Welcome. I got my VHS about 7 years ago from Columbia
movie club. Don't see it on US Barnes and Noble sites
or Amazon.

good luck!
kathy
--- Haroon Baig <birmeye@...> wrote:

>
> 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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