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Post #996002

Author
Spaced Ranger
Parent topic
THX on 35mm Tech IB preservation - HELP NEEDED (work in progress)
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Date created
26-Sep-2016, 8:27 PM

poita said:
We can confidently now quantify the changes between the 1971 and 1978/Home Video releases, which up until this point were not known/recorded.

From your information, what do say about my theory of THX & Evolution (said with a lisp):

version 1 - 1970 (88m?)
the Lucas original & finished cut of THX 1138
(un-released when it was taken away from him by Warner)

version 1.WB - 1971 (86m?)
the Warner Bros.’ re-edit
(released to theaters with 4 min. removed - a flop)
(sequence re-ordering?)

version 1 - 1978 (88m?)
back to Lucas’ original & finished cut
(released to theaters & TV broadcasts [16mm] under Lucas’ terms after Star Wars success - a flop)

version 2 - 1983 (86m)
Lucas’ next edit
(re-edited for TV broadcasts & home video [LD, Beta, VHS, CED] - builds to cult status)
(less some SEN shots; sequence re-ordering?)

version 3 - 2004 (88m)
Lucas’ next edit
(added Computer Graphics & re-coloring, sequence re-ordering, and out-takes for TV broadcasts & home video [DVD] - cult status)

version 4 - 2010 (88m)
Lucas’ next edit
(added tweaks of coloring, etc., for TV broadcasts & home video [Blu-ray] - cult status)