Never heard of this before, and it's up on archive.org!MichaelB wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:48 amA few years ago, the legendary 1982 opus The Man Who Saved The World (aka Turkish Star Wars) had a small-scale UK cinema release - but they didn't charge admission. From what I gather, George Lucas is well aware of that film's existence, but has opted not do do anything unless people are seen to be making money out of it - although even aside from the purloined Star Wars footage, that film is a music-rights lawyer's wet dream. That actually did get a paid-for BD-R release not long ago, but presumably the distributors were aware of the risks they were taking, and it was for a limited time only.
Anyway, I think it's a similar deal with the homemade Raiders of the Lost Ark remake where the studio and the filmmakers hold all the cards but in an act of benevolence have allowed it to exist AND be shown under severely limiting terms. IIRC Lucas couldn't care less if the film was wiped out of existence but Spielberg was flattered and had a much kinder view about it.