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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:20 pm
by Fletch F. Fletch
Finally. Now all of Bruce McDonald's rock 'n' roll road trilogy will be available on DVD! This one streets on Sept. 19th. Here are the specs:
- Fully restored in widescreen with 5.1 surround sound
- commentary with writer/star Don McKellar and film critic Geoff Pevere
- short films selected by Bruce McDonald
- theatrical TV spots
Pre-order/buy it:
http://www.videoservicecorp.com/Drama/Highway-61/
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:59 pm
by Barmy
C$13.99 (i.e. essentially free) on amazon.ca.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:12 pm
by Jean-Luc Garbo
This is a trilogy? Fletch, what is this movie about? It sounds interesting.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:52 pm
by Gordon
AMB wrote:This is a trilogy? Fletch, what is this movie about? It sounds interesting.
Hard Core Logo and
Roadkill are the other films in the trilogy.
Is this a Canada-only release?
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:54 pm
by King of Kong
Saw this on Sundance some years back. Basically a couple take a trip from Canada to the States with a coffin strapped to the top of their car... unaware that they are being followed by Satan!
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:17 pm
by Cinesimilitude
Gordon McMurphy wrote:
Is this a Canada-only release?
VSC only releases their stuff in Canada, so that's likely. Hard Core Logo is available under the tarantino banner (rolling thunder pictures) in the US.
Hard Core Logo has one of my favorite quotes. One of the character's answering machine says: "I can't come to the phone right now, I'm eating corn chips and masturbating. Please leave a message."
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:48 pm
by Fletch F. Fletch
Gordon McMurphy wrote:AMB wrote:This is a trilogy? Fletch, what is this movie about? It sounds interesting.
Hard Core Logo and
Roadkill are the other films in the trilogy.
Is this a Canada-only release?
Yep.
SncDthMnky wrote:Hard Core Logo is available under the tarantino banner (rolling thunder pictures) in the US.
However, VCS also released a very nice special edition DVD of
Hard Core Logo with a rowdy commentary with McDonald and the film's star Hugh Dillon and a "tribute" CD to the band as well. Definitely worth picking up if you're a fan of this movie!
I also bought the edition of
Roadkill that VCS released and it is quite good. Some nice extras and it is really a wonderful little movie, a great slice of Canadiana.
I've been a fan of Bruce McDonald's ever since I saw Highway 61 and tracked down all of his other films since...
If I'm not mistaken, McDonald once recounted a fairly amusing story about the time whne he crossed paths with Jim Jarmusch shooting
Mystery Train while he was making
Highway 61... of course, both have a habit of casting musician buddies in their films... Jello Biafra has a memorable cameo in
Highway 61 for example...