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NEWS www.homemediamagazine.com “Until that happens I try to help keep that movie alive and those talents in front of the film audience.” The DVDs are not legit. Hart adThere’s the unsold TV pilot “Alexan- shipping and handling, of course. shut the site down this month. By Chris Tribbey “My goal is to help others who are as mits it. And his isn’t the only site Hart’s was just one of many mom- der the Great” starring William Shatcott Hart, who runs the Web site MustHaveFilms.com, and-pop operations catering to those ner, Adam West and John Cassavetes, passionate about movies as I am to be selling copies of DVDs that have says he provides a service, hunting down rare films that studios the 1971 Willard with Ernest Borgnine, able to watch their favorite films when- never seen a legitimate release. There’s www.downunderdvd.com, giving DVD collectors the rare films haven’t released. Hart’s Rowlett, and the infamous Star Wars Holiday ever they would like,” Hart said. “I fully they couldn’t find elsewhere. That Texas-based site carried hundreds of Special. Song of the South, arguably support the talent and the creative drive which boasts more than 1,000 unrewas before the Motion Picture Asso- rare films, ranging from the obscure the most famous of unreleased Dis- behind the titles and encourage studio leased movies from a “personal collection” for sale, mostly film noir, adney vault films? Only $15.95 — with releases of every film onto DVD. ciation of America (MPAA) helped to the desperately desired. ventures and Westerns. The Web site owner, Lane Carson, said being based in Australia has kept him under the radar in terms of copyright violations. There’s also www.cometwesterns. com, which specializes in ‘B’ Westerns and serials that have never exited the studios’ vaults. The owners of the Web site, Kathy and Tommy Hildreth, said they do not deal in copyrighted work, and they write on their site: “If you find a title that you feel violates a copyright law, or belongs to you, please make me aware of the situation immediately.” Hart of Must Have Films disputes whether his sales are illegal profits from blatant copyright violations. The MPAA says they are working with law enforcement regarding Hart’s sales. “If he’s saying he’s justified to release these movies because nobody else has, that’s not justification enough,” said John Malcolm, director of worldwide antipiracy for the MPAA. Malcolm said the studios carefully study the commercial benefits of releasing catalog titles before pulling the trigger, and that the studios are doing their best to be responsive to genre fans. Definitely, Maybe Lars and the Real Girl Bill Hunt, editor of www.TheDigitalBits.com, said hardcore collectors will go to any length to get what The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen they want, even if it is illegal. “Most collectors would be more than happy to pay higher prices for authorized, higher-quality editions,” Hunt said. “But when the studios and distributors are otherwise unwilling or unable to release them, 40 #10000239 escreen DVD [16x9 2.4:1]: Dual-Format Full-Screen/Wid there’s definitely a market out there for these titles any way they can be obtained.” “It’s a real shame that there are so many great films out there that are ADDITIONAL SCENES just fading into obscurity because Languages: ESDH & Français (Dubbed in Quebec) the major studios don’t deem them Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Main Feature. worthy of a commercial release,” Bonus Material/Trailer May Not Be Subtitled). Hart said. “I’ll get a request maybe once or twice a year to remove a title, and so far I’ve never had any conflicts about the issue.” “We have limited resources so we prioritize our targets,” Malcolm said. But he said sites such as Hart’s will eventually get a longer look from the studios and the MPAA “I may have some sympathy for the movie lover who wants something they chaostheorymovie.com warnervideo.com can’t get legitimately,” Malcolm said. ENGLISH “That still doesn’t give them the right to [ Color/87 Mins. SDH Mature Thematic Material, Sexual Content and Language ENGLISH: Dolby Surround 5.1 FRANÇAIS: Dolby Surround Stereo go into the studio’s vault and take it.” Special Features Are Not MPAA-Rated and May Not Be SDH. © 2008 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved. Pirates See Booty in Rare or Unreleased Content S He planned his life like clockwork. Now things are going cuckoo. Ryan Reynolds Emily Mortimer Stuart Townsend Street Date: JUNE 17 Order Due Date: MAY 6 Pre-sell Date: MAY 13 @ 6 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://chaostheorymovie.com http://chaostheorymovie.com http://ymovie.com http://warnervideo.com http://warnervideo.com http://warnervideo.com

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