Release
Meeting People Is Easy was released on VHS on 30 November 1998 in the United Kingdom, later on 12 June 2000 on DVD. It was released in both VHS and DVD format on 18 May 1999 in the United States.
In subsequent years EMI and other record labels had released countless DVDs to promote pop and rock acts, as the format has become dominant over VHS in most parts of the world. In 1999, the film became the first DVD ever released by Radiohead's record label EMI/Parlophone/Capitol Records.
Several television channels broadcast Meeting People Is Easy after its release. In the UK, Channel 4 broadcast the film on 6 May 1999. In the U.S., MTV broadcast a premiere of the film on 16 May 1999, and The Sundance Channel broadcast the documentary 9 times during May 2000.
Meeting People Is Easy had been released for screening in movie theatres, but not widely. Film screenings included the following:
- Baltimore, Maryland - Maryland Film Festival, April 22-25, 1999
- Cambridge, Massachusetts - Brattle Theatre, 30 April – 6 May 1999
- Cleveland, Ohio - Cleveland Film Festival: Cleveland Cinemateque, 1–2 May 1999
- Detroit, Michigan - The Magic Bag, 2 May 1999
- Detroit, Michigan - Main Art Theatre, 7–8 May 1999
- Ithaca, New York - Cornell Cinema, 13, 14, 16 May 1999
- Seattle, Washington - Egyptian Theatre, 11–12 June 1999
- Norway - Filmquart Film Festival, 9 July 1999
- Czech Republic - Jihlava Film Festival, October 2001
Since Meeting People Is Easy Radiohead have released only one DVD, the 2004 limited release The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time, based on material taken from their website.
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