I cant remember how many times i watched this movie as a kid. My brother, sister and i each had a movie we would watch over and over again. With my brother it was Top Gun, my sister Pretty in Pink and me The Wizard. Ill be getting this asap.
Oh, and i had such a crush on that red head when i was a kid, F*cking Fred Savage, i used to hate his ass. He got that Red Head and Winnie Cooper!!!! :(

:lol:

This is finally coming to DVD. It's good for Nintendo nostalgia, and a kind of sad family subplot. The road scenes and musical score, remind me of Rain Man.

Universal has revealed a screen shot of the menu system. I've updated the Wizard page on dvdnn.com to show it. It will clearly be movie only, but still worth picking up for nostalgic value.

I wish they would add extras but oh well but widescreen is enough for me

Heh, this is so budget there isn't even a scene selection option. Oh well, at least it's widescreen.

Caaalllliiiifoooorrrrnnniiiaa....8/29 can't get here soon enough.

Maybe there'll be an Easter Egg by doing Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, 1, 2, Play... I know Konami has nothing do to with this movie, but a guy can dream, right? Come to think of it, TMNT was in the movie. Any other Konami games?

I will own thiis no matter what, unless the frame gets cropped, which I highly doubt.

Hmm, TMNT on the NES, TMNT on the PlayChoice-10, Haley mentions Simon's Quest to the game counselor, Contra on the PlayChoice 10..

According to DavisDVD, this has been moved up a week to 8/22.

finally.

all hail the Power Glove.

*hails*

I remeber that movie. I got so jakced up on sugar, and then sat through that movie. Came home and immediatley begged my mom to buy me a power glove. Ha ha! Good times!

I love this movie so much that I would even buy it in full screen if that's all that's availiable. (of course I would prefer widescreen.) I'd even buy it if it was in black and white, VHS quality, or in German. (Oh wait I already did buy the German version).

Since I don't have any new info on the DVD, here's a recent pic of the lovely Ms. Lewis.

<img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/crises1980/bands/jennylewis_promo2005_01.jpg">

can't wait. woohoo.

Found one copy at Borders today and snatched it up. So if you have a Borders near you, it's worth a check.

got mine today from ddd. i didn't see this in best buy or walmart today. Shame because this was pretty good

At first I thought they didn't have it in walmart either, but you just have to look. I bet even your walmart had it. Anyway it was $9.82 at mine. So, I'm happy now.

I went to 2 walmarts, 2 future shops, superstore, zellers, HMV, and blockbuster looking for this today...nothing...anybody in Canada find a copy?

Amazon.ca indicates that it has the movie on stock but even then is a 5 to 7 week shipping. I don't know why is so hard to find this movie in Canada.

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

Went to my walmart during lunch yesterday and found it for $9 + change. I had forgotten that it was coming out...

Couldn't find a copy locally, just gave up after 4 different chains and ordered one of DDD. Frusturating, but it will be worth it.

I just watched my copy, and even though I only have a 27" TV in 16:9 squeeze mode, I think it looked pretty good and the audio is more than adequate. I'm happy this finally got a dvd release.

Can't wait for this one, only have seen chunks of it on cable here and there...will be nice to sit down for a whole viewing.

I picked this up at Walmart at midnight last night... the store where I work hasn't gotten it in stock yet due to an assumed release date mix up.

Also picked it up from Walmart. I forgot it was coming out and ran across it today.

Also picked it up from Wal-Mart. :up:

BAH to all of you...

Got mine at Wal-Mart as well, will watch it tonight. Makes me feel old to realize that the movie is 17 (!!!) years old.

how much at wal mart?

I checked my job (Coconuts), Circuit City, Best Buy, Tower Records, and Target...none of which had it in stock. I guess WalMart will be my last resort before ordering it online.

got it at wal mart as well....


noticed something funny...Tobey Maguire at Video Armageddon. Right after they choose the three kids for the finals. They walk outside and Lucas points the gang out...all the way to the left, the kid with the mullet and pink shirt.

he isn't credited...but imdb puts him as "Lucas' goon at video armageddon"


someone screencap this

I was pretty impressed with the video on this. Maybe I am just used to my washed out VHS copy of this but I can't imagine the DVD looking much better than it does. The rest of the DVD is pretty sparse (not even a scene selection) but I'm not complaining.

Ordered it from DDD assuming it would be hard to find, hasn't come in yet though, I ordered it like 2 weeks ago.

Looking forward to upgrading from my VHS and bootleg dvd...

Mine shipped from DDD at the start of the week. I should have it soon.

I noticed one of the kids looked familiar, did not place it as Maguire at the time.

After watching it last night is stands up pretty decent and like others have said, the picture looked better then I might have expected.

walmart didnt have it, guess i am going on DDD to get it. woohoo.

I agree.

It's about $9.50 at Wal-Mart, by the way.

Now I have <b>Flight of the Navigator</b>, <b>The Last Starfighter</b>, and <b>The Wizard</b> (and, I'm sure, a few others that don't come to mind). Any other quintessential '80s family-friendly movies I'm missing?

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