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Author Topic: What ever happened to "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" ? Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-24-2003 12:23 AM                        The digital Bits site has posted a transcript of an interview with executives from Warner Brothers Home Video and "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" has been mentioned as coming very soon on DVD featuring the uncut film with the overture, entr'acte and exit music intact. Here is a direct link to the homepage to the site. When you get there, just click on the Warner Home Video interview to read the text. http://www.thedigitalbits.com -Claude  |  IP: Logged David Kilderry Master Film Handler Posts: 355 From: Melbourne Australia Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-29-2003 05:16 AM                        I have some footage in 70mm of Around The World In 80 Days and it exhibits the worst fading I've seen of a 70mm print that has not turned vinegar. Other 70mm film I have that has turned vinegar at least is still pink, the ATWIED footage is almost clear. I expect it had been subject to flourescent light at some time in its life. Shame all the good 70 is fading fast. Does anyone remember if "Star!" was made with a slight sepia look in keeping with the period of the film?..........or is this print fading too. David Kilderry  |  IP: Logged Thomas Hauerslev Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Copenhagen, Denmark Registered: Aug 2000 posted 04-29-2003 05:49 AM                        See this image I took in Oslo in 1995 http://web.meganet.net/dickwhitney/80days.jpg  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 04-29-2003 05:51 AM                        "Star" was released in the late 1960's, well before Kodak's low fade color print was developed, so it's likely the prints have turned red unless they were stored at reduced temperature. Based on the recent new prints of "Patton" and "Hello Dolly", it's likely very good looking new prints could be made from the original negative. I enjoyed this under-appreciated film starring Julie Andrews.  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-29-2003 07:23 PM                        My logbook says about STAR in 70mm, that the single, danish print was still "as new" as i ran it last time 1979. I remember colors as perfect, but some scenes "softened" for romantic look. If otherwise today, it must be faded. Really bad at box-office, but a great film with a treasure of wonderful music ! A beauty of a 70mm trailer accompanied the film - lots of split screen with sound mix following the divided picture in all five front speakers Both STAR and HELLO DOLLY were in top condition, when junked 1981 by narrow minded people, thinking only of saving rent for storage ! p.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-29-2003 07:45 PM                     Talk about junking prints. When my dad worked on the Fox lot during the late 60's thru early 90's. He said around the early 70's, one night he found 3 70MM prints of "Hello Dolly" being dumpped in a dumpster. He said it happened a few times when he was located on the Fox lot.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 04-30-2003 03:42 PM                        Oh, to have been a garbage man on the Fox lot.  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-30-2003 05:29 PM                        Mr P said: quote: Oh, to have been a garbage man on the Fox lot. "With a little bit o' luck...." Alfred P. Doolittle  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-30-2003 05:30 PM                     John P He was a Gaffer for alot of Fox movies and TV. He worked on "Dolly". I was around on the days of the big parade shoot and Harmonia Garden sets. Fox Home Video has a release date of August 18th, 2003 for the DVD editions of "Hello Dolly" and "All That Jazz".  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 05-01-2003 06:10 PM                     Thanks to those who e-mailed me on the AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS showing on May 23, 2003 in Frankfurt, Germany. Unfortunately, the archive that holds the 70mm Todd-AO print was unable to provide information on the condition of the print. We located a 35mm Technicolor Cinestage print (4-track-mag with 1,57x squeeze) as a replacement, but two of the ten reels have Vinegar Syndrome and cannot not be restored in time for the closing show of the MGM/Royal theatre. We hope that a FilmGuard treatment will help to get the two AROUND THE WORLD reels playable in a few months, but by now this is uncertain. Instead, a 1964 Technicolor dye transfer print of Billy Wilder`s IRMA LA DOUCE will be shown.  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-01-2003 06:41 PM                        Kind of You to let us know. "Irma" is one heck of a picture, but I have been showing it too often to go for 9 hours out, 9 hours home in a railroad sleeping-car to watch it once more. Hope, You'll give the Royal a Royal Goodbye-treatment ! Per  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-02-2003 07:54 AM                        quote: Kind of You to let us know. "Irma" is one heck of a picture, but I have been showing it too often to go for 9 hours out, 9 hours home in a railroad sleeping-car to watch it once more. "...but that's another story!" "Irma" is one of my favorite comedies.  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 05-03-2003 01:06 PM                     Per, I am not to happy although it`s one of my favourite movies, too. But all vintage 70mm titles have gone red to a degree that the audience will not accept without disappointment. In a film museum or cinematheque theatre, people will accept it, but not the general public. But we still have a few days to find another print - who knows? John - did you start at Kodak directly "after working in the jungle with Dr. Schweitzer" ? But I suppose that`s another story, too...  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-03-2003 08:07 PM                        quote: But that's another story Famous last words of bartender Moustache - How does he say in the german dubbed version ?? --------------- Christian: I sure am aware of red/brown fading 70mm - I ran reel one of My Fair Lady last week, and didn't really care for running the next six They say somewhere "Don't cry over things You lost. Smile over things, You once had." - Sometimes a bit difficult ! As for "Around the World", I will keep my eyes on this topic every day until the 23rd, -promise ! Per  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 05-04-2003 05:41 PM                     quote: They say somewhere "Don't cry over things You lost. Smile over things, You once had." - Sometimes a bit difficult ! In some way it`s true. I remember seeing a 70mm screening of PORGY AND BESS a decade ago, and surely I won`t be able to experience that film again. But it`s in my memory, just like many other great films that are not available any more. But you asked about Moustache. In the German dubbing he says: "...aber das ist eine andere Geschichte!" which is a quite word-perfect translation. But sometimes they DO make great changes. No one in Germany will recognize Bogart`s "Here`s looking at you, kid". There was no matching expression in German, so for the last thirtyone years Bogarts said: "Ich seh Dir in die Augen, Kleines." which means "I keep looking into your eyes, baby". Well, in 1955, when Casablanca came out here, they even cut out the Nazis...  |  IP: Logged

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