Originally posted by: Faustus
OgOggilby, in another thread a while back you were talking about possibly releasing all of the Thief and Richard Williams material on several DVDs. Have you thought about it, at all?
OgOggilby, in another thread a while back you were talking about possibly releasing all of the Thief and Richard Williams material on several DVDs. Have you thought about it, at all?
I'll ask ocpmovie. More footage has been found and a nice amount of pristine video found for stuff in all cuts (miles better than what's on even the legitimate DVD releases). Not enough to replace everything from the workprint (most of this footage is in all cuts), but the emerald stealing and hand chopping scenes are complete and can be seen in beautiful near-HD quality! Sadly, it's only stuff from the pre-1990 period, so a lot would have to remain R2 (or workprint).
Here's some comparisons between the newly found footage and what's on the existing Recobbled Cut (old on top, new on bottom)...
First off, here's the Region 2 Miramax cut (16x9) DVD (on top) versus the newly found source:
One workprint-only shot vs. the new footage:
