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On Wed, 20 March 2002, simon@ wrote On Wed, 20 March 2002,
"Andrew Wren" wrote > > > [deleted lots of this cruft] > htest > earning film
at 150 million dollars (only 2 million of which was from the US) > and "Sen to
Chihiro no Kamikakushi" has already earned 200 million dollars in > Japan alone
and will probably overtake "Titanic" to be number one.
Daniel
N.B. English titles "Princess Mononoke" > and "Spirited Away", both excellence
films.
So am I the only one wondering why they bought films that were too violent >
for them to release?
The answer is "because they are competition for the Disney marketplace." Buying
the competitor and preventing them from releasing is a good way to prevent the
US market from being influenced by anything that might, horror of horrors, wean
people off the Disney pap. BTW: Nick, can you impose the normal penalties for
people posting HTML? Thanks.
"Andrew Wren" wrote > > > [deleted lots of this cruft] > htest > earning film
at 150 million dollars (only 2 million of which was from the US) > and "Sen to
Chihiro no Kamikakushi" has already earned 200 million dollars in > Japan alone
and will probably overtake "Titanic" to be number one.
Daniel
N.B. English titles "Princess Mononoke" > and "Spirited Away", both excellence
films.
So am I the only one wondering why they bought films that were too violent >
for them to release?
The answer is "because they are competition for the Disney marketplace." Buying
the competitor and preventing them from releasing is a good way to prevent the
US market from being influenced by anything that might, horror of horrors, wean
people off the Disney pap. BTW: Nick, can you impose the normal penalties for
people posting HTML? Thanks.