Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

[Laszlo]

When is this coming ?

[Satans Puppet]

Sunnuva!!!

I got all excited... :lol:

[HumanMedia]

Use a question mark not an exclamation mark in your thread title.

[cathexist]

Originally Posted by Satans Puppet

Sunnuva!!!

I got all excited... :lol:

...ditto

[L-san]

^ Same here. I thought this was an official announcement. Oh well.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Laszlo

When is this coming ?

Probably never.

Sure, the film will eventually get released, but not with the alternate ending.

[matt_hargett]

I really hope an eventual release includes 24-bit lossless audio of both the movie and album versions of the soundtrack. (Actually, the album version sound a bit like flat digital recordings of the day and may only be 16-bit at the source).

Frank Oz's commentary on the DVD was great, and I hope they bump up that track to 768kb/sec DTS like HBO has done with their commentary tracks.

[FindYourWay]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Probably never.

Sure, the film will eventually get released, but not with the alternate ending.

I read this off IMDb Trivia:

In 1998 the special edition DVD was released with the alternate "everybody dies" ending. A couple of days after its release the DVDs were yanked off the shelves and replaced with new ones that don't contain that ending. This is because producer David Geffen wanted to re-release the film in theaters with the gruesome ending, however the original color film print was destroyed in a studio fire shortly afterwards, leaving only the black & white workprint as proof of the ending's existence.

[Laszlo]

The original color film got destroeyed? NOOOOO !!!!

[Satans Puppet]

Didn't even know about this alternate ending!!!

ARGH!!!!

Must have this film now I imagine if they do the transfer correctly it'll look amazing!!

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Satans Puppet

Didn't even know about this alternate ending!!!

Here's the alternate ending, split into 3 parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaBJD...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUiz4WgTB7c&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddIK3...eature=related

[sub-zero]

I didn't know about it, thanks for the links.

[indiansbsa]

Please Mr. Geffin- give it up. Its time man.

[Laszlo]

[DetroitSportsFan]

We might see it after Geffen passes. Yes, I'm serious.

He was against the DVD having the footage, which is why he had it recalled. I've heard/read that had no intention of the footage ever being seen again since the test screening, but (thankfully) someone let it go on the DVD without Geffen's knowledge.

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

We might see it after Geffen passes. Yes, I'm serious.

He was against the DVD having the footage, which is why he had it recalled. I've heard/read that had no intention of the footage ever being seen again since the test screening, but (thankfully) someone let it go on the DVD without Geffen's knowledge.

I thought it was because Geffen wanted to release it theatrically with the ending intact? I also heard that the original color version of the ending was destroyed in a fire, so that might create some problems for a release on Blu-ray. Unless they recolor the black and white footage.
Anyway, I hope it will be released someday.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by KubrickFan

I thought it was because Geffen wanted to release it theatrically with the ending intact?

That was a BS excuse to try to justify his actions. And it's been 12 years since that LSOH DVD release.... I think it would have been released by now if it were true.

[indiansbsa]

Originally Posted by KubrickFan

I thought it was because Geffen wanted to release it theatrically with the ending intact? I also heard that the original color version of the ending was destroyed in a fire, so that might create some problems for a release on Blu-ray. Unless they recolor the black and white footage.
Anyway, I hope it will be released someday.

I think that's Warner Bros.' color footage copy, Geffen probably still has a reel of this in his basement

[KubrickFan]

Hopefully that's true. That might get it released sometime. Warner is aware of it, because it's been mentioned in almost every chat on HTF, so it's more or less only a question of 'when'.

[that1guystudios]

I LOVE this film. The reason it was recalled was because Geffen was the distributor, and must sign off on releases of the film. Warner neglected to contact him and attain the neccesary permission to release both the disc and the alternate ending. Geffen consented to a later DVD release of the film, but as part of his agreement, stated that the film's alternate ending should only be presented in a final form, not as a rough black and white version. Geffen pushed Warner to put money into finishing the effects for the ending, but Warner has yet to invest the money to do so. I would assume that it could happen for the film's 25th anniversary which is next year, possibly with a limited theatrical re-release, or just a special edition Blu-ray/DVD. (More likely.) The film has a restored 1080p master made in 2007 (with the theatrical ending) which has been available on AppleTV and the Sony PSNetwork (albeit in 720p) however, the transfer for the film is incorrectly framed with too much information revealed on top, and too much cropped on the bottom. Since the film was shot open matte, it's likely an error that will be corrected for the eventual Blu-ray release. The last time thedigitalbits interviewed Warner about the title they said there were no immediate plans for the title, but that they would be interested in releasing the title in the future...this was almost one year ago if memory serves me right.