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Author Topic: Renting Older Movies Tom Wienholt Master Film Handler Posts: 371 From: Towson, MD, USA Registered: Dec 2002 posted 05-09-2003 01:13 AM                     I am interested in renting a print of the original Back to the Future movie released in 1985. Do any of these prints still exist? If so, where could i get a hold of one? I have had trouble getting any information from Universal Pictures on the subject. Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-09-2003 09:07 AM                        Call your booker... Go over to www.bigscreenbiz.com and ask the same question over there. You'll find more independant owners over there that participate on a regular basis than you will here.  |  IP: Logged Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 05-09-2003 09:12 AM                     I know you can get older films, I dont know an exact list but I do know some studios have added some to there web sites so you might want to check there. hope this helped.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-09-2003 09:29 AM                        I'm pretty sure that there is (was?) some issue with BTTF and print availability, but I don't know the details. You might be able to book it in 16mm, but it's probably not worth the bother, unless you can find a private collector who has a print and is willing to allow you to run it in lieu of the 16mm print (which you would still have to rent in order to ensure that the screening was properly licensed). Most older films are indeed available, however, and some distributors (Warner Bros. in particular) have some beautiful prints in their rental inventory. Of course, there are also lots of splicy, faded, and abused prints out there, too.  |  IP: Logged Tom Wienholt Master Film Handler Posts: 371 From: Towson, MD, USA Registered: Dec 2002 posted 05-11-2003 10:32 PM                     Does anyone know the name of a company that deals with older prints?  |  IP: Logged Donna Sylvester Film Handler Posts: 33 From: Burney, CA, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 05-12-2003 12:28 AM                        I'd start by calling Universal and asking them if they have a print.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 05-12-2003 08:56 AM                     Criterion and Swank are two of the major sources of repertory / revival titles for both theatrical and non-theatrical venues in 35mm. Both are on the web.  |  IP: Logged Bob Peticolas Film Handler Posts: 73 From: Mesilla, New Mexico Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-12-2003 01:36 PM                        We have used these: Sony Pictures Classics Fox Searchlight MGM/UA Empire Pictures Milestone Film + Video Wellspring All can be reached via Google. bob  |  IP: Logged Joe Morris Film Handler Posts: 35 From: Papillion, NE, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 05-23-2003 01:03 AM                     We show old movies for a midnight show on Friday and Saturday nights. This is at an art theatre near college campuses. It took a while to build a following but is doing very well now. Matrix, Willie Wonka, Goonies, The Shining, Mony Python etc. See our sight for list www.dundeetheatre.com. The manager at that theatre makes a list of movies he wants and then finds out who the distributor was. Gets on the phone and starts calling. He is usually very good at getting the ones he wants.  |  IP: Logged

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