Im Oktober 2008 hat das damals frisch auf dem deutschen Markt gestartete Label Bildstörung Rolf de Heers “Bad Boy Bubby” [AUS / I 1993] als Doppel-DVD inklusive umfangreichem Bonusmaterial veröffentlicht:

• Audiokommentar von Rolf de Heer und Nicholas Hope
• Separate stereophone Tonspur für Kopfhörer – Hör’s mit Bubbys Ohren
• Fassung mit Simulation der Anfangssequenz im ursprünglich geplanten Bildformat 1.33:1
• “Christ Kid, You’re a Weirdo” Interview mit Rolf de Heer [52:14 Min.]
• “Being Bubby” Interview mit Nicholas Hope [34:49 Min.]
• “Popcorn Taxi Q&A” Q&A mit Nicholas Hope [23:50 Min.]
• Kurzfilm “Confessor Caressor” [18:48 Min.]
• Bildergalerie [2:12 Min.]
• weitere Trailer

In den USA ist der Film seit 2005 auf DVD über Blue Underground draußen, in Großbritannien seit April 2007 über Eureka, allerdings mit weniger Extras als beim deutschen Set. Mit den jeweiligen DVD-Bonusmaterialien erscheint der Film im Juli (USA) bzw. August (GB) nun auch auf Blu-ray Discs:

28. Juli 2009 | Blue Underground

L.A. Weekly called it “disturbing and compelling,” and it was awarded The Grand Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Despite a limited release in America, it would shock and delight audiences to become one of the most daring and controversial cult films of the past decade. Nicholas Hope – in what Variety hails as “an astonishing performance” – stars as Bubby, a demented man-child kept locked his entire life in a squalid apartment by his depraved mother. But when Bubby – who can only communicate by mimicking what others say and do – escapes into the outside, he soon discovers the wonders of sex, crime, rock & roll and pizza. Will this ‘mad bastard’ be destroyed by the realities of our cruel world, or does a higher calling ultimately await him in the most unlikely place of all?

• 2.35:1
• English 5.1 DTS-HD; 5.1 Dolby TrueHD;
• Optional Subtitles: English, English SDH, Francais, Espanol
• Region Code: ALL
• “Christ Kid, You’re A Weirdo” Interview with Director Rolf De Heer [ca. 24 Min. auf der bisherigen DVD]
• “Being Bubby” Interview with Star Nicholas Hope [ca. 15 Min. auf der bisherigen DVD]
• “Confessor Caressor” Short Film Starring Nicholas Hope
• Theatrical Trailer

 
3. August 2009 | Eureka! Classics

Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, Bad Boy Bubby with its hard hitting content of deprivation, mental illness and incest shocked its audiences to become one of the most daring and controversial cult films of the 1990s.

Nicholas Hope gives an astonishing performance as Bubby, a demented man-child kept locked for his entire life in a squalid apartment by his depraved mother who uses him for sex.

When Bubby who can only communicate by mimicking what others say and do, escapes into the outside world, he soon discovers young women, crime, rock’n’roll, and pizza. Will this naive ‘mad bastard’ be destroyed by the realities of our cruel world, or does a higher calling ultimately await him in the most unlikely place of all?

• 2.35:1 | AVC
• BD50
• Digital Copy
• English Dolby True-HD 5.1
• English dts-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Director and actor commentary with Rolf de Heer and Nicholas Hope
• Special binaural headphone audio track – be inside Bubby’s head!
• “Christ Kid, You’re a Weirdo” Interview with director Rolf de Heer [ca. 24 Min. auf der bisherigen DVD]
• Original Theatrical Trailer