Product Details

• Actors: Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy
• Directors: Various
• Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Legend Films
• DVD Release Date: January 26, 2010
• Run Time: 117 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0030VBGJU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,051 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The comedy event of the year comes to DVD! The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000® meet the worst movie of all time to bring you RiffTrax Live! Join Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett live and onstage at the historic Belcourt Theater in Nashville as they riff along hilariously to Ed Wood's classic B-movie blunder Plan 9 from Outer Space. Hosted by internet superstar Veronica Belmont, and featuring two uproarious short films by Somethingawful.com's Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka, as well as a crowd-pleasing musical set by geek troubadour Jonathan Coulton, RiffTrax Live! Nashville '09 offers non-stop music and laughs. Also includes "Flying Stewardess," a 40's travel short that gets subjected to the guys' signature brand of rapid-fire riffing.

Join Mike, Kevin, Bill and the gang for a truly magical night of comedy and cult classics: RiffTrax Live!

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOL funny!, December 17, 2009

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David (San Jose, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RiffTrax: Plan 9 From Outer Space LIVE! Nashville 2009 - from the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000! (DVD)

I wasn't sure what to expect from this first RiffTrax Live event. By the time it was over, I'd laughed the hardest I'd probably laughed in a year or two!

Other than the two "riffed" films, there were some other short comedy bits of variable quality. There were some fake commercials, one of which I made our audience and I laugh, but the other not so much. This was my first, and likely last, experience with Jonathan Coulton. I know he is extremely popular in some circles, and if you are a fan I'm sure you'll like to see him here. Personally, I'm thankful that I can skip past him on the DVD.

On to the main films, both Plan 9 and the stewardess short were comedy gold. It was like an especially good old Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode. The shots where they showed the guys off to the side while they ripped on the movie were a great idea. It was a lot of fun to see their expressions and when they even cracked each other up.

Mike, Kevin, and Bill definitely brought their A game for this one. If you enjoy RiffTrax or are an old MSTK fan like I am, I wholeheartedly recommend this.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'll bet the Alien Commander can do this review in one sentence., January 26, 2010

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McGillicutty "DVD Fan" (The Sooner Nation) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RiffTrax: Plan 9 From Outer Space LIVE! Nashville 2009 - from the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000! (DVD)

My review is based on seeing the live performance back in August of '09. I don't think seeing the same performance on a smaller screen will be as funny, but it will still be side-splitting hilarious. Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, & Bill Corbett are in great form and the results are well worth buying this DVD for your collection.

Perhaps the only worthy criticism is that they tried to make a "show" of it, highlighted by a somewhat nervous host ("Internet Superstar" Veronica Belmont), a couple of songs from Rich Kyanka that you can take or leave, and a funny performance by Corbett of "Plans 1 - 8". It certainly may have influenced the next Live Show (the "Christmas Shorts") which restricted itself to riffing the shorts alone.

We start with the highly riffable short, "Flying Stewardess" a trip into the late 40's to see what it was like to train as a "Stewardess". I'm sure this will be popular with all MST3K/Rifftrax fans across the country, save perhaps for the citizens of Ft. Worth, Texas, who's city gets a good natured skewering.

Getting to the main event, "Plan 9" is so terrible as a film that it doesn't matter that it was presented in faux-color (heavy on pastels in some scenes). The riffing was wonderful, but at one point when the alien commander gives an unreal long-winded speech the riffing stopped as the audience howled in the joy of the moment. So bad, so effeminent, so gawd-awful long it was that at the end when Corbett popped off, "I think that was one sentence." the theatre exploded.

If you were there, this DVD is a must. If you are a fan, this DVD should be in your collection. If you are not sure, I would suggest viewing the first two Rifftrax shorts DVDs to get the flavor of the comedy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Brains !!! No seriously, bring us more RIFFTRAX LIVE events!, January 15, 2010

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P. McMullen "kinghazzah" (Central West Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RiffTrax: Plan 9 From Outer Space LIVE! Nashville 2009 - from the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000! (DVD)

I was fortunate enough to see this LIVE when it ran the first time around (it was so popular that it had a "live" repeat performance a few weeks later same theaters) and I concur with the previous two reviews. While I did enjoy the attempt to (loosely) connect Coulton's Zombie song to the Plan 9 movie, the movie itself was the main attraction. I also attended the Christmas Shorts Live program which may or may not be released to DVD at sometime for home viewing and while they were still good clean fun (many more families I noticed were present at this theater, the same one where I saw Plan 9) and in true Rifftrax/MST3K form it just wasn't quite the same as this Live event.

I purchased mine direct from the Rifftrax site (which actually cost a bit more than the Amazon price) and I'm not disappointed that I can now share this evening of laughs with friends who weren't able to attend or just watch it myself again, and again, and again, and again... No matter how many times I see Plan 9 even without the Riffing just because it's the "Citizen Kane" of bad films but somehow the LIVE Riff even makes my old copy of the B&W Riffed version seem somehow inadequate. This one has the colorized version of the movie so if you want to be a purist just turn off your color bar and see it in the original GLORIOUS B&W version as originally released by Ed Wood to theaters in 1959. Either way just GET A COPY so you too can Laugh Out Loud!

I would highly recommend this to any fan of both RIFFTRAX and MST3K even with the music. As a previous reviewer said, you can forward fast the parts that you don't want to see if you just want the shorts and the movie. Peace out.