Why no DVD?
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itjobforme — 20 years ago(January 13, 2006 07:32 AM)
I don't understand. This is has got to be the most underrated comedy of all time! It is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen yet it gets no credit and the only copies of it you can find are out of print VHS copies!!! It makes no sence. This is truly an anomoly!
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letago81 — 20 years ago(February 02, 2006 04:11 AM)
I loved this movie the first time i saw it, and I rate it as one of my all-time fav. movies!I mean Martin Short and Danny Glover are the perfect pair (of course,not forgetting Glover and Mel Gibson.)It just makes sense to have it on dvd, it would be a great public service to all who adore this movie!
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krantzbucks — 20 years ago(March 02, 2006 05:55 AM)
My only thought as to a rights issue is that it is based on a French film. Perhaps the studio no longer has the rights to release copies of the remake without renewing their agreement. Seems kind of silly as no one makes any money with no DVD, but those sort of arrangements can get very involved and complicated.
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parasoft — 19 years ago(April 30, 2006 12:02 PM)
I recently stumbled across a listing for this movie on the tcmdb.com website. It turns out that they offer a place for you to vote for this movie to be released on dvd. If you read their F.A.Q. regarding the voting, they state that they send the information to major production and distribution companies. There is also a ranking at the bottom of the poll which ranks the movie against other films that have yet to be released on dvd. If you are interested in owning this film on dvd, I would suggest visiting the link below and voting for it to be released on dvd. You have to enter an email address, but it doesn't really matter if it's a real one. So vote as often as possible because the closer the ranking gets to #1, the better the chance will be of getting this movie released on dvd. You can find the voting poll on the right side of the page.
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McQ-3 — 19 years ago(June 01, 2006 03:58 AM)
Again here's another one agreeing with the rest of you. This film needs to be released on DVD. Martin Short is hilarious in it and Danny (Murtaugh) Glover does great as well. I guess we need to start a petition or something, I mean Universal probably has all their other titles released why not this one. Anyway just to talk about the movie for a second, I love how GLover makes Short's character feel like he's in charge at the beginning. ***1/2
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ediaz8 — 19 years ago(December 18, 2006 09:03 AM)
The movie was released on DVD a few years ago but not by Universal, it was released by GoodTimes. I remembered seeing it at the bargain bins of many Wal-Mart stores circa 2001 or 02 but never bothered to buy it. The GoodTimes DVD was pulled out of circulation probably because Universal is going to release a version themselves. The same thing happened with "Born in East L.A." where it was released by GoodTimes at first and then a Universal version came up. GoodTimes had the DVD rights to several Universal films and they were slowly one by one pulled out of print, then Universal regained the rights and started to release new versions of these films.