Way too early for them to be on terrestial tv yet . It takes about 3 years from cinema release to reach terrestial tv.
Depends on what deal the film gets.
ITV bought the exclusive rights to 2 of the Bond films so they were not shown on Sky and ITV was able to show them as soon as you would usually see them on Sky.
Back in the 60's there was a regulated 10 year gap between cinema and tv , then in the 70's it changed to 5 years and by the early 80's it was 3 years.
I don't think there's any kind of enforced delay anymore and the length of the gap now is purely down to whether the broadcasters want to pay the money needed for an early screening
Hawks and The Boy Who Could Fly haven't been shown for ages.
Would you believe it Hawks isn't on terrestrial, but next Sunday it's airing on MGM.
FILM: Hawks
On: MGM HD (313)
Date: Sunday 18th September 2011 (starting in 6 days)
Time: 06:10 to 08:05 (1 hour and 55 minutes long)
A terminally ill lawyer and American football player steal an ambulance and go to Amsterdam for one last adventure.
(Stereo, Widescreen, High Definition, 1988, 15, 3 Star)
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Anthony Edwards, Janet McTeer, Camille Coduri, Jill Bennett, Robert Lang
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Tootsie is consistently voted one of the funniest films ever, but I can't remember when it was last on TV.
Tootsie gets a BBC2 airing soon:
FILM: Tootsie
On: BBC 2 South (102)
Date: Tuesday 13th September 2011 (starting in 2 days)
Time: 23:20 to 01:10 (1 hour and 50 minutes long)
Comedy about an out-of-work actor who dresses in drag for an audition, only to land the female lead in a television soap. When he becomes the most popular character on the show, he feels compelled to carry the persona into everyday life. While bringing him phenomenal success as an 'actress', life as a woman also has its problems - especially when he falls for a real actress with whom he works.
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1982, 15, 3 Star)
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray
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Marked By: 'Comedy Films', 'Film Dramas' and 'Category: Film' markers
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Would you believe it Hawks isn't on terrestrial, but next Sunday it's airing on MGM.
FILM: Hawks
On: MGM HD (313)
Date: Sunday 18th September 2011 (starting in 6 days)
Time: 06:10 to 08:05 (1 hour and 55 minutes long)
A terminally ill lawyer and American football player steal an ambulance and go to Amsterdam for one last adventure.
(Stereo, Widescreen, High Definition, 1988, 15, 3 Star)
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Anthony Edwards, Janet McTeer, Camille Coduri, Jill Bennett, Robert Lang
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Marked By: 'Comedy Films', 'Film Dramas' and 'Category: Film' markers
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=25307
Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
Ahh shame I don't have that channel.
Probably why it hasn't been shown on other channels as MGM have the rights to it.
I don't think there's any kind of enforced delay anymore and the length of the gap now is purely down to whether the broadcasters want to pay the money needed for an early screening
True. Slumdog Millionaire was shown on Channel 4 last year - less than two years after its cinema release. But, as it was made by Channel 4, they couldn't really refuse themselves the ability to show it.
This thread reminded me of Problem Child, I actually haven't seen that on television...well, ever. I'm guessing it has aired at one point, but it makes me sad it's not around more often, yet films like Rambo are repeated about 300 times every year, night in, night out (great film, but that doesn't mean it needs to be shown so much).
Problem Child was on ITV1 around 2003 - 2006, I remember taping it.
Freddy Got Fingered has been shown on TV a couple of times.
BBC1 and Channel 4 I think.
Was it edited either time? I can't imagine Ofcom being too happy about animal masturbation and "the baby scene" being broadcast on TV, at any time of day.
The Crow (1994) has never been on the main five channels since it first premiered on channel 4 in 1998 when there was a Bruce lee season and they also showed brandon lee's last film.
Army of Darkness aka Evil Dead 3 has never been on terrestrial as far as I know.
Was it edited either time? I can't imagine Ofcom being too happy about animal masturbation and "the baby scene" being broadcast on TV, at any time of day.
I'm not sure about the baby scene but both horse and elephant were relieved of their juices.
The Crow (1994) has never been on the main five channels since it first premiered on channel 4 in 1998 when there was a Bruce lee season and they also showed brandon lee's last film.
It premiered in 1997 and was shown in 1999 and again in 2000. See here
Hardly any of the silent classics have been shown on TV in recent years, though I noticed Battleship Potemkin was on Film 4 last night (Monday). This may be due to the The Story Of Film series on More 4. I've really enjoyed this documentry so far, Mark Cousins seems to know his cinema.
I don't think I have ever seen The Lion King on TV also Jungle Book the carton one.
Disney have a thing about their films- they're rarely shown on TV outside of their own channels (channel 5 have shown some recently), some have never been on TV at all and their home video policy's bizarre- they're out for a few months, then they're taken away again for the best part of a decade.
How about Steve De Jarnatt's fantastic nuclear nightmare Miracle Mile starring Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham and John Agar? (it criminally only rates 1 1/2 stars in Maltin's Movie Guide) It has a brilliant Tangerine Dream score. It may have had one terrestrial showing, and occasionally popped up on Sky Movies, but it seems to have dropped off the radar. I was at the London premiere at Shock Around the Clock donkeys years ago. Can anyone confirm if it has had a terrestrial airing?
Disney have a thing about their films- they're rarely shown on TV outside of their own channels (channel 5 have shown some recently), some have never been on TV at all and their home video policy's bizarre- they're out for a few months, then they're taken away again for the best part of a decade.
Not bizarre, but good business sense - they release them for a brief window, then rest them for a few years until the next generation of kids comes along - they have a perpetual audience !
