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Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ 1925 contribution
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorTelecine
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I've been digging a little.  The MFG Number of this EAN belongs to

Name: BUDDHA VIDEO LTD.
Address: 4TH FL., NO. 72, SEC. 1, MIN SHAN EAST ROAD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TAIPEI CITY 104 TW
UPC/EAN Prefix:  4710667

I found only 1 other item with this EAN Prefix which is "Desk Set" and is not in the online DB either.  I couldn't find this version of Ben-Hur anywhere but I found many DVD's from this company sold on HKFLIX.

Look for "Laura" and "Sunset Boulevard". Both of these titles were also released by Buddha Video.


Well spotted. Two more bootlegs to get rid of out of the database:

Laura 4710667810862
Sunset Boulevard 4710667811333


Evidently, you know more about bootlegs than I do. How do you know that all releases from Buddha Video are bootlegs? Are you basing your opinion on geography or do you know that all they produce is bootleg? How do you know that anything they produce is a bootleg? Seems a bit out of character for a company which only produces stolen product to take the time, money, and effort to register their own EAN prefix. I just don't understand why they would bother since, according to you, everything else they do is illegal.

Perhaps I'm naive but I find it difficult to believe that all Chinese DVD companies are thieves.


Because they almost exclusively sell DVDs on E-Bay or the Internet for regions other than the one they are in, where a legitimate release by the company that owns the copyright already exists. Looking at the three examples provided:

Laura 4710667810862
Sunset Boulevard 4710667811333
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 4710667910043

Each of them is designated as Region 2 on the back cover. Each of those films has current genuine releases by a major studio in that Region. Do you really think that the film studios involved would licence them to sell these for that region in competition to their own product?
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As far as I know Buddha is a legitimate distributor.

Skip


Based on what?
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From comments made by other users here over the years. That doesn't mean they are free and clear in everything, I have not reviewed their catalog myself, per haps I should.

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I have an 1880 copy of the book.

Here are a couple scans.

[ ... snip ... ]
Now, I have showed you the title from the film and the title from the book. What else do you need?

How's this for coincidence?  I have in my hand at this moment the very same edition of the book that you have!
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BTW, I don't know if anyone noticed, but according to the screen cap on the first page, the title's spelling should be:

"Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ" ("The" with a capital "T").
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BTW, I don't know if anyone noticed, but according to the screen cap on the first page, the title's spelling should be:

"Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ" ("The" with a capital "T").


I notice but I thought that I might make only one controversial change at a time.
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C'mon, don't be shy....
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C'mon, don't be shy....


I don't think that I have been so far.

I would but I would have to contribute it without the Edition recorded as "1925 Version". I am still waiting to see if that contribution is accepted. Currently 5 yes 6 no votes.

If it is accpted then I will follow it up with your suggestion for the double whammy.
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BTW, I don't know if anyone noticed, but according to the screen cap on the first page, the title's spelling should be:

"Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ" ("The" with a capital "T").


Except that we do not do capitalization "as credited", so it doesn't really matter that "The" is capitalized when it comes to entering the title in DVDP.
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BTW, I don't know if anyone noticed, but according to the screen cap on the first page, the title's spelling should be:

"Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ" ("The" with a capital "T").


Except that we do not do capitalization "as credited", so it doesn't really matter that "The" is capitalized when it comes to entering the title in DVDP.


Fair enough but there is a great religious discussion that is going to go begging. 
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I am entering the religious discussion!!

In this instance I would disagree. The title is referring to, IMHO, a name, where that name is "The Christ".
In Christianity, we always refer to Him with capitalisations for everything like "The Lord" etc. Therefore, I would say that for this title it should be "Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ"



How's that for sparking a debate?
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Caroline's right - when I was taught english in school I was taught that when referring to God or Jesus, you would always capitalise, so Him instead of him, or The Son instead of the son, etc..
I don't know if other religions do the same?
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I am entering the religious discussion!!

In this instance I would disagree. The title is referring to, IMHO, a name, where that name is "The Christ".
In Christianity, we always refer to Him with capitalisations for everything like "The Lord" etc. Therefore, I would say that for this title it should be "Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ"



How's that for sparking a debate?


There you go....I knew there was a great discussion in there.

What about an argument that says that in this case the artistic nature of the medium overides what would occur in a religious setting?
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You're asking for a fatwa, you are!   
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You're asking for a fatwa, you are!   


Christians don't do fatwas thank goodness.
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True, but you may get a very stern letter, in green ink sometimes!
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