DVD - August 31, 2004

http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=247

Thank god for Criterion. Here's what you'll get:

Special Features

New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound supervised by director Richard Linklater and directory of photography Lee Daniel, made from the original 16mm film element

Audio commentaries featuring Richard Linklater and members of the cast and crew

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988), Linklater's first full-length feature, with commentary by Linklater, available here for the first time on home video

Rare casting tapes featuring select "auditions" from the over one hundred member cast

Deleted scenes and on-set footage

Footage from the Slacker 10th Anniversary Reunion in Austin, Texas in 2001

Original theatrical trailer

Stills gallery featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production and publicity photos, and early script versions

History of the Austin Film Society, founded by Linklater with Lee Daniel, including early flyers from screenings

Booklet featuring reviews, essays, production notes, an introduction to Plow by director Monte Hellman (Two Lane Blacktop, The Shooting), an essay by John Pierson (Spike Mike Reloaded: A Guided Tour Across a decade of American Independent Cinema) and a complete cast and crew listing

English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

Much more!

Fantastic news!

I've been checking on here every couple of months for the last few years waiting for a proper DVD version.

Wonder if the 'deleted scenes' will bring the movie up to the full three hours of the original cut...