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IceWarm
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The topic says it all. There are some movies I want to own. By "own" I mean I get to re-release these movies to theaters, get to make a commentary track on the future DVD releases, and get to preserve the movies for future generations.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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Hacker
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sydlexia.com your yahoo answers subsitute
you have to contact the person who already has the rights to it.
Usually it's the director of the film
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
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Are the titles in question old enough to be in the public domain?
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Doddsino
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Even on some of these terrible low budget movies, you'll likely be spending tens of thousands of dollars on, so it's really up to you whether or not it's worth it.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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Yeah I have no professional knowledge to base this off of but I bet it's gonna cost a pretty penny.
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Sexton Hardcastle
Title: The Supreme Element
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
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*attempts to cast Summon DarkMaze*
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
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Unsurprisingly, Hacker doesn't know what he's talking about. The rights holders are most likely the studios that made the films. He is half-right, though: you'd have to contact them.
What movies are you talking about?
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
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Valdronius
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*ahem* Not quite.
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
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BURN THE WITCH!
On average, how hard is it usually obtain rights to a film that say are of low quality? (say less then a b-rated movie for quality standards)
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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
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Wild Things from 1998, I know it will probably never happen but I'd love to own it.
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"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
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I promise to use my powers strictly to serve the forces of good and annoyance.
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pineapple
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lordsathien for mod!
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
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| Wild Things from 1998, I know it will probably never happen but I'd love to own it. |
Impossible. You're talking about a $20 million film owned by a major studio, the rights to which are still being exploited. Unless you have millions burning a hole in your pocket, it's not going to happen.
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jackfrost
Title: Cold Hearted Bastard
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| IceWarm wrote: |
| Wild Things from 1998, I know it will probably never happen but I'd love to own it. |
I'm not trying to sound rude, but that movie already out on DVD and Blu-Ray by Columbia Tri-Star and is not exactly a low budget movie. Even if that wasn't the case I really don't think a studio as large as Mandalay Bay is going to license the distribution rights to a single individual.
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Knyte
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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
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| DarkMaze wrote: |
| IceWarm wrote: |
| Wild Things from 1998, I know it will probably never happen but I'd love to own it. |
Impossible. You're talking about a $20 million film owned by a major studio, the rights to which are still being exploited. Unless you have millions burning a hole in your pocket, it's not going to happen. |
I know that and as I said in the post above I said it would probably never happen. I know this is impossible but I just wanted to see what the process would be.
I'd love to see it get re-released though. Apparently they are remaking it but if Bill Murray is not in the remake it won't be good.
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"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
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They did release it in 2004, they will likely put out another one.
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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
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| Optimist With Doubts wrote: |
| They did release it in 2004, they will likely put out another one. |
I think the 2004 release was the straight to DVD sequel. They put out an unrated version of the original that year to promote the sequel.
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"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
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Godofhardcore
Joined: Feb 22 2010
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Kurosawa movies are up for grabs
in fact pretty much anything that's a Criterion release is. I think don't quote me on that.
That'd be pretty bad ass to have the rights to Seven Samurai and Ran.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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Kurosawa movies are up for grabs
in fact pretty much anything that's a Criterion release is. I think don't quote me on that.
That'd be pretty bad ass to have the rights to Seven Samurai and Ran. |
yes it would be
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Doddsino
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There's absolutely no way you'd ever be able to buy Wild Things unless you're a multi-millionaire. I guarentee you would be paying at least 10 million dollars for it, and that's if you're very very lucky.
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Optimist With Doubts
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| Doddsino wrote: |
| There's absolutely no way you'd ever be able to buy Wild Things unless you're a multi-millionaire. I guarentee you would be paying at least 10 million dollars for it, and that's if you're very very lucky. |
Hey thanks darkmaze
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