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No problem thanks .
Still haven't watched it. But next weekend I will and from what I've seen so far, it seems to be great .
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"I myself actually have no current plans to tackle Empire and Jedi anymore. I definitely looked into it, but at the moment, the only footage that has leaked is mostly boring "how we made the effects" type footage rather than true deleted material, and my attempts at Deleted Magic Strikes Back proved uninspiring. I was going to hire actors and record audio for the true deleted scenes in a radio drama fashion, but could never find the right people. So now I am waiting for more decent deleted footage to turn up."

Completely understandable, but it is still a shame. Oh well. Star Wars had the most deleted material to start with, anyway, I believe. Maybe someday Lucas will wake up and release these things, as DVD is finally the perfect medium for it.
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I'm sure one day we'll get a box set with all six films in HD and with a bonus disc containing the deleted scenes of the OT. I also hope that Hyperspace might make some more scenes available (like they did with the "Attack on the Droid Control-Ship" of Episode II.
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Off to Comic Con!

Might see some of you there, without knowing it!
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Back from Comic Con, and crashing in bed after Comic Con (I'm on a nocturnal sleeping schedule normally so came back exhausted) ...

Gave a copy of Deleted Magic to the man, the legend, the wookiee, Peter Mayhew. He didn't seem that interested, but said he'd watch it.

Walking by the guys selling bootleg DVDs, a woman was asking if the Holiday Special was worth seeing. I said, it's an unfortunate classic. If you're a fan, you should see it. She said, well, I'm a fan ...

I feel bad about people paying bootleg prices for things, so I gave her a free copy of Deleted Magic. Said there were some Holiday Special clips in that as well. She was quite happy.

Pitching an animated series to Nickelodeon at the con tomorrow. Wish me luck?
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Originally posted by: ocpmovie
Pitching an animated series to Nickelodeon at the con tomorrow. Wish me luck?


Luck wished.

And if they turn you down, then make your own old-fashioned nickelodeon and reap the millions...

...of nickels!

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Yeah, good luck man,

Break a leg and all that.
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Stayed up all night working on ten pitches for Nickelodeon, to be prepared regardless of what they wanted and definitely get hired. Didn't sleep much, was exhausted, but got ten realy good pitches together with full art, and also got my feature Gods of Los Angeles together for the festivals - five deadlines that day.

This is the life I lead. Too much pressure sometimes.

Claudia Spinelli from Nickelodeon was unimpressed. She said they couldn't take anything home with them, so all the work I'd done was a negative instead of a positive. She didn't want to look at more than one pitch, she wanted something quick and simple. So she rushed through it without much interest, then told me that my work was either derivative in art style, way too complicated or too Adult Swim. Hm.

Depressing. Pitching to Adult Swim next.

Gave a copy of Deleted Magic to R2D2 himself, Kenny Baker. His wife was there, who is the same height as him. Told him I loved him in Time Bandits - I know that's his favorite of his own films. Rena Owen was there too - I told her I enjoyed her work and Once Were Warriors is a classic.

On saturday I gave Deleted Magic to the man himself, Billy Dee Williams.

(Ray Park and Amy Allen were also there.)

I suppose I'm courting a lawsuit with Lucasfilm by doing that, and I know I'm just kind of annoying them by coming up to them with a disc, but it's a real honor giving it to them, and I had a lot of fun doing it.

Next to the Nick booth was a statue company booth, which had done an exclusive statue of Luke Skywalker in his floppy hat and goggles from the deleted Biggs scenes. Two guys were looking at it.

GUY 1: I don't remember seeing Luke wearing that in the film.
GUY 2: No, but I think this guy here is about to show us.

Yes indeed. I gave them a free copy of Deleted Magic, saying to check out the Biggs Darklighter scenes. My good deed of the day.

I did a lot of that. I gave out free rare Python DVDs to Python fans - people dressed up as Tim the Enchanter, that kind of thing. Gave out a bunch of Deleted Magics, Classic Editions, all that.

I gave out copies of my own films to any random person who wanted one, just to kind of get them out there and get a bit of feedback, if anyone cares. Hm.

Was a good Con. The King Kong panel was great - they showed a clip from the film which was better in a couple minutes than most anything else I've seen this year. Then Tenacious D came on and blew the doors off the place. Good stuff.

Best part was running into a very cool group of people who were making a documentary about Star Wars fans - I hear them talking behind me about The Phantom Edit and Deleted Magic, so I turn around and say, hey, I did Deleted Magic. They didn't believe me at first, but were very happy because they'd been trying to get hold of me for their documentary! We talked for a long time, though it was odd that they were filming me without me realizing it at times! We hung out and had drinks and an expensive meal. He directs cutscenes for videogames, and she, he and he work at Ant Farm editing trailers - worked on Lord of the Rings and Kong and had stories to tell about Peter Jackson, going to the set in New Zealand .... I ranted about Star Wars endlessly, but hopefully they'll forgive me for that. Gave 'em a copy of the D.M. I sense we'll run into each other again. =)


(longer babble about the Con at my site, ffrevolution.com)
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Review by Pop Geek and Entertainment Geekly.

Star Whore: Giving A Shit
May the Force go with you!

By Matt Springer
June 07, 2005

For a multitude of reasons, I think it's safe to say that George Lucas' relationship with his fans can be a contentious one.

Not all of his fans, naturally. In fact, I bet most of them behave as fans should, and are appropriately adoring when thinking upon and speaking of the man.

Then there's those persnickety folk who just can't take "No" for an answer, and insist on doing something about it.

This weekend, I watched a DVD I'd downloaded off the interweb called Deleted Magic. It's a non-profit fan project that covers deleted scenes and alternate takes from the original Star Wars.

