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Han Frugrohl said:

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)

Current eBay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/253055833635

He’s dropped the price of Batman down to $800 with free shipping. I don’t think it will last much longer unsold at that price. If you guys want to scan the film I suggest buying that print. This film has been talked about for a while, and you’re far better off spending a little extra on a good print. Scanning will be about $650 if there’s interest.

The last prints of Batman I saw come up for sale on eBay all sold for around $800 and weren’t in “like new” condition. Based on that I would expect you will get most or maybe all of the purchase price back on sale of the print.

If there’s interest in buying the print send me a message. I can’t put money into it as I’m concentrated on Disney, we need one person who wants to put up the $800 or two people to go in 400 each.

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Avatar_Emil_Borg said:

alexp120 said:

This Russian print of The Phantom Menace just came up on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRA-RARE-35mm-color-Star-Wars-1999-Sound-Feature-Film-Dolby-Digital-/332299195671?hash=item4d5e935517:g:CbMAAOSwRMtZY2x6


HOLY GHOST OF OBI-WAN, BATMAN!!!
OK, I’m done freaking out (in text form at least).

It has been explained elsewhere that the seller put a sheet of paper behind the film, which is why it looks so bad.

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Sadly, it’s a cropped to 1.85 print Disney did too often with their pre widescreen films in the 80’s.

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Dirty Harry - Restoring original soundtrack would be great. Not sure it’s on other releases or not.

It’s not on this list but I did read that Scarface - Al Pacino has a scene in the theatrical print that is not in any other version so that would be one to look out for.

Just thought I would give the heads up on that…

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Ronster said:

It’s not on this list but I did read that Scarface - Al Pacino has a scene in the theatrical print that is not in any other version so that would be one to look out for.

Just thought I would give the heads up on that…

Specifically, it had an intermission in the original theatrical release.

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Colson said:

Ronster said:

It’s not on this list but I did read that Scarface - Al Pacino has a scene in the theatrical print that is not in any other version so that would be one to look out for.

Just thought I would give the heads up on that…

Specifically, it had an intermission in the original theatrical release.

I read that it had a scene in it that was not released on home media. But I think it could be incorrect information.

I guess collectors of films will declare what is being bought, but it sounds like there is not any need to investigate this. I think it is possibly incorrect info.

And I can not find where I read it either as I saw it a while ago. But it was either somone claiming the severed arm was in the theatrical release or it was a unique shot at the mansion siege attack part.

I think it was somone claiming the severed arm on the shower rail was in the theatrical release.

Probably BS but It is one of those… urban myth probably.

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Colson said:

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?

This might be too old to bother responding to but I wanted to let you know that VHS editions are open-matte!

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Soupdrinker0 said:

@Ronster:

http://images.static-bluray.com/news/upload/1181_tn.jpg

Forgive my tardation with the lack of BBcode knowledge

Edit: also this http://images.static-bluray.com/news/upload/1180_tn.jpg

Yeah…

Now I read various things about the MPAA re-submission for avoiding the x-rating and getting an R rating and De Palma basically just submitting his first cut of the film as the censors were not really aware of stuff and because it was decided the R rating should be granted via an appeal De Palma went through with restoring the edit even though some cuts were waived not all of them were granted and he just rolled the cuts back. It specifically says his original cut that was first submitted.

Then when it came to home video release De Palma admitted he just put out the uncensored version to theaters.

But it says in information this scene was the only cut.

The question is was it in the theatrical release and cut for home video release?.. When he admitted that he put out something that was not given permission to put out…

Basically Citation needed and if someone was saying that scene was in the original release, the information I read does not make anything particularly clear.

It would be worth asking the question if a print come up for sale? I don’t know… One to investigate… Perhaps.

Found this… “I sort of worked in the movie business in the early to mid 80:s
in Finland. There was however a Scarface test screeing in Copenhagen Denmark in the spring/summer of 1983. This was aimed at the Scandinavian market. This version contained a much more graphic “chainsawing”, I can remember the severed arm and leg (probably just 2 or 3 seconds but enough to shock).
The version released in theaters later was the “cut” R-print.”

So to me it sounds like Rolling the cuts back to first original submission is the incorrect information. And De Palma did not really go against the censors In any massive rebellious way. And what he released to theaters was obviously Censored. Perhaps he went maverick on the test screenings but I doubt it’s ever been released to theaters other than in test
screenings.

But If there is a difference then I suppose it’s worth asking the question if a print came up.

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bkev said:

Colson said:

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?

This might be too old to bother responding to but I wanted to let you know that VHS editions are open-matte!

Dang, that is awesome! I’ll have to look around for those.

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Neat!

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