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WHAT!!!Dutch cinemas to boycott Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland'
Dutch cinema owners said Monday they will boycott Disney's Alice in Wonderland to protest plans for the film's release on DVD less than three months after its big screen debut.
Dutch cinemas to boycott Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland'
"The four big cinema houses, Minerva, Pathe, Wolff and Jogchems -- representing between 80 and 85 percent of all cinemas in the Netherlands, have decided not to show the film," spokesman Youry Bredewold told AFP.
"Disney is not keeping its part of the bargain. There is an agreement between movie distributors and cinema owners that there must be a window of at least four months between the cinema release and the DVD release."
In this case, Disney planned for the movie to hit Dutch big screens on March 10, followed on June 1 by the DVD launch.
This would mean fewer cinema customers, said Bredewold, "as people won't have to wait long for the movie to come out on DVD" -- which is normally cheaper to rent than the cost of a movie ticket.
"We will lose money due to our decision; we expected this to become one of the most popular movies of 2010," added Bredewold, who is spokesman for Pathe and a representative of the National Board of Cinema Owners.
"But we decided we need to send a message to the whole industry: if you don't accept our terms we will never show your movies again."
Cinemas in other European countries and the United States have taken a similar stance on the film, he said.
No Disney spokesman in the Netherlands could be reached for comment.
nomad2010 wrote: Rating Reason: Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
supertalies wrote:WHAT!!!Dutch cinemas to boycott Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland'
Dutch cinema owners said Monday they will boycott Disney's Alice in Wonderland to protest plans for the film's release on DVD less than three months after its big screen debut.
Dutch cinemas to boycott Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland'
"The four big cinema houses, Minerva, Pathe, Wolff and Jogchems -- representing between 80 and 85 percent of all cinemas in the Netherlands, have decided not to show the film," spokesman Youry Bredewold told AFP.
"Disney is not keeping its part of the bargain. There is an agreement between movie distributors and cinema owners that there must be a window of at least four months between the cinema release and the DVD release."
In this case, Disney planned for the movie to hit Dutch big screens on March 10, followed on June 1 by the DVD launch.
This would mean fewer cinema customers, said Bredewold, "as people won't have to wait long for the movie to come out on DVD" -- which is normally cheaper to rent than the cost of a movie ticket.
"We will lose money due to our decision; we expected this to become one of the most popular movies of 2010," added Bredewold, who is spokesman for Pathe and a representative of the National Board of Cinema Owners.
"But we decided we need to send a message to the whole industry: if you don't accept our terms we will never show your movies again."
Cinemas in other European countries and the United States have taken a similar stance on the film, he said.
No Disney spokesman in the Netherlands could be reached for comment.
With this news, they are forcing us here to download the movie! My God, what are those idiots thinking!
Now I will never see this movie in 3D in the cinema
What the hell?!supertalies wrote:Dutch cinemas to boycott Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland'
Dutch cinema owners said Monday they will boycott Disney's Alice in Wonderland to protest plans for the film's release on DVD less than three months after its big screen debut.
Dutch cinemas to boycott Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland'
"The four big cinema houses, Minerva, Pathe, Wolff and Jogchems -- representing between 80 and 85 percent of all cinemas in the Netherlands, have decided not to show the film," spokesman Youry Bredewold told AFP.
"Disney is not keeping its part of the bargain. There is an agreement between movie distributors and cinema owners that there must be a window of at least four months between the cinema release and the DVD release."
In this case, Disney planned for the movie to hit Dutch big screens on March 10, followed on June 1 by the DVD launch.
This would mean fewer cinema customers, said Bredewold, "as people won't have to wait long for the movie to come out on DVD" -- which is normally cheaper to rent than the cost of a movie ticket.
"We will lose money due to our decision; we expected this to become one of the most popular movies of 2010," added Bredewold, who is spokesman for Pathe and a representative of the National Board of Cinema Owners.
"But we decided we need to send a message to the whole industry: if you don't accept our terms we will never show your movies again."
Cinemas in other European countries and the United States have taken a similar stance on the film, he said.
No Disney spokesman in the Netherlands could be reached for comment.
[/quote]nomad2010 wrote: Rating Reason: Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
If Twister had a smoking Caterpillar in it...it might be rated R or X because you don't want a Smoking Caterpillar and Very Bad Weather in the same movietwister's rating wrote:
Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather.
Seems I vaguely remember hearing a few years ago that Disney vowed to not depict smoking in any of their future films, no matter the character and no matter the banner.disneyboy20022 wrote:Yes because if there's one thing that makes a movie a PG guarantee for Parents and is a turn off...is a Smoking Caterpillarnomad2010 wrote: Rating Reason: Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
That's all well and good, but do you think European cinemas should have boyotted the delayed Princess and the Frog? After all, most people here have multi-region players (everybody I know does, including the entirety of my extended family which covers several generations). After all, people in Europe will be able to pick up the R1 DVD soon, making the Cinema to DVD window just as short (if not shorter - I make it around 6 weeks from the UK première to the R1 DVD release).Goliath wrote:I support the cinemas in their boycott! Disney should really reconsider their policies.
You don't pay anything like $20.00 - more like about $6 (Amazon) and some sites do free shipping. Given the exchange rate you can pick up The Princess and the Frog on DVD for about £15.33. Not much more (£1 or £2) than it will be when released over here. I often import DVDs for this very reason if the R1 has better extras - even if UK releases are available.ajmrowland wrote:I think you're forgetting that even people in Europe care about International Shipping Costs. I think they'd just wait for the DVD/Blu to come out there than to have to pay $20.00 shipping