Product Details

• Actors: Lauren Ashe, Steve Austin (IV), Emily Bauer, Mae Bono, Billy Cranne
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sony
• DVD Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0738920819
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #109,653 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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In creating MTV's contribution to the decline of Western civilization, perverse clay-animation wizard Eric Fogel took the same technique used in lovable children's specials and molded it into a twisted, bloody spectacle combining the best elements of professional wrestling, celebrity gossip shows, and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. It's no surprise his hysterical result became popular enough to spawn its own series of home video highlights.

This clay-per-view special has legendary referee Mills Lane, tuxedo-clad announcers Johnny Gomez and Nick Diamond, and brassy interviewer Stacey Cornbred presenting as much muscle and mayhem as the rich and famous can deliver. Eerily detailed clay contestants include "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Cindy Crawford, Janeane Garofalo, and comedian Chris Rock, who attempts to feed Adam Sandler into a giant razor-sharp fan. On the minus side, the editing is fast and furious--at 45 minutes, the collection winds down just before it wears you out. The humor tends to be topical and relies on the same meat-rending joke played out in countless different ways: annoying celebrities-of-the-moment get all the agony they deserve. On the plus side, this one joke can be pretty darn funny. When snarling songbird Celine Dion starts yanking out punk rocker Keith Flint's body-piercings, you don't really need to know a thing about the players that isn't mentioned in the nonstop color commentary. Despite your higher instincts, you just start laughing... after all, as they say, it's just clay. --Grant Balfour

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deathmatch is great but this DVD is a RIP-OFF !, July 20, 2000

By A Customer

While I agree that the Celebrity Deathmatch series was MTV's greatest gift to mankind, be warned that this DVD is only 45 minutes long. Don't those Sony clowns know that a DVD can easily contain 3 hours of animation? Seven fight scenes is barely two episodes. If the South Park people can fit four episodes into a DVD, I'm sure Sony can do likewise. There are so many other fights not yet available on DVD. Perhaps some entrepreneur out there would like to produce pirated Video CDs of Celebrity Deathmatch? You'd probably get more fight scenes on that!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too Little, Too Late, December 3, 2002

By A Customer

Celebrity Death Match is a wonderfully sick masterpiece. This DVD, however, isn't worth buying. It's only 45 minutes long and [is costly]. Why doesn't Sony release a Celebrity Death Match DVD set of the entire series?

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid it!!, August 15, 2005

By	M. D. Fonseca "carmarthen" (Thunder) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This clasic and marvellous twisted show is one of the funniest things I've ever watched on TV, and the only worth thing watching in that ridiculous and obnoxious channel called MTV. But to release it for this price and containing only 45 (that's it: only 45 minutes!!)it's a shame, and aggression, it's simply not worth it. Maybe someday they will make it right: a box with all the seasons for a fair and reasonable price.