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Snow White - any chance of seeing it in theatres again?
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leno...@yahoo.com
Nov 5, 2014, 2:33:10 PM11/5/14
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From Wikipedia:
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was first re-released in 1944, to raise
revenue for the Disney studio during the World War II period. This re-release
set a tradition of re-releasing Disney animated features every seven to
ten years, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was re-released to theaters
in 1952, 1958, 1967, 1975, 1983, 1987 and 1993."
(It was released on video in Oct. 1994 and on DVD in 2001.)
But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market for it,
just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
What horrified me, upon seeing it on video, was how much detail got lost -
raindrops, for one.
Lenona.
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was first re-released in 1944, to raise
revenue for the Disney studio during the World War II period. This re-release
set a tradition of re-releasing Disney animated features every seven to
ten years, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was re-released to theaters
in 1952, 1958, 1967, 1975, 1983, 1987 and 1993."
(It was released on video in Oct. 1994 and on DVD in 2001.)
But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market for it,
just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
What horrified me, upon seeing it on video, was how much detail got lost -
raindrops, for one.
Lenona.
leno...@yahoo.com
Nov 5, 2014, 2:35:04 PM11/5/14
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madar...@gmail.com
Nov 5, 2014, 2:52:02 PM11/5/14
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Invid Fan
Nov 5, 2014, 8:29:06 PM11/5/14
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In article <fd536a2a-38ac-4bb0...@googlegroups.com>,
seeing these older films in theaters. The local drive-in showed 8
different horror films on its four screens each week last month,
including the original Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street. You can't
do that if you need physical prints (and neither could they stay open
this late into the season if they had to pay new release prices)
--
Chris Mack "If we show any weakness, the monsters will get cocky!"
'Invid Fan' - 'Yokai Monsters Along With Ghosts'
<leno...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market for it,
> just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
>
With the advent of digital projectors, there's a better chance of
> But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market for it,
> just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
>
seeing these older films in theaters. The local drive-in showed 8
different horror films on its four screens each week last month,
including the original Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street. You can't
do that if you need physical prints (and neither could they stay open
this late into the season if they had to pay new release prices)
--
Chris Mack "If we show any weakness, the monsters will get cocky!"
'Invid Fan' - 'Yokai Monsters Along With Ghosts'
nick...@gmail.com
Nov 6, 2014, 9:09:16 AM11/6/14
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> But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market for it,
> just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
>
But that got a tricked up IMAX 3D release and played to people who've seen The Wizard of Oz a million times already. Maybe Disney would just as soon not expose Snow White to a new generation of filmgoers raised on Frozen. It might not hold up as well as The Wizard of Oz on the big screen.
> just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
>
nick...@gmail.com
Nov 6, 2014, 9:14:18 AM11/6/14
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On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 8:29:06 PM UTC-5, Invid Fan wrote:
> In article <fd536a2a-38ac-4bb0...@googlegroups.com>,
> <leno...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market for it,
> > just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
> >
> With the advent of digital projectors, there's a better chance of
> seeing these older films in theaters. The local drive-in showed 8
> different horror films on its four screens each week last month,
> including the original Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street. You can't
> do that if you need physical prints (and neither could they stay open
> this late into the season if they had to pay new release prices)
>
The only older film we got in local theaters this Halloween was Saw, which was everywhere and maybe the dumbest idea for a major re-release ever. Why re-release a relatively recent low-budget horror movie already available on just about every single platform? Who liked Saw so much they were thrilled at the chance to see it again on the big screen?
> In article <fd536a2a-38ac-4bb0...@googlegroups.com>,
> <leno...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market for it,
> > just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
> >
> With the advent of digital projectors, there's a better chance of
> seeing these older films in theaters. The local drive-in showed 8
> different horror films on its four screens each week last month,
> including the original Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street. You can't
> do that if you need physical prints (and neither could they stay open
> this late into the season if they had to pay new release prices)
>
moviePig
Nov 6, 2014, 9:40:33 AM11/6/14
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Bill Steele
Nov 6, 2014, 1:50:51 PM11/6/14
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Wizard of Oz. Anything in Frozen you'll want to hear seven years from now?
I suppose some people will be put off by the intertitles. It was just
past the end of the transition from silents, and a lot of films still
used them to save exposition.
