November 2, 2006
5:43 PM
Post 1 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
A project by Bigrob and ReverendBeastly
BOOK OF THE DEAD - A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PREMIERE THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE REDFORD THEATRE, DETROIT 15th OCTOBER 1981
This
is what we are planning to do. The plan is to recreate the original
premiere. The film that was shown was titled Book of the Dead and what
we aim to acheive is a slight re-editing and preservation of certain
elements that are not availble on DVD. The information of this release
can be found in The Evil Dead Companion book
Thes are the specs of the SL DVD we hope to acheive
: Original Fullscreen ratio of 1:33.1 (with the missing sfx shot of lightning hitting the tree restored.)
: Original 1.0 Mono soundtrack (restored from the Japanese Laserdisc, no 5.1 remixes or tweaks here!)
: Original Premiere title (new title BOTD will be recreated for this release)
: Special Features Include -
- On screen text commentary by Bruce Campbell (text will be taken from The Evil Dead Companion)
- Within The Woods short movie (Hopefully!!)
These
specs are TBC at the moment. The Re-editing and DVD authoring will be
done ReverendBeastly. I mearly suggested the idea and supplied the
materials.
any ideas for this release please feel free to share them! any cover art would be nice as well!
stay tuned
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November 3, 2006
1:08 AM
Post 2 of 38
DrGonzo369 Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
I soooo want this. Are you going to use the original Elite dvd, since
it's fullscreen, or do you have another video source? Since reading "If
Chins Could Kill", I've always wondered about the first version of Evil
Dead. I have a really horrid copy of Within the Woods somewhere that
I'd offer up for you, but hopefully someone has a better version then
the mpeg I have.
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November 3, 2006
1:38 AM
Post 3 of 38
5acrifice Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
I too have the horrible copy of Within the Woods if you need it. I wish
there were a better copy than that. Anywho, great ####ing idea for a fan
edit.
November 3, 2006
4:19 AM
Post 4 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
yep, we will be using the OOP Elite DVD for the visuals. We're gonna
edit in the missing SFX shot from another source. i too have a copy of
Within The Woods that i grabbed off demoniod. Not great but watchable.
there i a good copy floating about in the Bruce Campbell project
somewhere.
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November 3, 2006
8:03 AM
Post 5 of 38
djsmokingjam Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
The fourth disc of the Evil Dead Trilogy boxset, that came out here in
Britain from Anchor Bay UK, also has the full-frame version of ED1.
I've no idea if it's better quality than the Elite disc though. ABUK
also included it in their Box Of The Banned boxset.
And isn't
there an old, old trailer for ED under the title of Book Of The Dead?
I'm sure I've seen one advertised on Raimi Super-8 bootleg compilations
before. Maybe it was one they cut together before Irvin Shapiro told
them, "Fellas, if you name a film Book Of The Dead, people are gonna
think they have to read for an hour and a half..."
November 3, 2006
8:49 AM
Post 6 of 38
klokwerk Jedi Knight
Book Of The Dead Preservation
The version in the Anchor Bay UK trilogy boxset is apparently not the
"untouched" original fullframe. There's some info on this issue at the
bottom of this page.
In
all of the releases by Anchor Bay, there is also some minor
"enhancements" in the film itself, with a couple of frames "tweaked" to
improve on the look (cleaning up some Effects Sequences - lightning
strikes etc.) of The Film. The "open matte" version on the Box Set is
also the newer "tweaked" version. This is a very minor issue though, but
for the purists, the OOP Elite is also an option, since it's the
original "untampered" version.
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November 3, 2006
4:51 PM
Post 7 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
the problem with the OOP Elite DVD is that it is missing the SFX shot. it will be edited in from another source
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November 3, 2006
4:52 PM
Post 8 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
Originally posted by: djsmokingjamThe
fourth disc of the Evil Dead Trilogy boxset, that came out here in
Britain from Anchor Bay UK, also has the full-frame version of ED1.
I've no idea if it's better quality than the Elite disc though. ABUK
also included it in their Box Of The Banned boxset.
And isn't
there an old, old trailer for ED under the title of Book Of The Dead?
I'm sure I've seen one advertised on Raimi Super-8 bootleg compilations
before. Maybe it was one they cut together before Irvin Shapiro told
them, "Fellas, if you name a film Book Of The Dead, people are gonna
think they have to read for an hour and a half..."
if anyone can get hold of this, that would be great!
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November 14, 2006
12:09 AM
Post 9 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
Well ReverendBeastly has recieved the discs so we'll keep you updated on this!
any cover art people would like to bring forward would be great!
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November 15, 2006
3:01 AM
Post 10 of 38
Molto Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
If you need that copy of Within The Woods I can help. The one from the
VHS that all other copies are sourced from. I'll look at my compilation
again as well maybe it has that trailer.
November 15, 2006
10:26 AM
Post 11 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
drop ReverendBeastly an email and ask him. if it's better quality than the one i sent him, that would be great!
