FanboyZ
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- Zolly Shoah Ben-Becker
Where's the rest of my "Friday the 13th's (4-8)" and um, "Chinatown" or something???
Originally Posted by Eric Peterson
Originally Posted by FanboyZ
They should sell their entire library to Lionsgate, thats the cool thing to do.
Originally Posted by dana martin
...High Noon, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, The Quiet Man held hostage !...
Originally Posted by Joel Fontenot
The problem with The Quiet Man is that I don't think Paramount ever actually had that one for some strange reason. All the other Republic Pictures, yes, but The Quiet Man was left out of that group Paramount got several years back and stayed with Artisan. That was something that we didn't find out about until later.
Meanwhile, on DVD, it just keeps getting reissued with the same VHS transfer from the 40th Anniversary Edition done back in '92.
Originally Posted by dana martin
not soon enough, if they dont release anything, there should be some kind of option clause in the contract, where they just cant shelve or sit on titles
Originally Posted by Eric Peterson
The part that doesn't make sense to me is this. Why would a company license a bunch of films from somebody and then not release them? A proper restored release of "The Quiet Man" could be a HUUUUUUGE release!!
Originally Posted by ahollis
At one time a film companies net worth was also based on what size library they had the rights too. Both companies were able to increase their net worth with this one library. Paramount's balance sheet was for the better since they got actual cash from the deal. Lionsgate, which was still a small struggling company was able to increase their balance sheet due to their control of the titles. It was a win-win for both studios. Paramount did not care about most of the classic titles and they really never have cared about their titles, unless there was an Audry Hepburn in them. Summer Redstone also need cash to make interest payments and this was a quick way.
The problem now is that the libraries have devalued so much over the last four years that there is no interest in any titles. The biggest example is MGM, they could not get a bid they wanted for the company for their library had devalued so much from when they were purchased. It had dropped about half billion dollars or more. In fact the new management has to use the new James Bond films to get a company to show any interest in their library. Who ever ends up with it, will more than likely treat it in the same way as Lionsgate does Republic.