Voom HD Gets Miramax Films for Small Screen

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Voom HD Gets Miramax Films for Small Screen
Reuters: Sun Nov 7, 2004 07:20 PM ET​

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Miramax Films has cut a deal to license more than 190 feature films from the Miramax and Dimension libraries for high-definition telecasts on Cablevision's new Voom HD satellite TV service.
The three-year deal, which kicks in immediately, encompasses 193 titles, including 68 martial arts-themed pics ranging from Jet Li's "The Master" to Bruce Lee's "The Way of the Dragon." The pact also includes more than two dozen foreign-language films, including the Oscar-nominated titles "Amelie," "Strawberry and Chocolate" and "Farewell My Concubine." Other titles in the package include Woody Allen's "Celebrity" and Kevin Smith's Gen-X favorite "Clerks."

"High-definition television has proven to be the most desirable medium through which viewers can enjoy a filmmaker's vision as it was meant to be seen," said Miramax chief operating officer Rick Sand, who unveiled the deal with Nora Ryan, co-general manager Voom HD Originals.

"We are in the early stages of finding out what format is most appealing to audiences who will be watching television in the future," Sands said.

The titles will be featured on Voom's HD Cinema 10 platform, a 10-channel multiplex devoted to commercial-free airings of unedited theatrical releases.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
 
This is great! Now fix the PG and display the correct movie on HD Cinemas so that we can see them at the time the PG says so.
 
Cool. Since VOOM's new policy is to show all added movies OAR, I'm assuming that all those movies should be. Any thoughts on that?
 
The Variety.com version of the story:

Voom hears a boom

Hi-def service snaps up 193 Miramax titles

By JOHN DEMPSEY Variety.com
Chuck Dolan's high-definition programming service called Voom has bought exclusive high-definition rights to 193 movies from Miramax Films and its Dimension Pictures sibling for a total license fee of $10 million-$15 million.
Voom offers its subscribers 38 HD channels, including 10 movie services featuring a range of content from Westerns to foreign films to black-and-white classics.
The movies in the deal include 64 martial-arts pictures starring such action veterans as Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Chow Yun Fat. Foreign-language titles make up 28 more movies, led by "Amelie" and "Farewell My Concubine."
Four pictures are listed as representative of the English-language grouping from Miramax/Dimension: "Clerks," "Prophecy II," "The Picture Bride" and Woody Allen's "Celebrity."
Profit in doubt
Despite the deal, many Wall Street analysts are skeptical of Voom's profit-making potential. Voom's parent company Cablevision Systems is still planning to spin it off into a separate operation along with AMC, WE: Women's Entertainment, IFC and a batch of regional sports networks, all of which are part of Dolan's Rainbow Media Enterprises.
The reason analysts have doubts about Voom is that only 28,700 households have signed up for the service in the past year, according to Cablevision, which said Voom lost $72 million in the second quarter alone.
People aren't feverishly signing up for Voom because the installation and rental of the satellite dish can cost as much as $499. That's only for starters. Voom sets its monthly rental fee for the digital box at $9.50, and the combination of 21 HD channels and 85 basic-cable networks cost subscribers an additional $49.90 a month. The full package, encompassing all of the HD channels, has an $89.90-a-month pricetag. (Among the ad-supported networks not available to Voom customers are Lifetime, the Weather Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TV Guide Channel, Golf Channel and National Geographic Channel.)

Other outlets

Since DirecTV and EchoStar are adding lots of high-def services to their offerings, Richard Greenfield, an analyst with Fulcrum Global Partners, said satellite customers don't need Voom to satisfy their hankering for HD programming.
But Rick Sands, chief operating officer of Miramax, said the naysayers have underestimated Cablevision in the past.
"Chuck Dolan is a creative visionary who has the guts to compete in the early stages of what will be a great concept," Sands said. "High-definition television has proven to be the most desirable medium through which viewers can enjoy a filmmaker's vision as it was meant to be seen."
 
Man, I didn't even realize we were missing the TV Guide channel!!!

(Sarcasm, if you didn't notice) I thought that channel was only for analog cable TV that doesn't have an EPG.

So, other than Clerks, any good movies from Miramax?

-John
 
fredfa said:
The Variety.com version of the story:

(Among the ad-supported networks not available to Voom customers are Lifetime, the Weather Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TV Guide Channel, Golf Channel and National Geographic Channel.)

