Great news...thanks for the heads up! I'll be doing the bunny hop for the rest of the day...

Finally!!!!!!!!!!! Been waiting too long for this one.

Yes!

From DVDTimes.co.uk:

Here is the link, where you can also see the cover art:
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=56877

For the lazy:



K

Well...normally I'm REALLY unhappy when they don't include the theatrical cut as an option (assumption at this point based on it being the "director's cut" with additional running time). But in this particular instance, all of the extra footage I've seen when the film was broadcast on network television is great stuff, so I can live with it. I still don't see why they can't include both versions using seamless branching, however.

I still don't understand why this hasn't been announced officially. The only place on the Internet I've heard about it is here, and now this link to a UK website....I'm sorry, but this seems fishy to me.

Well if you need it more official:

From DVDAnswers.com:
http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=6503

But if you still need more verification:

From thedigitalbits.com:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

But if you are still doubtful about Mao's original post:

From davisdvd.com:

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html

And if you don't trust any of the sources I provided, then you are a DTA kind of person, who will not believe this is going to be released until you have it in your hands.

Is it just me, or will the extra footage shown on broadcast TV not fit into that extra 7 minutes?

I know I won't believe it until I'm sitting here watching it. I got burned too many times with the Ed Wood dvd to not be a little worried that it won't happen.

That's a great cover!

great news....i knew that this one would come through

Finally coming and 7 extra minutes. Bring on July!

I yay to the extreme.

Nice art.

Can't wait.

Yeah, the two scenes with the songs alone account for about 7 minutes.

Here is the breakdown of the added and extended scenes.

The USA cable network version has a few extra scenes, including two extra songs, "Chicken" and "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane":
Hatchetface's parents selling cigarettes by the school
Toe-Joe's does a "work-with-me" spiel instead of thanking his "Nudie Cutie"
an added act of a flexible little girl in the RSVP charm school talent show
extra footage of Hatchtface chasing Snaredrum and Susie Q around Ramona's front lawn
Lenora's "gunboats" are now "goldmines"
The third verse of Allison's song, "Teenage Prayer," is included
Extra footage of Cry-Baby driving his motorcycle to the charm school, a cop chasing him and an air raid drill that interupts Allison's act
Cry-Baby combs his hair instead of adjusting his crotch when he gets off of his motorcycle;
"Lay That Pistol Down" dance number is included
Cry-Baby arrives during "So Young" instead of before the song beginning, as in video version
In the movie, Hatchetface says, "Ain't ya got tits? Stick 'em out for God's sake!" In the USA Network version, she says, "Ain't ya got a figure? Show it!"
There is a longer scene with Wanda, her parents, and Inga, the Swedish exchange student
The showdown is at Turkey Point instead of at the press conference in front of the prison

I'm guessing he may be picking and choosing for his "director's cut" which is a shame because all this footage is priceless IMHO...

Thanks for the recap. I too hope we get all of this footage, in the film or in a deleted scenes section.

IIRC, Chicken was part of the taunting at the prison in the network version, and a lot of the dialogue from the film was cut from that scene, with similar dialogue added in to segue into "chicken". Also, I believe the naughty lady of shady lane played instead of? in addition to? the bunny hop outside of allison's balcony. damn, now I'm second guessing myself - it might have been part of the talent show before Sh-Boom.

I will actually be really irked if the toned down language is used, as I feel the need to tell whomever is watching the film with me what the "real" dialogue is supposed to be.

This makes me happy!

First the James Dean Coll., then the John Waters Coll. and now Cry Baby on DVD. I couldn't dream of a better summer, at least when it comes to DVD releases.

Oh, I musn't forget "Undeclared": The Complete Series in august. Hurray!

Egon's Ghost... if Mao is posting it, take it as truth. Mao has been the most reliable source for me in matters like these. It's that simple.

Davisdvd.com has news on the specs of the upcoming Cry-Baby DVD

From davisdvd.com:

I'm a little dissapoionted that this doesn't have any commentary track, but since it's coming from Universal, I'm not surprised at all. Lucky us that its coming out at all.

Naughty Lady of Shady Lane was immediately after the bunny hop concludes at the doorstep. I haven't watched this in a while, but I am pretty sure they break right into the song, then it cuts right to "I am Baldwin, and these are the whiffles and we're proud to be squares."

Out of all the deleted scenes, the biggest losses would be either of the two songs + the third verse of Teenage Prayer. The songs are priceless. Then I would definitely miss the extended bike ride and the extended talent show.

This is one of my favorite comedies of all time. All the extra footage to me is gold. I wish he would just splice the USA version with the uncut dialogue from the theatrical version. Then he could include the alternate dialogue used for the TV version as deleted scenes.

Nonetheless, I am still glad it is not going to be a bare bones release. Waters is listening to the public...

Thanks once again for filling in the blanks for me. I think we're definitely on the same page - extremely glad this is coming out, and with extra footage, but hoping the original dialogue will be left intact.

This is wonderful news! I've never seen CRY-BABY but every John Waters film needs to be on DVD. Of course, I'm probably biased as he is my favorite director.

Ok, I dug the USA version out over the weekend and watched it. I figured out the running time without commercials and it came to approximately 91 minutes. Which could be very good news about this release...