Product Details

• Actors: Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith, Glen Buxton
• Directors: Joe Gannon
• Writers: Joe Gannon, Shep Gordon, Fred Smoot
• Producers: Joe Gannon, Herb Margolis, Shep Gordon
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Shout! Factory
• DVD Release Date: November 8, 2005
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BCKXT0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,392 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper - Live 1973 - Billion Dollar Babies Tour" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

And now, America's own Billion Dollar Babies ... the legendary ALICE COOPER!

The original Rock ’n’ Roll Spectacle. The groundbreaking tour. The five original members of the Alice Cooper group captured live. The 1973 Billion Dollar Babies show was the first of its kind. No other band had ever brought a more expensive, elaborate theatrical production to the rock stage -- and rarely has any since.

Now available for the FIRST TIME since it hit theaters in 1974, Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper -- the film made during the Billion Dollar Babies tour that combines stunning concert footage with an outrageous story and also features the band’s acting debut — has been transferred in high definition and now includes a new 5.1 Surround Sound mix.

The crunching music, the snake, the guillotine, the makeup, the hatchets, mannequins and dolls, the money, the whips -- it all started here. Alice Cooper kicked the door down. All the other artists followed behind.

Featuring 13 Alice Cooper classics recorded live in concert:

Hello, Hooray
Billion Dollar Babies
Elected
I’m Eighteen
Raped And Freezin’
No More Mr. Nice Guy
My Stars
Unfinished Sweet
Sick Things
Dead Babies
I Love The Dead
School’s Out
Under My Wheels
And a studio performance of The Lady Is A Tramp

Plus These Special Features:
*Audio Commentary by Alice Cooper
*Play-Concert-Only Option
*Deleted Scene and Outtakes
*Original Theatrical Trailer and Radio Spots
*Poster Gallery With Original Promotional Material
Band Biographies
*DVD Easter Eggs
*Anamorphic Widescreen & 5.1 Surround Sound

Customer Reviews

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69 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars After all these years, it really is good to see this again!, September 20, 2005

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scotbot (the Negative Zone) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper - Live 1973 - Billion Dollar Babies Tour (DVD)

If Charles Manson killed the hippie's "Summer Of Love", Alice Cooper mocked and humped the corpse. There could have been no better time for Alice Cooper to appear than in the early 70s. I was just a child at the time, standing around shadowy corners of the schoolyard where second hand stories of Alice's gory live act were whispered and traded like gruesome little folklore tales. Our parents tried to protect us, but we would spend amazing amounts of effort sneaking albums and 8-track tapes of Alice around, secretly listening to the forbidden musical gems. Anybody who saw the band live at this time must have sensed that they were witness to a historical moment in time... a moment that represented American pop-culture's bogus innocence being deflowered. These lovely blood spattered memories are now ours to cherish forever with the DVD release of "Good to See You Again Alice Cooper", available for the first time ever on home video.

Two nights of Alice Cooper's notorious 1973 Billion Dollar Babies tour (April 28th in Dallas and April 29th in Houston) were filmed to create this rare 1974 midnight matinee film, and it's a great testament to the riotous live act that made the Alice Cooper Group a threat to concerned parents everywhere. This DVD contains the original cut of the film which includes the band starring in charming little skits scattered amongst the astonishing live footage (The more common version of the film shown in theaters included old film and newsreel footage instead of the skits). A highly amusing moment among these skits features the band playing "The Lady Is a Tramp". Shout! Factory lovingly provides this release with a new high-definition film transfer along with a new Surround Sound mix created from the 16-track master tapes.

What uncomfortable items will Alice shove down his pants? What celebrity will be pummeled to a pulp by the band? Will the snake get out of control? Where will all the blood and spittle drip to? Will security be able to hold Alice back from attacking and brawling with audience members? Will Alice lose his head? The answers to these questions and more are available in "Good to See You Again Alice Cooper - The film that out-grosses them all".

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Alice!!!, November 12, 2005

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tws "thomas saunders" (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper - Live 1973 - Billion Dollar Babies Tour (DVD)

Great to see some vintage early Alice on DVD!!! There are 4 Hidden Easter Eggs total. Here is how to open them Song Selections/"Animal Road"- Left Click 2. Song Selections/"Sick Things"- Right Click 3. Bonus Features/Deleted Scene- Left Click 4.Audio Setup/Alice Cooper Commentary- Right Click I Highly Recommend this DVD!!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great commentary from the master himself finally makes this movie work!, April 12, 2006

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Richard Howard "aquabreeze" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper - Live 1973 - Billion Dollar Babies Tour (DVD)

It has taken over 30 years for this movie, in its original version, to finally be officially released! and what a special gem this is, but...

WARNING - i must suggest that ANY new viewer of this movie should firstly watch this movie WITH Alice Cooper's commentary, otherwise you most likely will not fully enjoy it, may even hate it and may never give it another chance which would actually be a pity. why?...

firstly... hard-core Alice fans, who have endured many years of watching average quality versions of the 2nd version of this movie (which saw limited theatrical release in 1974 and had most of the 'comedy' story parts replaced by Alice press conference footage and clips from old Hollywood movies - overall, aside from the live footage, not a very enjoyable viewing experience) and dire quality versions of this original version, will certainly marvel at the quality of this release... and everyone else may complain about the at-times sketchy print, dull picture, or crackly sound. it's sharp and completely watchable, but be prepared for imperfections - this release is from movie prints that have sat unplayed and decaying in some vault for over 30 years! it may as well be antique...

secondly... the live footage, though too darkly filmed, is superb and effectively captures the meyhem of the Billion Dollar Babies show and Alice Cooper's character as a drunken socialist punk of the times. but the movie as a whole - with a 'comical' story line, weaved between the concert footage, of a mentally-deranged German film director (Herr Director) out to seek revenge on the 'Cooper gang' for trashing his film set and walking out on him leaving all hopes of him making a brilliant ground-breaking movie to trash - just doesn't work. it's not that funny, badly directed, badly edited (due to hardly any editing done so the story parts go for way too long), and for some can be rather painful viewing...

HOWEVER... what makes this movie an enjoyable watch is watching it with Alice Cooper commentating through it. he laughs at the absurdity of it (even the bad acting), points out the meanings of the scenes, the inside jokes, the cliches, the 'art' of his live act, is startled himself by the onstage grossness, and most interestingly, talks about the band members and characters including what 'Alice Cooper' meant in America at the time (completely different to Cooper's present onstage character). he managed to turn what seems like a tragic attempt of film-making (which it is) into a deep, dark, and crazy package capturing the essence of a truly decedant time for the band!...

Alice Cooper himself gives you the sense that this movie was made for the band's own pleasure - the band and friends making it 'got it', but no one else did - but now we get to be on the inside and can finally have the chance to understand it and laugh with it, and better understand Alice Cooper too...
2 stars for the story parts...
4 stars for the concert footage...
5 stars for Alice Cooper's commentary...
and 4 stars for the many extras which includes a 'Play Concert Only' option, outtakes and deleted scenes, excerpts of Alice Cooper's charming press conference interview, and the uncensored live version of Unfinished Sweet featuring the omitted footage of the frisky onstage shenanigans!
4 STARS ALL-UP! Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper (get it?)