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Psst! Eight Bits Gets You "The Two Towers" In China
rocodipoco writes "CNN reports on this article about DVDs of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" were available in Shanghai two weeks ago for about $1 a pop, according to one Western film industry executive who visited that city. The film opens in North America on December 18. Interviewed at the CineAsia movie convention, the executive said as many as 40 street vendors were openly offering DVDs outside a Shanghai mall; he declined their offers, and thus can't verify the quality of the counterfeit copies. I personally want to wait for the movie to hit the big screen...it's all about the suspense. What do others think?"
I was in China (Beijing to be exact) in May this year, and waddayaknow, they were selling DVD's of both The Two Towers AND The Return of The King on every streetcorner... of course when I actually got home to watch them it turned out to actually be some really old crappy movie I don't even remember the name of.. But the covers were very neatly done, could probably have fooled even a 4 year old.. Oh and they had a lot of movies for sale that to my knowledge havn't even been filmed yet.. Could it be they're using some kind of time machine???
No. Not necessarily. I'm sure there are other parties involved in the post-production of LOTR which are not directly part of the studios.
Think of how they have to put the movie onto film for distribution. I highly dobut that New Line does this themselves. A leak here is much more likely.
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