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Posted by Andreas Chmielewski (Member # 2208) on September 22, 2014, 05:42 AM:

Hi, what have you for rare Super 8 Prints/Titles in your collection??

TOP 20 from my collection

1. ET (full lengh Italy Print on 6x600 feet)
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai (full lengh Italy Print on 6x600 feet)
3. Very Cruz (full lengh german Scope Print on 4x600 feet)
4. Spartacus (full lengh Italy Print on 10x600 feet)
5. Easy Rider (full lengh german Print on 4x600 feet)
6. Lawrence of Arabia (full lengh Italy Print on 6x600 feet)
7. The Big Country (full lengh german Scope Print on 5x600 feet)
8. The Wild Bunch (full lengh german Scope Print on 7x600 feet)
9. Wrong Is Right (full lengh Italy Print on 6x600 feet)
10. Asterix and Cleopatra (full lengh german Print on 4x400 feet)
11. Tell them Billy Boy is here (full lengh german Scope Print on 4x600 feet)
12. Kramer vs. Kramer (full lengh Italy Print on 6x600 feet)
13. The Flight of the Phoenix (full lengh spain Print on 5x600 feet)
14. Jet Pilot (full lengh Universal 8 USA Print on 6x400 feet)
15. The Conqueror (full lengh Universal 8 USA Print on 6x400 feet)
16. Alamo (full lengh Italy Print on 8x600 feet)
17. Bonnie and Clyde (full lengh Italy Print on 5x600 feet)
18. Big Jake (full lengh spain Print on 4x600 feet)
19. The Magnificent Seven (full lengh Italy Print on 6x600 feet)
20. Bullitt (full lengh german Print on 5x600 feet)

What is yours??

Ciao Andi

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 22, 2014, 05:54 AM:

I have none of the above titles.

Posted by Andreas Chmielewski (Member # 2208) on September 22, 2014, 05:57 AM:

Have you other rare titles? what is your TOP 20 from your collection?

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 22, 2014, 06:03 AM:

I never thought about that. I value probably home movie films I have (I mean other than mine) in 9,5 ad they are old and unique.

Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 22, 2014, 06:17 AM:

Don't know how rare they really are, but here's some I gotten the impression is pretty rare
Escape from Alcatrazz, 2x1200'
The Godfather, 3x1200'
Grease, 2x800' (it's complete)
Smokey and the Bandit 2x400'
Flåklypa Grand Prix, 400' Norwegian original sound
Reve-Enka, 400' Norwegian original sound
Gutten som Kappåt med Trollet, 400' Norwegian original sound
Den Standhaftige Tinnsoldat, 400' Norwegian original sound
Syvende Far i Huset, 400' Norwegian original sound
Karius og Baktus, 400' Norwegian original sound
Askeladden og Hans Gode Hjelpere, 400' Norwegian original sound
Death Wish, 1200'+800'
Highlander, 2x1200'
Raiders of the Lost Ark, 2x1200'+600'
The Marathon Man, 3x800'
Death on the Nile, 8x400'
Twins of Evil, 200' (At least I struggled to find one)
Airplane!, 2x1200'
Die Toten Augen Des Dr. Dracula (Kill Baby, Kill), 2x400 German sound
and also have The Conqueror on 2x1200'

English sound unless noted

Posted by Christian Schatz (Member # 2961) on September 22, 2014, 07:27 AM:

Hey Andreas, your parcel with "Alle Kätzchen naschen gern" will go tomorrow on its way. [Wink]

1. Keoma (1976) / Italian print with perfect colors on AGFA 5x600ft
2. La caza del oro (1972) / Spanish print sadly on faded Eastman 4x600ft
3. Ringo, il volto della vendetta (1967) / Italian print sadly on faded Eastman 2x1200ft
...

Posted by Maurizio Di Cintio (Member # 144) on September 22, 2014, 07:39 AM:

Here are my "GEMS", all full-length:

Alien (Derann)
Star Wars (Derann)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Titanic (1998)
Spiderman (2002)

Not so rare:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Die Hard II

Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 22, 2014, 07:42 AM:

I so wish I had the Alien print too, any film format

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 22, 2014, 11:27 AM:

Vidar, are the films you mention with Norwegian sound Super 8 or 16 mm ?

Posted by David Guest (Member # 2791) on September 22, 2014, 11:33 AM:

bet you wish you had them on 16mm then it would be a collection

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 22, 2014, 11:44 AM:

David, some Super 8 projectors give a good picture quality and, as we all know, it is possible to have top quality prints as well (Derann is the reference we have all in mind).

