8,250,000 Shares of Common Stock MOVIE GALLERY, INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT May 15, 2002

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Exhibit 10.1

8,250,000 Shares of Common Stock

MOVIE GALLERY, INC.

May 15, 2002

BEAR, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INC.
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ PARTNERS LLC
as Representatives of the
several Underwriters named in
Schedule I attached hereto
c/o Bear, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Inc.
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Ladies/Gentlemen:

Movie Gallery, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (the "Company"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell an aggregate of 3,900,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), and certain stockholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (collectively, the "Selling Stockholders") severally propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell an aggregate of 4,350,000 outstanding shares of Common Stock, with each Selling Stockholder selling the number of shares set forth opposite such Selling Stockholder's name in Schedule II hereto in the column entitled "Number of Firm Shares to Be Sold" (such 8,250,000 shares of Common Stock being hereinafter referred to as the "Firm Shares") to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") and, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares, at the option of the Underwriters, H. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ("▇▇▇▇▇▇▇") and ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ("▇▇▇▇▇▇▇" and, together with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the "Over-Allotment Selling Stockholders") severally propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell up to an additional 1,237,500 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate (the "Additional Shares") with each Over-Allotment Selling Stockholder proposing to sell up to the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite his name in Schedule II in the column entitled "Number of Additional Shares to Be Sold if Maximum Option Exercised". The Firm Shares and any Additional Shares purchased by the Underwriters are referred to herein as the "Shares". The Shares are more fully described in the Registration Statement referred to below. Bear, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Inc. ("Bear ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇") and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners LLC ("▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇" and, together with Bear ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the "Representatives") are acting as co-lead managers in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares (the "Offering").

1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and each Additional Closing Date (each as defined in Section 2 below) that:

(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-86016), and amendments thereto, and related preliminary prospectuses for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of the Shares which registration statement, as so amended, has been declared effective by the Commission and copies of which have heretofore been delivered to the Underwriters. The registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the exhibits and information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness

pursuant to Rule 430A or 434(d) under the Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement." If the Company has filed or is required pursuant to the terms hereof to file a registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act registering additional shares of Common Stock (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), then, unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to the term "Registration Statement" shall be deemed to include such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Other than a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of either the Registration Statement or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission (together, the "Rules and Regulations") or by the Securities Act, proposes to file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act ("Rule 424(b)"). The prospectus, in the form in which it is to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations, or, if the prospectus is not to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), the prospectus in the form included as part of the Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement became effective, is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus," except that if any revised prospectus or prospectus supplement shall be provided to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection with the Offering which differs from the Prospectus (whether or not such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b)), the term "Prospectus" shall refer to such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first provided to the Underwriters for such use. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus subject to completion included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act is hereafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus." All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System ("▇▇▇▇▇").

(b) At the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, when the Prospectus is first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 434 under the Securities Act ("Rule 434"), when any supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus is filed with the Commission and at the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, if any (as hereinafter respectively defined), the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto complied or will comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (i) in the case of the Registration Statement, not misleading and (ii) in the case of the Prospectus or any related Preliminary Prospectus in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. When any related Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as part of the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was first filed with the Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No representation and warranty is made in this subsection (b), however, with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any related Preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on

behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein ("Underwriters' Information"). The parties acknowledge and agree that the Underwriters' Information consists solely of (i) the number of shares the Underwriters severally have agreed to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholders as set forth in the table under the first paragraph under the caption "UNDERWRITING" in the Prospectus and (ii) the material included in the first paragraph under the caption "UNDERWRITING—Commissions and Discounts". If Rule 434 is used, the Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 434 and the Prospectus shall not be "materially different," as such term is used in Rule 434, from the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective.

(c) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified the financial statements and supporting schedules and information included in the Registration Statement, and Singer Lewak ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLP, who have certified certain financial statements and other information of Video Update, Inc. ("Video Update") that are included in the Registration Statement, each are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.

(d) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has not paid any dividends on its capital stock, and there has been no material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in (i) the business, affairs, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders' equity or prospects of the Company and each subsidiary of the Company listed on Exhibit 21 of the Registration Statement (the "Subsidiaries"), taken as a whole; (ii) the long-term debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (iii) the capital stock of the Company; (iv) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus; or (v) the validity or enforceability of the Company's obligations hereunder or thereunder (a "Material Adverse Change" or "Material Adverse Effect"). Since the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any transactions which are material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for liabilities or obligations which are reflected in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(e) This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company.

