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post #31 of 40
1/28/09 at 8:12am

Re: WHV Press Release: Timeless Classics & Modern Film Favorites

Does anyone know how much it costs to publish a trailer or featurette onto a disc? I imagine that there is an alloted budget per title.
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post #32 of 40
1/28/09 at 8:49am

Re: WHV Press Release: Timeless Classics & Modern Film Favorites

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Originally Posted by Charles H
Does anyone know how much it costs to publish a trailer or featurette onto a disc? I imagine that there is an alloted budget per title.

If they own the trailer or featurette, why would it cost anything extra to include it? Doing extra chapter stops or adding it to the DVD master costs nothing extra, as least as far as I've been told.
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post #33 of 40
1/28/09 at 10:05am

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It's a shame that none of the featurettes are included- what's up with that? I mean, they show them on TCM all the time! I agree with Art AD- Warner really dropped the ball here. There should have been commentaries for some of these films by those particpants who are still alive (O'Toole and Clark for Chips, MacLaine for Rolls-Royce, Christie and Stamp for Madding Crowd).

For the 'Delmer Daves' set- Connie Stevens was featured in three of the films, and I'm she she has lots of stories about her days as a Warners ingenue. Also, for Parrish they could've gotten Diane McBain and Karl Malden. Likewise Angie Dickinson for Rome Adventure, and Robert Conrad, Stefanie Powers, Jerry Van Dyke, Carole Cook, and Bill Mumy for Palm Springs Weekend. What might have been........
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post #34 of 40
1/28/09 at 10:10am

Re: WHV Press Release: Timeless Classics & Modern Film Favorites

Doing commentaries does cost money, so maybe that was a factor (not enough sales to warrant the cost - that is understandable - these aren't going to be big sellers) - what isn't understandable is why a featurette or trailer couldn't have been included, since there is no cost at all.
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post #35 of 40
1/28/09 at 11:30am

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"It is tough as I want to support classic films but I think more care should be taken with their preparation (not just upgraded audio & video"

A good picture and good sound and I'm a happy classics movie camper. Extras are nice but they're merely icing on the cake, not the reason for the DVD. It's about, and always should be, the movie.
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post #36 of 40
1/28/09 at 12:58pm

Re: WHV Press Release: Timeless Classics & Modern Film Favorites

I have supported these classic films over and over again. On some films I have purchased one or two versions on CED, then a version on VHS, then several versions on laserdisc and then a version or two on DVD. So I think we have paid our dues to these studios and I expect them to make their releases the best they can and include supplemental footage & extras where possible (maybe that is the laserdisc videophile in me). Warners has done this in the past, many of the MGM films from the 60's include not only the trailer but the featurette (Look at Operation Crossbow, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen). They own the material and it is frequently broadcast on their owned station (TCM) I feel these should be included as these extras should not cost much (if anything) to add. I would like commentaries and new documentaries too but understand those cost money but I would be happy with these basics. I think this batch of releases (in my opinion) someone was "asleep at the switch".
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post #37 of 40
1/28/09 at 1:06pm

Re: WHV Press Release: Timeless Classics & Modern Film Favorites

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Originally Posted by Charles Ellis
It's a shame that none of the featurettes are included- what's up with that? I mean, they show them on TCM all the time! I agree with Art AD- Warner really dropped the ball here. There should have been commentaries for some of these films by those particpants who are still alive (O'Toole and Clark for Chips, MacLaine for Rolls-Royce, Christie and Stamp for Madding Crowd).

For the 'Delmer Daves' set- Connie Stevens was featured in three of the films, and I'm she she has lots of stories about her days as a Warners ingenue. Also, for Parrish they could've gotten Diane McBain and Karl Malden. Likewise Angie Dickinson for Rome Adventure, and Robert Conrad, Stefanie Powers, Jerry Van Dyke, Carole Cook, and Bill Mumy for Palm Springs Weekend. What might have been........


Charles, It cost money to put those things on these DVDs, and really how many units will these titles sell? It's not like it's "The Dark Knight" which will sell millions of copies. I would be surpised if more than 5,000 units where produced.
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post #38 of 40
1/28/09 at 4:37pm

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Why be so pessimistic? While I'm grateful that Warners is going into the vaults, as long as they've got the extra material there with the films, they should be released, too!
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post #39 of 40
1/30/09 at 12:54am

Re: WHV Press Release: Timeless Classics & Modern Film Favorites

There are rights issues with both featurettes and trailers (usually concerning the music used) that might stop them from including these on the discs.

Modern trailers often use a soundtrack that is not from the film (eg. the music from "Requiem for a Dream") so I imagine that in 50 years time we will not see a lot of these on disc either.
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post #40 of 40
1/30/09 at 10:03am

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Originally Posted by R-T-C Tim
There are rights issues with both featurettes and trailers (usually concerning the music used) that might stop them from including these on the discs.

Modern trailers often use a soundtrack that is not from the film (eg. the music from "Requiem for a Dream") so I imagine that in 50 years time we will not see a lot of these on disc either.

Modern films get clearances for everything.

There are no rights issues with trailers for several reasons - the music used in older trailers from films such as are included here, usually do include the film's actual music tracks. Even if they don't, they include music that the studios own. Most importantly, most trailers for older films are in the public domain as they were never copyrighted.

There is the possibility, however slim and unlikely, that the studio didn't have trailers that were in good enough condition to use.
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