Re: [F_minor] OT: Why has this movie been banned from the USA?Whycan't Americans see & hear this movie?

["Robert Merkin" <bobmerk@earthlink.net>]

I wanna see it on a whomp-arse big theater movie screen. My town has kept
alive in loving restoration the gorgeous 19th century Academy of Music
(with private boxes and a balcony), great, with spectacular acoustics, for
live concerts as well as a perfect venue for movies.

This is my Right as an American. But thanks for the DVD tip. 


> [Original Message]
> From: John DeGood <john@degood.org>
> To: <bobmerk@earthlink.net>
> Date: 3/2/2008 11:39:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [F_minor] OT: Why has this movie been banned from the USA?
Whycan't Americans see & hear this movie?
>
>  > Why has this movie been banned from the USA? Why can't Americans see 
> & hear this movie?
>
> US and Canadian residents can easily purchase this DVD from ebay.com or 
> amazon.fr -- search for "flute branagh".  It is a Region 2 DVD, so to 
> play it in the US or Canada (i.e. Region 1) requires a region-free DVD 
> player, but those are also easily obtained.  Many Region 1 DVD players 
> can be easily unlocked using a "secret" button or remote control sequence.
>
> I suspect Bob already knows this, and is just venting at the the motion 
> picture production and distribution establishment, as well as DVD region 
> coding in general. :-)
>
> John


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