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Mr. Beaks Has Big Warner Archive News! Find Out Which '70s Cult Classic Is Available At Last! Also, 10 Free Discs Up For Grabs!

First! by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Apr 29th, 2009 01:54:16 PM
Awesome!
Freebie and the Bean still holds up by mr dark	Apr 29th, 2009 02:13:37 PM
Oh yes I think this along with the In laws are two of Arkins best. Warner thou studio be praised.
I loves me some FREEBIE by palimpsest	Apr 29th, 2009 02:15:14 PM
Sold, to me.
Freebie and the Bean! by kwisatzhaderach	Apr 29th, 2009 02:17:54 PM
Awesome
Oh yeah I frogot to plug Brainstorm on the Warner site by mr dark	Apr 29th, 2009 02:18:47 PM
Great little crazy film in glorius B/W with Jeffrey Hunter and Ann Francis with a great twist ending. Also for pure enjoyment The D.I. with Jack Webb predates the great R.Lee Ermey as a tough as shit drill instructor.. Now if Warner would just release -30- with Jack Webb and William Conrad on DVD I will feel complete.
I never actually watched Freebie and the Bean by CherryValance	Apr 29th, 2009 02:26:55 PM
I guess I could never get past the title. That's really dumb of me. I'll watch it now though.
Yes! Thank the DVD Gods! by CaptainCosmos	Apr 29th, 2009 02:28:52 PM
I, too, haven't seen this since I was a kid -- but there's a scene where they... oh, hell, I'm not gonna ruin it. But you're right, Beaks, from what I recall, politically incorrect doesn't even come close to describing this gleefully insane gem of a flick. Not only one of Arkin's best, but one of Caan's as well. Netflix, here I come!! Thanks for the Cool News, Beaks!
i remember the music from Freebie.... by nolan bautista	Apr 29th, 2009 02:49:44 PM
makes me want to jump around and act crazy..the theme from S.W.A.T.(the TV series) has the same effect on me..
Finally!! by Guy Grand	Apr 29th, 2009 02:58:04 PM
I just watched a double feature of "Freebie" and "Slither" (1973 James Caan / Peter Boyle flick that needs to be released too!) a month ago from the DVD-R's I made of them off my VHS copies. Both flicks hold up soooo well. Only the end to "Freebie" at the football game is a bit jarringly wrong-pitched. And Alex Rocco is the man! As Freebie's and Bean's fed up captain, he's the master at slow boil. I'm trashing the DVD-R and buying the widescreen transfer. Keep 'em coming Warner Archives!!
What about You're A Big Boy Now? by ribbonspitch	Apr 29th, 2009 03:00:55 PM
Wish Warner would release this Coppola flick on DVD sometime in the near future!
Yowza! by HulkSmashNow	Apr 29th, 2009 03:04:21 PM
How hot was Valerie Harper back in the day?
When I read the headline I thought by skimn	Apr 29th, 2009 03:04:39 PM
'70s...Warners...cult..Oh please let it be Freebie..I haven't seen it since its theatrical release, so I can't say if it holds up either, but I loved that movie. You basically can't go wrong with '70s era Alan Arkin. Pair this with The In Laws and Hyams' Gould/Blake pairing Busting. Love those long Hyams steadicam shots...
Black Belt Jones by ElGiante	Apr 29th, 2009 03:08:05 PM
Was the one I was hoping for... my fave in the blaxploitation scene. Soon I hope.
glad to see Warner's doing this but.... by Samuel Fulmer	Apr 29th, 2009 03:35:57 PM
I've read some reviews of these Warner Archives DVDs, and if I'm understanding things, they're just ocpying them to DVR. So you're going to pay 20 bucks for an obscure movie of which your copy that you paid 20 bucks for will only last a few years. Doesn't sound right to me.
Bean? RACIST!!!!! by Stuntcock Mike	Apr 29th, 2009 03:41:44 PM
Most ridiculous car stunts ever.
Freebie & The Bean by skimn	Apr 29th, 2009 03:59:14 PM
How about Mother, Juggs & Speed, with Bill Cosby, Harvey Keitel and Racquel Welch?? Now there's a title and a WTF cast...
Freebie and the Bean definitely holds up by Accordion27	Apr 29th, 2009 04:32:34 PM
Saw it two years ago courtesy of Edgar Wright and the Hot Fuzztival at the Drafthouse. Hilarious film. Certainly holds up as the film that (pretty much) started the buddy-cops-who-hate-each-other genre. My only complaint is that this title deserves better than Warner Archives. Richard Rush's other forgotten masterpiece, The Stunt Man, had a decent DVD (and even a feature-length documentary of arguable quality) and he's definitely not too busy to share his thoughts on the film. Whether you like your '70s cops with or without political correctness, F&TB is definitely worth seeing! At least this DVD will give it the fans it should have.
Where's my Brewster McCloud DVD? by Iowa Snot Client	Apr 29th, 2009 05:17:02 PM
NO BREWSTER, NO PEACE!
Shankman by AdmiralNeck	Apr 29th, 2009 05:50:41 PM
Shankman has made some awful, AWFUL shit in his time, but he's admitted to it, saying he's been drafted in at the last minute to save a bunch of projects that were about to fail, and did the best he could. It's not the best movie ever, but you should check out his version of the Hairspray musical. Not a patch on the original, obviously, but it's a lot of fun, and has more energy than all of the other movies made by the hacks you mentioned put together. This post, and all of the chatter about Richard Rush, has made me want to buy The Stuntman. What a great movie. Color of Night? Not so much.
Great article, Beaks by Papa Boule	Apr 29th, 2009 09:20:46 PM
Really enjoyed the stuff about bygone era film quality.
Political Correctness Be Damned by cymbalta4thedevil	Apr 29th, 2009 09:50:42 PM
If they put out a FREEBIE AND THE BEAN DVD with commentary from Rush, Caan and Arkin they'd make $
Finally by Tin Snoman	Apr 29th, 2009 10:28:59 PM
hopefully if it sells well enough, they can give Freebie a proper release with a commentary, etc.
I am so fucking buying FREEBIE AND THE BEAN by YackBacker	Apr 30th, 2009 08:41:09 AM
They played it on Cinemax about 5 years ago and it blew me away (this was after the softcore movies ended around 4AM). Beaks, it holds up even better that a fruitcake. It's so, so very wrong.
Freebie....Yessssssss!!!!!!!!! by darthliquidator	Apr 30th, 2009 11:12:05 AM
Long, long overdue DVD releases for Richard Rush, the most go-to-hell director who ever snuck movies through the major studios (Columbia's 'Martini Movies' recently put out his insane Elliot Gound/campus riot "Getting Straight") But "Freebie" was soooo far ahead of the curve in its taking the cop-buddy genre and twisting it inside out and backwards...Arkin and Caan were far more lethally dangerous to innocent bystanders than any criminals they were chasing. Brilliant chase,fight and shootout sequences...can't wait to order it.

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