Thunderbean has re-issued the 'Fleischer Classics featuring Gulliver's Travels' Blu-ray/DVD combo. It's a nice little set for this of you that haven't seen it. It's the first HD restoration we did as well.
We did a little Blu-ray preview a while back for the set...
Snappy Video, in association with George Unum and Thunderbean present 'Tower of Screaming Virgins' (1968) a campy swashbuckling Gridhouse-esque film. Restored from rare 35mm prints. Now available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071F6PN4P
We're fine, but our website got attacked (not by Malware at all but by someone in Michigan reporting malware on the site) a few months back. It's happened 3 or more times in a row- someone seems like they're doing it on purpose!
As for Emails, I'm getting them- this week was hard with reviews...
I'd LOVE to put Hoppity out... my favorite film... if I'm able to get the rights it would be a wonderful project. I'd love to use the negs- or the incredible print at MOMA that Turner used for the TCM broadcast....maybe using the negs and using Moma's for color ref..
We made 1,000 of the BluRay and 1,000 of the DVD. The pre-release sold 412 copies, and a bunch yesterday, so it's safe to say it's going to need another run at some point. We're hand-assembling them at the moment since we used our usual company in Indiana to do the DVD and a different company to...
Yes Bob- yours has been sent. All the domestic ones are shipped and a good part of the ones going out of the country, with more to do each day (the post offices wince when I show up lately.... the out of country ones take a while because they have to type everything in these days...)
Wow! You're right! I didn't think it had kept it at full resolution. I bet if I did a less compressed version if it would look even better. The color reproduction isn't exact, but fairly close to the look of the set...
Soem quick updates:
Gulliver gets shipped this week should all be well. The stock is coming in the next day or two, finally.
Mid Century Modern 2 is shipping; most have gone out already, the rest of the orders and the IAD forum 'Pre-orders' are all going this week.
There are 9 orders with film...
Hi folks.... thanks so much for supporting these projects. Thunderbean is a tiny company, though we've been working hard here to make each new project just a little better each time. The collectors really are lending a huge hand in helping this company grow.
Both the BluRay and the DVD in the...
I do need to get better at replying to everyone- Peter's message went into my Spam somehow. Thunderbean is very much a side project from my regular full time job as a professor of animation at CCS in Detroit. I sent replacement discs to everyone that ordered to improve reel 1. I do hope to...