Talk:Theodore Rex (film)

Article should be rewritten

This article is very informal and should probably be rewritten by someone who knows about the movie 24.251.168.56 22:18, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I only saw it once, some forgotten rainy saturday afternoon on some UHF channel, but I took a stab at it. I made it as formal and encyclopedic as an article about a talking dinosaur movie can be. Anyone else is welcome to take a stab at it if they wanna. (Animedude 07:58, 17 January 2007 (UTC))

Note on Glenn Close

Despite the article having said so for a few months now, there is no indication that Glenn Close was ever involved in this project. Per WP:BLP, I've removed the entire section. The reference which was attached to the section contains no mention of Close, and nowhere in LexisNexis is there an apparent connection between Close and this project, nor is there a reasonable mention of the supposed character, "Irma Quintana".

Also, I'd like to note that the film was released in 1996. IMDB is, at least partially, wrong. I've provided sources to support the release date. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 21:30, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually, it's not that IMDB is wrong; rather, it says 1995 as there were apparently December 1995 releases in Germany and Spain. Not sure what the source for those are. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 23:23, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

I definitely saw this movie in a theater.

While it seems likely that this movie went quickly from theaters to video, or only had a video release in markets like the UK, I can say with something like 99% certainty that I saw this film in a theater (a normal commercial theater in New Hampshire). I remember the cinematography made my mother feel sick and that it made my eyes hurt. It was one of my earliest memories of a theater movie being just plain bad.

I understand that my memory alone isn't a compelling source, but is there a source claiming the movie only existed as a video that isn't:

a) Impossible to retrieve.
b) From long after the movie went to video (the Guardian Article is from 2008 and could be citing "common knowledge").
c) Behind a firewall.

From what little can be gleaned from the two 1996 sources cited here only seems to suggest the movie had a home video release after an unsuccessful theatrical run. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.16.129.222 (talk) 12:14, 22 May 2014 (UTC) Sorry, I originally forgot to sign this, this is Doubtingapostle (talk) 20:39, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

It's entirely possible that the film had a limited theatrical run, but it's more than likely that it was a test or something like that. Having looked for sources myself (and found all the "impossible to retrieve" ones), I can say with certainty that everything out there says this film was never officially shown on the big screen. All the trades discuss this as an early example of direct-to-video. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 21:40, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, in the Variety piece, it says: "In February [1996?], while New Line was assembling a marketing strategy that included TV spots, a trailer and a one-sheet, it quietly farmed the pic out to test screenings in Las Vegas; Memphis, Tenn.; Portland, Maine; and Providence, R.I. Less-than-enthusiastic reaction left them with little choice." I'm guessing you saw a test screening either in Providence, Portland, or another market that Variety didn't know about or report on. It sounds like you and your mother played a role in keeping this bomb from detonating in other theaters, and for that I thank you. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 21:46, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm figuring it was just a market Variety didn't hear about. The Los Angeles Times piece ([1]) says markets "including" the laundry list mentioned in Variety, so it's entirely possible it got a test run in a New Hampshire theater or two. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 21:50, 2 September 2014 (UTC)