Hey Mitch.
Just read through the other thread, I see you are good for artwork. Some really cool covers there.
I'm gonna go through the figmentfly site. It's been my bible for Ridley Scott's Legend for many years, but strangely I've never gone through all the HL2 info.
One other thing... The R1 US - Republic - Renegade Version DVD - has a 'production photo gallery', which is, IIRC a port of the US Renegade Version laserdisc supplement - A series of pages detailing the films production (script excerpts, production photos, production design etc)
The version on the DVD is presented as a video that you can pause and step through and is - to my memory - so low in quality, that you pretty much cannot read the text.
However, I once read that the laserdisc version is a step by step presentation (like the Alien and Aliens laserdisc supplement)
I don't have the US Renegade Version laserdisc myself, but I'm assuming someone here does.
Has anyone ever attempted to capture all these pages? I would be very curious to see how they compare to the low quality DVD version? Plus there could be some very interesting information within these pages.
Quick question - what is the Cannes footage?
(I know there is an extensive previous thread on your Highlander II work - but it's 15 pages long!)
Is it additional film footage or footage of the film at the Cannes film festival?
Side note: I actually saw HL2 theatrically in Britain - Chester Cineworld to be precise and while I'm not 100% sure, I do not remember ever seeing the fairy tale ending prior to it's release on the Lions Gate DVD SE?
I was always under the impression that we in Britain waited longer for certain films as we had to wait for the film to be showed in the US and then sent over to us? I know this cannot be true of all films, but I just assumed that with the high cost of producing film for projection (back in the day) this would account for the staggered US / British release dates?
Is there anyone here that also saw this film the the UK and remembers the fairy tale ending? Could it be that the British fairy tale version was shown in major British cities only and as Chester is quite a small city, could we have gotten a recycled US print?
I for one would like to see all the above cuts released, whether or not they are rough or unfinished.
I would also really like to hear your commentary with PhineasBg!
Basically, I want the lot lol
What are the chances of a multi disc special edition, possibly with an accompanying booklet to explain what is what? I would be more than happy to design anything you need. Here are a few of my fake Criterion DVD covers (that I design just for fun)
http://movie-memorabilia-emporium.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Criterion
I know I'm putting this out there for others and not actually doing the hard work myself but...
* Steven Lisberger
* Gary Kurtz
* Mark Hamill
These would be top of my lists for people to contact, Kurtz and Hamill are always at Cons doing signings.
Steven Lisberger - what are the chances that he might be contactable via Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski? Does he have a facebook / twitter?
Once again, just putting this out there...
Spaced Ranger said:
Thanks!
Maybe satanika's access to the JP laserdisc could get things started -- probably the JP widescreen laserdisc overlaid by the US fullscreen laserdisc in the hard-coded subtitles area (with color-matching, of course).
Or ... Pineapples101 has a blog and indicates access to the JP laserdisc. Might be worth a contact, too.
http://movie-memorabilia-emporium.blogspot.com/2014_02_01_archive.html.
I really like Space Kaijuu's suggestion of film ...
eBay - SLIPSTREAM: 35mm CINEMA MOVIE FILM TRAILER:1989: Mark Hamill, Bill Paxton
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SLIPSTREAM-35mm-CINEMA-MOVIE-FILM-TRAILER-1989-Mark-Hamill-Bill-Paxton-/221532044285Granted, it's only a trailer ... but it could be a good color-correction source. If you get it, definitely post caps!
Just to confirm - I unfortunately do not have access to the Japanese Laserdisc :(
I'm just a fan of the film and a collector of stuff.
Add me to the list of people that would love to see a widescreen release of this film.
Has anyone considered contacting the director?
Good spot! I've set my Sky box to record it on Friday. Now how the hell do I transfer the Sky recording to a DVD-R?
I have an analogue Pioneer DVD recorder with HD. Would the Horror Channel have encryption?
