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Topic: Wanted: Star Wars Digests

Jason Schmidt
Film Handler

Posts: 99
From: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Registered: Nov 2014

posted November 27, 2015 10:21 AM

Looking for the 400 foot digests with color / sound. I see them all of the time on eBay, but the trouble is there's never a description of the quality of the actual film, always just a description of the box and other nonsense I don't care about. So with that said I figured I would inquire if there's anyone on the forum here that has any of the 400ft releases for sale that are in good condition. The biggest thing for me is I want to avoid red prints, I couldn't care less if the box is wrecked for instance. Also english sound is a must.

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted November 27, 2015 12:05 PM

Most are fading or have completely faded to red now Jason.
I have the two 400ft extracts in order on one 800ft reel but while there is colour in them, there is no doubt there is a degree of fade also.
Most have also been shown many many times so it is difficult to find pristine prints in the digest format.

For pristine prints Jason, you have probably got a far greater chance of finding good condition prints by finding the feature released by Derann.

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Nigel Higgins
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 543
From: Saffron walden.united kingdom
Registered: Jun 2014

posted November 27, 2015 12:29 PM

Jason pm me i may be able to help ,thanks

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Jason Schmidt
Film Handler

Posts: 99
From: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Registered: Nov 2014

posted November 27, 2015 01:14 PM

I guess I'm less concerned about them being pristine and more concerned about getting an honest idea of what the colors are like, something that seems almost impossible on eBay as most sellers don't show any screenshots or give any description of the prints. I'd like to know before buying how faded a print is, and eBay seems like a total crapshoot.

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Nigel Higgins
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 543
From: Saffron walden.united kingdom
Registered: Jun 2014

posted November 27, 2015 04:58 PM

reply sent ,i always show screen shots on ebay its the only way ,thanks

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Phillip R Campey
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 195
From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Sep 2013

posted November 28, 2015 03:42 PM

Not all the cutdowns have faded, I was lucky enough to get both Empire cutdowns from eBay and although the boxes are tatty to say the least what they contained were beyond my expectations.

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Steven J Kirk
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 873
From: Southern England
Registered: Apr 2008

posted December 08, 2015 09:51 PM

Those are great, Phil. Mine are pinking by comparison. I think someone said that late on there was an LPP stock used for Empire...

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