RARE & HARD TO FIND MOVIES

Crying Freeman:    Laserdisc only. DVD release unknown in the US. Laser is a Japanese release only which is done in English with Japanese subs in the black bars. Crying Freeman stars Mark Dacascos who later starred in "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven  series".  Auction prices once averaged in the $100 range. An excellent film based on the comic book character of the same name. Be careful if you purchase DVD copies from eBay. Many sellers are offering fifth or six generation copies. 

Waterworld: Extended Version:  1998 - Pan and Scan version only. Shown on ABC twice and has aired on Encore's action channel. Once in 1998 and once in March 2000. Movie is approx 180 minutes with footage restored. It's never been released to DVD or VHS. Quality varies based on dub generation and quality of broadcast for the persons master.  jWaterworld is excellent with the additional footage restored. The original film was 2.35:1. The letterbox/widescreen doesn't make that big of a difference when converted to P&S. Aired on Encore in February 2002 on encore. Exact same version as ABC. The curse words were dubbed and the ass shot of the female lead is cut out. This is the only way to watch Waterworld.

Dune: Extended Version:   Pan and Scan version only on laserdisc. Japanese release in English with sub-titles. Dune:EV is 185 minutes. Quality varies again on master dubbings quality. Sometimes on eBay for auction. Quality of those is NOT generally very good. Great addition to the collection. Reportedly the expanded television version is coming to DVD. 

Alien 3: Work Print:   RARE unreleased movie. Work Print quality will NOT be better than good at best. 15 minutes of new footage  with a variation of the ending. Great collectible. Also available on eBay. Quality there is generally worse on eBay versions. Remember, work prints are not high quality originals to begin with. 

Legend: Euro Cut: Laserdisc only, I believe overseas. Only 4 minutes longer but 15 minutes of footage is different from US release. Quality varies on dub generation. Some euro traders have very good quality copies in US ntsc format and willing to trade with US traders. NO I don't know of anyone. That you find on your own. (ATTENTION: New DVD coming out with the Euro soundtrack and new footage different from US and Euro versions.)

Song of the South: Japanese Laserdisc release. In English with Japanese subs. Available in Europe/eBay  on laserdisc (about $150) as well as dubbed NTSC copies.  It is considered to be politically incorrect in today's screwed up society so it will never be released again in the United States. Song of the South will likely remain a highly sought after collectible.

Fantastic Four: 1994   live action movie: Unreleased film by Roger Corman. Quality generally less than good. But still sought after like other movies.  Stars... Alex Hyde-White, Rebecca Staab, Jay Underwood, Micheal Bailey-Smith, Joseph Culp as Doctor Doom and Carl Ciarfalio. Cheesey movie but the Thing looks awesome.  About 90 minutes 

Justice League of America: Pilot Movie:  Unreleased Pilot starring some superheroes we know and some we don't. Cheesey pilot movie but done well. The costumes needed work and the Flash just didn't look right.  Quality various from Very Good to Poor quality. Not as well know as the other ones are. Great collection video.

GREAT WHITE: Released in the US in the early 80's for about two weeks before being pulled over copyright infringement. It was too much like JAWS and they even used the same mechanical shark that was used in JAWS.  Great White was released overseas as "EL ULTIMO TIBURON" by Selec Vision Home Video. It's in English with sub-titles. Quality of the actual video is only Good to Very Good at best. Dubs are less. it's long out of print and hard to find.  Starred James Franciscus and Vic Morrow. Nice video collectible. Sometimes you can still get an actual copy of this video. (I paid $25 for my original copy. I did get to see this one at the box office opening weekend.. This one will never be released in the US in any format.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars:    This one is completely out of print. A true scifi classic that is nearly lost. This is a great film if taken in the context of when it was made. The Movie Channel and Showtime show it still - but it's in Pan and Scan and is not the latest digital transfer that was done by Criterion for the laserdisc version. Done in 1964, The laser is a great collectible. with rare and interested supplemental material. It still sells on eBay in the $200 to $300 range. Quality of dubs for video traders  varies based on generation of copies the traders have. 

