The Jerk (Widescreen)!! - DVDfile.com forum for DVD, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD

Dilmo · 04-22-2005, 06:24 PM

From The Digital Bits:

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Universal has just announced the DVD release of Carl Reiner and Steve Martin's The Jerk: 26th Anniversary Edition on 7/26 (SRP $19.98). The film will be available in anamorphic widescreen video, with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. Extras will include the Learn How to Play "Tonight You Belong to Me" and The Lost Filmstrips of Father Carlos Las Vegas de Cordova featurettes, the film's theatrical trailer and production notes. Other extras are TBA. Also coming from Universal on 7/12 is John Waters' Cry-Baby: Director's Cut (SRP $19.98), available in anamorphic widescreen and full frame versions with Dolby Digital 2.0 audio. Thanks to our friend Dave Lambert for the heads-up on The Jerk. Great news!

It's about time!

MrMike · 04-22-2005, 06:34 PM

26th anniversary huh!

John Yaya · 04-22-2005, 06:35 PM

The new JERK DVD is coming!!
The new JERK DVD is coming!!

kimfair · 04-22-2005, 07:01 PM

All I need is this DVD, and this chair, and this paddle ball!

I can't wait!

Notoriousaurus · 04-22-2005, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kimfair

All I need is this DVD, and this chair, and this paddle ball!

And remote control!

Vonner · 04-22-2005, 09:31 PM

Jerkin'!

kakoi_sugoi_yama · 04-22-2005, 09:35 PM

Finally! I've been waiting for this for what seems like an eternity. Thanks for the heads up.

Hamburger3 · 04-23-2005, 01:30 AM

Menu Shots

reapersaurus · 04-23-2005, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by kimfair

All I need is this DVD, and this chair, and this paddle ball!

.... and this hula-hoop.

I'm picking out a DVD for you...... not an ordinary DVD for you......

kimfair · 04-23-2005, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by reapersaurus

.... and this hula-hoop.

I'm picking out a DVD for you...... not an ordinary DVD for you......

Classic!

George McFly · 04-23-2005, 05:06 PM

dammit I realy need to see this movie, all the lines you're throwing out here are over my head.

Vonner · 04-23-2005, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by George McFly

dammit I realy need to see this movie, all the lines you're throwing out here are over my head.

To be fair, the line I threw out was from Josie And The Pussycats, not The Jerk. I felt it fit.

Dilmo · 04-23-2005, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by reapersaurus

.... and this hula-hoop.

I'm picking out a DVD for you...... not an ordinary DVD for you......

No no no. will do.

Flash Ahhh · 04-23-2005, 11:25 PM

Right on.

I had wanted to get this for the longest time, but after I went 16:9 I removed all the MAR titles off my back catalog list.

Now that this is being re-issued in anamorphic goodness, I can pick this up.

And for a change, it won't be a double dip.

-Flash

PS: "For one dollar I'll guess your weight, your height, or your sex."

Dilmo · 04-23-2005, 11:41 PM

"What's happening to my special purpose?!"

dvdjedi · 04-23-2005, 11:47 PM

Don't take any wooden nickels and don't trust whitey.

Dilmo · 04-23-2005, 11:56 PM

I guess for those who have not seen this yet, maybe we should put quotes in spoilers.

Spoiler (Highlight or Triple Click to Read):
"He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!"

Man, I can't wait to see this again.

BubbleGumUK · 04-24-2005, 08:49 PM

I have the Classic Steve Martin box set, where the cover image says "widescreen" but the disc is only full-frame (open matte).

I'll definitely pick this up, though I just wish they had called it the "26th Anniversary Special Purpose Edition".

I-slit-the-sheet-the-sheet-I-slit-and-in-the-slitted-sheet-I-sit.

Bananaslug79 · 04-25-2005, 08:27 PM

Now I'm glad I haven't picked up that Steve Martin set. I need me some Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, but with this newer version of The Jerk coming out (both were in the set) I'll just have to get it seperate.

"I was born a poor, black child..."

Dilmo · 04-26-2005, 11:58 PM

Sorry it's not bigger.

Dilmo · 04-28-2005, 04:16 AM

Now it's bigger.

Bananaslug79 · 04-28-2005, 06:03 PM

That's awesome. I love the '26th.'

BADBRAD · 04-28-2005, 10:31 PM

Fine. UNIVERSAL can make THE JERK anamorphic but couldn't for ICEMAN. Thanks alot Universal!

BubbleGumUK · 04-30-2005, 05:47 PM

Have to say that after getting all excited, I find I'm now torn.

Man With Two Brains was on TV here the other day in widescreen, so I lined up my full-frame DVD and sure enough it was open matte - simply the top and bottom of screen black-barred out.

I know The Jerk is open matte, and much as I love the film, I don't know if I can be bothered by this - the extras are just not screaming out at me and it would be great to have more.

I'd be happy to wait and see if the widescreen framing adds much (doubt it) or to see if pic quality is really upped, but for the funky little film The Jerk is, and the lack of decent extras, I'll probably pass or at least wait till I see this for dropped down prices.

