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A Fish Called Wanda (US - DVD R1)

Sony has also cancelled their upcoming two-disc edition of the John Cleese film

Title: A Fish Called Wanda (IMDb)
Starring: John Cleese
Released: 21st November 2006
SRP: $26.98

Further Details:
Fox Home Video has announced the once cancelled by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment two-disc collector's edition of A Fish Called Wanda, which will be released on the 21st of November at a retail price of $26.98. The new set will include a newly remastered anamorphic widescreen transfer at the film's 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 track, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono tracks in English and Spanish, and a French Dolby 2.0 Surround track as well, along with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles. Extras include an audio commentary with John Cleese, an in-movie trivia track, 30 minutes of deleted scenes with an intro by Cleese, 'John Cleese’s First Farewell Performance', a 'Kulture Vulture' featurette, and a 'Something’s Fishy ' documentary. Completing the package is a photo gallery, theatrical trailer, and Easter eggs. Below is the artwork for the release:

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Tyler Foster

This cover is, thankfully, a zillion times better than the Sony artwork, which looked more like Sex in the City or some other bad, hip sitcom than a classic 1980's comedy film with John Cleese.

Also, it seems this ISN'T identical to the Sony disc, because I'm pretty sure the Sony disc had no theatrical trailer. Hooray for 20th Century Fox on all counts!

Matt

The artwork for the inner packaging has now been added in addition to the slipsleeve artwork. Currently only the bilingual version of the artwork has been made available.

Stephen Etherton

Another good movie I do not own. Maybe one day I will be able to pick it up.

Marc St-Clair

Now cancelled for the third time!!!

B B

I own the SONY/MGM release, and regarding this re-release that is the slipcover they have pictured there and not the real artwork which features just about the same headshots as the canceled edition. This is identical in terms of content to the SONY/MGM dvd.

£ukasz D

great cover..and great film....any chance for this in R2 ??

Matthew Clayton

The cover art from Fox is... unique to say the least. The extras look good as well.

I wonder if anyone has gotten their hands on the Sony release of this title, considering that the people at The Digital Bits did before Sony yanked them from inventory.

Abacab

I was gonna pick this up. If Fox does decide to release it, it probably won't be as good an edition- Sony is usually better when it comes to special editions and that sort of stuff, and Fox has the edge in TV sets. (Sony's single-disc releases are some of the finest I've ever seen- 'Zathura' and 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' are now my benchmarks for single-discs. Their boxsets aren't bad either, like 'Indiana Jones' and whatnot.)

B B

Metal Slug wrote: B B wrote: Could care less about the Dances With Wolves cancellation because this was the biggest casualty of all.

You could? I'm sorry for your loss.

No big deal. I love Dances With Wolves, it's one of my all-time favorite films. Wanda though deserved a much better release on dvd.

FrankJac

I was really looking forward to this one. Count me among the "Crossing My Fingers for Fox" group.

Marc St-Clair

Again for the second time!Jesus!

Deleted Member

B B wrote: Could care less about the Dances With Wolves cancellation because this was the biggest casualty of all.

You could? I'm sorry for your loss.

Kaya Savas

Matt wrote: My best, educated guess is that this has to do with the switch over to Fox handling MGM titles on home video for region one, so it may reappear on Fox's release schedule at a later date.
Yeah, you're absolutely right. I completely forgot about the switchover.

Worst Nightmare

Kaya Savas wrote: Maybe they want to wait till they get Blu-ray on the shelves and release the double-dips via Blu-ray only?It really depends if they want to make a quick buck before the next format comes out....

YlowBstard

I don`t care about the DWW cancellation either, but I`m mad this got cancelled. It`s a great film that needs a 2 disc treatment, but I`ll be happy if I have to wait for Fox to release it just as long as it`s not cancelled all together (crosses fingers).

Mike Dunn

Bradavon wrote: The Bond re-releases are so close to release date it would be stupid to stop those now but any further MGM/Sony re-releases are no longer coming. The James Bond and Pink Panther series titles were not a part of the licensing deal with Fox and will remain with Sony. So even if it wasn't close to the release date Sony would still have the Bond discs.

B B

Could care less about the Dances With Wolves cancellation because this was the biggest casualty of all. 1st Sony delays this release the 1st time and now they just cancel it. If you don't mind.......

Sony, go f**k yourselves!

Mark Carter

WTF!?!?!
(growl of frustration)

Every time it gets this (holds fingers slightly apart) close, it gets bumped, or CANCELLED!!!

Lets hope FOX has this on their slate, and soon!
And yes, with better cover art. Theatrical poster anyone?
Heck, my old VHS release was through FOX, and that is what they used back then!
This may tie "Ed Wood" for the longest announcement-to-release time frame. Unless anyone can think of another?

PS - this is my 100th post. Mini-wave in honor of me!
I know, pretty lame. Sorry.

dvd master

I was really looking forward to this. John Cleese is a comic genius and the bonus features that were supposed to be on this would only make his genius in this film even better. I even been holding out to buy this instead of the $10 movie-only edition that I keep finding on the MGM bargin shelf at almost every store I've been to. Now I'm confused, should I buy the current single disc version or wait in hopes of a new SE, maybe once Fox takes over MGM.

Mark Lim

This is a stupid decision. This Special Edition is already released in Australia and UK, under it's MGM Gold Editions.

Bradavon

Matt wrote: My best, educated guess is that this has to do with the switch over to Fox handling MGM titles on home video for region one, so it may reappear on Fox's release schedule at a later date.
I'd say that's a safe bet. The Bond re-releases are so close to release date it would be stupid to stop those now but any further MGM/Sony re-releases are no longer coming.

Tyler Foster

As I whined in the other thread...when it returns, hopefully it does so with better cover art.

Matt

My best, educated guess is that this has to do with the switch over to Fox handling MGM titles on home video for region one, so it may reappear on Fox's release schedule at a later date.

Kaya Savas

Dances of Wolves and now this poor DVD? What's going on with Sony? Maybe they want to wait till they get Blu-ray on the shelves and release the double-dips via Blu-ray only?

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