Golf Channel is on Voom channel 329.
 
This is more great news, however it appears zap2it/EPG is being run by a one-eyed midget from Pakistan, if we could get someone(s) more competent I could catch all these cool movies at the right time.


OT: But more Voom compliments, everyone is freaking jealous in my area that I have gotten to see:

Dolphins in HD (they suck), Marlins in HD (they don't suck), and the Miami Heat in HD (thanks TNT)....
 
DarrellP said:
Damn! Does this mean I need a smaller screen? ;) :D
That's right! 9.16 Ft would certainly not qualify! :D
 
zap2it/EPG

Dvlos said:
This is more great news, however it appears zap2it/EPG is being run by a one-eyed midget from Pakistan, if we could get someone(s) more competent I could catch all these cool movies at the right time.
Strange.... I thought the Voom zap2it/EPG was being run by a one-eyed midget from D*......
 
I know there's an explanation, but how is it possible that Miramax owns 64 martial-arts films?
 
Awesome news. Especially since Miramax bought the rights to most of the great CHinese action movies, and blocked the sale of the imports. In the past, they have altered language, soundtracks, etc, but at least lately they are improving.

The other Foreign language films are usually left alone though. Great move VOOM.
 
The second post by fredfa stated that these were 193 exclusive titles. I am quite surprise by the "exclusive" word there since I would think Miramax would make more money by not having the "exclusive" language into the contract and outletting these movies to other sources. If I am reading this correctly, don't expect to see these titles any other place for at least 3 years (if VOOM is still around :) ).
 
Some Miramax titles at the Box Office. Not the 193 that VOOM licensed but there are 270 in this list. Which would you like to see? Also, Miramax has a a bad reputation for altering the format of foreign movies (like dubbing, etc). I really hope that they leave them alone and concentrate on the HD transfer but leave the movie unformatted. This includes OAR as well.


