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Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
auraloffalwaffle, a few of the people on your list are no longer living. Richard Marquand (director of ROTJ) and John Barry (production designer SW) are deceased. Alan Hume (DOP ROTJ) was actually fired before completing ROTJ as well.


Alan Hume was fired??! I had not heard that. Any more info on that one?

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according to his IMDB bio:" Had a falling out with the producers of Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983) because he felt they were mistreating the director, the late Richard Marquand. He was never officially sacked, but the photography during the last month was handled primarily by his assistant Alec Mills"

Very interesting indeed. More weight to the "Marquand was a puppet director" theory. Any additional sources other than dodgy IMDB?
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I have put up a separate thread to put the addresses in.

I've kept Alan Hume on there for now. He may be an interesting man to talk to!
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Originally posted by: zombie84
Very interesting indeed. More weight to the "Marquand was a puppet director" theory. Any additional sources other than dodgy IMDB?
IMDB was my source as well, so I don't know how official it is either. I was checking up on some of the SW crew for a really geeky list of people I would like/expect to see on a future DVD documentary if Lucasfilm ever did the proper SEs that the films deserve.

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There0s something I don't understand: what legal resource can Lucasfilm use to prevent showings or a privately held print? I mean, once you have it it's your property and you can do whatever you want with it, right?
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Originally posted by: Byakko
There0s something I don't understand: what legal resource can Lucasfilm use to prevent showings or a privately held print? I mean, once you have it it's your property and you can do whatever you want with it, right?


Similar to the warnings you see on videos and DVDs today. You can watch it in the privacy of your own home, but you're not allowed to hold a large public showing without authorizing it first (at least I think that's how it works...).

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Indeed so. The issue is the permission that is required to hold a screening which is open to the public.

The fight to have LucasFilm allow public screenings of the OOT is just as important as persuading them to release the OOT in a satisfactory DVD format.
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"He also asked the question of why anyone would change a classic (despite the fact that he did compose the new cue for the end of ROTJ). This was some years ago."

Lucas would have had it done regardless. I doubt Williams wanted anyone else - much less Lucas - messing with his songs anymore than was absolutely needed.

"what legal resource can Lucasfilm use to prevent showings or a privately held print? I mean, once you have it it's your property and you can do whatever you want with it, right? "

Same resource that prevents "public viewing" of any film you buy, whether it is film, DVD, VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, etc. Don't you ever watch the forced FBI warnings?

Being a teacher, I know of school districts that have been fined and/or sued by Disney for showing their movies in the classroom. That counts as "public viewing", because it's not being shown in the home of the person who purchased the video.

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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi

Being a teacher, I know of school districts that have been fined and/or sued by Disney for showing their movies in the classroom. That counts as "public viewing", because it's not being shown in the home of the person who purchased the video.


That's interesting. When I was in middle-school, a teacher of mine showed ESB in the classroom just before Christmas vacation. It must have been a bootleg as well, because this was 1982 or 1983, and I don't think ESB came out on video until 1984 or 1985. I wonder if he got caught....I didn't like him, anyway.

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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Being a teacher, I know of school districts that have been fined and/or sued by Disney for showing their movies in the classroom. That counts as "public viewing", because it's not being shown in the home of the person who purchased the video.


Really? I've watched quite a few films in class (some of them being Disney) and I don't remember there being any trouble. I guess it just shows what a terrible company Disney is as far as PR goes.

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Presumably, the educational Disney movies entire generations of public school kids have seen on 16mm would be exempt.
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