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3/11/02
Posted on 03/11/2002 2:59:08 AM PST by Jethro Tull
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To: Jethro Tull
Just FYI, I just purchased a sealed, hologrammed Song of the South VHS on Ebay for $39.99 British ($60 US) plus $5 shipping via the Buy It Now option. Thanks for the tip.
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posted on
03/11/2002 6:22:15 AM PST
by
Is2C
To: Jethro Tull
I miss Heckel and Jeckel myself ..........
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posted on
03/11/2002 6:23:07 AM PST
by
Squantos
To: Jethro Tull
Got my original legal copy! Cost me an arm and a leg, but I have a PAL version, from Europe and have a few NTSC copies made from a PAL version as well... Disney = spineless.
To: Jethro Tull
It's not just "Song of the South" that's being suppressed. "Johnny Tremain", the story of a boy who takes up arms in the Revolutionary War, is also unavailable. "Kids with guns", y'know.
To: Jethro Tull
I do have the lp album of Song of the South. (to those youngsters reading...it's the record, the black shiny thingy)
To: SpookBrat
Turn me loose! Uh, uh, uh, uh, turn me loose!
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posted on
03/11/2002 8:33:16 AM PST
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Gumlegs
To: SauronOfMordor
"Johnny Tremain" was on the Disney Channel last week.
To: Fred Mertz; weepnomore
Don't go overboard in spending on "collectibles" unless they're original items. A videotape isn't original. Lady and the Tramp was released early on, then vanished off the shelves. In the next few years copies of it were real prizes, fetching up to $150. Then Disney released it again cheaper than ever, and all those $150 tapes were worth $14.95!
The two most awaited movies on video are (were) "McLintock" with John Wayne (and that's out now), and "Song of the South". If (when) Disney does release it, it'll make a fortune and will be the biggest selling video of all time. I wouldn't bet on it staying in the can forever.
And as for me, I've got a laughing place cuz' I've had a copy for a long time!
To: Jethro Tull
I've got a laserdisc copy of "Song of the South" from Japan; I bought it about fifteen years ago.
When I was in medical school in the mid-90's, I mentioned this movie to one of the school secretaries (a black lady). I made her a VHS copy of the movie. Not only did she watch it, but it made the rounds of every black person she new. They LOVED the movie, and were so glad they were finally able to see it. (They also loved the copies of "Carmen Jones" and "Green Pastures" that I loaned them.)
I guess they didn't know they were supposed to be offended.
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posted on
03/11/2002 1:07:27 PM PST
by
absinthe
To: babylonian
"Johnny Tremain" was on the Disney Channel last week. About three years ago, when I asked Blockbuster to get me a copy, the guy told me it was not offered any more. Doing a websearch, I now see that you can get it from places like CDNow. I stand corrected, thanks!
To: Jethro Tull
Disney's reluctance to market it in the USA is not a reaction to an alleged threat by the NAACP to boycott Disney products. The NAACP fielded objections to Song of the South when it premiered, but it has no current position on the movie. Now i understand why Hollywood is just as concerned about foreign opinion than American opinions. This might explain part of why (just a part) they are not overtly patriotic in the aftermath of 911. I never expect Hollywood to go back to the way they were doing the second world war but they seem to be bending backwards not to be patriotic..not to offend Europe or Asia which seems to fear American nationalism and patriotism...
To: majordivit
Hollywood sucks.
It's that simple.
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