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Topic: Derann is asking...What would you like to see in 8mm?
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted June 08, 2006 04:32 AM
I'd welcome more extracts - I particularly liked the first one from 'Gladiator' - but the occasional feature too.
As a collector of Hammer films, there are some classics I'd love to see on Super 8, including 'The Devil Rides Out' full length (longest version was 4 x 400') and Hammer's 'The Phantom of the Opera' (only released in b/w). I'd also welcome 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed' or 'Taste the blood of Dracula' in their uncut UK versions.
For something different, how about 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. I once mentioned it years ago at a Derann Open Day when Derek was inviting suggestions. He said that he had assumed that it was not the sort of film that collectors would go for, but it has such a cult following that I think it could sell well. Some Rocky fans would probably buy a projector in order to screen it! At the Open Day, two or three others also expressed interest and I think Derek said he would mention it to 20th Century Fox, but I don't know if he ever did.
[ June 08, 2006, 07:30 AM: Message edited by: Adrian Winchester ]
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
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From: Croydon, London, UK
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posted June 08, 2006 07:45 AM
I'm willing to stake my reputation (not that I'm claiming to have one) and cash (at least for one print) that Derann would sell more than 20 copies of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. Anyone else willing to join me? After all, 'Grease' was released due to public demand, and at least some of the people that bought it would probably go for 'Rocky', and others besides. I recall the 400' version going for quite high amounts on eBay. Also, Fox might have a perfect master available, in view of the DVD release.
Jan - personally, I think it scores well on repeatability, just ask the US fans who go and see it every weekend! We could all be invigorated by viewing classic songs like 'Sweet Transvestite' now and again, not to mention doing the 'Time Warp' in our home cinemas! And imagine the fun of inviting round suitably dressed people to see it!
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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted June 08, 2006 11:27 PM
If anything, I would prefer a gorgeous
Full-length print of 1976
ROCKY .
Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire,
Burt Young, Bill Conte, and director
John G. Avildsen, all were garnered with
Oscar Nominations. The film won for Editing
Director, and Best Picture against
Taxi Driver and Network.
Or how about a gorgeous full-length print
Scope or adapted scope print of
The Godfather ?
This film is tops in every form.
Many collectors do not have it,
and we watch it every time when it airs
on cable TV.
By now many of the Godfather 1 & 2 prints
all have color fade, which were released by
Marketing.
These are classics to see again and again.
There are many Elvis fans, how about releasing
cut down prints in scope of Blue Hawaii ?
Every Song in that picture is a classic!
With some nice editing, that would be a true
crowd pleaser again and again.
Hawaiian Wedding Song,
Blue Hawaii,
Can't Help Falling in Love
as well as some of the minor songs
all have a fun beat and twist to each one.
If you check it out, you can see how they
seamlessly meshed the songs into the plot
of this beautiful feature.
No offense taken Adrian, but
I don't wish to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
or to screen a print with a rowdy audience
that believes that it would be OK, to toss scores of Cards,
and rice, and mop up water from
the floor after the crowd decides to have an
interactive moment with the screen. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
This is the element, which made this picture
a cult favorite, and my wife would not appreciate
picking up after each screening for too long either.
The song:Let's do the time warp again, was the only
part I found amusing.
Wasn't 'Rocky Horror' available as a digest many years ago?
Respectfully to the Wallace and Grommit fans,
I am not interested in this title, although it
received the most nods on this post.
But if fishnet stockings and lipstick sells,
well then go for it. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Michael
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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm
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From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted June 08, 2006 11:38 PM
Michael,
I'm completely with you as far as Rocky goes - excuse me, I mean of course Rocky Horror Picture Show. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) Yeah, it may be a cult movie and "very" repeatable indeed, but only so with a, shall I say, hardcore audience that is its very own dedicated fan club in a way that has little to do anymore with our own enjoyment of film for what it is. Let's just not go there. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) And yes, a 400' digest of it does exist... not sure who released it, though.
What kind of frustrates me about this thread ... is that I know there's number of titles that absolutely MUST come out on super-8 that I always think of... except I just can't come up with their names right here, right now. Bugger, that human memory thing.
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Call me Phoenix. *dusts off the ashes*
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