The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Special Edition Blu-ray
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Posted July 18, 2025 09:29 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Special Edition of Colin Higgins' The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, and Jim Nabors. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 23.
Description: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas documents in rousing song and dance a new Texas legend, which now joins the Alamo as a historical institution, immortalized in story, song, book, play, and movie. The demise of the real-life Chicken Ranch inspired the hit stage musical, and now this boisterous big-screen adaptation, headed by superstar Burt Reynolds (Smokey and the Bandit) as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd and red-hot country legend Dolly Parton (9 to 5) as the Chicken Ranch's proprietress, Miss Mona. The two join together not only in romance but to fight big-city TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe (Dom DeLuise, The Cannonball Run) in his efforts to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal, and thus close it down. The mighty Charles Durning (The Sting) earned an Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor, 1982) as the Governor of Texas in this irresistible Southern-fried classic from filmmaker Colin Higgins (Harold and Maude, Foul Play, 9 to 5). Show-stopping musical numbers include "Sneakin' Around," "Hard Candy Christmas," and Dolly's eternal ballad, "I Will Always Love You." Y'all come back now, you hear?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas documents in rousing song and dance a new Texas legend, which now joins the Alamo as a historical institution, immortalized in story, song, book, play, and movie. The demise of the real-life Chicken Ranch inspired the hit stage musical, and now this boisterous big-screen adaptation, headed by superstar Burt Reynolds (Smokey and the Bandit) as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd and red-hot country legend Dolly Parton (9 to 5) as the Chicken Ranch's proprietress, Miss Mona. The two join together not only in romance but to fight big-city TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe (Dom DeLuise, The Cannonball Run) in his efforts to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal, and thus close it down. The mighty Charles Durning (The Sting) earned an Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor, 1982) as the Governor of Texas in this irresistible Southern-fried classic from filmmaker Colin Higgins (Harold and Maude, Foul Play, 9 to 5). Show-stopping musical numbers include "Sneakin' Around," "Hard Candy Christmas," and Dolly's eternal ballad, "I Will Always Love You." Y'all come back now, you hear?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM A 35MM INTERPOSITIVE
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Paul Anthony Nelson and Perri Cummings
- NEW Audio Commentary by Entertainment Journalists/Authors Bryan Reesman and Max Evry
- The Making of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Featurette (7:18)
- Outtakes (4:06)
- Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in 2K)
- 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0
- Optional English Subtitles
