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New DVD release - April 12, 2011


http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Mary-Crazy-Larry-Devil/dp/B004IB04NK/ref=s r_1_9?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1294620488&sr=1-9

Shout! Factory is releasing it as a Double Feature with Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. Not a lot of specific information out about it yet.

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Great news! I saw it last week, regrettably a few days after I had already ordered my Region 2 DVD from Amazon UK (where it's not discontinued OR sold at a ridiculously exhorbitant price)... Kudos to Shout Factory!,anyway,for re-releasing this '70s cult favorite!.

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Doubt there's a chance of a commentary for this? Who knows if director Starrett is still alive. Maybe one of the producers is still kickin'.

"I don't believe a school bus on Sundee!"

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Apparently, all the special features from the previous Anchor Bay release are going to be ported over (which included a commentary with Executive Producer Paul Maslansky, Actress Lara Parker, and DVD producer Perry Martin), supposedly along with some new stuff, but it hasn't been revealed what they will be.

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DVD? How quaint. I breathlessly await the Beta, VHS, laserdisc, Selectavision, U-matic, and 8 mm film versions. And the rereleased soundtracks on Elcaset, MiniDisc, Digital Compact Cassette, Digital Audio Tape, PlayTape, 8-track, Compact Cassette, 7" reel to reel, monophonic 12" long-playing record, 10" 78 rpm, wax cylinder, sheet music, and itinerant troubadour.

Or is there a Blu-ray version you forgot to mention?

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Exactly. :)

What is this, 1997?

I don't get it either.

In some cases, for whatever reason there is no HD transfer available, and the studio doesn't feel like spending dough for a new one. All new transfers done for over ten years now are HD, if not 4K or 8K, to preserve value for later higher-res editions. The original DVD is, I think, around 10 years old, so it's possible it wasn't an HD transfer.

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Just posted the press release, including full specs for this disc, at my site: http://bit.ly/eTQBNn

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