks and Recreation"), Ellen Page (Juno) and Amy Sedaris ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"), My Life as a Zucchini on Blu-ray and DVD allows viewers a rare and exclusive look behind-the-scenes with bonus content featuring the filmmakers. Also included in the release is the short film The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli, a magical and charming piece from My Life as a Zucchini director Claude Barras. Plus, the film will also be available with the original French language audio. Packed with emotion and a hopeful outlook of humanity, My Life as a Zucchini gives children a voice while speaking to all generations.

BONUS FEATURES ON BLU-RAY AND DVD:

• The Making of My Life as a Zucchini Go behind the scenes with director Claude Barras as he walks you through the puppet design, animation, and voice recording that brings this enchanting film to life.
• The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli Armand works in a pasta factory and every night when he goes home, he has a tin of ravioli for dinner. But tonight, instead of ravioli he is served a genie who is ready to grant him two wishes! A short film from My Life as a Zucchini director Claude Barras.

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About GKIDS GKIDS is a distributor of award-winning feature animation for both adult and family audiences. Since 2010, the company has scored an UNRIVALED nine Best Animated Feature Oscar nominations withThe Secret of Kellsin 2010,A Cat inParisandChico & Ritain 2012,Ernest & Celestinein 2014,The Tale of the Princess KaguyaandSong of the Seain 2015, Boy and the WorldandWhen Marnie Was Therein 2016, and My Life as a Zucchini in 2017.GKIDS also handles North American theatrical distribution for Oscar winnerHayao Miyazaki'sfamed Studio Ghibli library of films, one of the world's most coveted animation collections with titlesSpirited Away,My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononokeand others.

About Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE www.uphe.com) is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios. Universal Studios is a part of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks, and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

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