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Kevin Hassall
Master Film Handler

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From: Walsall, England
Registered: Dec 2010

posted June 04, 2014 06:09 AM

i have this the 6 400ft in original boxes had it off phil at chc superb print

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Towi contreras
Junior
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From: México DF
Registered: Feb 2014

posted June 21, 2014 01:59 PM

I have this release on 5x400 reels and the quality is not so good, is not steady along the screening and the sharpness is poor....still is a jewel... [Frown]

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted June 21, 2014 02:04 PM

I have the Mountain print with all the deleted scenes and for the films age, I think it is quite good. Of course, that is always in the eye of the viewer. I am happy to have a title of a print in any condition. Then try to upgrade at a later time.

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Athens,Greece
Registered: Jul 2008

posted June 22, 2014 12:49 AM

As Larry said,the Nostalgia Merchant print was awful,but it did contain the censored scenes. I was lucky to find a copy,cheap, added the parts to my (exellent)6x400 Mountain print,...and sold the NM copy to a friend,who didn't mind the quality !!!!

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Joe Caruso
Film God

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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 22, 2014 09:43 AM

no, not ALL the deleted, spider pit still has to be had

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Brian Fretwell
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From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted January 01, 2015 08:39 AM

I've just been sorting out papers and found the Derann newsletter that announced the (Mountain) 6 x 400ft new print, full quote below.

"KING KONG FULL LENGTH FEATURE
6x400' B&W/Sound £149.95 + £3.00 P+P. Taken from a NEW negative, form a 35mm fine grain master - this is the best available, don't accept substitutes!!"

at the time the 4x400 ft was £54.95. As this was a loose sheet I don't know the date it was published but they had not yet started printing the number code for phone enquiries and just put Dudley 233191.

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Steve Carter
Master Film Handler

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From: Bristol, UK
Registered: Apr 2015

posted July 30, 2015 06:31 AM

I remember hiring the 6 x 400 from Bernco way back, I must have watched it at least 7-8 times that week, as it was a good print with belting sound. There is one on E-bay at the moment 3 x 600 & 1 x 400, sprocket damage on reel 2 for the first four footish as it reads, and splices and wear and tear on reel 1 for the first 6ft, they are asking £100...

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Paul Suchy
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 199
From: Westchester, IL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 30, 2015 07:31 AM

It's good to hear all these raves about the Mountain release of Kong, but the same cannot be said regarding Mountain's Citizen Kane; the image is fair and not even centered properly. The reel changes in Kane don't match up at all and a few end in mid sentence. I still watch my print once in a while (I'll take a mediocre print of Kane over a stellar print of Grease any day), but I would never run it for someone who has never seen it before.

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George Seaton
Junior
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From: Liverpool, UK
Registered: May 2016

posted May 18, 2016 12:08 PM

The 6 x 400' Mountain version was the very first 8mm feature I owned and I love it to this day. It is a beautiful print of the censored re-release before the cuts were restored on B&W stock complete with the BBFC 'H' certificate.

I also have a 100' 5 spot trailer reel which (from memory) I bought from Perry's Movies.

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