Code:
[B]Release
 Date[/B]
10/25/1985	Dog Who Stopped the War, The
12/21/1988	Pelle the Conqueror
4/28/1989	Scandal
8/4/1989	Sex, Lies and Videotape
11/10/1989	My Left Foot
2/2/1990	Cinema Paradiso
4/6/1990	Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, The
8/31/1990	Lemon Sisters, The
11/9/1990	Krays, The
12/7/1990	Grifters, The
3/8/1991	Ju Dou
11/15/1991	Kafka
12/20/1991	High Heels
3/25/1992	Mediterraneo
7/31/1992	Enchanted April
10/23/1992	Reservoir Dogs
11/25/1992	Crying Game, The
2/17/1993	Like Water For Chocolate
4/23/1993	Map of the Human Heart
4/30/1993	Night We Never Met, The
9/3/1993	Fortress
9/17/1993	Into the West
10/13/1993	Farewell My Concubine
11/12/1993	Piano, The
2/4/1994	My Father the Hero
2/4/1994	Gunmen
3/4/1994	Sirens
4/1/1994	House of Spirits, The
5/11/1994	Crow, The
5/25/1994	Little Buddha
8/19/1994	Fresh
9/23/1994	Exotica
10/14/1994	Pulp Fiction
10/19/1994	Clerks
10/21/1994	Bullets Over Broadway
11/16/1994	Heavenly Creatures
11/23/1994	Red
12/2/1994	Tom & Viv
12/25/1994	Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)
1/27/1995	Highlander: The Final Dimension
3/24/1995	Priest
5/12/1995	Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain, The
5/12/1995	Gordy
6/1/1995	Il Postino (The Postman)
6/2/1995	Glass Shield, The
6/9/1995	Smoke
9/1/1995	Prophecy, The
9/22/1995	Month by the Lake, A
9/29/1995	Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
10/13/1995	Blue in the Face
10/27/1995	Mighty Aphrodite
11/16/1995	Crossing Guard, The
11/17/1995	Georgia
11/22/1995	Two Bits
12/1/1995	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead
12/22/1995	Cry, The Beloved Country
12/25/1995	Four Rooms
1/5/1996	Restoration
1/12/1996	Don't be a Menace
1/12/1996	French Twist
2/9/1996	Beautiful Girls
3/8/1996	Chungking Express
3/8/1996	Star Maker, The
3/22/1996	Flirting with Disaster
4/12/1996	Jane Eyre
5/3/1996	Captives
5/3/1996	Pallbearer, The
5/10/1996	Dead Man
5/10/1996	Of Love and Shadows
5/17/1996	Horseman on the Roof, The
6/14/1996	Switchblade Sisters
6/28/1996	Purple Noon
7/12/1996	Visiteurs, Les (The Visitors)
7/17/1996	Walking and Talking
7/19/1996	Trainspotting
7/26/1996	Supercop
8/2/1996	Emma
8/9/1996	Basquiat
8/30/1996	Crow: City of Angels, The
10/18/1996	Swingers
11/15/1996	English Patient, The
11/20/1996	Sling Blade
12/6/1996	Everyone Says I Love You
12/20/1996	Marvin's Room
12/20/1996	Scream
1/17/1997	Albino Alligator
1/24/1997	Kolya
4/4/1997	Chasing Amy
5/23/1997	Brassed Off
6/1/1997	Mononoke Hime
7/11/1997	Shall We Dance?
7/18/1997	Mrs. Brown
8/15/1997	Cop Land
8/22/1997	Mimic
10/10/1997	House of Yes, The
11/7/1997	Wings of the Dove, The
11/26/1997	Welcome to Sarajevo
12/5/1997	Good Will Hunting
12/12/1997	Scream 2
12/25/1997	Jackie Brown
1/23/1998	Phantoms
1/30/1998	Four Days in September
2/20/1998	Senseless
3/20/1998	Wide Awake
3/25/1998	Price Above Rubies, A
3/27/1998	Ride
4/10/1998	Big One, The
4/17/1998	Nightwatch
4/24/1998	Sliding Doors
4/24/1998	Truce, The
5/27/1998	I Got the Hook-Up!
6/5/1998	Beyond Silence
6/19/1998	Hav Plenty
6/26/1998	Smoke Signals
7/31/1998	Full Tilt Boogie
8/5/1998	Halloween: H2O
8/14/1998	Air Bud: Golden Receiver
8/21/1998	Strike
8/21/1998	Next Stop, Wonderland
8/28/1998	54
9/4/1998	Firelight
9/11/1998	Rounders
10/9/1998	Mighty, The
10/23/1998	Life is Beautiful
10/30/1998	Talk of Angels
11/6/1998	Velvet Goldmine
11/20/1998	Celebrity
12/4/1998	Little Voice
12/11/1998	Shakespeare in Love
12/25/1998	Faculty, The
12/25/1998	Down in the Delta
12/30/1998	Playing by Heart
1/22/1999	Children of Heaven
1/29/1999	She's All That
2/12/1999	God Said, 'Ha!'
2/19/1999	Office Space
3/26/1999	Walk on the Moon, A
4/9/1999	Twin Dragons
4/23/1999	eXistenZ
4/30/1999	Heaven (1999)
5/7/1999	Castle, The
5/14/1999	Iris Blonde
6/18/1999	Ideal Husband, An
6/25/1999	My Son the Fanatic
7/2/1999	Lovers on the Bridge, The
7/23/1999	My Life So Far
8/20/1999	Teaching Mrs. Tingle
