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Rachel Carter
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From: Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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posted 04-03-2001 01:23 AM

Just wondering what everyone’s favorite Trailers are... Just off the top of my head these are the few I remember that I really liked.

“Oh Brother Where Art Thou” (have not seen it)

“The Mummy Returns” (not yet released)

“Bring it on” (What??? I liked the music!! REALLY!!!)

“Pearl Harbor” (not yet released)

“Dungeons and Dragons” (I LOVED the movie, yes I'm a geek )

"Stir of Echoes" (Great movie)

hmmmm....I'm sure I'll remember others

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Sean McKinnon
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posted 04-03-2001 02:30 AM

MI:2 because of the way the paramount logo turned into the mountain tom was on (why didnt they do this in the movie too?)

Chocolate: I dont really know why i just liked it a lot

and that movie with kevin bacon in it it was an artisan release and it had the rolling stones "Paint it black" in it.

Waking ned devine: cause its one of my favorite movies.

I know theres more but im too tired to think of them

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Sean M. Grimes
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posted 04-03-2001 03:39 AM

Sean-

Stir of Echoes was the Kevin Bacon movie - and in my personal opinion soo much better than that damn "I see dead people movie" that came out within a few weeks of each other.

Rachel-

Go see O Brother, my personal fave of the year.

My favorite trailers the Fight Club psa's umm the Man With the Golden Arm, and the new one there - Ed Norton and Bobby D - Score.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 04-03-2001 06:34 AM

Dinosaur - The big long one that came attached to Toy Story 2. I hated the movie, but liked the trailer because of the cool graphics and music.

Hannibal - Teaser. Never saw the movie, never plan to. Teaser has great sound.

All hell, I know there's more than that, I just can't think of any now. Probably because it's 5:36am here. Must sleep.

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John Pytlak
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posted 04-03-2001 07:01 AM

"Independence Day" --- really did a good job of building interest in the film by highlighting the special effects. Every time I saw it in a theatre, the audience cheered when the White House got blown up (there must be some deep psychological meaning here

Currently, the "Pearl Harbor" trailer really makes me want to see the film.

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Scott Norwood
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posted 04-03-2001 07:33 AM

Psycho (the original) has a great trailer! It's definitely one of my favorites.

The 1997 Star Wars reissue trailers were pretty good as well, and crowds really loved them.

Other favorites: Jurassic Park-Lost World (the one where some theatres synched strobe lights to their DTS players)...this is the only trailer I've seen that actually got applause due to the strobe-light effect! Welcome to the Dollhouse (red band version). U-571. Titanic (the 4-minute version). Saving Private Ryan. Nights of Cabiria. Schizopolis (this one was truly bizarre). Switchblade Sisters. Toy Story.

Of current trailers, I'd vote for Pearl Harbor as well.

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Jesse Skeen
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posted 04-03-2001 03:57 PM

The trailer for "A Very Brady Sequel" parodied the "Independence Day" trailer- the squares from the TV show's intro "invaded" a city.
The 'music video' trailer for "Josie and the Pussycats" is going onto my trailer reel

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Joe Redifer
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posted 04-03-2001 04:00 PM

I forgot about Jurassic Park 2's strobe lights! That was fun. We cranked the hell out of that trailer. They never came back and removed the strobe lights, either. I even got a free shirt. Wow!

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Evans A Criswell
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posted 04-03-2001 04:29 PM

One that stands out in my mind as being humorous is the trailer for Austin Powers 2. The whole Star Wars type of intro, with the "If you see just one movie this summer, see Star Wars" bit made it one to remember.

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 04-03-2001 06:14 PM

I loved the "Star Wars Trilogy" reissue trailer. The one that started out with the TV screen tiny in the middle. I forget the exact wording of the narration, but it really drove home the point that "If you've only seen it on a TV screen, you haven't seen it at all."

Another vote too for Independence Day. For that one, I put the trailer "last" in the pack, and set the lights-down cue so the lights faded totally off just as the alien ship was passing over head. It looked way cool and it was fun to watch people "looking up" when the lights started to go down.

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John Pytlak
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posted 04-04-2001 07:00 AM

Mike: That

touch of dimming the lights in sync with the trailer action is a good example of "Showmanship". Simple things like that make movies a special experience that is too often missing in "cookie cutter" multiplexes managed by remote control.

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Sean Weitzel
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posted 04-04-2001 10:43 AM

The Jurassic Park 2 strobe effects were fantastic. What an idea! Century 21 in San Jose had the retrofit. They had posted signs on the doors stating something to the effect of 'this presentation features effects having loud sounds and bright flashing lights. people prone to seizures are cautioned before entering the theater, etc, yada' It was cool. I read that Boston light and sound did the setup. and I know that the strobes were removed from century 21 after the trailer finished it's run.

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Brad Miller
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posted 04-04-2001 01:59 PM

One of my favorite trailers was the scope version of Far and Away. If anyone remembers, the first 30 seconds or so of this trailer starts off as a 1.85 matted image and then as the music build a title slate appears saying something like "The first movie to be shot in Super Panavision 70mm" and then the sides opened up to a full 2.35 scope image. I unplugged the lens turret motor and aperture changer and placed a format change cue right there, so as the title slate hit the screen, the side masking started opening up.

One of my favorite trailers regarding content was a trailer for "The Willies". This was a trailer that was apparently shot by a couple of guys here in Texas some 10+ years ago in order to show it around and get financing to make the feature. It was some sort of suspense/horror movie that took place in an old single screen theater "The Lyric". It had eerily lit shots of old carbon arc lamphouses, strips of film rotting away on the floor and one hell of an impressive Dolby A track...one of the best I've ever heard. I actually took it to the theater I was working at the time and dropped it into the normal trailer pack and was there to dim the lights and kick in the Dolby for it. People loved it so much that they stopped by after the movie and pestered the managers as to when it was coming out. Unfortunately, the feature was never shot.

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Mark Lensenmayer
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posted 04-04-2001 02:32 PM

A trailer I remember from YEARS ago was for a forgettable film from the CB Radio era called "CONVOY". They made a film based on this song about truckers. For the trailer, they took scenes from the film and put them with the song. Very effective, and one I've never forgotten after a LOT of years. The trailer was FAR better than the movie!

As for the best trailers ever, I must mention the terrific work of the fine folks at TROMA. The two best are (and this has to be one of the greatest film titles ever) SURF NAZIS MUST DIE and SGT. KUBUKIMAN, NYPD. These are some of the funniest pieces of film I have ever seen. Trey Parker and Matt Stone's trailer for CANNIBAL: THE MOVIE is also very good. (Many of the Troma trailers can be found on various Troma DVD's...they did have out a $6.00 DVD that was just trailers, but I don't know if its still available.

The Projectionist (Bruce Bartoo) at our local arts center collects trailers, and he shows many of them during summer "B Movie" series. The TROMA ones always bring a BIG laugh.

Mark Lensenmayer

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Jesse Skeen
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posted 04-05-2001 06:39 PM

Those Troma trailers are obviously done straight-to-video, they probably never made any film versions. A lot of them have content that wouldn't make it into a regular trailer either, plus they're pretty long!
I have that trailer disc plus Troma's first 21 DVD releases since summer before last they had a 25-cent per disc deal on their website; I ordered one of everything!

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