FrankT

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I don't even know myself. Probably because he survived it - oh look, let's just forget it!

TV's Frink said:

FrankT said:

• • • • • • Jake Lloyd

 Wait, what?

JEDIT: The only thing worse than Jake is the text editor here.

 Actually I don't know either. But I guess it's a start.

That is true. Which is why this hasn't become a full project, at least not yet.

I second that. The CGI was good for its time, and I can probably live with the distracting background droids and Jabba's scene. The only things I can't stand are the Jedi Rocks sequence and - to a lesser extent - the whole Greedo thing (which is understandable, but not all that necessary). But I grew up with the GOUT (or at least the VHS versions which aren't much different) - and by the time I knew there'd been alterations, it was too late.

Well the DVD does have two of the draft scripts, so there's a rough idea of how it should be for a start. The aforementioned analysis also includes a treatment which sounds about right.

Apart from the film itself, I have what's in the UK Imperial Edition, namely:

• A few surviving pieces of Tinto's workprint
• Some of the "Bonus Footage"
• Several "rushes" of some scenes
• A few deleted scenes from the Making Of documentary
• Behind the scenes footage, possibly

The "Io, Caligola" DVD and the Unreleased Guccione Cut should have more detail, but I have access to neither.

I can probably think of a few things off the top of my head.

• Duel of the Fates
• The podrace
• Watto
• Kamino
• CGI Yoda
• Liam Neeson
• Ewan McGregor
• Jake Lloyd

If this isn’t allowed, let me know and I’ll take whatever action I need.

If there’s one film out there that desperately needs restoration (apart from Star Wars, of course), it has to be Tinto Brass’ Caligula. Yes… it would’ve been a political satire had Bob Guccione not gotten his mitts on it and turned it into a flat-out sex film. But with what the media’s been given to us - can it be restored to what it should’ve been? Possibly, I don’t know. What I do know is that the analysis of the footage by Alexander Tuschinski serves as the foundation for this epic task.

Assuming this project actually does get going, I’ve written up a list of the things that need to be done:

1. First and foremost, remove ALL of the pornographic imagery.
2. Sort the deleted scenes into their respective points in the film
3. Try and clean up the negatives made available
4. Bring in some voice actors to redub some scenes
5. Try and reconstruct the music from what so little there is of it
6. Some colour correction.

I do have access to a portion of the footage required, but not all of it. Even so, this is a pretty huge undertaking for me… in fact it might even be the death of me. So this is only in concept stage at the moment.

I figured as much. Still, it might be worth a try.

I've just thought of something - the DeEd has an isolated music track - is it possible, then, to make a soundtrack with the voices and sound effects isolated? Sort of an inverse thing? (After all, if the soundboards can do it..)

Slowly going senile, I'd still chance a guess at. Partly because Uncle George's vision of the films changes so often, but also perhaps in favour of turning them into proper kid's films... possibly even starting an actual war or something!

Oh, I see. Nah, just coincidence.

Hm? Where?

With Photoshop, that is.

I'll tell you what's worse than these changes.

Nothing!

Is it possible to make fan edits of your own work? (actually, that might technically be so; TESB and ROTJ were directed by others.)

I dunno, just that that's a thought.

That'll probably help.

Hey! - I've just had a thought... see this Calvin & Hobbes panel here:

I'll just give a minute for that to sink in.

See what I get at here? Because here, GOUT is an acronym! And it's George's! His Original Unaltered Trilogy!!

...I'll shut up now.

How's this?

Should the 15mm be for the boxset or the individual films?

Why thank you! Be my guest!

http://sta.sh/2xrttn16bd4

I also have a prototype for the Trilogy - is a 25mm box alright?

I did try making a Steelbook version of the Definitive Collection box - until I realised that it'd probably run up huge costs to get it into an actual one.

Tell you what - I'll see what I can cook up...

I have another set - this time based off the Arrow Films Blu-ray covers. Here they are!:

Downloads are available on request.

The Phantom Menace: the Mysterious Cannes Version! And - and - and there's four extra hours worth of outbreaks in the Naboo Parliament! And there was an underground screening of it somewhere in London!

Well... okay, all that's an exaggeration, but I'm sure it'd be a noteworthy watch, wherever it is.