A*P*E 3D Blu-ray (1976) [Region A Locked]

[revgen]

Ape 3D Blu-ray



Mister Lime announced the release in the Kino Lorber Studio Classics Thread.

UPDATE

The 3-D Film Archive will be restoring the film.

[the13thman]

If Kino own the rights then this will be another one that'll be cruelly and pointlessly region locked.

[UFAlien]

This is kind of amazing. I'm sure watching a man in a gorilla suit knock over stiff plastic cows and wrestle limp rubber sharks will be even more awe-inspiring in 3D.

I do wonder if they were competent enough to shoot the monster scenes in hypostereo to make him seem larger instead of making his real scale (even more) obvious.

I'm guessing not.

[Robert Furmanek]

The DP was Daniel Symmes and he knew his way around the Space-Vision 3-D lens.

The same lens was used on THE BUBBLE.

[UFAlien]

Oooh, well then count me double excited! I'd forgotten this was a SpaceVision feature.

[Robert Furmanek]

[Hardkore]

I had to go look up the original trailer for this.

A*P*E (1976) Trailer - YouTube

[Robert Furmanek]

From our website: http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/silver-age-1966---1986

In February 1976, filming began in Korea on THE NEW KING KONG in Space-Vision. On March 15, a trade ad was placed in Boxoffice. At that time, Dino De Laurentiis was in production on his $22,000,000 remake of KING KONG and the producers changed the title to SUPER APE in June. It finally opened as A*P*E in October.

[revgen]

Originally Posted by UFAlien

This is kind of amazing. I'm sure watching a man in a gorilla suit knock over stiff plastic cows and wrestle limp rubber sharks will be even more awe-inspiring in 3D.

I do wonder if they were competent enough to shoot the monster scenes in hypostereo to make him seem larger instead of making his real scale (even more) obvious.

I'm guessing not.

I've never seen it before. Hopefully, it's a good substitute for Robot Monster. ;-)

[Robert Furmanek]

Nothing can take the place of Ro-Man!

[UFAlien]

Robert, this is probably a stupid question, but did the Space-Vision lens have a fixed interaxial?

[Robert Furmanek]

Offhand, I don't know.

There are articles on this page, perhaps they answer your question: http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/home/The-Bubble

[bavanut]

Originally Posted by UFAlien

Robert, this is probably a stupid question, but did the Space-Vision lens have a fixed interaxial?

Yes, the Space-Vision lens had a fixed interaxial of 67 millimeters, I think.

For all its charms-- and yes, it does have some-- A*P*E is not a film concerned with orthostereoscopic scale. :-)

[GKintz]

You were very close, Mike!

SpaceVision had a fixed I/A of 65mm (2.55 inches).

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by bavanut

Yes, the Space-Vision lens had a fixed interaxial of 67 millimeters, I think.

For all its charms-- and yes, it does have some-- A*P*E is not a film concerned with orthostereoscopic scale. :-)

The same field of view desired for camera capture and viewed image? i.e. Orthostereoscopic scale is the same physical FOV as recorded by the camera?

In the 2013 movie "Jack the Giant Slayer", I've read where increasing separation of the Left and Right cameras made a stereo perspective of the town's people look tiny in the perspective images physical FOV; and the Giants, that were filmed independently with closer camera separation, looked massively large viewed at the same images FOV.

[BleedOrange11]

Orthostereoscopic means "real world" size and proportions. I'm assuming that the miniature models in APE have too much depth and look like doll house pieces instead of real buildings, ships, etc.

http://nzphoto.tripod.com/3d/310orthostereo.htm

[Funcha]

I hope it was not to be confused with a great film.

[bavanut]

Originally Posted by BleedOrange11

I'm assuming that the miniature models in APE have too much depth and look like doll house pieces instead of real buildings, ships, etc.

That is my recollection, yes, having seen the film only once, at a single-strip 3-D retrospective in Los Angeles in 2002.

That said, it does offer considerable entertainment value if one comes at it in the right frame of mind. I think the film's chief asset, apart from the lovely and charming Joanna Kerns, is the stereo cinematography by the late and greatly missed Dan Symmes.

[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by GKintz

You were very close, Mike!

SpaceVision had a fixed I/A of 65mm (2.55 inches).

Interesting.

It's a fixed lens, right?
What's the focal length?
What are the f stops?

[bavanut]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

Interesting.

It's a fixed lens, right?
What's the focal length?
What are the f stops?

There were three f-stop settings: 4.5, 6.3 and 11.

My birthday was just a few weeks ago, so I'm having the typical "another year older" memory lapse on the focal length. I want to say 35 millimeters.

EDIT: Lipton in one place says 32 mm., and in another place 35. The number "32" was tickling my memory, but I cannot say for sure right now which figure is correct.

There is a document on Bob's website which claims a 2.64-inch I/A for Space-Vision, which would work out to 67 millimeters, and that's how I came by that number. Right or wrong, I have been carrying that number around in my head for quite a while, and, unlike so many things, it has not leaked out. Ha ha ha! :-)