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Teen Witch
1989 · Film · 94 min
Directed by Dorian Walker
Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to get back at the girls and teachers who teased her and to win the heart of the handsome footballer's captain. But soon she has doubts if it's right to 'cheat' her way to popularity.
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> As long as you're not directly copying things like characters, dialogue, etc., it's not a derivative work.
Define a character. Is another lion prince named Simba the same character? Is a lion prince named something else the same character? Is a human prince named Simba the same character? I'm no copyright expert, but from what I know about fanfics and fanart, the US courts ruled all of these violate copyright (you can win a book plagiarism lawsuit even if the other book has all names changed and every sentence went through thesaurus). The few cases where the obvious stand-in was ruled non-infringing were on the grounds of parody exception, not on the grounds of being non-derivative.
The many Titanic movies are not each other's derivatives because none of them are based on each other. They're all based on the historical events directly. Now, if the original Titanic was fictional like the famous Nautilus, then yes, the 1997 movie would be derivative, but not of the 1979 series.
Which part of Harry Potter is directly rips off Teen Witch the way Lion King directly rips off Hamlet? I'm not familiar with that movie.
Alamo is a chain, but it's privately-held. Doesn't that make it indie? Just a large "indie." Reminds me of the SubPop music label, which is considered "independent" despite being quite famous and large. If not, I guess I don't know what indie means. One location? If they open a second, is it a big boring corporation now?
>These theaters can also show new independent or international films that might not get a showing in major theaters
Alamo does this! I saw Teen Witch a few years ago at an Alamo Draft House, of all things. Not exactly something getting shown on major theaters nowadays :)
There are probably better examples but I'm far from a cinephile (I certainly wouldn't know about new international or independent releases regardless).