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Why is E.T. The most inaccessible film of all time?
Posted on 7/20/14 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 7/20/14 at 4:48 pm
I remember the dawn of video rental. If a movie was a huge box office hit, the video rental of it too for fricking ever to be released. E.T. Was the worst offender, and wasn't released, by my recollection, ever. Not really, but by the time it was, I had long since stopped caring.
I've only recently seen it on cable. Prior to that, nothing. For a film that is supposed to be so iconic, it really makes itself hard to find.
I've only recently seen it on cable. Prior to that, nothing. For a film that is supposed to be so iconic, it really makes itself hard to find.
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Posted on 7/20/14 at 4:51 pm to UL-SabanRival
Posted on 7/20/14 at 4:53 pm to UL-SabanRival
Posted on 7/20/14 at 5:04 pm to UL-SabanRival
Posted on 7/20/14 at 5:15 pm to UL-SabanRival
I know what you mean, its never on TV like other movies that are considered all-time greats.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 5:23 pm to UL-SabanRival
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I had long since stopped caring.
How can one ever stop caring about ET? I RA'd.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 12:20 am to UL-SabanRival
This is strange to hear, to be honest, as I had the VHS for E.T. really on (I was born in 82) and can't not remember either having the VHS or seeing the movie on TV.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 12:50 am to UL-SabanRival
The Lion King was the same way, until they finally released it in BluRay.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:58 am to UL-SabanRival
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I had long since stopped caring
You turned off your Heart Light....
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:08 am to UL-SabanRival
Meh - popular movies ran for months back then. Video was just starting to be a factor in the early 90s - certainly not something over which Spielberg lost sleep.
By the time of it's VHS release in the late 80s, things had changed. E.T. was one of the first heavily pirated videos, and consequently, an early example of an elaborate copy protection scheme was used on that release.
By the time of it's VHS release in the late 80s, things had changed. E.T. was one of the first heavily pirated videos, and consequently, an early example of an elaborate copy protection scheme was used on that release.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 3:07 pm to UL-SabanRival
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If a movie was a huge box office hit, the video rental of it too for fricking ever to be released.
Because this was the very beginning of the industry and they were still figuring stuff out. ET was released in 1982, guess what else happened in 1982
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March 1982 – Legislation is introduced in the United States Senate to give copyright holders the exclusive right to authorize the rental of prerecorded videos, essentially allowing the motion picture studios to prevent video stores from renting movies.
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ET was in theaters for an entire year. The studios knew how to make money on movies in a theater, they were still figuring out monetizing VHS.
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1985 – 11 million VCRs are sold in the U.S., bringing its penetration to almost 30% of American TV households.
So 3 years after ET was released in theaters VCRs are only in 30% of US homes.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 3:41 pm to UL-SabanRival
It is sort of funny that it never seems to be on TV.
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