on DVD?
Has ICFH come out on DVD? I have heard conflicting stories that it did but was discontinued or that it came out in Canada only. Does anyone know for sure?
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quinnn
I have written Paramount about this several times, but they never respoded.
But according to sources, it was never released....
"Unfortunately, it HAS been cancelled. Early this month, Martin Blythe of Paramount confirmed it in a post at DVDTalk. Paramount has taken this off of their July 2002 schedule because of those dreaded "clearance problems."
This is one of my favorite films. I really hope they get around to issuing it someday. My VHS copy is almost all worn out.
Well, I got my response....
Martin Blythe is a Sr. VP at Paramount home Entertainment. He writes....
In a message dated 9/22/04 6:34:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
no plans - clearances would be impossible
Oh Well.
Thankfully, those of us with Laserdiscs players are somewhat in luck since a Laserdisc was made. Unfortunately, it's hard as hell to find . . .
shareClearances?? I assume that means permission to use all of the film clips?
How does it work that this can be shown on television, has been released to video & laserdisc, but clearances for DVD are "impossible" to obtain?
Because back then, rights issues weren't as stringent as they are now. Since the advent of DVD has made home movie collecting bigger than it ever has, studios are protecting their properties like crazy (there's money in them thar shiny frisbees!)
Paramount may have had permission back then, but the license probably expired years ago and to redraw it now in the digital age is probably a huge headache.
I can name one time when this type of issue came up. MGM pressed a special edition LD of Pink Floyd's The Wall, with commentary with the director Alan Parker and Dolby Digital sound. Right after the first pressing, MGM lost the license and the LD never received a second print. Then when the DVD was released by Columbia, the commentary track was by members of the band and the animator Gerald Scarfe. Also the Dolby Digital mix was discernably different. My guess is, MGM lost the rights to the film, but retained the rights on Alan Parker's commentary and the LD's Dolby Digital mix.
Just because one studio loses the rights to a film, doesn't mean existing copies in any format, have to be destroyed. They just can't make anymore.
Thanks for enlightening me on this. It's just one of those things where my common sense tells me different than what the complicated reality actually is (it's often like that with the legal system, isn't it?). I hope they put in the effort one of these days. My copy is pretty old.
shareOnly thing I can suggest is contact a distributor who puts out these kind of genre films (ie Anchor Bay or Blue Underground just to name a few) and let them know you would be interested in purchasing this film.
Sometimes asking doesn't hurt. A lot of these companys count on consumer interest before putting out their products.
Hell, if Paramount won't do it maybe one of these company's would...
I already e-mailed quite a few.
maybe we should start an online petition.......
I just checked Amazon's Canadian site, and it says the DVD is slated to be released on Jan. 1, 2010! But it can be preordered now. :-/
(Does anyone else fall off the couch at "the National Geographic version of Madame Butterfly"? Has me in tears every time...)
I think they just through up an arbitary date because the title was cancelled and no ammended re-release date was ever issued. I have never heard of a distributor announcing a dvd release 5 years in advance.
And yes, that scene was hysterical.
I finally got a Laserdisc of this movie. It's not the best transfer and it's got no digital sound, but it's still a format that won't wear out (so long as it doesn't rot!)
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They sure don't write 'em like that anymore -pants-wettingly funny!
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