That's a surefire way to decrease sales. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Umland" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:17 PM Subject: FYI--Escape From New York > One of my students broght to my attention an alleged internet rumor that > MGM was going to digitally alter John Carpenter's Escape From New York > prior to releasing the Special Edition DVD later this year or early next. > For those who by chance do not know the film, a group of terrorists hijack > Air Force One and fly it into one of the World Trade Center Towers in an > attempt to kill the President. I've heard no rumors about any possible > influence the film may have had on the terrorists who performed the Sept. > 11 attacks (highly unlikely). For those interested in the story, go to: > > http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-video/index.html#10172001 > > best, > > Sam Umland > UNK > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html