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NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES – June 22, 2021 – Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) today announced the digital release of Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends, a new compilation film featuring rare elements from throughout the artist’s career. The film’s release highlights a distribution collaboration between the companies for longform content, documentaries, and concert films from some of the most iconic artists in the SME catalog across multiple digital platforms. Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends and five other essential film titles from the Bob Dylan catalog are available for digital download and rental today.  

A wide-ranging two-hour film, Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends details some of the most important moments throughout Dylan’s career. The film is an eclectic new compilation of rare promotional films, videos and behind-the-scenes footage. The featured titles released will also include four concert films: Bob Dylan: Trouble No More – A Musical Film, The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob Dylan Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965, Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, and Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged – and additionally, comedy/drama Masked and Anonymous.

With this collaboration, SME engages SPE’s global distribution and marketing network to showcase the breadth of Sony Music’s extensive premium content offerings.  

Tom Mackay, President, Premium Content A&R, Sony Music Entertainment said, “Bob Dylan has one of the most iconic catalogs in music history and we are honored to bring it to life. With Sony Pictures, we are giving fans an exclusive inside look at rare, revealing moments from his career. Because of our collaboration, this sort of creative achievement was made easier by combining the unique talent and resources of our two global companies. That partnership offers all of our artists the ideal platform to tell their stories and reach their fans around the world.”

“We are thrilled to team up with Sony Music on this distribution collaboration to bring music fans worldwide great video experiences from some of the most renowned artists in SME’s catalog,” said Jason Spivak, Executive Vice President, Distribution for North America Television & Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment. “Bob Dylan is one of the most influential musicians of our time with a global fanbase. We could not be more excited to give his fans an inside look at his career through Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends.”

Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends and the other Bob Dylan film essentials are available now. Click here for more information.

About Sony Music Entertainment 
At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey. We’ve played a pioneering role in music history, from the first-ever music label to the invention of the flat disc record. We’ve nurtured some of music’s most iconic artists and produced some of the most influential recordings of all time. Today, we work in more than 60 countries, supporting a diverse roster of international superstars, developing and independent artists, and visionary creators. From our position at the intersection of music, entertainment, and technology, we bring imagination and expertise to the newest products and platforms, embrace new business models, employ breakthrough tools, and provide powerful insights that help our artists push creative boundaries and reach new audiences. In everything we do, we’re committed to artistic integrity, transparency, and entrepreneurship. Sony Music Entertainment is a member of the Sony family of global companies. Learn more about our artists, creators, and labels here.

About Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. Sony Pictures Television operates dozens of wholly-owned or joint-venture production companies around the world. SPE’s Motion Picture Group production organizations include Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, 3000 Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Stage 6 Films, AFFIRM Films, Sony Pictures International Productions, and Sony Pictures Classics. For additional information, visit http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/divisions.html

Media Contacts:
Sony Music Entertainment
Devan Schulte
Devan.Schulte@sonymusic.com

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Cynthia Balderas
Cynthia_Balderas@spe.sony.com