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Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight
Kino got Last Of The Dogmen from one of the producers (Pathe?)
No Escape/Escape from Absolom is with one of it's Australian or UK producers (who Umbrella licenced their BD from).
TriBeCa Productions acquired US distribution rights to A Bronx Tale from Universal. They wanted a high asking price and a label (believed to be Criterion) supposedly met their ransom price and were working on a new restoration.
Lightning Jack was produced by Village Roadshow (with VS releasing it in Australia, Savoy in the US, and Buena Vista overseas). US rights are now believed to be with Warner distributing for Village Roadshow (Warner are VS's main distribution and production partner).
All the Rysher productions that Savoy distributed (which includes Three Wishes, Exit to Eden, White Man's Burden, ect.) are with Paramount (they own the Spelling Entertainment unit that purchased Rysher).
I know for a fact Universal controls Steal Big, Steal Little and The Walking Dead (1996) as there were HD streams with a Focus Features logo attached.
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I’m surprised Universal let go of a large portion of the Savoy library, I thought they acquired it outright. Especially A Bronx Tale which happens to be the largest title there, I never thought Universal would lose that.
And to get back to Charlotte’s Web, (not that I want to, I’m just interested in complicated rights situations) so the Astral VHS was just a Paramount license? I’d never have guessed Paramount licensed VHS titles in Canada.