Movies disappearing from itunes store?

I recently went to the iTunes Store to rent the movies 2001: A Space Odyssey and Sunshine only to notice that these two movies have completely disappeared from the US iTunes store. Sunshine is still available in other countries, such as Canada, though. Is there any way to find out what happened to these movies?

I have also noticed several movies no longer being available. In addition, several movies that were available for rent, primarily Pixar movies, are now only available for purchase -- which means no HD access.
However, I noticed that the same movies that are having a state change are having the same state change at Amazon's video-on-demand. So, the problem is with the movie companies. I'm surprised, though, at Pixar movies being so restricted.
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Why would a movie that's been sold in the iTunes Store disappear from the store? It was a $14.99 movie too.

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I suppose a mistake could have been made, but, other than that, it surely must be that a deal that would have kept it in the iTunes Store, somehow, wasn't done. That I haven't a clue about why is what's so frustrating.
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☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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For this step, the title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
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☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
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Rented 3 movies last night from the iTunes store. Download began and ended just fine. When I tried to view one of the movies, quicktime opened with this message: "QuickTime Player is not authorized to play “Clara's Heart.m4v”. In order to play this content, please open it with iTunes"
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