Product Description

In this hilarious satire on college life a group of misfits led by Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards decides to start their own fraternity after being rejected by every house on campus. Chaos results with a brains vs. brawn battle as the football team jocks try to run the nerds off campus. But as the nerds carefully engineer their revenge it begins to appear as if their day is at hand.System Requirements:Running Time: 90 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 024543241089 Manufacturer No: 2234108

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6141 in DVD
• Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
• Released on: 2007-03-06
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 90 minutes

Amazon.com
Nerds without computers may seem a contradiction in terms, but life was simpler back in 1984 and the geeks seemed to get along fine with just a slide rule and a plastic pocket protector. A variation on the fraternity-farce plot of Animal House, the picture celebrates the triumphs of a gang of geeks, led by Robert Carradine and a pre-E.R. Anthony Edwards, as they get back at a rival frat house full of jocks and preppies. Although the brains-over-brawn theme ought to be sure-fire, the movie gets by mostly on charm; there are very few explosively funny sequences. The supporting cast includes some surprising familiar faces, notably James Cromwell (Babe, L.A. Confidential) as Carradine's look-alike dad, pants hoisted proudly to his armpits. The director, Jeff Kanew (Gotcha!), went on to the 1991 private-eye belly flop V.I. Warshawski and has not been heard from since. --David Chute

On the DVD
The deluxe edition of the 1984 college comedy Revenge of the Nerds comes equipped with a variety of special features that the film's cult fans will find essential. First, a running audio commentary by director Jeff Kanew and actors Robert Carradine, Timothy Busfield and Curtis Armstrong proves a delight: warm and silly memories by some very likeable, middle-age guys about working, scene-by-scene, on a goofy, Animal House-like movie in their younger years. The same four individuals, and others from the cast such as Ted McGinley (who played the villainous hunk Stan Gable), Julia Montgomery (Stan's girlfriend, Betty Childs), and Andrew Cassese (Wormser), reminisce in the featurette documentary "I'm a Nerd and I'm Pretty Proud of It" about how they landed their respective jobs on the film (seems like everyone read for Carradine's part) and how wild and crazy the actual shoot was in Tucson. What strikes one is how positive all those memories are. Even though some careers haven't exactly skyrocketed in the years since Revenge took off, the experience seems to have been very good for everyone at the time. Also included in the special features section is the original, Orson Welles-narrated theatrical trailer; a trailer for Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise; and such deleted scenes as a romantic interlude between Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) and girlfriend Judy (Michelle Meyrink), and another starring Michael Lerner as Gilbert's racist uncle. A real rarity: the pilot for a truly forgettable television version of Revenge of the Nerds. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

GREAT EXTRA FEATURES!
This "new" edition DVD is well worth the money if you want extra features. The interviews and behind the scenes content is great and almost all of the cast tells stories about filming. If you are an "extra features" dork like I am then you will love this DVD.

Sweet Revenge: The Nerd-Tormentors Get to Itch, Twitch, and Dance
A group of college nerds, having been rejected by others, form their own sorority. The administration, noting such things as the racial diversity of the proposed sorority, approves of it.

The highlight of the film is the payback time against those who gave a hard time to the nerds. The nerds sneak into the locker room, apply some sort of irritant substance to the jockstraps, and wait for the unsuspecting football players to put them on. Out in the field, the jocks suffer total humiliation: They itch, jump around, and engage in bizarre dances in their attempts to relieve the irritation. Absolutely hilarious!

The box was damaged
When I received this dvd in the mail, the box was damaged. When I opened the dvd box the first time, the little thing that holds the dvd in the box was broken, the little plastic gripper pieces had broken off in shipping. And you guys wouldn't let me return it. Very disappointing.