The Bowling Alley: DVD Details

this is from the pretty much official pta website, cigarettesandredvines.com

"scott was nice enough to send some more details on the impending dvd release of there will be blood.

The DVD will be released on April 8th, 2008 on a 2-disc collector’s edition. The cover is very classy; personally, I was hoping they’d use the original one-sheet “bible” poster, but this isn’t too bad either — it’s an image of Daniel Plainview looking down into the oil well, taken from a frame near the beginning of the movie. DDL is credited at the top; in the center lies the title “There Will Be Blood” and directly underneath “written for the screen and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson” and at the very bottom “2-Disc Collector’s Edition”.

cover art should be surfacing in a couple weeks, apparently."

so only two more months! yeaaah!

there was also this info from a little while back, i might have already posted this-

"i think it’s safe to let you know the few things i learned about the dvd release when i was last with paul:

> there is no commentary track, nor will there ever probably be one again. paul mentioned to me how alot of the buzz has been taken from doing them because people quote them back verbatim to him in interviews and fun/flippant comments are regarded as gospel. (not a quote, but the gist of what was said)

> the behind-the-scenes footage we reported ages ago that was being shot by austin lynch will, as of this point, not be included on the dvd as a ‘that moment’ style feature. paul said it all turned out wonderfully but that the footage might take away the magic of the film itself saying “it’s just a bunch of people in a desert standing around making a movie.”

> there is an extremely old documentary/footage that was found about mining and oil production from the era. they are planning to cut in jonny greenwood’s score over top of it and make a presentation out of it."

Well let's see...art design, music, history, the Burt Reynolds-style blooper reel, the "bowling for oil" video game, the Daniel Plainview oil lease game (kinda like the computer game Civilization, but much more lucrative), the Sing Along with Ma Sunday/follow the bouncing ball hymn section,  a documentary on turn-of-the-century fringe Holy Roller denominations, a chat with T.Barry Brazelton on how to properly mix whiskey with milk, the "Men of 'There Will Be Blood'" fashion show, including the long underwear/swimsuit competition....

and it does say the behind the scenes wont be included as a that moment style feature...so it may still be included in some other form, just not as an hour and a half documentary.

Although I can't believe there isn't going to be a commentary (very disappointing), I admire PTA's reasons for excluding it.

E.W. Maryland - you are hilarious. Imagine a TWBB blooper reel? What I gather from the interviews with various actors, DDL included, there wasn't a lot of 'fun' going on between takes...

I'm crossing my fingers for an extras feature that ends like a Benny Hill episode, with  a sped-up chase through Little Boston and the oil field, with  Eli in the lead,  wincing and cowering,  Daniel behind, beating and slapping the bejesus out of him, HW punching him, and with all of them followed by  church members (including the old lady with arthritis beating people with an umbrella), Bandy,  Fletcher, the crew,  the Standard Oil men, the Sundays, and everybody else, with the restaurant waiter at the very end with the steaks and drinks, while  a Jonny Greenwood-scored version of "Yakkety Sax" plays in the background.

There Will Be Yucks A Plenty!

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