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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal
I didn't realise companies had to reaquire the rights for songs when they released them on DVD. Is this always the case?
Now they usually secure the rights for all future video releases as part of the contract. It's mostly films from the 70s and early 80s- after movies started using a lot of licensed music but before the studios envisioned the many video formats- that end up having issues. Some good movies still aren't out on DVD solely because of music rights.
California Split, the greatest gambling movie of all time imo, got held up forever because of "Basketball Jones" of all things (the cartoon song plays in the background over a scene). Finally they removed the song and released a really good DVD (with and Altman, Gould, Segal commentary).
Did you like Murray's performance in WTBR?