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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jun 21, 2015 5:37:10 GMT
Yes, the recent blu ray release has the Americanised dialogue much to amazon reviewer's annoyance. I've got the US blu ray of 'Kes' & it has two different dialogue tracks, one being more US friendly but the differences are so slight that you wonder why they bothered. As far as Get Carter goes, why alter the dialogue on one scene & leave the rest intact?
Years ago in my teens I used to buy film memorabilia by mail order from a guy in Exeter who advertised in a magazine ad, this was the mid 80's. At one time I had 3 Get Carter posters which I'd bought for 75p each & also some stills which cost about £1 each. About 10 years ago I sold two of the posters for about £100 each.
Odd that a well known bird bandit like Caine left learning to drive so late. Some of you may know that the second old bloke in the pub who looks at Carter when he asks for a 'thin glass' actually has 5 fingers.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2015 8:57:42 GMT
Id bet the posters would be worth more than a ton now! I've got a mini one with a cd I bought a while back, I'm sure there were other versions of the original film poster of this type which were worth quite a bit.. I agree though the film at the beginning was ruined a bit with the dubbing, totally stupid idea, and the films not even american lol
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jun 22, 2015 15:06:16 GMT
The GC poster that makes big money is the one you mention that comes with the cd, the original quad poster. Unfortunately mine were the much less desirable pre release posters that feature a drawing of Carter in the middle with critic's quotes on either side- www.movieposterstudio.com/detail.aspx?ItemNumber=313I think the guy who I bought mine from must've had a load of them! Hard to believe he was selling them for 75p, but this was pre the cult interest in the film & of course pre internet.
Mod edit : Hooked up the picture
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Post by Del Boy on Jun 22, 2015 20:34:08 GMT
Still looks good though Arthur. You did ok out of that one off the back of a 75p investment
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jun 23, 2015 13:06:35 GMT
Not a bad poster Del Boy, hard to tell from that photo but the yellow writing was a nasty looking dayglo colour similar to the stuff you used to paint Mr.Chin's! Thanks for adding the photo.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Aug 23, 2015 18:07:00 GMT
An American version of Get Carter was made in 1972 called 'Hit Man', it used to be shown on the satellite channel TCM all the time ( as was Get Carter ). Pretty good film for what it is & it's fun to see how they've put an American slant on the scenes & dialogue, for instance the racetrack becomes a dogfight & the most famous line 'You're a big man but you're out of shape' becomes 'You're a big cat but don't try & sell me no wolf tickets!'
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Post by Steve Austin on Aug 23, 2015 18:17:24 GMT
An American version of Get Carter was made in 1972 called 'Hit Man', it used to be shown on the satellite channel TCM all the time ( as did Get Carter ). Pretty good film for what it is & it's fun to see how they've put an American slant on the scenes & dialogue, for instance the racetrack becomes a dogfight & the most famous line 'You're a big man but you're out of shape' becomes 'You're a big cat but don't try & sell me no wolf tickets!' Doesn't quite have the same cache does it?
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Aug 23, 2015 21:43:49 GMT
An American version of Get Carter was made in 1972 called 'Hit Man', it used to be shown on the satellite channel TCM all the time ( as did Get Carter ). Pretty good film for what it is & it's fun to see how they've put an American slant on the scenes & dialogue, for instance the racetrack becomes a dogfight & the most famous line 'You're a big man but you're out of shape' becomes 'You're a big cat but don't try & sell me no wolf tickets!' Doesn't quite have the same cache does it? I remember the first time I saw it on TCM years ago unaware that it was a GC remake, it does say in the opening credits 'based on Jack's Return Home by Ted Lewis' but I'm sure I didn't twig & only noticed the resemblance part way through watching it. Here's a short video someone has made contrasting the two films-
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Post by Peter Picard on Sept 13, 2015 11:29:07 GMT
Yes, the recent blu ray release has the Americanised dialogue much to amazon reviewer's annoyance. I've got the US blu ray of 'Kes' & it has two different dialogue tracks, one being more US friendly but the differences are so slight that you wonder why they bothered. As far as Get Carter goes, why alter the dialogue on one scene & leave the rest intact? Years ago in my teens I used to buy film memorabilia by mail order from a guy in Exeter who advertised in a magazine ad, this was the mid 80's. At one time I had 3 Get Carter posters which I'd bought for 75p each & also some stills which cost about £1 each. About 10 years ago I sold two of the posters for about £100 each. Odd that a well known bird bandit like Caine left learning to drive so late. Some of you may know that the second old bloke in the pub who looks at Carter when he asks for a 'thin glass' actually has 5 fingers. The chap with five fingers was Arther Perkins, a lorry driver from Buddle Road in the South Benwell area of Newcastle. He died in 1981 aged 82. Arther's appearance in Get Carter happened by chance when a casting director went into his local, the Moulders Arms in Scotswood Road, Newcastle and asked if he'd be interested in film extra work. His son Joe said he wasn't keen until he learnt he'd get £5 per day and as much beer as he could drink. The rest is history.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Sept 13, 2015 15:13:15 GMT
Interesting info Peter, thanks.
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