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Why did it go out of print?

posted 9 years ago by bufster3
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Does anyone know why it went out of print? Alan Rickman went on to have such a huge career after this, and now he's a huge star because of the Harry Potter movies. I don't understand why it would be allowed to go out of print. I keep checking Amazon, but there are only used copies, and people charge almost $150 for it. And you just can't trust buying DVDs from third party sellers.

I have an old VHS tape of it, but it stopped working.

I don't get why it's never on TV either. Such a beautiful love story. Witty and warm. I just can't say enough good things about it. My favorite Alan Rickman movie.

[–] nonogirl 9 years ago

Totally agree with you. I was recommending it to a student which reminded me that I only had a VHS copy. Went to Amazon to buy the DVD and was appalled by the price-- even checked Amazon UK which was a little bit more reasonable but still terribly overpriced. This is the very type of movie that deserves to be re-released and sold at a price which everyone can afford. It's such a gem, and one that anyone who has lost a loved one really needs to see. And, of course, Alan Rickman is so loveable in this!!!

[–] sirjeremy 9 years ago

As it's not even on iTunes, I guess there's some sort of rights issue going on.

[–] castelli 8 years ago

I've been looking for this film for ages, found it at last on Youtube.

[–] mrmathexpert4 8 years ago

Because the movie sucked.

[–] stevenvh 8 years ago

Is that the reason it gets a 7.3 rating on IMDB?

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[–] rnmboon (381) 6 years ago

It is available again. In the UK you can get it on both DVD and Blu-ray (see https://www.amazon.co.uk/Truly-Madly-Deeply-Alan-Rickman/dp/B079X59MT9).