"Doubtful." Not necessarily...
I am a huge fan of Bud Cort, and interestingly, a few of his obscure film titles have been released on DVD, albeit without any special features with them: "Hysterical," "Beware! the Blob," and "Ted and Venus". So there is still hope for seeing a DVD of "Brewster McCloud" someday. I know that these other titles when in their original theatrical releases didn't sell as well as "Brewster McCloud" did. And I am sure that the VHS versions didn't sell as well either, but they made it onto DVD anyway.
Don't lose hope for this film getting a proper and long overdue DVD treatment. (With it, hopefully, being a better than what was done for another Bud Cort title, "Harold and Maude," which got a chintzy DVD treatment by Paramount Pictures).
IMDb lists it still under Lions Gate Films, so maybe they still hold the copyright, and are waiting to release it on DVD someday. You might also want to give a suggestion to The Criterion Collection (www.criterionco.com), to get their hands on "Brewster McCloud" and put out a quality DVD of it.
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vhm_14u2c
19 years ago
I did get one of those you mentioned, "Beware! the Blob" (has a kitten in the opening credits), and came here to see if this gem (Brewster McCloud) is on DVD yet. I guess not, but I will purchase when it comes out.
vhm_14u2c
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vlvetmorning98
19 years ago
Because the film is owned by Warners, it can't be licensed to companies like Anchor Bay or Criterion. But then again, O.C. AND STIGGS got released, so there's still hope.
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R-K-O
19 years ago
But O.C. AND STIGGS doesn't belong to Warner Bros. it belongs to MGM! and naturally it has been released.
I'm patiently waiting the "Brewster McCloud" DVD release (probably we will never have a DVD but the release will be under the future BluRay or HDDVD format).
In the meantime I bought the VHS and the Laserdisc versions.
R-K-O
(italian movies collector)
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19 years ago
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vlvetmorning98
19 years ago
I mentioned O.C. AND STIGGS not because I thought it was a Warner Bros. film but because it wasn't a financial success, a la BREWSTER, and if someone thought that O.C. would have an audience on DVD, then there's still hope for BREWSTER or H*E*A*L*T*H or A PERFECT COUPLE...
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19 years ago
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irenethom
19 years ago
there will be no Brewster McCloud DVD until Warner Bros finds a suitable 16 mm master so they can make a widescreen print of this film. you might be waiting until 2007 or 2008 for this.
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jeffn66
19 years ago
Well what did they use for the laserdisc that was released in 1993? I have that and the picture is widescreen. I also have "Thieves Like Us" and "Buffalo Bill and the Indians" on laserdisc in widescreen. I also have "Streamers", but it's a cheapie pan and scan with pretty soft picture detail. (The turn of the century was a great time for buying used laserdiscs for very cheap prices from video rental stores making the transition to DVD.) "Thieves..." is great and has director commentary and productions stills and sketches. I don't know why all 3 of these haven't also been released on DVD. I'd really like to see "That Cold Day in the Park" get a DVD release also. But then I shouldn't complain too much. I thought we'd never get DVDs of "Images" or "3 Women" or "California Split". And they finally did come out, and fairly inexpensive at that.
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vlvetmorning98
19 years ago
BREWSTER played in New York recently at an Altman retrospective, and will screen again in Santa Monica in June, so there are usable prints out there. I just pray that the original negative is in good condition.
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