bruceames
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Are only the Bond films excluded from the pre-1986 MGM titles owned by Warner?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danjaqbruceames said:Are only the Bond films excluded from the pre-1986 MGM titles owned by Warner?
The Bond films weren't MGM, they were United Artists. When Ted Turner sold the United Artists film catalogue, he should have kept the MGM name & sold the United Artists name to go with the catalogue (or something like that!).bruceames said:Are only the Bond films excluded from the pre-1986 MGM titles owned by Warner?
I can't believe I didn't know that already. Thanks.Billy Batson said:The Bond films weren't MGM, they were United Artists. When Ted Turner sold the United Artists film catalogue, he should have kept the MGM name & sold the United Artists name to go with the catalogue (or something like that!).
They simply don't believe in loaning out their assets. Perhaps, a change of leadership one day will change that strategy.Yorkshire said:What I can't understand about WB. Other studios like MGM have much smaller libraries, and they're licencing these out to TT, Olive, Kino, Arrow, MoC, etc.
WB have a massive library, and much of it they're just sitting on.
I quite understand that they want to milk the money-spinners. I understand it's a business and they need to make money.
But at this rate there are a load of films which WB have which are never going to see the light of day.
Steve W
People want BD releases of those titles not MOD DVD releases.Doug Bull said:I say thank goodness for Warners and the archives as they release far more older titles (30s, 40s and 50s) than all the other Studios combined.
And they generally do an excellent job as well. (which can't be said for another certain Studio's Archives)
Doug.
Of course we would all love Blu-rays of those Movies, but clearly on many older titles that is just wishful thinking at it's best .Robert Crawford said:People want BD releases of those titles not MOD DVD releases.
Doug, there are many smaller films which have been released by boutique labels which would be dwarfed by some of the films WB hasn't released.Doug Bull said:Of course we would all love Blu-rays of those Movies, but clearly on many older titles that is just wishful thinking at it's best .
Yes I agree with that Steve.Yorkshire said:Doug, there are many smaller films which have been released by boutique labels which would be dwarfed by some of the films WB hasn't released.
The Big Sleep, Key Largo, you get the idea.
And there are plenty of others which would be just as popular as releases from elsewhere. Would Gun Crazy or Wait Until Dark really sell fewer copies than Violent Saturday?
If it's wishful thinking to imagine these films appearing, that's only because of Warner's track record.
I actually like Warner and their releases, I just don't understand why they're holding so much back.
Steve W