seltzer77

Both Amazon and DDD have this dvd listed at 1/2/07. According to the picture at Amazon, it'll be an unrated, double dvd release.

Bill Needle

I assume this is straight to DVD. Has there been a review of it anywhere?

nodeerforamonth

No, it's not straight to DVD. It was playing selected theaters across the country. Still is, I believe.

SPiRAL

Did it ever show in California ? I remember only seeing east coast showings.

seltzer77

I belive it only played in a few markets (NY/NJ, Philly, Cleveland, and 1 theater in Pittsburgh), and brought in less than $0.5 million. I'm hoping it'll pick up a cult following and make it's money back on dvd (similar to one of Artie's previous movies: Dirty Work).

Rammsteinfan

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ht=artie+lange

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Wildo1966

Wanna bet Howard get's his dvd for free? He is such a tightwad he won't pay for one!

Rammsteinfan

Haha i love how he is always talking about he has no money, wont pay for this and that and yet gets $700+ million from Sirius over 5 years.

paulringodaman

cant wait to pick this up!!!!

Graystone

I'll pick this up, I like Artie's stand-up.

freshticles

dude....weak

Maxflier

After reading the DVDTALK review, no fucking way i'm getting this. What fuckin' jerkoff releases something non-anamorphic in this day and age?

Steam

Hopefully this does well on DVD. Sucks for Artie that he had little radio outlet to plug the movie.

Brooklyn

George Lucas?

Roper

I just picked this up yesterday, and the DVD is definitely anamorphic.

Maxflier

Hmmm, both DVD Talk reviews claim it isn't.
If it is then I would like to pick it up this week while it is still on sale. I checked the back of the case and it just says Matted Widescreen, which i don't know what exactly that means.

Uhny Uftz

This is the movie Artie nearly had a mental breakdown over and almost ended his radio career for? He's more of a mess than I thought.

Matthew Chmiel

Films shot in regards to the 1.85:1 aspect ratio are shot in a 4:3 negative.

The DVD is indeed anamorphic. I confirmed it on Tuesday over in the thread in the near vancant Reviews forum this site has. As I mentioned in that thread, it's not a great transfer (the compression and interlacing is fucking terrible), but it's anamorphic never the less.

And try and find the DVD at Wal-Mart. The one near my house had it for $12.

Maxflier

Ok, thanks. Perhaps the 2 DVDTALK reviews can be updated with correct information so as not to mislead any other potential buyers?

lordzeppelin

I can't find this fucking movie anywhere locally...

nodeerforamonth

Me neither. Sucks because I really wanted the free t-shirt that Circuit City was offering.

tygloalex

I've seen it, it's really funny, you should try it out on a blind buy or at least rent it,

Doug Schiller

I have to do some more checking but I am almost positive it isn't 16x9 enhanced.
I think what the confusion is, there must be a flag turned on that makes the DVD player show it correctly on a 16x9 display.

I've run it through some tools and in PowerDVD, it says something about 16x9 but in DVD Shrink preview window, there are black bars on each side that you don't see when you play the movie.

To my eyes, it looks like a 4x3 transfer zoomed in. The detail is awful.

I'm liking the movie so far but the producers forget one crucial thing when making this type of formula comedy... you need to make the lead guy likable.
I love Artie on Howard but I could care less if this guy gets a job or lands in jail.
The character Bill Murray plays in Stripes is similar but you love the guy.