(f) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with, require consent under or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or their respective properties, operations or assets may be bound, except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) violate or conflict with any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (iii) except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, violate or conflict with any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, operations or assets. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any

public, governmental or regulatory agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, operations or assets, or any third party, is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Registration Statement and by the Prospectus, including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares to be issued, sold and delivered hereunder, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, filings, qualifications, licenses and permits as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws or the by-laws and rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, each of which has been obtained.

(g) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled "Actual" under the caption "Capitalization" and, after giving effect to the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will be as set forth in the column entitled "As Adjusted" under the caption "Capitalization". All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire from the Company or any Subsidiary upon the issuance or sale thereof any shares of Common Stock, any other equity security of the Company or any Subsidiaries and any security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of Common Stock or other such equity security (any "Relevant Security"), except for such rights as may have been fully satisfied or waived prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, if any (as hereinafter respectively defined), have been duly and validly authorized and, when delivered in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Relevant Security from the Company or any Subsidiary upon issuance or sale of Shares in the Offering. The Common Stock, the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Except as disclosed in or specifically contemplated by the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has outstanding options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any Relevant Security.

(h) The Subsidiaries are the only subsidiaries of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Except for the Subsidiaries, the Company owns no ownership or other beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business entity. All of the issued shares of capital stock of or other ownership interest in each of the Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

(i) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has been duly organized and validly exists as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which will not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has all requisite power and authority, and all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses and permits (collectively, the "Consents") of and from all public, regulatory or governmental agencies and bodies and third parties, foreign and domestic, to own,

lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as it is now being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. No Consent contains a materially burdensome restriction not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(j) Except as described in the Prospectus, there is no legal, governmental or regulatory proceeding or other litigation to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or operations of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is the subject which, singularly or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceeding or litigation is threatened or contemplated by any judicial, governmental or regulatory authority or other third party, foreign or domestic; and the defense of all such proceedings and litigation against or involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries will not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(k) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates have taken, nor will any of them take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

(l) The financial statements of the Company, including the notes thereto, and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position as of the dates indicated and the cash flows and results of operations for the periods specified of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the financial statements of Video Update, including the notes thereto, and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position as of the dates indicated and the cash flows and results of operations for the periods specified of Video Update and its consolidated subsidiaries; except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the financial statements of the Company and the financial statements of Video Update have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the books and records of the Company and Video Update, as the case may be, and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein. The other financial and statistical information and data included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information included therein and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements that are included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the books and records of the respective entities presented therein.

(m) The pro forma and as adjusted financial information included in the Prospectus has been properly compiled, and prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations and includes all adjustments necessary to present fairly in all material respects the pro forma financial position of the respective entity or entities presented therein at the respective dates indicated and the results of their operations for the respective periods specified. There are no historical or pro forma financial statements which are required to be included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus in accordance with Regulation S-X which have not been included as so required.

(n) The assumptions used in preparing the pro forma and as adjusted financial information included in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma and as adjusted adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma and as adjusted columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.

(o) The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and the outstanding shares of Common Stock (including the Shares) are listed for quotation on the NASDAQ

(as defined in Section 11(b) below), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or de-listing the Common Stock from the NASDAQ, nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC or the NASDAQ is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

(p) There are no contracts or other documents (including, without limitation, any voting agreement), which are required to be described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations and which have not been so described or filed.

(q) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no holder of securities of the Company has any rights to the registration of securities of the Company because of the filing of the Registration Statement or otherwise in connection with the sale of the Shares contemplated hereby, and any such rights so disclosed have either been fully complied with by the Company or effectively waived by the holders thereof.

(r) The Company has not prior to the date hereof offered or sold any securities which would be "integrated" with the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(s) The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate.

(t) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, stockholder, customer or supplier of any of them, on the other hand, which is required by the Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which is not so described or is not described as required.

(u) The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(v) The Company is not and, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and after giving effect to the application of net proceeds of the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will not be, subject to registration as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(w) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its business as presently operated and proposed to be operated as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease or sublease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of any claim adverse to its ownership of any material real or personal property or of any claim against the continued

possession of any material real property, whether owned or held under lease or sublease by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.

(x) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has accurately prepared and timely filed all federal, state and other tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes, assessments, governmental or other similar charges, including without limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company and each of the Subsidiaries is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties, with respect to the periods covered by such tax returns (whether or not such amounts are shown as due on any tax return), other than taxes being contested in good faith or for which adequate reserves have been provided, or those currently payable without penalty or interest. No deficiency assessment with respect to a proposed adjustment of the Company's or any of the Subsidiaries' Federal, state, or other taxes is pending or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, threatened. There is no tax lien, whether imposed by any federal, state or other taxing authority, outstanding against any material asset, property or business of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.

