Why no DVD?
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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
-Actually now to think about it, maybe Anchor Bay can release it. They've come through on movies like The Pirate Movie and what not!! -
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.
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Jughead — 18 years ago(December 23, 2007 07:24 AM)
I was only a kid when I saw this movie in theatres. I barely remember anything about it except that I thought it was hilarious. My dad and uncle dropped my older cousin and I off to watch this one while they went to go see, I think a Bond movie. Anyway, I stumbled across this again looking at Harry Shearer's filmography as it's his birthday today. I hope it gets released on DVD soon. I wouldn't mind re-living some old childhood memories again.
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Samus Aran — 18 years ago(January 01, 2008 03:46 AM)
This is such an underrated movie. It is one of my all-time favourite comedies, and one of Martin Short's very best works. I watched it a couple times on a movie channel when it came out, and haven't seen it since. I wanna watch it with my family now !
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moviemike16 — 18 years ago(March 20, 2008 03:54 PM)
Its an OOP VHS movie, so why would they bother digitalizing it? It's OUT OF PRINT. I guess anybody out there who trashed their VCR's are out of luck on this one.
Another way to get it onto a disc is to find someone who owns it on VHS and transfer it over, it will still be in VHS quality but at least it would last longer and not have a large black plastic box sitting around anymore.
I have a simple VHS/DVD Recorder that has a auto-dubbing option, however it's copy protected so I can't get it to transfer unfortunately. When I figure it out, I will indeed seed it
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