Help Support “A Better Place”!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Vincent Pereira’s â€œA Better Placeâ€ is now available on Synapse DVD, and those who have seen it have all been blown away. Film Threat’s Chris Gore recently praised the disc, along with several other reputable online sites which you’ll see in Vincent’s post below. Our review of the disc appears HERE.

Anyway, Vincent’s now on a campaign to get the disc in more stores nationwide, and he needs your help! Here’s his post letting you know what you can do to support this excellent title and get it in as many stores as possible:

So a lot of you are having a hard time finding A BETTER PLACE on DVD. The problem is it’s a small title that didn’t get a theatrical release, and even though it’s getting great reviews and people dig it, it’s not known, so a lot of these big places aren’t stocking it. And, barring any massive promotion which Don May and Synapse really can’t afford, a lot of Synapse’s subdistributors- the companies that actually sell the units to the major chains and stores- can’t really push the title. So, here’s where you come in.

I need you, the fans, to go into these stores- the Suncoasts, the Coconuts, the Best Buys- and ASK for the title to be stocked. If they can’t find it in their system, here’s a list of the sub-distributors that Synapse Films sells their DVDs to. Remember, these are the distribution companies that actually sell the DVDs to the stores (for example, Suncoast buys their stuff from both Image and Ventura), and odds are that the store in your area buys from one of these guys and thus will be able to stock the title, and if there is recognized interest from people coming in and asking for the title, they will likely break down and order it and stock it, which helps me and helps you, the fanbase who wants to see the film. So, here’s that list:

Companies that distribute Synapse Films DVDs to stores:

Venturaâ€” note, this is the distributor that stocks Hollywood Video!!!
Image
Valley Media
CAV Networks
Norwalk
Baker & Taylor
W.I.T.
Vid Canada
Dutch East Trading

So, go into your local chain stores and ask whoever is in charge of buying to stock A BETTER PLACE. Go prepared with this list of distributors that they can buy it from, and hell, even print out the many rave reviews the DVD has gotten and give them to the buyer as incentive! Mention that it’s a View Askew title with an introduction by Kevin Smith and Scott Moseir. Really, Synapse Films is a small company, and while the DVD is selling extremely well for them, it’s not getting the market penetration that a huge company like Anchor Bay can get for even the most obscure of titles, and A BETTER PLACE is damn well better and more appealing than a lot of Anchor Bay’s stuff! If a lot of you guys and girls go out and really ask for the title and are armed with the proper info and the good reviews, we might be able to really help this title explode into the marketplace! So, what do you all say? Will you all help us out on this?

As for places where you should be able to find the title, here’s a lowdown of stores that are almst guaranteed to stock it:

Virgin
Tower
HMV
Dave’s Laser Place
QED Laser Place in Westmont, IL
Kims Video

On-line reatilers who carry it (note- some of these have it listed as â€œBetter Placeâ€, not â€œA Better Placeâ€):

Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash
Amazon
CD Now
Buy.com
DVD Planet

Pretty much any on-line retailer should have it, either listed as A BETTER PLACE, or BETTER PLACE.

Thanks folks, let’s hope this helps A BETTER PLACE hit more stores!

Vincent

Links to good reviews for the DVD: