What 8mm films did I watch last night?

[Douglas Meltzer]

Two Robert Youngson shorts:

The Oscar winning 1951 one reeler The World of Kids & Head Over Heels (1953).





Both were released by Reel Images.

[Brian Fretwell]

Thanks for looking, I doubt it is Madagasca as I don't have that disc.

[Steve Klare]

Actually, Dreamworks distributed Aardman's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and produced The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper: that's how they wound up in theaters together as Feature and Short.

My theory isn't bearing results though: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit disks I'm seeing for sale don't have Christmas Caper.

-then maybe it came with Madagascar itself?

[Graham Sinden]

Thanks for the info Steve, but you will not find any Pixar cartoons on a Aardman DVD and vice versa .

[Steve Klare]

Hi Brian,

According to IMDB, The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper showed with Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. If you have that DVD, it's probably your best bet.

I have "Penguins" and it is really good. Like Knick-Knack, the sound is good, but the volume is low. I think where I'm getting into trouble here is most of the time I show these on a monaural projector and these are both stereo prints. Lacking the power of the right-side channel, the sound is low. It's not a big deal: I just twist the knob.

There are about five movies that we quote a lot around here (Young Frankenstein is a major one). "Penguins" is also one of them:
"Yes, Rico! -Ka-Boom!"

[Brian Fretwell]

I wish I had bought the penguins "Christmas caper" I have it as an extra on a dvd, but can't remember which one!

[Steve Klare]

Geri's Game is kind of the Holy Grail for me!

(-without the vicious rabbit, the shrubbery and the coconuts, of course!)

I've never seen one for sale anywhere.

I have Early Bloomer, most likely the test print that showed at the BFCC just after Derann announced the release (-not long afterwards it was on their used list and I grabbed it.). We showed it at CineSea some years later and the next morning I'm riding down a pretty full elevator headed to breakfast and one of the guys asked "Where did you get that print?".

(-too late!)

[Graham Ritchie]

Steve I am still kicking myself over not buying "Geri's Game" from Derann long ago. It was advertised in there news letter for a very short time, then it disappeared. However I did buy "Gone Nutty" "For The Birds" and "Madagascar Penguins", later in there second hand list I picked up "The Chubbchubbs"
Those Pixar shorts are timeless, on the feature side of things I should have purchased Bugs Life but never got around to it, that would have looked great in Scope

[Steve Klare]

Hi Graham,

I was actually in search of One Man Band and Steve had none on hand, but offered to sell me this as a (really good) consolation prize! (I AM consoled, too!)

Back about 22 years ago I was all proud of myself having sound (!!) for the first time in my life. (It was as if I was the last kid on the block to get a bike!) -so I went on an informal tour of family and friends showing them this 1970s wonder! I was at my sister's house and showed my family Gone Nutty and For the Birds fresh from Derann Film Services.

-my youngest nephew thought I shot them off a TV screen with my movie camera! (All things considered, this was actually kind of a compliment!)

[Graham Ritchie]

Taking about dentists watch this

PS Doug in the film "Boychoir" Dustin Hoffman in a scene talks to the kids about there future careers, he says "and some of you might become dentists" with a smile. That caught my attention, as I am sure that's a reference to the above still above from the past film he was in

I will say this, I am glad I never went to school here in NZ back then when they had a school dental nurse, this short film, must sum it up for a lot of NZ kids from that era

Steve, those Pixar shorts on Super8 are brilliant and its good to show folk, that there were some modern films on that gauge, old stuff is good but more up to date films like the Pixar shorts does show others that we are up with the play with more modern stuff as well "Knick Knack" is one I never got, but its one that is still on my hopefully to get someday list.

[Steve Klare]

Last night?

-a very nice (very lightly used) S8 print of Pixar's Knick-Knack freshly delivered from Steve Osborne and the Reel Image.

I love showing a modern film like this on an 8mm projector to an audience. The idea that the film was first created years after S8 was (allegedly) obsoleted kind of shakes up their worlds! ("Where did you get that?!")

I've always had a fondness for the Pixar Studios stuff in any case.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Melvin,

Of course, to make it easier for the dentist! Some dentists are very thorough...

[Melvin England]

Doug - Brian has had a shave since then !!!!!!!

[Trevor Adams]

The Caine Mutiny and The Battle of the River Plate. A rousing naval night! Done OK on 400ft each and colour.Great stuff!

[Brian Fretwell]

Yes, the only pain was in my wallet from paying for the emergency treatment. A piece of tooth broke off, thankfully not exposing any sensitive tissue.