(y) Neither the Company, any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the Company's knowledge, any of its employees or agents has at any time during the last five years (i) made any unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of law or (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States of any jurisdiction thereof.

(z) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its charter or by-laws, (ii) is in default (and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation in any respect of any statute or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except any violation or default that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(aa) To the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or possesses adequate right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service ▇▇▇▇ registrations, copyrights, licenses, formulae, customer lists, and know-how and other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) (collectively, the "Intellectual Property") necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such right of others. To the best of the Company's knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; there is no pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company's or any Subsidiary's rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and there is no pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.

(bb) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries exists or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, is imminent and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any Subsidiary's principal suppliers,

manufacturers', customers or contractors, which, in either case, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(cc) No "prohibited transaction" (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the "Code"), or "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred with respect to any employee benefit plan which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each employee benefit plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law; including ERISA and the Code; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from any "pension plan;" and each "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could cause the loss of such qualification.

(dd) There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances by, due to, or caused by the Company (or, to the Company's knowledge, any other entity for whose acts or omissions the Company is or may be liable) upon any property of any person or entity, including without limitation, any property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, which would be a violation of any statute or any ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would, under any statute or any ordinance, rule (including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, or which would give rise to any liability, except for any violation or liability which would not reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such violations and liabilities, a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no disposal discharge, emission or other release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances with respect to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has knowledge. The Company has not agreed to assume, undertake or provide indemnification for any liability of any other person under any Environmental Law, including any obligation for cleanup or remedial action, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ee) The Company and the Subsidiaries possess such permits, franchises, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated or proposed to be operated by them as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess any such Governmental License would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure to so comply would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of any such Government License or failure of such Governmental License to be in full force and effect would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which if revoked or modified would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ff) The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged. All policies of insurance insuring the Company and the Subsidiaries or their businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors and managers are in full force

and effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with such terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects. There are no claims by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause where such denial of liability would have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(gg) By order entered December 20, 2001 (the "Confirmation Order"), the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware confirmed that certain plan of reorganization of Video Update, dated July 31, 2001, as modified prior to such entry (the "Plan"). The Plan became effective and was fully consummated on December 21, 2001. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company acquired 100% of the capital stock of reorganized Video Update. All creditors of Video Update received notice of (i) Video Update's bankruptcy, (ii) any bar date established in Video Update's bankruptcy case, and (iii) the Plan. No party in interest has filed any appeal or motion, or to the knowledge of the Company, has threatened to file or is contemplating filing, any appeal or motion, in each case, with respect to the entry of the Confirmation Order (including without limitation a motion to stay or modify the Confirmation Order). No stay of the Confirmation Order is or has been in effect. The Confirmation Order has not been modified.

Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters' shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder and is a valid and binding agreement of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(b) The Custody Agreement (as defined below) and the Power of Attorney (as defined below) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and are valid and binding agreements of such Selling Stockholder enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as rights to indemnification thereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(c) The execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of, and the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Custody Agreement signed by such Selling Stockholder and the Company, as Custodian, relating to the deposit of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder (the "Custody Agreement") and the Power of Attorney appointing certain individuals as such Selling Stockholder's attorneys-in-fact to the extent set forth therein, relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement (the "Power of Attorney"), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not contravene any provision of applicable law, any agreement or other instrument binding upon such Selling Stockholder or any

judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement or the Custody Agreement or the Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.

(d) Certificates in negotiable form for such Selling Stockholder's Shares have been placed in custody, for delivery pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, under the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney, and the shares of Common Stock represented by the certificates so held in custody for such Selling Stockholder are subject to the interests hereunder of the Underwriters and the Company. The arrangements for custody and delivery of such certificates, made by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and under the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney are not subject to termination by any acts of the Selling Stockholder, or by operation of law, whether by death or incapacity of any person acting on behalf of the Selling Stockholder or the occurrence of any other event, and if such death, incapacity or any other such event shall occur before the delivery of the Selling Stockholder's Shares hereunder, certificates for such Shares will be delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney as if such death, incapacity or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether the Custodian shall have received notice of such death, incapacity or other event.

