RE: Kindness of Strangers DVD

[Guest guest]

Barb,

I'll chalk it up to H.E. rather than stupidity (although either is quite possible). I will check in at Blockbuster, today.

Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

Barb,

I know you weren't insinuating I was stupid, it's a term I use frequently (but with a smile on my face, 'cause I know it'll get better one of these days).

I was shocked when I saw the cost of the DVD, too, because I expected someone in his shoes (tx recipient) to be more willing to educate the public for free. Certainly after all these years, I expected the price to be a whole lot less just because even the biggest named movies get cheaper as time goes on. I'm hoping that if I chose to buy it, for future talks, that I can get a deal on educational materials. If not, well I may just tell people about it and leave it at that.

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[Guest guest]

-----Original Message-----

I found the movie web site, and a way to order it, last night in

all of my digging. I, like you, found it expensive ($95).

Not sure why anyone

would want to buy it, you can rent it at Blockbuster’s. Have no idea how much that costs, (we

live out in the country), but bet not more than a few bucks.

To see if it’s

available in your area go to: http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/movieDetails/214423

I would guess you

could probably rent it on-line or order it to rent on-line.

With love, Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight, Whatever it Takes!

Son Ken (33) UC 91 - PSC 99 - Tx 6/21 & 6/30/07 @ Baylor in Dallas

[Guest guest]

I

surely didn’t mean you or anyone who wants to buy it is stupid! It’s just in our house – ya seen

it once – it’s over.

Besides, ya know, I

guess I’m really pissed off by the whole thing. OK J. Redford made a movie,

he gets paid for showing it around, good for him. It goes on TV a few times, more royalties,

again good for him. But it’s

been 9 years, ya think he’d be sending them out now for just the shipping

and handling. That’s what I

call pay back for HIS OWN Gift of Life.

Guess he doesn’t have to do anything, but he’s got money, dear

old dad is mega rich. IMHO he

should be helping the cause NOT making money off it. Can ya tell, I’m

having a bad day???? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

With love, Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight, Whatever it Takes!

Son Ken (33) UC 91 - PSC 99 - Tx 6/21 & 6/30/07 @ Baylor in

Dallas

-----Original Message-----

Barb, I'll chalk it up to H.E. rather than

stupidity (although either is quite possible). I will check in at

Blockbuster, today.

[Guest guest]

Barb, I hope your day turns around pronto!!I agree and I wish that Mr. Redford would not only work for organ donor awareness but maybe donate a little to PSC Partners for research. You would think that he would be interested in helping find a treatment and cure for PSC since he had it and knows how lucky he is to get a transplant. LeePS I am also having a bad day as I have an awful sinus infection. Yuck and more yuck but hard to complain about to any folks here. Besides, ya know, I guess I’m really pissed off by the whole thing.  OK J. Redford made a movie, he gets paid for showing it around, good for him.  It goes on TV a few times, more royalties, again good for him.  But it’s been 9 years, ya think he’d be sending them out now for just the shipping and handling.  That’s what I call pay back for HIS OWN Gift of Life.  Guess he doesn’t have to do anything, but he’s got money, dear old dad is mega rich.  IMHO he should be helping the cause NOT making money off it.  Can ya tell, I’m having a bad day????  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr 

[Guest guest]

-----Original

Message-----

I am also having a bad day as I have an awful sinus infection.

Yuck and more yuck but hard to complain about to any folks here.

Are you kidding? Sinus infections, there is really only

one word for em – they suck! Of

course you can complain to all of us here. Just because someone has PSC, doesn’t

mean they don’t understand other people have pain issues too. Pain is pain, no matter what kind or

cause. I’d rather have teeth

pulled than have a sinus infection.

My “pain”

today is in the butt kind. I had so

much patience when Ken was sick, but now……I just get so frustrated when

people don’t do what they are suppose to. The paper work post transplant is

driving me nuts! Everything seems

to depend on this person doing this and that person doing that – I want

to scream good grief pay the *~`{; *~ bill!

Tomorrow, tomorrow I

love ya tomorrow, you’re only a day away…………

With love, Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight, Whatever it Takes!

Son Ken (33) UC 91 - PSC 99 - Tx 6/21 & 6/30/07 @ Baylor in Dallas

[Guest guest]

It's a bit hard to judge Redford based simply on the price of his

film. For one thing, the $95 price isn't really for a DVD, it's for a

package of educational material that includes the DVD and rights to show

the DVD to an audience (at lest that's what I saw when I looked it up on

the web). That would be illegal with one purchased for personal use.

So the price is really reasonable when compared to other movies. It is

too bad that it's not available (that I could find) for purchase for

personal use, but they've probably found the demand for that to be

pretty low, and the rental market probably fills that niche pretty well.

Secondly, movie making isn't nearly as profitable as might be expected,

especially for movies like this. The movie my brother just finished was

ultra low budget (by today's standards... around $600,000) but it will

have to sell about 300,000 copies before they even break even, let alone

make a lot of money. I don't know how much this movie cost and how much

it's made, but it's unlikely that anyone's getting extremely rich off of it.

Thirdly, there is a nonprofit Redford Institute for transplant

awareness which is who is selling this and two other films made about

transplants, and who apparently gets the profit (if any) from the

films. So the money you pay for the movie will go back into supporting

organ donor awareness. Not too bad a deal if you ask me!

I'd be happy too if he were supporting PSC Partners, but I can't really

find much fault with the way he is using his money and his time!

athan

[Guest guest]

Well that's interesting. I tried to get it from the library, but they don't carry it. I didn't even try Blockbuster.

Marie

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[Guest guest]

You should be able to buy a DVD for personal use, and the price is $29.95. I agree that he seems to be using his time, talents and money wisely.

Reply-To: To: Subject: Re: Kindness of Strangers DVDDate: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:16:43 -0400

It's a bit hard to judge Redford based simply on the price of his film. For one thing, the $95 price isn't really for a DVD, it's for a package of educational material that includes the DVD and rights to show the DVD to an audience (at lest that's what I saw when I looked it up on the web). That would be illegal with one purchased for personal use. So the price is really reasonable when compared to other movies. It is too bad that it's not available (that I could find) for purchase for personal use, but they've probably found the demand for that to be pretty low, and the rental market probably fills that niche pretty well.Secondly, movie making isn't nearly as profitable as might be expected, especially for movies like this. The movie my brother just finished was ultra low budget (by today's standards... around $600,000) but it will have to sell about 300,000 copies before they even break even, let alone make a lot of money. I don't know how much this movie cost and how much it's made, but it's unlikely that anyone's getting extremely rich off of it.Thirdly, there is a nonprofit Redford Institute for transplant awareness which is who is selling this and two other films made about transplants, and who apparently gets the profit (if any) from the films. So the money you pay for the movie will go back into supporting organ donor awareness. Not too bad a deal if you ask me!I'd be happy too if he were supporting PSC Partners, but I can't really find much fault with the way he is using his money and his time!athan

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