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Author Topic: Double Indemnity????????????? Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-08-2003 09:24 AM                     Having been outbid on every ebay auction for a 16mm print of this wonderful noir title, I recently set out to upgrade my VHS copy to a DVD only to find that the indie company that released the DVD shows it as out of print. In fact, there's an active market on ebay and Amazon selling used DVD's at fairly fancy prices. Anybody know if Paramount intends to release it themselves?  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-08-2003 10:56 AM                        If Paramount have pulled it, could there either be a rights issue or plans for a remake? Alternatively, maybe some footage has been found of the cut final scene (Fred MacMurray in the gas chamber) and there are plans for a restoration.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-08-2003 11:47 AM                     Leo Sorry wrong answer. Jeff The DVD issue of "Double Indemnity" was released by Image Entertainment. Paramount no longer owns the rights to this film. Any Paramount film before I think the date is 1949, were sold to MCA/Universal. This happened in the 60's. The same thing happened over at Warner, when Jack Warner sold all pre-48 titles to United Artists for 23 Million Dollars. Only to have Warner buy Turner to get back all those Warner titles and pre-85 MGM titles too. MCA licensed select titles to Image about 5 years ago. Those titles are now out-of-print. MCA is letting old licensing agreements expire and releasing their own versions. So look for that title as a MCA release. MCA is also licensing to Criterion some titles for Special Editions. This one may turn up as a Criterion Edition. [ 04-08-2003, 05:16 PM: Message edited by: Bill Gabel ]  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-09-2003 03:45 PM                        quote: MCA is also licensing to Criterion some titles for Special Editions. This one may turn up as a Criterion Edition Given that Double Indemnity has attracted so much critical attention and is taught widely in university film studies courses and the like, I'd have thought that it would be a very strong candidate for a Criterion release.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-09-2003 04:11 PM                     MCA has licensed to Criterion on DVD these former Paramount film releases. "Trouble in Paradise" 1932 "The Lady Eve" 1941 "Sullivan's Travels" 1942 MCA licensed to Criterion the Universal film "Charade". The Criterion edition is now out-of-print, but MCA just released it as a double feature with the film "The Truth About Charlie". They should have released as "Charade" with the bonus of the remake.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 04-09-2003 04:52 PM                        I think Phil showed me a house across the street from his own in Hollywood and said that it was used in this film.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-10-2003 09:15 AM                     Bill: You're right, I'm wrong. I did know that the pre-48 Paramounts were sold to MCA, in fact I've got numerous prints with the MCA logo. I picked up a cheap Oriental import DVD on ebay, so we'll see what shows up. Incidentally, I admire Universal for licensing out Charade--it's PD! Well, can't blame them for trying to make a buck.  |  IP: Logged

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