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GaySatyr
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Posted - Dec 18 2001 : 4:51PM
Caballero is reissuing a number of gay classics; however, there is some mis-information involved:

Their reissue of Boys in the Sand is actually Men in the Sand - the sequel made by Wakefield Poole in 1986, 15 years after the 1971 original. Casey Donovan reprised his role in the sequel; however, the other cast members are different.

I have been unable to determine if Closed Set is actually the Joe Gage original; or, as I suspect to be more likely, a remake, also by Gage, called Closed Set II.

I really appreciate Caballero's effort and investment in these reissues which are not likely to be big sellers; however, I think their target audience would be better served and more likely to buy were the information (& titles) provided more accurate.

~ GaySatyr

GaySatyr
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Posted - Dec 18 2001 : 5:31PM
Similarly, there are problems with two classic Joe Gage reissues from VCA, Kansas City Trucking Co (which is missing approximately 5 minutes of the original film) and El Paso Wrecking Corp (which is missing approximately 25 minutes of the original film - nearly 1/3rd of the original footage).

Again, I appreciate VCA's efforts. I understand that a good deal of the 35mm film footage has been lost or destroyed; however, the footage IS available on old Sony Beta-format releases of the original "GageTapes." I wish VCA could have incorporated the missing material.

~ GaySatyr

joeblow69
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Posted - Dec 18 2001 : 5:58PM
I wonder why they changed the cover art to Closed Set? (assuming it really is the Joe Gage original)?

The design of those early Joe Gage boxes are very easy to recognize. Just looking at the new box art quickly made me think it was just another cheap porn flick.

And speaking of Joe Gage, did anyone check out the new 5 movie DVD 5 Joe Gage Classics? How in gods name did they get 5 movies on one DVD? I know Joe Gage flicks are normally short, but even if each movie is only 1 hour, there is still no way to cram that much data on 1 DVD without having to turn compression on way too high.

GaySatyr
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Posted - Dec 18 2001 : 6:34PM
The cover art is why I suspect that it may be Closed Set II (still by Joe Gage) rather than the original.
Actually, Joe Gage flicks are not all that short - almost all of them were approximately 90 minutes long when released originally. I owned several on Super-8 prints (three 30-minute reels each), long since disintegrated, but never bought the videotapes.

~ GaySatyr

joeblow69
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Posted - Dec 19 2001 : 12:15AM
I knew I've seen that cover to Closed Set before!

Check out these 2 covers!

What do I win???

 
GaySatyr
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Posted - Dec 19 2001 : 2:40AM
Sadly, you win nothing and neither does anyone else. Mis-named, mis-labeled and misleading packaging make everyone a loser in the long run. Buyers don't get what they were expecting and the sellers lose their reputations.

~ GaySatyr




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