LIFELINE ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE "RETURN TO INNOCENCE" AS A DVD; WILL INCLUDE BONUS FOOTAGE AND SPECIAL FEATURES

RETURN TO INNOCENCE will follow its successful festival and limited theatrical run with a home video release. The DVD exclusive, scheduled for release April 15th of this year, will be a limited collector's edition with special bonus material. The DVD release will mark the first title release under LifeLine Entertainment as a distributor.

LifeLine Entertainment, an Orange County-based company dedicated to producing, distributing, and promoting independent films, announced the highly anticipated home video release of Rocky Costanzo's critically acclaimed debut film, Return to Innocence. Costanzo, 29, has literally grown up on film production sets, having worked on hit television shows as The Wonder Years, Evening Shade, Party of Five, among others. After film school, Costanzo went on to direct several film shorts, including Straight Talk, a documentary on troubled youths, which earned him a Community Access Producers Award for best educational film in 1993.

Return to Innocence is a film based on Gary M. Frazier's 1994 controversial novel, Return to Innocence. It tells the story of a child psychologist who finds his life turned upside down when he is suddenly accused of sexually molesting a boy under his care. With that accusation, the stage is set for a dark, disturbing, and yet poignant tale of love, commitment, betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption and a riveting look at the processes and agendas involved in the prosecution of a child sex abuse case.

The film garnered promising reviews during its film festival/theatrical run, and was named a "Finalist" at the 2001 Rhode Island International Film Festival.

The special Collector's Edition DVD release of Return to Innocence is scheduled for April 15, 2003. The DVD offers never-before-seen special features, including bonus scenes, cast interviews and director's commentary.

Richard Meese stars with child actor, Andrew Martin in the film. Richard Meese is an acclaimed stage actor, having appeared in numerous plays throughout southern California. In 1996, he won the "Pati" award for Best Actor of the Year at Costa Mesa Playhouse for his performance as Alan Baker in "Come Blow Your Horn". He received his training at South Coast Repertory's Professional Acting Conservatory, Hudson Theater Advanced Acting Workshop and the Groundlings Improv program. Andrew is a fourteen-year-old freshman from Scottsdale, Arizona and has been acting since the age of six, touring professionally with the Theatre League. He has appeared in productions of "Oliver," "Music Man," "Camelot," "Tommy," and "Phantom." Andrew's talents have not been limited to the stage, however. He has appeared in the movies "Waiting to Exhale," "Terminal Velocity," "The Candidate Kid," and "Mafia Marriage."

Return to Innocence - Official Site www.rtimovie.com