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Breninar
Breninar
Fri, Jan 15, 2016 12:05am

I already sob my way through this movie. Every. Single. Time.

What a wretched week.

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Bluejay
Bluejay
Fri, Jan 15, 2016 8:00pm

I never saw him in this. And now that I want to, it doesn’t seem to be legally streaming or physically available anywhere. (I’m afraid the $550 “acceptable” used copy on Amazon — a Zone 2 Blu Ray shipping from France, to boot — doesn’t work for me.)

Dammit!

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MarkyD
MarkyD
reply to  Bluejay
Mon, Jan 18, 2016 2:55pm

Yeah, same here. I want to see this movie, but it’s not available anywhere. How stupid.

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Breninar
Breninar
reply to  Bluejay
Wed, Jan 20, 2016 7:52pm

Itʻs at my local library. Try interlibrary loan. 50 cents!
Uh, if you happen to be in the US…

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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
reply to  Breninar
Wed, Jan 20, 2016 9:28pm

And if it’s still in watchable shape after so many years…

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Bluejay
Bluejay
reply to  Breninar
Thu, Jan 21, 2016 3:15am

It’s not available for circulation at any of New York’s three library systems. I suppose I could do ILL, but library DVD’s tend to be scratched and sometimes unplayable on my computer.

It’s kind of ridiculous that it’s not available. It’s not THAT old and obscure a film. And even obscure niche-interest artifacts like, say, “Flight of Dragons” ARE available on Amazon, if only as DVD-Rs on demand. Maybe renewed interest in Rickman’s work will mean this film will be easily accessible again soon.

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Danielm80
Danielm80
reply to  Bluejay
Thu, Jan 21, 2016 4:23am

It appears to be available on a popular video website (as you probably know by now). I usually oppose that sort of copyright violation, but when there’s no other reasonable alternative, a case could be made for watching it that way.

Or maybe the renewed focus on Rickman’s career will encourage someone to release a new edition of the movie.

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Bluejay
Bluejay
reply to  Danielm80
Thu, Jan 21, 2016 4:30am

Ahhh! Didn’t even think to check there. Thank you.

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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
reply to  Bluejay
Thu, Jan 21, 2016 11:18pm

I bet there’s some sort of rights issue when it comes to music. This tends to be the sort of thing that holds up wide distribution on home-video channels.

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