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WTB copy of The Sunship Game
I contacted Direct Cinema today and they no longer sell The Sunship
Game. Does any one have a copy for sale? Scott |
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If the price is right, it might be of intrest to more people.
Arne "scooter" skrev i melding oups.com... I contacted Direct Cinema today and they no longer sell The Sunship Game. Does any one have a copy for sale? Scott |
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I've got a copy but it's a little different than the first version I saw.
In the first version I saw years ago, after our flustered 1-26 pilot made his very bad landing, he goes into the office and he climbs into his "bed", which is the front half of an old 2-32 fuselage made into a hanging bed. Does anybody have a version with this in it, or even remember that scene? Gary Boggs "Wangsholm" wrote in message ... If the price is right, it might be of intrest to more people. Arne "scooter" skrev i melding oups.com... I contacted Direct Cinema today and they no longer sell The Sunship Game. Does any one have a copy for sale? Scott |
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Yes I remeber that scene but I think it's a different film. Something
about the pilot chasing his alter ego and that is depicted by 2 sailplanes in a hot downhill chase. I remember a lot or airbrake action on the second ship. No doubt someone will remember what the film was. Andy |
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"Dawn Flight" is the 1-26 film - a new edited version does not have the
pilot-character sleeping in the 2-32 fuselage. All the dramatic flying sequences are intact. "Sunship Game" was filmed at the 1969 Nationals at Marfa, Texas. Only one US National Contest back then (no classes), so over 80 sailplanes participated. Burt - Collector of classic soaring films. 432-729-4292 Marfa, west Texas USA |
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I understand that the problem Direct Cinema has with releasing the video
is that there are copyright problems with the Bee Gee's music on the film. I recently had a discussion with a professional film producer with connections to Direct Cinema. He's trying (with little success) to encourage them to replace the "offending" music and to re-release the video on DVD. Newer technology should enable them to clean up the poor video quality on the original VHS production. Start writing those letters Direct Cinema Ltd., Inc. P.O. Box 10003 Santa Monica, CA 90410-1003 Tony V. |
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I understand that the problem Direct Cinema has with releasing the video
is that there are copyright problems with the Bee Gee's music on the film. Certainly won't be hard to find better music then... For you soaring history buffs, "The Sunship Game" was not the original title for the film. A pre-release version was shown at he 1970 Soaring Symposia with the working title of "Xray-Xray and Charlie India", where where the contest numbers of Moffat and Derujinsky. But that was just a bit to cryptic for the masses, so it was changed to Sunship Game. I believe the premier showing of the film was the 1970 Nationals in Bryan OH. |
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