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TCM Poll

posted 16 years ago by jrhodes84
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Who knows how well online polling really works, but, if you'd like to express your interest in a DVD release of Porgy and Bess, TCM is apparently taking note:

http://www.tcm.com/top/notondvd/

[–] becool 16 years ago

I just came here to tell people to go to Turner Classics to vote for Porgy and Bess, but I found you had already done so. Currently it is in the number 126 position with 907 votes. I sure hope this helps.

[–] jrhodes84 16 years ago

So do I. I can't believe "Porgy" is getting beat out by "The Legend of the Lone Ranger."

Of course "Lone Ranger" has the advantage of having been previously released on VHS. When a film is out of the public consciousness for fifty years, I'm sure it's difficult to generate widespread interest in it again.

[–] syphax 16 years ago

POLL UPDATE: Just cast my "home video vote", I was 960. TCM's Not-On-Home Video Rank: 110.

"An accident Dolores, can be an unhappy woman's best friend."

[–] weho90069 15 years ago

I just put my vote in for "Porgy and Bess" but noticed that some of the films listed are already out on DVD. TCM may talley our votes daily but they should review their selections to weed out those titles which have release dates or are already on store shelves.

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[–] HillieBoliday 15 years ago

I am a Born-Again-Evangelical Christian....proud of it...because I love
the Lord Jesus Christ!

What do you mean by the reference to "the new nazis" in your signature.

Can you please explain?

And...oh...by the way.....I am voting for P&G to be re-mastered, with
commentary, etc., for release also.

I have managed to get a copy, both on VHS & DVD.

Thanks.

"OOO...I'M GON' TELL MAMA!"

[–] tenorlyrico 14 years ago

YA KNOW, IVE READ ALOT OF THESE DISCUSSION BOARDS ON PORGY AND BESS AND THE QUESTION ON RELEASING IT, INCLUDING A DEBATE ON THE COSTS OF ITS RESTORATION AND ROYALTIES, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHOEVER HAS CONTROL OVER THIS MUST BE HEARTLESS. READING THE PASSION AND EMOTION FOR A MOVIE THAT PEOPLE HAVNT SEEN IN OVER 50 YEARS NOW, MADE ME FIND A BOOTLEG COPY AND BUY IT AND IM SO GLAD I DID. I WAS SO MOVED BY ALL THE EMPASSIONED PLEES I HAVE READ HERE AND THERE THAT I FELT I HAD TO EXPERIENCE THIS FILM. I FOUND NOTHING OFFENSIVE ABOUT IT. THAT WAS LIFE IN THAT TIME PERIOD...AND THATS WHAT IT IS...A PERIOD PIECE. SAMMY DAVIS JR WAS SO GOOD, YOU COULD TELL HOW MUCH HE WANTED THAT ROLE, DOROTHY WAS LOVELY...SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL... AND I LIKED SIDNEY'S YOUTH AND INNOCENCE HE BROUGHT TO THE ROLE.....

I HAVE STARTED A PETITION.. THE ADDRESS IS http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/porgyandbessmovie/ ...ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS I WILL SEND THE PETITION TO THE GERSHWIN ESTATE, THE GOLDWYN ESTATE, AND MGM.... HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL NOTICE AND HEAR OUR CRIES...I REALIZE ITS ALL ABOUT MAKING A PROFIT. BUT IF THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO WANT THIS PRODUCT THEN THEY MAY REALIZE THERE IS A MARKET FOR SUCH A PRODUCT.

[–] jrsl88 12 years ago

I had signed the petition last November. Someone had sent me a link to watch in online. http://veehd.com/video/4565848_PORGY-and-BESS-1959-Sidney-Poitier-Doro thy-Dandridge-Otto-Preminger-7P-Classics-Collection Haven't watched it yet because I need Codec-C to watch it.

I am so full of anticipation that my genitals have sucked up into my body cavity.