Mielr

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Post: #428129
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/428129/action/topic#428129
Time: 29-Jul-2010 4:26 PM — Edited 29-Jul-2010 4:48 PM

zombie84 said:
I'm still shocked that there is a privately owned Technicolor print.

It's quite possible that this is the same print that Richard W. Haines had an opportunity to buy.

BTW- here's an article he wrote recently about Technicolor:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3211tech.html

Jedi Temple34 said:
Wow George Lucas owes us some explication about how this print survived the test of time. I’m surprised the colour is holding up.

Is it not possible this is re-issue print, did Technicolor produce any re-issue prints around early 80’s? or is this the only one of its kind from late 1977.

Technicolor dye- transfer prints are not prone to fading because they don't use chemical emulsion.

The last dye-transfer labs in the US and England were closed by the late '70s so, no, they did not produce any prints in the 1980s.

Anyone wanting to know about the history of Technicolor should "take the tour":
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolor/technicolor1.htm

Post: #427981
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427981/action/topic#427981
Time: 29-Jul-2010 1:08 AM

There was nothing about this on the Home Theater Forum, so I made a thread:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/302634/senator-theatre-farewell-screenings-of-star-wars-technicolor-ib-print

The more eyes that see this- the better. :-)

Post: #427931
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427931/action/topic#427931
Time: 28-Jul-2010 8:21 PM — Edited 28-Jul-2010 8:26 PM

TV's Frink said:

Baltimore is in Boston, which is in Britain.

Remember, there are some impressionable youngsters here.

Baltimore is in the state of Maryland, kids. :-)

Baronlando said:

Also I can't help wondering: if you're this guy who owns the print and you're going back to Britain, do you just put it in the overhead bin? It wouldn't fit, would it? Or it gets checked with the luggage? Jesus, that sounds nerve wracking

Is the collector British? I just assumed he/she was an American who was an acquaintance of the Senator's owner.

Post: #427714
Topic: Creating the Worlds of Star Wars - 365 Days, by John Knoll (was: Millennium Falcon Exterior Sets)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427714/action/topic#427714
Time: 27-Jul-2010 11:29 PM

I don't understand why they didn't auction off the pieces rather than trashing them. Certainly they must have known that people would've been interested.

Post: #427688
Topic: I will refuse to buy STAR WARS on bluray!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427688/action/topic#427688
Time: 27-Jul-2010 9:10 PM

I won't buy it on blu-ray either...but not just because of the sound. I'll only buy it if it includes the pre-Special Edition version.

Post: #427460
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427460/action/topic#427460
Time: 26-Jul-2010 11:56 PM

I certainly feel alienated now and I hesitate to purchase any LFL items for that reason. Even something as cheap as a package of stickers which I saw in a supermarket today, I liked them but I decided not to buy because I really don't feel like contributing one more cent to the Evil Empire.

Post: #427228
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427228/action/topic#427228
Time: 25-Jul-2010 7:07 PM

I thought that the owner's speech at the beginning of the YouTube clip was interesting. I had to listen to it a couple of times with headphones to get everything he said, but among other things he mentions people expressing concern that Lucasfilm might send one of their henchmen out to confiscate the print. :-P

Post: #427227
Topic: The Empire is a bit strapped for cash since the destruction of the Death Star
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427227/action/topic#427227
Time: 25-Jul-2010 7:03 PM — Edited 25-Jul-2010 7:03 PM

TV's Frink said:

Look closer...

...those aren't the pants you're looking for.

Ha! I didn't notice that. Well- he had the cape anyway, which in theory could have made a get-away more difficult. ;-)

Post: #427139
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427139/action/topic#427139
Time: 25-Jul-2010 1:52 AM — Edited 25-Jul-2010 1:53 AM

timdiggerm said:
P.S. The Senator will reopen under new management...soon, hopefully. Gorgeous theatre.

P.P.S Some footage viewable at the end of this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEctWVF4J_w

That is a gorgeous theater- I hope it reopens. There's a theater near me (also Art Deco) that was built in 1935 and it was recently saved from the brink and completely restored. It had been deserted for several years and it now has live shows and classic films, with the help of many donations and a sponsorship from a local car dealership. http://www.earlsmithstrand.org/ I hope the same thing happens for The Senator.

