Anne wrote:
> "Sharpe Fan" <sharpeseagle2003NOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:WFYbi.82686$Sa4.37337@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> | This is from the TVAddict.com site - http://www.thetvaddict.com/
> |
> | Ever Wonder Why.
> | June 13th, 2007
> | . stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel never take part in GILMORE
GIRLS
> DVD
> | commentaries? Well wonder no more. In a recent Emmy chat with Gold
Derby's
> | Tom O'Neil, star Lauren Graham revealed the real reason why there are
> never
> | any 'girls' on the GILMORE GIRLS DVD commentaries.
> |
> | Jets57 asks: In the past you and Alexis both mentioned working on DVD
> extras
> | but they never seem to appear - what happened?
> |
> | Lauren Graham responds: We make no money on DVD so don't tend to do
the
> | commentary as we think that is unfair.
> |
> | Now there's a rarity in Hollywood, an honest answer! Kudos to Lauren
> Graham
> | for being so upfront with her fans. That said, does anyone else find
it a
> | touch depressing that it all comes down to dollars and cents with
stars
> | Graham and Bledel? Who knew sitting down for forty-four minutes and
> | commenting on a show you supposedly love was such an ardous task. How
much
> | money would make these girls happy? If it wasn't clear before, it's
more
> | than clear now that the real reason fans didn't get a proper final
season
> of
> | the GILMORE GIRLS was simply due to the fact that the CW failed to
back up
> a
> | big enough Brinks truck
> |
> |
> |
> | [My Comment - I see nothing wrong with this position. The studios
make
> | buckets of money on the boxsets. If the studio wants actor
participation
> | then they should be willing to pay.
> |
> | Obviously the studio doesn't think it is worth sharing the revenue for
the
> | actors participation.]
> |
>
> It seems like there is more to it. I remember an interview a while ago
> (maybe in the season 4 timeframe ?) where Alexis specifically mentioned
> doing commentaries for a bunch of episodes. Those never materialized.
Of
> course, maybe the commentaries were just terrible, so the left them out.
To use the commentaries, the producers must obtain a release from the
participant. As many actors, not just the girls, prefer to be paid for
their work, no release was obtained.
>
> You would also think that there would be a way for the studio to wrangle
> participation out of its stars by defining these DVD extras as part of
the
> publicity duties required for the series.
Nope, the commentaries constitute a new performance and thus fall
outside the original contractual agreement.
>
> That said, the DVD extras in general (when there were any) on the GG
sets
> were rather lame, so perhaps the studio didn't realize what a good
marketing
> tool they could be.
Sparce would be a better description for the extras. WB had a pattern of
contract bungling for GG, much of the blame for which they foisted off
on various folk on the talent side of the equation, e.g., the
Palladinos, Bledel, Graham, Patterson. The network also did a lousy job
of buying Emmys for the show. (Don't be naive, Oscars, Grammies, Emmy,
etc. are all to some degree purchased.) Contract negotiations would
have been much easier if WB had at least budgeted enough funds to buy a
few major nominations.
Mickey
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