Posts: 953
From: Sunland, CA, USA
Registered: Dec 2006
posted September 28, 2011 01:12 PM
The last time I saw this was on Ricky Daniels' list and went for 500 pounds. A 16mm print showed up but was on 79 Fuji which is not low fade but it didn't look bad. Our very own Doug Meltzer has a print. I know. I 'stupidly' sold it to him. At the time, I wasn't set up for scope and needed the money and sold it. Oh well. Another will show up eventually. And yes it is pretty rare.
Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted September 28, 2011 08:55 PM
Oh, the shame, the remorse, the guilt I've felt in the nine plus years since I bought Larry's print. I'm sure I'll get over it someday!
Doug
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posted September 28, 2011 10:20 PM
Thewre there Doug, it will be alright.
Ya see Lee, Doug and I (and many other fellow collectors) belong to a support group of film collectors that, though we are happy to own such rare prints, we have remorse for our fellow collectors and feel great sorrow and guilt and ...
awww! who am I kidding?!
I do hope you find one. One thing for certain, all of these Derann Alien features are on low fade stock and a part of those "golden years" of Derann releases.
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posted September 29, 2011 03:26 AM
Beware that some prints are better than others. There is a marked difference between both my copies with the first run print being superior to the later one.
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posted September 29, 2011 03:53 AM
Aahhh Alien full feature. I also have this print in my collection, very nice quality. Togehter with Aliens and Alien 3 it will make a nice triple night.
I saw a print for 199 Euro in a list for two months or so ago, but it was already sold.
Posts: 979
From: Manassas, VA. USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted September 29, 2011 09:46 AM
Yes..I had been looking for Alien for years..and finally got very lucky...got a really sharp nice stereo print about three years ago....price was 250 dollars. a very good bargain...lucky bargain. I may be mistaken about the price...could have been 300 , but I don't think so. Still on its original reels and original box.
Posts: 1006
From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011
posted October 28, 2011 09:02 AM
Hi, looks like your dream as come true today ,alien feature super on ebay, derann print from someone in canada.Good luck with your biding.
posted October 28, 2011 10:50 AM
Paul and Winbert,
the film the seller offers is not the first film Alien by Ridley Scott.
It is the second one Aliens from the director James Cameron, Both titels are released by Derann, but Aliens was not a CS film, so the super 8 Version is also letterboxed.
posted October 28, 2011 12:49 PM
Beautiful print though. I saw that auction. Nice screenshots that display the full range of colors. I wonder which film stcok it was aon. Always go for AGFA if the film was on AGFA or LPP.
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