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Will This Film Get Re-Released on DVD?


I have recently started reading Bukowski, just finished ham on rye and was wondering whether anyone knew when this film will get released on DVD as its out of print at the moment.

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Didn't know it was out of print, but you should be able to dig up a copy somewhere. If you check on the net, you'll probably find it.

Plus, I'm pretty sure it won't be out of print for long. Bukowski's legend is on the rise what with the new Matt Dillon version of Factotum and everything, and Rourke is back in the picture where he belongs.

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Im watching it on DVD right now, wow....i didnt know it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola....i hired Dracula as well, im in for a coppola family night.

well, i hope this movie is good....

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you really are a desperate nonsense... coppola doesn't direct this film. enjoy it anyway, that much i tip my hat to you.

'with the ability to be able to do anything that he wants to do and findin' nothin'.' rumble fish

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Koko, where does one hire Dracula these days?

Down at the Dracula store?

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With the recent resurgency of Mickey Rourke's career, wonder if this will have an influence on whether we'll see a DVD of Barfly in the near future?

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It’s more aesthetically pleasing to watch it from an abused and neglected looking old VHS tape with it's cover missing.

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It was released in Germany (Region 2) by Koch Media on September 25, 2009.

It comes in two editions.

There is a one-disc edition with the film in anamorphic widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1), German and English language tracks, German subtitles, German and English trailers and a picture gallery of rare promo materials such as posters, lobby cards and press-kit photos. The transfer is quite good and does justice to Robby Mueller's great cinematography.

The two-disc edition, which costs nearly twice as much, features all of the above plus Barbet Schroeder's 1985 documentary on Bukowski, The Charles Bukowski Tapes, on the second disc, but the running time is listed at 120 minutes, which means it's the cut version (the uncut version is twice as long), so I ended up buying the one-disc version for a very reasonable 10 euros at my local department store in Berlin. You should be able to easily order it online on the German Amazon website.

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Are the german subtitles optional?

[ Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. ]

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>Are the german subtitles optional?

Yes.

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