Roadracers - Robert Rodriguez Movie and Book (book project is complete) (Released)

THE FILM

Roadracers has been released officially on DVD, but I think only in Australia and without special features (namely, the commentary track from the OOP laserdisc). Anyone have the laserdisc and interested in preserving it?

THE BOOK

Even more sought after, the sequel to the highly successful making-of diary “Rebel Without a Crew,” “Roadracers: the Making of a Degenerate Hot Rod Flick,” is now OOP and was only released in England. Copies sell in the $100-300 range. Scans, anyone?

ANYONE IN THE UK?

Here's a laserdisc LOT on eBay, which includes ROADRACERS:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LASER-DISC-JOB-LOT---14-DISCS---PAL-&-NTSC-_W0QQitemZ220426892907QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090603?IMSfp=TL090603164004r6517

Some comments I found on the web:

"The laser disk version has a great feature of audio commentary during the movie or just the commentary without the movie soundtrack. His Rodriguez's commentary is very insightful and inspiring for anyone interested in film. He is truly a Jack of all trades in this film."

"The film's good, but RR's commentary makes it MUCH better. Hearing how he ended up getting this gig, what exactly he was given to work with and how he ended up with the film you're watching, is another great story for fans of the director or just film-making in general. On the comment track he alludes to lots of other material that he has from this project, like videos made during production, and makes an offhand comment to the effect that 'someday if this ever comes out on DVD....' Well, I for one would stand in line for a copy. If you enjoy the 10 minute film school features & other extras on RR's DVDs, you too should petition the powers that be to release RoadRacers on DVD - along with the original (&/or new) commentary track & extras."

"Roadracers isn't for everyone but you can tell I sure liked it. I really like the audio commentary. Rodrigeuz likes to talk and he keeps up a constant and interesting commentary. He's very enjoyable to my ears, I have enjoyed all of his commentaries.  He usually has something interesting and fun to say. He's very autobiographical and I like that. More than anything his commentaries show the evolution of his film making and that's pretty fascinating."

P.S. We only have two days before the auction's up!

I just scanned the book: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OYE3ZSC2

Who's down for doing the laserdisc with commentary?

ReverendBeastly said:

THANKS! I'm really psyched to read this. Wish I knew someone with a copy of the laserdisc.

EDIT: I'm gonna try to OCR these pages and make this thinger into a PDF.

Great!

Anyone out there have access to the Roadracers laserdisc?

Cool to read about this movie. I did a search on eBay just for fun last year, and god damn, I found the movie in Australia on DVD for just $10. Never heard about it on LD though.

We've heard this before, BUT:

CS: Are you looking at any of your older films for Blu-ray releases now?
Rodriguez: Oh, yeah. The Mexico series is coming out, "Desperado," "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" and "El Mariachi." "Grindhouse" should come out. We just finished the ten-minute cooking school. "Roadracers," we're doing... I love that one. I did a ten-minute film school for that, too. That was shot in 13 days so it shows how I did it in just 13 days. It's crazy now. I like that one a lot.

I purchased a Roadracers DVD from over seas, and is NOT the one RR says was being released, had no special features, did have options, subs, language, trailers.. BUT no special Features..

by the way , im new to this board.. RR is Da Man,

i got to go watch him film Machete a few times. he is an inspiration, and im trying to make films myself.

and thanks for the scans, just started reading the book.

can someone pleeeeease reupload this?