Birth nameOliver James Platt Birth information12 January 1960, Windsor, Ontario, Canada BioThe son of a career diplomat, he spent his childhood in Washington DC, Asia, and the middle east. Oliver graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Drama in 1983 from Tufts University. He then trained at Shakespeare & Co. with Kristine Linklater.

You can bring home a new summer comedy on DVD and Blu-ray this October. Year One will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 6. The standard DVD, which will be released in both rated and unrated versions, will be priced at $28.96 Srp while the Bd disc will be priced at $39.95 Srp. We don't have any cover art images as of yet, but we'll post the images as soon as they arrive. The film stars Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt and David Cross.
History was made...by these guys? Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera) are comic cavemen who stumble out of the mountains into an epic gagfest of biblical proportions. One's a bumbling hunter, the other's a gentle gatherer; together, they're absolutely hilarious as they become unlikely participants in history's wackiest moments. Directed and co-written by comic
genius Harold Ramis, Year One is rude, crude, wildly absurd,

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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced plans to bring the Jack Black, Michael Cera and Oliver Platt caveman comedy Year One to Blu-ray Disc and DVD on September 29. Year One stumbled at the box office with a $42.4 million domestic gross and will look to make up some of its estimated $60 million budget on home video in a new unrated cut. The Blu-ray version of Year One will be presented in widescreen 1.85:1 1080p video and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio. Two of the bonus features will be Blu-ray exclusives. The Year One Cutting Room (Bd exclusive) Cinechat (Bd exclusive) Unrated Commentary with Director Harold Ramis, Jack Black, and Michael Cera Commentary with Director Harold Ramis, Jack Black,and Michael Cera Alternate Ending - Sodom Destruction Commentary for Alternate Ending with Director Harold Ramis, Jack Black,and Michael Cera Extended & Alternate Scenes Line-o-Rama Gag Reel Year One: The Journey Begins Sodom's Got 'Em!

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Michael Cera, Jack Black and David Cross in Year One
Photo: Columbia Pictures Year One seems to prove that occasionally there is an actual line between success and failure with no in-between, and this is a film that could have just as easily fallen onto the side of success as it did onto the side of failure. Make no mistake about it, Year One is an absolute dud of a film. This one is dead on arrival and hardly makes an attempt to resuscitate itself. While there are a couple of snicker-worthy moments, the majority of this film falls flat on its face. Directed and co-written by Harold Ramis, Year One carries a lot of heavy weight when it comes to comedic talent from the top down. The main protagonists of the story are two outcast cavemen named Zed and Oh played by Jack Black and Michael Cera, two comedic
Brad Brevet

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