How much does it cost to restore an old movie?

Not as much as you might think!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1325482813/manos-the-restoration

I'm sending in a donation, not just as a MST fan, but to symbolically poke George in the eye next time he trots out such a lame excuse. ;)

it costs a lot more than that!

and its not an excuse.

this is very misleading..

what a waste asking for money.

the guy should pay for it on his own.

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We are talking 16mm though.

The point I was trying to make is, if George really lacked funds to restore the OOT, he could ask the fans for help, and would probably raise a lot more than 10k. Of course, he's never going to ask. ;)

The studios ought to consider something like this for all the movies that are still waiting to be restored, but aren't considered profitable enough to fund a restoration.

And they already blew past the 10k mark.

Imagine the kind of moolah George could raise if he only would ask! ;)

George could come up with $10K if he'd just go thru the pockets of his blue-jean collection. It's definitely not about the money. ;-)

TServo2049 said:

Lucasfilm has the money. An OUT restoration would be profitable. They just *don't want to do it.*

Agree about the possibilities of this, though.

it would be interesting to know how much

a real 2k or 4k restoration would cost.

going to lowrys page leads to a contact here:

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http://www.reliancemediaworks.com/flim%20restoretion%20image%20replacement.aspx

theres no guarantee lucasfilm has the budget for this,

or if it would be profitable releasing it. look at the profits

from the bluray set and their other merchandising they have

now.  even if it wasn't strictly a business option, they only

release what they have planned for. and the originals have

not been on their map since the last dvd set.

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http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/directors/george-lucas-net-worth/

I think he has more than enough spare change for this. ;)

SilverWook said:

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/directors/george-lucas-net-worth/

I think he has more than enough spare change for this. ;)

irrelevant.

it would have to be done through lucasfilm

funds, and included in their budget. he can't

legally do his own restoration using personal funds.

this is why it would have to be planned out, voted on,

etc. a lot of legal issues that he cleared once before

and also overcoming his personal issues with marcia, etc

will hold it up for most of the near future, i think. money is

just one major hurdle for lucasfilm, not lucas. you're

confusing the two.

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Looks like an awesome restoration project, though.

I thought I'd seen this one (on MST3K), but I must've been confusing it with something else. The movie I'm thinking of had Raul Julia in it, apparently it was "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank", which doesn't appear to be on IMDB??

Yes it is: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089759/

Poster is wrong, but that's the film. It's counted as an episode of "American Playhouse".

Ah, Overdrawn... Where Raul Julia does a remake of Casablanca where he plays most of the parts. What an odd movie.

Baronlando said:

negative1 said:

it would have to be done through lucasfilm

funds, and included in their budget. he can't

legally do his own restoration using personal funds.

this is why it would have to be planned out, voted on,

etc. a lot of legal issues that he cleared once before

and also overcoming his personal issues with 

None of that is true in this case.

really?

references?

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negative1 said:

really?

references?

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doubleofive said:

 

negative1 said:

really?

references?

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Manos is public domain. This is one of at least two restorations. The other group is also making a legitimate sequel. http://www.torgolives.com/

 

oops.

i was Off topic.

and you replied to the wrong query.

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TV's Frink said:

doubleofive said:

The other group is also making a legitimate sequel. http://www.torgolives.com/

*faints*

They are now past the 21k mark. Incredible!

It's a strange universe we live in, that this can happen to a movie like Manos.*

*Not an actual Criterion release, but an incredible simulation. ;)