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Posted by Steve on 09/24/06 05:08
On 23 Sep 2006 21:18:06 -0700, "gerry" <gerrytwo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>If a release date for the region 2 DVD was announced, that implies that
>Network had all the clearances it needed for a UK release of the 12
>hour series. Since the series is already on laserdiscs, a cheap, fast
>way to make the DVDs would be to port the LD image to a digital
>recorder, insert chapters and create a menu, then stamp out DVDs.
>Geoge Lucas did that with the Star Wars DVDs he just released. There
>must be another complication to the release delay, a rights issue that
>may not involve the clip copyrights of the old films. Maybe the lawyer
>for David Gill's heirs is asking for more money for DVD rights, or
>something else out of left field. It is unusual for a DVD with a
>release date to be pulled off the market a few months before its
>release date.
Heheh, happens quite often actually. To this day I'm pissed off about
a release going back to the laserdisc days, "Noah's Ark" (1929) was
announced by MGM and even given a catalogue number, I ordered it; yet
the week of its due date it was cancelled. Maybe that will finally
come to DVD, eventually.
As I say, it seems that they are looking for a simultaneous Region
1/Regon2 because of the obvious issue of North Americans, (Hollywood
happens to be in the US after all) ordering a lot of Region 2 DVDs
when the rights have not yet been secured for North America. I think
it may be related to the label also, while TCM or Warner would handle
the Region 1 release, they would obviously have nothing to do with the
UK issue, so there's some negotiation...
The one certain thing is that some Big Shots ARE trying to get the
Hollywood set out for sale, and A&E released a Region 1 DVD of the
followup of "The Unknown Chaplin" with little fanfare, so it CAN be
done..
... Steve ..
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>Fred wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:39:43 -0400, Steve
>> <jazzhunter@atcollectorAGAIN.org> wrote:
>>
>> >You didn't read my previous, original comment, that it WAS going to be
>> >the original master. I was playing Devils Advocate to Gerry's remarks.
>>
>> OK, sorry. :-)
>>
>> >Actually I think the DVD will sell very well considering the current
>> >interest in pre-talkies and the many discoveries of previously lost
>> >films.
>>
>> Well, it'll sell very well to its tiny niche market. It won't be but
>> a little blip on the radar compared to a regular (i.e. current)
>> release. Believe me, I wish it were otherwise, but it's not.
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