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Topic: What Films did you show last night?
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted June 10, 2013 03:19 AM
I got a print of Bert Gordons "Magic Sword" many years ago,and
the print was dire,but then so was the acting! I think a lot of
these features were from an American source,"Day of the Triffids"
6x400,"Horror Express" 5x400,"The Crimson Cult"2x400 etc, all over
20 years old, and as red as hell when purchased.My view is they
were put out this way because they could get away with it.
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted June 13, 2013 04:04 PM
Tonight we put our copy of the Lion King through, this has got to be one of the finest Disney features to ever appear on Super 8mm, perfect colour,print and sound throughout, i didnt take any screenshots because i was too busy enjoying the film. Im my humble opinion if you only ever bought one Disny feature i think it would have to be this one, it has everything, great comedy moments, a very sad (bambi style) moment, superb music, & so many great voices by some of the best actors and comedians.
Our print is still on its original 600 foots spools, it almost seems a shame to chop it up but two 1200s would be great. I'll get around to it one day! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Ernie Zahn
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 540
From: Greenwich, CT, USA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted June 13, 2013 04:25 PM
I don't have a lot of features so I'm planning on doing a monthly "Evening of Entertainment" thing that features an array of films. A few trailers, a short film, then two good digests or a feature film.
Anybody have any suggestions on how I should structure it?
Here's an example one:
Reel #1 (400'):
Jaws Trailer
Casino Royale Trailer
Ben-Hur Trailer
3 Stooges 200' reel
Reel #2 (400'):
Batman & Robin Movie Serial
Reel #3 (400'):
Star Wars Digest
Something like that. Maybe 90 minutes of watching. I might consider making in closer to two hours. Any suggestions on how I should structure it?
If I remember correctly, the old structure would be something like:
news reel, Preview, preview, preview, cartoon, short film, movie serial, feature presentation.
Maybe stick with a theme or mix it up?
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Check out the trailer for my feature length Spaghetti-style Western:
Six and Bisti
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted June 17, 2013 03:14 PM
Tonight i put on my 1200ft version of Whitchfinder General.
This is a frustrating film for me as we started many years ago with the two 200 ft extract which we had for several years. Never being able to catch the 4x400ft feature on the lists, (those Monday mornings when by the time you got through to the dealer it had gone), we recieved a phone call from Roger Lily of our own local dealer the Looney movie co. He offered us this incomplete feature consisting of reels 1,3 & 4 for the scilly price of just £25, its not a perfect print as it has some light scratching with the occasionl glimps of green to the right but mostly for reel one only, we couldnt say no to this and with a little splicing of the 200ft extract "The evil one" it actually flows very well and makes a very good 1 hour film.
Now heres the thing, the colour is absolutly fine with no fade on reels 1 3 and 4 but unfortunatly our old 200footer has faded ![[Mad]](mad.gif) & ruins an otherwise very good film, fortuntly this footage is only around 100 ft so isnt too bad so now all we need is another extract with good colour and we are sorted.
This is a classic English horror from 1968 whose very young director died of Drugs overdose aged 25, im sure he would have been one of the best horror film makers of his era. I am sure that most people in our hobby know of this item so i wont bore you with story line just to say it still remains an excellent late 60s horror film which did cause a lot of controversy on its release, indeed the DVD has some footage put back in but the quality of the said footage is not too good. Maybe at some point a company will restore it to its full gory ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Why the US renamed it the Conqueror Worm is beyond me, as i understand it, it was an attempt to link it to Roger Cormans earlier series of Edgar Allen Poe's related films with Vincent Price even though this film has nothing what so ever to do with those movies, Oh well!
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted June 19, 2013 03:18 PM
This evening i put on some old short titles for a change, now these are some of my oldest prints & yet all are in great condition, the only problem? that annoying columbia narration, some of it certainly isnt nesseccary but on these two 400ft titles i guess ive lived with it up to now,
First off was the 200ft Twins of Evil, a great starter and one of Waltons best 200 footers, those twins!!! Cant blame the count for wanting to nibble at those necks
next up is the 400footer of Getting Straight, an unusual item on 8mm but a reasonable cut down and with a very young Harrison Ford in his pre Star Wars days, although the image appears to have fade the print doesnt, its just a poor picture taken with a diddy camera.
And last was the excellent 400 foot version of Taxi Driver,
This is an excellent Martin scorsese film, there are so few of his films on 8, and this is one where the narration could, (in my view), have been left out all together, nevertheless, this is an excellent reel and no fade on this print.
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