Sorry to say it - and I've been a long-time Jerk supporter in my circle of friends - but it's true.

Seems more like a "Shithead" edition than anything special to me.

04-22-2005, 06:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
MrMike Part of the Younger Demographic Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Pittsburgh	26th anniversary huh! __________________ My collection along with my wife's crappy movies. "I have twenty stores in thirty states."

04-22-2005, 06:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
John Yaya Actor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Planet 10 aka: Long Island	The new JERK DVD is coming!! The new JERK DVD is coming!! __________________ My DVD List My CDs My Favorites "It was a stone groove, my man!!!"

04-22-2005, 07:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
kimfair No World Series Ring Since... Last night! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boston,MA USA	All I need is this DVD, and this chair, and this paddle ball! I can't wait! __________________ Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy. -Ambrose Bierce Kimfair's CD List

04-23-2005, 05:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
George McFly Kinda likes the Razorbacks Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: watching HD	dammit I realy need to see this movie, all the lines you're throwing out here are over my head. __________________ Samsung HL-S5688W 56" DLP Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD's Sony BDP300 Blu Rays

04-23-2005, 11:25 PM	#14 (permalink)
Flash Ahhh Moderator Emeritus Well Worth the Double Dip! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: 8.4 Miles from the newest Hooters Restaurant	Right on. I had wanted to get this for the longest time, but after I went 16:9 I removed all the MAR titles off my back catalog list. Now that this is being re-issued in anamorphic goodness, I can pick this up. And for a change, it won't be a double dip. -Flash PS: "For one dollar I'll guess your weight, your height, or your sex." __________________ Flash - Moderator Emeritus - Savior of the Universe Criterion (krî´tir´èæn) Greek [kritËreon], *Noun.* (circa 1622) - Definitiveness. Set standard. Principle, rule or test upon which value or decision can be based. Characterization in which all others are judged.

04-22-2005, 09:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
Vonner Previously, on '24'... Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Minnesota	Jerkin'!

04-22-2005, 09:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
kakoi_sugoi_yama Actor Join Date: May 2004	Finally! I've been waiting for this for what seems like an eternity. Thanks for the heads up.

04-23-2005, 01:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
Hamburger3 Actor Join Date: Dec 2001	Menu Shots

04-23-2005, 11:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
Dilmo Suspended Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New Braunfels, Texas. Far From Crawford!	"What's happening to my special purpose?!"

04-23-2005, 11:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
dvdjedi Actor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In The Grotto at The Mansion	Don't take any wooden nickels and don't trust whitey. __________________ WELL I SPEAK LOUD! AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK! AND I USE IT TOO! - Yosemite Sam

04-24-2005, 08:49 PM	#18 (permalink)
BubbleGumUK Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: England	I have the Classic Steve Martin box set, where the cover image says "widescreen" but the disc is only full-frame (open matte). I'll definitely pick this up, though I just wish they had called it the "26th Anniversary Special Purpose Edition". I-slit-the-sheet-the-sheet-I-slit-and-in-the-slitted-sheet-I-sit. __________________ Check out DVD Toons for the latest in animated discs! And catch breaking Animated-News stories here!

04-25-2005, 08:27 PM	#19 (permalink)
Bananaslug79 Actor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Land of Mary	Now I'm glad I haven't picked up that Steve Martin set. I need me some Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, but with this newer version of The Jerk coming out (both were in the set) I'll just have to get it seperate. "I was born a poor, black child..." __________________ -Spoon!

04-26-2005, 11:58 PM	#20 (permalink)
Dilmo Suspended Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New Braunfels, Texas. Far From Crawford!	Sorry it's not bigger.

04-28-2005, 04:16 AM	#21 (permalink)
Dilmo Suspended Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New Braunfels, Texas. Far From Crawford!	Now it's bigger.

04-28-2005, 06:03 PM	#22 (permalink)
Bananaslug79 Actor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Land of Mary	That's awesome. I love the '26th.' __________________ -Spoon!

04-28-2005, 10:31 PM	#23 (permalink)
BADBRAD Actor Join Date: Oct 2002	Fine. UNIVERSAL can make THE JERK anamorphic but couldn't for ICEMAN. Thanks alot Universal!

04-30-2005, 05:47 PM	#24 (permalink)
BubbleGumUK Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: England	Have to say that after getting all excited, I find I'm now torn. Man With Two Brains was on TV here the other day in widescreen, so I lined up my full-frame DVD and sure enough it was open matte - simply the top and bottom of screen black-barred out. I know The Jerk is open matte, and much as I love the film, I don't know if I can be bothered by this - the extras are just not screaming out at me and it would be great to have more. I'd be happy to wait and see if the widescreen framing adds much (doubt it) or to see if pic quality is really upped, but for the funky little film The Jerk is, and the lack of decent extras, I'll probably pass or at least wait till I see this for dropped down prices. Sorry to say it - and I've been a long-time Jerk supporter in my circle of friends - but it's true. Seems more like a "Shithead" edition than anything special to me. __________________ Check out DVD Toons for the latest in animated discs! And catch breaking Animated-News stories here!

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