Phantom of the Paradise:  1974  92 minutes: This one was directed by Brian DePalma and stars Paul Williams, who also wrote the score. Sissy Spacek was the set decorator. Paradise is the rock version of Phantom of the Opera. Considered a bomb during the early days but has become an awesome cult movie. Was released originally as a spoof and was a bomb at the box office. I enjoyed this one too. Was released on VHS and Laserdisc. Out of print in both forms. Getting very hard to find too. ( Airs occasionally on one of the pay cable Channels) I got my digital copy from pay per view. Looks great!

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park: 1978 TVM  100 minutes. Stars original Kiss members, Ace Freely,  Peter Criss, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. This was originally a television movie (TVM).  But made it to VHS and is now out of print. Can still be found at the smaller video stores for rental in some areas (that is where I got my copy).  Kiss, in their acting debut, must stop a scientist who is trying to clone our heroes for evil purposes. A decent TVM. Directed by Gordon Hessler. 

Flesh Gordon: Date and minutes unknown even though I have the movie somewhere in my collection.  This 'B' adult soft porno flick, making fun of Flash Gordon, can be funny and its done well. The claymation of the giant golem is very cool and a crack up. This is a must see for the cult fan as well as a true video lover. The movie is rare and hard to find even on the internet. Watch out for that sex ray!

Star Wars Holiday Special:  This was a television special that is becoming a highly sought after item on the internet for personal collections. Most copies floating around a low grade quality. The Holiday Special had Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford appear. I accidentally located a quality dub at a recent sfx show here in town. I thought it would be part of Lucas' recent boxed set featuring most of the Stars Wars material done for television, but it wasn't.

Gargoyles: 1972, 74 Minutes, TVM. Was at one time available on VHS, but is currently out of print.  A young Scott Glenn appears in the film. The Gargoyle suits used in the movie were done by Stan Winston. The lead Gargoyle costume is exceptional for 1972. While it has been very hard to find in excellent quality it is airing on Encores Action Channel. The Digital copy I got was awesome. I have seen the DVD available at stores, though the film had not been cleaned up.

the Hollywood Knights: 1980, 95 minutes.  A comedy in the vein of "Happy Days" and "American Graffiti". The cast was decent as well as familiar  like Tony Danza (feature debut), Robert Wuhl (Arliss on HBO), Michelle Pfeiffer, & Fran Drescher (the Nanny), plus many other faces you'll be familiar with. I have seen it airing occasionally on one of the pay cable channels.

Galaxy of Terror: 1981, 80 minutes. I don't know why anyone would really search out this picture but there are some. It was available on VHS and Laserdisc. The film has also been titled 'Mind Warp', 'An Infinity of Terror' and 'Planet of Horrors'. It is rated 'R'. Stars Erin Moran (happy days), Edward Albert, Ray Walston (picket fences & my favorite Martian) The only plus to the film is seeing Erin Moran topless as she is screwed to death by a giant worm.

Battlestar Galactica: Extended Version: 1977, 148 minute version. Original broadcast pilot and feature shown in Canadian theatres. 28 minutes longer than the DVD, and VHS versions currently on the market. This version is floating around the internet, but still hard to find.  Stars Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict. 

Battlestar Galactica Cineplex Movies: In 1979 MCA turned 17 episodes into 12 telefilms. Each TV movie being two hours (120 min.) with commercials. They were aired at the end of 79' in NY, LA, Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis, Memphis, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, Tampa, Nashville, Milwaukee, and Kansas City only. These are rare cuts if you can find them. I haven't talked or heard from anyone who had them all.

