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#1110627
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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chaoscharza said:

OracleBoy77 said:

GoboFraggle1983 said:

OracleBoy77 said:

Starbond9 said:

Hey everyone, I saw earlier in this thread about a 1988 Disney Channel airing. I have a copy of BLT taped on to VHS (date unknown to me) that I’ve digitized. It still has the original star pasties during the scene with the TV. Does this mean its from that airing or were there other releases that didnt edit that to a bra?

I wish I knew, but that sounds pretty cool if it only came out that way originally in the film fest circuit.

Well, it seems that the censored edit with the bra was only made exclusively to the USA DVD release, while the VHS releases (or at the very least, the 1991 edition) contain the uncensored version with the star pasties. International releases outside of the USA also use the uncensored version, with the exception of Brazil and Japan, which use the same edited NTSC master as the 2003 USA DVD.

Pretty interesting. I know part of this reason was/is due the film technically not being owned by Disney entirely, they just own the rights to select markets to distribute it in.

Just a shame there isn’t a 30th Anniversary BluRay of it already.

From what I read on a “Disney Movie Re-Release” Thread somewhere (been years since I read it; sorry) a member of the production was asked about the slipshod copy on VHS/DVD with the response being that the NTSC DVD was a transfer (with those edits) from the VHS; as someone who watched the HELL outta my childhood copy I can confirm.

Anywho, the theory on said thread was that Disney had no better copy than the 4:3 cropped version that aired on Disney Channel (which was how the distribution deal fell through, btw) and unless another version was found itg would not be seeing any new release.

Also noted was how the (cancer) sequels were not under such problems as they were made in-house (and have been featured on Netflix FTR).

I feel like the only way we would ever get a Anamorphic copy would be if some ex-employee has a print somewhere that can be transfered (like how an Anamorphic preservation of Raggity Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure was done by fans) but considering how the Pappa Mouse has sat on Song of The South, a DMCA would be veeery likely…

Sad really. These sorts of things always happen.

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#1103299
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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GoboFraggle1983 said:

OracleBoy77 said:

Starbond9 said:

Hey everyone, I saw earlier in this thread about a 1988 Disney Channel airing. I have a copy of BLT taped on to VHS (date unknown to me) that I’ve digitized. It still has the original star pasties during the scene with the TV. Does this mean its from that airing or were there other releases that didnt edit that to a bra?

I wish I knew, but that sounds pretty cool if it only came out that way originally in the film fest circuit.

Well, it seems that the censored edit with the bra was only made exclusively to the USA DVD release, while the VHS releases (or at the very least, the 1991 edition) contain the uncensored version with the star pasties. International releases outside of the USA also use the uncensored version, with the exception of Brazil and Japan, which use the same edited NTSC master as the 2003 USA DVD.

Pretty interesting. I know part of this reason was/is due the film technically not being owned by Disney entirely, they just own the rights to select markets to distribute it in.

Just a shame there isn’t a 30th Anniversary BluRay of it already.

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#1103019
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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Starbond9 said:

Hey everyone, I saw earlier in this thread about a 1988 Disney Channel airing. I have a copy of BLT taped on to VHS (date unknown to me) that I’ve digitized. It still has the original star pasties during the scene with the TV. Does this mean its from that airing or were there other releases that didnt edit that to a bra?

I wish I knew, but that sounds pretty cool if it only came out that way originally in the film fest circuit.

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#1089384
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Info: Moonwalker
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Still a bit of a downer for the edited part, reading the Blu-Ray(dot)com review makes it sound like they made “Mr. Big” sound less convincing a villain for downplaying the abusive nature and the drug angle. He’s just bad because he’s bad, without a reason, but who knows why that decision was made. Not that this is grounds for a possible fan-edited release to restore those missing frames, but I’m sure it’s quite minuscule a task for such a deserving film that certainly deserved a little more in the ‘extras’ department than the barebones trailer they included.

woodsyallen said:

StarThoughts said:

To bring this back on topic, was there any commercial release or otherwise of Bruce Broughton’s score, aside from the suite conducted by Erich Kunzel contained on the Telarc Fantastic Journey CD?

I don’t know if there was a commercial release, but I feel like I remember some of the fan sites having a score you could download.

EDIT: A ha! I thought so… Not sure the source, but it should be what you’re after.

https://mega.co.nz/#!204n3DQK!hXOyHzpmwL11NklWtLSiIa7QZeSRaSxND9ppXIYtt7w

titanic said:

I wanted to ask:

I have found an HDTV version in a russian tracker.

It’s 6,56 GB in size.

Does anyone know if that version is also censored?