"So beautiful, even in death, that the dwarfs could not find it in their
hearts to bury her."
hislop
Nov 6, 2014, 7:10:04 PM11/6/14
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On 7/11/2014 5:49 AM, Bill Steele wrote:
> On 11/6/14, 9:09 AM, nick...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:33:10 PM UTC-5, leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market
>>> for it,
>>> just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
>>>
>> But that got a tricked up IMAX 3D release and played to people who've
>> seen The Wizard of Oz a million times already. Maybe Disney would
>> just as soon not expose Snow White to a new generation of filmgoers
>> raised on Frozen. It might not hold up as well as The Wizard of Oz on
>> the big screen.
>>
>
> The music was better, and is just as timeless as the songs from the
> Wizard of Oz. Anything in Frozen you'll want to hear seven years from now?
I put it to you that the song in that will be well known for a long
> On 11/6/14, 9:09 AM, nick...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:33:10 PM UTC-5, leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market
>>> for it,
>>> just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
>>>
>> But that got a tricked up IMAX 3D release and played to people who've
>> seen The Wizard of Oz a million times already. Maybe Disney would
>> just as soon not expose Snow White to a new generation of filmgoers
>> raised on Frozen. It might not hold up as well as The Wizard of Oz on
>> the big screen.
>>
>
> The music was better, and is just as timeless as the songs from the
> Wizard of Oz. Anything in Frozen you'll want to hear seven years from now?
time. Let Go I think the title is.
madar...@gmail.com
Nov 7, 2014, 10:54:58 AM11/7/14
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Invid Fan
Nov 7, 2014, 1:03:35 PM11/7/14
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In article <2111780b-6b11-4e9d...@googlegroups.com>,
The Google Translate version, "Give Up", is even better.
David Johnston
Nov 8, 2014, 12:22:30 AM11/8/14
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On 11/6/2014 11:49 AM, Bill Steele wrote:
> On 11/6/14, 9:09 AM, nick...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:33:10 PM UTC-5, leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market
>>> for it,
>>> just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
>>>
>> But that got a tricked up IMAX 3D release and played to people who've
>> seen The Wizard of Oz a million times already. Maybe Disney would
>> just as soon not expose Snow White to a new generation of filmgoers
>> raised on Frozen. It might not hold up as well as The Wizard of Oz on
>> the big screen.
>>
>
> The music was better, and is just as timeless as the songs from the
> Wizard of Oz. Anything in Frozen you'll want to hear seven years from now?
I just reviewed the songs from Snow White via youtube. I shan't be
> On 11/6/14, 9:09 AM, nick...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:33:10 PM UTC-5, leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> But why no more re-releases? After all, wouldn't there be a market
>>> for it,
>>> just as there is for seeing The Wizard of Oz on the big screen?
>>>
>> But that got a tricked up IMAX 3D release and played to people who've
>> seen The Wizard of Oz a million times already. Maybe Disney would
>> just as soon not expose Snow White to a new generation of filmgoers
>> raised on Frozen. It might not hold up as well as The Wizard of Oz on
>> the big screen.
>>
>
> The music was better, and is just as timeless as the songs from the
> Wizard of Oz. Anything in Frozen you'll want to hear seven years from now?
doing that again.
nick...@gmail.com
Nov 8, 2014, 8:58:11 AM11/8/14
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On Saturday, November 8, 2014 12:22:30 AM UTC-5, David Johnston wrote:
> I just reviewed the songs from Snow White via youtube. I shan't be
> doing that again.
I just made the mistake of listening to "Some Day My Prince Will Come" on YouTube. Now it's going to be stuck in my head all day.
> I just reviewed the songs from Snow White via youtube. I shan't be
> doing that again.
Dave M
Nov 8, 2014, 1:25:21 PM11/8/14
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Dave M
leno...@yahoo.com
Nov 9, 2014, 3:17:47 PM11/9/14
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so that could give it enough kick.
Besides, aside from the IMAX release of The Wizard of Oz, if you live in a
big city with smaller towns close by, chances are there will be about half
a dozen revival theatres in all, and so The Wizard of Oz will likely play
in theatres in your area at least once a year. (Not to mention the
yearly screening on TV - you don't get to see Snow White on TV!)
Can anyone explain all that?
Lenona.
nick...@gmail.com
Nov 9, 2014, 8:12:32 PM11/9/14
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On Sunday, November 9, 2014 3:17:47 PM UTC-5, leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Maybe, but Snow White is still pretty scary for kids under a certain age,
> so that could give it enough kick.
>
> Besides, aside from the IMAX release of The Wizard of Oz, if you live in a
> big city with smaller towns close by, chances are there will be about half
> a dozen revival theatres in all, and so The Wizard of Oz will likely play
> in theatres in your area at least once a year. (Not to mention the
> yearly screening on TV - you don't get to see Snow White on TV!)
