Extras : Scene index, Trailer, Production Notes, Weblink
Director:
Trey Parker
(Cannibal: The Musical, Orgazmo, South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut, TV: South Park)
Producers:
Fran Rubel Kuzui, Jason McHugh and Matt Stone
Screenplay:
Trey Parker
Music:
Paul Robb
Cast:
Joe Young: Trey Parker (American History, Baseketball, Cannibal: The Musical, For Goodness Sake II, Orgazmo, The Spirit of Christmas, Your Studio and You)
Ben Chapelski: Dian Bachar (Cannibal: The Musical, Orgazmo)
Lisa: Robyn Lynne Raab (Orgazmo)
Maxxx Orbison: Michael Dean Jacobs (Orgazmo)
Orgazmo
is one of the first First Independent titles to be released via Columbia
TriStar on DVD and comes from the creators of the infamous South Park.
Sex and religion are two of the most controversial topics for a film, so Matt
Stone and Trey Parker obviously used this as their catalyst to begin with
a couple of bible-bashing god-botherers turning up at the house where a porn movie is
being filmed.
One of them runs off, but the other, Joe Young (Trey Parker), kicks the collective
asses of the bouncers guarding the house and is offered the part of Orgazmo, the film
that becomes the biggest grossing film since E.T. and Star Wars, but since
he wants to save himself for his love Lisa (Robyn Lynne Raab), a stunt-cock is
required.
His sidekick Choda Boy, aka Ben Chapelski (Dian Bachar), is a porn-star by day but
an inventor by night and puts together a real-life Orgazmerator (I think that's what it was
called), which they use, at first, to disable the local heavies who beat up the owner of the
sushi bar that the cast frequent and later to rescue Lisa.
And just to add to the family-orientated viewing medium, there are
cameos aplenty from American hardcore porn stars such as Max Hardcore,
Jeanna Fine, Serenity and David Baddiel-lookalike(?) Ron Jeremy.
The picture is mostly fine, but there's a number of scenes which suffer the hazy look
that affects a number of Columbia discs. The film is presented in its original 1.85:1
ratio (not the 2.35:1 quoted on the box) and is anamorphic, while the average
bitrate is 6.35Mb/s, occasionally peaking above 9Mb/s.
The sound is okay but is never used to much effect, although the dialogue is clear.
The back cover states the sound to be stereo only.
Extras :
Chapters :
Just 20 chapters this time round, which is a decent amount for this 91-minute film.
Languages/Subtitles :
Dolby Digital 2.0 (Stereo) in English alone and, surprisingly, no subtitles.
And there's more... :
But not a great deal. Just a Trailer and a few pages of Production Notes
about the principal cast and crew members including a brief rundown of the films
Trey Parker's directed to date.
Menu :
A standard static and silent menu with a screenshot of the front cover
and the basic options.
Maybe it would help if I was a South Park fan, but while this film has its moments,
it's never as funny as it should be. With few extras, there's not much to recommend this
disc either.
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