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- BUSINESS, Page 52Business NotesENTERTAINMENTDances with Defects
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- The blockbuster Dances with Wolves may have swept this year's
- Academy Awards, but the videotape version of the three-hour epic
- has left some viewers and store owners snarling. To load the
- entire Orion Pictures film onto a single cassette, the tape's
- manufacturer used a thin stock that has sometimes snapped when
- rewound. While Orion said last week that about 5% of the
- initial 655,000 Dances tapes have proved faulty, some stores
- said the defect rate is closer to 15%. The problems stole a bit
- of luster from the tape, which has been among the top video
- rentals since its release last month. But cash-strapped Orion
- denied that it squeezed the film onto one cassette to cut costs.
- Orion said video shops prefer single-cassette tapes because they
- are easier to handle.
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