Home Media
In December 2005, The Room was released on DVD. It is only available for rental at select video rental shops via direct distribution from Wiseau Films. The first video rental service to carry The Room was GreenCine, followed by Netflix in 2009. The Room is notably absent from Blockbuster's list of available films. The Room has not been made available for download.
The DVD's special features include an interview with Wiseau, who is asked questions by an off-screen Greg Sestero. Wiseau sits directly in front of a fireplace, with a mantel cluttered by various props from the film: the candelabra from Johnny and Lisa's sex scenes, Denny's football, Denny's basketball (from the Chris-R scene), the red roses Johnny brings to Lisa, and Johnny's clock radio; next to him sits a large framed theatrical poster for the film. Wiseau fails to answer several of the questions, instead offering apparently unintentional non sequiturs: When asked to explain the scene where the men play football in an alley while wearing tuxedos, Wiseau only replies that playing football without protective gear is fun and challenging. Wiseau's dialogue throughout the interview, like in the film, is heavily dubbed.
Among the outtakes included on the DVD is an alternate version of the Chris-R scene, set in a back alley; instead of tossing a football, Denny is playing basketball and attempts to get the drug dealer to "shoot some H-O-R-S-E" with him to distract him from the debt. Another bonus feature on the DVD is a more than half-hour long fly-on-the-wall style documentary about the making of The Room. The documentary includes no narration, very little dialogue, only one interview (with cast member Carolyn Minnot), and consists largely of clips of the crew preparing to shoot.
The film was released on Blu-ray in December 2012.
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