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JOHN CARPENTER'S HALLOWEEN: THE COMPLETE EXTENDED EDITION (Released)

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_**Surprise! A little project we have been working on is complete. This project is for new or hardcore Halloween fans.

Here is a trailer of the completed project. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhcDeTvzUDM

We hope you like it!

Mitch

and Phineas**_


JOHN CARPENTER’S HALLOWEEN: THE COMPLETE EXTENDED EDITION

What is it About: A complete cut of John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978), with all television footage reintegrated, including a rare title, and with all theatrical footage having the Dean Cundey-approved coloring from the THX master DVD. Plus a choice between the original mono audio and 5.1 surround.

Original Film Name: John Carpenter’s Halloween

New Film Name: John Carpenter’s Halloween: The Complete Extended Edition

Editor: PhineasBg

Creative Consultant: Nighthawks / OldBiff85

Original Film Was Released: 25 October 1978 (USA)

Date Edit Was Released: February 2009

Original Runtime: 91 minutes

New Runtime: 101 minutes

Amount of Time Cut/Added: 10 minutes added

Cuts Removed/Added/Altered:

1. All television scenes, in anamorphic widescreen, have been reintegrated.

2. The missing title sequences “Smith’s Grove, Illinois” and “May 1964”, which were featured on televsion before the psychiatric hearing, but are missing from the other extended DVD’s, have finally been reintegrated, carefully converted to conform to the size of the other Anamorphic Widescreen titles, cleaned, and restored. These are the ACTUAL titles, not a re-creation. To retain the theatrical version’s flow, the title “Smith’s Grove, Illinois” is still shown before Loomis’s ride in the rain.

3. The theatrical scenes are from the Cundey-approved THX 1999 Theatrical DVD. No other release, not even the Blu-Ray, has been approved by Cundey. Day scenes look like Autumn, night scenes have the creepy bluish colors, etc.

4. All scenes match, and there are no aspect ratio mis-matches or different-colored letterbox bars.

5. You have a choice between 5.1 surround sound and the original mono mix. These audio selections are from the hi-definition masterings. The mono television scenes have been converted to 5.1 for the 5.1 surround mix.

DVD - Features:

1. NTSC SL DVD

2. Motion Menu

3. 5.1 / 2.0 Audio Selection

4. Chapter Selection

5. Region Free

Hardware and software information (what did you use to create your fanedit): Sony Vegas, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Audition, DVDLabPro, BeSweet, GordianKnot, Eac3To, DVDLabPro.

Your Intention for this Fanedit:

To construct a version of John Carpenter’s Halloween that includes all known footage, and has the proper coloring that was approved by Director John Carpenter and Director of Photography Dean Cundey.

Time Needed for the Edition: One month.

Remember, Highlander, you’ve both still got your full measure of life. Use it well, and your future will be glorious.

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So the onyl real difference is the title card and the 5.1 audio?

This 11 minute Extended version is available on the Limited Edition 2 disc set,and can you post screens,I would like to see the quality if that is ok,motion menu's,extended movie,2.0 & 5.1 audio,seems alot for a 3.69GB SL Disc to me.

but thanks for the work

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I think the main attraction here is the proper color timing, which is why I'm going to be grabbing this.

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ReverendBeastly said:

I think the main attraction here is the proper color timing, which is why I'm going to be grabbing this.

 

The correct color timing is on the THX 2 Disc Collector's Edition.
and this set has the 5.1 audio on the Theatrical cut,just not the Television cut,so is the title card the only difference here?

I still would love to see screens of this,I still think that is an awful lot of info crammed into 3.69GB's

Here is the set I am talking about RB:

 

And I am not trying to knock this,just trying to understand what is so "special" about this when all this is already on the above set.

I am a HUGE Halloween Fan(hell I have done 2 Halloween edits myself),I have bought almost ALL editions put out,just trying to see if I want to grab this or not,so I am just trying to clarify a few things is all.

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"1. All television scenes, in anamorphic widescreen, have been reintegrated."

So where exactly did these scenes come from?
the same set that you got the Theatrical cut from perhaps?

 

"4. All scenes match, and there are no aspect ratio mis-matches or different-colored letterbox bars."

There shouldn't be LOL,these 2 cuts are on the same set in the same aspect ratio enhanced for widescreen TV's

Bring on some screens PLEASE

 

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The coloring of the official widescreen Extended Edition is a little different from the THX Theatrical.  Not much, but a bit.

The bitrate for the movie is the same as the bitrate of the original DVD, that's why the size seems a little small.  It's still larger than the original DVD because I encoded it to err on the "higher quality" side.

Some Halloween fans complained about aspect ratio differences, so I felt I should mention it.  If you put the extra scenes from the official Extended Edition DVD directly into the theatrical DVD scenes, the letterbox bars aren't in exactly the same place.  So I reconstructed the formatting of the letterbox bars from the ground up, so it all matches.

The 5.1 audio is not available on the official Extended Edition DVD, only the theatrical cut.  So I added that option as a bonus for people who like that audio.

If you already have the Theatrical THX, that's what the theatrical scenes looks like.  There's no loss in quality.

But yes, the main difference is the titles. Now when it cuts to Smith's Grove, it's not harsh like on the official Extended Edition.  It's a gentler transition like on the NBC version.

 

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1 thing I noticed right off the bat is this,where you did the 5.1 upmix on the TV scenes you should of boosted the speech volume,it is waaaay lower than the normal scenes,very drastic,especially on a high end sound system(so for me,this is not good,but that is me,maybe noone else cares),and I want to look at the picture more,it does look a little soft,but I will look more into that tomorrow.

