
Regardless of how TN1 accomplished this, I remain both awed and grateful. In fact, his dad would often do a personal "movie night" for my coworker and his friends, showing the release print of whatever they were into at the time, often long after the theatrical run of the film was over. Despite what every policies were in place at the time, he said it was not uncommon for release prints to remain on site, never sent back/asked for/picked up by whomever did the distribution. A coworker grew up with his family running a small, local drive-in theater. These guys have hunted down and obtained their own 35mm theatrical prints of the Star Wars films for use in the fan film and film restoration community. Black from the secret group Team Negative 1. I hadn't read enough of the background to get that piece of info. Black, from Team Negative 1 After interviewing Harmy and Adwan, Jason was contacted by the mysterious Mr. Last I checked those aren't like picking up Halloween candy, especially one as old and controversial as this, so if I was looking for insider involvement that's where I would start.Īh, that makes sense. The more interesting question to me is where the 35mm came from. It has been done a lot at the hobby level, and so very plausible that someone with video production experience could make a pro grade version. Negative 1 claims that they built their own 4K scan rig with a DSLR.
