Archive for May 5th, 1999

Story On Dogma, DVD, More…

May 5th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by John Couture

  • The nifty home video website My Video Store ran a nice piece on Dogma as well as the Clerks DVD controversy (which kindly included a few links back to us), and we thought you may want to check it out. You need to be a member to access the “Video Guru” section where the story is, but membership was free and only took a second. Here’s a tidbit from the story:
MGM is not the only studio weighing the all-important moral question. The aforementioned Disney seems to have its hands full of controversy 90% of the time and right now the hot potato is in the form of Kevin Smith. On the heels of the Dogma fiasco, Disney announced that it was reneging on its announcement of Clerks on DVD. The DVD version, which is rumored to contain the same materials that were previously released on laser disc, was denounced supposedly for audio commentary that discusses, in detail, a particular sexual reference made in the movie. A grass-roots campaign spearheaded by Kevin Smith supporters in conjunction with NewsAskew.com, a veritable Internet shrine updated daily with anything and everything related to Kevin Smith and his films (nay, his universe), led an e-mail assault on Disney and it appears that they were successful. A Disney response to the mailings says that Disney is “99% sure” that they will release Clerks this summer.

I also know that Dogma RC is a slight bit behind…Surprisngly since the big Dogma press onslaught a few weeks back, things have totally gotten quiet. The site WILL be updated more regularly as release approaches and Cannes news rolls in. ‘Til next time…

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Clerks DVD Saga Continues…

May 5th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Rod Santacruz

  • Seems that Miramax/Disney/Buena Vista are at least SAYING they’re gonna do right with their upcoming Collectors Series of DVDs. According to a DVD File story today, they’re going to indeed, as we’d hoped, release Clerks, and even hint at a Chasing Amy release somewhere down the road!
In good news, Buena Vista subsequently has added Clerks back on the schedule, and Miramax has indicated that the Collector’s Series has not been abandoned, and that they fully intend to support the series with many more releases to come. They gave me a nice rundown on some titles that have been rumored for a while, and a couple of new ones you might be interested in.

However, the question of arrival date for these is an issue, and there are no set dates yet, including Clerks, which will no longer make the original 6/29/99 date. However, I am assured that all these titles are in development, and though it seems unlikely they will all be released in 1999, we should see them on DVD hopefully over the course of the next several months.

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Also on the docket are many other oft-rumored titles, including Chasing Amy (which as of now has not been licensed to Criterion).

Again, we like to think the Clerks stuff got re-thought of after our write-in campaign…But of course no one from Disney ever got in touch with us about it, so who knows? The Amy news is definitely new to us. You can read the full piece HERE, which also hints that From Dusk ‘Til Dawn will get the re-release it deserves (the laser has TONS of fantastic stuff that the earlier released DVD lacks). Stay tuned for more.

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Commentary…

May 5th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Wow – You’d think there’d be MORE updates now that I’m home all the time…But I’ve never been busier! I’ve been setting up a few interviews and just doing some general job research — The days really do fly by! On top of THAT, Chris went to Vegas (Vegas, baby, Vegas!!!) on business and didn’t let me stow away in his suitcase…So I won’t be there to tell him to double down on 11 or anything. Oh well.

Luckily, the View Askew news in general has been quite slow…Which I’m sure is boring the hell out of you fine people, but is sorta making life a bit easier at least for the next day or two. But I at least wanted to stop by and check in with a couple of stories to let you know that we’re still around. Here ya go:

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