As said Tom in the original review,there would appear to be no official release of this film on video,dvd etc,so me thinks this copy will only
become more valuable as time goes on.
May well become a cult film especially with the Beatles music attached to it?
Very nice.👍

To go with the film I also bought the CD
It's actually pretty good, and the two CDs are made to look like small LP's complete with the groove and separated tracks.

Week 16, Film 19
Crimson Tide, 16mm 1995 Directed by Tony Scott.

Finally got around to viewing this excellent submarine action thriller starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington, the film is directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer it takes place during a period of political turmoil in Russia in which ultranationalists threaten to launch nuclear missiles at the USA and Japan. Great performance’s all round with Gene Hackman at his best.
The films main focus is on a clash of wills between the seasoned commanding officer of a U.S. nuclear missile submarine (Gene Hackman) and his new EO, (Denzel Washington) arising from conflicting interpretations of an order to launch their missiles. The story parallels a real incident during the Cuban missile crises.
This 16mm print is a flat version and opens with a screen card stating, “This print is formatted for this presentation”, I've not seen this before at the start of any other print.
The movie was made in cinemascope and we also have the super 8 trailer which itself is in scope. Obviously a scope feature is always preferred but never the less, this is a superb LPP print with hardly a mark on it, and my guess is that it hasn’t been projected more than a handful of times.
This is a good tense thriller with a great score by the brilliant Hans Zimmer. The following information is from the helping hand of wiki,
The musical score for Crimson Tide was composed by Hans Zimmer, and employs a blend of orchestra, choir and synthesizer sounds. It includes additional music by Nick Glennie-Smith, who also conducted the orchestra, and the choir was conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams. Within the score is the well-known naval hymn, "Eternal Father, Strong to save". The score won a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television, and Zimmer has described it as one of his personal favourites.

Gene Hackman and Denzil Washington, what's not to like, two great actors .........

What a print … Great looking

It is a first class print Vidar, just a flick of a line for a short time which is in two of these images but as you see, nothing to shout home about.
These images are nowhere near what you see on screen, it is pin sharp and the colours are very vivid.
I saw this on TV years ago and really enjoyed it but this print with the booming sound you get on a modern print through an amp with the Hans Zimmer soundtrack just knocks spots off any TV viewing. Within the next few years I will be intending to turn my next film room into a film and blu ray projection room so hopefully, with the prices of top titles now becoming more than ridiculous, we will enjoy our films on both format's on the big screen but without the costs. A few titles I've spotted on ebay, (Wayne's world being one of them) have started at reasonable prices but once the bidding starts going up past the second mortgage price it just becomes no longer viable to continue. This one wasn't cheap but it was nowhere near ebay prices and I had the dosh from previous film sales, it really does work otherwise I would have had to stop buying a few years ago. I have been very lucky with my 16mm films but am also very grateful for the titles we do have. This one is one of my top films in the collection.

Good film and excellent print.Very nice Tom.👍👍

Week 17, Film 20
Hannie Caulder, 1971 16mm Theatrical print.

For screenshots, please see the previous review here, (for those interested)
Hannie Caulder Full Feature Masked for Widescreen

This is a title I grew up with from the age of around 14. It was one of the first sound films my Brother bought in his very early Eumig days in the 70s and he started with the 200ft colour sound extract, Shots of Vengeance. Quality was not the best but it was ok. A year or so later he purchased the brutal Brothers, another 200ft colour sound version which made a 400ft edit, mostly cut from the early part of reel one and the last part of the film with everything in between gone altogether , but it was a good 400ft reel. Many years later I got hold of a 4 x 400ft walton flat feature which while good, (quality was ok but nothing special) was still short of around 15/20 minutes. This was sold a few years ago when another collector pointed me to this 16mm theatrical print which is flat but slightly letterboxed to (i think) 1:85. It is a low fade print and has a good clear sharp image with only a few light lines here and there, the print is mostly line free but above all, it is the full feature complete with the BBFC AA certificate at the start.

While it isn't a box office blockbuster, the film does have a very good cast comprising of Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine, Strother Martin, Jack Elam, Christopher Lee, Diana Dors and also appearances by three uncredited actors, Steven Boyd, Luis Barboo and Brian Lightburn.

