Xanadu and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[John Doe]

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[Keith Cobby]

Great news about Xanadu.

 

[Kyrsten Brad]

Ahhh, make that two of "The Devil's Unholy Trilogy of Gawd-Awful 70s/80s Roller Disco Flicks Internded to Forever Destroy Mankind's Sense of Good Taste" rolling its way to Blu-ray.

So now the score.

On Blu:
Roller Boogie (1979)
Xanadu (1980)


Still In Limbo:
Skatetown USA (1979)

 

[Kyrsten Brad]

Oh and I put my pre-order in on Amazon at that $14.99 price as I do believe both will go up in price once word gets around, especially BLWIT.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Xanadu is a must buy. I am certain many, many HTF members will be grinning ear to ear about this announcement.


As for TBLWIT, I never saw the film and something tells me I may not like it.

 

[Brian Kidd]

I remember my parents wanted to go see TBLWIT but didn't feel it would be appropriate for my brother and I. Their solution? Buy us tickets to another random movie showing at the same approximate time. That film? TRON! Thank you Mom and Dad!!!


Also, Xanadu is a riot. The Broadway Musical they made several years back was hilarious.

 

[Bob Cashill]

Xanadu the musical is intentionally funny, with a few good-natured swipes at Clash of the Titans; Xanadu the movie, more unintentionally funny.

 

[Will Krupp]

To be honest, I can probably live without XANADU (who knows, as time gets closer I may change my mind as I'm a notorious pushover) but WHOREHOUSE is essential!


So much good stuff to be found in there!

 

[Matt Hough]

Whorehouse has a wonderful country-tinged score (though quite a bit of it got cut in the move to the screen). What songs were retained from Broadway are unquestionably the best things about the movie, but Burt Reynolds' stock company players (Dom DeLuise, Jim Nabors) aren't as felicitously cast in their roles as others might have been.


Charles Durning's "The Sidestep" is the showstopper, and "The Aggie Song" brings down the house just as it did in the theater.

 

[Keith Cobby]

Gene Kelly and Livvy is one of the best musical numbers on film.

 

[dvdclon]

*Batteries Not Included (1987) is being released March 8, 2016 and is also up for pre-order.


Also Howard the Duck

 

[skylark68]

Great news for Burt Reynolds (and Dolly Parton) fans...


It also helps that they filmed the courthouse in Hallettsville, TX which isn't too far away from me (visited a few times).


It was supposed to have been filmed in La Grange, which is where the chicken ranch originally was, but the lore I have heard was that the folks in La Grange were trying to distance themselves from the whole story. Hallettsville, was only too happy to accept (it's directly south of La Grange). Both towns have beautiful court houses (they are both their respective county seats) and Hallettsville still has a single screen movie theater.

 

[ahollis]

Ahhh, make that two of "The Devil's Unholy Trilogy of Gawd-Awful 70s/80s Roller Disco Flicks Internded to Forever Destroy Mankind's Sense of Good Taste" rolling its way to Blu-ray.

So now the score.

On Blu:
Roller Boogie (1979)
Xanadu (1980)


Still In Limbo:
Skatetown USA (1979)

Don't forget THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY as one still in limbo.

 

[Will Krupp]

Gene Kelly and Livvy is one of the best musical numbers on film.

You're kidding, right?

 

[SS NORMANDIE]

Fantastic new release announcements! Hoping that Universal's "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1978) will also be released soon on Blu Ray.

 

[RobertSiegel]

WOW, I almost fell out of my chair, 2 great musicals from Universal, maybe my weekly emails to Universal Home Video and my petition helped, I was sad not to see their other unreleased musical from that era, The Pirates of Penzance listed. I want all three really bad. Now if we can get Universal to release their 3 classic musicals, I will be a most happy fella. Flower Drum Song, Sweet Charity and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

 

[Thomas T]

Both are must haves for me. I don't find Xanadu remotely "unintentionally funny" but I was born without the camp gene so that might explain it. Terrific 1980s pop from Olivia and Electric Light Orchestra. As for Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, it's uneven but its assets outweigh its liabilities. One liability is the godawful dance in the locker room by the "football team" though the closest those chorus boys ever got to a football was cheerleading squad.

 

[Kyrsten Brad]

Don't forget THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY as one still in limbo.

Normally I include TGIF in the discussion but it's not a roller disco film. But we'll change things up slightly:

"Devils Unholy Quintet Of Gawd-Awful 70s-80s Disco Flicks Intended To Forever Destroy Mankind's Sense Of Good Taste":

Thank God It's Friday (1978): DVD release 2006.. C'mon Twilight Time , bring this one to Blu.

Roller Boogie (1979): Blu release 2015.

Skatetown USA (1979): no home media release whatsoever. Rights held by Sony/Columbia.

Xanadu (1980): Blu release, March 2016.

Can't Stop The Music (1980): not sure of home media status. Will look it up. UPDATE: DVD release in 2002, no other releases.

 

[ahollis]

Normally I include TGIF in the discussion but it's not a roller disco film. But we'll change things up slightly:

"Devils Unholy Quintet Of Gawd-Awful 70s-80s Disco Flicks Intended To Forever Destroy Mankind's Sense Of Good Taste":

Thank God It's Friday (1978): DVD release 2006.. C'mon Twilight Time , bring this one to Blu.

Roller Boogie (1979): Blu release 2015.

Skatetown USA (1979): no home media release whatsoever. Rights held by Sony/Columbia.

Xanadu (1980): Blu release, March 2016.

Can't Stop The Music (1980): not sure of home media status. Will look it up.

It's the Disco fact that grabs me. .

 

[ijthompson]

One liability is the godawful dance in the locker room by the "football team" though the closest those chorus boys ever got to a football was cheerleading squad.