Posted by Antonio Costa Mota (Member # 221) on September 22, 2014, 11:51 AM:

Andreas
That´s a very impressive list. When you mention Italian or
German print, does that meãn the film is spoken on that language ?

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on September 22, 2014, 12:09 PM:

Vidar! I admire your "Highlander" ... (so does my wife, there's something about that "Kilt"!) ...

but Andreas, you have me "Reely" pissed!!! [Cool]

Germany has all the luck!!! Super 8 forever!!!

(VERA CRUZ ... scope!!! Cool!!!)

Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 22, 2014, 12:29 PM:

All the titles I listed was Super 8 and the Ivo Caprino films are norwegian sound. We don't dub films in Norway, thankfully

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 22, 2014, 12:33 PM:

Vidar, I know that films are not dubbed in Norway but subtitled, like for each less spoken languages. I am surprised to hear that Super 8 films were released in Norwegian. That'e suppose that the market for film is (or was) not so small as one could think. Great new.

Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 22, 2014, 12:44 PM:

I should rephrase that, read it again and can be misunderstood. The list has english sound, no subtitles, except the Ivo Caprino marked with Norwegian sound (which is the original soundtrack) and the Kill Baby, Kill which is dubbed to German

Most of my 16mm however are subtitled in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 22, 2014, 12:52 PM:

I was talking about subtitles in general, not for your titles (that I imagine were mostly bought abroad).

Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 22, 2014, 01:05 PM:

Okay :-) Is Casablanca featuer rare, by the way? I have a very nice print of that, bought at the same time as Junior Bonner

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 22, 2014, 01:12 PM:

I have Casablanca.

Posted by Larry Arpin (Member # 744) on September 22, 2014, 11:46 PM:

Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind:Special Edition
El Cid
Alien(is this that rare?)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jason and the Argonauts

Posted by Andreas Chmielewski (Member # 2208) on September 23, 2014, 12:58 AM:

All Prints with german sound, the Prints from germany is with german soundtrack..and the other Prints from Spain, USA, Italy i have re-recorded in German (from DVD or VHS)

Alien is great in Scope..i have seen Alien 2, this is a other great title and Print!!

Posted by Fabrizio Mosca (Member # 142) on September 23, 2014, 01:26 AM:

I also have Casablanca, like another Italian collector.

Does the "rare" classification means how often it comes out on the used lists or it regards the number of prints made?

Here are mine, anyway:
- A grand day out
- The Hostage (BMW short)
- Silence of the lambs
- The great dictator (RBC films version)
- Modern Times (Italian print)
- The mark of Zorro (Italian print)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (Italian print, in 4*180, horribly abridged, cropped and definitely red... the worst print in my collection, but I've seen it only once in the used lists in 15 years of collecting)
- Un chien andalou
- Clash of the titans (full lenght italian print)

Posted by Alan Rik (Member # 73) on September 24, 2014, 07:25 AM:

CE3K Special Edition Feature
Titanic Feature
Dawn of the Dead UFA Abridged Feature
Superman Feature (Optical)
Ferris Buellers Day Off (Optical)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (Optical)
Revenge of the Sith Trailer
Splash (Optical)
Lost in Space Pilot Episode

Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on September 24, 2014, 08:44 AM:

One off print Bugsy Malone trailer S8
[Eek!]

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on September 24, 2014, 11:44 AM:

You have some great optical titles there, Alan! I missed out on a print of Splash once.

I used to have "High Road to China" when I first collected Super 8 (It was an optical print), and I remember seeing (but didn't buy it, curse my stupidity), on Dave Thomas Films used film lists (way back in the late 80's) ...

... a super 8 optical sound print of "The Last Unicorn"! Now there's another RARE title!

"High Road to China" was a fun film, still wish I had it. Much more laid back than "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", with Tom Selleck as a beer swilling WWI fighter pilot. (Ironically, Steven Speilberg wanted Tom for the role, but the network that was airing "Magnum PI" at the time, wouldn't allow Tom to do it, for whatever seasons. Glad we got Harrison Ford instead, though!)

Posted by Maurizio Di Cintio (Member # 144) on September 25, 2014, 08:59 AM:

Hey, I forgot about that: I also have a print of "A Grand Day Out", thanks, Fabrizio, for reminding that to me. Also "A Christmas Carol" and "The Prince and the Pauper" - both are excellent prints.

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on September 25, 2014, 05:17 PM:

Maybe, A&C MEET F

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