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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1980 DVD Release: 05/07/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered,Restored/Remastered,Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Action, Action Comedy, Buddy Film, Biker Film

This sequel to Every Which Way But Loose finds Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) on the road, orangutan companion Clyde in tow, as he makes his way as a bare-knuckle fighter. The action begins with Philo punching out a new victim while Clyde relieves himself on the seat of a police car, setting the tone for the rest of the story. From there, Philo and Clyde return home, where Philo, who still lives with Ma (Ruth Gordon), is offered a contest with Jack Wilson (William Smith), the Mafia-sponsored East Coast bare-knuckle champ. Philo inadvertently saves Wilson's life, but then the Mafia kidnaps his girlfriend (Sondra Locke) to force him to go ahead with the match. Philo and Wilson team up to battle the Mob, but somehow they end up fighting anyway in a grueling climactic sequence. Country music, bikers, the Mafia, an orangutan, pick-up trucks, defecation jokes, fighting, drinking, and swearing -- it's all here in this lowbrow comic stew. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Clint Eastwood - Philo Beddoe
Sondra Locke - Lynne Halsey-Taylor
Ruth Gordon - Ma Boggs
William Smith - Jack Wilson
Harry Guardino - James Beekman

This Warner Brothers disc offers a bare-bones but solid DVD edition of this Clint Eastwood favorite. It breaks the film down into a generous 34 chapters, thus making it very easy for viewers to find their favorite gags and fights within the film's running time. Any Which Way You Can also benefits from a top-notch remastering job: the anamorphically enhanced video transfer is rich in color and sharp detail and the soundtrack has been given a nice Dolby Digital 5.1 remix that allows the viewer to savor each country tune and punch-up sound effect in style. Extras are limited to just a trailer and a brief set of production notes but both are worthwhile - the skillfully edited trailer has some amusing voice-over narration and the production notes reveal a few noteworthy nuggets of trivia, including the fact that this modest little comedy was one of the most successful films of 1980 thanks to a $75 million gross at the box office. The disc also gets a few bonus points for using the film's lavish painted-collage poster art for its cover. All in all, Any Which Way You Can is a well-crafted DVD that makes up for its lack of extras with a great transfer guaranteed to please the film's fans. ~ Donald Guarisco, All Movie Guide