I represent a rap artist who wants to sample some lines from Melvin
Van Peebles's movie, "Classified X". Thus I want to find Van peebles,
his manager, or his agent, to license the sample. Van Peebles seems to
have disappeared. Help!

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 05 Jan 2005 14:33 PST

Anonoboy,

You may want to cancel this older question, since it appears that
you've now found Melvin Van Peebles, as you remarked here:

http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=451741

Greetings Anonoboy,

Try these contacts:

Boy Meets Girl Productions, 4024 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
90027. Tel/Fax: (323) 661-5229.
See http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/winter1999/prod_update/smut.php
for info regarding Melvin Van Peebles and this production company.

http://movieweb.com/news/news.php?id=3988 has an interview with Melvin
and Mario Van Peebles by B. Alan Orange of Movie Web.  Contact for
Movie Web is via this page: http://movieweb.com/features/contact.php


Canongate Books may also be a lead.  See http://www.canongate.net/MelvinVanPeebles
CONTACT: Canongate Books
14 High Street
Edinburgh EH1 1TE
Scotland UK
T: +44 (0)131 557 5111
F: +44 (0)131 557 5211
mailto:customerservices@canongate.co.uk

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
journalist-ga

Thanks *very* much, journalist.

My pleasure, Anonoboy.  If any of the contacts prove helpful, please
let me know.  You represent a legitimate business need for artist
contact.  I hope the contactees prove supportive and can put you in
touch with him.

Best regards,
journalist-ga