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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted February 16, 2012 07:29 PM

Sorry to disagree gentlemen,but Ithink the best of the edited
2x400s from U8 were "The Sting"& "High Plains Drifter" which
had very good editing and both had excellent print/sound.
The "Jaws" edition suffered from the omission of the underwater
"severed head" shock scene and print quality wasn't as good as the 200' edition whereas the above two showed how a digest
could include all the key scenes and tell the story coherently.

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Osi Osgood
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posted February 17, 2012 01:31 PM

I miss the "severed head" shot in the digest too! Would have been great to have it in there, even if to have that shot, (and at least enough footage to suround it for storytelling), would have not allowed it to fit a 600ft reel ...

but actually, this 600ft digest is slightly shorter in length that the other Universal 2X400ft digests. I think "1941" is the longest, as the film actually spills over slightly. You still have a good minute or more of room with the Jaws digest on a 600ft reel.

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Christian Bjorgen
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posted February 18, 2012 07:32 AM

I actually prefer "Animal House" when it comes to the U8 2x400 digests. The only thing I didn't like about it was the omission of the stuffed-bra scene :-)

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Tom Photiou
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From: Plymouth U.K
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posted February 18, 2012 10:42 AM

Another superb 2 x 400ft cut down is High Plains Drifter, again some prints are suffering with some fade, i have a good copy at present and want to keep it until it starts to fade but athe editing is very good .

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted February 18, 2012 07:37 PM

Osi and I are the" severed head men" Christian misses his "stuffed
bra", theres definately room for a thread on favourite scenes that
are missing from our digests.Any more out there?
One that really pissed me off was the omission of the nude
seduction scene by Linda Hayden in "Blood On Satan's Claw"
and there was room to put it in as the running time was just
over an hour!

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