Two-time Emmy Award® winner Anna Gunn (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, “Breaking Bad,” 2013 & 2014) stars as a sharp, experienced and resolute investment banker fighting to get a promotion at her competitive Wall Street firm in EQUITY, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD and digital December 13th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. While leading a controversial tech IPO in the post-financial-crisis world, Gunn finds that regulations are tight, but pressure to bring in big money remains high. The suspenseful, relevant, female-driven Wall Street drama was funded by women, directed by a woman, written by a woman, and starring women — making it a true female collaboration. EQUITY also stars James Purefoy (“The Following”), Sarah Megan Thomas (Backwards) and Alysia Reiner (“Orange is the New Black”).
Bonus materials on the Blu-ray, DVD & digital versions of EQUITY include three featurettes. Meet the film’s extraordinary group of women investors, luminaries in the world of Wall Street and true champions of this true-to-life story in “Girl Gang: The Equity of Empowerment.” In “Grey Lines: The Making of Equity,” the cast and filmmakers discuss bringing this story to screen and their mission to tell a complex and provocative story, while in “Los Angeles Film Festival Q&A,” Anna Gunn, Alysia Reiner, Sarah Megan Thomas, Samuel Roukin and director Meera Menon share a lively discussion on the film.
Synopsis:
A female investment banker (Anna Gunn), fighting to rise to the top of the corporate ladder at a competitive Wall Street firm, navigates a controversial tech IPO in the post-financial crisis world, where loyalties are suspect, regulations are tight, but pressure to bring in “big money” remains high.
“Equity” is a unique Wall Street drama about women who thrive on competition and ambition to stay equal in the game.
Directed by Meera Menon from a screenplay by Amy Fox and based on a story by Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner and Amy Fox, “Equity” was produced by Alysia Reiner and Sarah Megan Thomas, with Candy Straight serving as executive producer.
Blu-ray & DVD Special Features:
- Three Featurettes:
“Girl Gang: The Equity of Empowerment”
“Grey Lines: The Making of Equity”
“Los Angeles Film Festival Q&A”
“Equity” has a runtime of 100 minutes and is rated R for language throughout.
