8mm Forum: Differences between 200' & 400' edits

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Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on May 25, 2016, 06:42 PM:

Until recently,I usually avoided buying a 200'cut-down when a 400'was available of the same film, as I assumed the 400'would contain both longer scenes and additional footage not seen in the 200'.
After reading other threads on this forum, it is becoming apparent that this is not the case.I recently DID buy both the 200' and 400' versions of The Muppet Movie to find they are completely different, with the 200' being able to be slotted into the 400'at the correct point to create an excellent 600 footer with the storyline still flowing properly.

Does someone have a list of the films available where the 200' is a completely different edit/different scenes to the 400'version?

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on May 25, 2016, 06:53 PM:

I really doubt that any such list exists. But I have done the same thing with 200' and 400' reels. It makes a great digest. What I do find interesting is that in some cases the scene that is on the 200' reel get's a title related to the scene on the film with a tag that says from (movie title). Interesting hobby for sure.

Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on May 25, 2016, 10:05 PM:

Mary Poppins The Super Nanny - Silent version 200'

Mary Poppins The Super Nanny - Sound version 200'

Posted by George Seaton (Member # 5402) on May 26, 2016, 08:10 AM:

Hello Melvin

Walton Films 200' editions of movies were often used completely different material than the 400' version. 'Vampire Circus' is another example and I think the idea was the two could be edited together to produce a longer digest. Universal 8 200' classic horror titles also sometimes used sequences not included in their 400' counterparts, 'Bride Of Frankenstein' and 'The Mummy's Ghost' spring to mind but were these meant to stand as separate entities.

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on May 27, 2016, 11:43 AM:

I've never seen it but I believe the Ken 200' release 'Patton' is entirely a speech not in the '400.

Does anyone know if the Walton 200' of 'Curse of the Crimson Altar' features any footage not in the 2 x 400'?

Incidentally, the 200' from 'Vampire Circus' (which is a slightly edited version of the film's very long pre-credits sequence) even has a couple of shots not in the 4 x 400'!

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on May 27, 2016, 12:29 PM:

Micheal ....

On that "Super Nanny" difference, did you notice that the silent version had a slight letterboxing to the image as well?

I noticed that. [Smile]

Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on May 27, 2016, 02:50 PM:

Not quite on topic, Melvin, but along a similar idea, the 3x400ft version of "Superman The Movie" is notorious for missing scenes that were in the shorter 400ft version - including the ending with Superman delivering Lex Luther to prison.

A search on the forum will lead to lots of details on this from our many knowledgeable members.

Also, just to follow on from Michael's "The Super Nanny", Disney's 200ft colour / silent version of "The Aristocats" is a really lovely condensation of the whole movie (with subtitles), whilst the 200ft colour / sound version is basically the "Everybody wants to be a Cat" number - totally different.

EDIT: Let's not forget the 200ft version of "Star Wars", which contains extra scenes than both the 400ft versions...again, have a search on the forum. [Wink]

Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on May 27, 2016, 04:31 PM:

Rob - I noticed that. I have both versions of Superman. This is just something that has never occurred to me until recently that the shorter films can often contain different scenes altogether.
Another example similar to Superman, is Summer Holiday starring Cliff Richard. The 4x 400' version only includes the first few bars of the song, in that famous scene where Cliff is at the wheel of the bus. The 400' at least manages to contain a bit of the vocal too.

Posted by Marshall Crist (Member # 1312) on May 27, 2016, 07:11 PM:

I feel like out of the Universal horror titles, the biggest difference might be the 200' and 400' versions of FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN. Pretty big difference with SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, too.

Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on May 28, 2016, 02:10 AM:

Might be worth mentioning the difference between 400ft Ken and Piccolo versions of the same title.

Best example is "The Omen II". The Ken version is ok, but the Piccolo version is totally different, with a much better story and more atmosphere.

Posted by Douglas Warren (Member # 1047) on May 28, 2016, 06:38 AM:

Adrian,
Ken Films offered a 200' (and 400') version of "Patton" along with the entire opening speech available as a separate 200' reel. The speech reel is somewhat rare these days but the 200' & 400' digests always seem to be available.

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