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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 14, 2005 03:58 AM

I am going to buy three full features but I did not know how many reels were originally released for respective titles, i.e;

1. THE MIGHTY GORGA (released by Powell Films Ltd, Color and Sound), at the momment there are reel no. 1-4
2. THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (released by Walton Films, Color and Sond), at the momment there are reel no. 1-3
3. KING KONG (released by RKO Films, B/W and Sound). This title definetely incompleate since only reel no. 3,4, and 5 are available. But is reel no. 5 the last reel?, or there is reel no. 6?

So, for no. 1 and 2 are they compplete or not? and don't forget for my Question no. 3 about KING KONG.

Thanks for your help,

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

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From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted August 14, 2005 05:28 AM

Winbert,
The full version of Kong is on 6 x 400ft reels. That's the US version.
Originally, when the film was distributed in Europe, it was amputated from its beginning and was opening with the boat already anchored at Skull Island. But I doubt your odd reels come from an old european version...

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Tom Photiou
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From: Plymouth U.K
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posted August 14, 2005 07:05 AM

Wilbert, The man in the Iron Mask is 3 x 400ft mini feature.
The copy we had was very good to.

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

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From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted August 14, 2005 11:35 AM

King Kong comes on 6 reels! Drat... glad to have heard about it here, though, as I was considering bidding on the 3 reels on eBay... but if #5 isn't the last reel, then thanks but no thanks. [Eek!]

Winbert, they're all yours. [Big Grin]

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Trevor Adams
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Auckland,New Zealand
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posted August 14, 2005 05:16 PM

Mighty Gorga,possibly the WORST film ever made,was a 4x400fter.

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 15, 2005 01:56 AM

Jan, luckly I was outbid, otherwise I have to buy odd titles. I prefer to loose first reel than last reel. I previously was thingking (if reel no. 5 was the last) to find a digest and add it as an extra to start the movie. But, now I would have to find the last reel, no way!

So I have attached here the King Kong picture so someone could definitely confirm that reel no. 5 is not the last reel from this RKO Film release (Or Mountain Films as seen on the box too).

Thanks

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

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From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted August 15, 2005 03:29 AM

Winbert: confirmed. Mountain FIlms realeased Kong as a six-parter.

Here's a pic:

JM

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

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From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 15, 2005 07:05 AM

I have to say that I thought Mountain did King Kong a 1 x 400ft, 4 x 400ft and also the uncut 6 x 400ft. Can anyone else confim this?

Kev.

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

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From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted August 15, 2005 10:26 AM

I once briefly owned 'The Mighty Gorga' (bought cheaply at an auction) and must agree with Trevor's words: "possibly the WORST film ever made". It's incredible to think that a film so inept and boring was released on 8mm. No one who had previously seen it would want to watch it again, let alone buy a new print, so I imagine that anyone that bought it had little idea of what they were letting themselves in for. Just imagine the dismay of collectors who spent what must have seemed a fortune at the time, watching about an hour of tedious scenes of people walking through a jungle, followed by a fight with someone in an ape suit.

It's almost worth watching in order to fully appreciate the efforts of Ed Wood. His films may have been inept, but they always entertained.

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