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MacReady
08-02-2003, 11:43 PM
I've just read on a site that there's going to be another A Clockwork Orange dvd with commentery by Malcolm McDowell and (hopefully) many extras. Has anybody else heard about this?
sarah1980
08-02-2003, 11:57 PM
I haven't but I would buy the moment it comes out
KcMsterpce
08-03-2003, 12:33 AM
I have heard absolutely nothing about this.

I still have the VHS tape because the DVD is one of the biggest piece of shit excuses for a "Collector's Edition" that I have ever come accross. There is SHIT for 'special features'. Nothing special about that DVD.

So please don't be jerkin my chain! It's one of my favorite movies.
Slim
08-03-2003, 12:44 AM
That would be great, if it were true. My kingdom for some decent supplementary material: commentaries, interviews... anything!
MacReady
08-03-2003, 12:46 AM
Originally posted by KcMsterpce
So please don't be jerkin my chain! It's one of my favorite movies.

Don't worry. I heard of this on a Malcolm Mcdowell website. It goes as follows:

Good news! New ACO! Bad news! New ACO!

Malcolm mentioned to me last year that he was approached to record a DVD commentary track for ACO. Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and producer, has now confirmed he is working on a third collection of Kubrick DVDs with his short films and all kinds of extras for each film and his A Life in Pictures. This would be the fourth version of ACO released on DVD in the last 5 years which means more money out of your pocket if you already have a previous version as most of us do.

I'll buy it when it comes out. I really love this film and refuse to let Warner Brothers get the idea that I'll settle for bare-bones DVDs.
ofmknockoff
08-03-2003, 01:29 AM
This is the reason I hold out on buying bare-bones editions of movies, something better always comes out. I hope this happens.
Slim
08-03-2003, 02:43 PM
Well, I think I should start burning the shitty old snapper case one. Damn, I wasted all that money on the limited edition!
El Bracamonti
08-03-2003, 05:51 PM
i just bought the kubrick collection, so i don't think i'll be spending any more money on another copy of aco. but i think a better edition is a cool idea.
XCoRyX
08-04-2003, 03:48 AM
id likely buy or atleast rent it for extras.
Chippie
08-04-2003, 04:06 AM
Am i the only person that hates commentary on DVD?

Still would be worth a rent to see the new extras.
Goosey
08-04-2003, 07:25 PM
I'm not a huge fan of the double dip, but for Mr. Kubrick, I'll make an exception:)
Neesh
08-04-2003, 09:52 PM
I can tell you this much for certain - there ARE NO DELETED scenes to this movie! There was one sequence that was shot that didnt make the final cut, a pretty violent one, and reliable sources say that Kubrick personally had that footage destroyed.
I think the best "extra" one could hope for would be a commentary track, and if it was done by McDowell, I'd give it a listen.
MacReady
08-04-2003, 10:13 PM
Originally posted by Neesh
I can tell you this much for certain - there ARE NO DELETED scenes to this movie! There was one sequence that was shot that didnt make the final cut, a pretty violent one, and reliable sources say that Kubrick personally had that footage destroyed.
I think the best "extra" one could hope for would be a commentary track, and if it was done by McDowell, I'd give it a listen.

I believe it was a scene where they attack an old man who looks like Col. Sanders near a library.
MacReady
08-04-2003, 10:42 PM
Here it is.
docholiday_13
08-04-2003, 11:38 PM
Originally posted by MacReady
Here it is.


Whoa!! That's awesome!!



Not that they laid a beating on that old dude but that the picture is there of it.


I'm going to go sit in the corner now.
Droog989
08-05-2003, 10:14 AM
A commentary track sounds superb, and it'd be just wonderful if they managed to put together a documentary of some kind. The more ACO the better.
Sugar_Kane
08-05-2003, 12:33 PM
I think I would buy A Clockwork Orange on DVD if one was to come out with good extras. A commentary for the film would be great.
bob
08-05-2003, 12:44 PM
Depending on the extras I might buy it again.
rushmore beauty
08-06-2003, 01:56 AM
I spent like $35 on the bare bones disc out now, but I'd buy the new version for sure.
Slim
08-06-2003, 01:47 PM
The bare bones DVD is now like $13 and perhaps a little bit more at most places. I originally bought mine for $30! Shit, how things have changed.
Mick
08-06-2003, 05:42 PM
I'd kill for a McDowell commentary.. please ask me to kill for a McDowell commentary.

Any other extras they can think of will be just fine, but it would certainly be worth upgrading if there's a commentary track.
Dr Martin Luther Loomis
08-07-2003, 12:42 AM
This would be a dream come true! This is #2 on my ten most wanted commentary tracks. Ralph Macchio commentary for Katrate Kid is #1.