Not sure, but I’d guess they used the same HD master which is probably edited. Might be worth checking out.

The colour timing on the bluray is really out there, VERY cold. But it’s worth it to see that incredible Man in the Mirror performance in HD.

Here’s hoping they’ll one day spruce up more of the MJ back catalogue in HD.

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#1085848
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Info & Info Wanted: 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp' (1982) - collection project and info hunt
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Molly said:

That is unfortunately the best I have, I don’t know if we have anything better.

Ardwight Chamberlain did a lot of work on dubs in the 80s and 90s.

So are Mike Reynolds and Ted Lehmann if you check their listings. They both had worked for companies like Harmony Gold, Saban, Streamline Pictures, etc.

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#1082101
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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Editroid said:

darkspire17 said:

OracleBoy77 said:

Editroid said:

Is the climax with Rob about to be crushed by the trash compactor SUPPOSED to have a thick red tint? Because the PAL DVD diminished it. Was it an issue with the print on the American DVD?

The tint could’ve been intentional in the original film, possibly the PAL transfer didn’t pick up on that visual cue.

ive not watched the film in years but i can tell you its Not on the VHS release. its probably either an issue when converting it to PAL ,sometimes colors can change, or it may be a issue when scanning the film (light exposure ect)

I had the Disney VHS from 1991, and I distinctly remember the red tint being in that version.

I still think it works given the scene itself (the guy obviously in a critical situation like that).

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#1082056
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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Editroid said:

Is the climax with Rob about to be crushed by the trash compactor SUPPOSED to have a thick red tint? Because the PAL DVD diminished it. Was it an issue with the print on the American DVD?

The tint could’ve been intentional in the original film, possibly the PAL transfer didn’t pick up on that visual cue.

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#1078725
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"The Alvin Show" (Complete Series Preservation) (Released)
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Rugratskid said:

mainman1956 said:

I have not looked at them for a while but I believe I have every episode on VHS except one. In the mid 90’s one of our local TV stations showed the show early in the morning and I taped them all. I haven’t viewed it in about 15 years. The quality is TV recorded quality. I don’t know if that would help you or not. I have always wanted to burn them to DVD so maybe I can find the time to do that. I would be leery to send the tapes thru the mail in case something happened and they would be gone forever. Feel free to contact me. Good luck!

That is absolutely a extreme help; sent a PM your way, feel free to take whatever you need to respond.

Love to see the results if it helps.

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#1078723
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Info & Help Wanted: looking for... Charlotte's Web (1973) - Deleted scene with Jeffery...
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GoboFraggle1983 said:

I literally just discovered this today, but here’s a deleted scene shown on the Swedish VHS release of the animated “Charlotte’s Web” film (1973).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN7U0OQMA0k

This is shown right after we see Avery and Lurvy spot Jeffery trying to get into Wilbur’s crate. The truck stops so Avery can put Jeffery on the ground, and the latter tries to catch up with the truck, but to no avail. His mother then proceeds to lead him and his siblings to the pond.

I don’t know if this scene was originally shown during the film’s original theatrical release, but for some reason, this has been removed from subsequent releases on VHS and DVD. If anybody has the English version of this particular scene (that is, if it appears on the 1979 or 1988 VHS tapes), PLEASE let me know.

I’m pretty stunned I haven’t seen this before, but it wouldn’t surprise me if someone at Paramount hated this moment and gave it the axe. And yet, I did wonder hwat happened to Jeffery at all since we never saw what happened next, that goose was never seen again.

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#1078721
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The Smurfs and the Magic Flute - United States English Dub from 1983 - Remastered Edit (Released)
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While I’m sure it doesn’t have to be said, I just like to mention a 35mm print of the US release to this film is currently up on eBay in case anyone’s interested in picking this up for a potential digital scan.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-ANIMATED-FEATURE-SMURFS-AND-THE-MAGIC-FLUTE-1983-US-English-Version-/142390634217?hash=item212724a6e9:g:w-YAAOSwfpVZIqCR

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#1052609
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Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
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Darth Lucas said:

clutchins said:

http://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/022417-0100

Bill Hunt says Disney has a 4K scan of SOTS but have no plans for it yet.

“FYI, a couple of other bits of interesting information that Chuck passed on to us from last night’s Wexler event: About 100 of the 400 or so classic Disney animated shorts have been scanned in 4K (at Warner) and restored. Also, new 4K restoration work has been done on Disney’s Song of the South to fix certain shots previously out of alignment (because of a faulty camera used during the original photography), though no public release is currently planned. Fascinating”

(I know this story has somewhat groundbreaking info on Star Wars, but I want to keep on topic).

