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Topic: Creature from the Black Lagoon-17mins-super8/3D.
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Andrew Wilson
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 784
From: dundonald,belfast,co.antrim,northern ireland.
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted April 26, 2007 11:40 AM
Well Fellow members hereit is.My first 3D review of Derann's reissue of this classic 1954 movie,directed by Jack Arnold.
What do you need to view this two reeler?.All you need to do is lance up your projector as normal,put on your speces-two come with this film and away you go!
After the title sequence,we join are intrepid explorers enter the black lagoon in their old tug boat.The very pretty Julie Adams goes for a swim,and feels something touching her legs-its of course The Gill Man,who not surpisely takes an immediate fancy to her.I don't blame him!.
The monster then dams up the lagoon enterance,so no one can escape,and one by one picks off the scientists,played by Whitt Bisselland Richard Denning.
Richard Carlson dons his aqualung and fights the creature underwater..Effective stuff this 3D!
The creature climbs on board the old tug,and kidnapps Julie.
He takes her to his grotto,with Carlson hot on their heels for the final confrontation....
It's great to see this title back,i think its the same cut down as the old Universal8 one.
My print has a little wear here and there,nothing to get upset about.Excellent sound.A first rate rrelease from Derann.Well done.I have used MS.Adams real name as she is know now!
PRINT A-
SOUNDA.
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Paul Adsett
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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted April 28, 2007 09:43 AM
Creature from the Black Lagoon was filmed at Wakulla Springs, in the Florida Panhandle, a 3 hour drive north from where I live. It is a stunningly clear deep water springs, filled with underwater grasses, and all the underwater 3D sequences were shot there.
http://www.wakullacounty.org/wakulla-30.htm
There are plenty of Creature from the Black Lagoon references, photos, and books in the park store, and every year they have an outdoor Creature festival, showing all the creature films, and usually attended by the still very attractive Julia Adams, and other cast members. So far I have not seen any 400ft Universals for sale there! Maybe Derann should ship a caseload in! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
[ April 28, 2007, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: Paul Adsett ]
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Paul Adsett
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posted June 01, 2007 08:45 AM
Just viewed my print that I picked up at the BFCC. This film is exactly the same as the Universal 8 400ft digest, minus the Universal 8 opening and closing logos. As already noted, the underwater scenes and the ones in the cave have the most effective 3D effect. Best of all is the scenes where the creature climbs up onto the boat and walks towards the camera - the 3d here is great. But unfortunateley a lot of the footage did not seem to converge very well and I saw a lot of double images. I wonder if the red and green glasses that come with this film are the correct color. Sound quality was good, better than I remember on the U8 print that I had. All told I was a little disappointed with this film, DisneyWorld 3D it is not, but it is certainly a good novelty item and probably the only source anywhere of 3D scenes from this classic feature film.
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The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection,
Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade
Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar
Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted June 25, 2007 07:32 PM
That's a good idea Paul. I see the same problem with "It Came From Outer Space" Some scenes, AWESOME, some, incredibly bad, and then there's that awesome rock in the avalanche scene that REALLY does leap right out at you.
One of the nice things about the "It Came From Outer Space" 3D digest, is the very different usage of the 3D effect. In most other 3D films, the effects are somewhat "earthbound". In "IT"
(to make it simpler) there are images from inside the aliens helmets, or P.O.V., for instance, which work very well.
The Three Stooges "Pardon My backfire" has some very good usage of the 3D effects, and I find the focus to be quite good thru-out. The only problem is that the film is a defective print, but since I didn't buy it from Derann directly, I can't return it as a defective print.
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