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\nTo The Walt Disney Company and Buena<\/span> Vista International,<\/p>\n

I would firstly like to congratulate you on a fantastic trailer for Ratatouille<\/i>. I enjoyed it very much and was glad to finally watch it after hearing reports of it from ShoWest<\/span>.<\/p>\n

But now onto more serious matters. Until approximately 20 minute ago, I was under the belief that Ratatouille<\/i> would be released June 28 in Australia (that is where I live). I have marked this date in my diary and calenders anticipating its release, due to myself being a fan of Pixar<\/span> Animation Studios and their work. I am a proud shareholder of The Walt Disney Company and it was satisfying to know that the company had almost closed the gap on release dates of films between Australia and the United States. With Meet The Robinson’s <\/span>due for release later this week, I took this as further evidence that the gap was being closed. It was much to my disappointment<\/span> when an anonymous comment on my blog about half-an-hour ago alerted me to the fact that Ratatouille<\/span> is no longer being released on June 28 of this year in Australia, but more than 2 months later on August 30. I couldn’t believe what I was reading, so I quickly checked a major Australian cinema chain’s website, and sure enough, there was the date.<\/p>\n

I proceeded to look at the Ratatouille<\/span> page on Wikipedia<\/span><\/a>, and I was surprised to see that the United Kingdom doesn’t get a release till October 05. A whole month later! I took last years later release date for Cars<\/span> in the UK due to other voices being recorded for certain roles, and also for it to coincide with the European motor-racing season. I really do not think it is acceptable at all to see a film, which is from an English<\/span> speaking country, to be released in two other prominent English<\/span> speaking countries, that much later. To me, it screams that it wants to be pirated.<\/p>\n

In a recent article<\/a>, says that a survey <\/span>conducted by University of Sydney honours student Adam Zuchetti<\/span> shows that<\/span> 53% of all Australians that were interviewed download TV shows over BitTorrent<\/span> on a regular basis. The study also found that one in four people download TV shows at least twice a week. The fact is, people are sick of waiting months and months to watch something on TV, when it already airs in the US months earlier, and these people can just download it with a couple clicks of a mouse. The same goes for movies. Why do some people download movies? Because they are that eager to see the film, they can’t wait for it to open in 2 months time in cinema, when it is on the Internet<\/span> with a matter of days or even hours. 53% of the people surveyed, said they were willing to pay for the content they download. Then I don’t see why if the movie is open in that persons local cinema the same time it is open in the US, why they wouldn’t pay to go the movies and see it on a big screen in comfort, rather than watch a copy off the Internet<\/span> with people walking through the picture.<\/p>\n

I do understand that there are other factors involved, such as I have recently heard that you have had a hard time deciding on how to market Ratatouille<\/span>, due to the not-so-spectacular success of Cars<\/span>. I also understand that Ratatouille<\/span> <\/span>would be opening three weeks after Shrek<\/span> the Third. <\/span>I hope you do understand where I am coming from, as I have waited a couple of years for this film, and now I won’t be able to review the film, or comment on the film and how great it is on my blog, until 2 months after its US release. I refuse to download a film that I want to see desperately, however do you see how tempting this might be to others who want to see how great Ratatouille <\/span>will be? On behalf of all the countries that have to wait months to see a movie after its release in it’s home country, I would love for The Walt Disney Company to be the first to put their foot down, and take action on the issues of gaps between release dates of films around the world.<\/p>\n

\nKind regards,<\/p>\n

Thomas Huxley
\nUpcomingPixar<\/span>.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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