The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

#1 by Hugh Thompson Scott ( deleted ) , Wed Apr 20, 2016 12:47 am

Checked out the feature, colour is still holding up, if memory serves it was a '77 purchase. The film is surprisingly sharp,
considering it was shot on 16mm, blown up to 35mm then reduced to 8mm. A damn shame that neither cast nor crew
saw any of the rewards for their efforts....... Mafia.


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#2 by Timothy Duncan ( deleted ) , Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:25 pm

My goodness Hugh! It's hard to believe that is an 8mm print! VERY NICE! Some thirty years after seeing this movie for the first time, I'm still a fan.


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#3 by Vidar Olavesen , Wed Apr 20, 2016 2:30 pm

Very nice and you know how to make us envious :-) Would not mind a 16mm of this


 
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#4 by Tom Photiou , Wed Apr 20, 2016 6:28 pm

One of my favourites and also my very first ever super 8 feature purchase back in 78.
Great pictures to.


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#5 by Hugh Thompson Scott ( deleted ) , Thu Apr 21, 2016 11:28 am

Would you believe Vidar, I knew a guy who had one on 16mm, he wasn't a collector, but I asked that if he ever wanted to sell it, to
let me know, of course he duly forgot and sold to someone in the US, I asked why, he said the buyer paid him £100.00, he was taken
aback when I said I'd have easily doubled that at the time. I suppose I felt a bit better when he said it was fading, but not a lot. Still
Iver did a good job on filmstock used. This is the 5x400 version, I wonder if Iver were made an "offer they couldn't refuse" by releasing
a slightly shortened feature version, Bryanston, the releasing company did have interests in pornography and organised crime, so draw your own conclusions. I'll get some pics up of the rest of it in part two.



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#6 by David Ollerearnshaw , Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:58 pm

I did hire this at the time. Amazing that I could show it in my own home, but with the exception of London nobody could watch at the original cinema release. I think it was the full version too.


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#7 by David Hardy ( deleted ) , Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:38 pm

David like you I also hired the complete feature at the time.
I was running a Film Club from my home at the time. I can recall one of the members
having to leave the screening as he felt physically sick.
Funny thing is the females who were watching it were okay. Hahahahahaha !!!


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#8 by Tom Photiou , Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:41 am

Hey David, i turned our garage into a cinema years ago and use to get so many people come around to watch this film. Loads of people by word of mouth hear we had it, friends bought friends down and a few people at various showings walked out feeling queasy. I smiled every time. Great Days.


 
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#9 by Hugh Thompson Scott ( deleted ) , Thu May 26, 2016 2:06 am

To continue the fun, the rest of the piccies, I'm not sure, but I think the scenes of the "cook" poking Marilyn Burns in the truck might have been omitted from the later release, that bit is particularly unnerving. The Paraino famiy formed the new company Bryanston Pictures, their President, Louis "Butchie" Paraino, they were also connected to "Deep Throat" and organised crime, "Deep Throat" being the movie that made porn nearly respectable in the US! They also distributed Carpenter's "Dark Star", these people made the Sopranos look like boy scouts. The film was actually put into the Museum of Modern Art in America, how was this done, someone from Bryanston just walked into the building with a print, no doubt with an offer they couldn't refuse, it was placed in their vaults. Following that, they said that no more prints would be taken unless requested. That's why I think that the full version was immediately pulled on super 8, Iver might have been leaned on, just a thought, I might even get a visit.


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#10 by Hugh Thompson Scott ( deleted ) , Thu May 26, 2016 2:21 am

.....And Leatherface's dance of death to the roar of his chain saw in the rising sun is still powerful cinema.


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#11 by Del Phillipson ( deleted ) , Thu May 26, 2016 10:40 am

Superb feature Hugh, one never to part with, look after it well.


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#12 by Hugh Thompson Scott ( deleted ) , Thu May 26, 2016 6:12 pm

It was one of the first out of the traps Del, as soon as I found out it was coming out, advance order of £100.00, that was back in
'77, that film worked overtime, the showings its had. The hardest part was waiting for it to be delivered, it was the same with
"One Million Years B.C.", advance order, endless wait, masochism really.



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#13 by Del Phillipson ( deleted ) , Thu May 26, 2016 6:23 pm

I remember back in the day must have been around 79/80 and the one I always wanted was The Exorcist 3 x 400' but as I'd just started work as an apprentice at Shirebrook Colliery and was only on around £30.00 a week (I needed £25.00 a week for booze and going out money) I looked with envy whenever I saw it advertised. £100.00 in the day would be a small fortune now Hugh, you did well getting that past the missus


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#14 by Hugh Thompson Scott ( deleted ) , Thu May 26, 2016 6:48 pm

At the time Del, I was footloose & fancy free, but you can't go on enjoying yourself forever, folk look back on the '70s with horror and scorn, I loved every minute of it, drink, women, films, drink, drink, women ,films, drink, I hated New Year when it became the '80s.
Then there are the long term relationships with women, I'm no stranger to misery.



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