Heartbeeps on DVD!


This movie is a must for dvd!!!!! Universal!!!! put this on dvd now!!!

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I agree with this. But I wonder if there's any way that I can have a hand in it's creation? I want to include the Merv Griffin Show, with all the cast:

The best help the film got was promoting it on The Merv Griffin Show--but by then Merv had been dropped by many
markets, and wasn't as illustrious as it had been, in the 1960's-early 70's. I remember Bernadette saying that Phil was their
"baby," and Merv replying, "That must've been a PAINFUL birth!" :)

I have warm feelings for this movie, because I saw it so very many times!: I had been in love with Andy Kaufman, and so
was determined to see the film as many times as possible, before it disappeared ( as I predicted it would, and it DID,
except for it's showings on HBO in the 1980s--but I wasn't a subscriber, then ); and I wanted to contribute to the film's
income--and since matinees then were only $1.50, it was the least I could do! For most of it's run, the film was paired
with other films, mostly SuperFuzz, another movie that I liked --in those days, smaller interest films that were doing
poorly were paired in double-features, in smaller-multiplexes, to burn them off, and to enhance their value--most of the
audiences that I saw it with LOVED Heartbeeps! The kids and their moms chatted about it, in the ladies' room, afterwards.

John Williams, who had then recently succeeded the late, great Arthur Fielder as the maestro of the Boston Pops ( which was THEN
a ratings hit--but it never recovered from Fielder's death, and is now a shadow of it's former glory ), was using the show to promote films
with which he supplied the music. He'd premiered "The Empire Strikes Back" score there; and you would think he'd have helped
Heartbeeps along, by playing a few numbers there? The one thing that critics had liked of this film was Williams' score--yet it was NOT
available for purchase! I saw one vinyl album, in 1982, with half Heartbeeps, half another film--but it disappeared. I only just tonight saw the
CD listed on THIS site, and have ordered it. At the time, in 1981, I'd felt that I'd never see the film again ( and I was correct, up to this date ),
so I memorized the score as best as possible, hummed it on the way home, and learned to play it by ear and memory on my Magnus
electric chord organ --so I have gratitude for this film for that, and for my independance in going to extremely far away theaters, by bus,
and for thus learning bravery and skills in traveling late at night, so far away.

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I want a DVD. It is one of those movies I just can't get out of my head. Don't care if it is bare bones as long as it is widescreen.

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The DVD is coming in early september. You can already preorder it on Amazon.com.

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It is a shame there are no extras on my DVD. I thought I saw a clip on Youtube that was an extra, with CatSkil going into a cave and then turning around, I think. In the book/novelization version, he is chased out by bats.



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Finally got around to renting it. I liked it as a child, when I saw it on HBO in the 80's, but I can't figure out what I was thinking. It's not so much that the movie is bad, but that it is dreadfully dull.

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I was 6 years old and my parents took me to see this movie. I guess they went because it had Andy Kaufman in it and was sci-fi ish. I thought it was the coolest thing at the time. I had just gotten a giant crayola art kit for Chanuka (y'know, the square ones that swivel and look sort of like a city of crayons) and I got home from the movie and drew all the characters. I thought the evil robot was really cool. I'm going to rent it again soon but I have a feeling the film is going to be even worse than I remember so maybe I'll just let the past stay the past (hell... I need to rent).

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I just watched this film again after finding a used VHS copy for 95 cents. I can't say it's a good film, but I can say it's worthwhile. I gave it 6 out of 10.

It's always interesting to see Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters, and the Catskill robot's lines were written by Henny Youngman. It's amazing how retro the future looks in old movies. It's weird and watchable.

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I bugged my parents to go take me to see this when it came out. They never caved.
After finally watching Heartbeeps on DVD, I should be thanking them.

What I can't believe was they actually believed they could get a franchise out of this early 80s cheese.

But I can see the setup for Short Circuit and RoboCop. So I guess I can be grateful...

It's like: No Tron, No Matrix...

ii:iv

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