The African Queen - October 13?

[35MM]

From thedigitalbits:

Here's some news we think is pretty exciting: We've confirmed with our sources that Paramount is - at long last - finally preparing The African Queen: Centennial Collection with a tentative street date of 10/13 (date subject to change). [Editor's Note: We had direct confirmation on the record from the studio earlier this year that they were working on the transfer, but this is the first word we've had of the final release.] We believe this is currently a DVD only release, but a Blu-ray could still be planned for later in the year or next year.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#062509

[boblipton]

Centennial? Is there some new sense to the word or is that, perhaps, the name of the line of Paramount's classic release dvd?

And does anyone know how Paramount got their hands on this?

Bob

[Jim Reid]

And does anyone know how Paramount got their hands on this?

Bob

It used to be distributed for television by Viacom, so I'm sure it was the Paramount-Viacom merger.

[35MM]

Centennial? Is there some new sense to the word or is that, perhaps, the name of the line of Paramount's classic release dvd?
Bob

The Centennial Collection is Paramounts series of classic movies, all double disc sets. They have spine numbers so the theory is there will be 100 total.

And does anyone know how Paramount got their hands on this?

The usual multiple rights nightmare. I think it went like this: Viacom owned the TV and video rights (before the Paramount merger) but licensed it to CBS-FOX. Then Viacom bought CBS and now Paramount has rights via the merger with Viacom.

[Jack Theakston]

There are further politics involved with this film. Its coming out on DVD looks really sketchy.