With the help of wiki, here is something I didn't realise about this movie,

Patrick Curtis, then married to Raquel Welch, met with Tony Tenser of Tigon British Film Productions with a view to obtaining funding for a movie starring Welch. Curtis proposed a horror movie or a Western; Tenser, who had always wanted to make a Western, picked the western. Tigon put up 100% of the budget, while Curtwel (Curtis and Welch's production company) put up their services. Neither Curtis nor Welch took a salary, instead taking profit participation. Before Hannie Caulder was released, Tigon and Curtwel co-produced The Sorcerers (1967), a horror film starring Boris Karloff. Thus, Curtis and Tenser teamed up for both a Western and a horror film.
The film performed well at the UK box office and was reasonably successful in the United States.

Week 18 film 21
Cromwell, 16mm, 1970 4:3 print.

Where has 18 weeks gone? Tonight was a viewing of one of our first 16mm purchases from the first time around of collecting 16mm films. We bought this print from the Derann stall at Ealing many years ago. While a scope print would have been even better, on the up side this is a good clean print in very good condition, it is on agfa stock so the colours are very good with no fade. To date, all the scope and flat print we've seen come up for sale have either been red, scratched or both. Aside a few light base lines here and there, it is generally a very good print.
With the help of wiki,
Cromwell is a 1970 British historical drama film written and directed by Ken Hughes. It is based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, who rose to lead the Parliamentary forces during the later years of the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled Great Britain and Ireland in the 1650s. It features an excellent cast, led by Richard Harris as Cromwell and Alec Guinness as King Charles I, with Robert Morley as Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester and Timothy Dalton as Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

As there is no BFCC or MPA rating on this print, my guess is that it is a TV print, however, there doesn't appear to be any cuts, it is mounted on four 1600ft reels.

Seems a fitting tribute, given the state of the nation .............

We thought exactly the same when wee were watching this, St Georges flags everywhere, today it seems a crime to fly one, cant think of anywhere else on the planet where this would happen. Imagine in the US if some states tried to stop people flying the stars and stripes in case it offended certain groups.
As for this movie, I think Richard Harris gives one of his best performances as Cromwell, he's very good in anything he was in but this was one of his best in my view.

He was brilliant in the hero's of telemark, there was some real tension between him and Kirk Douglas, a great film too, with Michael Redgrave.........

Week 19, Film 22.
Revenge, Walton release 4 x 400 (now on 2 x 800ft)

This is an older super release from Walton films, this print is on Fuji stock so the colours are excellent with no fade.
This is a film about Revenge against a child killer which for the early 70s was a subject rarely taken on by film makers.
This movie from 1971 was produced by the carry on films producer, Peter Rogers, so this was a complete change of topic for him. Revenge stars James Booth and Joan Crawford, (pre plastic Joan), and also Kenneth Griffith who portrays the child killer. It’s a few years since I viewed this print but while the movie is no classic, it is one of those old British oddities which, in my view, is not at all bad. James Booth gives a hard performance as the Father who seeks revenge for the death of his Daughter.
With the help of wiki, here is the plot which is not exactly hard to follow,
Pub landlords Jim and Carol Radford are grieving for the death of their young daughter who was raped and murdered by Seely; Jim has two other children by his first marriage, Lee and Jill. Seely is arrested for the crime by the Inspector, but ultimately released due to a lack of evidence. As well as Jenny, Seely is suspected of also killing the daughter of Jim's friend Harry. Seely himself lives a quiet, lonely-like existence, but he is observed stopping at a primary school near his house to watch the children.
Looking for revenge, Harry and Lee urge Jim to kidnap Seely and keep him in the cellar of his pub. After some persuasion, Jim agrees to the plan; they capture Seely, takes him to the pubs basement and beat him beyond recognition and keep him locked beneath the pub. This puts pressure on the Radford family, who don't dare release him but are too afraid to kill him. Having Seely in the cellar puts a strain on the relationships within the family, especially between Carol and Lee, and also on the business, when Carol tries to prevent brewery deliveryman Fred from delivering the stock. Things reach a head when it seems that Seely may be innocent after all, and the relationships between Jim, Harry and Lee become more fractured.
It isn’t a film you would go out your way to see but in my view, it’s worth a look. Print quality is very good with a pin sharp image and very good sound. Colours, as mentioned are as good today as it was decades ago.

Just noticed tom, produced by Peter Rogers of carry on films fame, so i bet that got done quickly and cheaply, even with some famous faces in the credits .............

Tom,

This looks like an interesting film--one that I hadn't heard of before. Your pictures look great. After reading some reviews on IMDB, I am still not sure how the film ended....Did the beat-up rapist get finished off? Or was there more to the story?

