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Why do some films never get a Terrestial TV premiere?

Ethel_FredEthel_Fred Posts: 34,127
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Three examples

Contagion (2011)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).

Any other examples?
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    montyburns56montyburns56 Posts: 2,011
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    There's a difference between "never" and "waiting a long time until".

    The first Sherlock Holmes film is a bit of an oddity as it has been out a long time, but then again they only recently had the Dark Knight's terrestrial premiere and that is from 2008. Inception is the big one that I'm hoping will have it's premiere sometime soon.

    Also I did start a thread about this issue a few months ago, but I can't find it now.
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    fmradiotuner1fmradiotuner1 Posts: 20,500
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    Pretty sure Contagion been on Film 4 has it not?
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    jenziejenzie Posts: 20,821
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    #4
    cowboys and aliens
    rango
    melancholia
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    dodradedodrade Posts: 23,861
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    I don't believe 9 songs (2004) has ever been shown on tv, presumably too explicit.
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    Billy HicksBilly Hicks Posts: 475
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    E.T. didn't get its UK TV premiere until Christmas 1990, only eight years but given how absolutely huge the film was it seems astonishingly late.
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    JCRJCR Posts: 24,076
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    dodrade wrote: »
    I don't believe 9 songs (2004) has ever been shown on tv, presumably too explicit.

    Ofcom has told C4 before that they can't show hardcore imagery even if the film has a bbfc 18 certificate & it's in a post midnight slot, I believe it was Haneke's The Piano Teacher they wanted to show uncut. Don't imagine 9 songs will be on ITV anytime.

    Would assume there will be less film premieres going forward as you now have Netflix and other streaming services competing with Sky and the others for exclusives.
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    Shak2005Shak2005 Posts: 656
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    OP the films u mentioned are only 4 years old but there are several from the 2000s that are over 6, 7, 8 years old that still havent premiered like

    Southland Tales (2006)
    Bobby (2006)
    Get Smart (2008)
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    lady_xanaxlady_xanax Posts: 5,662
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    Of course there's probably loads of older films that haven't been shown on terrestrial (although is it still terrestrial now we have digital?). More controversial ones have been shown on Film4, such as Crash.

    I suppose they have to cater for their market so it is more likely to be mainstream films that premiere.
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    intruder2kintruder2k Posts: 318
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    fmradiotuner1 wrote: »
    Pretty sure Contagion been on Film 4 has it not?

    Nope.

    As for the answer to the OP's question, it's because the distributors are asking too much money for the broadcast rights.
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    Lee_Smith2Lee_Smith2 Posts: 4,166
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    Rob Zombie's Halloween still hasn't been shown on freeview. That was released in 2007.Neither has The Collector (2009), Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), Black Christmas (2006).
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    yaristamanyaristaman Posts: 1,844
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    The two recent Warner 'Titans' films are still awaiting their premieres too so I guess there is something up with films from that studio (as mentioned S Holmes x 2, Inception, Get Smart).

    Half the available MCU films (Iron Man 2, Thor and Cap America) are also yet to premier along with Transformers 3. Strange as a lot of films come on pretty quickly these days (2-2.5 yrs after release compared to 3-3.5 as it used to be)
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    yaristamanyaristaman Posts: 1,844
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    Billy Hicks wrote: »
    E.T. didn't get its UK TV premiere until Christmas 1990, only eight years but given how absolutely huge the film was it seems astonishingly late.

    My memory is vague but IIRC correctly the VHS had only just been released earlier that year. Don't recall why it took so long but it was something to do with trying to avoid piracy.

    Also, I think it was a world TV premier so this one wasn't just delayed in the UK.
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    JEFF62JEFF62 Posts: 5,103
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    yaristaman wrote: »
    My memory is vague but IIRC correctly the VHS had only just been released earlier that year. Don't recall why it took so long but it was something to do with trying to avoid piracy.

    Also, I think it was a world TV premier so this one wasn't just delayed in the UK.

    There were two BBC World Premieres of films on Christmas Day. E.T. was indeed one of them. The other was on Christmas Day 1975 when BBc1 Had the world television premiere of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. That was six years old at the time but E.T. was eight years old in 1990.
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    sickparrotsickparrot Posts: 664
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    Has '40 Year Old Virgin' been on yet?
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    dodradedodrade Posts: 23,861
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    sickparrot wrote: »
    Has '40 Year Old Virgin' been on yet?

    ITV2 had it on every few weeks for ages.
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    big brother 9big brother 9 Posts: 18,153
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    Pretty sure inception was on channel 4
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    PaperSkinPaperSkin Posts: 1,327
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    Yeah I find it really surprising that iron man 2, thor and captain America have not been showed, though we have had the avengers, which makes is a bit strange as that comes after those movies. You would think marvel would want their films on TV to help promote their universe.
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    dodradedodrade Posts: 23,861
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    JCR wrote: »
    Ofcom has told C4 before that they can't show hardcore imagery even if the film has a bbfc 18 certificate & it's in a post midnight slot, I believe it was Haneke's The Piano Teacher they wanted to show uncut. Don't imagine 9 songs will be on ITV anytime.

    The thing is 9 songs isn't even particularly erotic, if anything it's actually rather dull.
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    intruder2kintruder2k Posts: 318
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    big brother 9 wrote: »
    Pretty sure inception was on channel 4

    It wasn't.

    As ever, if you want to check whether a film's been on, visit viewfilm.net
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    timebugtimebug Posts: 18,320
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    Cowboys and Aliens has been on TV I am sure,
    because I have watched it.And I certainly would
    NOT have paid cinema prices to watch something
    as bad as that!
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    sinbad8982sinbad8982 Posts: 1,627
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    E.T wasn't released on VHS until 1988
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    rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,772
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    I would say it is the combination of too many awful films being made and the the fact that they can feel the schedules on digital channels such as ITV 3 and ITV 4.
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    montyburns56montyburns56 Posts: 2,011
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    timebug wrote: »
    Cowboys and Aliens has been on TV I am sure,
    because I have watched it.And I certainly would
    NOT have paid cinema prices to watch something
    as bad as that!

    It hasn't been on terrestrial TV.
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    montyburns56montyburns56 Posts: 2,011
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    big brother 9 wrote: »
    Pretty sure inception was on channel 4

    That was just a perception inside your mind. :D
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    Lee_Smith2Lee_Smith2 Posts: 4,166
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    Assuming you have a decent internet connection, If anybody really wants to see Inception, Cowboys & Aliens or one of the Marvel movies, it is probably best to get a Roku and subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime. The Roku might set you back £45, but you'd get free trials which would enable you to view the films you want. Considering a VHS bought in 1990 would cost the equivalent of £35 in today's money, it really isn't that bad of a deal.
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