I have to admit I got goosebumps while watching that clip! There is just nothing like the theatrical experience. I loved seeing the British Board of Film Censors tag at the beginning.

Post: #427125
Topic: The Empire is a bit strapped for cash since the destruction of the Death Star
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427125/action/topic#427125
Time: 25-Jul-2010 12:04 AM — Edited 25-Jul-2010 12:15 AM

I saw this story on Fox News the other day.

I'm not condoning bank robbery, but I love that the guy committed to the whole costume, instead of just the mask.
:-P

Post: #427123
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427123/action/topic#427123
Time: 24-Jul-2010 11:45 PM — Edited 24-Jul-2010 11:50 PM

zombie84 said:
Backlighting it is a bit tough because of the dye layers, but with modern scanning tools it can be done. Not ideal, but more than doable. Take a look at all the films that are Technicolor negatives--Wizard of Oz, for example. Looks pretty kick ass to me. .

But remember- unlike Star Wars, The Wizard Of OZ has B&W negatives as it was shot back in the day of the 3-strip cameras, so only the prints were Dye-Transfer. The negatives were used for the DVD/Blu-ray transfers, not the prints (except for color reference).

Post: #427113
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/427113/action/topic#427113
Time: 24-Jul-2010 9:56 PM — Edited 24-Jul-2010 10:03 PM

The British Technicolor lab was one of the last to close (a few years after the last US labs shut down), which is why most Americans haven't had the opportunity to see one of those prints. Star Wars was right on the cusp, which is why no Technicolor prints of ESB or ROTJ exist.

It's good that people saw this- I hope LOTS of people attended, and brought their kids!!!

FWIW, supposedly Technicolor d-t/IB prints aren't good candidates for video-transfer due to their density (according to Robert Harris, anyway).

Post: #426690
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/426690/action/topic#426690
Time: 22-Jul-2010 10:34 PM

Filmaker Richard Haines said that he once passed on the chance to buy a SW Technicolor print because the opening crawl and star destroyer intro was replaced with a segment of Kodak film which had faded. He later regretted it, realizing that he could have just taken a newer piece of a SE print an replaced the faded segment.

Post: #426632
Topic: Free "farewell" Screening of 1977 Star Wars collector's print (British I.B. Technicolor)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/426632/action/topic#426632
Time: 22-Jul-2010 5:44 PM — Edited 22-Jul-2010 5:46 PM

This was an extremely rare opportunity to see a Technicolor print of Star Wars- I hope that anyone who lives in the area took advantage! Most people have never seen a Technicolor print of SW, including myself. I wish I could have gone.

Post: #425466
Topic: This is too funny, had to share...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/425466/action/topic#425466
Time: 16-Jul-2010 12:05 AM

SilverWook said:

Someone needs to photograph one in the windows of a Winnebago. ;)

It would look funny in the window of an old VW bus, too or a '73 Corvette (candy apple, metal flake....)

And yes, I did get your Spaceballs reference. ;-)

Post: #425290
Topic: Childhood Misconceptions (aka The Trap Thread, but misconceptions still welcome)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/425290/action/topic#425290
Time: 15-Jul-2010 1:50 AM

Just in case this is still a thread about childhood misconceptions....

When I first saw the promotional photos that came out prior to the release of ROTJ, I thought that the new death star was just what was left of the SW ds after being blown up.......yup.

And when Luke cut off Vader's hand and I saw the wires I (briefly) thought "oh my God darth vader's a ROBOT!" I also, briefly, thought that it was Ben underneath Vader's mask when Luke took it off (now THAT would have been a twist!). ;-P

Post: #425285
Topic: This is too funny, had to share...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/425285/action/topic#425285
Time: 15-Jul-2010 1:30 AM — Edited 15-Jul-2010 1:32 AM

Goes into the "wish I'D thought of that!" column.

Post: #424822
Topic: David Prowse Banned - Not Paid Royalties
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/424822/action/topic#424822
Time: 13-Jul-2010 12:32 AM

Mark Hamill sort of intimated in a TV appearance that he got nothing from the '97 SEs.

Post: #423514
Topic: NIGHTLINE (ABC) "Kiss Your Sister?" segment
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/423514/action/topic#423514
Time: 5-Jul-2010 9:52 PM — Edited 6-Jul-2010 1:27 AM

msycamore said:

Mielr said:

I love ROTJ, and the fact that their relationship was likely manufactured at the 11th hour doesn't bother me one bit. For whatever reason it was done, I have no more problem with Luke and Leia being siblings in ROTJ as I did with Vader being Luke's father in ESB.

But if you think about it, it was actually ROTJ that cemented Vader as a Skywalker not ESB.

I know that there was supposed to be some doubt about their relationship in ESB, but I always believed it.

Post: #423279
Topic: NIGHTLINE (ABC) "Kiss Your Sister?" segment
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/423279/action/topic#423279
Time: 4-Jul-2010 12:23 AM — Edited 6-Jul-2010 1:25 AM

Sluggo said:

Mielr said:

It makes me all the more curious to see the previous scene (which was cut out of the film- a snippet remains in one of the trailers) when Luke & Leia are having a private discussion, lean in to kiss each other, and then are interrupted by 3P0.

You have seen the re-creation of this scene in Building Empire, right? It is pretty close.

I don't recall- I'll have to check that out again. I do remember that the scene was in the ESB comic book adaptation.

msycamore said:
But I'm one of those fans that don't like Return of the Jedi and in my little world, Leia is not Luke's sister, because I stop watching after Empire and that makes me a happier person, even though the ending is a downer. ;)

I love ROTJ, and the fact that their relationship was likely manufactured at the 11th hour doesn't bother me one bit. For whatever reason it was done, I have no more problem with Luke and Leia being siblings in ROTJ as I did with Vader being Luke's father in ESB.

Post: #423007
Topic: NIGHTLINE (ABC) "Kiss Your Sister?" segment
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/423007/action/topic#423007
Time: 2-Jul-2010 12:03 AM — Edited 2-Jul-2010 12:09 AM

Yeah, those people acted as if they'd never even thought about it before.

Personally, it didn't (and still doesn't) bother me because when I saw ESB in '82, we didn't yet know that they were siblings (and they probably weren't at that point), PLUS- it was pretty obvious that Leia kissed Luke only to make Han jealous.

It makes me all the more curious to see the previous scene (which was cut out of the film- a snippet remains in one of the trailers) when Luke & Leia are having a private discussion, lean in to kiss each other, and then are interrupted by 3P0.

Post: #422793
Topic: NIGHTLINE (ABC) "Kiss Your Sister?" segment
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/422793/action/topic#422793
Time: 1-Jul-2010 1:43 AM — Edited 2-Jul-2010 12:11 AM

John Berman at a comic book convention pondering why Luke and Leia kissed in ESB and were also siblings (!?) John Berman must be a SW fan as he also did the SWHS segment on Nightline a couple of years ago.

EDIT: Here's a link to the segment:

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline

Post: #422389
Topic: Star Wars OT & 1997 Special Edition - Various Projects Info (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/422389/action/topic#422389
Time: 29-Jun-2010 12:52 AM — Edited 29-Jun-2010 12:59 AM

I also want to again thank d_j and G-force and hairy_hen for their continuous work and contributions to these. The previous set are my current "definitive" versions, and I can't wait to see V3. ;-)

Post: #421744
Topic: Star Wars (SE) shown at Piedmont Park (Atlanta)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/421744/action/topic#421744
Time: 24-Jun-2010 4:08 PM

Anybody going tonight?

Post: #420863
Topic: Star Wars (SE) shown at Piedmont Park (Atlanta)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/420863/action/topic#420863
Time: 21-Jun-2010 12:29 AM — Edited 25-Jun-2010 10:33 PM

If anybody wants to sit in hot, humid weather, risk getting hit by lightening and/or a roving band of thugs to watch the SE of SW- then your wish has been granted! :-)

http://www.piedmontpark.org/announce/screen_on_the_green.html

(the film's date of course is listed as "1977", but no doubt it will be the SE)

EDIT: Link changed