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Thread started 07/22/04 10:05am

slm4m

Did Warner Brothers have to get permission from

Prince to release Purple Rain on DVD? I wonder what kind of a deal they have?
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Reply #1 posted 07/22/04 10:12am

Neversin

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slm4m said:

Prince to release Purple Rain on DVD? I wonder what kind of a deal they have?

Of course not...
Prince didn't produce the movie...

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Reply #2 posted 07/22/04 10:17am

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Neversin said:

slm4m said:

Prince to release Purple Rain on DVD? I wonder what kind of a deal they have?

Of course not...
Prince didn't produce the movie...

Neversin.



If you look on the video cassette it reads (c)1984 Purple films -- who owns that?
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Reply #3 posted 07/22/04 10:39am

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slm4m said:

Neversin said:


Of course not...
Prince didn't produce the movie...

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If you look on the video cassette it reads (c)1984 Purple films -- who owns that?

Probably a one-off subsidiary of WB...
If Prince owned this movie he would have to give permission to warners to release it and somehow I doubt that happened...

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