HISTORY:
My "world" is 'the arts' and more specifically, music, artwork and hand crafted/decorated chinaware's.
I am not a film enthusiast but an associate has asked me to find new owners for THEIR large collection of photographic and film items ... this is one of those items.
While the world of 8mm/Super 8mm is not my area of expertise, I am doing my best to establish the condition of each item that I am listing.
I tend to be quite detailed in my item descriptions, please READ all the details to decide if this item may interest you.
Now, on with the description ...
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (Gene Hackman)
20th Century Fox
Title: The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Catalogue # F18
400 Feet
Colour
Sound (Mono)
Run time: approximately 17 minutes
Watching this film was a bit like "spot the movie star", there are loads of well known actors in this film, including Gene Hackman, Roddy McDowell, Leslie Neilsen, Ernest Borgnine and so many others ...
The passenger vessel S.S. Poseidon suffers a meeting with a LARGE 90 feet high tidal wave, as the front of the cardboard case says "Hell Upside Down" is the result
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Very good
Film stock and the Black reel (unbranded but made in USA) are undamaged, there is a White leader film.
White leader plus quite a long length of clear film (blank White on the screen) before the film begins
Outer all cardboard two part case is in good condition, clean, no substantial structural damage or graphic damage and no personal writing.
NO writing on the reel and just the front cover colour graphics and a blank unprinted rear.
TESTING:
Test projector is the ELMO 1200 that I have on hand at the moment.
Film looks to be clean and in good condition, sprocket holes are not damaged.
I only ran the film for the first couple of minutes or so to observe the picture and sound.
The colour has definitely shifted towards the Red 'end of town' with substantial failure of the Blue dye, sailing on the Red Sea!
Sound is good and clean and it is easy to understand the dialogue.
SPECIAL NOTE:
I always include a couple of "off screen" snapshots of each reel as it is played ... now my digital camera is antiquated (colour balance? what's that - like I said, this is one OLD camera) and it's limitations are definitely showing up in these sample photographs.
I take the screen shot in very low light levels, the camera flash is turned off (otherwise the picture is flooded with White) and the camera shutter speed is very slow.
This means I have trouble getting sharp photographs, especially when there is movement on the screen and I have noticed that after viewing quite a few films now, that my poor OLD digital camera is tending to emphasise the Red's in the photographs anyway - in real life the on-screen picture is not as Red as recorded in the photographs
In my opinion, after this very brief test, I am happy that the film is as stated on the box and that the film stock appears to be in fair technical condition.
Anyway, I am very fastidious and careful with these films (I am afterall doing this on behalf of another person) and I have now packed it back into the original cardboard box AND sealed the film within clear plastic - waiting for a Super 8 film enthusiast to "enjoy"!
