Product Review

Regionfree (USA and other NTSC countries: runs on a lot of newer DVD players as well as on computers) Languages: english, french, german Bonus disc: english (language/subtitles) The documentary presents - beside a lot of funny clips from the best Laurel & Hardy movies - a look behind the scenes and never published before color footage of Stan & Babe, a lot of private photographs, recently discovered archive footage, rare or unpublished film stills, posters etc. The documentary was shot in the USA, Great Britain, France, Italy, Austria, Netherlands and Germany. See interviews with Laurel and Hardy experts like Hal Roach, Lucille Hardy-Price, Richard W. Bann, Tyler St. Mark, Bart Williams, Chuck McCann and Jim MacGeorge, Phillis Coates or Jean Darling and friends of Stan and Babe like Booth Colman, Jerry Lewis or Marcel Marceau. Even Stan Laurels daughter Lois has given the author an exclusive interview. That way the documentary is telling very emotionally the story of the worldwide most beloved comedy team. This documentary was broadcasted 2012 at prime time very successfully in Germany and France on tv and got a very positive feedback. Lois Laurel Hawes, Stans daughter, said for example : "This is the best documentary on Laurel & Hardy I have ever seen" Now the author is presenting his 15 minutes longer Director´s Cut as well as 70 minutes of unpublished bonus features. Collectors Edition with 2 DVDs - DVD1: Director´s Cut of the documentary (105 minutes.) - DVD2 Bonus material (70 minutes): the last footage of Stan Laurel in color - Stan Laurel, Mr. Clean and the puppets - Stans birthday footage of 1964 - Ida Laurel at a Hollywood convention - the complete color footage of Stans funeral at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Babe London in a Hollywood movie actors veterans - a 5 minutes special about Stans yacht, the "Ida May" - a special about Stans last home etc. Regionfree (NTSC countries: runs on a lot of newer DVD players as well as on computers)