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Old 10-27-2013, 11:03 AM   #1
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Default Jane Fonda - what do the studios have against her movies?

It's amazing that none of Jane Fonda's great performances from the 70's have appeared on BD in the US or the UK yet.

I'm thinking of:

They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Klute (won best actress Academy Award)
Julia
Coming Home (won best actress Academy Award)
The China Syndrome
Comes A Horseman

Come on, Warner, Fox, MGM - what are you all waiting for?
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Old 10-27-2013, 11:39 AM   #2
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On Golden Pond another of her great movie way over due on BD. Surely many many people would purchase it.
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Old 10-27-2013, 12:23 PM   #3
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And more of her earlier works:

Period of Adjustment
Sunday in New York
Cat Ballou
Barefoot in the Park
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Old 10-27-2013, 12:31 PM   #4
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This could be said about a lot of actors/actresses/directors/writers/etc. Probably isn't some bias against Jane Fonda specifically. Unless the ones who decide what films get released are still upset over Hanoi Jane or were injured doing one of her workout tapes.
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Jane Fonda was a devout political activist, who've caused many controversies, during the 1970s and 80s era. I don't think her movies have been blacklisted for home video, since they were released on DVD, and VHS.

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Old 10-27-2013, 04:19 PM   #6
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Jane Fonda was a devout political activist, who've caused many controversies, during the 1970s and 80s era.
And the 60's. I don't think studios have anything against her or her films. I'm patiently waiting for Nine to Five to arrive on blu.
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Old 10-27-2013, 04:23 PM   #7
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I've pretty much always enjoyed Fonda in her movie roles, so yeah, bring them on!
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Old 10-28-2013, 06:52 PM   #8
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It's easy to forget what a great actress she was with such a great body of work... in the 80s she was just the aerobics chick, and the 90s she was just Mrs. Ted Turner. I wouldn't be surprised with Twight Time ended up with some of the Sony/MGM titles.

At least, we have Barbarella for a Jane fix. And what a fix it is!
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The Studios have something against Miss Fonda??? Point em out
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Old 10-29-2013, 08:45 PM   #10
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I'd love to get 9 To 5 and Cat Ballou
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Old 10-30-2013, 02:51 AM   #11
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She is really hot in Walk on the Wild Side. That would be my wish. The oop dvd is really expensive.
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Old 10-30-2013, 01:08 PM   #12
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I want KLUTE badly on BLU. However I would gladly buy and Jane Fonda film released on BLU. I would have even guessed 9to5 would have been released by now but no such luck.
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Old 10-30-2013, 04:49 PM   #13
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I think it's awful that They Shoot Horses, Don't They? does not have a Blu-ray or even a decent DVD.
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Old 10-30-2013, 04:59 PM   #14
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The Studios have something against Miss Fonda??? Point em out
I doubt that any studio has anything against her, but a big chunk of potential blu-ray purchasers do. Especially many veterans. The studios may see her as too polarizing to raise enough profit, because that is what will matter to them.
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Old 10-31-2013, 07:11 AM   #15
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I doubt that any studio has anything against her, but a big chunk of potential blu-ray purchasers do. Especially many veterans. The studios may see her as too polarizing to raise enough profit, because that is what will matter to them.
Taking peoples political views out of it... Jane is actually credited by many as a big part of the VHS boom of the 80s because people bought VCR's to use her workout tapes, a good decade after "that incident". Plus almost all of her movies have seen DVD releases, so I don't think that she's been blacklisted except for the same people who have hated her for forty years.

She has several movies that are regarded as classics and have enough fans out there to balance out those who detest her. Hell, she had a pretty sizeable part in The Butler just this past summer and that movie did over $100 million. If they never had a problem releasing her movies on VHS and DVD, why NOW should she be penalized on blu-ray just because of a mistake she made well before home video hit? If anything, I'd liken her to Michael Jackson, who is a controversial figure that many boycott because of what they believe he did to children, but yet also has million of fans out there who love him and miss him, so it really balances out.

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Old 10-31-2013, 08:01 PM   #16
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I am not a fan of Jane Fonda the person because of events that happened more than 40 years ago. That is my opinion... you can agree or disagree with me... However, I can separate the person from the actress. In her films, she is not Jane Fonda.. she is whatever role she is playing. I am a fan of her films. I would purchase all of these movies when they become available on Blu-ray.

On Golden Pond
The China Syndrome
Coming Home
They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Cat Ballou
Klute
Nine to Five


Come 'on .. who would not want to own Cat Ballou on Blu-ray?
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