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Kunstler Documentary is a Must-See DVD
Last November in a post at Legal Blog Watch , I wrote about the theatrical release of the film, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe. was not able to see the film then, but I have seen it now, thanks to its recent release on DVD. Born when their famous father was almost 60, they saw him as a paradox, they now say.
Media Law
- Tuesday, May 4, 2010
AFTRA Board Approves Joint Bargaining With SAG
At a videoconference meeting today in New York and LA, AFTRA’s national board unanimously voted to approve joint bargaining with SAG for the Primetime Television Contract and the SAG TV/theatrical contract. The AFTRA press release is below. ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law.
Digital Media Law
- Saturday, February 27, 2010
Pilots Overwhelmingly AFTRA Again
Those productions tend to resemble TV series more than theatrical motion pictures – i.e., Spokespeople for SAG and AFTRA had no comment. ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Maybe so. And what of new media?
Digital Media Law
- Monday, February 8, 2010
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The Importance Of A US Theatrical Release
I was catching up on my reading and caught this from one of Anne Thomson’s blog entries she wrote from Cannes last week. The best way to maximize foreign sales - and increase the likelihood of covering a picture’s budget - is with a US theatrical release. Thompson wrote that “[v]ideo drives everything. demand.
DealFatigue
- Thursday, May 31, 2007
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SAG Sets Informational Meetings re TV/theatrical Agreement
The TV/theatrical ballots will go out May 19 (about ten days from now) and are due back by mail on June 9. The details of the meetings are in an email to members (see below). ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about SAG, or digital media law generally. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email.
Digital Media Law
- Friday, May 8, 2009
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SAG TV/Theatrical Contract Ratified Overwhelmingly, 78%-22%
In a stunning defeat for the hardline Membership First faction, SAG's TV/theatrical contract passed overwhelmingly, by a 78%-22% margin (almost 4 to 1), those numbers according to the guild. Below are press releases from SAG, AFTRA and the AMPTP. ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about SAG, or digital media law generally.
Digital Media Law
- Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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SAG Executive Director: TV/Theatrical Deal Will Pass
SAG has a number of other expired agreements —smaller fry than the SAG-AFTRA commercials agreement (expected to be ratified when votes are tallied tomorrow night) and the pending TV/theatrical agreement, but nonetheless important to those who make their living from them. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email.
Digital Media Law
- Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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SAG TV/Theatrical Ballots Later Than Expected; SAG Litigation Continues; and More
The ballots for SAG’s recently approved TV/theatrical contract won’t be going out until mid to late May, a source tells me, several weeks later than the early May target that the Guild stated as recently as a week or so ago. BTW, a copy of the proposed TV/theatrical agreement is available here. It’s expected to pass easily. What next?
Digital Media Law
- Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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Box Office
The budget for the picture was $37 million and as of this writing, has already grossed over $57 million during its theatrical release. The picture stands to make substantially more when (and if) it goes into wider theatrical release internationally and through ancillary exploitation on video and pay/free TV. So more people will go.
DealFatigue
- Sunday, October 5, 2008
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Independent New Media Productions
First, this is not the new media sideletter recently negotiated with the AMPTP (major studios) as part of the theatrical contract. Rather, it’s a new media contract (the SAG New Media Agreement) that’s been available to independent producers for a number of years—that is, producers who are not signatories to the theatrical and/or agreements.
Digital Media Law
- Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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SAG Letter re Force Majeure Claims
It's reprinted below. ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about SAG, or digital media law generally. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Your Guild counsel and negotiators believe that this settlement is both reasonable and appropriate independent of the TV/Theatrical agreement. million.
Digital Media Law
- Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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Fans, Friends & Followers: Playbook for the Social Media Age
Here's the trailer: The agricultural documentary King Corn debuted at SXSW in 2007, went on to other festivals, had a theatrical run, aired on PBS in April 2008, and was one of the biggest selling films on iTunes. Cinematech blogger Scott Kirsner drank the digital Kool-aid some time back. He sent a PDF of the cover and interior to upload.
Thompson On Hollywood
- Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Pilots Overwhelmingly AFTRA Again
Those productions tend to resemble TV series more than theatrical motion pictures – i.e., Spokespeople for SAG and AFTRA had no comment. ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Maybe so. And what of new media?
Digital Media Law
- Monday, February 8, 2010
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