He did invent the "Special Edition" with Close Encounters though. Have people forgotten the "inside the mothership" ending already? ;)
I'll be happy to own 1941 on Blu Ray even if the wires holding up the models can be seen.
IIRC, there's a shot in the "Free as a Bird" music video that pokes fun at the whole Dead is Paul thing.
The equally bizarre "Is Stig Dead?" controversy has never really been settled though. ;)
Thanks for the link. The ESB Emperor shot is new to me!
Yoinked from a post over at the HTF...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/h2/obad/syfy/45-behind-the-scenes-photos-that-youve-probably-n-6wms
The one of Lucas and the Stardestroyer model is unintentionally funny.
There is an episode of The Incredible Hulk that shamelessly uses footage from Duel. Either doubles of Weaver's car and the truck from hell were still hanging around the studio lot in the late 70's, or someone did a good job dressing up similar vehicles to match the movie footage.
I think the moon hoax crowd were pretty much below the radar until Fox did that tv special 12 years ago. Aside from the 70's conspiracy movie "Capricorn One", there just wasn't much out there for them to latch onto.
Impressive, most impressive!
Well done!
Are the clones also going to sound like Johnny? The thought occurred to me that maybe all the clones are hard to understand because the Kaminoans cheaped out on the helmet coms. ;)
Kubrick was making self referential in jokes since A Clockwork Orange, so I wouldn't put anything past him.
I thought 237 was picked because the Timberline Lodge didn't want Kubrick using the room number (217) King used in the novel? The Timberline has no room 237...
Forgive them, Stanley, they're idiots with too much time on their hands.
Having visited Kennedy Space Center again for the first time in three decades, has only deepened my fears I will be compelled to throttle a moon hoax believer unfortunate enough to be sitting next to me on a train someday. ;)
Anchorhead said:
Dances With Wolves
2001: A Space Odyssey
Apollo 13
They did Apollo 13 already. ;)
Is that a Dennis Weaver in "Duel" icon, Baronlando?
The chances of seeing a 70mm print outside a film IMAX venue is getting slimmer all the time though.
Given the time limitation IMAX used to have, wouldn't JP have been cut down shorter the way Episode II was?
I was going to suggest Plan 9 get some IMAX love. ;)
Some of the better 70's disaster flicks would be awesome too. Maybe the sound system in an IMAX theater could come close to what Sensurround was like.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Brainstorm (mainly because it has seldom been seen the way Doug Trumbull intended it)
Tron (Disney should have done this before Legacy came out)
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-to-receive-imax-re-release/
This will beat the pants off all those barely better than a home video projector theater screenings Fathom Events regularly rips people off with.
Davnes007 said:
SilverWook said:
They say that Mace Windu is one bad mutha... ;)
Shut Your Mouth!
I'm talkin' 'bout about Mace Windu.
I could have sworn JEJ finally got a screen credit in the SE's?
I wouldn't mind seeing the Biggs scenes reinstated, as it gives Luke a little more depth. They are deeply ingrained in my mind thanks to the old Marvel comics anyway. ;)
They say that Mace Windu is one bad mutha... ;)
Amazing to think there are TOS scores that were never used, and haven't been heard before.
This Japanese LD actually sounds like mono! The curse continues...
I have been able to I.D. the mid to late 90's catalog VHS Hi-Fi release that was out right before the 20th anniversary reissue. (Not easy with Paramount's constant recycling of cover art with minor changes.) I'm in the process of getting a sealed copy on Ebay. Keep your fingers crossed!
DuracellEnergizer said:
I have no strong feelings - positive or negative - for the original, so colour me indifferent.
Is it working now?
Bob Clark did make an "official" sequel in the 90's.
It was retitled "My Summer Story" on home video. Obviously all the parts were recast because of the passage of time, but it did have Jean Shepard's narration.
Coincidentally, this nearly forgotten horror gem is finally getting a DVD release in October as well.
I think of it as "Ralphie's Really Scary Desert Vacation". If you've ever seen it, you know what I'm talking about. ;)
I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or scream...
Awesome and unexpected music choice. :)