Can you find whoever owns the movie rights to Fritz Peters' book
Boyhood with Gurdjieff, published by E P Dutton in, I believe, 1964?

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Request for Question Clarification by aliciadenney-ga on 03 Nov 2003 06:44 PST

Hi Savibra,
Are you certain that someone owns the movie rights?  I have found who
wons the rights to the text...but no one has mentioned anything about
a movie....
Just checking.  But I am certainly up for the challenge!

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Request for Question Clarification by aliciadenney-ga on 03 Nov 2003 06:44 PST

"owns"....not "wons."  Sorry.

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Clarification of Question by savibra-ga on 03 Nov 2003 07:28 PST

Hi Aliciadenney,
That was quick response!
No I'm not certain there are movie rights at all. Just assumed because
it's been published for so long. Whoever holds the text rights would
be fine if I could just get hold of that person to steer me in the
right direction. I want to write a movie script myself and I need to
find out if anyone has done it yet. Is that another question??

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Request for Question Clarification by aliciadenney-ga on 03 Nov 2003 08:18 PST

Nope!
I think I can get it from here!
I can only locate the person who holds the rights to the book, though......
but we'll keep working once i get the answr up there, sound good?

Hello!
I found the answer to your question by going to google and typing in
the title of the text and the word "copyright,", which brought up the
following search results:
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Boyhood+with+Gurdjieff%22+copyright

It looks as though works published between 1964 and 1977,when
published with notice 28 years for first term and automatic extension
of 67 years for second term.
So, for "Boyhood with Gurdjieff," which was published in 1964, we are
looking at the following calulations for copyright expiration and
such:
1964 + 28 + 67 = 
And grand total of 2059. This is the year that the copyright expires. 
Did you know that there was such math involved?!

Boston University seems to be the center of information for Peters. 
Here is their website on him.
http://www.fritzpeters.info
It is run by the Department of Special Collections.  I have found the
name of the director of this department.  It's listed below.  I am
going to shoot him an email now and then go from there.  If he doesnt
respond in a few, I'll just call him and find out the copyright
stipulations and logistics.

Sean Noel
Special Collections
771 Commonwealth Avenue 
Boston, MA  02215 
Phone: 617-353-3696
Fax: 617-353-2838
E-mail: speccol@bu.edu
 
I have found no record of a film or even attempt to make a film.  In
order to get around these copyrights, I know, you are going to have to
get yourself a good grantwriter, and find some educational worth and
purpose for the film, even if it is feature in nature.
I'm not sure what other information you need, but just let me know,
and I'll get to it!
Thanks!
Google Answers

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Request for Answer Clarification by savibra-ga on 07 Nov 2003 09:00 PST

Hi Aliciadenney
Been away from my computer for a few days...
I'd already located the Fritz Peters page with copyright name details,
but found it unhelpful ? as you can see. My question seems to be
morphing slightly: what I ultimately need to know is whether anyone
has made an option on the rights for this book to be turned into a
screenplay. Are the rights available and would there be any
restrictions or conditions? I'm looking to write to whoever can answer
these questions.
Thanks for the info about a grantmaster. That's all a bit down the
line right now. As you see I just need basic stuff to get started!
Best, Savibraa

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Clarification of Answer by aliciadenney-ga on 20 Nov 2003 09:56 PST

Hey there!
I contacted the Peters information center at Boston U, and was told
that, to their knowledge, there have been no movie options on the
text, but she cleared her answer of any legal obligation by telling me
that just because they ahvent heard or been informed about it, does
not mean that it is not happening now.  A full screenplay can be
written without the initial consent of the protectant, as long as it
is dealt with through them once it goes into pre-production process.
I guess then, should it actually happen, it becomes a matter of which
screenplay the protectant likes better.

Hey there!
I contacted the Peters information center at Boston U, and was told
that, to their knowledge, there have been no movie options on the
text, but she cleared her answer of any legal obligation by telling me
that just because they ahvent heard or been informed about it, does
not mean that it is not happening now.  A full screenplay can be
written without the initial consent of the protectant, as long as it
is dealt with through them once it goes into pre-production process.
I guess then, should it actually happen, it becomes a matter of which
screenplay the protectant likes better.