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NEWS: Casablanca, Other Hollywood Movies Adapted into Manga


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GATSU



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:37 am Reply with quote
Casablanca, huh? Looks like CMX will finally have a crossover shojo hit, if their owners choose to endorse a U.S. release. So I know that the movies are public domain, but are the images of the celebs also unprotected in Japan?
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Moomintroll



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:41 am Reply with quote
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Casablanca, huh? Looks like CMX will finally have a crossover shojo hit, if their owners choose to endorse a U.S. release.


There won't be a US release. Well, not unless CMX are willing to pay off Warner Bros anyway...
Casablanca's copyright may have lapsed in Japan but it's still in full effect in North America and Europe.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:56 am Reply with quote
Moomintroll: Um, CMX is Warner Bros. Well, Time Warner to be exact.
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naruto fan 09812



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:01 am Reply with quote
No offense but who would actually want to read these titles in manga form.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:28 am Reply with quote
IMO, I prefer a manga version of "Gone with the Wind" than a manga version of Casablanca. I always liked that movie Cool
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marklungo



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:53 am Reply with quote
If any of these titles are ever translated and released here, I'll probably pick up Casablanca and/or Charade just for the novelty value.
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Terrestrial_Cel



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:02 pm Reply with quote
Wuthering Heights is actually a 19th century novel with quite a few film adaptions made in the 20th century. Does this article mean to say that the Wuthering Heights manga will be based solely on the 1939 movie adaption and not the original book?
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Descent123





PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:30 pm Reply with quote
No.

Just.....no.
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Egan Loo



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:44 pm Reply with quote
Terrestrial_Cel wrote:
Wuthering Heights is actually a 19th century novel with quite a few film adaptions made in the 20th century. Does this article mean to say that the Wuthering Heights manga will be based solely on the 1939 movie adaption and not the original book?


That's right. This manga/DVD set is for the 1939 film, the first Wuthering Heights film with a soundtrack.

That Heathcliff on the front cover is the manga version of Laurence Olivier.
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naruto fan 09812



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:48 pm Reply with quote
This seems like another case of Japanizing a American concept. Which always ends horribly.
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Ragebot



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:16 pm Reply with quote
naruto fan 09812 wrote:
This seems like another case of Japanizing a American concept. Which always ends horribly.


I dunno, you gotta love that bishounen rendition of Sir Laurence Oliver! Razz
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The Ramblin' Wreck



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:06 pm Reply with quote
I dunno. How do you say "Play it again, Sam" in Japanese?
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:44 pm Reply with quote
naruto fan 09812 wrote:
No offense but who would actually want to read these titles in manga form.

Maybe people who would like to get a feel of the past movies of Hollywood? Or the older generation?
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marie-antoinette



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:18 pm Reply with quote
I'd rather a manga version of Wuthering Heights the novel than the movie (especially since I'm fairly certain that the movie cuts out the entire second generation story, like almost all the other WH movies). And that's public domain everywhere so it could easily be released in North America by any company.
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Peter Ahlstrom



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:40 pm Reply with quote
Charade is a hilarious movie. I had no idea about that copyright thing...that must be why they could show it in my university's science building without getting in trouble for "public performance."

I'd be interested to see the manga.
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