A big movie deal

THE EDITOR: I beg to differ Mr Hafeez Amin.

As much as you wish to downplay Movietowne, Caribbean Cinemas 8 and The Magnificent Seven, it is mere jealousy that brings such a snide comment from someone who should know better.

Back in 1992 when A Few Good Men was launched in 63 territories, a mammoth undertaking at the time by any distribution company, Trinidad and Tobago was not one of the many territories which were ‘chosen’ for the global launch.

Not to mention, just last year, when Die Another Day the latest James Bond film and a franchise plagued with piracy, launched in over 80 territories, Trinidad and Tobago again was not ‘chosen’. Instead MGM focussed to launch in Asian markets, the region of the world where piracy is king.

So the mere fact that our local cinemas were able to finally attract a major motion picture company to release a blockbuster movie in Trinidad and Tobago ahead of the United States is a very big deal!

One must not be jealous to the point of ridiculing others, because one could not obtain for oneself the rights to this premiere which one did seek. One must not hold grudges because for yet another time one was not the first.

IAN ISAACS
“The Idle Idol”
Westmoorings