STRANGE BREW, the 1983 cult movie favorite starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as the Canadian beer-guzzling McKenzie Brothers - hops onto HD with a March 1 debut in newly remastered Blu-rayâ„¢ and DVD versions from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE).
The film originated with "Great White North," a successful sketch Moranis and Thomas created for Canadian comedy show, Second City TV (SCTV). Though initially intended as just filler for the show's expanded third season, the McKenzie Brothers caught on immediately. Later, some of the two-minute "Great White North" segments would find their way into U.S. versions of SCTV.
NBC ordered 90-minute SCTV shows in 1981, and based on affiliate feedback, the network requested the McKenzie Brothers be included in every program. As a result, the Brothers exploded into a pop culture phenomenon in both Canada and the United States.
In 1981, the Brothers released a comedy album, "Great White North," which sold more than one million copies in North America. Sales in Canada topped 350,000 earning a triple-platinum certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association and #1 on the RPM album charts for a month. It reached # 8 on the American Billboard album charts in early 1982 with "Take Off" (Geddy Lee's hit single) peaking at 16. It was Grammy®-nominated in 1983 for Best Comedy Album.
Strange Brew, in which the Brothers attempt to stop a mad brewer from gaining world dominance, was released in 1983 and immediately struck a chord with dedicated fans, whose numbers grew after years of cable TV airings and home video sales. The film starred Thomas (Stripes, TV's "Comedy Bang! Bang!") and Moranis (Little Shop of Horrors, Ghostbusters) who was making his feature film debut. Max von Sydow (The Exorcist, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Paul Dooley (Cars franchise, Runaway Bride) also starred. Moranis and Thomas also wrote (with Steven De Jarnatt) and directed.
Strange Brew will now be available on Blu-ray for $12.97 SRP and on DVD $5.97 SRP.
Strange Brew
Rating: PG
Run Time: 90 minutes
About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Discâ„¢ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.
Comments
To post a comment, you must
register and
login.
