Remember how Quentin Tarantino originally intended to make his feature film debut, Reservoir Dogs, using black and white 16mm stock? Well, for another early project, I plan on restoring the film in accordance with his original low-budget vision. Obviously, this restoration will use Carolco logos as seen on early trailers. Preliminary specs are as follows:

VIDEO
Resolution: 1080p (BD), 480p (NTSC DVD), 576p (PAL DVD)
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1, 2.35:1, and 1.78:1

AUDIO
English (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)
English (6-track: left, left-center, center, right-center, right, and surround)
French (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)
German (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)
Italian (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)
Castilian Spanish (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)
Turkish (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)
Brazilian Portuguese (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)
Hungarian (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)
Mexican Spanish (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)
Venezuelan Spanish (Dolby Stereo SR 4.0: left, center, right, and surround)

SUBTITLES
English
English SDH
French
French SDH
German
German SDH
Spanish
Spanish SDH (Castellano)
Spanish SDH (Latino)
Italian
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Greek
Hungarian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Swedish
Turkish

The above spec list is not final, which is most true for the subtitles; I might have to drop some of the subtitle options, ultimately, and I have no illusions that I'll be able to get everything I want for this project. But I'll do my darnedest with what I do have.

This one might not gain much interest, but I watched this movie as a kid and have been looking for the English version for a while. There have been several productions of Heidi over the years, but this particular production, directed by Werner Jacobs, has always been a favorite.

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059259/?ref_=tt_urv

This was West German production, it has been released on DVD, but only with German audio and no English subtitles. However, there is an English dub out there. It was picked up by Warner Bros - Seven Arts and released in the US dubbed in English in 1967. I think it had a limited run in theaters, and later aired on TV in the 80s.

I found a TV broadcast VHS recording from the late 80s (88 or 89) with the English audio, however it had significant hissing and buzz. It is also missing a couple minutes in the middle of the film where someone recorded over part of the movie.

I have also acquired one of the German DVDs. It seems there is a 2003 DVD and a 2007 DVD. One has a run time of 91 minutes, while the other has a runtime of 87 minutes, which has a couple short scenes cut. I have the 87 minute DVD from 2007 but have not verified the VHS runtime without commercials.

My goal for the project is to clean-up and sync the English dub with a rip of the German DVD, which offers much better picture quality than the VHS. It would also be nice to create English subtitles.

If anyone happens to have the 91 minute DVD, that would be a help. If by some chance someone has access to a better copy of the English audio that would also be a huge help.

91 minute dvd: https://www.amazon.de/Heidi-Originalfilm...B00009N2L1
87 minute dvd: https://www.amazon.de/Heidi-Realfilm-Eva...B00Q0Q3SCU

Hopefully someone else remembers this movie!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-Feature-Fi...2524539362

I thought the price ($600) seemed quite fair for a classic movie like this on 35mm, in apparently good state. Open Matte, colors look decent and not faded (although hard to tell from the pictures). 

I'm poor like a Kirchenmaus (as we say in Germany), but I thought someone might care. Also posted it on OT.

Do we have any thread or subforum to post finds like these to, though? I see interesting 35mm prints every now and then and I'm starting to feel like I'm cluttering the forum with my posts about it, maybe a dedicated place for this would be nice?

As suggested by spoRv, this thread is dedicated to trying to get a hold of the World Trade Center Spider Man trailer, as it has a scene/sequence found nowhere else, and scanning it.

First off, this is what we're talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGEyP_z4qWg (best quality version I've seen so far, found by spoRv - but still very mediocre)

Currently a German version is being sold: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Original-Kino-Tr...2560640139

I have contacted the seller and he agreed to wait with payment until next month, so I will be buying it. Ergo, please don't bid on it, or someone's money will be wasted.

Either way, in case someone outbids me (I'm not willing to go much higher than the base price), there's still the English one being sold by someone: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Spider-Man-2001...2819432461

Sadly, the price is insane ($300). If anyone has (or is) a rich uncle with a tendency to impulsive spending, this is for you.  Or maybe enough people are interested to add something to the pot? 

Though, my hope is to get the German one, which should be possible, as it's kind of a niche, despite the rarity.

In either case, scanning will be required. Is anyone here able and willing to do this? If I dish out 60 EUR for a trailer, my budget will be overextended anyway, so I sadly can't contribute much.

I could theoretically scan it frame by frame with my Reflecta ProScan 7200, but by my calculations, it would take me 2 weeks of non stop work without sleep, and frankly I'm not that disciplined or motivated. Nor do I have the hard drive space. Nor the patience to restart if I realize I've had some faulty settings.

Preferably, for the German one, someone in Europe should do the scanning, to keep the shipping costs in a reasonable range.

That's it so far.

I propose here to switch from veryslow preset to medium, retaining 99.7% of its quality and cut in half the encoding time (according to this page); I took previous settings found here, and added only --ref 4 to maintain BD compliance, and --direct auto to improve quality.

