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Brian Hendel
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- posted June 25, 2011 01:43 PM      Profile for Brian Hendel     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I'm sitting here watching James Cameron's Titanic on TV and I realize how much I like it and need the scope feature on super 8. I don't see them for sale often. Is it something that can be special ordered from CHC or a distributer in Germany? Any leads would be appreciated!

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Jeroen van Ooijen
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- posted June 25, 2011 04:38 PM      Profile for Jeroen van Ooijen   Email Jeroen van Ooijen   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I know that you can order it by CHC ,without sound around 900 Euro and with sound 1000 Euro.
You must ask Gian Luca,he has buy this movie around 2 years ago.

Good luck! [Wink]

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Steve Klare
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- posted June 25, 2011 06:49 PM      Profile for Steve Klare   Email Steve Klare   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Brian,

If you talk my wife into it I'll buy prints for both of us!

(...and Good Luck with that!)

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Brian Hendel
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- posted June 25, 2011 09:44 PM      Profile for Brian Hendel     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Wow 1,000 Euros! I guess it's fitting that the most expensive film ever made should be the most expensive film ever released on super 8. I just wrote to Classic Home Cinema to see if it's still possible to get a print.

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Michael O'Regan
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- posted June 26, 2011 03:51 AM      Profile for Michael O'Regan   Email Michael O'Regan   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
1000EUROS for a film on Super 8????

A joke surely?

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Jeroen van Ooijen
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- posted June 26, 2011 05:15 AM      Profile for Jeroen van Ooijen   Email Jeroen van Ooijen   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Brian let us know! [Big Grin]

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Gian Luca Mario Loncrini
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- posted June 26, 2011 06:21 AM      Profile for Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Author's Homepage   Email Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi guys.
First of all: to get that movie TWO orders at least must be placed. No chance to get one print if there are not at least two collectors willing to get it.
Jeroen is correct about the price... More or less. Consider that was the price I knew about two years ago. It could be possible it is a little more expensive, now.
For those who normally project in sync mode, I know there is the chance to get a print on polyester for 500 euro. Unstriped, of course.

[ June 26, 2011, 11:22 AM: Message edited by: Gian Luca Mario Loncrini ]

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Brian Hendel
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- posted June 26, 2011 06:35 AM      Profile for Brian Hendel     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Gian - So how is the print quality? It better be incredible for that price!

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Gian Luca Mario Loncrini
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- posted June 26, 2011 06:51 AM      Profile for Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Author's Homepage   Email Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Brian, how are you?
Well, definitely a very good print. I was told the ones on polyester are definitely better than the ones on acetate (of course).
I posted some pictures here, some years ago. But they are not so good. Just to have an idea about the print, have a look here:

8mm forum

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Greg Marshall
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- posted June 26, 2011 09:38 AM      Profile for Greg Marshall     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Brian.... I'd love to have one of these, myelf. I can't afford it right now, but maybe later in the year/early next year. Let me know when you were thinking of purchasing and maybe we can do the 2 print order. I'd prefer striped, as I don't have a sync box.

Thx,
G

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John Hourigan
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- posted June 26, 2011 10:05 AM      Profile for John Hourigan   Email John Hourigan       Edit/Delete Post 
Holy cow! -- for that amount of money, any print had better be damn-near perfect. While I enjoy film collecting, I can't bring myself to even think of spending that kind of dough on one film print. Too much more in life to enjoy than to spend that kind of money on a Super 8 print IMHO.

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Adrian Winchester
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- posted June 26, 2011 11:49 AM      Profile for Adrian Winchester     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
It certainly is a lot, but on the other hand if you think of what some of us were spending on Super 8 in the 80s and 90s, when there was a constant flow of tempting new releases, most of us must be spending far less nowadays in the course of a typical year.

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Michael O'Regan
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- posted June 26, 2011 12:55 PM      Profile for Michael O'Regan   Email Michael O'Regan   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Surely, there must be prints of this title on 16mm for less than that price.

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Too much more in life to enjoy than to spend that kind of money on a Super 8 print IMHO.
Yes indeed.

