Hello Friends
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mjb442olds — 19 years ago(December 27, 2006 06:59 PM)
Wow Kelli, it's awesome that you're posting here! I had the pleasure of meeting you a few years ago in New Jersey at the Chiller Theatre Expo, got your autograph of course. I'm a fan of yours way back since you starred on Ryan's Hope. Tonight I watched NOTC on TMC-W. Great flick and a favorite of mine.
My opinion of the DVD release is that Sony, according to the above poster, SHOULD contact and include the actors and actresses for commentaries. The drawback of alot of the classic flicks is that most of the stars are no longer with us. It would be a great dis-service to us fans if a DVD release without actor interviews/commentaries is made just to make a quick buck. Although I own it on VHS a DVD would be a welcome addition.
Hope you had a nice Christmas holiday and the New Year brings good cheer to you,,,,,and all us fans if a DVD is made.
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StraightUpMeat — 19 years ago(December 28, 2006 06:42 AM)
I just wanted to tell a quick story that happened last night. I was hanging out with a friend of mine, his younger brother, and a group of his younger brother's friends. NotC came on TV. My friend and I have seen NotC many times before being the 80's children we are but none of the younger guys in the room had seen it. We watched it from beginning to end and everyone was blown away. All the younger guys wanted to take their Holiday gift certificates and get it on DVD. So this morning I was checking to see if a DVD was available and I stumbled onto this board. I just wanted to say that NotC was one of my all time favorite movies growing up and it is awesome to see that after all these years th5b4e movie still has the same power it did in '84. I just wanted to let Kelli and everyone else know that there is a group of guys from NJ waiting to get our hands on NotC DVD. Hopefully MGM will realize that this movie is a classic and it should be available.
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mahjongg64 — 19 years ago(December 29, 2006 06:21 PM)
Use this link, http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/product.asp?sku=D64241, to PRE-ORDER a DVD copy of "Night of the Comet", from Turner Classic Movies. It is due out in 3/07! I am so excited!!! Can't wait! Kelli, I hope you and Mary Catherine Stewart get some royalties from sales of the DVD!!!
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kellimaroney — 19 years ago(December 29, 2006 07:33 PM)
Hias fans of NOTC may already know, MGM has announced that it will release a DVD of the film in March of 2007. (I love how they are saying "a proper DVD" which is a phrase I used repeatedly, although what I meant was with extras and interviews, etc.) Always glad to share input, right?
Anyway, as some of you have asked, none of the cast will be paid for the DVD. I, at least, have never been paid for any film I have appeared5b4 in when it went to DVD.
That's nothing new, but I am glad that at last a DVD is available because I know it's been out of print and the VHS copies are really useless by now.
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porhq — 19 years ago(December 30, 2006 10:04 AM)
I love this movie! It's a classic and should have been released long ago. I hope they do add some extras on it. Sometimes those can be interesting. I will pre-order it ASAP. One for me and one for my sister, Sam. I won't even tell her I got her one I'll just let it arrive. She'll be thrilled! That really REALLY sucks that you guys don't get royalties for it. Next time put it in your contract! lol
I guess I can retire my old wobbly VHS copy I recorded off HBO so many years ago. lol
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C00L — 19 years ago(December 31, 2006 02:46 AM)
A couple of years back a company called Pacific Family Entertainment was about to release NOTC on DVD but due to rights issues they never did, which is actually a good thing because it would have been a really crappy VHS-like quality DVD (judging by their other releases).
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sgartner — 19 years ago(December 31, 2006 09:09 PM)
Kelli,
First, happy birthday yesterday!
I'm assuming that since you didn't mention it they have not asked you to do a commentary track for the DVD? I just rewatched the movie and I would love to hear your experiences as a commentary on the DVD. I hope I am wrong and you simply can't say anything.
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SuperStarMan — 19 years ago(January 02, 2007 05:35 PM)
Are you serious?!
DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!
I would have loved to he16d0ar your expieriences of making Night Of The Comet.
I am SO disappointed!!
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Polaris01313-1 — 19 years ago(January 07, 2007 12:33 AM)
Dear Kelli
I first saw Night Of the Comet during its run on Showtime a year after its release. And I must say, it was a memorable and wonderful experience for me as a huge science fiction fan. Especially at the age of thirteen.
I even wrote a Night Of the Comet fan fic that involved another part of the world that was also affected by Halley's Comet(during the same time that Regina, Samantha, and Hector were dealing with their own situations in Los Angeles). I basically set it in my home city of Louisville, Kentucky and it dealt with a small circle of junior high school kids, who were just as bewildered as Regina, Sam, and Hector were.
I'm glad that the film is now finally coming to DVD. It has been long in coming.
Are their any memories you have of the film that you can recall? Especially about working with Robert Beltran and the ever lovely Catherine Mary Stewart?
If their were a sequel, what would it be about, specifically?
Thanks for keeping us Comet fans informed. I'm definately looking forward to purchasing my copy in March.
BlueThunder 01
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kellimaroney — 19 years ago(January 09, 2007 02:02 PM)
Hi all,
I am sorry to report that we have not recorded a commentary, as I would have liked us to do. I should point out that actors don't get any compensation for DVD release. I think we're supposed to, but I never have. I don't know of anyone else who has either.
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kcipc — 19 years ago(January 13, 2007 03:22 PM)
Kelli, you are so cool to be on this page. I saw this movie on the big sceen when it came out, on a first date when I was 17 years old. I realized, that we were not meant to be together because, she didn't get how great this movie was. It total sucks that you do not get compensation for the DVD, back in 1984 who know the big deal DVD's or even VHS's was going to be. There was no way you could have to thought of to put this in your contract. But, if the movie company had any soul, they would know you are the reason they are making more money on this movie. But, since they don't, all they see is the money and don't care about you. I read the IMBD threads all the time and have never posted before, but because you are so open and honest, I felt they need to.
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kellimaroney — 19 years ago(January 14, 2007 11:44 PM)
Thanks! It means alot to me to talk to people and it's nice to know that people enjoy your work, of course. It's funny but actors mostly just take the deal that they are offered. Not many actors are able to dictate what gets in their contract. It might seem that way because ya read about big studio deals and stuff.