Yeah it’s weird that they haven’t exactly kept this secret, given they have no plans to release it. They showed a couple clips of it at a small panel on restoration at the last D23 expo. The entire room got excited before the guy very quickly explained it was just for archival purposes.

Geez, imagine the groans after hearing that!

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#1029544
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Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
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RU.08 said:

We can’t use this version for projects, we can only use it “personally”. Anyway, we could do our own 4K scan sometime and the quality would be much better than the version we’re talking about here. We just have to wait for a print to be available… or find one!

That’s true. Assuming how well said print holds up depending on age.

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#1027879
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Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
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RU.08 said:

I’m pretty sure you know who it’s from. I’m happy to send it to you if you’re interested. The 16mm scan that’s on Myspleen was done by an OT.com member (that’s probably as much as I should say)! I actually didn’t realise I already had it, I’ve already found ways to “correct” some of the problem frames in avisynth too! 😄

I would say combining this and the 16mmm transfer might prove to at least give us a convincing HD release as long as the editing between both versions can be pulled off as seamless as possible.

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#1027876
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ROBOTECH: The Deculture Collection (Released)
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skyjedi2005 said:

Molly said:

ADV released the original cut as the “Legacy Collection”.

They prolly had something comparable to Beta.  VHS is not used for broadcast masters - not at consumer speeds, anyway.

It was broadcast U-Matic.  The same thing Coppola Edited the first cut of apocalypse on and the same thing the star wars Holiday Special was shot on.

Like i said roughly vhs quality.

Technically U-Matic would have twice the resolution of VHS anyway as it was the broadcast standard during most of the 70’s and 80’s.

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#912855
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Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
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Wazzles said:

Finnius said:

…Whatever happened to Poita and his scan of SOTS? I don’t have a spleen account so no way to check if it could have been thrown up there…

I’ve had to contend with my 2 copies I found on the net that look very very nice. One is a 2.49 gig mkv at 1280/720 with a 64kbps stereo audio. The other is a 4.25 gig mkv at 720/480 with a 255kbps stereo audio. The picture quality on both look identical, with very sharp picture and what appears to be some major cleanup (altho some artifacts and dust/dirt are still observable) …dunno if any of you people here are responsible for these copies…

Edit: checked on IPT…nothing.

He may have lost it. He also doesn’t distribute himself, he provides his scans to others to work on. Sometimes.

I probably downloaded it when it was up there.

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#908122
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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MKtheinstrumentalist said:

GoboFraggle1983 said:

Well, the thing is, regarding download (and torrent) links, you can only send them through private messages on this website. Plus, the Serbian is actually Croatian.

Gotcha, thanks! So, if it’s released as a downloadable… Would it be possible to release the audio as multi-track AC3’s or something, without the audio? It doesn’t have to come packaged with the rest as I know that would nearly double the file size - it’s just that I ALWAYS seem to run into problems getting surround audio from video files, so if it’s just the raw multi-track soundfile it would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I know it’s the Croatian dub, but I’ve seen it referred to as the “Serbian” version and nothing actually comes up when you search for the Croation version, so I thought I’d go with the most common name. ;-P

Tell you what, is there anything I could do to help? I only really have Gimp to do any still-editing with, but I do have iZotope RX if you want any additional touch-ups/noise removal on the audio. 😃

MK

In all fairness, Serbian and Croatian are practically the same, just more of how either country views their tongue in a nationalistic sort of way, of course his is the product of the breakup a quarter century ago.

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#882347
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The Smurfs and the Magic Flute - United States English Dub from 1983 - Remastered Edit (Released)
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GoboFraggle1983 said:

OracleBoy77 said:

Does anyone still need a 35mm print to this? I do have one myself, broken up into four reels three are on cores while one is on a steel reel. I bought it may years back because it was a favorite film of mine but never done much with it since I don’t have the means to project it, let alone get it transfer to video. The color of it is pretty decent though it’s missing a few frames/seconds between each reel where the cue marks would be seen during the film (this is typical of theater prints often being splice and re-spliced constantly). I’m sure it might still come in handy if someone has an interest in nit.

Well, just out of curiosity, is there any way you could digitize it and PM me a download link?

I really can’t. I don’t have the means or know-how to scan in frames from this.

Also, is there a way I can request a download of the American English edit of the film you did half a year ago? I missed out on getting that as I was curious to see what you did there.

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#882345
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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Asaki said:

I think we had it taped, but if we did it’s long gone.

Oh well, at least I thought to ask. I just recall how rather fresh and original the film was, yet I had to see it in such a sorry state, it’s like it went through all the major markets before finally making it to my hometown.