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Originally Posted by fallsauce
Sucky title aside, the question still stands. How come good TV movies (I just watched Horatio Hornblower: The Duel - Brilliant!) don't get released in cinemas? They'd make a lot more money, surely. And since they've filmed it, and it stands alone, why bother with television? (BTW, I have no idea how they're making money except maybe ads and selling it to different stations/countries.)
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Well, a few things come to mind. First, production values on a TV movie are generally much, MUCH lower than a film made for theater release, so what would be considered good for a TV movie (think about your lowered expectation with that phrase) would not be impressive if you had to shell out 9-10 bucks just to see it. Also, and I'm speaking directly from my ass here, but you know how movies from the theater are formatted to fit your TV screen? TV movies might be filmed in standard tv format, not 16:9 aspect ratio or whatever. But I'm sure someone more knowledgeable* than I could correct me on that.
*worst word to spell ever.