But hey,you did the work and that's cool,but the sound level problem alone is enough to keep me on the original sound(not the 5.1),hopefully no level drops there,I have not checked that out yet,will tomorrow.

The 4:3 menu's are pretty cool,why not 16:9 menu's?

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dark_jedi said:

1 thing I noticed right off the bat is this,where you did the 5.1 upmix on the TV scenes you should of boosted the speech volume,it is waaaay lower than the normal scenes,very drastic,especially on a high end sound system(so for me,this is not good,but that is me,maybe noone else cares),and I want to look at the picture more,it does look a little soft,but I will look more into that tomorrow.

But hey,you did the work and that’s cool,but the sound level problem alone is enough to keep me on the original sound(not the 5.1),hopefully no level drops there,I have not checked that out yet,will tomorrow.

The 4:3 menu’s are pretty cool,why not 16:9 menu’s?

The extra scenes are dialogue only, so I used other dialogue-only scenes as a reference for sound levels.  Dialogue is on the center channel only, where it’s supposed to be for 5.1 (I didn’t spread it on all the other channels like some people do).  The center levels are the same.  All that’s on the other channels is ambience.

Theatrical THX DVD is soft compared to the Divimax.  That’s why I wish we’d get a Cundey-approved Blu-Ray.

I didn’t use a 16:9 menu because in my experience, encoding a DVD-R with a 4:3 motion menu tends to cause less problems with most standalone DVD players.

UPDATE: Gotten feedback from tons of people who have downloaded it from Demonoid and MiniNova, and not a single one of them have had a complaint about softness, nor do they have any audio problems on the 2.0 or the 5.1.  And as far as “Custom DVD vs. Fan Edit” goes, there’s a ton of edits on FanEdit.org that have just one or two scenes stuck in them (like ADigitalMan’s “Superman: The Movie” and “The Wizard of Oz”) that are considered “Fan Edits” even though they don’t have the work put into them that this one does.

You’re just trying to create trouble, Dark Jedi.  And I think we all know why.

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LOL like I don’t know what I am talking about

You’ve proven repeatedly that you don’t.  And your trolling is exactly why you got banned from Fanedit.org.  So nice try! But hey, since you’re a proven pederast it pretty much nullifies anything you say (sort of like the people that defend The Last Jedi).

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This should not be labeled as a fan edit, IMO. The project does however have merit as a Custom DVD - I have therefore amended the first post to remove any hints for torrent sites, etc. (I also got rid of that annoying animated GIF that seemed to be appearing for some unknown reason).

BTW the problems you mention with 16:9 menus were probably caused by an older version of DVD-lab Pro, which used to create 16:9 menus that were incompatible with DVD players set to 4:3 display modes. I haven't used DVD-lab Pro for a while now, so I don't know if that issue has been fixed.

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Good call Moth3r,you are absolutely right,this is a custom DVD,not a fanedit at all,fe must allow custom projects now,cool!

 

"I have therefore amended the first post to remove any hints for torrent sites, etc."

I have edited this out of my comments as well for you.

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You know Dark Jedi! You may have a point, its sort of a hybrid like some of those other Star Wars edits. There has never been a complete cut with the titles, color corrected extended footage nor has there been a releases with a 5.1 soundtrack for the film. Our intention was to create an extended cut which was a compete release To my knowledge it never has had a complete release with all footage which includes the titles.

Thanks for your interest!

Mitch 

 

Remember, Highlander, you’ve both still got your full measure of life. Use it well, and your future will be glorious.

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Mitch said:

You know Dark Jedi! You may have a point, its sort of a hybrid like some of those other Star Wars edits. There has never been a complete cut with the titles, color corrected extended footage nor has there been a releases with a 5.1 soundtrack for the film. Our intention was to create an extended cut which was a compete release To my knowledge it never has had a complete release with all footage which includes the titles.

Thanks for your interest!

Mitch 

 

 

Anytime my friend,anytime.

 

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well...
so there is the TV version and the theatrical version.
Got it and got them.
But is there really an official release of the theatrical edition INCLUDING the 12 minutes of extra scenes from the TV cut? Because if not then this clearly is a fanedit IMO. A version that is not commercially available like this.

edit: got clarification on it now. Apparently the limited edition contains the theatrical cut including the extended scenes. So, yes: custom DVD for me as well.

Nothing about fanediting is easy.

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boon23 said:

well...
so there is the TV version and the theatrical version.
Got it and got them.
But is there really an official release of the theatrical edition INCLUDING the 12 minutes of extra scenes from the TV cut? Because if not then this clearly is a fanedit IMO. A version that is not commercially available like this.

edit: got clarification on it now. Apparently the limited edition contains the theatrical cut including the extended scenes. So, yes: custom DVD for me as well.

 

WHAT?

LOL like I don't know what I am talking about,glad you got your clarification.

LMAO!

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That has got to be the best trailers I've seen in a while.  The end bit sent shivers down my spine - awesome!

I sold off my LE DVD since the UK version had an awful transfer (NTSC to PAL conversion with ghosting I believe).  Then I realised the US version was actually out of print - doh!

Then I got the Divimax version which has the altered colour timing.

So I'm really looking forward to this one.  Good work guys!

 

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Hello greatful for you making an edit. Do you mind sending me the download or link your making?

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Oooo I’d love to watch this! Sounds like a great labor of love!