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Topic: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - any low fade prints?
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted October 20, 2009 10:34 PM
Good question! The answer is ... YES!
This probably doesn't hold true for every Disney 200ft or 400ft release, but I have noted that, while the american release of a Disney digest will be terribly faded, (Mickey's Memorable Moments Vol. 2), the UK release will be on a very fade resistant film stock.
I gave up trying to find good unfaded Disney prints in America. When I heard that the UK or European prints didn't show fade, I hunted down all the titles I wanted and sure enough, now every "classic era" Disney film that I have is on either L.P.P., agfa or Fuji film stock. It can take some hunting, but your in the right environment to find them.
... and yes, I'm speaking of the non Derann Disney releases.
By the way, it is possible to find unfaded "Sorceror's Apprentices" prints, as I have one.
Happy hunting.
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Adrian Winchester
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Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted October 22, 2009 06:10 AM
Thanks for the above responses. Good to hear that it's worth looking out for one with no fade, as mine isn't too bad, but is definitely 'warmer' than when I got it. Although I bought it new from Portland Films in London, I think it's a US print and I may have heard that no British prints exist of this title, so if anyone has one with a Buck Labs leader, it would be interesting to know. Otherwise, if there are US LPP prints, it shows that Disney were printing well into 1982, which is later than I thought.
Jean-Marc: I didn't know of the Film Office prints. Are these identical in terms of the opening title, and is the deluxe box the same as the one used elsewhere?
-------------------- Adrian Winchester
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