Can I sue a film production company for omitting the first act?
I bought this DVD and the first act was totally inadequate; didn't provide any kind of exposition at all, just went straight into the second act of the film. It's like buying a car without a frame. Can I sue the filmmakers?
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No you can not sue somone for making a bad movie.
Unless you were the one who wrote it or something, I don't think so. If you're just a consumer of the product, it's their right to interpret things anyway they wish, that's the nature of art. But like I said, if you had any rights over the creative aspects of the show in question, maybe.
Yes, but you'll lose.
There is a thing called "privity of contract" which means that the film company must have had a contract with you in order for them to have a duty, the breach of which you can sue them for. If you were the author and had a contract giving you rights of artistic approval, you would have a case.
Try returning the DVD to the store. There IS an "implied warranty of merchantability" which means they can't rip you off. Be ready for a fight though, there may be some fine print on the back of your receipt giving their return policy.
a) you can't sue the film makers
b) you can't sue the DVD makers either, unless you have proof that they omitted parts of the film that were made and should be included, and did not say that the DVD was incomplete, or worse, advertised it as a complete, or complete with bonuses version of the film.
c) Best thing to do is bring the DVD back to the seller. get an exchange (if it's your specific disc that is faulty), or a refund (if all the batch is) ... of course, if it's just the movie that is crappy, they are under no obligation to you to refund a technically faultless product.
All the DVDs I buy lack the end, and for some reason in 90% of them there's Jack Nicholson in drags. So I find your situation quite good compared to mine. My advise is : don't sue.
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