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I’ve already got one: $3,500. Who’s going to pay that much? Not even the most gullible of Kickstarters will do it.

Ol’ George has the GOUT, I see.

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Ouch. Yeah. Like I said it’s up to you, but that price is insane. Especially when you factor in the scanning expenses. To put it in perspective though, BATB only cost us a fraction of that. Though with SW you’d probably be getting something in really great condition for that money - important if you want to watch it on film, probably less important if you’re going to scan it.

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RU.08 said:

Ouch. Yeah. Like I said it’s up to you, but that price is insane. Especially when you factor in the scanning expenses. To put it in perspective though, BATB only cost us a fraction of that. Though with SW you’d probably be getting something in really great condition for that money - important if you want to watch it on film, probably less important if you’re going to scan it.

Worth noting that BATB is a considerably newer film than SW and as such there is probably a larger quantity of better quality prints out there. Supply and demand, you know?

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Yep I agree, it’s a bit off-topic though. Still for $3500, you’d need maybe 20-30 people willing to put in $100-200 each. And you may be able to make back most or all of it by selling it later, but there’s no guarantees there.

So if you’re passionate about the film then go for it! Start with what you can put in, and then look for other people who would be willing to contribute. Once you own the film you can then store it and begin collecting money for scanning costs, etc. It’s not as if it has to be scanned immediately!

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Alright. Is anyone here willing to chip in?

Ol’ George has the GOUT, I see.

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Please tell me someone here’s going to get Cinderella!

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For the record I am keeping an eye out for other reasonably priced Disney prints, and I’m sure so are others.

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Good, because I think - and I’m sure everyone agrees with me - Cinderella needs a new, superior restoration, and I can’t afford to do it.

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There are some good priced ones over here in Oz at the moment, An SP of The Lion King and a Cinderella tech have turned up recently, they were under a grand each.

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Well… Cinderella needs preservation the most… is anyone willing to chip in to buy it? Or is it sold already?

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A 35mm print of Batman (1989) has appeared on ebay.

A 16mm print also showed up.

EDIT: I thought I’d also mention a 35mm print of Home Alone 2 that’s on there.

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I would be interested in the nightmare on elm street II print. PLease let me know

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Is anybody going for these prints of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II? The first one has only about four hours left as of this time, though.

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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Almost all 1.85:1 films were shot Full aperture 4-perf 35mm film. Today, almost all such movies are shot on 16:9 digital and then slightly cropped from top and bottom to create 1.85:1 DCPs.

Godfather series, Jurassic Park series, etc were all shot full frame then masked vertically during projection. Most of those films were put on VHS and then DVD with virtually the entire filmed image as “Full Screen” editions, because television was 4:3 back then, which is basically same as 4-perf full aperture aspect ratio.

Even widescreen films like Terminator 2, Titanic, True Lies were shot on super 35mm, which gives a usable area of about 1.66:1, and has a common top framing. The bottom image is unusable as far as I understand. Then they were cropped and given an anamorphic squeeze optically during the internegative stage of processing. The release prints contained this 2:1 anamorphic squeezed image that was then un-squeezed by a special lens during projection, to fill the entire cinemascope screen.

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Man, I would love to watch an open matte version of The Godfather. Since I definitely can’t afford the print, I’ll ask this: was there an open matte DVD?

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I’d be up for contributing to Batman for sure. Wouldn’t be able to cover the costs of the print to ensure we win the auction plus my next few payments are spoken for in regards to a few other scanning projects but I can say for sure I’d put in at least a couple hundred for it

Edit: The Sting would be nice too http://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-The-STING-full-feature-film-print-1973-Robert-Redford-Paul-Newman-movie/172744680461?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D777003%26algo%3DDISCL.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D45041%26meid%3D1debc088658843dfbe3b2306e3820759%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D263038403964

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I post this just as an update if someone is interesred. I found that the same eBay user that’s auctioning BATMAN also has all this prints for sale:

BATMAN (1989)
DIRTY HARRY (1971) [IB TECH]
BLOOD THIRST (1965)
MARY POPPINS (1964)
LITTLE VOICE (1998)
THE LAST UNICORN (1982)
SMALL TIME CROOKS (2000)
THE wITCHES OF EASTIWCK (1987)
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (1987)
THE LOST MAN (1969) [IB TECH]
LIMIT UP (1989)
CASINO ROYALE (2006)
REVENGE (1989)
BLOOD SAVAGE (1990)
A WALK ON THE MOON (1999)
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE (1972) [IB TECH]
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993)
APARTMENT ZERO (1988)
SCROOGE (1970)
THE BODYGUARD (1992)
FALLEN (1998)
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (1985)
CAL (1984)
ET THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
HENRY FOOL (1998)
DEFENSELESS (1991)
HIGH ANXIETY (1977)
DON’T TELL HER IT’S ME (1990)
THE WHISTLE BLOWER (1986)
FLIRTING (1981)
THE IN-LAWS (1979)
THE CRUCIBLE (1979)
THE CRUCIBLE (1996)
LOOT (1970)
TARKA THE OTTER (1979)
THE WHITE SEARCH (1970)
1941
MISADVENTURES OF MR. WILT (1990)
ALOHA SUMMER (1988)
THE BOOST (1988)
SHELTER OF YOUR ARMS (1974)
BANDITS (1997)
THE NEVER ENDING STORY 2 (1990)
CRUISIN’ HIGH (1976)
SWEDISH FLY GIRLS / CHRISTIA
PATTERN FOR PLUNDER (1963)
FOLKS (1992)

I have a bad feeling about this…