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Topic: Close Encounters of the Third Kind feature
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted December 01, 2016 11:59 AM
I bought mine from a private collector and since I didn't know of any other super 8 scope features of CE3K, I naturally assumed that it was one of the rare Derann prints (I paid 500.00 at the time, that was a period when i had a LOT more cash at my disposal! )
... I was totally floored when it turned out to NOT be the Derann scope feature, but the original 1977 scope feature.
There has been a good deal of speculation about where this print came from originally. One guess is that it's one of the "oil Rig' features that were printed for lads out on, well, oil rigs!
Barry, at one time, many years ago, also had a complete scope feature of "Superman" (late 70's first feature film), in his shop, and no doubt, someone is holding onto that feature like gold, as it is also no doubt, quite rare, perhaps the last one of it's kind in existence!
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
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posted December 02, 2016 11:45 AM
That is fascinating!!!
I had heard the story of it potentially being a "oil rig' print, but I wonder if, perhaps, Speilberg might have done the same thing for those involved in the making of the film, CE3K?
Perhaps it was an official, unofficial, requested short run of prints?
I don't know if I'll ever know, I'll just cherish it!
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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