TALES OF THE RAT FINK: 8/3/2006 |
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LOS ANGELES, CA – Rat Fink and Ed “Big Daddy Roth” are back in a blazing new feature animated documentary. The souped-up story of custom cars, monster t-shirts, the anti-Mickey Mouse and the guy that started it all, TALES OF THE RAT FINK debuts on DVD October 31st from Shout! Factory.
Produced and directed by Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential), this wildly inventive “animentary” is populated by the rebellious Rat Fink and Roth’s signature cartoon monsters voiced by an all-star line-up including John Goodman (The Big Lebowski) as “Big Daddy,” Ann-Margret (The Who’s Tommy), Jay Leno (“The Tonight Show”), Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys), Matt Groening (“The Simpsons”), Tom Wolfe (The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test), and The Smothers Brothers (“The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”), with original music by The Sadies. A favorite on the festival circuit, TALES OF THE RAT FINK debuted at South by Southwest in 2006, screened at the Comic-Con International: Independent Film Festival and was chosen as an official selection of the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. TALES OF THE RAT FINK arrives on DVD loaded with extras, including a painting jam with Roth and legendary artist Von Dutch, original interviews, art galleries and more. The DVD will be available for the suggested list price of $19.98.
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s art career began as an auto-obsessed teen in post-war Southern California. He got his start pin-striping cars and soon graduated to using junkyard parts and a new, inexpensive material called fiberglass to build automobiles in his garage. To finance his creations, Roth sold t-shirts airbrushed with cartoon monsters and souped-up cars to teenagers at drag strips and county fairs. His most popular character was a repulsive rodent named Rat Fink and it was “Finkie” that ultimately brought Roth fame and fortune, adopted by alienated youth as a counterpoint to the squeaky clean 1950s America embodied by Disney’s Mickey Mouse. Soon, Roth’s garage studio evolved into a blue collar equivalent of Andy Warhol’s Factory, with dozens of employees assisting in the production of “Kustom Kars,” t-shirts, records and a bevy of bizarre cartoon characters trumpeting a new culture of Hot Rod rebellion.
DVD Features:
Available in 16:9 widescreen format with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, the TALES OF THE RAT FINK DVD includes the following bonus programming:
• Big Daddy Lives! – Rare interview with Ed “Big Daddy” Roth
• Rat Fink Reunion – Painting jam with Ed Roth and Von Dutch
• Big Daddy’s Garage – Virtual art gallery
• Interview with Director Ron Mann
• Deleted Scene
• Theatrical Trailer
• The Sadies Music Video
TALES OF THE RAT FINK DVD
Catalog Number: 826663-10330
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Pre-Order Date: October 6, 2006
Price: $19.98 SLP
TRT: 76 minutes
U.S. Rating: N/A |
