john waters' serial mom.
 

i went in dvd planet today to find this movie is out of print.
should i grab it while i can, or is there a better version coming?

I found it in the walmart bin sometime ago. Its an HBO thing so I doubt Criterion will be releasing it any time soon.

-popcorn-

go ahead and pick it up then?

hows the transfer?
WS / FS?
extras?

Well, it's FS, but it's a great movie and it has a GREAT John Waters commentary. Get it while you can. If HBO didn't license it to New Line as part of their John Waters' collection, It doubt it will ever get a re-release.

It's widescreen, not FS.

Yes, definitely widescreen. Grab it!

One of my favorite Waters' movies, if not my favorite. Definitely pick it up!

The disc isn't anamorphic, though, if I remember right.

I can confirm that. I just popped my copy in the player. It is non-anamorphic widescreen.

Yeah, too bad it's not anamorphic, but I picked it up at Walmart for less than 5 bucks. Worth the price (and then some) just for Waters' commentary (he does a great job as usual).

I bought this at best buy several years ago for about $5 and was lucky enough to meet john waters a few months back and had him autograph it as well as cry baby, hairspray, pecker, and pink flamingos

It's been out of print for a while now, however the price has been somewhat stable. I would recommend grabbing one now.

While the transfer is non-anamorphic, it's also 1.66:1, and its fairly common practice to not encode them in anamorphic. Some companies do, I have at least 3 DVDs that do, but I have more that don't.

It's still a good release, snapper and all...

Amazing movie...worth buying even if not anamorphic

"Beverly you have doo doo on your shoe." :)

"Pussywillows!"

Serial Mom has always been one of my favorite black comedies of all time. I just recently rewatched it and was upset that it's not 16x9. The most promising aspect of it being OOP is that a new SE should be around the corner at some point.

"LISTEN TO YOUR FILTYHY MOUTH, YOU FUCKIN' WHORE!"

hope waters is involved with the special features

Fuck yea. All over this one. Might be my favorite black comedy of all time.

One of my favorite movies of all times, and def one of John Water's top films. Pick it up, who knows when this will get re released.

Edit: apparently soon, looks like ill be picking up the new version

DVDEmpire lists the running time as 135 minutes...
if that's right, there will be 40 minutes of additional scenes. :eek: Sold!

Who am I kidding, I love this movie so much, I'll probably buy it either way.

Rob

I think 135 was a typo. Probably should have been 1:35 - which would mean maybe a couple of extra minutes.

Saw this ages ago and definitely enjoyed it. Grab it!

Apparently this features a commentary by Kathleen Turner and Herschell Gordon Lewis. Although I don't know if they are on the same commentary track or not.

I love this movie! Kathleen Turner is a riot and I love the courtroom scenes.

Will definitely make a purchase.

Poor Dottie Hinkle. :lol:

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I bought a copy on ebay as a Christmas gift for my girlfriend, and it never came. I kind of figured this might happen.

Although I'd hate to give up the Waters commentary on the original release.

Why give it up? At about $5 for the original release, why not keep both versions on the double-dip? :scratch2:

That's my point. I'd hate to have to keep my old version, but I would.

My preference is to junk the discs which I replace.

Here are the extras, according to TLA Video:

• Audio commentary with John Waters and Kathleen Turner
• Audio commentary with John Waters
• Featurette (Serial Mom: Surreal Moments)
• Featurette (The Kings of Gore: Herschell Gordon Lewis & David Friedman)
• Featurette (The Making of Serial Mom)

...and according to them, it will be anamorphic. :up:

Rob

With those special features I'm in!!!

No deleted scenes? I'm not...

I really thought I was the only one who loved this movie. Everyone I ever mention this too has no clue what i'm talking about... I'm in for a double dip though I wish it was coming on HD-DVD...

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could've been worse..

I've been on a John Waters roll lately, can't wait to watch this. The premise kills me.

I loved this film. Need to add it to my collection at some point.

Awesome news! It'll be anamorphic and I can finally get rid of that snapper! :clap: