Quick Snaps: 'Extract' Now on DVD

The latest comedy from Austin filmmaker Mike Judge, Extract, is out on DVD today. Just in time for Christmas, you can sit with your family and watch a movie about insurance fraud, adultery, sexy con artists, dopey gigolos, drug-pushing bartenders ... hmm, I may have to get my hands on a copy. As you can see from my review, I got a kick out of the movie, although it may not be as repeatedly watchable as Office Space or Idiocracy. Jenn Brown also reviewed the film.

The DVD release gives me an excuse to share a few more photos from the local Extract premiere at the Paramount in August. As I noted in my article, everyone was sweating like crazy, although you're supposed to call it "glow" when actors do it. Still, the folks on the red carpet that evening were good-natured about it. Debbie Cerda was also there and got some great quotes from Judge as well as Houston actress Lidia Porto, who plays one of the factory workers in the film, sidekick to Beth Grant's chronic complainer. Although Grant wasn't at the Extract red carpet, we chatted with her a bit at Austin Film Festival and should be posting some of that material soon.

After the jump, I've got a photo of Lidia Porto, another of Jason Bateman, and one more of Mike Judge, my favorite from the evening.

I think Lidia, who also played a reporter in Idiocracy, doesn't do many red carpets and she was genuinely happy for us to take her photo and chat with her about Extract:

Mike Judge strikes me as someone who would rather be working on movies than having to stand around getting his picture taken, or doing press events. Still, I was able to interview him earlier in the day and enjoyed talking with him about Extract. I don't know what triggered the photo below, but something must have genuinely amused him.

Speaking of amused people on the red carpet, I still don't know what Jason Bateman said that made Slackerwood reporter Debbie Cerda laugh so hard. But I do like the following photo, and hope Debbie doesn't mind my sharing it.

If these aren't enough Extract photos for you, I've got a whole set from the Paramount gala event on Flickr.

You can pick up a copy of Extract on DVD or Blu-Ray at any local retail store, or through Amazon.