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November 15, 2006
3:54 PM
Post 12 of 38
ReverendBeastly Jedi Knight
Book Of The Dead Preservation
Yeah, that would be most excellent!
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November 17, 2006
11:15 PM
Post 13 of 38
djsmokingjam Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
Still looking for some cover art? I found this on Tom Sullivan's website, http://www.darkageproductions.com:
A bit small, but you could e-mail him via the site and ask for a higher-res version?
January 29, 2007
9:32 PM
Post 14 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
Ok people...an update!!!
Just spoken to Alex and he is hoping to start on this project soon!
Disc one will hopefully contain the above project as stated
Disc
TWO (!!) Will hopefully contain the complete Evil Dead 2 workprint with
Text Commentary by Bruce Campbell again taken from The Evil Dead
Companion!!!
and there 'could' be a disc three in development!!!!
stay tuned people!!!
If anyone has any ideas for cover art, please feel free to post!
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January 30, 2007
2:52 AM
Post 15 of 38
DrGonzo369 Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
can not freakin wait for this!!!
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January 30, 2007
3:01 PM
Post 16 of 38
djsmokingjam Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
Other than the poster art I already posted above, here's a picture from
http://www.withinthewoods.co.uk of the tickets handed out at the Redford
premiere:
They'll give you an idea of what the lettering on the opening title looked like, presumably.
Good
news though - according to Josh Becker's website Synapse Films will be
re-releasing Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except and Running Time on DVD with
two old Super-8 movies starring Bruce and Sam, Stryker's War and Holding
It.
January 30, 2007
4:52 PM
Post 17 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
JESUS H CHRIST DJ!!!! YOUR A STAR!!!!
I was planning on knocking up some cover art for this and the idea i hit upon was the premire ticket on the front cover!!!!!
give yourself a pat on the back!!!!!
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January 30, 2007
5:20 PM
Post 18 of 38
djsmokingjam Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
*pats self*
This
does sound like a really interesting project actually. Imagine if this
is what the film would be like if the Renaissance boys had never met
Irvin Shapiro, or the guys from Palace in the UK, and BOTD just wound up
being released on some shitty video label for years, languishing in
obscurity... Oh, what might have been!
January 30, 2007
11:11 PM
Post 19 of 38
Murch Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
Can anyobdy confirm that there are differences/deleted material in the ED2 workprint?
January 30, 2007
11:13 PM
Post 20 of 38
ReverendBeastly Jedi Knight
Book Of The Dead Preservation
I am lazy, but Dr Gonzo and his gang of madmen should be able to pretty soon.
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February 4, 2007
2:46 PM
Post 21 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
intresting update
Me and my brother went dvd shopping (and to
a Terry Gillaim signing) and we've managed to pickup a LE of Evil Dead
which INCLUDED Within the woods as a special feature on disc two. it's a
forgein release (dutch i think) and the dvd itself is limited to 1000
copies. i'll be grabbing a copy of this soon to check out the picture
and sound in depth.
i've seen this version on ebay as well!
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February 5, 2007
1:06 PM
Post 22 of 38
cashflagg Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
Has anyone put out the full ~30 minute 'Behind-the-Screams' home video
compilation from the 1998 EVIL DEAD 2 laserdisc? Some of it made it to
the Anchor Bay DVD(s) but there's also some cool shit that didn't
survive the format change. I've done my own basic laserdisc->dvd
conversion but don't really have the facilities to put it out there...
February 5, 2007
6:50 PM
Post 23 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
I've got the blood red LD of Evil Dead 2. i was just thinking about
this the other day actually! having a few problems with my DVD recorder
though so as soon as i get it up and running, i'll send a copy over to
Alex along with this versionof Within the Woods i got!
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February 5, 2007
7:02 PM
Post 24 of 38
DrGonzo369 Padawan Learner
Book Of The Dead Preservation
Originally posted by: bigrob
intresting update
Me
and my brother went dvd shopping (and to a Terry Gillaim signing) and
we've managed to pickup a LE of Evil Dead which INCLUDED Within the
woods as a special feature on disc two. it's a forgein release (dutch i
think) and the dvd itself is limited to 1000 copies. i'll be grabbing a
copy of this soon to check out the picture and sound in depth.
i've seen this version on ebay as well!
HUH?!?! Must get a hold of this release. How's the quality of Within the Woods?
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February 5, 2007
8:25 PM
Post 25 of 38
bigrob I am ready for the trials!
Book Of The Dead Preservation
it's this version
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Evil-Dead-Import-DVD-Within-The-Woods-Bruce-Campbell_W0QQitemZ320076029697QQihZ011QQcategoryZ617QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem
this shop had 2 copys left. it's only limited to 1000
http://www.websonic.co.uk/cinemastore/default.asp
and from what i saw of WTW, it looks ok. will have a better look at it over the weekend
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