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Topic: Carrie (Marketing Films)
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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1633
From: Cheshire, U.K.
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted November 29, 2018 11:29 AM
This is really interesting because the Derann deal with UA was quite strict.
They could release different 400ft versions but the each had to be self contained. UA were obviously concerned about collectors owning longer versions of films back then. Laughable these days of course.
So for "Carrie", Derann released two different 400ft extracts, each with a self contained story, but different scenes.
Of course, they were edited by someone many of us are familiar with, and with a splicer and some tape, you could easily re-assemble them into a continuous 2 x 400ft version.
As Brian points out, the deal also dictated the inclusion of all opening credits (albeit edited) but also no revealing scenes of Sissy Spacek...problem...as Brian De Palma's credit is over such a shot...
So Derann spent time and money producing an extended freeze frame with the director's credit intact, but with sufficient mist as to adhere with the UA contract.
I wonder what constraints Marketing had to deal with??
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