"The Alamo"s Status? (1 Viewer)

[Robert Harris]

No comment until the time limit is up!

Have you been told that they have no money, after paying Gary something like $375,000,00?, but don’t want anyone to know? Are you getting the same feedback from them?

Enquiring minds...

 

[Brian Husar]

Have you been told that they have no money, after paying Gary something like $375,000,00?, but don’t want anyone to know? Are you getting the same feedback from them?

Enquiring minds...

I love it when RAH gets on a role.

 

[John Hermes]

No comment until the time limit is up!

Last time Bob said this we got Revenge Of the Creature in 3-D. What might it be this time???

 

[PMF]

Last time Bob said this we got Revenge Of the Creature in 3-D. What might it be this time???

Revenge Of the Creature in 2-D.

 

[Ferdinand Hudson]

In order to become a citizen of Sweden, it's mandatory that you also speak their language fluently.

Speaking as a Swede myself that is a bunch of hogwash. It used to be mandatory but that was abolished in 1980.

 

[battlebeast]

Couldn’t be more pleased that you’re on top of this.

Which execs understand?

Names, please.

You must know Bev Faucher.

Knows her stuff.

Ever see her wind through an OCN? A beautiful thing to behold.

Sarcasm?

 

[John Hermes]

Revenge Of the Creature in 2-D.

That's already on the 3-D disc.

 

[PMF]

Edited by PMF

 

[PMF]

Last time Bob said this we got Revenge Of the Creature in 3-D. What might it be this time???

Revenge Of the Creature in 2-D.

That's already on the 3-D disc.

Okay, then, based on other MGM decisions, maybe it'll be in 1-D.

 

[Richard V]

Okay, then, based on other MGM decisions, maybe it'll be in 1-D.

So, either a bunch of vertical OR horizontal lines?

 

[PMF]

So, either a bunch of vertical OR horizontal lines?

I would opt for the horizontal;
after all, everything from Horizon Pictures has always looked great.

 

[PMF]

And now, back to our regularly scheduled program of "The Alamo".

 

[OliverK]

Have you been told that they have no money, after paying Gary something like $375,000,00?, but don’t want anyone to know? Are you getting the same feedback from them?

Enquiring minds...

Is that 375 million Dollars?

As in enough for restoring The Alamo, The Greatest Story Ever Told and The Hallelujah Trail for let's say a total of 3 million with 372 million to spare? Or working on 1875 movies for $200,000 per movie?

 

[Robert Harris]

Is that 375 million Dollars?

As in enough for restoring The Alamo, The Greatest Story Ever Told and The Hallelujah Trail for let's say a total of 3 million with 372 million to spare? Or working on 1875 movies for $200,000 per movie?

Believe I read that somewhere. Staff is checking.

 

[Robert Harris]

Way off. Only 260.

https://deadline.com/2018/06/mgm-gary-barber-settlement-agreement-1202408686/

Btw, Greatest and Hallelujah should not necessitate full restorations. Both post-fade. Neither should have had heavy printing.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Way off. Only 260.

https://deadline.com/2018/06/mgm-gary-barber-settlement-agreement-1202408686/

Btw, Greatest and Hallelujah should not necessitate full restorations. Both post-fade. Neither should have had heavy printing.

That article said Gary was beloved by MGM employees. Apparently, classic film lovers across the world don't share that same affection for Gary. Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.

 

[OliverK]

Way off. Only 260.

https://deadline.com/2018/06/mgm-gary-barber-settlement-agreement-1202408686/

Btw, Greatest and Hallelujah should not necessitate full restorations. Both post-fade. Neither should have had heavy printing.

Thanks, I was under the impression that Greatest Story Ever Told was still problematic due to many cuts and changes after the initial release and I have not heard anything good or bad about The Hallelujah Trail except of course that it was shot on later Eastman stock.

Regarding the 260 I will say that they got at least something back in return but Mr. Barber looks like he could fund The Alamo restoration on his own without breaking much of a sweat. Not that he would do it when he did not even wanted it done when it would have cost the studio next to nothing.

 

[OliverK]

That article said Gary was beloved by MGM employees.

Apparently not many MGM employees are lovers of classic movies!

Oh well, the article says that but I doubt that they made a poll in the restoration / classic film department.

 

[Robert Harris]

Thanks, I was under the impression that Greatest Story Ever Told was still problematic due to many cuts and changes after the initial release and I have not heard anything good or bad about The Hallelujah Trail except of course that it was shot on later Eastman stock.

Regarding the 260 I will say that they got at least something back in return but Mr. Barber looks like he could fund The Alamo restoration on his own without breaking much of a sweat. Not that he would do it when he did not even wanted it done when it would have cost the studio next to nothing.

GSET would depend upon how the negative was conformed for printing.

 

[PMF]

That article said Gary was beloved by MGM employees. Apparently, classic film lovers across the world don't share that same affection for Gary. Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.

Beloved, yet still sent packing.
I shake my head as to how so many on the corporate top get to exit with such a grotesquely obscene payday.
Perhaps their behaviors that led up to the dismissals would have been less likely to happen, if they knew there wasn't such a large sum of a safety net to buffer and save them from their fall.
Anyway, he's gone. A new beginning.