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Post #276183

Author
Esn
Parent topic
The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
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Date created
8-Mar-2007, 5:34 PM
When copyright is concerned, you've got to tread on eggshells, especially if you live in the United States; the US has powerfull lobby groups which can and do force law enforcement officials into overreacting on such matters.

Although a screening of the Recobbled Cut would be a great idea, please try to make sure that there will be absolutely no grounds for anyone to get in trouble because of it. In fact, could the very possession of the DVD be illegal? I wouldn't rule it out, given the amount of BS I've been hearing lately. In that case, it might be best not to advertise this fact and keep the information within a small group of people whom you trust.

By the way, I think that a good idea for a "Thief in a Box" release might be to give people who ask for them the materials to make their own version of the film and provide them with various different "raw" visuals, soundtrack files and scores (so that, for example, if they wish to use the alternate Flyover scene, they can add it in).

On a somewhat unrelated note, check this out, and then check out the English-dubbed version that Chris gave the link to in the comments. I got deja vu from watching the dubbed version; it reminded me of watching the Miramax cut of TatC after having watched the Recobbled Cut first. I'd say you could even compare those two versions in a class to teach students how easy it is to ruin a great film.