Please let this come to the UK
When Robin Williams died in 2014, the world lost one of its greatest comedians. From movies like Mrs Doubtfire, Good Morning Vietnam and Aladdin, to his anarchic stand-up performances, he brought smiles to the faces of fans across the world.
Now his legacy is being celebrated with a new DVD collection in the US. The mammoth 22-disc collection, spanning his entire career.
It doesn’t include any of this films, but instead, his five HBO stand up specials, along with several never-before-seen shows.
There is also a host of rare footage including Williams on talk shows, promo clips, and early stand up video, along with new interviews from Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Jay Leno, Eric Idle and more. And hours and hours and hours of more stuff.
At the moment, it looks like it’ll only be available in the US through mail order distributor TimeLife. It’ll probably be possible to import it into the UK somehow, but it will likely be Region 1 coded, so you’ll probably need a multi-region DVD player.
The collection includes:
- All five HBO stand-up specials together for the very first time, including Off the Wall (1978), An Evening with Robin Williams (1983), An Evening at the MET (1986), Live on Broadway (2002) and Weapons of Self Destruction (2009)
- Never-before-released shows, including Robin’s full MGM Grand Garden stand-up from 2007 and the Montreal stop on his last tour in 2012, a conversation on stage between Williams and comedian David Steinberg
- Robin’s best talk show and late-night TV appearances on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Graham Norton Show, Saturday Night Live and more
- Rare, never-before-seen clips including early stand-up, raw footage from HBO’s promo shoots, a hilarious toast to Richard Pryor by Robin as Mrs. Doubtfire, and more
- Brand new interviews with close friends and family including Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Jay Leno, Eric Idle, David Steinberg, Lewis Black and Zak Williams
- 11 hilarious episodes of Mork & Mindy, including the two-part pilot!
- James Lipton’s Emmy® Award-nominated 90-minute interview with Robin on Inside the Actors Studio, plus deleted scenes
- A comprehensive collection of Robin’s USO shows around the world
- Hours of bonus features including behind-the-scenes footage, local highlights from tour stops, promos and more. Featurettes include: The Early Years, San Francisco: Where It All Started, Comic Genius, and TV’s Best Guest
- Critically acclaimed 2018 HBO documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind from Emmy® Award-winning director Marina Zenovich and Oscar-winning producer Alex Gibney.
- “Robin Williams: Uncensored,” a collectible 24-page, full-color memory book featuring rare, archival photos from award-winning photographer Arthur Grace, reminiscences from friends and colleagues, Robin’s personal tour notes and more.
- All housed in a deluxe collector’s box
