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[StartQuote] Jeff D and ray p, I've got a few questions for you both... Jeff, I'm interested in how you've come by your information that Turner Classic Movies "owns the rights" to the theatrical film "PT 109." Although I do seem to remember TCM running "PT 109" in the past, showings of the film on that channel are very few and very far in-between (if indeed they've ever broadcast it more than once). If TCM owned the rights to "PT 109" as one of the titles in their vast (mainly MGM) film library, they've -- oddly -- been unusually stingy with programming and showing it over the years. Since TCM has to fill a programming schedule seven days a week, 365 days a year, year in and year out, I would think they'd run the film a little more often if they "owned the rights." Also, TCM has been instrumental in getting hundreds of obscure films released onto DVD in the past, but, again, as far as I know, no official DVD release of "PT 109" has been realized yet. The film is still listed on the TCM website as one that can be voted for online by viewers for a future DVD release. If TCM owns the rights, why haven't they released it on DVD yet? There may be "a low demand' for the film, but certainly no lower than the many dozens of obscure films TCM has gotten released on DVD already. ray p, you state the film was "released on DVD in late 2002 and for low sales was taken out of distribution and returned to...distributor. It was the letterbox edition with voiceover (commentary?) by Cliff himself." This information, to me, is straight out of the blue and difficult to believe, as I've been waiting and watching for an official DVD release of "PT 109" for years. If the film WAS officially released on DVD in 2002, it had to have come and gone incredibly quickly, in, and then out, of selected retail outlets with absolutely no publicity, advertising or wide release. None of the major retailers in the Cincinnati, Ohio area where I live EVER carried it, nor did I ever see it listed for purchase or order in national video catalogs or online. The film WAS released several times on video tape in both the VHS and Beta formats, first in a standard version double-cassette in one of the "Warner Bros. 'Night At The Movies'" series, which included a newsreel, a cartoon, and previews from 1963, the year of the film's release, then as a single cassete, in both the standard and widescreen (letterbox) versions. The only "voiceover" by Cliff Robertson that existed on these versions was in the theatrical trailer for the film included on the widescreen version, in which Robertson, dressed in uniform as JFK, introduces and narrates the preview. So, guys -- where did you come up with your info? [EndQuote]
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