The Nines on iTunes
Just noticed that The Nines is now available for rental on iTunes.
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April 11th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
John, this is a movie I have watched multiple times and each time carry away something different. I love that! thanks for keeping the film world interesting.
April 11th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Do you see any of the money from this?
April 11th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Not available in Germany (as: We have no movierentals here, only way to expensive series)
April 11th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Thanks for the heads-up. I’ve been wanting to watch this for a while, and since it’s now on iTunes I really had no excuse.
I just finished it, and I’m pretty impressed. It wasn’t at all like I had guessed. And I like that. I only started reading your blog after you had mostly finished the movie, and I haven’t gone back to read all of the posts written during production, but I could definitely see your writing on the blog come through in the film.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that I liked it. And that it’s fantastic that I have the opportunity to actually tell you that. I feel like that doesn’t get to happen enough.
So thanks for keeping up with the blog, and I look forward to seeing more of your stuff.
April 13th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
You sound surprised John. Didn’t you know it was going up on iTunes?
And do you get a piece of the pie?
April 14th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
@Jeff (#2):
Per the WGA agreement, I’ll get money on the iTunes rentals as the writer. That was a key issue in the strike. Because of the sales agreement with Sony, I’ll get a portion of the gross, if (when?) it earns back its advance.
@Hector (#5):
I really have no idea or control over what happens distribution-wise at this point. If I really wanted to get involved, I probably could, but I need to be working on new projects.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:11 am
I bought The Nines about a month ago and have watched it several times with and without the commentary. I enjoyed the commentary very well. It helped certify curiosity with the choices make by the director and actor in movie scenes.