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Posted by Mike McBeath (Member # 8874) on 03-23-2016, 01:29 PM:

We have a college that wants to come watch Apocalypse Now as part of their class, but we cannot figure out who holds the rights to it.

We have contacted all the major studios and nobody (including our film booker) seems to know who to talk to.

Anyone have any ideas?

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 03-23-2016, 02:12 PM:

The last theatrical re-release, the Redux Version, was Miramax.

I believe, but don't know for sure, that video rights are still with Paramount Hove Video.

Posted by Martin McCaffery (Member # 37) on 03-23-2016, 02:26 PM:

It's possible Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope holds the rights. If not, they'd certainly know who does.
Zoetrope

Posted by Frank Cox (Member # 6258) on 03-23-2016, 02:47 PM:

If this is for a classroom use, does who owns the rights even matter? Isn't there an exception for educational purposes?

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-23-2016, 02:53 PM:

He said the class wants to watch it in his theater. It doesn't really matter who's watching, what matters is where it's shown. (As ridiculous as that is.)

Mike - since nobody will "claim" it you could probably just play it and not worry about it. If somebody then contacts you later about it, tell them you tried to find out who owned it and couldn't. But it's more likely nobody will care.

Posted by Michael Putlack (Member # 6523) on 03-24-2016, 06:21 PM:

Park Circus has the Uk rights, so they'd probably be able to point you in the right direction as far as US rights.

Posted by Rick Cohen (Member # 6140) on 03-25-2016, 01:34 AM:

In 2011 it was released by Optimum Releasing.

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 03-25-2016, 12:51 PM:

According to our records, we last played it on August 6, 2013, and the DCP drive shipped directly from American Zoetrope.

Posted by Victor Liorentas (Member # 5272) on 03-25-2016, 05:18 PM:

I wonder if they have film prints?