The Incredible Mr. Limpet - August 7, 2012

[oildude]

Another site crash casualty thread, re-created here:






The Incredible Mr. Limpet will be arriving on blu-ray on August 7, 2012. This 1964 Don Knotts comedy mixes live action with animation in a tale of a man who turns into a talking fish. I saw this as a child when it showed on network TV one afternoon while I was on summer break. Loved it!

Supposedly there is a remake in the works to be directed by Richard Linklater.

Now we need the remaining Don Knotts comedies on blu-ray, like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Reluctant Astronaut, How to Frame a Figg, The Shakiest Gun in the West, and the great classics with Tim Conway.

[PBR]

I'd be happy just with The Ghost and Mr Chicken.
Can't wait for this one! Day one buy!

[Owozifa]

I used to love this when I was a kid, and I don't think I've seen it since VHS, so this is great news.

I still remember when we bought that VHS tape, because we bought it out of town and when I opened it at home the cassette was just shattered inside. It was too far to take it back, but my dad was pretty clever and managed to find another tape we could sacrifice and took the tape rolls for Mr. Limpet and installed them in the other tape casing, and that's the version I watched over and over again.

[Page14]

Thanks for reposting this oildude. Another favorite childhood movie. (And I still love it today).

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by PBR

I'd be happy just with The Ghost and Mr Chicken.
Can't wait for this one! Day one buy!

Same here. I'll be buying both of these.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by oildude

Now we need the remaining Don Knotts comedies on blu-ray, like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Reluctant Astronaut, How to Frame a Figg, The Shakiest Gun in the West

No requests for "The Love God?"?
(Well, kinda figures. That one was a bit disturbing.)

and the great classics with Tim Conway.

...The Private Eyes wasn't "great"?
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-P...Blu-ray/13096/

[Moviefan2k4]

I just saw this on DVD when my sister bought a copy for our mother, and I didn't remember a lot of it. Limpet's wife comes off as a real pain in the neck, and I'd completely forgotten about the military being involved. It'd probably been over fifteen years since I'd last seen it, but I wouldn't want to own it.

[Pirate King]

Don Knotts was one of a kind. I will certainly purchase this one.

[mpt54]

My dad bought this on DVD and I watched it and I thought it was good. Will buy it when it comes out.

[ifireun]

Originally Posted by Page14

Thanks for reposting this oildude. Another favorite childhood movie. (And I still love it today).

Ditto...

[Dubstar]

the dvdbeaver review has me wanting the disc now.

[bigshot]

I met Don Knotts once. I was terribly star struck, but my friend who was with me asked him why he left Andy Griffith Show when everything was working so well. Don said everyone around him was telling him he could be a star, so he left to do the movies. But in retrospect, he saw the value in the ensemble around him on Andy Griffith.

[MichaelR]

The Incredible Mr. Limpet Blu-ray review

[unkie fester]

Just picked this up, look great, i loved this movie as a kid. Seems a bit hooky now but its still good

[Page14]

Yay! I finally found a Walmart that carries this. YES!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Page14

Yay! I finally found a Walmart that carries this. YES!

Same here. I didn't hesitate a week or so ago when I saw it for $9.96.

[Page14]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Same here. I didn't hesitate a week or so ago when I saw it for $9.96.

That's what I paid too.

[headhunter01]

So is this the same transfer that we got last year when it came out or did they do some remastering or cleanup?