Disney have a thing about their films- they're rarely shown on TV outside of their own channels (channel 5 have shown some recently), some have never been on TV at all and their home video policy's bizarre- they're out for a few months, then they're taken away again for the best part of a decade.
Slightly out.
There are only about 10 films that Disney count as the crown jewels and these are the ones with limited availability on home video.
However , the Blurays of Sleeping Beauty , Pinocchio , Beauty and the Beast , Bambi and Snow White have all been out for between a year and two years and surprisingly they are still readily available .
And some that were re-released on dvd at the same time as the Bluray were also released on dvd not that long ago - Sleeping Beauty for example
Michael Winners " The Sentinel " which came out around 74 has never, as far as I know, been on TV
Good spot jimbo - I saw this one afternoon in a virtually deserted freezing Newcastle cinema back in 76/77. Very bleak, chilling, and a worthy rival to The Exorcist as I recall.
About 18 months to 2 years ago two rare Jack Lemmon movies from the early 1960s received their UK TV premiere on Film4 with no fanfare whatsoever - for the life of me I cannot recall the titles - they were only screened once - probably prior to DVD release, and have not been shown on terrestrial - if anyone can supply the titles I would be grateful.
Some films can't be shown because of decades-long copyright and ownership wrangles - I believe some of Danny Kaye's films still haven't been on TV 60 years after release !
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Depends on what deal the film gets.
ITV bought the exclusive rights to 2 of the Bond films so they were not shown on Sky and ITV was able to show them as soon as you would usually see them on Sky.
Back in the 60's there was a regulated 10 year gap between cinema and tv , then in the 70's it changed to 5 years and by the early 80's it was 3 years.
I don't think there's any kind of enforced delay anymore and the length of the gap now is purely down to whether the broadcasters want to pay the money needed for an early screening
Love that film.
Sound is amazing
Would you believe it Hawks isn't on terrestrial, but next Sunday it's airing on MGM.
FILM: Hawks
On: MGM HD (313)
Date: Sunday 18th September 2011 (starting in 6 days)
Time: 06:10 to 08:05 (1 hour and 55 minutes long)
A terminally ill lawyer and American football player steal an ambulance and go to Amsterdam for one last adventure.
(Stereo, Widescreen, High Definition, 1988, 15, 3 Star)
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Anthony Edwards, Janet McTeer, Camille Coduri, Jill Bennett, Robert Lang
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marked By: 'Comedy Films', 'Film Dramas' and 'Category: Film' markers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=25307
Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
Tootsie gets a BBC2 airing soon:
FILM: Tootsie
On: BBC 2 South (102)
Date: Tuesday 13th September 2011 (starting in 2 days)
Time: 23:20 to 01:10 (1 hour and 50 minutes long)
Comedy about an out-of-work actor who dresses in drag for an audition, only to land the female lead in a television soap. When he becomes the most popular character on the show, he feels compelled to carry the persona into everyday life. While bringing him phenomenal success as an 'actress', life as a woman also has its problems - especially when he falls for a real actress with whom he works.
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1982, 15, 3 Star)
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marked By: 'Comedy Films', 'Film Dramas' and 'Category: Film' markers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=25307
Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
Thanks for the heads up! Great film.
Ahh shame I don't have that channel.
Probably why it hasn't been shown on other channels as MGM have the rights to it.
Freddy Got Fingered has been shown on TV a couple of times.
BBC1 and Channel 4 I think.
Agreed... Jessica Lange won a Best supporting actress Oscar, too
Just thought of another film rarely shown on tv...California Suite
True. Slumdog Millionaire was shown on Channel 4 last year - less than two years after its cinema release. But, as it was made by Channel 4, they couldn't really refuse themselves the ability to show it.
Childs play has been on itv2 three times last week!!!
just realised... Terrestrial tv! soz..
night of the comet has definitely been on a few times, Good film.
Problem Child was on ITV1 around 2003 - 2006, I remember taping it.
Was it edited either time? I can't imagine Ofcom being too happy about animal masturbation and "the baby scene" being broadcast on TV, at any time of day.
Army of Darkness aka Evil Dead 3 has never been on terrestrial as far as I know.
The Outsiders (1983) i never seen this on tv.
I'm not sure about the baby scene but both horse and elephant were relieved of their juices.
It premiered in 1997 and was shown in 1999 and again in 2000. See here
Disney have a thing about their films- they're rarely shown on TV outside of their own channels (channel 5 have shown some recently), some have never been on TV at all and their home video policy's bizarre- they're out for a few months, then they're taken away again for the best part of a decade.
Not bizarre, but good business sense - they release them for a brief window, then rest them for a few years until the next generation of kids comes along - they have a perpetual audience !
Slightly out.
There are only about 10 films that Disney count as the crown jewels and these are the ones with limited availability on home video.
However , the Blurays of Sleeping Beauty , Pinocchio , Beauty and the Beast , Bambi and Snow White have all been out for between a year and two years and surprisingly they are still readily available .
And some that were re-released on dvd at the same time as the Bluray were also released on dvd not that long ago - Sleeping Beauty for example
Good spot jimbo - I saw this one afternoon in a virtually deserted freezing Newcastle cinema back in 76/77. Very bleak, chilling, and a worthy rival to The Exorcist as I recall.
Some films can't be shown because of decades-long copyright and ownership wrangles - I believe some of Danny Kaye's films still haven't been on TV 60 years after release !
Yeah I've seen that film at least 4 times on TV over the years. Not recently though.
Your right.I've still got my copy that i taped from BBC1 in the early 90's.