10-27-2008, 07:16 PM
The ball is out of my court. I’ve talked with Anchor Bay who insists that Malek has the final say on what they release on anything Halloween. Malek wants to pay me a ‘finders fee’ for the footage and I said absolutely no. His father was offered this footage several times back the early 90’s at little or no gain for what this footage sold for at a public auction. His father also had disagreements with the people who bought this footage and, so I’m told, threatened to sue. I’ve done everything possible to try to get this footage released. One possibility is contact the company that owns Starrs/Anchor Bay and show them what I have. They are investors in those companies. If I can show them this footage and show them Malek is blocking them from making money on a title they OWN the Distribution Rights to, then they can go to court and put an injunction on Malek for blocking investors in Starrs/Anchor Bay from making money. Kinda like Moustpha did to Carpenter when HE kept blocking another Halloween being made after Halloween III, Carpenter was a holder of the license along with Hill and Akkad. They bought Carpenter out and they went on to make Halloween 4.I have options out there. The footage is paid for and is kept at a secure film facility. A philosophy I believe in is this…”Never give up because that’s when the bastards win.”