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Post by richardwoods on Nov 18, 2013 13:05:50 GMT
So has the Cushing version been fully restored including Vidfire? I remember the picture quality seeming poor when shown in 1972, similar to the episode of Quatermass shown on the same evening IIRC. Interestingly, the original continuity inserts with what seemed at the time to be original sound, were shown before both program's, again IIRC, (my earlier gaffe ref the ending shows that my memory is sometimes not that accurate). Do these survive on the front end of the telerecordings, does anyone know?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 14:01:49 GMT
Yes, I believe it's been VidFired and yes that the original continuity is on the t/r (as with Quatermass & The Pit).
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Post by richardwoods on Nov 18, 2013 19:01:52 GMT
Brilliant. Shall enjoy seeing the restored version as and when. Glad about the continuity still existing!
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Post by Simon Collis on Nov 18, 2013 21:01:58 GMT
It was also repeated on BBC Four a few years ago - again, not the restored version. As a huge Cushing fan I'd love to see it again... (it was actually Cushing got me into Dr Who, but that's another story...)
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Post by Philip Hindley on Dec 21, 2013 13:55:18 GMT
I saw 1984 foe the first time in 1977 as part of the BBCs celebration of the Queens Jubilee year. It wasn't shown again until around 1994 as a tribute to Rudolph Cartier, then it was shown on BBC4 I think, maybe a couple of times. Apart from the 1965 version, which was found a couple of years back there has been the John Hurt version from .....1984, also a recent radio adaption but I believe there was one with Patrick Troughton, am I right with that one ?There was a USA tv adaption with Eddie Albert from 1953 and the 1956 film version. I remember seeing this on tv in the 70s and I saw the original ending where Edmund O'Brien was shot, but I bought a copy from the USA a few years ago and this ending was missing, I also bought a copy from a DVD store a legit copy, but the original ending was still missing. One more thing did I miss this ? but I don't remember the Cushing version being on TV in 1972, I remember scouring the Radio Times hoping at the time they would show something from Quatermass or 1984 but all I saw was a couple of clips from both the programmes in a anniversary one called AS WE RECALL introduced by MacDonald Hobley.
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Post by oj-wake on Dec 21, 2013 15:16:50 GMT
I saw 1984 foe the first time in 1977 as part of the BBCs celebration of the Queens Jubilee year. It wasn't shown again until around 1994 as a tribute to Rudolph Cartier, then it was shown on BBC4 I think, maybe a couple of times. Apart from the 1965 version, which was found a couple of years back there has been the John Hurt version from .....1984, also a recent radio adaption but I believe there was one with Patrick Troughton, am I right with that one ?There was a USA tv adaption with Eddie Albert from 1953 and the 1956 film version. I remember seeing this on tv in the 70s and I saw the original ending where Edmund O'Brien was shot, but I bought a copy from the USA a few years ago and this ending was missing, I also bought a copy from a DVD store a legit copy, but the original ending was still missing. One more thing did I miss this ? but I don't remember the Cushing version being on TV in 1972, I remember scouring the Radio Times hoping at the time they would show something from Quatermass or 1984 but all I saw was a couple of clips from both the programmes in a anniversary one called AS WE RECALL introduced by MacDonald Hobley. The Troughton radio adaptation was in 1965, around the time of the new BBC2 version. According to the website 625online, the 1955 film version had the original ending for the US market and the one in which Winston and Julia are shot for Britain. Not sure why. I was disappointed the DVD has only the US version - it would have been good to have seen both, even if the US one is the more faithful. The British ending is on the version available via the BFI's mediatheque facility though, so it's not entirely inaccessible.
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