DVD? - The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) Discussion

[–] vyperman7 16 years ago

Yeah a DVD release would be cool. This movie serves as the ultimate guilty pleasure. The plot is ridiculous, none of the acting is overly good, and overall it is a silly movie. But I still love it, and could watch it over and over. The movie has a suprisingly good soundtrack.

reply

[–] banditphd001 16 years ago

Couldn't agree with you. A true guilty pleasure. It's like watching Road House and Run with Patrick Dempsey.

reply

[–] wogsurfer 16 years ago

could we lobby sony pictures to do something to satisfy us by releasing this an dvd, i truly liked this as a kid as well, like the other guy.

reply

[–] banditphd001 16 years ago

I'm guessing the best way is to hand write letters to Sony requesting the movies. I think if you email them it my fall on deaf ears. I would definelty write to them but i think we would need a few thousand people to join in. They should release it on DVD, theres a lot of garbage out there that has been released. Why not this movie.

reply

[–] vyperman7 16 years ago

Run w/ Patrick Dempsy is a very entertaining film. Plus it is always great to see Kelly Preston. Roadhouse is just a baddass movie in general which I actually find to be good overall. So I don't really consider that a guilty pleasure. But Run definately is. I thought I was the only one who had seen that movie..LOL

reply

[–] raindog517 16 years ago

Oooh, be careful...some movies don't age well! I have a feeling this one didn't

Who was the ad wizard who came up with this one?

reply

[–] Dustbowler 16 years ago

Considering the number of crappy movies on DVD how is this little gem not? We could use more action flicks lik it these days.

Who says violence is not the answer?

reply

[–] 16 years ago

[deleted]

[–] LadyFadjur 16 years ago

I found this on vhs at a place called www.robertsvideo.com for $15.20. I wish it was on dvd.

reply

[–] wdskinner77 14 years ago

Man... I waited so long for the 1991 Brian Bosworth classic STONE COLD to be released, I figured this one couldn't be far behind... it was cheesy as all get out, but fun as hell....

...I'm also hoping for a DVD release of Patrick Dempsey's RUN (I have it on VHS)... I figured Buena Vista might try to capitalize on his Grey's Anatomy success and release it... no luck so far though...

...got my fingers crossed for THE TAKING OF BEVERLY HILLS and RUN on DVD/Blu-Ray soon.

reply

[–] JackRussellDog 13 years ago

This movie was so stupid. I am dying to see it again, what priceless junk it was.

reply

[–] WarpedRecord 13 years ago

Indeed. This film is total trash, absolute junk ... yet undeniably entertaining and eminently watchable. This is the type of '80s holdover action film we got in the early '90s before Quentin Tarantino and his ilk made everything hip and ironic. And by the way, Jack Russells rock!

reply

[–] 13 years ago

[deleted]

[–] theLunchMovie 13 years ago

I was working for Loews Theaters in Boston when TAKING OF BEVERLY HILLS opened. It got the big screen in the now-gone Charles Theater, which at the time was rumored to be the biggest screen east of Manhattan. Great theater. Opening night, 7pm show, not 1 ticket sold. 3 people came for the later show.

http://twitter.com/TheLunchMovie
www.thelunchmovie.com

reply

[–] Phil_Cassidy 12 years ago

Epic.

reply

[–] Hey_Sweden 12 years ago

I haven't seen that movie in ages. It would be nice to see it get a DVD release.

What do you think this is, a signature? It's a way of life!

reply

[–] banditphd001 12 years ago

The Taking of Beverly Hills, Ran with Patrick Dempsey, and Invasion U.S.A. with Chuck Norris are my guilty pleasures.

reply

[–] mcgill_j 10 years ago

I haven't seen it in a decade or more.. and I'd put it a notch or two below "Taking" even.. but I remember liking "Night of the Running Man" with Andrew McCarthy and would love to find that one.. so many flicks have just vanished since the VHS days and still haven't surfaced, "Taking" being definitely one of I won't say the very top of my list.. but definitely one I'd pick up if they tossed it out on disc.

reply

[–] rpdevo-2 9 years ago

What bout' "Electric Dreams" with the ever so foxy Virginia Madsen. That flick has never seen the light of a DVDay. Must be some kind of Music Rights type of nonsense deal.

I've got "Amazing Grace & Chuck" on without a DVD deal also, and "8 Million Ways To Die"

reply