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Chris Fries
Master Film Handler
Posts: 399
From: Ohio, US
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted January 08, 2012 11:39 AM
Walt Disney Home Movies released very few 400' digests. Instead, they usually made two separate 200' reels for one film. This was done primarily for the animated films. Most of the live action films came out on one 200' reel. The one exception being "The Black Hole". It had both a 200' and a 400' digest. There were, however, a few live action films that had two separate 200' reels. "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" was one, although both reels focused on the part of the film that had animation. "Mary Poppins" was another. I was always hoping they would do more. "Pete's Dragon", for instance, should have had more than just one 200' digest.
In 1974, Walt Disney Pictures released "The Island at the Top of the World", based on the The Lost Ones by Ian Cameron. The film was a critical and financial failure yet, for some reason, WDHM released two 200' digests. "Escape From Astragard" and "Flight of the Hyperion". I have never seen it but Doug has said that "Flight of the Hyperion" is enjoyable. I wish the same could be said of "Escape From Astragard". This is an uneven and confusing digest. Especially if you have not seen the entire film. The ending is very unsatisfying.
Just my two cents.
You can judge for yourself. Here is "Escape From Astragard".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT3k5txMmzk
[ January 08, 2012, 01:21 PM: Message edited by: Chris Fries ]
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted January 11, 2012 01:02 PM
Chris ...
an interesting project for you aty some point would be locating the two different versions of "The Super Nanny". There were two different cuts, one longer than the other with different footage, and one of ttwo was actually slightly letterboxed as well.
Also, another WDHM super release that is well worth making a 400ft digest of is the two excerpts from "The Fox and the Hound", which were entitled ...
The Best of Friends
Test of Courage
Both were nearly complete, with very slight editing, of two sequences, one, the whole scene when they first meet as pups, which also includes the complete song (quite lovely), "The Best of Friends". The second one is the nearly complete ending, with only the short scene when the foxes are being "smoked out of thier whole, and goes to the very end of the film, including original ending titles.
... and, I know that this digest was released on low fade stock. It might even be on LPP. I used to have this on a 400ft reel, and it was a lovely watch!
These digests you do are totally awesome!
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Chris Fries
Master Film Handler
Posts: 399
From: Ohio, US
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted January 15, 2012 04:43 AM
I thank all of you for the many compliments.
James reminded me of why I continue to post these videos. I had been searching on Youtube for 8mm digests for a long time. I was hoping to find films I had never seen. There were hardly any titles, let alone those I had yet to see, and some were in a language I could not understand. So, I posted my 1x400 "Airport". Then another and another. Now there are nearly ninety films available for your viewing pleasure. Also, as Winbert pointed out, they can (with the exception of a few) be used to replace damaged soundtracks. But remember, even though I no longer own some of these digests, I do not think of the videos as replacements for the actual films. They are a representation of these films. They cannot compare to threading up a projector and watching them on a silver screen.
And now, on with the show!
Let us take a break from Disney classics for a moment.
Here is what many have called the greatest Spaghetti Western ever made.
Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" from 1968.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjHylNvNm8U
I don't need to say anything about the film as there is already an excellent review here.
http://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=000425
This video was made possible by a generous member of this forum.
La ringrazio molto, signor Santana!
Herb, except for "The Raven", I do not have any American International films. If I get any more I promise will post them. If you have any I could borrow for posting, let me know.
In fact, if anyone here owns a film digest they would like to share on Youtube but cannot do it themselves, they can let me borrow the film and I will gladly post it.
Thank you again and stay tuned! There will be more to come.
Chris
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