Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Warner Home Video:
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Burbank, Calif., March 15, 2010 – Warner Home Video (WHV) today
announced that it is bringing back “the shack†on June 8 on Blu-ray DiscTM.
Just in time for Father’s Day, tour the grounds of the exclusive Bushwood
Country Club like never before, as the screen’s most notorious gopher chews its
way onto stunning Blu-ray for the first time ever.
30 years ago, the game of golf was redefined when Chevy Chase, Rodney
Dangerfield, Bill Murray and Ted Knight took to the fairways of Bushwood
Country Club. When Caddyshackhits
Blu-ray, fans will see the riotous hole-in-one comedy like never before. The fairways
will be greener. The golf balls whiter. The gopher…err…fuzzier. The Blu-ray
will contain an all new, feature-length Bio documentary, Caddyshack: The
Inside Story (90 min), which includes new interviews with producers and
stars about the making of Caddyshack.
The Blu-ray will also include all of the special features from the original standard
definition version: Caddyshack: The 19th
Hole (37 min), a retrospective documentary featuring hilarious outtakes,
rare footage and interviews with stars Chevy Chase and Cindy Morgan, producers
Jon Peters and Mark Canton, and director Harold Ramis, along with other cast
and creative team members recalling their on-set experiences; and the theatrical
trailer.
The standard
definition DVD has been updated
with new 5.1 audio and contains special features: Caddyshack: The 19th
Hole and the theatrical trailer. The film will also be available day and
date on Video on Demand from cable and satellite providers and for electronic
download from online retailers.Â
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Among AFI’s Top 100 for “Funniest and Best Quotesâ€
and Top 10 for “Best Sports Movies,†the inspiration for the madcap milieu of Caddyshack
is the boyhood experiences of writer Brian Doyle-Murray and his kid brother
Bill Murray. Brian was a caddy at Indian Hills, outside Chicago, and Bill was
an assistant groundskeeper for the Evanston Country Club in Indiana.
I recently discovered Cinema Retro Magazine, and I just wanted to tell
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only am I a big fan of retro movies, I am something of mash-up editor
with a penchant for retro sensibilities... Please check out some of my
mash-ups if you get the chance. I think you folks will enjoy them.
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Keep
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Sincerely,
Ivan Guerrero
Retro responds: Excellent work, Ivan...our readers will really enjoy your clever mixing of original film trailers with new concepts. I especially like the way you turned Gone With the Wind into a vampire flick!- Lee Pfeiffer
Sir Christopher Lee in the original classic version of The Wicker Man.
Director Robin Hardy's long-awaited re-imagining of the horror cult classic The Wicker Man is in post-production. The original film was a box-office bomb when it opened in the 1970s but has since grown in stature and acclaim. Sir Christopher Lee will reprise his role as the mysterious and evil Lord Summerisle. Lee describes the film as "erotic, romantic, comic and horrific enough to loosen the bowels of a bronze statue". You don't read that kind of endorsement every day! The film has got the blogosphere in a flutter with fans impatient to hear more. Click here for Empire's coverage.