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Gian Luca Mario Loncrini
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- posted June 26, 2011 01:15 PM      Profile for Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Author's Homepage   Email Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I agree with you, Adrian.

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Greg Marshall
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- posted June 26, 2011 01:31 PM      Profile for Greg Marshall     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
quote:
Surely, there must be prints of this title on 16mm for less than that price.
I think I saw a print on Ebay in the past year or so that sold for much more that 1000 Euros. Three hours of film is a lot of footage, and to strike that much costs money. I'm thinking of getting into 16mm later, but that means a decent projector, scope lens, splicer, rewinds, maintenance supplies, etc., so while I'm not looking to do that anytime in the near future, I'd certainly be willing to spend top dollar for a S8 print of a title I want. Yeah, it's a little pricey, but I'm certain I can sell nearly everything I have for what I have into it, if need be.

I've always stuck to my 'rule' of not going into debt for this hobby, and I haven't, and won't. Some common sense does apply to this, as well as any hobby.

So when I acquire an expensive title, I enjoy it, and it does not hamper my ability to enjoy life at all. We still travel, good times with family and friends, and live a nice life here. I have no regrets on what I've bought in the past and what I'll buy in the future.

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Michael O'Regan
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- posted June 26, 2011 01:35 PM      Profile for Michael O'Regan   Email Michael O'Regan   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Greg,

That's fair comment. I always try to keep the spending within the hobby, ie. sell something to pay for something.

My advice to you here though - save your money and put it towards a good 16mm print. It's way too much money for 8mm. Just my opinion.

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Greg Marshall
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Fair comment as well, Mick. Thanks.

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Colin Robert Hunt
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- posted June 26, 2011 02:48 PM      Profile for Colin Robert Hunt   Author's Homepage   Email Colin Robert Hunt   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
At that price how much in your lifetime would it cost to run the film say one showing per year. Not good and very expensive per show. Titanic was shown in 70mm at the Empire Leicester Square on it's premire. I have the behind the scenes footage when this was run and Fred Fullerton was the projectionist among several others. I dont think the Super 8 print is as good. And maybe the 16mm version is a better bet. Personaly I have this on disc at a cost of Ģ7.00 and that is a first clas print with 5.1 sond.

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Michael O'Regan
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- posted June 26, 2011 03:06 PM      Profile for Michael O'Regan   Email Michael O'Regan   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Colin,

Perhaps Classic would accept a trade-in of NO TIME FOR COMEDY for TITANIC!!

[Big Grin] [Big Grin]

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Steve Klare
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- posted June 26, 2011 03:56 PM      Profile for Steve Klare   Email Steve Klare   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
When I think about prints like this, my head tells me I could get a video projector for the same money and then have all the feature films available on disk up on my screen dirt cheap from there on out.

(Even if my heart tells me differently...)

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Jeroen van Ooijen
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WHERE IS THE LOVE FOR THE HOBBY [Wink] [Razz]

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Brian Hendel
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- posted June 26, 2011 04:09 PM      Profile for Brian Hendel     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Yes, you can't put a price on happiness as the saying goes. And what makes us happier than seeing a film we love projected on our home theater screen?! Meantime, just got a price quote back from CHC on Titanic... and it's a little lower than the 1,000 euros so I'm seriously thinking about it. I was told to check with Steve Osborne first since it may be a little lower ordering through him... will post what I decide to do.

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In view of what sought-after modern 16mm films go for on eBay, I'm willing to bet Ģ10 that if one of 'Titanic' comes up in very good condition, it will cost more than a new Super 8 print. And however good it is, I expect it would be bound to be widescreen at best and not 'scope. And another question is how many years are you willing to wait, with no certainty of getting one?

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Brian Hendel
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- posted June 26, 2011 04:52 PM      Profile for Brian Hendel     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
CHC says they also special order Titanic in 16mm scope... didn't ask the price though - but I'm sure it's higher than the super 8 print.

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Oemer Yalinkilic
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- posted June 26, 2011 04:58 PM      Profile for Oemer Yalinkilic   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I donīt know how much CHC have to pay, but if you buy it direct from the lab, the price for 16mm is double of the 8mm price.

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