(e) Each Selling Stockholder has valid title to, and is the owner of record in the stock records of the Company of, the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement. The Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement are certificated securities in registered form and are not held by or through any securities intermediary within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (the "NYUCC"). Such Selling Stockholder has, and, at the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, if applicable, will have, full right, power and authority to hold, sell, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder. Upon the delivery to the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or its agent of the Shares registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC against payment by the several Underwriters therefor, and the crediting by DTC of the Shares to the securities accounts of the several Underwriters with DTC, DTC will be a "protected purchaser" of the Shares (as defined in Section 8-303 of the NYUCC) and will acquire its interest in the Shares (including, without limitation, all rights that such Selling Stockholders had or has the power to transfer in such Shares) free of any adverse claim (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(1) of the NYUCC) assuming neither DTC nor any Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim. The Underwriters will acquire valid security entitlements (within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the NYUCC) in respect of the Shares to be purchased by them, and no action (whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory) based on an adverse claim to such Shares may be asserted against the Underwriters assuming they have no notice of any adverse claim.

(f) Such Selling Stockholder does not directly or indirectly have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by the Company under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, other than as described in the Registration Statement and as have been waived in writing in connection with the offering contemplated hereby.

(g) The Selling Stockholder (i) does not directly or indirectly have any preemptive right, co-sale right or right of first refusal or other similar right to purchase any of the Shares that are to be sold by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) does not directly or indirectly own any warrants, options or similar rights to acquire, and does not directly or indirectly have any right or arrangement to acquire, any capital stock, rights, warrants, options or other securities from the Company, other than as described in the Registration Statement.

(h) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

(i) At the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, when the Prospectus is first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 434, when any supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus is filed with the Commission and at the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, if any, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (i) in the case of the Registration Statement, not misleading and (ii) in the case of the Prospectus or any related Preliminary Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. When any related Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as part of the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was first filed with the Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No representation and warranty is made in this subsection (i), however, with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any related Preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters' Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in the penultimate sentence of Section 1(b).

(j) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between such Selling Stockholder and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against such Selling Stockholder or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.

(k) Such Selling Stockholder, without independent verification, has no reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof are not true and correct, is familiar with the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and has no knowledge of any material fact, condition or information not disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which has had or may reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and the Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole, and is not prompted to sell any of the Shares by any information concerning the Company which is not set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(l) Each certificate signed by any officer or other representative of such Selling Stockholder and delivered to the Underwriters or Underwriters' Counsel pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.

3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.

(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (i) the Company agrees to sell 3,900,000 of the Firm Shares to the Underwriters, (ii) the Selling Stockholders agree to sell 4,250,000 of the Firm Shares to the Underwriters and (iii) the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price per share of $17.3146875, the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the respective names of the Underwriters in

Schedule I hereto plus any additional number of Shares which the Underwriters may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.

(b) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Shares shall be made at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ("Underwriters' Counsel"), or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third or fourth business day (as permitted under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act) (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 hereof) following the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (or, if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the third or fourth business day (as permitted under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act) after the determination of the initial public offering price of the Shares), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the "Closing Date").

Payment for the Shares shall be made to or upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds to the Company and the Selling Stockholders upon delivery of certificates for the Shares to the Representatives through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against receipt therefor signed by the Representatives. Certificates for the Shares to be delivered to the Representatives shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such denominations as the Representatives may request at least one business day before the Closing Date. The Company and the Selling Stockholders will permit the Representatives to examine and package such certificates for delivery at least one full business day prior to the Closing Date.

(c) In addition, the Over-Allotment Selling Stockholders hereby grant to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, the option to purchase up to 1,237,500 Additional Shares in the aggregate at the same purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for the Firm Shares as set forth in this Section 3, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of Firm Shares by the Underwriters. This option may be exercised at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part on one or more occasions, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice by the Representatives to the Over-Allotment Selling Stockholders. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to which the option is being exercised, each Over-Allotment Selling Stockholder's pro rata proportion of such Additional Shares, and the date and time, as reasonably determined by the Representatives, when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (any such date and time being herein sometimes referred to as the "Additional Closing Date"); provided, however, that the Additional Closing Date shall not be earlier than the Closing Date or earlier than the second full business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the eighth full business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Certificates for the Additional Shares shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day prior to the Additional Closing Date. The Company will permit the Representatives to examine and package such certificates for delivery at least one full business day prior to the Additional Closing Date.

If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Additional Shares, each Underwriter, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Additional Shares then being purchased which the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the total number of Firm Shares being purchased from the Company and the Selling Stockholders, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional shares as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.

