It's pretty simple. Now you can order a custom DVD of a Warner film that hasn't been released for retail. Read that again; if there is a film that you want, that Warner Bros made, and isn't yet available for sale, you can get one custom made. And if you don't want a DVD, Warner is planning to have a digital download option for a slightly lower price ($19.95 versus $15).
This will take some time; the entire film library for Warner is around 6,800 titles. And only 1200 of their films are available right now on DVD. The archive collection is only 150 films or so at the moment. But if you are a fan of, say, Darby's Rangers (the 1958 WW2 flick staring James Garner), now you can finally get your own DVD and watch it all night long.
I also hope that a favorite film of mine gets into the archive soon. Right now, Turner Entertainment owns the rights to all of MGM's films made prior to 1986 but not the name or anything else because of a bizarre chain of events when Ted Turner bought MGM/UA and had to sell it 74 days later to Kirk Kerkorian. But Warner Bros. handles the distribution of those films. One of the films that falls under Turner's control is Dark of the Sun, aka The Mercenaries. This is a kick-ass merc film from 1968 with Rod Taylor and Jim Brown set in Africa in 1960. It's 100 kinds of awesome and, for some insane reason, isn't available on DVD.
Warner, I am humbly begging you, please make Dark of the Sun available on your archive. Trust me, I am not the only one itching to buy a copy.
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