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Author Topic: MGM now distributed by Sony Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: California, U.S.A. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 06-09-2005 02:59 AM                     The question I've been wording since I heard about this deal months ago was this: Will the buyout affect how the remaining MGM films are booked will Sony and MGM be considered the same when product allocation comes into play?  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-09-2005 01:15 PM                     Sony has just pulled "The Pink Panther" from it's August 5th release date to a February 10th date. Because of bad reviews being posted on the net.  |  IP: Logged Pete Apruzzese Film Handler Posts: 13 From: Mountain Lakes, NJ, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 06-13-2005 10:41 AM                        quote: William Hooper Who's got My Fair Lady now? Is there still a 70mm print around? It is available from Hollywood Classics USA, although I don't know if they have 70mm prints. They control most of the films that were originally produced by the CBS Theatrical Films division: The Reivers, Scrooge The Musical, Prime Cut, Snoopy Come Home, et al.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-13-2005 01:19 PM                        quote: Bill Gabel Sony has just pulled "The Pink Panther" from it's August 5th release date to a February 10th date. Because of bad reviews being posted on the net. And that's going to help ... how? That's one movie that had "Sucks" written all over it before a frame of film was shot. Steve Martin is a great comedian and probably even a great actor, but nobody can do Clouseau except Peter Sellers. They should just clean up and reissue the old films.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-13-2005 02:58 PM                     Send it back to the cutting room and then more market research screenings. It's all been done before.  |  IP: Logged Ky Boyd Hey I'm #23 Posts: 314 From: Santa Rosa, CA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-16-2005 02:35 AM                       Drifting slightly back towards topic, the question of who would service my bookings of two MGM repertory titles reared its ugly head this week. The titles were booked prior to May 1, but MGM transferred the bookings to Sony Repertory but not the advance I had properly paid to MGM. A couple of phone calls to Sony got the matter straightened out, but I'm glad it was sorted out now instead of the week I was expecting the first print to arrive. I also experienced some confusion on a former MGM title that Warner Classics thought they had but turns out to be a Sony. Bottom line is if you are working with any of the titles in transition this summer, it pays to check up on what is where.  |  IP: Logged

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