Payment for the Additional Shares shall be made to or upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds to the Over-Allotment Selling Stockholders at the offices of Underwriters' Counsel, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable, upon delivery of the certificates for the Additional Shares to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters.

4. Offering. Upon authorization of the release of the Firm Shares by the Representatives, the Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

5. Covenants of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters and the Selling Stockholders that:

(a) If the Registration Statement has not yet been declared effective the Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto to become effective as promptly as possible, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b) or Rule 434, the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434, the Company will prepare and file a term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434.

The Company will notify the Representatives immediately (and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such notice in writing) (i) when the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) of the Company's intention to file or prepare any supplement, revision or amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (iv) of the mailing or the delivery to the Commission for filing of any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceedings therefor, it being understood that the Company shall make every effort to avoid the issuance of any such stop order, (v) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose. If the Commission shall propose or enter a stop order at any time, the Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain the lifting of such order as soon as possible. The Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment of or supplement to the Prospectus (including the prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 434) that differs from the prospectus on file at the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement before or after the effective date of the Registration Statement to which the Representatives shall reasonably object in writing after being timely furnished in advance a copy thereof.

(b) The Company shall comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act to permit completion of the distribution as contemplated in this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act in connection with the sales of Shares, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would, in the judgment of the Underwriters (based on advice from Underwriters' Counsel) or the Company, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time of delivery to the purchaser, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus or Registration Statement to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules

and Regulations, the Company will notify the Representatives promptly and prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second paragraph of Section 5(a) hereof, an appropriate amendment or supplement (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives) which will correct such statement or omission and will use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible.

(c) The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters and Underwriters' Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith and all amendments thereto, and the Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, as the Representatives may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(d) The Company shall promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters and to Underwriters' Counsel copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, and the Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act. The Company shall also furnish to each of the Underwriters copies of the Final Prospectus in such quantities as reasonably requested by any of the Underwriters.

(e) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Representatives, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Shares of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process.

(f) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriters as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), an earnings statement of the Company and the Subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).

(g) During the period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, issue, sell, offer or agree to sell, grant any option for the sale of, pledge, make any short sale or maintain any short position, establish or maintain a "put equivalent position" (within the meaning of Rule 16-a-1(h) under the Exchange Act), enter into any swap, derivative transaction or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock (whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, other securities, cash or other consideration) or otherwise dispose of, any Common Stock (or any securities convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable for Common Stock) or interest therein of the Company or of any of the Subsidiaries, and the Company will obtain the undertaking of each of its directors and such of its stockholders as have been heretofore designated by the Representatives and listed on Schedule III hereto, not to engage in any of the aforementioned transactions on their own behalf during the period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus, other than the sale of Shares hereunder by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, and the Company's issuance of Common Stock upon (i) the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding on the date hereof; (ii) the exercise of currently outstanding options; and (iii) the grant and exercise of options under, or the issuance and sale of shares pursuant to, employee stock option plans in effect on the date hereof. In addition, each Selling Stockholder agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not,

during the period ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.

(h) During the period of five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders, and will deliver to the Representatives (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders generally or to the Commission).

(i) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth under the caption "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus.

(j) The Company will use its best efforts to maintain the listing of the Shares on the NASDAQ.

(k) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

6. Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders hereunder, including the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's and the Selling Stockholders' counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of producing any agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the blue sky memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(e) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the blue sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the NASDAQ; (v) all travel expenses of the Company's officers and employees and any other expense of the Company incurred in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares; (vi) any stock transfer taxes incurred in connection with this Agreement or the Offering; and (vii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any required review by the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Shares. The Company also will pay or cause to be paid: (i) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (ii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (iii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its and the Selling Stockholders' respective obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 6. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel and stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7 or 12(b) hereof, or

subsequent to a Material Adverse Change, the Company will pay all reasonable out-of pocket expenses of the Underwriters incurred in connection herewith.

7. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares, as provided herein, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (for purposes of this Section 7 "Closing Date" shall refer to the Closing Date for the Firm Shares and any Additional Closing Date, if different, for the Additional Shares), to the absence from any certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Representatives or to Underwriters' Counsel pursuant to this Section 7 of any misstatement or omission, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:

(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than 5:30 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement, or at such later time and date as shall have been consented to in writing by the Representatives; if the Company shall have elected to rely upon Rule 430A or Rule 434 of the Regulations, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in a timely fashion in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and a form of the Prospectus containing information relating to the description of the Shares and the method of distribution and similar matters shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period; and, at or prior to the Closing Date no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.

