Yep, was thinking about The Deep, first version of the book Dead Calm. Think there's some kind of incomplete cut out there.
On 18 Feb 2012, at 21:25, Neil Jaworski wrote: > Dear All > Before this thread expires completely, I just realised that an honorable > mention must go to Orson Welles the patron saint of lost, abandoned and > unreleased films (cf. "The Deep", "Don Quixote", "The Merchant Of Venice" etc > etc) . There is hope that "The Other Side Of The Wind" may finally be > released soon, but the film I would be most delighted for them to find is > "Moby Dick - Rehearsed" a recording of Welles stage-adaptation. Welles > filmed 75 mins of material back in 1955 with a cast that included Welles, > Patrick MacGoohan, Gordon Jackson, Joan Plowright and Christopher Lee. > > Not a "lost film" in the strictest sense, but something I really hope might > stil be found in a basement someday... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Dick%E2%80%94Rehearsed > > Neil > > From: Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 18:09 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] What is the most recent "lost" film? > > It could not be worse? - or could it - than LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, a film that > managed to somehow trivialize the holocaust while still winning > three Oscars. Not, as you can tell, one of my favorite OscarMoments. > > Kirby > > > On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Neil Jaworski wrote: > >> The most recent, mainstream "lost" film might be Jerry Lewis' tragi-comedy >> "The Day The Clown Cried" (1972) where Jerry plays a clown in a >> concentration camp who's job it is to lead kids into the gas chambers. >> >> Only a handful of people have ever seen the film including Harry Shearer who >> said "The closest I can come to describing the effect is if you flew down to >> Tijuana and suddenly saw a painting on black velvet of Auschwitz. You'd just >> think, 'My God, wait a minute! It's not funny, and it's not good, and >> somebody's trying too hard in the wrong direction to convey this strongly >> held feeling." >> >> It's rumoured that the sole copy is in Jerry's vault, but I suppose its >> unlikely it will ever see the light of day. As well as issues of taste >> there are apparently a myriad of legal complications surrounding it. >> Possibly for the best! >> >> Neil >> >> >> From: Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 15:48 >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] What is the most recent "lost" film? >> >> I just checked the IMDb for the the films of Earl Owensby, and while I'm >> pretty sure that most of his films eventually saw a video release, THE BRASS >> RING from 1975 has no votes at all, so chances are, that this one is indeed >> lost. >> >> For those who are not familiar with the name, Earl Owensby's E.O. >> Productions made a number of action flics in the 70s and 80s, mostly >> catering to the drive-ins in the South. Unfortunately, Earl's North Carolina >> studios have been severely hit by a tornado a few years back, and he lost >> most of his films prints on that day. >> >> On some of his films, these may have well been the last surviving 16 mm >> copies... >> >> Personally, I really enjoyed SEABO (aka BUCKSTONE COUNTY PRISON), which to >> this day is only available as a poor DVD-R transfered from a video tape. >> A 'regular' DVD had been announced on the web, but it never came out, due to >> the lack of a film print. >> So, technically, SEABO is not a lost film, but the best you can get is vhs >> quality... >> >> Helmut >> >> >> >> Am 14.02.2012 um 15:52 schrieb Bruce Hershenson: >> >>> Very true, Kirby! But that was not my question. >>> >>> Wim, I was not counting made for TV. I think the reason so many of those >>> were lost is that they simply re-used the tapes (you could record right >>> over the last recording), so it saved lots of money. Kind of like how they >>> melted down old films! >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> There are some that SHOULD be! >>> K. >>> >>> On Feb 14, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: >>> >>>> We often hear that half of all movies made before 1920 are "lost". But >>>> what is the most recent "lost" film? I mean, are there movies of the 1960s >>>> or later that are "lost"? Or when did people stop being so stupid as to >>>> lose the last surviving example of a movie? >>>> >>>> Bruce >>>> -- >>>> Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >>>> P.O. 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