Little Shop of Horrors - Pieni Kauhukauppa BD (Rick Moranis)

Myyntiin Rick Moraniksen, John Candyn ja Steve Martinin tähdittämä elokuva Pieni Kauhukauppa Blu-ray. Julkaisu sisältää Theatrical cutin sekä Director's cut version.

In the musical film version of Roger Corman's B-movie classic, poor Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis) is a downtrodden geek who never has things go his way. He works in Mr Mushnik's (Vincent Gardenia) run-down flower shop in the seedy part of town, thanklessly doing menial tasks and secretly dreaming of buxom, shrill-voiced shop assistant Audrey (Ellen Greene). His other passion, collecting strange plants, leads him to bring home a small flytrap which he discovers following a solar eclipse and names Audrey II.

While nurturing Audrey II (voiced by The Four Tops' Levi Stubbs) Seymour discovers some of the plant's unique features: it is in fact a "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" that talks, sings and survives on a diet of human blood! Needing a regular source of Audrey II's favourite food, Seymour embarks on a plan to kill Audrey's boyfriend, the sadistic, motorbike-riding, nitrous-oxide addict dentist Orin Scrivello (a hilarious cameo from Steve Martin) which would also leave the way clear for Seymour and Audrey's love to bloom. But will this be enough to satisfy the plant's lust for blood, or must Seymour take more drastic measures?

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC (29.91 Mbps)
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1

Audio

English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
German: Dolby Digital Mono
French: Dolby Digital Mono
Italian: Dolby Digital Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono
Japanese: Dolby Digital Mono

Subtitles: German SDH, English SDH, French, Spanish, Italian SDH

Discs: Single disc (1 BD-50)

Playback: Region free

Extrat_

• Frank Oz and Little Shop of Horrors: The Director's Cut (HD, 1080p; 1.78:1; 10:41): Oz and effects artist Richard Conway discuss the development and creation of the visuals for the original ending. Oz goes on to describe the reaction of the preview audience and the decision to reshoot the ending.

• A Story of Little Shop of Horrors (SD; 1.33:1; 23:04): This 1987 promotional documentary traces Little Shop's path from Roger Corman quickie to successful stage musical and adaptation back to film. It features extensive interviews with Corman, Geffen, Oz and Moranis, as well as other cast and crew.

• Commentary with Director Frank Oz (theatrical cut only): Oz's commentary is enthusiastically detailed in its account of the technical challenges of adapting Little Shop to the screen. It's one of the rare commentaries that conveys a sense of the director as problem solver, and one who frequently depends on other people to deliver the solutions he's imagined. Oz is particularly good at describing how he labored to retain the musical's original "edgy, off-Broadway" sensibility for the big screen. An essential ingredient was creating the film's own self-contained world, so that even when the characters stepped outdoors, they inhabited a reality crafted to match their odd behavior. Oz credits Howard Ashman for encouraging him to have the courage not to be subtle and to embrace without apology the fact that characters in Little Shop burst into song.

• Director's Cut Ending with Commentary by Frank Oz: Since the only change that makes this a "director's cut" is the alternate ending, the Blu-ray presents Oz's commentary on the original ending from the 1998 DVD as a separate extra. As far as I can tell, it cannot be selected while the director's cut itself is playing. Much of the commentary content is replicated in the new documentary prepared for this Blu-ray.

• Outtakes and Deleted Scenes (SD; 1.33:1; 8:42): This is actually the gag reel shown at the cast party. On the DVD, it was accompanied by Oz's commentary, which couldn't be switched off, and no one seemed to have told the director in advance that he'd be commenting on a gag reel. It worked out well, though, because some of the jokes need explanation. On the Blu-ray, Oz's commentary is optional; so you try watching these oddities on your own.

• Trailers (SD)

  • Teaser Trailer (1.85:1, enhanced; 1:09)

  • Theatrical Trailer (2.35:1, enhanced; 2:07)