I met him at the Chiller Theatre expo in New Jersey a number of years ago. He chatted with me for several minutes and signed one of his books for me. At the time he was upset that he was having trouble getting distribution for his film She's Funny That Way (which was then titled Squirrels to the...
It reminds of a joke about an inventor who developed a new kind of widget.
FRIEND: Nice widget. What will the retail price be?
INVENTOR: $100,000.
FRIEND: Seriously? That's a lot to charge for a widget.
INVENTOR: Yes, but I only have to sell one.
It isn't necessarily the fault of the studios. Sometimes the holder of the rights makes outrageous demands to clear the rights. There is an obscure biker film, The Savage Seven, which opens with a Cream tune playing. When it was put out on VHS whoever owned the rights demanded so much for...
That's because there was no home video when those shows were produced, so the contracts limited the rights to television broadcasts since that was the only way the shows could be seen at that time.
Have you seen the Fabulous Films set? Amazon UK is charging (including shipping) about $16 more than the current price of the Mill Creek release. Amazon UK has no info on whether the Fabulous Films set is region locked.
I just finished watching the complete series of Have Gun - Will Travel. My impression is that the final season episodes had less violence than previous seasons. I'm trying to remember if there was an anti-violence-on-TV campaign during that season. Regardless, HGWT is my favorite series from the...
From Leonard Maltin: "Intense, compelling drama of underground movement in Norway during Nazi takeover in WW2. Eye-popping camerawork complements the performances."
I couldn't have said it better.