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.

[Hardkore]

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

A*P*E (1976) Trailer - YouTube

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by 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.

Cool.
Great to hear APE is on the way for blu ray 3D.

[Jbug]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Cool.
Great to hear APE is on the way for blu ray 3D.

Yep, it's good to know that as we wait for ICFOS that there are other titles waiting in the wings. I've never seen or heard of the APE movie but I'm in. What is the deal with Bwana Devil, is it lost or what?

[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!

[Robert Furmanek]

[applemac]

Originally Posted by Robert Furmanek

Blind Day 1 buy. Can't get enough of these 3D restorations.

[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).

[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! :-)

[br3ttD]

I have A*P*E on field sequential 3D DVD. It's a tough sit
but throw a few drinks into the mix and it can be a hoot!
Looking forward to more restoration magic from the 3-D
Film Archive! 👍

[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.