Posted by Aaron J. Bossig on 05/20/06 11:50

"BB" <BilG@verizon.net> wrote in news:l2jbg.6033$_B5.924@trnddc01:

>
> "Aaron J. Bossig" <linkvb06@SpammersWillBeExecuted.ptd.net> wrote in
> message news:Xns97C885E1738Blinkvb06SpammersWill@204.186.200.105...
>> Kimba W. Lion <kimbawlion@noemail.com> wrote in
>> news:409q62p1otdcj4fs20l6lhouen5iab68j5@4ax.com:
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>>> Derek Janssen <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>If you took the trouble to read today's Digital Bits, you'd find out
>>>>that George Wasn't Kidding when he said "The prints were
>>>>destroyed"...They WERE.
>>>>Which, presumably, is *why* we're getting the port-dumped laserdisk
>>>>pre-Special Edition transfers from ten years ago--There t'warn't
>>>>nothing else in the vault.
>>>>
>>>>Or, if you choose, check out the USA Today interview with a Lucas
>>>>exec who's clearly not happy about it either, but Gone is Gone.
>>>
>>> The full rant at Digital BIts presents a pretty convincing argument
>>> why the "t'warn't nothin in the vault" argument doesn't hold water.
>>> Even if Lucas is the complete idiot he says he is, there are still
>>> materials that could be used.
>>
>> These were some of the most popular movies of all time. How many
>> negatives, positives, interpositives and internegatives exist for
>> these? How many reels of film are sitting around, waiting to be
>> restored?
>>
>> Ideal circumstances? Certainly not. But come on, the material is
>> there if someone really wants to do it.
>
> Didn't the National Archives demand a clean print of the original
> version of Star Wars (specifically not the Special Edition) a few
> years ago? That could be a starting point.

I beleive you are correct, however, I don't know if George ever
gave them such a print.

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Aaron J. Bossig

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