Dear all,

Its' great to have joined up and found likeminded fans and admirers of the
greatest actor ever.

Over the years, and I'm now 34, I've collected pretty much every Burton film on
VHS and those on Region 2 DVD, however, I've never been able to get thew
brilliant Becket. I've obviously seen Becket about five years ago, and it is
great -- and to be honest I am surprised that a film that got 11 Oscar
nominations is so rare on VHS and DVD. I#ve heard rumours that its out in the US
on DVD from New Years Eve but I knw the VHS is very rare in the UK. Anyone got
any good pointers?

As a former producer for the BBC for several years I even did a couple of radio
specials about Burton and not one of my researchers could track down a copy of
Becket except for a couple of copies available to rent from really obscure
rental shops who obvuiously wouldn't sell on those copies.

Anyway, glad to be part of this group, and as someone who was so incredibly
inspired by Burton's force, presence and talent as an actor; that I actually did
a drama degree and was doing pretty well as a theatre actor until I jacked it in
to join the BBC several years ago; I think Burton is too oft forgotten in our
pantheon of great actors and its about time they gave him a posthumous honourary
Oscar!

Regards,

Haroon Baig,
UK


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