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Topic: Island in the Sky
JEC
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This 1953 John Wayne movie -- which boasts an excellent Hugo Friedhofer score -- is not available on video and seems to have disappeared from television, too. I've heard the Wayne estate is holding it back. Anyone know why?
posted 12-18-2000 10:08 AM PT (US) Lou Goldberg
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I don't know why the film is being held back (you could call Batjac Productions in Hollywood, they might tell you), but I have always wanted to see this film. William Wellman directed Wayne the same year in The High and the Mighty which was a big hit and yet some critics seem to feel that Island is the better picture. The original 10" had narration. Varese re-issued it on LP without narration, just the score, but like 36 Hours and Master of the World, they never put it out on CD.[Message edited by Lou Goldberg on 12-28-2000]
posted 12-28-2000 03:39 AM PT (US) JEC
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Here is an item I found on the net. The article mentions "High and the Mighty" and "Island in the Sky".
http://www.fresnobee.com/features/life/story/0%2C1767%2C104974%2C00.html
posted 12-28-2000 11:58 AM PT (US) MWRuger
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Hmmm... That was nearly a year and a half ago. I wonder where they are at now and if they are contemplating DVD releases as well. I hope so.
posted 01-03-2001 10:59 AM PT (US) Lou Goldberg
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I found someone with a bootleg copy of IITS who is sending it to me. I'll tell you about it once it shows up and I've seen it.
posted 05-25-2003 01:25 AM PT (US) Lou Goldberg
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The tape I was sent was film chained from a pretty beat up 16mm print. I've only watched a few minutes so far. The scoring is good, but I'm already familiar with it from the Varese LP. In B&W and with less apparent soap opera than The High and the Mighty (made the next year with Wayne and the same director), this, so far (it's hard to tell based on just the opening), seems like a much more intense and suspenseful film.
posted 06-02-2003 02:59 AM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB