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#357574
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Lord Of The Rings - Fan Film : The hunt For Gollum (Released)
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No, not an edit but an actual fan made film. The idea comes from the Appendices of the books:

The script is adapted from elements of the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. The story follows the Heir of Isildur; the “greatest huntsman and traveller in Middle Earth” as he sets out to find the creature Gollum. The creature must be found to discover the truth about the Ring, and to protect the future Ringbearer."

http://www.thehuntforgollum.com/

Supposedly made for $3000. Mighty impressive when you consider the trailers.

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#312014
Topic
Blade Runner: The Version You've Never Seen Before (Update: Beta Released)
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Hello there BR fans.

I have a BR fan DVD I bought off eBay a few years back.
along with the Edge of Blade Runner doc that everyone is familiar with their is a 11 min TV clip compo.
It starts with I think it's from 100 greatest films.

It was hosted by Graham Norton and contains clips from the interviews of Edge of.. along with fawning praise from writer Johnathan Glancey (no never heard of him either) and Graham Linehan of Father Ted, Black Books and IT crowd fame.

It then cuts to another 5 min clip of more praise from the film this time by some guy wearing a Black Dog t-shirt and then ends with a trailer.

Is this of use to anyone?

Mac

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#311891
Topic
//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/311891/action/topic#311891
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Is anyone out there able to get NTSC copies of my docos to an address in the USA quickly.


Apologies if I'm stating the obvious but I use Nero 8 ultimate to burn my DVDs.
It allows me to chose whether to burn as PAL or NTSC regardless of the source.
Thus making it easy to create copies for friends on either side of the pond.

Just go into Video Options in Nero Vision once your video is selected.
On the General Tab there is the Video Mode drop down to select.

I'm sure people know this already but just in case.
Probably results in quality issues too but if you are looking for a handy means to convert, works fine.

Mac
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#311649
Topic
//Star Wars Begins\\: HD Version Now on Vimeo
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/311649/action/topic#311649
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Cheers lads,

I didn't know that stuff like "How walkers walk" etc was on the Laserdiscs.
I was using this as a ref but he doesn't go into details what's on them:
http://www.blam1.com/StarWars/Trilogy.htm
Incidentally where can I get a list of the extras on all those LDs?

I actually have all that stuff on those 11 SW DVDs I got off eBay a while back (spent a fortune!)

I must ask my Dad to go through them. Besides the making of and typical extras there were loads of TV clips.
Even the old Palitoy and Kenner ads! Maybe there is something new to this forum after all.

I also got 3 Jaws DVDs.
2 Blade Runner DVDs.
1 Alien DVD.
2 Indiana Jones DVDs
1 Apocalypse Now DVD that has the Heart of Darkness doc and a Barry Norman interview with Coppola.
Mainly to promote GodFather 3.

Won't go into more detail as this is not the place. See me on the other threads.

Mac
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#311548
Topic
//Star Wars Begins\\: HD Version Now on Vimeo
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/311548/action/topic#311548
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Hello there,

I came across this site while scrounging around the web.
First of all these Fan Documentaries are amazing.
I don't know what you do in real life but you have a career ahead of you as a film archivist.
Now that Blu-Ray has won the HD war we will see loads of old films being re-re-released onto this format with tons of
space for all manner of film history. If I were you I would burn off a load of these docos and tout yourself around the film
companies. If this is what you can do as an amateur, imagine what you could do with full backing!

Now that the fawning is out of the way, to matters at hand.
In RTJ it is mentioned that Jabba alluded to a history of having killed Jedi.
I have an old Return of the Jedi annual, like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Star-Wars-Return-Of-The-Jedi-Original-Annual_
W0QQitemZ190201236940QQihZ009QQcategoryZ37889QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

in it Jabba has a great line that I was sorry wasn't in the film:
"Your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me boy! I was killing your kind back when being a Jedi meant something."
Missed opportunity there George.

Also were there any slight differences with say the original 70mm print of ROTJ and subsequent releases?
I could swear blind the exchange between Lando and Wedge went like this as they come in on the reactor:
"t-targets too big. My proton torpedoes won't even dent that!"
"Go for the power regulator on the north side. We're carrying concussion missiles. They should be enough
to take out the main reactor"
"roger etc..."

I saw it when in first came out in cinemas in Canada summer '83. Anybody else remember that or am I the victim of a self
induced Jedi mind trick? concussion missiles would later make appearances in the various Lucasarts video games. X-wing for a start.

A few years back I bought a ton of fan dvds off a guy on ebay. 11 SW DVDs alone. Alas they are all back home at my parents overseas. Considering the fandom on here tho i doubt there is anything you don't have. I also have the Time magazine ROTJ issue
http://cgi.ebay.com/1983-TIME-Magazine-Star-Wars-Return-of-the-Jedi-Issue_
W0QQitemZ120120435229QQihZ002QQcategoryZ280QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem


Here is something to make you laugh, or cry. Another couple of years back I bought a lovely SW Executor tin box set. I had it
shipped to my sister's work address as the seller would not ship it overseas. Fans will know that there is still stuff on the bonus vid that has not scene official release elsewhere. When last passing through I asked her where was it. "oh, I was hoping you forgot about that" ?!?!? Turns out she left it in work for safe keeping, in the IT dept, then forgot about it. When she finally remembered it it was of course nicked. ARRRGGGHH!! What made her think that the IT geeks wouldn't be interested in it?
I keep reminding her that she still owes me one!

Finally anyone know how I can get hold of a copy of Building Empire? I've scowered the torrents but the seeds are all dead. I have managed to get RTJ. I got the flash vids off youtube but I guess I'm missing the extras not to mention the quality. PAL or NTSC, doesn't mater.

keep up the excellent work. The Force is strong in this one!

Mac

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