Greg, it is one of those films thats pretty much forgotten now but equally, it didn't make much of an impact at the time.
The character who's daughter was murdered, is indeed stabbed to death.

This is from wiki .
"The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Peter Rogers owes his fame to the Carry On series, his reputation for making people laugh will doubtless be consolidated by this abortive melodrama. Its crude lighting and the high-gloss ugliness of the sets seem a fitting match for the crude psychology of its unappealing characters. John Kruse's script plays fitfully with the idea of the captive as a catalyst for evil and, in more mundane terms, with the Dreadful Consequences of ordinary people taking the law into their own hands; but Seely's guilt (heavily signalled in Kenneth Griffith's sweet-sucking performance) rather undermines the second idea, while the instant nastiness of the other characters confines the first to the most perfunctory development. The grotesque improbability of the relationships (Atreus' house was no match for this) is further highlighted by the matter-of-fact suburban dialogue, with characters seriously suggesting nice cups of tea as antidotes to every excess of grief, lust and violence, and Joan Collins' put-upon housewife declaring 'I don't know what's come over us', as she eagerly submits to her stepson's rape.

Heres the thing, this a typical critical response from, (I presume) a film critic of the time, the film isn't meant to be a happy Disney film, it is an adult thriller about a child killer which at the time, in 1971. was a subject that was very rarely touched on. Today this would practically be a PG rated film looking at some of the explicit vulgar crap they put out today.

What is funny though, is the ridiculous American title for its release in the states, "Inn of the frightened people". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Week 20, Film 23
Die Hard, Derann LPP print scope/stereo. 1988

This is one of those titles that most collectors will know well. A movie that had low expectations upon it's release but turned out to be one of the best action movies of the 1980s, but while Bruce Willis is the actor who was made a huge star by it, I think It is Alan Rickman's unforgettable villain that many recall about this film.

This release by Derann seems to have mixed reviews depending on the stock you recieved. It took me years to find a copy and I was told by more than one collector that I would be dissapointed by the sound quality which, as I guessed this would be due to the crappy paste stripe that was used. Early releases of this title would have been on pre-stripe stock so the sound in my view would be much better on those prints. Other prints had a blue tint as images have shown from some collectors but my own print, like many others, has good natural colours.
Strictly speaking, there isn't anything wrong with the sound, it is loud and clear but in some places it can be a little tinny or hissy, so I would rate this as a B+/A- for the sound. The action on the scope screen is outstanding and if, like me, you put the sound via an analogue stereo amp, a couple of tweaks sorts out the minor sound issues.
Either way, an excellent title to have been released on the super 8 gauge.

That is a fine looking Super 8 print.

Tom a good print of a great film,one that you never tire of watching.Excellent.

Tom,

Is your Die Hard print LPP or AGFA? Really looks great!

Cheers Greg, i will check the stock tonight and let you know. I didnt realise there were so many prints that had the start of fade or the blue tint. Again, i think i was just lucky with mine.

Greg, the print we have is marked AG 1S which is agfa stock and appears to be the one for the better colours, more natural, here, I am only going by what other dealers and collectors I have said over the years, this title on LPP stock appears to have a blue tint, or at least, a lot more blue than it should and I believe screenshots of the two different stocks are side by side can be seen on another channel. I am a big fan of LPP film stocks as they always seem to have a pin sharp image and excellent saturated colours every time although, as said, some seem to have a heavy blue presence, better that than red though ehh?
Also found this on the net that may, (or may not) interest a few,

"Agfa-Gevaert: Usually as fade resistant as LPP. Marked "AG 1S", "AG 2S", Earlier films are sometimes spelled out "Agfa – Gevaert". If it is marked just "Agfa" or just "Gevaert", it was likely produced prior to the merger of Agfa and Gevaert in 1964. Sometimes it's just marked "1S" or "2S" without the "AG". I think it holds up better than Fuji. When it fades, it tends to lose some colour saturation, but does not turn red".

Week 21, film 24,
Red River, 1948 starring John Wayne.

Tonight we viewed this classic western from Director Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne. This 16mm print is in very good condition and is on Agra-Gevaert S1 film stock (as marked on the film) so the image is clean, clear and sharp and the sound is very good throughout.
In 1990, Red River was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Red River was selected by the American Film Institute as the 5th greatest Western of all time in the AFI's 10 Top 10 list in 2008.
My own personal thought on this film is that it could easily be shortened by 30 minutes to move it along at a better pace but that’s just me.

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