Well this is likely to be a bitch. It was an American Playhouse production broadcast in 1984. Things like this often have multiple owners and less than clear contracts involving something like streaming. I am not saying this is the case but I would not be surprised and if it were the case you would need a very good lawyer to get a contract to get a whole lot of people to agree to. This does not mean nobody owns it, it means it is really, really complicated and would likely involve multiple parties.
If you really want to pursue it, I would start with Sam Shepard's office as authors legal reps usually know the details. On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Linkous, Kimberly A. <klink...@stlcc.edu>wrote: > Hello – > > > > I was wondering if anyone might know who owns the rights to the film Sam > Shepard’s True West or more specifically, who I should contact to try to > obtain rights to stream this film. > > > > Thanks for any help you can give! > > > > Kim Linkous > > St. Louis Community College > > > > > > Sam Shepard's True west|h[videorecording] > > True West Video Productions ; a production of The Program Development > Company, Theatrical Division ; directed by Allan Goldstein ; produced by > Howard K. Grossman, John H. Williams ; play written by Sam Shepard. > > Shelburne, VT :|bAcademy Home Entertainment,|cc1987. > > 1 videocassette (110 min.) :|bsd., col. ;|c1/2 in. > > John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Sam Schact, Margaret Thomson. > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > > -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