>
> Can anyone explain all that?
>
A difference in corporate psychology? Disney prefers to limit the availability of their product to maximize profits and maintain mystique whereas Warner Bros. figures that The Wizard of Oz is an American institution that should be seen as often as possible?
>
> Maybe, but Snow White is still pretty scary for kids under a certain age,
> so that could give it enough kick.
>
> Besides, aside from the IMAX release of The Wizard of Oz, if you live in a
> big city with smaller towns close by, chances are there will be about half
> a dozen revival theatres in all, and so The Wizard of Oz will likely play
> in theatres in your area at least once a year. (Not to mention the
> yearly screening on TV - you don't get to see Snow White on TV!)
>
> Can anyone explain all that?
>
madar...@gmail.com
Nov 10, 2014, 11:24:21 AM11/10/14
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leno...@yahoo.com
Nov 12, 2014, 12:01:26 PM11/12/14
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More on The Wizard of Oz:
There have been two commemorative magazines this year - one, I think, was
released by LIFE, the other, by Reader's Digest. (The latter only just
hit the news stands.
What's weird is that, IIRC, NEITHER of them mentions what's probably the
second-biggest difference between the book and the movie, aside from the
fact that in the book, the land of Oz is real! What's that, you ask?
Miss Gulch never existed - and so, Dorothy never ran away before the
cyclone hit!
(I'm guessing that Gulch was invented as a character only after it was
decided to make Oz a dream - after all, the farmhands didn't exist in
the book either, if you see what I mean.)
Lenona.
There have been two commemorative magazines this year - one, I think, was
released by LIFE, the other, by Reader's Digest. (The latter only just
hit the news stands.
What's weird is that, IIRC, NEITHER of them mentions what's probably the
second-biggest difference between the book and the movie, aside from the
fact that in the book, the land of Oz is real! What's that, you ask?
Miss Gulch never existed - and so, Dorothy never ran away before the
cyclone hit!
(I'm guessing that Gulch was invented as a character only after it was
decided to make Oz a dream - after all, the farmhands didn't exist in
the book either, if you see what I mean.)
Lenona.
madar...@gmail.com
Nov 12, 2014, 3:54:50 PM11/12/14
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On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 12:01:26 PM UTC-5, leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
> More on The Wizard of Oz:
>
> There have been two commemorative magazines this year - one, I think, was
> released by LIFE, the other, by Reader's Digest. (The latter only just
> hit the news stands.
\>
> What's weird is that, IIRC, NEITHER of them mentions what's probably the
> second-biggest difference between the book and the movie, aside from the
> fact that in the book, the land of Oz is real! What's that, you ask?
The SOYLENT GREEN version of WIZARD OF OZ: Dorothy comes back to Kansas and she tells her story and they cart her off in a stretcher to an insane asylum as she yells from the back of the ambulance, "Oz is real, I tell you, OZ IS REAL!"
> More on The Wizard of Oz:
>
> There have been two commemorative magazines this year - one, I think, was
> released by LIFE, the other, by Reader's Digest. (The latter only just
> hit the news stands.
\>
> What's weird is that, IIRC, NEITHER of them mentions what's probably the
> second-biggest difference between the book and the movie, aside from the
> fact that in the book, the land of Oz is real! What's that, you ask?
>
> Miss Gulch never existed - and so, Dorothy never ran away before the
> cyclone hit!
>
> (I'm guessing that Gulch was invented as a character only after it was
> decided to make Oz a dream - after all, the farmhands didn't exist in
> the book either, if you see what I mean.)
>
leno...@yahoo.com
Nov 12, 2014, 6:28:43 PM11/12/14
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On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:54:50 PM UTC-5, madar...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 12:01:26 PM UTC-5, leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> The SOYLENT GREEN version of WIZARD OF OZ: Dorothy comes back to Kansas and she tells her story and they cart her off in a stretcher to an insane asylum as she yells from the back of the ambulance, "Oz is real, I tell you, OZ IS REAL!"
Um, that DID pretty much happen in "Return to Oz." Check it out.
> On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 12:01:26 PM UTC-5, leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> The SOYLENT GREEN version of WIZARD OF OZ: Dorothy comes back to Kansas and she tells her story and they cart her off in a stretcher to an insane asylum as she yells from the back of the ambulance, "Oz is real, I tell you, OZ IS REAL!"
> > (I'm guessing that Gulch was invented as a character only after it was
> > decided to make Oz a dream - after all, the farmhands didn't exist in
> > the book either, if you see what I mean.)
> >
> na.
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