I don’t know if I’d agree with your conclusions about the drop shadow on the Z bootleg. It never looked like anything but vertical to me. The resolution is so low that any deviation could easily just be due to aliasing.
I can share a google drive link through PM if you’d prefer that, sure.
For $60 Canadian, you can now get an IMAX 70mm Film Can that once held reel one of Star Wars Episode 2.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/192646273052
Do you think they’re asking for more money because the can used to have a Star Wars movie in it?
Mavimao, did you ever get access to the lossless version of the mono mix? I’m wondering if a GOUT sync will be made available.
Thanks to all who donated! We were lucky to get it at the price we did, and we had just the right amount of funds.
As for current plans, the print is being shipped to LA for scanning by one of poita’s confederates. Indications are that scanning might be possible as soon as January.
We’ll have to wait for updates from poita from this point on.
Ok, we won the auction. 😀
Is the $307.77 bid us??
It is not. I’m still going to bid, of course.
These look incredible. I can’t wait for Empire to commence.
According to Wikipedia, Williams re-recorded the fanfare for Empire Strikes Back and his version was used in the subsequent Lucas-helmed Star Wars movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox
Incidentally, it seems that the “slanted 0” 20th Century Fox logo originally designated Cinemascope as well. Do we know why that particular version of the logo was used in Empire Strikes Back but not SW or ROTJ?
Star Wars has the same logo as Empire. However, some video releases in the 80’s used the updated Fox logo from '81.
Schorman, were you the one who set the starting bid for the new auction?
No, I was not. I hadn’t noticed that until now. I guess we have a bit of competition this time.
Chipped in again. We now definitely have enough to bid!
Thank you so much! At this point everything helps. If it’s alright with all, any additional money donated will be sent to poita to offset the cost of scanning.
Assuming the no one else bids, I need about $60. 😃
Just covered the shipping cost! Not sure how much is left in order to bid. Did anyone else bid the last time this was listed?
Thank you!
Yes, I’ve reached out to him, and have not yet heard back. I’ll post with any further info.
Update: I’ve heard back from the seller, who says he’s unable to sell outside of an auction. It hasn’t been relisted yet, but he says the new listing will start at $299. That still leaves us about $100 short for that price plus shipping.
Well, since I’ve only had about $150 donated so far, I’m not sure I’m going to bid. There are about 2 hours left if anyone wants to help out. I can’t really put up more than another $150 myself, which still leaves us about $170 short, with shipping. This of course assumes that no-one else is bidding. 😃
Anyone wishing to donate, please try to do so today or tomorrow. We still need about $250 just to meet the initial price plus shipping.
I’ve sent my donation.
Thanks! We’re about half way to the initial price at this point.
This is awesome news. I chipped in. Really hope we can get this.
Thanks Swordless Link! This is a great start.
It would definitely remove a lot of red tape. Star Wars would now entirely belong to one entity instead of being split up.
- Fox Fanfare for all movies (why not add them to the sequel trilogy as well?)
- OT restoration and distribution.
But the final word is up to Lucasfilm or Disney.
My cynical side tells me they’ll just use this as an excuse to remove the Fox fanfare from the one remaining holdout, ANH (or as I usually call it “Star Wars”).
I’m willing to bid and take donations, also assuming I don’t have to store the prints myself.
There are roughly six days left on the auction.
Here is a paypal link to get the ball rolling. Of course all donations will be refunded if this doesn’t work out.
Well, I’ll donate $50.
Excellent work Harmy. It’s great to see so much behind the scenes stuff from Temple of Doom. It’s legitimately my favorite movie of all time, and there’s not much content out there.
Thanks again for the purist version. I really cannot handle the “fill the screen” stuff that is becoming so commonplace.
I agree wholeheartedly. I just like playing devil’s advocate a bit too much. 😃
It’s not necessarily true that lossy audio tracks could not be conformed to a new standard that includes more frames, especially when those frames occur at reel transitions. One could simply split the ac3 track at the appropriate position and insert a silent ac3 frame before rejoining. Now, this would not be a perfect solution, as Dolby digital uses an audio frame rate of 31.25 fps, while the film runs at 23.976 FPS.
The result for a single missing frame is that the audio is off by roughly 0.232 frames, rather than a whole frame. This would arguably be a “good enough” compromise for many of the tracks. This would work especially well in the case of Star Wars as that bit of silent audio would not be noticeable for the affected reel transition. However, it is admittedly more problematic for the two missing frames in ROTJ, as those do not occur at a reel transition.
The US theatrical cut of “Yellow Submarine” has not been released in a digital format. It appears on VHS and LD only.
I think this says the Theatrical Cut was released on a German DVD.
https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=1064
No, that is just the same version released everywhere since 1999. It matches the UK version of the film as it premiered. Upon international release, the film was shortened, with some alternate footage during the final battle. That was the widely available version of the film before the 1999 restoration released on dvd at the time.