Disney Is Quietly Placing Classic Fox Movies Into Its Vault

claws · October 28, 2019, 01:16:41 PM

Full story can be read here at: vulture.com

The only Fox movie that Disney made available is The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Most likely to avoid outrage from the LGBT community as insiders suspect.

Rev. Powell · October 28, 2019, 01:36:05 PM

Yep, typical authoritarian behavior from Disney. Doesn't effect very many people---most Americans don't live near a repertory theater and only a tiny portion of those who do ever visit it. Still a dick move by Disney.

I don't think its the LGBT community Disney is worried about with RHPS, but the audience that goes to screenings every week. People won't even notice if RAISING ARIZONA doesn't show up at their rep theater but the audience that goes to RHPS screenings weekly or monthly sure would, and would raise a big embarrassing stink about it.

ER · October 28, 2019, 01:45:04 PM

Even after skimming the article I don't understand. What is the advantage of putting movies into vaults? Because they are now offensive? To....control them for a big re-release? This goes over my head.

Rev. Powell · October 28, 2019, 01:53:38 PM

Quote from: ER on October 28, 2019, 01:45:04 PM
Even after skimming the article I don't understand. What is the advantage of putting movies into vaults? Because they are now offensive? To....control them for a big re-release? This goes over my head.

I don't think there is much advantage. They mainly do it because that's the way they've always done things, since the days of Uncle Walt. The thinking seems to be that making them scarce will drive up demand when they actually do periodically release them.

Alex · October 28, 2019, 03:17:59 PM

The Rev has it right. Its Disney's marketing scheme basically.

ER · October 29, 2019, 08:07:54 AM

I remember the commercials in the 1990s, "It's your last chance to own Cinderella* on home video before it goes back into the Disney vault forever!"

* Or Snow White or Bambi, or....

LilCerberus · October 30, 2019, 08:25:49 AM

Soon to be changing their catch phrase from "The Happiest Place On Earth" to, "Disney. We hate you."

claws · October 30, 2019, 08:39:55 AM

I wouldn't be surprised if they showed Fox titles exclusively on their new Disney+ streaming service.

ER · October 30, 2019, 11:34:28 AM

I thought it was apt that in Cloud Atlas all movies in the future were termed "Disneys."

Imagine if Disney became a monopoly.

Alex · October 30, 2019, 01:04:22 PM

Quote from: ER on October 30, 2019, 11:34:28 AM
I thought it was apt that in Cloud Atlas all movies in the future were termed "Disneys."

Imagine if Disney became a monopoly.

Too late.

BoyScoutKevin · November 02, 2019, 02:41:16 PM

Quote from: claws on October 30, 2019, 08:39:55 AM
I wouldn't be surprised if they showed Fox titles exclusively on their new Disney+ streaming service.

Well, you are correct, I don't know about exclusively, but according to that long, long trailer for Disney+ that is running on the internet, both Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and Sound of Music (1965) both of which are films from 20th Century Fox, will be seen on Disney+, and who else knows what films from 20th Century Fox will be seen on Disney+. Now that Disney has bought out 20th Century Fox's back catalog of films.

He should have originally added that, of course, the films from the Star Wars series, will be shown on Disney+. The 1st films in the series being the films from 20th Century Fox.