Finally! Let it Ride comes to DVD! (1 Viewer)

RAF · Jul 25, 2001

Hooray! Finally my favorite "sports" movie (and, undoubtedly, the funniest horse racing movie ever made) is coming to DVD on 9/18/01!
My LD of Let It Ride is so shopworn that you can practically see through it when holding it up to the light.

If you are not familiar with this movie (and especially if you have ever dabbled in "the ponies") you owe it to yourself to get this disc!
Jennifer Tilly in the red dress is worth the price of admission by itself!
(And I went to school with the guy who plays "Cheeseburger")

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MikeSerrano · Jul 25, 2001

Next to What About Bob?, this is my favorite Dreyfuss movie!
Add another title to the pre-order list...
-Mike
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Scott Weinberg · Jul 25, 2001

Count me in. Loved this one!
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Holden Pike · Jul 25, 2001

My old LD is about worn out too. VERY good news, one of my favorite comedies!
"Sometimes you can be walking around lucky and not even know it."
Now if WB will ever get Bill Murray's Quick Change onto DVD, I'll be one happy, laughin' son-bitch!

John Geelan · Jul 25, 2001

Loved it when I last saw it on tape. Very funny movie.

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Bruce Hedtke · Jul 25, 2001

"I didn't lose. I didn't win, but I didn't lose...it gets weirder and weirder"
Bout time, I say.
Bruce
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Alex Spindler · Jul 25, 2001

A favorite of mine too.
I second that about Jennifer Tilly's dress. Here cleavage is a character in the film!
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Holden Pike · Jul 25, 2001

"You know what they say: nothing ventured, nothing ventured."
Am I having a good day or what?

alan halvorson · Jul 25, 2001

I own nearly 800 dvds and more than 600 lasers. Which one do I watch the most? Some big-budget sight and sound extravaganza? One of the classics? No, it's a tossup between Let It Ride and Joe Versus the Volcano. I don't know why, but I can't get enough of either.
So count me as one happy camper also.
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They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!
- Napoleon XIV

RAF · Jul 26, 2001

quote: I own nearly 800 dvds and more than 600 lasers. Which one do I watch the most? Some big-budget sight and sound extravaganza? One of the classics? No, it's a tossup between Let It Ride and Joe Versus the Volcano. I don't know why, but I can't get enough of either.[/quote]
alan,
Are you sure we weren't separated at birth

With over 1500 DVD's and over 1700 LD's I'm in total agreement regarding these two movies. Let It Ride has so many great lines ("My legs go all the way from the ground to my ass") and Joe Versus the Volcano was one of those movies that is nutty-cuckoo and didn't deserve the reviews it got. In fact it's my favorite Hanks/Ryan movie (rather than Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail which are nice but not "repeatable" to the extent that the other movies are.)
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alan halvorson · Jul 26, 2001

If we were separated at birth, does that mean I'm in line to inherit your LD/DVD/Home Theater setup? And just where is it you live?
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They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!
- Napoleon XIV

Parker Clack · Jul 26, 2001

Rafster:
This is great news. I never was able to pick up the laserdisc so I am thrilled to hear it will be available on DVD.
Where did you hear about it?
Am I having a good day or what?!
Parker

RAF · Jul 26, 2001

quote: Where did you hear about it?[/quote]
I pre-ordered it from Digital Eyes. It's on their "just announced" list.
"I'm giving out my first 38 star special of the year!"
"Who did her orthidontia work, Ray Charles?!?"

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Drew Mertz · Jul 27, 2001

Yep, great movie. I can`t wait to have the DVD. Although I`ll never part with the laserdisc copy I have, but thats because the cover is signed by the one and only Jennifer Tilly.

Seymour Uranowitz · Jul 27, 2001

"I got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere..." When I hear those words, I think only of Jay Trotter. (Sorry, Mr. Loesser.)
Thanks for finding this, RAF. My LD's getting kinda threadbare too.
Seymour
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Seymour Uranowitz · Jul 27, 2001

I went to school with the guy who plays "Cheeseburger"

So you know the somanumbatch who introduced the term "fargin' icehole" into the lexicon? I'm jealous!

Seymour

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Seth Paxton · Jul 27, 2001

I love this film too. It leaves me with a warm feeling whenever I see it. One of RD's better "recent" films.

RAF · Jul 28, 2001

So you know the somanumbatch who introduced the term "fargin' icehole" into the lexicon?

Yep! Richard Dimitri (aka Dickie Manuel when I knew him back at Yonkers HS, Class of '60) was also the restaurant owner in Johnny Dangerously. Last year, when we had our 40th reunion we tried to get him to attend, but he has disappeared into the bowels of Tinseltown.
Too bad. I love his characters (and over 40 years ago we knew he would be a great character actor.)
You're making me misty-eyed!

"Lord Byron? I love Lord Byron!!"
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Seymour Uranowitz · Jul 29, 2001

"Poet. Poetas. Poetamus. Poetatus."
This one's right up there with The Big Lebowski and Office Space on the most quotable list...
"I belong in the Jockey Club. Talking to guys with all their teeth."
"She's pert. If you like pert."
Okay, I'll stop.
Seymour

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RAF · Jul 29, 2001

I'm gonna tell my grandkids about you, Seymour!

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