Save the alamo before it's lost forever!!!!

[bluknight1]

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/column...ts/052814_1330

MGM has decided to allow John Wayne's THE ALAMO to disentigrate and not be restored!
Please act now and contact MGM on their Facebook page and on Twitter
https://twitter.com/MGM_Studios
https://www.facebook.com/mgm

If we don't act now, the film will be lost forever!

Be sure to remind MGM that it will be a huge stain on their reputation to allow a classic piece of cinematic art to die rather than restore it or farm it out to someone else who will.

Read the Digital Bits article for more information.

[Prim]

That's shameful. MGM won't pay to have it restored, and they won't allow other people to pay for it either? It really does seem like they want the film to die.

[L.J.]

Not good on their part.

[BLUEGRASS]

Wow. You would figure that MGM would at least do a Kickstarter campaign or something.

[SethRex]

I generally hate John Wayne movies......that said, that's just pathetic. Pathetic and lazy.

[rewak]

You can read a little more about this here, including how the elements came to be in this state and how much approximately it was going to cost them back in 2009 to restore - http://in70mm.com/news/2009/the_alamo/index.htm

[Blu Titan]

So back in 2009 they needed an additional $1.4 million dollars. Probably $2 million now.

[Samus Aran]

Originally Posted by Prim

That's shameful. MGM won't pay to have it restored, and they won't allow other people to pay for it either? It really does seem like they want the film to die.

This is how movie studios operate. They don't want to turn your script into a movie but they don't want any other studio to have it either.

[huntauk]

Why don't they sub license it out in other territories for example to MOC in the UK who would give it a deluxe release with a lot of love. This would soften the expenses of a restoration and let's face it, it's not exactly a high risk title compared to some obscure titles indie labels put out. Western fans, John Wayne fans, general film collectors, film students, and fans of the remake would likely seek it out. Plus shouldn't it be reserved as part of US film history? Crazy.

[jlk5844]

That's very sad. At the very least they should license it out. Not doing so just makes them look like bigger idiots.

[Prim]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

This is how movie studios operate. They don't want to turn your script into a movie but they don't want any other studio to have it either.

That's classic Hollywood, but this is an already-made film, and a classic on top of that. How does letting it rot generate revenue for the studio? In the end, that's all they ever want, it seems. When laziness and/or greed does this to a movie, they have to realize they have to spend money to earn money. Letting it rot is just stupidity.

[rewak]

This restoration effort is only referring to the "roadshow" version of the movie, which is only 25 minutes longer than the theatrical version which is safe on 35mm. It would have cost them $1.4million to restore back in 2009, with the state of the elements now that price will have only gone up, for 25 minutes of course they passed!

[vicargen]

>The wretchs in Hollywood do not like John Wayne's Alamo because they despise pariotism in any way, shape, or form. They are sick f**ks.

[vicargen]

It is 35 minutes, FYI. And those 35 minutes make the movies continuity much better.

[WonkaBedknobs83]

After they laughed at Pee-Wee Herman when he asked where the basement was?

All kidding aside, it's not like MGM's current owner is strapped for cash like when they did the laserdisc reconstruction. Giancarlo Paretti took them for such a ride, it's a miracle they survived at all! scAmazon can easily subsidize a restoration. They make more money in an hour than the whole cost of restoring it and re-releasing it would ever cost them, profit or no profit. Just ask Bob Harris to do it. He wants the job. They should have let him do it right after the restoration of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by vicargen

>The wretchs in Hollywood do not like John Wayne's Alamo because they despise pariotism in any way, shape, or form. They are sick f**ks.

You will probably be banned in the next 24 hours which is a shame because I like you!

[BudBaxter]

Presumably, ten years later, it's 'disintegrated' by now?

Still, joining the forum just to post that in a decade old thread? Kudos!

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by BudBaxter

Presumably, ten years later, it's 'disintegrated' by now?

Still, joining the forum just to post that in a decade old thread? Kudos!

Some people aren’t getting the attention they crave at home so come here and look for it.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by vicargen

>The wretchs in Hollywood do not like John Wayne's Alamo because they despise pariotism in any way, shape, or form. They are sick f**ks.

As if John Wayne and The Alamo had nothing to do with Hollywood.

Oh, wait, you only value "old", Commie-hunting Hollywood.

[Azores26]

Didn't know "The Alamo" was so endangered, guess I was ten years late to the news. Never watched it and just noticed that it was only released on blu-ray in Germany and France. I wonder if anything changed since 2014, would be great to see it released by the Warner Archive.