Of course, 0.3% of quality loss and encoding time cut in half would apply only to plain presets (i.e. without messing with other settings); if the encoding time will be only slightly reduced, there will be no need to use these settings; so, some tests are needed - volunteers are welcome!


SETTINGS:

• these settings are good for 1080p video
  
• pay attention to the BD size: actual ones are 23.3GB for BD-25 and 46.6GB for BD-50
  
• allow about 7% overhead for the .m2ts container - for example, total file size (video+audio+subs) excluding eventual menus would be around 21.75GB for a BD-25, and 43.55 for a BD-50
  
• to retain grain, better to not go under 20/22mbps for 2.35:1 and 28/30mbps for 1.78:1/1.85:1
  
• max bitrate allowed for BD (video+audio) is 48000mbps, so if audio tracks total bitrate is over 8000mbps, you should lower video bitrate accordingly, in particular pay attention to --vbv-maxrate
  
• to improve speed, you can use for pass 1 a "simpler" version of the final file, for example without noise reduction, grain plate, color grading, but it should be otherwise identical - same frame numbers, same resolution etc.
  
• do NOT delete any temp files you get after pass 1 (.stats and .stats.mbtree) because they will be used by pass 2!!!
  

I am not sure whether this was only supposed to be in the trailer or whether it was an actual movie scene, either way, as we know, it has been removed. Does anyone here have it in good quality or know anything about it?

Just a curiosity of mine... actually, I watch almost always US movies - maybe, 90%? - probably due to the fact I love sci-fi, fantasy, horror, action films, genres not so prolific in Italy.

And, if you watch them, which genres, years, titles, directors, actors do you prefer?

(warning: anyone who writes "cinepanettoni" shall be shot! )

NOTE: The below list is not final; release dates may change, and projects may be pulled from or added to the schedule, with or without notice.

• Battle Angel Alita (1993)
  Languages: English (Manga UK), English (ADV), Japanese, Castilian Spanish, German
  Logos: ITV Studios Global Entertainment 2013, Disney (soon-to-be-owner of Fox film library) 2011, and KSS Films 1990
  Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 58 minutes (approximate, complete, 2 episodes), 27 minutes (episode 1 broadcast-friendly version), 27 minutes (episode 2 broadcast-friendly version)
  Estimated release date: Summer 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• The Beast Must Die (1969)
  Languages: English, French
  Logos: StudioCanal 2011
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 112 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Castle (1983)
  Languages: English
  Logos: PBS Distribution 2009, WTVS 1978, Unicorn Projects 1983, and PBS 1971
  Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Negative grain: 16mm, 1-perf
  Projection grain: 16mm, 1-perf
  Length: 57 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray
  
• The Civil War (1990)
  Languages: English
  Logos: PBS Distribution 2009, WETA 1988, and PBS 1989
  Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.43:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 70mm, 15-perf
  Length: 690 minutes (approximate, complete, 9 episodes), 102 minutes (The Cause), 147 minutes (A Very Bloody Affair + Forever Free), 156 minutes (Simply Murder + The Universe of Battle), 141 minutes (Valley of the Shadow of Death + Most Hallowed Ground), 137 minutes (War Is All Hell + The Better Angels of Our Nature)
  Estimated release date: Fall 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• The Computer Chronicles 35th Anniversary Edition: Season 1 (1984)
  Languages: English
  Logos: PBS Distribution 2009, KQED 2012, and American Public Television 2011 (with 1994 music)
  Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Negative grain: N/A
  Projection grain: N/A
  Length: 600 (approximate, complete, 25-26 episodes)
  Estimated release date: Fall 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (720p60)
  
• Danger: Diabolik (1968)
  Languages: English (original), English (1992), Italian, French, Castilian Spanish
  Logos: Paramount 1953
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 100 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Digimon: The Movie (2000)
  Languages: English, French, and Spanish
  Logos: Disney (see above) 2011 and Fox Kids 2000
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 3-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 90 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Fistful of Dollars (1964)
  Languages: English, Italian, French, German, Castilian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, Hungarian, Brazilian Portuguese
  Logos: United Artists 1930, MGM/UA 1987, Constantin Film 1962, Toho 1955, or none
  Original aspect ratio: 2.34:1
  Aspect ratio: 2.35:1, 1.33:1, 1.78:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 2-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 96 minutes (US Theatrical Version), 100 minutes (Uncut Version), 101 minutes (ABC Broadcast Version)
  Estimated release date: Spring 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Inspector Gadget Vol. 1 (1982)
  Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish, Mexican Spanish
  Logos: DiC 1980 and LBS 1976
  Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Negative grain: 16mm, 1-perf
  Projection grain: 16mm, 1-perf
  Length: 180 minutes (approximate, complete, 8 episodes)
  Estimated release date: Spring 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray
  
• Keeping Up Appearances: My Way or the Hyacinth Way (1990)
  Languages: English
  Logos: Iowa Public Television 1991(?), BBC Lionheart Television 1991, and PBS 1989
  Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Negative grain: N/A
  Projection grain: N/A
  Length: 180 minutes (approximate, complete, 6 episodes)
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (720p60)
  
