Blu-ray and DVD Backup of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
(Left to right) David Koechner is Champ Kind, Paul Rudd is Brian Fantana, Will Ferrell is Ron Burgundy and Steve Carell is Brick Tamland

Disc Information:
  • Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Paramount
  • DVD Release Date: April 1, 2014
  • Run Time: 118 minutes

Bonus Material:
  • Blu-ray Combo Pack Includes 3 Versions of the Movie!
  • Super-Sized R-Rated Version – with 763 New Jokes!
  • Original Theatrical Version
  • Unrated Version – not shown in theaters DVD with Original Theatrical Version also included PLUS Over 4 Hours of Bonus Content!
  • Commentary with Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Judd Apatow, Steve Carrell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner (Unrated Version)
  • 5 Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes: o Newsroom - Inside the making of the film o RV - Dissecting the RV tumble o News Fight - Inside the biggest, baddest all-star celebrity brawl o Baxter & Doby - The lovable animals of Anchorman 2 o Anchorman 2: The Musical - A look at the musical sequel that almost was
  • Over 90 Minutes of Deleted and Alternate Scenes
  • 2 Line-O-Rama’s – Hilarious Outtakes!
  • Rare Cast Audition Tapes
  • 2 Gag Reels
  • Cast Table Reads – Original Script Read-Throughs
  • And Much More!

DVD Review:
(By Andy Klein, the film critic for Marquee and can also be heard on "FilmWeek" on KPCC-FM (89.3).)

This combo pack of two Blu-rays and one DVD may have the most extras of any new major studio release. (There might be some titles that had this much on their second or third home video release in a “Gold” or “Collector's” or “Super Duper Special” edition.) If you find Will Ferrell funny enough that you want to watch all of it, you'll be exhausted long before the material is.

The DVD included has only the PG-13 theatrical release (one hour, 58 minutes). The first of the Blu-ray discs lets you choose between that version and the unrated “Extended Cut” (2:03). The second Blu-ray disc has an R-rated “Super-Sized” alternate version (2:23). The cover claims “763 new jokes,” which sounds like hyperbole until you realize that the “Super-Sized” cut not only has added scenes, but actually replaces all the original scenes (as far as I could tell) with alternate takes. For most films, this would be a pointless exercise, but the cast improvises or at least reads a lot of utterly different material — e.g., different versions of Ferrell's exclamations of surprise (“Great ----'s ----!”).

Two hours and 23 minutes is, in general, way too long for a goofy comedy, and the filmmakers most often (not always) picked the best material for the theatrical version (which was already a tad long for this sort of film). But even these throwaways are funny, as are another hour and a half of “Extended Alternate Scenes.” (There may be overlap with the “Super-Sized” stuff, but who can keep track?)

In addition, there are other deleted scenes; a commentary (on the Unrated version only) with Ferrell, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Paul Rudd, producer Judd Apatow, and director Adam McKay; more deleted and extended scenes; three audition tapes (two from casting sessions for the first film); about an hour of “behind the scenes” footage; selected bits from the first table read; and frankly so much altogether that it gets boring to list them.

It's hard to imagine what could be added for a more “special” edition; kudos to Paramount and the filmmakers for jamming it all into this one release.

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