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GustavoSugawara t1_iug4a4j wrote

Yogurt:

Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs-the T-shirt, Spaceballs-the Coloring Book, Spaceballs-the Lunch box, Spaceballs-the Breakfast Cereal, Spaceballs-the Flame Thrower.

Yogurt:

(reacts to dinks) The kids love this one. (A dink hands him a doll that looks likes Yogurt) And last but not least, Spaceballs the doll, me.

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FuenteFOX t1_iug4bk7 wrote

For the briefest of seconds I was thinking, "this is a troll. how did they shoot an animated movie on film?"... then I realized that I am indeed an idiot

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Ringlovo t1_iugn0mt wrote

I wouldn't be surprised if this is from a trailer reel.

The films themselves were pretty well controlled by the studio. Very unlikely an individual would end up with one.

It could be cut out of a film if the film broke, and it had to be spliced back together, and someone took the scraps home. (I ended up with a decent chunk of a 35mm print of Batman Begins somewhere in my basement this way).

But the trailers the studio sent out - those were disposable and either collected dust or thrown out. Would be no big deal for an employee to take a bunch home.

Still a very cool find

Edit: yup. The scene posted on another comment is found in the trailer: https://youtu.be/v-PjgYDrg70

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Ringlovo t1_iugnveg wrote

Replying to RareSun_ (#370,979)

More than anything, it's how very strictly controlled the prints for these films were, and how exceedingly rare it would be for reel of this film to wind up in private collection, much less how unlikely for the owner to dice it up.

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Edwardc4gg t1_iugsjnk wrote

Replying to Ringlovo (#371,089)

Correct. Now movie theatres get them on hard drives that requires mfa and a unique code to start it. Old film like this was tracked like the devil Screeners sent to companies or people are also tracked so they know whose exact copy got leaked if they ever do

Source: work in tv

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harlojones t1_iugx45o wrote

Why they gotta say it like that though 🥺

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Regnes t1_iugxpai wrote

Sounds kind of like a scam. It's a "unique" cutting from a random reel in which thousands upon thousands of copies were produced.

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FERALCATWHISPERER t1_iuh436w wrote

Replying to RareSun_ (#370,979)

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say but, but this film strip is likely cut from a trailer. Studios send a trailer to movie theaters, they don’t ask for those back. Studios send a feature film to movie theaters, those are on loan and have to be returned TO THE STUDIO once the film has had its run. Sometimes, they are sent to second hand theaters for a run. If you were talking about, I dunno, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, I’d reckon you’d have an actual run film. What’s cool is it’s still apart of history right?

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tillyspeed81 t1_iuhfvty wrote

Replying to Holocene98 (#377,291)

I used to work as a projectionist too! Miss splicing reels together and previewing the movies the night before! Private showings haha…. Did you know you can actually develop those reels and have enlarged pics of them? Not sure how but a fellow projectionist used to do it with trailers! Man I feel old. That was a good twenty+ years ago

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nvalle23 t1_iuhgjue wrote

Replying to tillyspeed81 (#377,710)

Was just having a conversation with someone that worked in a movie theater. They had a "private screening" of Return of the Jedi for friends and family....as hundreds of people were waiting in line overnight. They could hear it through the walls and almost caused a riot 🤣

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xswatqcx t1_iuhp4d2 wrote

Replying to Regnes (#373,598)

How much do you think these go for to call that a scam..

  • Mine were sold 3£

  • Weren't sold as "unique"

Didnt felt or feel scammed now either, im looking for a small setup to clip them on a projection lamp of some sort to be able to throw them on the wall.

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xmsxms t1_iuhtgi9 wrote

Replying to bunnyman14 (#380,449)

"an" as opposed to "the".

There's a big difference between "this came from the actual movie reel" vs "this came from an actual movie reel"

Yes it's a nice present. But the seller is hyping it up a bit.

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drillgorg t1_iuhvcyk wrote

My dad got the movie theater to show me the projection room! They gave us a film strip from The Emperor's New Groove which was playing at the time. It was of the scene where Yzma was tied up like a pinata.

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GooseEntrails t1_iuhvmkt wrote

Replying to Ringlovo (#370,829)

Fans were able to get complete prints of the original Star Wars trilogy and scan them to have a 4K version without George Lucas’s changes. So it’s not impossible to find theatrical prints.

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bunnyman14 t1_iuhw01n wrote

Replying to xmsxms (#381,700)

If there were only one movie reel, then there'd only be one cinema able to play the movie at one single time. The most likely thing is that this was from one of the copy reels that are given to cinemas, while the original "master" reel is somewhere in a vault. If this were actually from the master reel, these few inches of film would be unaffordable to anyone who isn't a millionaire.

Since movie reels weren't exactly mass-produced endlessly, there is scarcity. Therefore, this product has value.

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NoExaggeration8x55 t1_iui2ohl wrote

I worked in a movie theater as a teen. I have a complete film trailer for Fellowship Of The Ring. Kinda been wondering if it will be worth something some day.

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beaushaw t1_iui4m3o wrote

Replying to bunnyman14 (#382,526)

> Since movie reels weren't exactly mass-produced endlessly, there is scarcity. Therefore, this product has value.

Toy Story is 81 minutes or 4,860 seconds long. Each second of movie is 24 frames so each print of Toy Story has 116,640 frames. This piece is 5 frames, so each print can make 23,328 if these.

I might be able to find out how many prints of Toy Story were made, but I can't be bothered, I am guessing around 7,000.

A rough estimate, this is a one of 163,296,000. Not that rare.

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bunnyman14 t1_iui9e3a wrote

Replying to beaushaw (#385,008)

First off, nobody said there'd be math!

Second, that's a number below infinity and is therefore, by definition, scarce. That's not enough for everyone on the planet. I wasn't saying that the copied frames were rare, I'm saying that strips like these from the master copy would be expensive, as there'd be only 23,328 of those in the world. If you're the kind of person who wants a specific frame or set of frames, then there's literally only 1 strip for you. That is, if someone doesn't already have it.

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Ringlovo t1_iui9vue wrote

Replying to GooseEntrails (#382,413)

Absolutely. Not impossible, but very hard.

But those fans also didn't chop up the film into small pieces and sell it on etsy. So I think that leads more credence that it's from a common item - like a trailer - as opposed to an actual full film

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beaushaw t1_iuie0ud wrote

Replying to bunnyman14 (#386,466)

By your definition nothing in the universe is scarce.

That said I think these are great for a couple bucks, they are also a great way to get rid of old prints. They made thousands of these prints and only need to save a handful for history. Cutting them up and selling them is brilliant.

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Physical_Ad5135 t1_iuiinca wrote

I have named a star after you.., I have made a donation to the human fund in your name…,,

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Boris9397 t1_iuimz5m wrote

I hope it shows porn when you hold it up to the light.

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