There was a “Pottersville” movie 2017, one theatrical showing, straight to DVD, considered a Christmas movie (store clerk attempts to save a dying town by impersonating Big Foot). 0% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
Zsuzsa
3 years ago
I had no idea that “It’s a Wonderful Life” was in the public domain. That fact, however, should probably be kept under wraps lest fanfic writers start getting ideas…
Copyright does not stop fan-fic but there is a fan-fic code of honor:
(a) No commercial sale of fan-fic
(b) If the author objects, the fan-fic stops without requiring a cease-and-desist order
When “It’s a Wonderful Life” first came out, it flopped terribly. Nobody liked it, not the critics or the public. It got shoved so deep into the back catalogue that when it came time for copyright renewal, the studio actually forgot it existed.
Local TV channels running on a shoestring budget then discovered this boon — a filler for a movie-length time slot, family-friendly, starring people you’ve actually heard of. And it’s Christmas-themed, so these channels all over the USA started running it as often as possible around Christmas. Pretty soon the public assumed it was a holiday tradition.
War Goat
3 years ago
It is good to know that Pottersville has live girls. Dead ones are annoying, always laying around doing nothing.
There was a “Pottersville” movie 2017, one theatrical showing, straight to DVD, considered a Christmas movie (store clerk attempts to save a dying town by impersonating Big Foot). 0% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
I had no idea that “It’s a Wonderful Life” was in the public domain. That fact, however, should probably be kept under wraps lest fanfic writers start getting ideas…
Copyright does not stop fan-fic but there is a fan-fic code of honor:
(a) No commercial sale of fan-fic
(b) If the author objects, the fan-fic stops without requiring a cease-and-desist order
That’s how it got to be a famous film.
When “It’s a Wonderful Life” first came out, it flopped terribly. Nobody liked it, not the critics or the public. It got shoved so deep into the back catalogue that when it came time for copyright renewal, the studio actually forgot it existed.
Local TV channels running on a shoestring budget then discovered this boon — a filler for a movie-length time slot, family-friendly, starring people you’ve actually heard of. And it’s Christmas-themed, so these channels all over the USA started running it as often as possible around Christmas. Pretty soon the public assumed it was a holiday tradition.
It is good to know that Pottersville has live girls. Dead ones are annoying, always laying around doing nothing.
And stinking up the place, too!