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Topic: Are they compleat or odd reels?
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Winbert Hutahaean
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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 01, 2005 07:34 PM
On EBay someone is selling a lot of 8mm stuff but the length of the reels are not common, i.e 500", 700".
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvelvetfog1
I am interested on some of them, eventhough they don't come with the original boxes, such as: Airplane, Godfather, 10 Commandements, and Warriors. I know that these titles were released by Marketing Films and it has also been confirmed by the seller. But the strange thing they are all mounted in 800" reel and the seller is saying they are 700"
I understand, Marketing released them on digest (400), three parter (1200) and full feature. So these reels are odds to me. Somebody says in this forum that three parter Marketing can be mounted to 800 reels.
Please re-confirm me of this statement, is it true? So why the seller says they are 700"??
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The other thing, the seller also sells Bruce Lee "Enter of Dragon" 2 x 700, which I believe it come from four parter. The seller says it runs for 65 minute (original running time according to imdb is 98 minutes). But I only knew, UFA German who released four parter and of course dubbed in German. When I asked this, the seller says that this is in English and released by Warner.
Another confusion.....
Anybody can clarify this Bruce Lee
regards,
[ September 01, 2005, 08:54 PM: Message edited by: Winbert Hutahaean ]
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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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From: France
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted September 02, 2005 01:58 AM
Winbert, Jan is absolutely right.
Just got my paws on a lot of U8 2 parters and some of them were squeezed on 600ft reels. Very, very full 600 ft reels. So full, I had to wind some of these back on 800ft spools.
A cutdown of "Enter the Dragon" was indeed released by Warner, but I remember it being a single 400ft reel.
I have Airplane, Godfather, and Warriors, but they are three parters, so closer to 1000ft, even though Marketing releases were thinner. Can anybordy confirm that they can be spliced on to a 800ft reel?
10 Commandements is indeed a two-parter.
The seller doesn't really say the state fo the film ("box looks good, no mildew smell") so other confusions are foreseable. But this is a good opportunity out of Australia. So, if you can snatch a good job lot at a good price, go for it!
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Winbert Hutahaean
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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 02, 2005 09:07 AM
Many thanks for your help, especially for Horatio "Eggeling" Caine from CSI Ulm ![[Wink]](wink.gif) ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
So there is a possibility, they are compleat, aren't they? I will ask the seller as Andreas has advised me.
Yes, since the seller is in Australia, I will take the advantage of cheaper shipping cost. This is always an obstacle for me when buying 8mm films from Europe or States.
Anyway the seller is also not new for me. He is the one where I bought my Godfather 2, Cincinnati Kid and Ben Hur as my previous post before. Unfortunatelly, the three films are reddish.
Thanks,
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James N. Savage 3
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From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted September 02, 2005 05:04 PM
Hi!-
Good luck on the bid Dave. A very nice featurette.
Andreas- Thanks for the info on the letterboxing. I have the 4 x 400 foot versions of UFA's release of "The Way Of The Dragon" and "The Chinese Connection" (English titles). As you said, they are both letterboxed, so I assumed that UFA's "Enter" was also.
I also have Jackie Chan's "Drunken Master" 4 x 400 foot. Reels #1, #3, and #4 are letterboxed and look very good. Reel #2, however, is full-framed, has a grainy picture, and no balance stripe ![[Mad]](mad.gif) ! Reel #2 was so bad, in fact, that I just combined the other three reels for a 1200 foot digest. It's much more enjoyable that way. The best scenes are in reels #3 and #4 anyway.
Oops......looks like we got off the original topic again ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) .
Nick.
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