'Can't Hardly Wait' Is Back 10 Years Later ... Will Amber Benson Finally Appear?
Filed under: Comedy, New Releases, Home Entertainment
While I feel a little bit guilty about it, I love Can't Hardly Wait. It's not a huge, universally loved high school film on par with the likes of The Breakfast Club, but it is a quirky little film that nicely captured the skewed politics of high school and teen life in the '90s. And it's full of Buffy the Vampire Slayer co/guest-stars. FULL. Seth Green - Oz - Kenny. Paige Moss - Veruca - Ashley (girl who remembers Kenny's Cheetos incident). Clea DuVall - Invisible Girl Marcie - Jana the allergic dancer. Christopher Wiehl - Owen - Horny Guy. Channon Roe - Zeppo Jack - Jake, Jock #1. Eric Balfour - Jesse - brownie licker. John Patrick White - Beastly Pete - Tassle Guy. Nicole Bilderback - a Cordette - "Ready to Have Sex Girl."
And finally, Amber Benson - Tara - Stoned Girl. Now here's the potentially awesome news: After the last disappointing release that didn't have any deleted scenes (although her role was talked about and infamous), the Tenth Anniversary release is including deleted scenes! They better include Benson's stint, or I think Elfont and Kaplan will get accosted with discs flying through the air.
Beyond that, the disc offers both the original commentary and a new one, a 10-year reunion, and some featurettes. The DVD will hit shelves on September 30. Get your pop tarts and get ready!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-05-2008 @ 4:39PM
techstar25 said...
That movie is filled with actors who went on to bigger things. Here are some of them:
Charlie Korsmo (Numb3rs)
Peter Facinelli (Fastlane)
Seth Green (family guy, robot chicken)
Freddy Rodriguez ("el Wray" in Planet Terror)
Donald Faison (Clueless, Scrubs)
Jaime Pressly (My name is earl)
Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up, etc)
Clea Duvall (Carvivale, Heroes)
Selma Blair (Hellboy)
Sara Rue (Less than Perfect)
Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg)
Melissa Joan Hart (Clarissa explains it all, Sabrina Teenage Witch)
Jerry O'Connell (Crossing Jordan, Carpoolers, the awesome Tom Cruise spoof)
Breckin Meyer (Clueless, Robot Chicken)
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8-05-2008 @ 4:42PM
Across said...
Can't Hardly Wait is indeed one of my favorite films. I'm glad to see a new edition of it hitting the streets (and will be picking it up, definitely), I just wish they'd clean it up a tad and Blu-ray it soon.
To me it's like a lost John Hughes film, as in the 90s, no other film seemed to capture what it was like to be a teenager in that era as well as CHW did.
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8-05-2008 @ 7:29PM
Larry said...
Can't Hardly Wait is coming out on Blu-Ray: http://www.amazon.com/Cant-Hardly-Wait-Blu-ray/dp/B001CY5MYW
8-05-2008 @ 4:42PM
Derek Miner said...
You hit upon my thoughts exactly! I love this movie as-is, but I'm always up for more Amber Benson!
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8-05-2008 @ 5:47PM
Sexy Boy said...
I think I just peed a little. Seriously, I can't believe it's been 10 years, but I've been aching to see the cut scenes since I saw the DVD with commentary (and Seth Green's odd British accent)...
Anyone know if they are releasing it re-edited with the deleted scenes? or if they're just bonuses on the back end of the DVD?...
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8-05-2008 @ 6:11PM
scott said...
it also spawned a bunch of Six Feet Unders -
Lauren Ambrose
Freddy Rodriguez
Peter Facinelli
Eric Balfour
plus Jennifer Elise Cox (who was deleted along with Amber Benson)
and honorable mention Meadow Sisto, who was never on Six Feet Under, but her brother Jeremy was...
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8-06-2008 @ 11:17AM
Jordan said...
to be entirely fair, to the sharp eyed, Amber Benson can be seen in a line-less scene, being utterly fascinated by a banana. :p
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9-21-2008 @ 3:12PM
anonymoose said...
From what I hear, the "infamous" deleted Stoner Girl scene also features Seth Green and is something Buffy fans will definitely not want to miss.
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