Why is POLTERGEIST not available in Britain?

Gordon McMurphy · 06-16-2003, 06:23 AM

I know I could get it on region 1, but I'm just wondering why it is not available in Blighty.

The region 1 edition was originally from MGM, but is it now a snap-case from Warner?

Would any future British release be Warner?

I heard that a SE was in the works but was cancelled at Spielberg's insistence - true?

Cheers.

Gordy

Craig: Mclaren · 06-16-2003, 02:03 PM

At lot of the time films are held up because of "rights issues". The sequel is avialable here through MGM. I'll bet its something to do with ownership. Good film though, scares me shitless!

Anthony Neilson · 06-16-2003, 03:50 PM

Gordy

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Poltergeist IS available here ! I didn't think it was either, but I saw it just a couple of weeks ago in FOPP! in Central London, for a tenner. It's a bare-bones edition, the usual crappy WB snap-case. It's not 5.1 and, though I couldn't swear it, I don't think it's anamorphic either.

I was a bit confused because I remember it being announced and then not showing. I've seen it somewhere else as well -
HMV, I think - so it wasn't just a stray DVD anomaly. I'm doubting it now even as I think about it but I picked it up and looked at the case, and I don't usually make that kind of mistake. Can't say I was too inspired to buy it, despite liking the film.

Have you tried a search on it ? It's out there, man !

P.S Thanks for your kind welcome on an earlier post.
Cheers to you too, fellow Scot

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Douglas R · 06-20-2003, 12:53 AM

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I saw it just a couple of weeks ago in FOPP! in Central London,

Anthony, what's FOPP?

Anthony Neilson · 06-20-2003, 04:04 PM

FOPP is an independent CD/DVD/Bookshop. Their first store (I think it was their first) was in my home town of Edinburgh, but they've now opened a branch in the centre of London, on St Martin's Lane (?).It's whole angle is that it sells all the above at reduced rates - CD's at £5-10, and many bargains on DVDs. I got BUFFY SEASON 4 there for £50 when it's retail price is something like £70. Not everything's cheap, and you won't get bang-up-to-the-minute stuff at a huge discount, but it's worth checking fairly regularly.There's always a little oddity tucked away somewhere.

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Gordon McMurphy · 06-20-2003, 04:36 PM

Aye, there's a Fopp here in Aberdeen. Good store. Good stuff. Bought most of my complete Bob Dylan and Neil Young collections there with each CD costing, as Anthony says, for £5.00 - crazee!

Good books too. Good shop for students. And old people, for some reason. Or is that just up here, Anthony?!

The Fopp store here got done for pre-selling DVDs recently though! Madness!

Gordy

oscar_merkx · 06-21-2003, 08:56 AM

in complete agreement about Fopp, got lots of Miles Davis for a fiver

Craig: Mclaren · 06-21-2003, 04:06 PM

Fopp in Glasgow takes most of my wages. I picked up some great soul albums and some Miles Davis also. I also picked up The Elephant Man DVD for five sheets of paper. Great place

Anthony Neilson · 06-23-2003, 07:10 PM

AND we gave them all our oil ! What more do they want from us ?!

Douglas R · 07-01-2003, 10:32 AM

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Poltergeist IS available here ! I didn't think it was either, but I saw it just a couple of weeks ago in FOPP! in Central London, for a tenner. It's a bare-bones edition, the usual crappy WB snap-case. It's not 5.1 and, though I couldn't swear it, I don't think it's anamorphic either.

Anthony, I think you must be mistaken about this. It wasn't in FOPP when I looked recently and I've seen absolutely no evidence that it was ever released in the UK. If FOPP had POLTERGEIST it must have been either a region 1 version or a region 2 import from Europe.