Eating Raoul
- Year: 1982
- Country of origin: USA
- Genre: Comedy, Crime
- Director: Paul Bartel
- Length: 90 min
- IMDb rating:
Meet Paul and Mary Bland… they do it for the money.
Synopsis
Eating Raoul (1982) follows a conservative Los Angeles couple who accidentally kill an intruder and discover a profitable method of luring and robbing promiscuous visitors. As they expand their scheme with the help of an opportunistic accomplice, tensions rise over control, profit, and personal boundaries. This comedy blends dark satire and deadpan humor in a story of greed, hypocrisy, and moral inversion.
Selected disc options for Eating Raoul
| Extras | Criterion BD-A/US 2012 | Columbia DVD-1/US/OOP 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Co-Writer Richard Blackburn, Production Designer Robert Schulenberg, and Editor Alan Toomayan | has extra | |
| Cooking Up Raoul" - Interviews with Actors Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, and Edie McClurg | has extra | |
| Interview with Director/Co-Writer Paul Bartel and Actress Mary Woronov | has extra | |
| Gag Reel | has extra | |
| Theatrical Trailer | has extra | |
| “Naughty Nurse” - By Paul Bartel | has extra | |
| “The Secret Cinema” - By Paul Bartel | has extra | |
| Audio Interview with Production Designer Robert Schulenberg on “The Secret Cinema” | has extra |
Notes
- Criterion’s Blu-ray includes a booklet with writing by David Ehrenstein.
- Columbia’s DVD contains no extras. Trailers included: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), The Dark Crystal (1982) and Big Shot’s Funeral (2001).
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