Before you immediately assume this film is a few clicks above homemade porn in the professionalism department, let me reassure you: This is the real deal. From the start, Deleted Magic has all the slickness, bells and whistles of most studio DVDs. Yet it also boasts an obsession with detail only evidenced in art produced from great love. For example, one of the menu screens features the song performed by Jefferson Airplane in the Star Wars Holiday Special as its background music. That's a wickedly obscure detail, one that only the diehardiest of the diehards will get, and it makes me chuckle each time I see it.

In Deleted Magic, director Garrett Gilchrist takes a bold new approach to the idea of the "extended cut," offering what he calls a "deconstruction" of the film that incorporates all extant bits of deleted scenes, alternate visuals and audio from existing scenes, notes and clips from some of Star Wars' biggest influences, and the occasional bit of random and fascinating trivia. It's an innovative concept; studios love to market deleted scenes and making-of featurettes as stand-alone features on their DVDs, but there's no reason the same material couldn't be reorganized into a branching feature in the movie itself. Deleted Magic made me wish I could see more movies I love in this unique way.

Then there's the video itself, the bits Gilchrist has inserted into Star Wars. I consider myself to be a pretty avid collector of random Star Wars video, and there's plenty on this disc that I've never seen before. But even leaving that aside, the effort Gilchrist has made in organizing and presenting these clips is both noble and exceptional. Everything has a very logical flow; everything makes sense. Essentially, it's all killer, no filler, which is more than you can say for your average studio-produced DVD extras.

At the end of the day, Gilchrist is laboring to do work he'd love to see Lucasfilm do themselves, but which they cannot be bothered to do. We all know there's a vault somewhere with countless deleted scenes and alternate takes from Star Wars, just like we know they've got pristine prints of the non-special edition versions of the films. Yet although the fans want this product and crave this information, in the vault it remains. We will likely see uber-mega releases of all six Star Wars films someday, and yet, will they have the same love for the films that Gilchrist does? Will their work come close to being as exhaustive and comprehensive? Sadly, I think not. In a sense, we care about these movies more than Lucasfilm does.

After watching it almost two times already, I appreciate Deleted Magic a great deal, not just because it's a fine bit of filmmaking from a talented and passionate fan. I appreciate it also because it represents the initiative of a fan who saw what was out there, discovered what was missing, and chose to fill that gap on his own when his favorite filmmaker couldn't be bothered.


Another by our own Andyk.

I finally got a copy the other day. It really blew me away. It's probably the best SW investment I've made in years. I hope he actually finishes some up ESB and ROTJ, too.

What I liked best was probably how it really deconstructs so much of your preconceptions about ANH. I'd seen a lot of the cut scenes before, but seeing them incorporated back into the movie made it an entirely different experience. It's kind of like seeing SW through a very narrow field of vision your whole life, then having that field of vision expand, or start looking from side to side.


Arctorr posts:

The single most astounding documentary I've ever seen on the original Star Wars. Nearly two hours of alternate takes, on-set B-roll, and dropped scenes in quality that must be seen to be believed. A must for any Star Wars fan.

From Cinematical.com:

FanFilm: Deleted Magic
Posted Jun 3, 2005, 8:39 PM ET by Peter Sciretta
Filed under: Action & Adventure, DIY/Filmmaking, 20th Century Fox, Geek Report, FanFilms, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Every week we take a look at a few of the many Fan Films available on the internet. For the most part these films are parodies, or fan-created adventures using previously created sci-fi or comic book superhero characters. But this week I was lucky to come across something different - a documentary.

Garrett Gilchrist's Deleted Magic takes us on a journey through the many cuts and edits of Star Wars. This is a non-profit documentary made with no Lucasfilm cooporation or affiliation. What this means is, the film is totally fan made, and it pieces together interview footage and clips from so many specials it'd be impossible to count. We go through almost the entirety of Episode IV: A New Hope looking at deleted scenes, lines, different varations as they come up.
This is what Lucas should have released on the special edition DVDs. But for now it's only available in a DVD download through bit torrent. This edition features almost four hours of video footage, in addition to stills and DVD-rom content. I consider myself a Star Wars geek but found myself at a loss, not having known even half of the story. I can't even imagine how much time and effort went into the documentary. I highly reccomend this program, movie, effort - I really don't know what to call it. I sincerely hope that Lucas won't make any effort to shut this guy down. I would say check this out while you can, but I'm sure this will be floating around at Comic Book conventions for many years to come.

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great reviews and great work.

one question : I dowload the complete dvd covers file on myspleen but there is no dvd cover for Deleted Magic to be found. Do you know where I can download one ?

it was very funny to read you report on comicon.
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I had some very professional poster artists working on an official Deleted Magic cover, but they never did it.

Check way back in this thread for various people's unofficial covers.
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Page 14 of this thread is a good place to start.
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thanks. I found a lot of them.

But there is no page 14 on this thread
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Originally posted by: Ash595
But there is no page 14 on this thread


I thought Laserman's comment might cause trouble as posts will be on different pages for everyone, based on how many posts you've picked to be displayed on each page. I presume Laserman has his set to 20 and Ash595, you probably have yours set to 30 or 50 (well, higher than 25 anyway). I can't really help with a link or a page as I'm set at 25!

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Does this help?

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Yeah, set your level to 20 and it is on page 14,
or...
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Originally posted by: andy_k_250
Does Deleted Magic still have a trailer online anywhere?


Yep.

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Originally posted by: Gillean
Originally posted by: andy_k_250
Does Deleted Magic still have a trailer online anywhere?


Yep.


The link is dead and has been for a few weeks, at least. Is there a live link somewhere?
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I knew I should have checked first!

I would upload my copy, but, well, I probably deleted it when I got the full thing!

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