(Adrian Edmondson, 1999) Release date: 26 August 2024 Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK premiere)

After a decade of honing their signature characters, Richie and Eddie, across TV and stage-show appearances, British comedy legends Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson (The Comic Strip Presents…, The Young Ones) finally gave the pair the big-screen outing which they truly deserved in the riotous, vomit-soaked entertainment that is Guest House Paradiso.

When Mr Nice (Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead) and his family check in to ‘the cheapest hotel in Britain’ – run with maximum inefficiency and malfeasance by Richie and Eddie – it sets off an outrageous chain of events involving rubber underwear, a beautiful Italian film star (Hélène Mahieu), her abusive fiancé (Vincent Cassel, Irreversible), and a consignment of radioactive fish.

Featuring a spectacular supporting cast, which also includes Fenella Fielding (Carry On Screaming!, Hammer’s The Old Dark House) and Bill Nighy (Love Actually), this slapstick tour-de-force is a latter-day classic of disreputable British comedy, which has to be seen to be believed.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K restoration from the original interpositive

• Original 5.1 surround sound and stereo audio tracks

• The Making of ‘Guest House Paradiso’ (1999, 38 mins): archival documentary featuring interviews with actor, co-writer and director Adrian Edmondson, actor and co-writer Rik Mayall, producer Phil McIntyre, and actors Fenella Fielding, Hélène Mahieu and Simon Pegg

• Paradiso Pegg (2023, 12 mins): interview with celebrated actor, writer and comedian Simon Pegg in which he looks back at his time making the film

• All the Right Noises (2024, 16 mins): prolific film and television composer Colin Towns talks about his score

• Finely Tuned Madness (2024, 8 mins): veteran editor Sean Barton discusses his working methods and the art of cutting comedy

• Squalid Precision (2024, 19 mins): production designer Tom Brown explores the guest house

• Outtakes (1999, 9 mins): mishaps and bloopers

• Original theatrical trailers

• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material

• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Jon Robertson, an archival on-set report, an archival interview with Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits

• UK premiere on Blu-ray

• Limited edition of 6,000 copies for the UK**(Adrian Edmondson, 1999)**

Release date: 26 August 2024

Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK premiere)

As a huge fan of the UK show Bottom, I was, and still am, a huge fan of this Bottom movie. I bought a copy as soon as it was released on DVD, and it felt like it would never get a higher quality release.

It did appear on UK Netflix for a few days but unbelievably, they were streaming the film in 400P!! That’s worse than standard definition!

In August 2023, Vinegar Syndrome released an exclusive copy of the film in the US. If I found a copy cheap online, I would’ve snapped one up. I was searching eBay today and discovered a new copy of the film showing up in my search. Turns out a UK exclusive copy was released yesterday (Aug 26th) and it has even more bonus features. Ordered!!

Sorry for the overexcitement. I do however feel this film probably has a rather niche audience.

Pheeeeb!