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#197620
Topic
The Mask - Workprint (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/197620/action/topic#197620
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The only reason I'm being able to see all the minor, minor changes in this is because I watched it so many times as a kid, it's engrained in my head.

And I was right, a good bit of it was Danny Elfman. Imagine the "Beetlejuice" theme playing when the Mask goes "It's TIIIIIIIIIME for an overhaul!" And then Jim Carrey does a couple spins for the lack of CG spinning.
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#197555
Topic
The Mask - Workprint (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/197555/action/topic#197555
Time
So I'm finally getting around to watching this due to my bout with insomnia at the moment. I'm through the first half hour and I can already tell you that a composite job is going to be hard for a number of reasons.

The flick is approximately 13mins longer in this incarnation. So far, aside from the viking opening, there have been two scenes that were totally cut from the final film. Mostly, though, there have just been extra bits of dialogue here and there, which is one thing that would make a composite difficult. Also, some of the effects work is completed and some is not. So far, the bits that have not been completed are quite amusing.

The other thing that would make a composite tricky is use of different dialogue takes and the temp score. For example, Stanley's line "Aren't you due back in the labratory to get your bolts tightened?" is delivered with much less force in this take. A lot of the score is entirely inappropriate for the material. Unless I've missed my guess (and I don't think I have), most of it is Danny Elfman.

I also thought I might point out that the version I have really does not look that bad when in motion. I don't know why this is touted as being one of the most notoriously bad-quality workprints around, I've seen much, much worse.
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#197545
Topic
The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/197545/action/topic#197545
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Yeah, I'm debating whether or not to ask him to play a bit role for a project I'm going to embark on over the next couple years, but I don't want to reveal the title because it could be easily swept out from under me. I will say that I would be creating a "Crazy Ralph" (Friday the 13th) type of character for him to play, and that the flick would be a musical, and that there are zombies.
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#197531
Topic
The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/197531/action/topic#197531
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I'll probably get into that next year, it sounds like a good time. And the film community in BG can get a little claustrophobic.

You should come down to the film festival, April 21-23. I think the screenings will actually be on the 22nd, maybe the 23rd, maybe both. I honestly can't remember. Anyway, my little flick will be screened and (I'm reasonably sure) we're going to have Michael J. Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 as a guest judge and speaker.
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#196962
Topic
The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Director's Cut (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/196962/action/topic#196962
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I can't really express how goddamn amazed I am right now, so I hope that those simple words will suffice.

Now, if I may suggest something. If you're self-pressing this book, will the copies that people eventually order be ordered from you or will they be ordered from some 3rd party company? Because if they go to you first, a neat idea could be to glue a disc sleeve into the back cover of the book and a copy of the Recobbled Cut would come with every one. (I stole this idea from the novelization of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians that I have, which is quite hilarious.)
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#196598
Topic
Info: Bad Movies, Cult Classics, and Things Lost to the Sands of Time...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/196598/action/topic#196598
Time
I'm reasonably sure that there's never been a widescreen releae of Joe's Apartment, which is a goddamn shame. The original short, however, is on the VHS "I Want My MTV", along with a bunch of other cool early MTV shorts and bumpers and stuff. I have the cassette, I just haven't gotten around to making it a DVD yet.

EDIT: Seems that the laserdisc release was indeed widescreen. I've seen the laserdisc for crazy cheap on eBay. Someone should pick that up and preserve it.