Joe Karlosi wrote:
There are all sorts of rumors as to why WILLARD is not out. It's owned by Bing Crosby Enterprises, which supposedly is a part of the problem. The sequel BEN has the title song, sung by Michael Jackson.


  Did you see this in the news a few months back ?

After Crosby viewed the 2-hour-36-minute game, probably in a screening room in the house, the films took their place in the vault, said Robert Bader, vice president for marketing and production for Bing Crosby Enterprises.

They remained there undisturbed until December, when Bader was culling videotapes of Crosby's TV specials for a DVD release -- part of the estate's goal of resurrecting his body of work.

He spotted two reels lying horizontally in gray canisters labeled "1960 World Series." They were stacked close to the ceiling with home movies and sports instructional films. An hour or so later, he found three others on other shelves. Intrigued, he screened the 16-millimeter film on a projector. It was Game 7, called by the Yankees' Mel Allen and the Pirates' Bob Prince -- the complete NBC broadcast. The film had not degraded.

Maybe Bader also managed to find elements for Ben , Willard , and the other BC Productions , and will start making deals for dvd releases !





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