A few years ago a friend of mine who works at a film lab in Richmond, Virginia gave me a pretty unique gift. The lab where he works got a rush job sent in asking for quite a few rolls of 16mm film to be dumped to vhs, cleaned up, time coded etc...
Well, his boss was going to send it back saying they didnt have the time to do it but my friend (always the loyal worker) said he would take a look at it and maybe get it done. When he stated inspecting the reels he noticed the labels had stange titles like "pencil in ankle" and "basement witch". You probably see where I'm going with this huh? Yep, it was all the original film shot for Evil Dead. Needless to say, he got the job done and managed to knock off 2 extra sets of tapes (10 tapes per set I think). one for him, one for me and two for the folks putting out the dvd. I've had these for about 5 years now and havent done anything with them for fear of costing my buddy his job. I'm starting to think it's about time to get this stuff out to the fans though. Any input you guys might have as to how I should go about doing this (this stuff is seriously raw footage!) would be greatly appreciated. Of course I'd have to run it past the guy I got it from first but hell, 5 years is a pretty long time. Anyway, tell me what you think. Thanks
Well, his boss was going to send it back saying they didnt have the time to do it but my friend (always the loyal worker) said he would take a look at it and maybe get it done. When he stated inspecting the reels he noticed the labels had stange titles like "pencil in ankle" and "basement witch". You probably see where I'm going with this huh? Yep, it was all the original film shot for Evil Dead. Needless to say, he got the job done and managed to knock off 2 extra sets of tapes (10 tapes per set I think). one for him, one for me and two for the folks putting out the dvd. I've had these for about 5 years now and havent done anything with them for fear of costing my buddy his job. I'm starting to think it's about time to get this stuff out to the fans though. Any input you guys might have as to how I should go about doing this (this stuff is seriously raw footage!) would be greatly appreciated. Of course I'd have to run it past the guy I got it from first but hell, 5 years is a pretty long time. Anyway, tell me what you think. Thanks
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Re: Evil Dead outtakes
Sun, May 16, 2004 - 2:43 PMHmm, I don't know... I mean, sure, I'd like to see 'em, but as with my recent other thread, there are copyright concerns to be had. I'd suggest that you put them online and don't take profit as a way to protect yourself, but I think thats not fully sound advise either.
At very least, you can feel extra special that you have these (if it's any conselation?).
Let us know what develops -- inquiring ED-loving minds want to know!
