Why isn’t Fear and Loathing out on DVD in the UK?
Someone arrived here yesterday having Googled for information on a UK DVD release of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Well, sorry, there isn’t one — least not one I can find. Strangely, it’s only available in the UK on video, or as an import from the US on (Region 1 NTSC) DVD for a silly price.
OK, maybe it’s not exactly a mainstream film, but Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro aren’t what one would call unknowns either… And as for some of the other crap that gets dredged up and slung out on DVD, well, Battle of the Planets Mega Boxset anyone? Pah! Still, good to see that Amazon are plugging another Depp great, Ed Wood on their front page.
So basically if you want to get Fear and Loathing on DVD, I suggest you buy yourself a cheap DVD burner (only about £20 more than the import) and download it off eMule (it is out there). Not strictly legal, but certainly justified.
Here, here! If anyone wants the ed2k link just ask…The version I’ve got is fantastic quality. I don’t feel remotely guilty since I paid for the VHS version. What are the distributors thinking??
No point mentioning the bats though, the poor bastard’ll see them soon enough…
Fear And Loathing has to be one of my fave films - I couldn’t believe it when they told me in HMV that there isn’t a Brit DVD version. It’s crazy! I’ve no wish to buy the VCR version *And buy a VCR to start with*, is this somethihng they’d think about releasing?
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Never mind the bats…’They’ve put me right in the middle of a f*cking reptile zoo. And someone was giving booze to these creatures’
Surely there’d be enough demand for a DVD version to justify the small cost of releasing it? Don’t they know a “cult classic” when they see it?