"THE LOT OF FUN: WHERE THE MOVIES LEARNED TO LAUGH" - Director's Cut

2 DVDs:

Disc 1 = Director's Cut of the documentary (115 min.)

Documentary

PAL, 16:9

Regionfree (in PAL, will run on all computers and almost all newer DVD players worldwide, which means also in NTSC countries like the USA)

Languages: switchable English, German

Running time: 110 minutes

Disc 2 = Bonus material (92 min.)

Bonus material

PAL, 16:9 und 4:3

Regionfree (in PAL, will run on all computers and almost all newer DVD players worldwide, which means also in NTSC countries like the USA)

Languages: English and German / subtitles

Running time: 92 minutes

For many the American movie producer and director Hal Roach is the “King of Comedy”.  His legendary studios are also called the “The Lot of Fun”: Hollywood’s “Fun Factory”! The film pioneer produced from 1914 up to the early sixties about 2.000 movies - almost exclusively comedies! Probably no other filmmaker gave the world more to laugh about than he did: with his comedy stars like Laurel & Hardy, Harold Lloyd or "Our Gang".

Besides the incredible live and work of Hal Roach the international documentary is focused on his stars and competitors like Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton. The film is presenting a lot of funny movie clips and interviews, a look behind the scenes, amazing facts about the comedy stars and their private lives and amongst others never before published private footage, previously unreleased movie clips and photographs.

The award-winning documentary features as well a lot of amusing and interesting interviews with Hal Roach himself and family members, Roach´s stars like Harold Lloyd or Jean Darling from “Our Gang”, Stan Laurel´s daughter, Harold Lloyd´s granddaughter, film historians, comedy experts and comedians like Walter Matthau.

Director Andreas Baum, who also produced the documentaries “Laurel and Hardy: Their Lives and Magic” and "Harold Lloyd: Hollywood´s Timeless Comedy-Genius" tells the amazing story of the live and career of the legendary comedy pioneer Hal Roach, of the roots of comedy and of the big slapstick stars.

Bonus Material contains:

- "Fort Roach": The Hal Roach Studios during the 2nd World War
- Willie Work Movie with Harold Lloyd: "Just Nuts"
- Speed-O-Bike Commercial with Spanky ("Our Gang")
- Extracts of: "Joel Gentry Goes Hollywood" produced for John Deere at the Roach Studios
- Hal Roach Announcement of Harry Langdon
- Home Movies from Hal Roach Cameraman Art Lloyd

And additional interviews with:

Hal Roach, Norbert Aping, Richard W. Bann, Maria Carpenter, Richard Corell, Annette D'Agostino Lloyd, Stefan Drößler, Sheila James Kuehl, Suzanne Lloyd, Chuck McCann, Mundstuhl, Marvin Paige, Olaf Schubert, Randy Skretvedt, Stan Taffel

With 5 exklusive collector's postcards

Turncover english/ german