Hello Everybody:
Please Read this and take a second to sign to petition.

I want to direct your attention to a site dedicated to getting the Writers & Director's Cut
of THE PLAGUE released to DVD.

In the fall of 2005, the film was taken away from its writers and
director during post. After an 8 year struggle to get the film made,
the footage was re-cut from scratch by the producers without the
involvement of the film's creators. Stock footage was added, new
dialogue recorded, and the film completely restructured. It was
released to dvd in September of 2006 at a running time of 88 minutes
under the title CLIVE BARKER'S THE PLAGUE, though it was not based on
any of Barker's work (it was an original screenplay by director Hal
Masonberg and co-writer Teal Minton) and Barker, personally, had very
little to do with the making of the film. That version of the film in
no way reflects the years of hard work, creativity, or artistic
intent of the writers and director of the film. It is solely and
completely a "producers' cut".

However, after having been removed from the film, director Hal
Masonberg took it upon himself to finish the film with the materials
available to him (the film's dailies on dvd and a Macintosh computer-
turned post-production facility) The film was originally shot in
Super 35 by veteran cinematographer, Bill Butler (JAWS, THE
CONVERSATION, FRAILTY), who was also not invited to partake in the
film's post-production process.

The response to the Writers & Director's Cut by those who have seen
it has been through the roof. However, without further support, this
film may never see the light of day as the film's current
distributor, Screen Gems, has no plans to release this cut.

I ask that you take a look at this site. On it you will find an hour-
long documentary containing interviews with not only director, Hal
Masonberg, but many others including Dee Wallace and other cast
members, film authors/ journalists.

There is also a link to a petition and much more info on what
happened to this film.

It is people like you and sites like yours that can make a world of
difference to a film like this. All the difference, in fact. By
making your readers aware of the existence of this site, we may be
able to convince Screen Gems that there is an audience for this cut
of the film and, perhaps, other films that have met a similar fate.

The link is:

http://www.spreadingtheplague.com/

Thanks in advance for your interest and we hope you enjoy.