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Why was there such a large gap between the US and UK release of Wreck-It Ralph?
Wreck-It Ralph had it's World Premier October 29th 2012 and was released in the US a few days later on November 2nd 2012. The UK release of the film was a couple of months later on 8th February - was ...
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Was Gremlins 2 the first film to re-adapt a scene for home video release?
In Gremlins 2 the Gremlins supposedly get into the projection booth and wreak havoc with the film. It snaps and the Gremlin in the projection booth starts making hand shadows.... Etc.
In the home ...
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What causes a high budget title to be direct-to-DVD?
We've all heard the saying "released straight to DVD" to indicate the failure of a movie to make it into the theaters. Now, I'm not talking about the "made for DVD" films, or foreign films that were ...
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Why is international distribution so tangled even for recent movies released first online?
The iTunes trailer for John Dies at the End proclaims that it will be available online, "everywhere" from december 2012 before its cinema release in January 2013.
Of course by "everywhere" they mean ...