(b) At the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received (i) the written opinion of ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Professional Corporation, counsel for the Company and the Selling Stockholders, dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriters in the form attached hereto as Annex I and (ii) the written opinion of S. Page ▇▇▇▇, in house counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriters in the form attached hereto as Annex II.

(c) At the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received (i) the written opinion of Goodmans LLP, Canadian counsel for the Company and its Subsidiaries, dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriters in the form attached hereto as Annex III and (ii) the written opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Stirling Scales, Canadian counsel for the Company and its Subsidiaries, dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriters in the form attached hereto as Annex IV.

(d) All proceedings taken in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and to Underwriters' Counsel, and the Underwriters shall have received from Underwriters' Counsel a favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and such other related matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to Underwriters' Counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(e) At the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date to the effect that (i) the condition set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 7 has been satisfied, (ii) as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof are accurate, (iii) as of the Closing Date all agreements, conditions and obligations of the Company to be performed or complied with hereunder on or prior thereto have been duly performed or complied with, (iv) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not sustained any material loss or interference with their respective businesses or properties from fire, flood, hurricane, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any legal or governmental proceeding, (v) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the

Registration Statement and the Prospectus there has not been any Material Adverse Change, except in each case as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus, and (vi) there are no historical or pro forma financial statements which are required to be included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus in accordance with Regulation S-X which have not been included as so required.

(f) The Representatives shall have received a comfort letter from each of (i) Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants for the Company, and (ii) Singer Lewak ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLP, independent public accountants for Video Update, at the time this Agreement is executed and at the Closing Date, dated as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, respectively, addressed to the Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters and Underwriters' counsel; provided, however, that the comfort letters delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut-off date" not earlier than the date hereof.

(g) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries individually or taken as a whole, including, without limitation, the occurrence of a fire, flood, explosion or other calamity at any of the properties owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the effect of which, in any such case described above, is, in the judgment of the Underwriters, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement).

(h) The Representatives shall have also received a lock-up agreement from each person who is a director of the Company and each stockholder as shall have been heretofore designated by the Representatives and listed on Schedule III hereto, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex V, and each such lock-up agreement shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(i) At the Closing Date, the Shares shall have been approved for quotation on the NASDAQ.

(j) At the Closing Date, the NASD shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(k) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the next business day succeeding the date of this Agreement.

(l) The Company shall have furnished the Underwriters and Underwriters' Counsel with such other certificates, opinions or other documents as they may have reasonably requested.

(m) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, if applicable, a certificate, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as applicable, and signed by the Attorney-in-Fact of each Selling Stockholder, to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as applicable, and that the Selling Stockholders have complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as applicable.

(n) On the date hereof, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished for review by the Representatives copies of the Powers of Attorney and Custody Agreements executed by each of the Selling Stockholders and such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(o) In the event the Underwriters exercise their option to purchase the Additional Shares, all of the conditions in this Section 7 must be satisfied in connection with such Additional Shares on or prior to the Additional Closing Date.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Representatives or to Underwriters' Counsel pursuant to this Section 7 shall not be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and to Underwriters' Counsel, all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled by the Representatives at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date and the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Additional Shares may be cancelled by the Representatives at, or at any time prior to, the Additional Closing Date. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by telephone. Any such telephone notice shall be confirmed promptly thereafter in writing.

8. Indemnification.

(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Shares, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent but only to the extent that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with the written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter consists of the Underwriters' Information. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have including under this Agreement. The foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter who failed to deliver a Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented, provided by the Company to the several Underwriters in the requisite quantity and on a timely basis to permit proper delivery on or prior to the Closing Date) to the person asserting any losses, claims, damages and liabilities and judgments caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such material misstatement or omission or alleged material misstatement or omission was cured, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a decision not subject to further appeal, in such Prospectus and such Prospectus was required by law to be delivered at or prior to the written confirmation of sale to such person.

