Posts from chester7777 in thread „The Restoration of John Wayne's THE ALAMO- Movie“

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I received email back from Bill Hunt and Robert Harris. Robert Harris is the person who is heading up the project . . .

Todd, since you were so proactive and made the first contact, would you be willing to follow up and see what's happened with this project? Like others, I tried searching and couldn't come up with anything.

I wonder why they decided to only go with corporate sponsorship and not include private donations. Many small donations can add up to an appreciable amount (as we know from some fundraising we've done around here over the years).

stacy,

The reference in the thread title to the restoration of John Wayne's The Alamo is regarding the film, not the set location, although you are correct that there has been talk about closing down the Brackettville location (it may even have take place by now . . . there is a little more info in this thread).

Anyway, I just wanted to clarify the issue.

Chester

Quote from Robert Harris

We've been reviewing our fundraising plans, and have made a decision to accept only Corporate sponsorships toward the restoration of The Alamo, and will keep you in the loop as things progress.

Thank you all for your support.

RAH

Is it possible that any donations sent to the address you gave previously will still be accepted towards your work? We are certainly interested in anything we can do to assist in the support of this project.

Chester

Mr. Harris,

WELCOME to the Original John Wayne Message Board, and thank you so much for taking the time to join us and keep us informed on this upcoming project. As you might imagine, the members here take a special interest in The Alamo, as it was one of John Wayne's pet projects.

We look forward to hearing more about your efforts, and we thank you for them!

Chester and the Mrs.

Todd,

Thank you for following up so thoroughly!! Mr. Harris' registration has been approved this evening, so I look forward to hearing from him soon.

I was hoping that making this a 'sticky' thread in General Discussions (specifically JW related) would keep it relatively easy to find. If something else is needed, I'm sure Kevin can help out and make it happen.

Thanks again, Todd, for being so proactive!

Chester

I posted about this in the thread dedicated to the film The Alamo, but wanted to highlight the topic again, in hopes that as many folks as possible will be aware of the status of this classic.

For all you fans of JW's The Alamo - I got the following communication from member itdo -

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Hi Chester,

There are definite plans to finally save The Alamo - before it's too late. I thought it might be appropriate that the John Wayne Forum knew about this and would perform something to add to the gigantic task. The well-known Robert Harris, who restored Lawrence and Spartacus, is trying to find the funds. I'm a member of the 35mmforum.com, and it was posted there:

http://thedigitalbits.com/arti…tharris/harris032009.html

Maybe you can post this. This is the ultimate LAST chance to save the ONLY surviving 70mm print - the Original Director's Cut. If it's gone, it's gone. I hope you won't get a discussion about "can't they just put on DVD?" No, they can't. As we have seen with the DVD release, they had to use the other print - the short one. Because the only print running the original length is now deteriorating.

All the Best,
Roland

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The article at the link is quite interesting. The first part is a very technical discussion of what physically happens to film. Even if you don't want to read the tech stuff, fast forward to the end of the article where they tell about Harris' desire to restore this print. A worthwhile cause, if ever there was one!