• The Land Before Time (1988)
  Languages: English, French, Spanish
  Logos: Universal 1971
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 3-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 75 minutes (approximate)
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994)
  Languages: English, French, Spanish
  Logos: Universal Cartoon Studios 1994
  Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 73 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995)
  Languages: English, French, Spanish
  Logos: Universal Cartoon Studios 1994
  Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 71 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996)
  Languages: English, French, Spanish
  Logos: Universal Cartoon Studios 1994
  Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 74 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)
  Languages: English, French, Spanish
  Logos: Universal 1997 and Universal Cartoon Studios 1994
  Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 74 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Lensman (1984)
  Languages: English, Japanese
  Logos: Toho-Towa
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 3-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 108 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo (1978)
  Languages: English, Japanese, Italian, French
  Logos: PolyGram Films 1997 and/or TMS Entertainment 1987
  Original aspect ratio: 1.50:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.78:1, 2.00:1, and 2.20:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 8-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf (full frame); 35mm, 8-perf (Large Area); 70mm, 5-perf (2.20:1)
  Length: 102 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• The Muppet Christmas Carol: Director's Cut (1992)
  Languages: English, French, Spanish
  Logos: Disney 1990 and Jim Henson Productions 1987
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 3-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 89 minutes
  Estimated release date: Christmas 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
  Languages: English
  Logos: Disney 2011 and Jim Henson Productions 1987
  Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Negative grain: N/A
  Projection grain: N/A
  Length: 52 minutes
  Estimated release date: Christmas 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (720p60)
  
• The Palermo Connection (1989)
  Languages: English, Italian, French, Russian
  Logos: StudioCanal 2011, Miramax Films 1987, and Penta Film 1988
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 105 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back: Original Theatrical Version (1998)
  Languages: English, Japanese, Castilian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, French, German, Italian
  Logos: DreamWorks Animation SKG 2010, StudioCanal 2011, Carolco 1988, and Toho 1993
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 and 2.20:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 3-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf (1.85:1); 70mm, 5-perf (2.20:1)
  Length: 100 minutes (including Pikachu's Summer Vacation)
  Estimated release date: Summer 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• The Puma Man (1980)
  Languages: English, Italian, German, French
  Logos: Cinema Shares International Distribution 1973
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.75:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 97 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• The Raiders of Atlantis (1983)
  Languages: English, Italian, German, Castilian Spanish, French
  Logos: Cannon Films 1985
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.75:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 92 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  Languages: English
  Logos: StudioCanal 2011, Carolco 1988, and Live 1990
  Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.37:1, 2.35:1, 1.78:1
  Negative grain: 16mm, 1-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 100 minutes (Theatrical Version), 110 minutes (Extended Edition), 110 minutes (approximate, Chronological Edition)
  Estimated release date: Spring 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Rick Steves' Europe: The Complete First and Second Seasons (2000-2002)
  Languages: English
  Logos: PBS Distribution 2009, Oregon Public Broadcasting 1986, and American Public Television 1999
  Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Negative grain: N/A
  Projection grain: N/A
  Length: 800 minutes (approximate, complete, 30 episodes)
  Estimated release date: Spring or Summer 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (720p60)
  
• Robotech: The Movie (1986)
  Languages: English and Spanish
  Logos: Paramount 2003, Sony 2014, TriStar 2015 (with 1984 music), Cannon Films 1985, and Trifecta Entertainment and Media 2006
  Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.43:1 and 1.78:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf (Megazone 23); 16mm, 1-perf (Southern Cross)
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf (full frame); 70mm, 15-perf (1.43:1)
  Length: 85 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Romeo and Juliet (1968)
  Languages: English, Italian
  Logos: Paramount 1953
  Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 149 minutes (including intermission)
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Sailor Moon R: The Promise of the Rose (1993)
  Languages: English (Cloverway), English (Viz), Japanese, Italian (Mediaset), Italian (Shin Vision), German, French, Castilian Spanish, Mexican Spanish
  Logos: Disney 2006 and Toei 1950
  Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Aspect ratio: 2.20:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Projection grain: 70mm, 5-perf
  Length: 78 minutes (including Make Up! Sailor Soldiers)
  Estimated release date: Spring 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• THX-1138 (1971)
  Languages: English
  Logos: Warner Bros. 1970 and American Zoetrope 1971
  Original aspect ratio: 2.34:1
  Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 2-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 86 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)
  
• Tokyo Mew Mew Part 1 (2002)
  Languages: Japanese
  Logos: None
  Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
  Negative grain: 16mm, 1-perf
  Projection grain: 16mm, 1-perf
  Length: 470 minutes (approximate, complete, 11 episodes)
  Estimated release date: Spring 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray
  
• X/1999 (1996)
  Languages: English, Japanese, French
  Logos: PolyGram Films 1997, Bandai Emotion 1984, and Kadokawa Shoten 1996(?)
  Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  Negative grain: 35mm, 3-perf
  Projection grain: 35mm, 4-perf
  Length: 99 minutes
  Estimated release date: TBA 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray (Ultra HD TBA)