(b) Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees

and any and all expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Shares, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that with respect to the Selling Stockholders that are not the Over-Allotment Selling Stockholders (such Selling Stockholders referred to herein as the "Other Selling Stockholders"), such Other Selling Stockholders will only be liable under this Section 8(b) to the extent that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (or actions in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the registration statement for the registration of the Shares, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, in reliance upon and in conformity with the written information furnished by or on behalf of such Other Selling Stockholders to the Company specifically for use therein; provided, further that the Selling Stockholders will not be liable in any such case to the extent but only to the extent that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with the written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter consists of the Underwriters' Information. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have including under this Agreement. The foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter who failed to deliver a Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented, provided by the Company to the several Underwriters in the requisite quantity and on a timely basis to permit proper delivery on or prior to the Closing Date) to the person asserting any losses, claims, damages and liabilities and judgments caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such material misstatement or omission or alleged material misstatement or omission was cured, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a decision not subject to further appeal, in such Prospectus and such Prospectus was required by law to be delivered at or prior to the written confirmation of sale to such person.

(c) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of the officers of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement, each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each of the Selling Stockholders, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys' fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Shares, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment

thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with the written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter consists of the Underwriters' Information. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have including under this Agreement.

(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above of notice of any claims or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the claim or the commencement thereof (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have under this Section 8 to the extent that it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability that such indemnifying party may have otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement hereunder). In case any such claim or action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party may participate, at its own expense in the defense of such action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the written consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, (iii) the indemnifying party does not diligently defend the action after assumption of the defense, or (iv) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened investigation, action or proceeding in respect of which indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified party, unless (x) such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party, and (y) the indemnifying party confirms in writing its indemnification obligations hereunder with respect to such settlement, compromise or judgment.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the aggregate liability of each Selling Stockholder under the indemnity provisions of this Section 8, under the contribution provisions of this Section 9 or for losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based upon a breach by such Selling Stockholder of the representations and warranties contained in Section 2(i), shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds, net of underwriting discounts, received by such Selling Stockholder from the Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder.

9. Contribution. In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable from any indemnifying party or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting, in the case of losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company, any contribution received by the Company from persons, other than the Underwriters, who may also be liable for contribution, including persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and directors of the Company) as incurred to which the Company, the Selling Stockholders and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand bears to (y) the underwriting discount received by the Underwriters on the other hand, respectively, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 9 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares are underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Selling Stockholders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall

have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Selling Stockholders, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 9. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties, notify each party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 9 or otherwise. The obligations of the Underwriters to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to the respective number of Shares purchased by each of the Underwriters hereunder and not joint. The obligations of the Selling Stockholders to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to the respective number of Shares sold by each of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and not joint.

10. Default by an Underwriter.

(a) If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligation to purchase Firm Shares or Additional Shares hereunder, and if the Firm Shares or Additional Shares with respect to which such default relates do not (after giving effect to arrangements, if any, made by the Representatives pursuant to subsection (b) below) exceed in the aggregate 10% of the number of Firm Shares or Additional Shares, the Firm Shares or Additional Shares to which the default relates shall be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters in proportion to the respective proportions which the numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto bear to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of the non-defaulting Underwriters.

(b) In the event that such default relates to more than 10% of the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for them or for another party or parties (including any non-defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters who so agree) to purchase such Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, to which such default relates on the terms contained herein. In the event that within five calendar days after such a default the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, to which such default relates as provided in this Section 10, this Agreement or, in the case of a default with respect to the Additional Shares, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Over-Allotment Selling Stockholders to sell the Additional Shares shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of the Company with respect thereto (except in each case as provided in Sections 6, 8(a) and 9 hereof) or the Underwriters (except in the case as provided in Sections 8(c) and 9 hereof), or the Selling Stockholders (except in the case as provided in Sections 8(b), 8(e) and 9 hereof), but nothing in this Agreement shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters of its or their liability, if any, to the other Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders for damages occasioned by its or their default hereunder.

(c) In the event that the Firm Shares or Additional Shares to which the default relates are to be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or parties as aforesaid, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be for a period, not exceeding five business days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents and arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which, in the opinion of Underwriters' Counsel, may thereby be made necessary or advisable. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 10 with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Firm Shares and Additional Shares.

11. Survival of Representations and Agreements. All representations and warranties, covenants and agreements of the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any Subsidiary submitted pursuant hereto,

including the agreements contained in Section 6, the indemnity agreements contained in Section 8 and the contribution agreements contained in Section 9, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person thereof or by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers and directors or any controlling person thereof or by the Selling Stockholders, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares to and by the Underwriters. The representations contained in Section 1 and the agreements contained in Sections 6, 8, 9 and 12(e) hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement, including termination pursuant to Section 10 or 12 hereof.

12. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination.

