Fake DVD, Real DVD • 10.26.10

hitchcockhill reminisces about a favorite movie from adolescence, Angus (1995) and the difficult journey to find it on DVD. . Starring James Van Der Beek, Ariana Richards, Charlie Talbert, Kathy Bates and George C. Scott.

Note: Warner Archive, Gallery Ariana and '77 the movie are in no way affiliated or have sponsored this video - I'm just a fan promoting them.

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[hitchcockhill]

I would absolutely love some special features like that. I guess we can only hope. Time will tell. Thanks for watching.

[AdamKoralik]

Angus is now available on Netflix via their digital streaming service. It is a clone of the Warner Brothers release you referred too. Unfortunately it is cropped in the same manner. A true anamorphic widescreen cut still eludes us.

[jurassiraptor]

The excuse I'd always heard for Angus not getting a DVD release sooner was that Warner had lost track of who actually owns the rights to film after a series of company buyouts, split-ups, and paperwork shuffling. Clearly that issue has since been resolved if they are able to produce and sell even a made-to-order DVD-R of it (or that excuse was rubbish to start with), so perhaps a Blu-Ray release isn't far off?

[PowerGlove79]

My friend and I actually drafted that petition that you signed, we really do appreciate your help. Too bad the best we got was the DVD-R , which had a widescreen format and a clean looking picture, it just wasn't what we were hoping for, but lets hope that warner gives us a proper release,. BTW. I actually also own the laserdisc and it's not much different than the VHS release and it's fullscreen

[jurassiraptor]

This sums up my history with, fondness for, and experience locating Angus, as well as my sentiments for this particular release (what Warner calls a "made to order" DVD). I only recently got it myself and I am satisfied, but I too hold out hope for a full release: there are a few known deleted scenes (a couple are shown in the tv version) and there is definitely an audio commentary in there waiting to happen.

Let us know how the coffee date goes!

[mrzeolite]

Hehe - cool vid man. I've been wondering myself about this DVD release. I have the VHS and pop it in every once in a while, but don't rly see myself paying $20 for this DVDR copy.

[thevoid99]

i'm a fan of that film myself. it felt more real to me than a lot of the high school films that came out before and since then. I really think it deserves a proper DVD release w/ special features, commentary, and retrospective interviews. i would also include the old siskel/ebert review where roger ebert praised the film.