Steve Canyon (1958) (1 Viewer)

[ScottRE]

John, any chance for Terry And The Pirates release ?

If you look up thread a bit, you'll see how much of his health and financial stability John put on the line to get Steve Canyon done. And since his sales have slowed to a crawl, I can't imagine he'd want to do that again. Restoration and release of a TV series is too much for one person.

 

[Gary OS]

Restoration and release of a TV series is too much for one person.

Yep, just ask Sam Nelson.

Gary "why, oh why, didn't he take MPI's help? Never mind, I know the answer" O.

 

[John Ellis]

Thanks everyone for your kindness. I had agreed to be involved in a BluRay project to put out a restored Terry & The Pirates TV series recently but the driving force behind it (my longtime friend Bruce Cardozo) died in his sleep! And well before I became aware of his passing all of the related material (digital and film prints) were discarded. Sad but true. I had only agreed to be involved if I didn't have to do everything...I'd still be interested if someone had original film prints of all 18 episodes. Note that the crappy DVDs by Alpha only had the first 16 episodes.

I don't regret anything, and as to the future, never say never.

 

[ScottRE]

John, you’re a better and tougher man than I. I never heard of the Steve Canyon TV series before you started releases. Thanks to you, I found another great series.

Terry and the Pirates would have been another. The fact that you’re willing to be involved is amazing. But I am really sorry to hear about your friend Bruce.

 

[LouA]

John, my hope would be that Terry And The Pirates could be restored and released with the assistance of a company like Kino- Lorber or Cult -Flix. Our health is our most important asset, and I wouldn't want to see yours jeopardized over a TV release. Hopefully a sympathetic company could shoulder much of the burden. You are right about the Alpha releases - they are difficult to watch , but you can see that the show is worth watching despite the eye strain caused by Alpha's shoddy production.

 

[JoeDoakes]

Thanks everyone for your kindness. I had agreed to be involved in a BluRay project to put out a restored Terry & The Pirates TV series recently but the driving force behind it (my longtime friend Bruce Cardozo) died in his sleep! And well before I became aware of his passing all of the related material (digital and film prints) were discarded. Sad but true. I had only agreed to be involved if I didn't have to do everything...I'd still be interested if someone had original film prints of all 18 episodes. Note that the crappy DVDs by Alpha only had the first 16 episodes.

I don't regret anything, and as to the future, never say never.

Discarded? Thrown away? Didn’t they at least hear of ebay? I’m shocked.