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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted September 05, 2018 11:21 AM
I've run across a second copy of "The Great Train Robbery", and it's a Blackhawk release, but the funny thing is that it's an "Alternate cut" of the film! It not only ends with the close-up of the cowboy shooting at the screen, it also begins with that shot, (right after the original title card, "The Great Train Robbery"), and then, after the film has ended, 9I don't thnik that I'll get this exactly right, verbatim), there are two title cards after the cowboy shoots at the screen ...
"Now, if you don't think that this happened ..."
"Ask Dad ... He knows"
(which is a play on an old commercial "tag line")
Has anybody else ever run across this alternate version?
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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
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posted September 07, 2018 11:16 AM
Yes, i noticed that too. I'm assuming the one I just got is an earlier edition as the subtitles are obviously not in the original film of 1903, (commenting on such things as the use of a "dummy' in one shot and others talking about the other actors in the film.
The one i already have, that has the color footage in there too (sadly, turned eastman pink), was taken from a later frame by frame restoration of the original 35Mm negative and is a big improvement over this one.
the curious thing is that the edit of the two films is so different. in the earlier edition, the shots are longer in most cases and the story flow is quite different, even without the subtitles.
I must say that the "special edition standard 8mm taken from an improved negative process, is one of those very sharp standard 8mm's that Blackhawk was so legendary for producing! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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