How old is old? What is the definition of a catalog title? Anything that has been on video before?(Think Inc.)

Video Business, August, 2004 by Hettrick, Scott

What is a catalog title? How about a movie called a classic? Warner Home Video held a media event for a movie last week that many would consider a classic, Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas. That movie was released in 1990, less than 15 years ago. It has been on video before, and even DVD, so is Warner's new two-disc release on Aug.

24 a catalog title? What about the upcoming special edition of Gone With the Wind? Certainly a classic. But Warner exec George Feltenstein would argue that GWTW is not in the same category of classics as GoodFellas, at least not in terms of the age of the movie. GWTW is 51 years older than GoodFellas. GWTW (1939) and other titles of the '30s, '40s and '50s should not be considered classics in the same category...

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