Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

YES. YES. YES.

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

According to other info previously posted the plan is for :
Vol. 7 : Shemp 1952-1954
Vol. 8 : Shemp 1955-1956 Plus the Shemp Solo Shorts
Vol. 9 : Besser 1957-1958 Plus the Besser Solo Shorts

These were all supossed to be out by the end of the year although that is now looking like it may only be up to Vol. 8. A logical Vol. 10 would be for the 6 Columbia Feature Films.

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

Awesome news!

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

Yes, maybe with the Joe De Rita solo shorts. Those should be ... well, interesting.

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

Well, the only feature not out on DVD is "Have Rocket,Will Travel" - the first of the Colpix "Stooge" Features.

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

Shouldn't that be "Besser 1957-1959"? They did hold the last couple of shorts for release in 1959.

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Keep em coming Sony.

When they finish with the final volume (the Joe Besser shorts), I'd love to see a box set of the feature films. Followed by a set of "bonus features" (that could be bought separately).

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

More great news!

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

I love seeing these new collections, along with the artwork. I really do.

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

Amazing! The first All-Shemp chronological release -- a dream come true!

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

I wonder if they'll do something to coincide with the upcoming Farrelly Bros. "re-imagining." (Yeah, you heard that right -- in 2010 it'll be Benicio Del Toro as Moe, Sean Penn as Larry, and Jim Carrey as Curly!!!)

I'm a little frightened of the new movie, but maybe we'll get a nice mega-set of the original stuff as a tie-in.

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

I know you're not making that up but since movies fall apart and casts change all the time before shooting actually starts, I'll believe it when I see it.

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

I hope so thats some horrible mis-casting if true. Sean Penn has no business in this and Jim Carrey as Curly ... give me the puke bag. Jim Carrey as Jerry Lewis maybe but no way as Curly.

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I could see Jim Carrey as Emil Sitka - maybe.

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Sony already is doing something - this DVD series. And this is all that matters to me. Kinda like how Van Helsing got Universal to put together all the Famous Monster DVDs or that crummy Steve Martin film induced the MGM boxset of the Peter Sellers boxset. It's like no matter how bad the movie, at least they aren't hiding the original source material

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We all have a great option regarding that Three Stooges movie, which is not to see it.

The odds that it will even remotely portray the Stooges as they were in real life are close to absolute zero. This, of course, is true of all biographical movies.

The problem with movies is, and always has been, they they cast someone who's "hot" today, rather than finding the best actor in the world to play a part. Thinking about the three they've announced to play Moe, Larry and Curl(e)y is really almost as funny as anything the Stooges ever did.

By the way: Have you guys seen the TV pilot the Stooges made in 1949? It shouldn't be missed, and it would have been fantastic to have had it included on this new set. It's typical Stooge shtick with Stooge regulars like Emil Sitka in it, but done before a live audience, which seems to be full of kids who find the whole thing hysterical.

Watching the guys live shows what great comedians they really were, even with weak material. Their timing seems even better with an audience to play off, and it's amazing how Moe can hit or slap Shemp live and make it look real, without hurting him.

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OMG, that's even worse!

Now I have a sinking feeling they're going to try to give this a backstory as to why these three guys always lived together and even slept in the same bed, and why they were violent ... and they'll ruin everything.

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That's why I don't think this movie will happen. At least not in the form, they're currently talking about. Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro are two of the best actors of their generation and they're going to do a movie where they recreate Three Stooges gags for 2 hours? I don't believe that for a second. If a movie happens with them in the roles, it's going to be rewritten as a relatively serious biopic like Man On The Moon.

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A serious biopic would be acceptable to me. The problem with this is that the Farrelly brothers are attached. I doubt they could make a movie like that. They are known for more high-brow art such as poop and pee-pee jokes.

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I dunno -- filming is supposed to begin on that in just a few months. We'll see, I guess. (To be honest, I can kinda see Sean Penn as Larry. Go figure!)

There was a made-for-tv biopic about the Stooges around 8 or 10 years ago. IIRC, it was pretty decent and might be available on disc.

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We can see where this is heading. It'll be about three goofy guys named Moe, Larry and Curly -- the violence will be way over the top --- there'll be things the real Stooges couldn't (and probably wouldn't) do, such as a flatulence "joke" every five minutes -- and I'll stick with the originals.

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That sounds like something that Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro would do? Given the very serious nature of most of their work, I don't see them doing fart jokes any time soon.

Like I said, there's either going to be a rewrite and turn it into a biopic or they're going to have a different cast.

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

Joe,

Yes, I'll be sticking with the originals as well. That just about goes without saying. I won't be seeing this film, no matter what format/shape it takes.

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Yeah, I actually enjoyed the Mel Gibson helmed Stooge-TV-Biopic when it aired. I taped it onto SVHS and put it on DVD so you know I mean it. Perfect, no, but sincere in what it tried to do.
It was great fun seeing Chiklis as Curly. It ended with them coming out on stage in a live show to adoring fans in their rebirth after TV made them so popular once again.
It's heart was in the right place.

The Three Stooges (2000) (TV)


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The Three Stooges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In spring of 2000, longtime Stooge fan Mel Gibson executive produced a TV movie (The Three Stooges) about the lives and careers of the comedians. Playing Moe was Paul Ben-Victor; Evan Handler was Larry; John Kassir was Shemp; and Michael Chiklis was Curly. It was filmed in Sydney, Australia and was produced for and broadcast on ABC. It was based on Michael Fleming's authorized biography of the Stooges, The Three Stooges: From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons. Its unflattering portrayal of Ted Healy led Healy's son to give media interviews calling the film inaccurate. The film regularly runs on the American Movie Classics (AMC) channel."

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

maybe it's more annoying that C3 is controlling this project since it means the heirs of Curly Joe DeRita are having input while the heirs of Moe, Curly and Shemp won't see a dime.

Re: Three Stooges Coll. Vol. 6 1949-1951, June 16

Courtesy of vincekeenan.com .... A 2004 article about what the Farrelly boys have planned for the Stooges.
Dept. of Screenwriting: Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk: The New Yorker