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<blockquote data-quote="ScruffyLookingNH" data-source="post: 459301" data-attributes="member: 6563"><p>Are you saying Derann released the ENTIRE ANH film on 8mm film? Wow. At first I didn't think that was even remotely possible, but I have a projector that can take a reel with 800 feet of film which plays for about 30 minutes, so I guess if you factor that up you end up with 4 full reels of film. Actually, thinking about it, if it's Super 8mm with sound I think those reels only take 600 feet, so you could be talking a film taking up six reels. That's mammoth. Given the original 8mm release of ANH, in colour with a running time of about 15 mins cost an insane amount in 1977 (think it was over £40 and that was back in the 70s) this must have cost the equivalent of a car. </p><p></p><p>Not sure why they would bother, either: by 1989 home movies had really given way to the VHS tape. As far as I was aware they didn't even release ROTJ on 8mm in the UK due to the success of VHS. Why they would go to the expense of releasing ANH in 1989, 5 years later, is a mystery. I have my doubts.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScruffyLookingNH, post: 459301, member: 6563"] Are you saying Derann released the ENTIRE ANH film on 8mm film? Wow. At first I didn't think that was even remotely possible, but I have a projector that can take a reel with 800 feet of film which plays for about 30 minutes, so I guess if you factor that up you end up with 4 full reels of film. Actually, thinking about it, if it's Super 8mm with sound I think those reels only take 600 feet, so you could be talking a film taking up six reels. That's mammoth. Given the original 8mm release of ANH, in colour with a running time of about 15 mins cost an insane amount in 1977 (think it was over £40 and that was back in the 70s) this must have cost the equivalent of a car. Not sure why they would bother, either: by 1989 home movies had really given way to the VHS tape. As far as I was aware they didn't even release ROTJ on 8mm in the UK due to the success of VHS. Why they would go to the expense of releasing ANH in 1989, 5 years later, is a mystery. I have my doubts..... [/QUOTE]
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