Has anyone bought this yet? I read that there is some extra footage of Pond and the Gits. For those who bought the DVD, was it worth it?

i got it but haven't watched it. the quality is worth it i think vs. VHS. DVD's are always better....

I own this DVD. It's one of my favorite movies and I'm glad I bought it. It was one of the last movies I own to make the transition from VHS to DVD. I had to get it via Amazon since no place in town carried it -- From Best Buy to Borders to FYE to Circuit City, I couldn't find it anywhere.

The picture quality isn't that great -- Lions Gate didn't even bother to go in and remaster it. There are spots of dust and very visible scratches throughout. The picture quality is just above VHS.

Where it really shines, though, is the audio -- especially if you have a home theater system that's DTS capable. The filmmakers recorded the movie in 24-track digital sound, and it was shown in theaters using DTS for the best possible sound experience (it is a movie about music, after all). They used the original audio masters to make the transistion to DVD. It really shines through on the opening notes of Crackerbash's performance -- the first in the film.

Other audio standouts include Soundgarden's live performance (with a nice, thick bass emphasis -- they even tell you to turn up your sub on the commentary), Hammerbox and Mudhoney. Unfortunately, the performance of "Not For You" suffers from a glaring inconsistency -- you can CLEARLY tell where they spliced together the east and west coast feed performances. I was a tad disappointed, but it was still a rush to hear that song in DTS clarity.

The extras are kind of limited. The commentary is done by the Director Doug Pray and the film's producer (whose name I forget at this moment). It's funny, but mostly consists of Pray kind of rambling, talking about people associated with the film's production. There are very few anecedotes about the bands featured in the film. He does touch on Mudhoney's lack of sincerity during their interviews, people's reactions to some of Eddie Vedder's comments, and Charles Petersen's initial disgust at the sheer concept of the movie. Most notable was their reaction to the young boy talking about "Bands get all big..." ("He's like SIX!") Pray also tends to dominate the track, giving the producer very little time to talk.

The additional performances are unmastered rough cuts in two-channel stereo. Pond performs "Rock Collection" and it's the best of the additional performances. There are also deleted scenes, which are really extended versions of some of the interviews done with Leighton Beezer, Tad and Megan Jasper, who gives a more in-depth version of the "Lexicon of Grunge" hoax, complete with a vocal impression of the New York Times reporter involved in it.

There is also a HATE! cartoon and an interview with creator Peter Bagge that really didn't add anything to the overall package.

Again, my real focus was finally having the flick on DVD -- the DTS sound mix makes it a real gem for me. I'm glad I bought it.

Very cool, thanks a lot for the review

I just read the last sentence and im happy about you...

I pick it up everytime i am at the record store but have yet to buy it. One of these days....one of these days.