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Why is this not on DVD ?


With the world the way it is today and everything and its mother available on DVD....why is this not on DVD?


Seriously!

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I bought the DVD years ago, glad I did as that must have been the only run they made of them.

Loose lips sink ships

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I envy you.

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aerrich, I would gladly buy and/or trade you for a burnt copy of your (what I assume is the) original, Polygram DVD of 'Thursday'. Cash or trade (I have almost 5,000 VERY hard to find movies), and the best part is, it would be completely legal. Under the Berne Convention, if a movie is not in print it is not copyrighted. I'm not going to fight with anyone about this (other than to say "How do you think websites can [well, mostly used to] dedicate themselves to selling DVD-R's of such things as Disney's 'Song Of The South', the Star Wars Xmas special, David Lynch's other TV show, 'On The Air', and workprints of 'Hard Target' and the 'Night of the Living Dead' remake...and not get shut down [or even bothered] by the FBI, or any other organization?"), because if people wish to be ignorant or overly cautious that's up to them.

But back to aerrich and the original Polygram DVD of 'Thursday'. If you are interested, aerrich, just reply directly to this post, and I'll find out about it by email.

Thanks in advance.

-ak

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What's the fuss?
This DVD has been out for ages in Europe, legally issued by Univeral Germany.
As we speak, four of these are offered on eBay UK, and one is available to worldwide customers (and no, I'm not the seller).
Of course, it's region 2 PAL which may be a problem for non-European DVD players. It's in English with removable German subtitels. I have this DVD and it's great. Completely uncut, so all the blood and guts and all of Paulina is there!

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The fuss, kind sir, is that the German DVD (like the Russian DVD) does not have the all important extras, like the Director's Commentary.

-ak

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Ooooooh.... the all-important extras.....like the director's commentary..... How could I have been so ignorant..... Movies are not complete without them..... Now I know this, I'll never buy a DVD that does not have a director's commentary. Thanks for enlightening me.

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*beep* kid. Your parents didn't beat you enough as a kid. You've got a real *beep* attitude.

"Nothing says "OBEY ME" like a severed head on a fence post."

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Your attitude is apparent from you signature.
Considering a minor film such as Thursday, people should just be happy that it is available, and not moan about the lack of director's commentary. If it were a prerequisite, nobody would buy a David Lynch DVD, because he doesn't do commentaries. Or a Lucio Fulci DVD, because he died before commentaries became in vogue. So, lighten up.

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I have it as well ^^

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I remember reading somewhere a while back when I was chasing up this dvd also that soon after the movie came out on dvd, Polygram went bust, so only like 1000 or so were made. Does that mean that another company simply hasn't gotten around to acquiring the rights to redistribute it?

I had to have this movie, so I picked up the Russian version, which is fine, the whole movie is in full english, only the cover is in Russian. Then I happened across another copy of it in some little unknown music shop here in Australia where I live, and it was like $10. I picked it up too cos it was Region 4.

Hopefully this awesome movie will get a proper re-release some day. The whole opening scene with Nick and the coffee had me laughing my ass off first time I saw it.

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I recently bought a Russian copy of it.



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Yep, if you just want the movie you can get it. I just hope nobody gets stuck with the Russian DVD my friend got for his store which had the English audio track LITERALLY over the (slightly quieter but still audible) RUSSIAN audio track. Plus the picture sucked.

Yeah, if a film company goes bankrupt, usually its "assets" (ie - the movies it has made) get sold off. But either nobody bought the rights to Thursday, or there's a fight over who owns the rights, or someone (or some company) bought the rights to the film, but does not see releasing it as financially feasible.

-ak

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Long fight...

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