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Topic: What is "Beer, Fags and Women"?

Michael Scheck
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 163
From: Moeriken, Switzerland
Registered: Oct 2003

posted May 22, 2013 07:25 AM

That's the question.
"Classic Home Cinema" has this title in stock now - but I haven't got the faintest about what hides behind this title (well, I have my guesses...).
Does anyone own it and can lighten me up here? Also about how much feet it contains?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Best,
Michael

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Dan A. Caprio
Film Handler

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From: sarasota florida
Registered: Jun 2010

posted May 22, 2013 07:47 AM

Beer....cigarettes....Hookers.... [Smile]

sounds like a good deal to me... [Eek!]

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted May 22, 2013 09:16 AM

I do have a print Michael, and will check it out for you.Some of the ads are very funny.

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Guy Taylor, Jr.
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2007

posted May 22, 2013 04:59 PM

I have this one as well. British advert reel released by CHC. Very funny ads suitable only for a mature audience.

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Guy Taylor

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

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From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted May 22, 2013 06:07 PM

Some of the ads are inoffensive - such as a bra ad from an older era - but one or two, particularly the notorious 'luminous condom' ad, may not be ideal for all audiences. I'm not 100% certain but I suspect that this ad and one or two others, like the Fosters ad with a highly irreverent view of global warming, were considered too controversial and so were never used in cinemas.

An interesting story I heard that may be true is that some of the ads, on 35mm, were taken to a viewing theatre, to be seen and discussed by advertising executives. By the end of the occasion, they had consumed plenty of drinks and forgot to take the print away with them. At the time, someone involved in running the viewing theatre appreciated it's potential for release on Super 8, and so contacted CHC!

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Adrian Winchester

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted May 22, 2013 06:16 PM

All we can ad to that Adrian is, well done that man!

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Michael Scheck
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 163
From: Moeriken, Switzerland
Registered: Oct 2003

posted May 22, 2013 10:25 PM

Thank you very much, guys!
Now I get the picture - it's a must have for me...! [Wink]

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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1633
From: Cheshire, U.K.
Registered: Dec 2003

posted May 24, 2013 11:00 AM

It is funny, just be careful who you show it to!

All the ads did run at cinemas, I remember them all, mostly early 90's era.

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