Team Negative1 - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 - 35mm Theatrical Version (Released)

Welcome to the official thread for the discussion of The Empire Strikes Back 1980 - 35mm Theatrical Version 1.0

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This is the collective project that is not officially part of OT, or Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Disney, etc. but in the spirit of preservation, has been put together with the wish to relive the memory of the original 1980 Empire Strikes Back.

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We have made a lot of progress, but we have some more steps to take.

This is the place to keep on top on the when/where/how/who/and why of it.

A lot of information is  sprinkled through the original discussion thread about - 35mm my crazy proposal. we’ll take just the details and emphasize them here.

If you want to discuss technical stuff, post it here.

This is just to keep people informed on the status and updates.
 

What is it? - A conversion/preservation of the 35mm version of The Empire Strikes Back from:

1. Kodak Print (6 reels)+1 Extra Reel 3

2. Kodak Print 2(6 Reels)

3. Fujicolor Print (6 Reels)

Who are we? - A group of individuals working on it, color restoration and technical advisory, support

Why? - Because we love the Star Wars Trilogy, and appreciate George Lucas.

When will it be out? - Its done when its done.

Where can we find out more? - Right here.
 

Technical details

Video - Our goal is to have a preserved version that will be released in a high definition 1080p anamorphic MKV that is full frame for people with projectors (25gigs), and bluray disc (25gigs), and a dual layer dvd (9gigs) as the final product. 
 

There might be several other downsamples in avi/mp4 later on.</span></span>

Audio - we will have the 35mm English theatrical mix.

Thanks from our entire team!

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We will be revisiting all the previous data released here shortly.

Including previous frames, and video links.

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Videos:

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Here is a comparison of one of our newer Fujicolor ESB prints vs Original Kodak stock we had for the very first print.

Fujicolor is on the top, Kodak on the bottom.

This is a slowed down version of the actual footage, so you can see the difference. We'll post a realtime clip later.

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https://vimeo.com/79242755

Frames:

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Adywan cleanup:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Making-our-own-35mm-preservation-my-crazy-proposal/post/482264/#TopicPost482264

ESB color correction:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Making-our-own-35mm-preservation-my-crazy-proposal/post/585024/#TopicPost585024

Sample errors to fix:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Making-our-own-35mm-preservation-my-crazy-proposal/post/585063/#TopicPost585063

Frames, and the actual reels of Print 1:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Making-our-own-35mm-preservation-my-crazy-proposal/post/589392/#TopicPost589392

The Crawl:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-GOUT-crawl/post/568407/#TopicPost568407

ESB cropping:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Cropping-the-Original-Trilogy-35mm-vs-dvd-gout/post/566864/#TopicPost566864

ESB Burn marks reel 1

and 2:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Tantives-Orange-Items-Thread-other-unintended-objects/post/568723/#TopicPost568723

ESB Burn marks reel 3,

4 and 5:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Tantives-Orange-Items-Thread-other-unintended-objects/post/568725/#TopicPost568725

Sample color frames from:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/topic/9805/

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/565953/#TopicPost565953

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/566024/#TopicPost566024

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/566575/#TopicPost566575

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/566584/#TopicPost566584

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/566585/#TopicPost566585

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/566587/#TopicPost566587

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/566588/#TopicPost566588

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/567408/#TopicPost567408

Han and Leia:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/570490/#TopicPost570490

Various shots:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/589393/#TopicPost589393

35mm vs 70mm:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/589523/#TopicPost589523

Emporer hologram:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/590630/#TopicPost590630

Wampa:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Colortiming-Cinematography-was-What-changes-was-done-to-STAR-WARS-in-93/post/591416/#TopicPost591416

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Sample Shots:

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The Crawl taken from Print 1:

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Here's shots of the edits being done in ESB.
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Shots of the film and reels:

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damn it i'd love to get my hands on those reels of film- not that i have a projector - i'd just like to hold the thing in my hands!

Here is a clip of the probe droids in realtime:

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http://www.veoh.com/watch/v63729969NRbtfKDy

Vimeo was not working correctly.

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More Sample Shots:

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Keep it up! :)

More shots from Reel 1:

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I notice that reel 1 has a noticeable green coloration on the right side. What's up with that?

Of course they are... from 1979, I think.

More shots. If you follow the links, you will see when these were posted.

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Here is an early preview of the Fuji Reel 1:

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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k5aPIAyqJz6Tu14Up2D

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More early images from Reel 3 Kodak 1:

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reel 3:

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The Reel 3 stuff is outstanding!

A few more early images, some are softer looking than the final result:

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Shots of Darth Vader and the Emperor:

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Troyig88 said:

So how much longer before a release date?

No estimate just yet. We are evaluating each of the 3 prints.

We have completed color correction on 1. But we have to integrate the other 2.

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The Wampa puppet arm:

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Here is our version compared with some 70mm scans, our version is on the right:

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