Arrow Video
December 13, 2018
In February 2018, Arrow Film Distributors entered into an
exclusive multiple territory license for the titles Texas Adios (1966) and
Django (1966) which represented and warranted to Arrow that it held all rights
to these films. Unfortunately, for reasons beyond our control and through no
fault of our own, we have recently learnt that there is a dispute surrounding
the rights between the previous distributor in the territory, Blue Underground
and the Rights owner in Italy that made such representations to us. What
followed, was interference from Blue Underground into our distribution of these
titles. Many retail customers of ours in the US and Canada have been threatened
by Blue Underground with cease and desist letters on the Django / Texas Adios
products that we have produced so far, namely the 2-disc Limited Edition and
the Limited Edition Steelbook, both scheduled for release on December 11th 2018
in both the US and the Canada.
We place the onus to resolve the issue of Blue
Underground’s continued exploitation of the films outside of their license
period, upon the underlying Italian rights owner. We are looking to them for
resolution of the matter and in order to protect the retailers involved from
any threatened action on the part of Blue Underground, we are for the moment,
withdrawing the titles from distribution
We sincerely regret that this situation has arisen, and,
although we are an innocent party in this, we apologise to you as our valued
customers for the uncertainty surrounding the availability of this product. We
are pushing the parties involved to resolve the matter in as quick a time frame
as possible so kindly bear with us as we move this situation forward towards a
resolution
All rights reserved
Arrow Films
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