(a) This Agreement shall become effective, upon the later of (i) receipt by the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Stockholders of notification of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) the execution of this Agreement. If either the initial public offering price or the purchase price per Share has not been agreed upon prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the fifth full business day after the Registration Statement shall have become effective, this Agreement shall thereupon terminate without liability to the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters except as herein expressly provided. Until this Agreement becomes effective as aforesaid, it may be terminated by the Company or any Selling Stockholder by notifying the Representatives or by the Representatives by notifying the Company and the Selling Stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 12 and of Sections 1, 6, 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be in full force and effect.

(b) The Representatives shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date or the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Additional Shares at any time prior to the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, (A) if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Representatives will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Company's securities or securities in general; or (B) if trading on The New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") or The NASDAQ National Market (the "NASDAQ") shall have been suspended or been made subject to material limitations, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the Exchange, the NASDAQ or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (C) if a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or federal authority or if any material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services shall have occurred; or (D) any downgrading shall have occurred in the Company's corporate credit rating or the rating accorded the Company's debt securities or preferred stock by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act) or if any such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities; or (E) (i) if there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (ii) if there shall have been any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions if the effect of any such event in (i) or (ii), in the judgment of the Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Firm Shares or the Additional Shares, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus.

(c) If one or more of the Selling Stockholders shall fail to sell and deliver to the Underwriters the Shares to be sold and delivered by such Selling Stockholders at the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, then the Underwriters may at their option, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, either (i) terminate this Agreement without any liability on the part of any Underwriter or, except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof, the Company or the Selling Stockholders, or (ii) purchase the Shares which the Company and other Selling Stockholders

have agreed to sell and deliver in accordance with the terms hereof. If one or more of the Selling Stockholders shall fail to sell and deliver to the Underwriters the Shares to be sold and delivered by such Selling Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, then the Underwriters shall have the right, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, to postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

(d) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 12 shall be in writing.

(e) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to (i) notification by the Representatives as provided in Section 12(a) hereof or (ii) Section 10(b) hereof), or if the sale of the Shares provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or any Selling Stockholder to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company will, subject to demand by the Representatives, reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel), incurred by the Underwriters in connection herewith.

13. Notices. All communications hereunder, except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be in writing, and:

(a) if sent to any Underwriter, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing, to such Underwriter c/o Bear, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners LLC, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq., with a copy to Underwriter's Counsel at ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.;

(b) if sent to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing to the Company and its counsel at the addresses set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: S. Page ▇▇▇▇, Esq.;

provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its acceptance facsimile to the Representatives, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.

14. Parties. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Underwriters and the Company and the controlling persons, directors, officers, employees and agents referred to in Section 8 and 9, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, and said controlling persons, and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and it is not for the benefit of any other person, firm or corporation. The term "successors and assigns" shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Shares from any of the Underwriters.

15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

17. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

18. Time is of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth your understanding, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among us.

		Very truly yours,
		MOVIE GALLERY, INC.
		By:		/s/ S. PAGE ▇▇▇▇ Name: S. Page ▇▇▇▇ Title: Senior Vice President
		The Selling Stockholders named on Schedule II hereto, acting severally
		By:		/s/ S. PAGE ▇▇▇▇ Name: S. Page ▇▇▇▇ Title: Attorney-in-Fact

Accepted as of the date first above written

BEAR, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INC.
By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ PARISH Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parish Title: Senior Managing Director
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ PARTNERS LLC
By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Title: Partner

On behalf of themselves and the other
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.

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SCHEDULE I

Name of Underwriter		Total Number of Firm Shares to be Purchased	Number of Additional Shares to be Purchased if Maximum Option Exercised
Bear, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Inc.		2,887,500
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners LLC		2,887,500
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Company, Inc.		1,815,000
BB&T Capital Markets		330,000
SWS Securities, Inc.		330,000
	Total	8,250,000	1,237,500

SCHEDULE II

Name of Selling Stockholder (or Over-Allotment Selling Stockholder, as applicable):		Number of Firm Shares to Be Sold:	Number of Additional Shares to Be Sold if Maximum Option Exercised:
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇		1,000,000	309,375
H. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇		3,000,000	928,125
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇		60,000	—
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇		60,000	—
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇		10,000	—
S. Page ▇▇▇▇		80,000	—
J. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇		100,000	—
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇		40,000	—
	Total	4,350,000	1,237,500

SCHEDULE III

Name of Director or Stockholder Subject to the Lock-Up Provision:
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J. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
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S. Page ▇▇▇▇
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8,250,000 Shares of Common Stock MOVIE GALLERY, INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT May 15, 2002

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