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Ms. Magnificent (TVX)


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Rolf Muller
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11/11
Posted - Nov 9 2011 : 9:04PM
Does this film have an official DVD release yet? And, considering all the other big name parody films that have come out in modern times, is it likely that this could be released in it's full uncut form with the Supergirl S obscured and all the plot restored (because I'm pretty sure I read that a scene was cut to avoid easy comparisons with Supergirl).
BlackSix All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Nov 11 2011 : 3:13AM
Who really owns it? Now that it has been released in the rather poor quality version I think a re-release anytime soon seems remote.
HansGeist
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6/08
Posted - Nov 18 2011 : 12:11AM
Small correction - Ms Magnificent was originally titled Superwoman, not Supergirl.
john lyons
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1/08
Posted - Nov 18 2011 : 3:40PM
No legit release out there. I may know the location of elements but I have no idea who'd have a valid claim.
Rolf Muller
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119 Posts
11/11
Posted - Nov 18 2011 : 8:36PM
So this may be in a legal limbo like the Roger Corman Fantastic Four film from the 80's, or the blaxploitation Exorcist rip-off Abby, where due to a court order the makers no longer own it? Does the original production company even exist for this? I know in the regular world, companies will buy off the rights of an existing film library even if that company goes out of business - but not always!
I would guess that the rights to Ms. Magnificent has to be owned by a company somewhere, because under that title it did indeed come out (or so I've been told - let me know if that isn't the case).
The story is (to my mind) very sweet, the girls are way cute (particularly Desiree Cocteau, who I understand has a mixed reputation amongst porn fans but who I find incredible), and it even works as a sort-of super hero film.
A few links for folks who haven't heard of it before:
http://femfightnews.blogspot.com/2006/12/ms-magnificent-supergirls-then-now.html
http://www.superheroeslives.com/originals/ms._magnificent_(1977).htm
 
john lyons
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1/08
Posted - Nov 19 2011 : 8:29AM
Nothing to do with the court case.
The true owners of many XXX features made pre-82 are mysteries simply because there was so much shady financing going on.
Companies like VCX and Caballero have absolutely no claim to many of the titles in their back catalogs because the films were only licensed to them for home video, not sold outright.
Case in point: SEX WORLD, which is actually owned by Chris Warfield's last wife. Of course, this hans't stopped VCX from issuing it or selling remake rights...
Rolf Muller
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119 Posts
11/11
Posted - Nov 25 2011 : 12:52PM
BTW - when you say you know where elements might be, would that be a good print of the film as it currently is, or the one that doesn't have the "S" obscured by hand frame by frame?
Are many of the best releases of XXX films currently on the market "grey", or just that no person or entity is willing to stop the releases?
My fave bit in the film revolve around the lonely nebbish who keeps trying to commit suicide - so that Ms. Magnificent will "save" him and give him sex to will him back to life. He starts out and gets saved in magnificent fashion, winding up getting to do things with an incredibly hot babe that most guys dream about. Later on his comically less successful.
john lyons
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1/08
Posted - Nov 25 2011 : 12:58PM
I mean the negative. I already know the whereabouts of a couple prints.
Rolf Muller
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119 Posts
11/11
Posted - Nov 25 2011 : 1:30PM
Astounding news then! We need to conduct a commando-style raid on the holding facilities and get a fully tricked out restored Ms. Magnificent out into the world. Really, it would be my number one classic porn to get a delux remastering - and how could it go wrong with all the XXX superheroes of today?
john lyons
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1/08
Posted - Nov 25 2011 : 8:39PM
Easier said than done...
First you need to track down the rightsholder. And that's gonna be tough.
Flash All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Nov 26 2011 : 10:21PM
Didn't Essex hold the rights?
john lyons
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Posted - Nov 27 2011 : 12:42PM
Essex no longer exists. Joe Steinman only owned some of the films Essex released and, AFAIK, this film was produced by Dick Aldrich. Dick sold the rights to most of his films. Some of the others (notably the Johnny Wadd films) went to Julia St. Vincent.
If Steinman did own this film outright, chances are his kids might own it. But it'll be a legal mess regardless.



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