Genesis II: (TVM)  From CBS/Warner Brothers 1973. Stars Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodgriquez.  This was a pilot movie that never made it to a series, from Gene Roddenberry. Our hero, Dylan Hunt, played by Cord is awakened from suspended animation in the 22nd Century and joins that ultra-pacifist society called PAX. He is tricked by the bad guys making him believe they are the good guys. Once he finds he was duped he manages to blow up their atomic powerplant. He is finally accepted back into PAX.

Planet Earth: (TVM) from ABC/Warner Brothers 1974. A remake of 'Genesis II' for ABC starring John Saxon, Janet Margolin, Ted Cassidy and Diana Muldaur. Said to be an inferior sequel to Genesis II. The further adventures of Dylan Hunt and his devoted friends. Storyline concerns a society ruled by militant females who treat males like animals. The keep them in line by using a drug that turns them into cowards.

Strange New World: (TVM) from ABC/Warner Brothers 1975. Another Sequel to Genesis II, but not from Gene Roddenberry. Stars John Saxom, Keene Curtis, Kathleen Miller, and James Olson. This one is actually two episodes in one. Two male and one female astronauts have been suspended in space for about 180 years. They revive and return to earth. Soon they encountered a group of highly cultured clones who are living under the threat of senility. After inadvertently destroying their entire community they are captured by the warped descendants of game wardens and poachers.

The Time Travelers: (TVM) from ABC/20th Century Fox 1976. Directed by Alex Singer. Stars Richard Basehart, Tom Hallick, Sam Groom, and Trish Stewart. This is an Irwin Allen pilot that failed to spawn another time traveling series. Time Travelers deals with two men who travel into the past to Old Chicago, just before the great fire, to bring back a cure for a plague that has broken out in modern day New Orleans. While in the past one traveler falls in love with a woman destined to die in the fire and catches the disease. The antidote is found as the fire breaks out in Chicago and the two men finally return to the future. (This one has been airing on Encore's Action Channel)

Earth II: (TVM) from ABC/MGM 1971. Directed by Tom Gries and stars Gary Lockwood, Scott Hylands, Hari Rhodes, and Mariette Hartley. Barely remember this film. But as a kid I enjoyed it. 

the Questor Tapes: (TVM) from NBC/Universal  1973. Stars Robert Foxworth, Mike Ferrell, Dana Wynter, and John Vernon. Another failed pilot from Gene Roddenberry. This was an excellent pilot movie. It deals with an android, Questor, whose mission is to prevent mankind from destroying Earth. He is the last of his line and unfortunately, he has been improperly programmed. The super intelligent android escapes and seeks the company of a mortal scientist who provides the gullible robot with the ability to cope with humanity. NBC wanted to buy the show, but with out the mentor. A more futuristic version of the Fugitive. Roddenberry refused and Questor I don't believe has been shown since. 

Wonder Woman: (TVM) from ABC/Warner Brothers 1974. Directed by Vincent McEveety. Stars Cathy Lee Crosby (Wonder Woman), Kaz Garas, Andrew Prine, and Ricardo Montalban. This is a rare movie that I did get a copy of with commercials late night one evening off the Sci-Fi Channel. Every one knows about the Linda Carter Movie and series, but this one isn't so well known.

the Barbary Coast: (TVM) 1974. Directed by Bill Bixby. Starred William Shatner along with Dennis Cole, Lynda Day George, John Vernon, Charles Aidman. Undercover agent Shatner, a master of disguise, and a casino owner (Cole) comb boomtown for an extortionist. Done in the type of Wild Wild West. Turned into a short lived television series that starred William Shatner. Very Rare and both the movie and series are hard to find. 

Aquaman: (TVM) 1985 from Far Out Productions.  Yeah, a pilot telefilm was done many years ago. I have rarely seen it offered on the internet and the copy I did get my hands on is in dismal quality. This is likely a completely lost television movie that no one will get to see. That could be a good thing. Aquaman's mom and dad were dolphins at a sea park. The costume design was taken right out of the comic book. Swimming was done in fast motion and his legs moving rapidly. He key weapon... a killer star fish thrown like a sherican.

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