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return ot oz OR return to target
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:32 pm
by jesus_brer
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:40 pm
by Jack
For a price that cheap, just pick it up. With you wanting to see it so bad, its definately worth it.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:43 pm
by Luke
Jack is right. Why would you want Disney to re-release it? You know it will be the exact same as the disc that's out there, or maybe just Fullscreen.
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:40 am
by STASHONE
Return To Oz is an awesome movie! That's one of the live-action Disney films that is really, really great! I'd say buy it.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 11:50 am
by jesus_brer
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 11:55 am
by Disneykid
Well Stashone pretty much spoke for me. Return to Oz is one of my favorite live action Disney movies. Don't expect it to be like the MGM musical, though. Return to Oz is a sequel of the book as opposed to the movie (kind of like Steven Spielberg's Hook, only better).
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:30 pm
by MickeyMouseboy
MGM Musical? they made a return to Oz? or are you talking about the Warner Bros version with Judy Garland?
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:46 pm
by Disneykid
I mean the Judy Garland one, but that's not really WB. WB owns the rights to it now, but it was made by MGM.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:16 pm
by MickeyMouseboy
Disneykid wrote:I mean the Judy Garland one, but that's not really WB. WB owns the rights to it now, but it was made by MGM.
why does WB own the rights if it was made by MGM?
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:26 pm
by Disneykid
I dunno the details, but WB bought a handful of films from MGM and released them on DVD under their name. I know that Oz and Singin' in the Rain are among these as well as others. MGM doesn't seem to be the only company WB's bought films from; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a Paramount film but is now owned by WB.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 3:03 am
by 2099net
MickeyMouseboy wrote:why does WB own the rights if it was made by MGM?
http://www.dvdfile.com/news/special_rep ... nofmgm.htm
This article explains it all. It's a complex read refering back to various Warner/Turner/MGM deals made in the past, but of particular note are:
DVDFile wrote:So for all the tensions the termination of the MGM / Warner seems to have lessened, as further details on the deal came to light, some have questioned the division of product between the two entities. It is Warner, not MGM, that now completely retroactively controls (to January 1, 1999) all pre-1986 MGM titles, in addition to all the pre-1948 Warner titles that up until the deal MGM had home video licensing rights to (though Warner was actually distributing these MGM-licensed Warner titles!). MGM retains control of the post-1986 catalog, the complete Orion and Polygram acquisitions, as well as all United Artists titles.
DVDFile wrote:Thankfully, the early termination of the MGM/Warner deal simplifies the ownership and control of the MGM library. MGM fully owns and can distribute its post-1986 titles, and all United Artists, Orion, Cannon and Polygram catalog holdings. Warner gets all the Turner pre-1948 Warner and pre-1986 MGM titles. So, for example, Citizen Kane, The Haunting and 2001: A Space Odyssey, to name but three, are fully Warner-controlled titles. But, the James Bond and Rocky series, which are United Artists, stays with MGM, as do post-1986 titles, such as The Birdcage and, uh, Showgirls