8/27/1999	Very Thought of You, The
9/1/1999	Outside Providence
9/10/1999	B Monkey
9/17/1999	Get Bruce
9/24/1999	Guinevere
10/1/1999	Happy, Texas
10/8/1999	Abuelo, El (The Grandfather)
10/15/1999	That's the Way I Like It
10/29/1999	Music of the Heart
10/29/1999	Princess Mononoke
11/18/1999	Mansfield Park
12/3/1999	Holy Smoke
12/10/1999	Cider House Rules, The
12/10/1999	Diamonds
1/21/2000	Down to You
2/4/2000	Scream 3
2/25/2000	Reindeer Games
4/14/2000	East is East
5/5/2000	Human Traffic
5/12/2000	Hamlet (2000)
6/9/2000	Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
6/16/2000	Butterfly
7/14/2000	Wisdom of Crocodiles, The
9/6/2000	Backstage: A Hard Knock Life Tour
10/20/2000	Legend of Drunken Master, The
10/20/2000	Yards, The
10/20/2000	Calle 54
11/17/2000	Bounce
12/15/2000	Chocolat
12/22/2000	Dracula 2000
12/25/2000	All the Pretty Horses
12/25/2000	Vatel
12/25/2000	Malena
3/7/2001	Blow Dry
3/9/2001	Get Over It
4/13/2001	Bridget Jones's Diary
4/20/2001	With a Friend Like Harry
5/11/2001	About Adam
6/29/2001	Closet, The (US Release)
7/3/2001	Everybody's Famous
8/3/2001	Apocalypse Now Redux
8/10/2001	Others, The
8/17/2001	Captain Corelli's Mandolin
10/5/2001	Serendipity
10/26/2001	On the Line
10/26/2001	My Voyage to Italy
11/2/2001	Amelie
11/23/2001	In the Bedroom
11/30/2001	Texas Rangers
12/7/2001	Baran
12/14/2001	Pinero
12/14/2001	Behind the Sun
12/14/2001	Iris
12/25/2001	Kate and Leopold
12/25/2001	Shipping News, The
1/4/2002	Impostor
1/18/2002	Italian for Beginners
1/25/2002	Son's Room, The
2/1/2002	Birthday Girl
3/1/2002	40 Days and 40 Nights
3/22/2002	Stolen Summer
4/19/2002	Enigma
5/22/2002	Importance of Being Earnest, The
7/19/2002	Tadpole
8/2/2002	Full Frontal
8/23/2002	Undisputed
10/4/2002	Heaven (2002)
10/11/2002	Comedian
10/11/2002	Pokemon 4Ever
10/18/2002	Naqoyqatsi
10/25/2002	Waking Up in Reno
10/25/2002	Frida
11/15/2002	Ararat
11/22/2002	Quiet American, The
11/29/2002	Rabbit-Proof Fence
12/20/2002	Gangs of New York
12/25/2002	Pinocchio (2002)
12/27/2002	Chicago
12/31/2002	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
1/17/2003	City of God
3/21/2003	View from the Top, A
4/4/2003	DysFunkTional Family
4/25/2003	People I Know
5/2/2003	Blue Car
5/9/2003	Only the Strong Survive
5/16/2003	Pokemon Heroes
7/25/2003	Buffalo Soldiers
8/15/2003	Battle of Shaker Heights, The
9/26/2003	Duplex
10/10/2003	Kill Bill: Volume 1
10/31/2003	Human Stain
11/21/2003	Barbarian Invasions, The
12/25/2003	Cold Mountain
1/9/2004	My Baby's Daddy
3/26/2004	Jersey Girl
3/31/2004	Touch, The
4/2/2004	Shaolin Soccer
4/9/2004	I'm Not Scared
4/9/2004	Ella Enchanted
4/16/2004	Kill Bill: Volume 2
5/7/2004	Valentin
7/23/2004	Zatoichi
8/27/2004	Jet Li's Hero
9/24/2004	Infernal Affairs
10/15/2004	Shall We Dance? (2004)
12/17/2004	Aviator, The
12/25/2004	Bride and Prejudice
1/7/2005	Underclassman
1/21/2005	Hostage
3/2/2005	Best of Youth
3/31/2005	Twin Sisters
12/2/2005	Great Raid, The
12/31/2005	Truth, Justice and the American Way
12/31/2005	Derailed
12/31/2005	Fletch Won
12/31/2005	Confederacy of Dunces, A
12/31/2005	Undertaking Betty
12/31/2005	Carolina
12/31/2005	Actors, The
12/31/2005	Green Hornet, The
12/31/2005	Proof (2004)
12/31/2005	Cypher
12/31/2005	Inglorious Bastards
 
My wish list:

11/25/1992 Crying Game, The
8/30/1996 Crow: City of Angels, The
12/6/1996 Everyone Says I Love You
12/20/1996 Scream
8/22/1997 Mimic
2/20/1998 Senseless
8/3/2001 Apocalypse Now Redux
3/1/2002 40 Days and 40 Nights
12/20/2002 Gangs of New York
9/26/2003 Duplex
 
Here are my picks:

My Left Foot
Cinema Paradiso
Like Water For Chocolate
Pulp Fiction
Il Postino (The Postman)
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
English Patient, The
Good Will Hunting
Halloween: H2O
Abuelo, El (The Grandfather)
Cider House Rules, The
Calle 54
Chocolat
Dracula 2000
Apocalypse Now Redux
Amelie
Ararat
Frida
Kill Bill: Volume 1
 

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