Jay 37,351 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Mike saysOnce again I will have the privilege of hosting an evening wherein we get to partake of the guilty pleasure that is Steven Spielberg's "1941." This time it will be the first-ever theatrical showing of the newly restored "Extended Edition" and what better place to do it than at a historic movie palace on Hollywood Boulevard, right where the action takes place! Universal has generated a 2K DCP of this version for future exhibition, and in superb 5.1 Dolby Surround. Co-screenwriter Bob Gale and I have worked to create this event and we are in the process of putting together a great panel of guests for discussion after the movie... plus some fun and surprises. Subscribe for event updates or check back here for announcements and plans for the evening take shape. Hooray for Hollywood!This is the new version of the extended cut available on blu ray, with the modified music closer matching Williams' original intentions for the EE scenes.https://www.facebook.com/events/344925609036609/http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/1941 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,826 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Oooooh.... Now the re-issue makes sense.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,346 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Oooooh.... Now the re-issue makes sense..I think it's the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Oooooh.... Now the re-issue makes sense.. ?? MV explained that as soon as the re-issue was announced http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25068&p=1091356 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Very cool! I am happy they could make this happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Can anyone front me the money for a ticket from Heathrow, to LAX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Can anyone front me the money for a ticket from Heathrow, to LAX?Sorry. No. If Atlantic thwarts my plans every time it might as well thwart yours as well. I feel your pain man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 (looks into Icanus' eyes, tears welling) "What do you know of my pain?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 (looks into Icanus' eyes, tears welling) "What do you know of my pain?"Let us explore it... together. Each man hides a secret pain. It must be exposed and reckoned with. It must be dragged from the darkness and forced into the light. Share your pain. Share your pain with me... and gain strength from the sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Incanus is one of us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Nah, he just copy/pasted the quote from IMDB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I still don't like this film. Do I have to turn in my JWFan card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nah, he just copy/pasted the quote from IMDB!We all do it! You do it too! I couldn't remember even half of these quotes right from memory and admit it, neither could you!I still don't like this film. Do I have to turn in my JWFan card?Nah. It is a very uneven and too full of gags for its own good. Think of it as the commercial failure slap in the face Spielberg needed to make better films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 "I'm Wild Bill Kelso and don't you forget it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Quoting 1941 in 1941 thread. It seems to me logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 That much is certain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I don't know whether to congratulate you or not, Alvar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (looks into Icanus' eyes, tears welling) "What do you know of my pain?"Let us explore it... together. Each man hides a secret pain. It must be exposed and reckoned with. It must be dragged from the darkness and forced into the light. Share your pain. Share your pain with me... and gain strength from the sharing.I'll tell you want my bloody pain is, Sunshine: I can't get to LA to see "1941"!!!!!! Neither can I get to Bradford in March to See "Dune" in 70mm!!!!!I did like your post, tho' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 It's an invansion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I still don't like this film. Do I have to turn in my JWFan card?Wait. There are people who like this movie?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I have loved every minute of it since I saw it at the cinema (twice!), when it got to England in April, 1980.Let's hope that te showing in LA has the nifty CE3K quote restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 It won't - the extended cut of the film being shown matches the Blu Ray, which matches the old dvd, except for some of the music. And the music in the scene you're talking about wasn't changed, because that footage was changed after Williams initially scored it, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I've never been able to sit through the DVD in one sitting, though it's not the silliest movie I've ever tried to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I still think that movie sucks. I agree it's hard to sit through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 For me, it's the noisiest film I've ever seen (there's either someone screaming or something exploding every two seconds) -- which is obviously not ideal for my tinnitus-affected hearing. Plus it's unfunny and frenetic (the latter in part due to Chuck Jones' involvement, I'm sure).Still, as a Spielberg nut I would be interested in checking out the BluRay, if only to see the picture upgrade. The two-sided DVD I own is plagued with extremely grainy and foggy resolution, much more than was intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 1941 SCREENING EVENT! Join La-La Land on March 22 at the famed Egyptian Theater in Hollywood for the world premiere theatrical screening of the restored director's cut of 1941! Mike Matessino will host a Q&A with scheduled guests Bob Gale, Tim Matheson, Nancy Allen, Buzz Feitshans and more to be announced. La-La Land will be at the event selling a very limited amount of the sold-out 1941 2-CD score soundtrack - so if you missed out on this great release, you can get pick it up at the big show! See you there! Visit the American Cinematheque website for event info and tix!http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/1941https://www.facebook.com/lalalandrecords/posts/10153218551943755 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 A second look at Steven Spielberg's '1941' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 It's an invansion!This guy was there! I saw him outside the theater and he still looks the same. Tim Matheson (with the same boyish voice) and the other leads were all there except Treat Williams who is in New Zealand and sent a nice letter. I still have a crush on both Dianne Kay and Nacny Allen (both were there and still lovely). The surprises for me were Bobby Di Cicco (who played the dance hero Wally) and the swimmer from Jaws with the nice ass were both there too. And oh yeah...the score from John Tiberius Williams was fantastic of course. Movie was loud and had mostly adolesent humor but still lots of nostalgic impact and historical too considering its place between Close Encounters and Raiders. Jay and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Officially, it's between "CE3K", and "CE3K:SE", but I'll let you off.How did the audience react? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Officially, it's between "CE3K", and "CE3K:SE", but I'll let you off.How did the audience react?I guess but then you should include the multiple iterations as CE3K - I think there is a rumor that there will be yet another release because of the very problematic history with many versions.Audience LOVED it - clapped for every famous enterance like Belushi, the leads, cameos, etc. They loved it and I would assume mostly for nostalgic reasons...lots of stunt people who worked on the film were in the audience too. They reminisced that many of them were extremely young (I think Speilberg was 25, Bob Zemickis too) and Spielberg was considered unstoppable so no one questioned him on what were obviously terrible ideas. One very important call out is that of course back then all of the stunts were practical effects so some extremely dangerous stunts including near deaths of stunt people and lots of injuries. It was a good time but to be honest, the film was way too long to begin with and this new cut added 35 minutes! It was a 3 hour super loud movie but I hadn't seen it in a long time so worth seeing with the cast and crew and die hard fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Hehehe that is it. Jam-packed with gags and visual jokes and every kind of silliness. And it is indeed loud throughout. I am glad none of you passed out of exhaustion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 For those of you interseted, here are some photos from the event:http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/cast-and-crew-of-1941-attend-american-cinematheques-1941-news-photo/467343904and on this one:http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/cast-and-crew-of-1941-attend-american-cinematheques-1941-news-photo/467343872the guy talking was wally whom I didn't even recognize!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4OaCHimuMc Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Sonds good. Wish I could have been there.BTW: S.S. was 30 years-old when "1941" was released.PS another cut of "CE3K"? Tell me more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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