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Ringlovo t1_iugn0mt wrote

I wouldn't be surprised if this is from a trailer reel.

The films themselves were pretty well controlled by the studio. Very unlikely an individual would end up with one.

It could be cut out of a film if the film broke, and it had to be spliced back together, and someone took the scraps home. (I ended up with a decent chunk of a 35mm print of Batman Begins somewhere in my basement this way).

But the trailers the studio sent out - those were disposable and either collected dust or thrown out. Would be no big deal for an employee to take a bunch home.

Still a very cool find

Edit: yup. The scene posted on another comment is found in the trailer: https://youtu.be/v-PjgYDrg70

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GooseEntrails t1_iuhvmkt wrote

Fans were able to get complete prints of the original Star Wars trilogy and scan them to have a 4K version without George Lucas’s changes. So it’s not impossible to find theatrical prints.

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Ringlovo t1_iui9vue wrote

Absolutely. Not impossible, but very hard.

But those fans also didn't chop up the film into small pieces and sell it on etsy. So I think that leads more credence that it's from a common item - like a trailer - as opposed to an actual full film

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Bucknasty72 t1_iuhz2bw wrote

Yeah, my brother snagged the trailer for Space Jam for me when I was a kid. Not worth a ton of money, but cool to have.

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RareSun_ OP t1_iugnjcu wrote

How do you know? There's no scenes from this trailer that got scrapped from the final movie.

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Ringlovo t1_iugnveg wrote

More than anything, it's how very strictly controlled the prints for these films were, and how exceedingly rare it would be for reel of this film to wind up in private collection, much less how unlikely for the owner to dice it up.

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Edwardc4gg t1_iugsjnk wrote

Correct. Now movie theatres get them on hard drives that requires mfa and a unique code to start it. Old film like this was tracked like the devil Screeners sent to companies or people are also tracked so they know whose exact copy got leaked if they ever do

Source: work in tv

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FERALCATWHISPERER t1_iuh436w wrote

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say but, but this film strip is likely cut from a trailer. Studios send a trailer to movie theaters, they don’t ask for those back. Studios send a feature film to movie theaters, those are on loan and have to be returned TO THE STUDIO once the film has had its run. Sometimes, they are sent to second hand theaters for a run. If you were talking about, I dunno, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, I’d reckon you’d have an actual run film. What’s cool is it’s still apart of history right?

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