Lost movies I'd like to see

[ctc]

Here's a few more:

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They mentioned there are three of them in the second review. What's the third?

Don C.

[samurainoir]

Wow... So there is the direct link from King Kong to Godzilla right there.

[Bruce Banner]

I'm still hoping somebody will one day find the lost spider pit sequence from the original King Kong in a vault somewhere.

They found most if not all of the excised footage from Metropolis, so it might happen some day.

[ctc]

>I'm still hoping somebody will one day find the lost spider pit sequence from the original King Kong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYhGeYXztsc

Don C.

[Bruce Banner]

Yeah, that's cool, have that on the DVD.
Peter Jackson and Weta did a great job creating that, but I still want to see the actual original footage.

It's probably in some old storage room somewhere, in a dust covered container... a true cinematic grail waiting to be rediscovered.

[ctc]

>I still want to see the actual original footage

I've seen sniglets from it over the years.... including the models, (which someone had on youtube) and the re-enactment looks about right. The only big dif: someone had what was widely believed to be the remains of the spider model, and it had somewhat googly-lookin' eyes. (In the recreation you can see how the spider almost looks to have a small head on top of the forward body segment.)

Don C.

[ctc]

NYAHAHAAA!!!!

It took a while, but here's a pic of the spider thing:

http://www.angelfire.com/film/unmade...piderkong.html

There WAS footage on youtube of the model, from an auction I think.... but I can't find it now. Anyhoo; that's the beastie there.

Don C.

[Brazoo]

That's awesome!

[Bruce Banner]

Nice! I've seen that top pic before, along with one other still from the sequence, but I've never seen that close up of the spider model before. Cool!

[mazinz]

it was not until Forrest Ackerman printed a still of the spider pit scene in an early issue of famous monsters that the search for it began and truly confirmed that indeed it was shot.

[ctc]

>the search for it began and truly confirmed that indeed it was shot

Did they recently find some of it? Or maybe the whole scene? I kinda recall (within the last year or so) seeing the actual scene with the googly-eyed spider thingie, as well as a short (2 minute) video hilighting the model.... like it was for auction or somesuch.... but I can't find either now.

Don C.

[Bruce Banner]

As far as I know, no actual footage from the excised spider pit sequence has ever been found.

A cool pic of FJA with one of the spider models:

[ctc]

>A cool pic of FJA with one of the spider models:

NYAHAHAAA!!!! The bottom pic; that's one I was looking for! I THINK there's a video that goes with it.... I thought it was for an auction, but it could be a display somewhere.

Don C.