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Topic: How about some Derann film history?
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted March 19, 2007 09:25 AM
What I'm looking for is a history of Derann's prints from about 1989 to the present. The reason why is that I saw Paul Fosters newest listing, and I saw a print of "Rock-A-Doodle". This was A Don Bluth animated film. Now, I know that Derann released "Secret of Nimh", as well as "All Dog's Go To Heaven", so I assume that Derann also released "Rock".
I was out of the Super 8 game from about 1989 until year 2002, so I have little idea, (beyond thier recent catalogues) as to what they have released on Super 8 in between that time.
It would help a lot as to what I should look forward to finding on Super 8 one of these days.
All the best!
P.S. When did Derann get the "Disney Catalogue" ?
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Barry Attwood
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1411
From: Enfield, U.K.
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted March 20, 2007 02:28 AM
Osi,
Gary Watson started buying and selling 8mm films in the late 1980's, his first business name was Nostaw Films (I wonder how he thought that name up), but he had changed it to C(inema) E(ntertainment) C(ompany) Films in the early 1990's. Like myself he specialised in used prints, but he also went a little farther in obtaining a contract with Rank Film Distributors here in the U.K., and besides "Rock A Doodle" he did 8mm prints of "F/X: Murder By Illusion" F/L (an odd print crops up here and there), but just as he got these 2 features to the market, 8mm went Disney crazy, as good old uncle Derek at Derann announced his Disney deal. There were more releases planned if these sold well, but alas CEC's 2 features were no Disney's, so that ended that, pretty much dead. Gary re-printed a few titles from DCR Films, but nothing really sold too well at the time, as Derann had literally collared the NEW PRINT market with their slew of big distributor deals. Gary Watson continued for a couple of more years, and then his interest started to wain a bit, and the rest is history, as we bought out his stock, and Independent 8 was born, and then I started to release some bits and pieces, but that's another story.
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