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Captain EO (1986)
Captain EO needs a true HD Digital Release on Blu Ray and Blu Ray 3D.
OK, so Disney is the out and out owner of this Michael Jackson Classic Music Video/Sci Fi Space Movie shot exclusively for Walt Disney Theme parks across the whole entire globe. Then when allegations of Pedophilia were leveled against Michael Jackson Walt Disney Studios ironically enough told Michael Jackson to Beat It and replaced Captain EO with Honey I Shrunk The Audience !
Captain EO was the first and last movie Michael ever did for Disney. It was shot in Super 70mm Format so you are talking about a true wide screen movie here needing the full blown Digital 16x9 HD Overhaul Treatment.
Deep Throat (1972)
Deep Throat Restored
The Porn Chic Film that started it all. Deep Throat starring the late Linda Boreman formerly known as Linda Lovelace. Linda plays according to the opening credits "Herself" For years and years this film was the film that got more theatrical prints confiscated by the police nation wide because of it's supposed Mafia Money used to make it. What judges then and now fail to realize is it was The Jewish Pornographers in New York who used The Mafia as a cover to make this movie. Little did either side see that this film would go on to become an X Rated Icon of a Movie. Most copies that survived on into the 80s and 90s are the only prints left. For a very long while the master camera negative remained Lost forever till about 4 or 5 years back in a garage down in Miami, Florida the Master Camera Negatives for Deep Throat were found and Arrow Films Home Video half ass restored them for a quality print for DVD. I have seen this print on digital download and it terribly needs an outright kitchen sink ironically deep penetrating restoration stat ! With the use of Digital Noise Reduction unleashed to the maximum, Deep Throat could seriously look like an new HD Print just shot yesterday.
The Devil in Miss Jones (1973)
After Linda came Georgina
After the exploding success of Deep Throat, Gerard Damiano went and made a better if not more believable porn film in The Devil in Miss Jones. Not to the be confused with the Main Stream 1941 Movie The Devil and Miss Jones. This film usually was double billed with Damiano's for-mentioned film and was confiscated by Police just like Deep Throat. This film is a home video perennial that refuses to die like Deep Throat and Debbie Does Dallas. Both Devil in Miss Jones and Debbie Does Dallas share one common ancestry. Both Master Camera Negatives are lost to time. No one seems to to be to locate the storage facility or garbage dump they may have been sent to be disposed of. God knows I wish both these Master Camera Negatives could be found cleaned and restored then scanned in HD for picture and audio quality and given the Unlimited Digital Noise Reduction Overhaul they truly deserve so that both movies could really look and sound brand spanking new to the point of looking like they were just shot yesterday.
Debbie Does Dallas (1978)
Debbie Does Vanishing Act
After the success of The Bambi Woods/Debbie Benson Trilogy of Debbie Does Dallas 1 2 and 3 and few more X Films, the actress who played Debbie, Bambi Woods, up and vanished from the movie scene all together. Not long after that the Master Camera Negative up and vanished as well. That is the main source for the movie. One Vaulted Positive Print was used by VCX and restored by Media Blasters for Debbie Does Dallas The Ultimate Edition 2 Disc DVD Set. It has been rumored to have been lost like The Master Camera Negative to The Devil in Miss Jones who also has only one vaulted positive print used to create a new Ultimate Edition 2 Disc DVD Set as well. If these two master camera negatives are ever found and truly restored in 6K Resolution both movies could easily look and sound a whole lot better in Blu Ray HD Format.
Ride with Funkmaster Flex (2003)
Before Pimp My Ride there was this !
NYC's own Funk Master Flex who outside of spinning the 1s and 2s is also a confirmed Car Nut. Funk takes us the TV viewer into the Automotive Underground and let's us see whats going on in the world of Aftermarket and Customization. Plus Funks Automotive Aftermarket Team known as Team Flex would trick out Celebrity Rides. This is where the ground roots for Mtv who produced this show got the idea for their later success, Pimp My Ride.
One Episode I remember real well is when he found one of the many Ford Gran Torino's used on the 70s TV cop show Starsky & Hutch. The Vin Numbers and Letter confirmed the car was actually used on screen. With a gaggle of work from Team Flex, Funk's S&H Torino was ready to roll again down the highway and into Funk Flex's Personal Collection.
Bar Rescue (2011)
Bar Rescue make me see where my bar went bad back in the 90's.
Ever since I discovered Bar Rescue on Spike I watch it every time I can. John Taffer can be a hard headed S.O.B. but in the business of bar owning and operating you got to be damn near a General leading his troops into war against other Bars, Clubs, Pubs and All Night Spots. I used to work for a pub called Jenro's Classic Pub back in the mid to late 1990's. The owner boss and friend of mine Mike Lambaiso had the right idea but failed in a lot of other areas. What he got right was catering to the neighborhood the Pub was located in. A combination of Blue Collar, Armed Forces, and once in a great long while a few White Collar Corporate Types but not that many. Where he failed was not upgrading equipment and also not targeting younger hipper people with money. I worked every corner of the building. Bouncer, Barback, Doorman, Floater, House DJ, Kitchen Helper, Kitchen Cook when there was no cook, and Waiter if need be. Last position I held was outdoor Patio Bartender. I wish Bar Rescue had been around in 99 when the bar failed and was limping weakly towards 2000 when the name changed to Jenro's 2000. FAIL !!!! We had been booking bands and their friends and fans got too rowdy and out of control to the point of bar room brawl with bloodshed. I was the man who had the duty of calling 911 more than once and cleaned all the blood off the dance floor. We also had thieving Manager named Linda who was robbing the owner and customers blind deliberately. She finally quit when in August 99 she and the owner Mike had to work together behind the main bar. Talk about 2 Raging Bulls in a pin and he caught her more than once stealing from customers change and shoving it in her purse. She did her count out after work and left on an "F U Mike". Afterwards in September through October people she chased off started coming back but it was too little too late and Mike sold out in November 99 and Jenro's was history.