Just like the real thing...kinda

We bought a bootleg DVD of Mean Girls, which is still in theaters, in SoHo last week. The case certainly isn't going to fool anyone into thinking it's a legit copy, but for five bucks, it'll work. The case artwork is decent, although it's clear someone did a little bit of work to make it look like a promo poster for the movie and printed it from a home jet printer. The back even has a plot synopsis. The disc has no art on it, other than a stamp of the movie title. As for the movie itself, I expected it to be the standard jerky camerawork of someone filming the theater screen with a handy video cam. It's surprisingly steady. It's not DVD quality in picture or sound, and other than names getting chopped off the left and right sides during the opening credits, it captures the important part of the screen. But alas, no closing credits. I'm sure that once the lights come on in the theater, the bootleggers have to move it pronto before they get busted. I won't get into the actual movie itself (it's brilliant), but for five bucks a piece, the next time I'm in NYC, I'm coming back with a library of movies.

Update: I forgot to mention that we bought the DVD partly as a tribute to a dear friend who once bought a bootleg copy of Kiss The Girls, who bought it because it cracked him up and because he was a cheap bastard. :) We love you, Timmy.