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Purple Violets released exclusively on iTunes

by Mike Schramm (Nov 20th, 2007)

Ed Burns' film, Purple Violets, has become the first full-length feature movie ever to premiere via digital distribution on iTunes. As we reported before, he was unable to find a good theatrical offer, and instead chose to make history by bringing it straight to iTunes. Variety wasn't thrilled ...

Ed Burns premieres movie on iTunes, defends digital distribution for smaller features

by Mike Schramm (Sep 19th, 2007)

411Mania's got an interview up with actor and filmmaker Ed Burns, whose latest movie, Purple Violets, is going to be distributed exclusively through iTunes for four weeks. Apparently he says he had a couple of "half-assed theatrical offers" for it, but none of them panned out, so when iTunes ...