I just got a reply from the guy with the back to the future 3 35mm print here it is.
Sorry, i don't check twitter often and forgot about this. Can you send me a direct link to the forum thread?
I sent him the link didn't get a reply yet.
jedimasterobiwan said:
I just got a reply from the guy with the back to the future 3 35mm print here it is.
Sorry, i don't check twitter often and forgot about this. Can you send me a direct link to the forum thread?
I sent him the link didn't get a reply yet.
Let's just hope he will share and hopefully the print is in nice shape.
Hi guys, this is Kevin from Twitter with the Part III print. Let me know what I can do to help.
I'm a pretty big fan thats been active in the BTTF fan community for years (organizing events, etc), and I am the only person I know that owns a BTTF print. I'm afraid that all BTTF and Part II prints in circulation (like the one screening at the Alamo DF) might be owned by Universal.
We need you to join fanres if you can buddy, we can get it scanned.
You are a legend for being willing to help us preserve this
Camera 3 Cinema in San Jose is playing BTTF II in a couple weeks, I am hoping it's 35mm and not DCP (but I fear it will be the latter).
Unrelated: The Castro in San Francisco is showing Jaws this weekend, in DCP. Last year, they showed a beautiful 35mm repertory print. I guess that with the new 40th anniversary DCP, that 35mm is being retired? A shame - Universal's 35mm prints are jaw-droppingly good; even though I had heard the 2008 fire wiped out their repertory print catalog, I have seen multiple Universal films in 35mm within the last couple years (including the unmolested 1978 cut of American Graffiti), and they all looked near-mint. Their 70s/80s films all look to have been printed around the same time, and have really clean heads/tails with the cue marks as little white rings instead of hole punches. Did their repertory prints survive, or did they actually strike new prints to replace the ones lost in the fire?
But anyway, a bit sad to hear that BTTF prints are rare. There apparently used to be at least one print of all three in the UK - I say "used to" because strips keep showing up on the UK eBay, indicating that someone had complete prints but chopped them up to sell piece by piece. This also happened to one of the surviving British IB Technicolor prints of Star Wars. Savages...
DocBosch said:
Hi guys, this is Kevin from Twitter with the Part III print. Let me know what I can do to help.
I'm a pretty big fan thats been active in the BTTF fan community for years (organizing events, etc), and I am the only person I know that owns a BTTF print. I'm afraid that all BTTF and Part II prints in circulation (like the one screening at the Alamo DF) might be owned by Universal.
Welcome to OT! What condition would you say your BTTF III 35mm print is in?
I've only screened it once, over a year ago. I'd say fair condition. It's not bad, but it's obviously been played. I'm not really sure what the history of the print is, i bought it off ebay.
Oh, I think I remember it being listed on eBay, was this something like 2 years ago?
DocBosch said:
I've only screened it once, over a year ago. I'd say fair condition. It's not bad, but it's obviously been played. I'm not really sure what the history of the print is, i bought it off ebay.
Great! You will see that there are many talented people here at OT, I'm sure someone will gladly scan this print and restore it, If you allow them that is.
I'm open to that. I am based in South Florida, if that helps at all.
DocBosch said:
I'm open to that. I am based in South Florida, if that helps at all.
I'm not sure about who will be willing to do the job, but it is too great an opportunity to pass up.
DocBosch, first, welcome to OT!
Second, now you GOT to sign up on fanres, too! (^^,)
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Getting ready to see this tomorrow evening...very excited!
kaosjm said:
Getting ready to see this tomorrow evening...very excited!
lucky.
so how does one get the better back to the future 2 video then since film prints of 1 and 2 are out of the question?
Went to see the first film at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday, accompanied by a live orchestra. A terrific presentation, and editorially interesting - it had an overture and intermission (the entr'acte was from BttF III), along with additional scoring for some previously music-less sections.
The picture was DCP, naturally.
jedimasterobiwan said:
so how does one get the better back to the future 2 video then since film prints of 1 and 2 are out of the question?
There are HDTV rips apparently but they are hard to find, but if someone has them it would be nice if they could share.
zeekhandsome said:
jedimasterobiwan said:
so how does one get the better back to the future 2 video then since film prints of 1 and 2 are out of the question?
There are HDTV rips apparently but they are hard to find, but if someone has them it would be nice if they could share.
It's too bad because back to the future 2 remains the only film with a bad transfer and no way to get a good one
crampedmisfit1990 said:
DocBosch said:
I'm open to that. I am based in South Florida, if that helps at all.
I'm not sure about who will be willing to do the job, but it is too great an opportunity to pass up.
Especially considering i heard that back to the future 3's dnr is the worst of the bunch.
Jonno said:
Went to see the first film at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday, accompanied by a live orchestra. A terrific presentation, and editorially interesting - it had an overture and intermission (the entr'acte was from BttF III), along with additional scoring for some previously music-less sections.
The picture was DCP, naturally.
What dcp version? The one we have or the one I saw at cineworld before the discs came out with the DNR
dvdmike said:
Jonno said:
Went to see the first film at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday, accompanied by a live orchestra. A terrific presentation, and editorially interesting - it had an overture and intermission (the entr'acte was from BttF III), along with additional scoring for some previously music-less sections.
The picture was DCP, naturally.
What dcp version? The one we have or the one I saw at cineworld before the discs came out with the DNR
Are saying a non dnr dcp print of back to the future 2 exists?
DocBosch did you sign up to fanres.com yet?
Chill, these things take time and we don't want to scare someone so helpful off
^lol (directed at JMOW)
Hey someone said this on blu-ray.com is this true (I can't imagine a group of amateurs being able to come up with anything better than what has already been released on blu. Especially without access to the negative. There's no way a worn out print from a private collector is going to produce a better quality image) By the way i don't think you're amateurs in the slightest