Comments on: Courts pull Finnish movie from theaters http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/ Politics, current events, culture - From Finland & United States Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hank W. http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-293021 Hank W. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:35:26 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-293021 He's apparently sold the screenplay to some UK production company. He’s apparently sold the screenplay to some UK production company.

]]> By: mjr http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-293004 mjr Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:25:52 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-293004 Yep, this might be a Pyrrhic victory for him... Of course I gather that they really did mangle his text awfully, but shouldn't that be par for the course in the film industry? Yep, this might be a Pyrrhic victory for him… Of course I gather that they really did mangle his text awfully, but shouldn’t that be par for the course in the film industry?

]]> By: DAVE THE MAVE http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-292894 DAVE THE MAVE Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:44:11 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-292894 Is there so little money in Finnish film that a settlement would be out of the question? Or is the screenwriter so full of integrity that he doesn't want to work in this city again? Is there so little money in Finnish film that a settlement would be out of the question? Or is the screenwriter so full of integrity that he doesn’t want to work in this city again?

]]> By: Hank W. http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-292780 Hank W. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:10:04 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-292780 That is because the idiots put a clause in their contract making this possible instead of the usual "rear-light-guarantee". That is because the idiots put a clause in their contract making this possible instead of the usual “rear-light-guarantee”.

]]> By: aet75 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-292644 aet75 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:50:23 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-292644 If I'm not completely mistaken as usual, this was a screenplay to begin with, not a novel or something like that. The whole industry would be paralyzed if the writers reserved the right to decide how their texts are adapted to the screen. If unhappy, isn't the usual thing to do to have one's name deleted from the titles, not to shoot down the whole production? If I’m not completely mistaken as usual, this was a screenplay to begin with, not a novel or something like that. The whole industry would be paralyzed if the writers reserved the right to decide how their texts are adapted to the screen. If unhappy, isn’t the usual thing to do to have one’s name deleted from the titles, not to shoot down the whole production?

]]> By: Max http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-292252 Max Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:55:31 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-292252 The screenwriter has also rights. It is his story that is put on screen, not the producers or the directors. If indeed they violated the writers work than that is their own fault. The screenwriter has also rights. It is his story that is put on screen, not the producers or the directors. If indeed they violated the writers work than that is their own fault.

]]> By: Anzi http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-292025 Anzi Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:06:36 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-292025 It happened about 100 years ago with F.M. Murnau's film "Nosferatu". Bram Stoker's heirs sued Murnau for the unauthorized use of the book "Dracula", and won the case. The film was pulled from all UK theatres and all British copies of it were destroyed. The British court's ruling did not extend to Germany, however, which is how the film survived. It happened about 100 years ago with F.M. Murnau’s film “Nosferatu”. Bram Stoker’s heirs sued Murnau for the unauthorized use of the book “Dracula”, and won the case. The film was pulled from all UK theatres and all British copies of it were destroyed. The British court’s ruling did not extend to Germany, however, which is how the film survived.

]]> By: Kimmo W. http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-292018 Kimmo W. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:58:28 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-292018 William Randolph Hearst is known to have tried to use his influence to keep people from seeing Citizen Kane when it came out. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kane2/ William Randolph Hearst is known to have tried to use his influence to keep people from seeing Citizen Kane when it came out.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kane2/

]]> By: truth http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-291978 truth Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:06:51 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-291978 It's possible the film got censored for political reasons. Anyway, Phil, are you going to write about the 4th year medical student who was employed (illegally) as a doctor in a finnish health central and got a baby killed? The finest of socialist healthcare... In other news, a maternity ward nurse taped the mouths of infants shut because they kept crying. It’s possible the film got censored for political reasons.

Anyway, Phil, are you going to write about the 4th year medical student who was employed (illegally) as a doctor in a finnish health central and got a baby killed? The finest of socialist healthcare… In other news, a maternity ward nurse taped the mouths of infants shut because they kept crying.

]]> By: gopha http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/comment-page-1/#comment-291973 gopha Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:04:07 +0000 http://www.finlandforthought.net/2007/02/01/courts-pull-finnish-movie-from-theaters/#comment-291973 I don't know if it has happened in the US, yet. Usually it's lawsuit gets filed, press catches wind then settlement in secret or some thing. I don’t know if it has happened in the US, yet. Usually it’s lawsuit gets filed, press catches wind then settlement in secret or some thing.

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