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The Adventures of Håkon Håkonsen is my upcoming fanfix of the 1990 Disney classic Shipwrecked directed by Nils Gaup and starring Gabriel Byrne and Stian Smestad. I grew up loving this movie but there was always that weird gorilla scene that made it hokey. Last year, I decided to scour the internet to see if there was a widescreen edition available. After finding that all of the R1 NTSC versions were 4:3 I decided I'd go after other region copies. Thankfully the R2 version of the film was preserved in widescreen (also snagged An American Tail: Fievel Goes West for a future restoration). I did complete a personal version of this fanfix some time ago, but after reading @"Captain Khajiit"'s guide on PAL conversion and proper DVD ripping, I’ve decided that my version needs a remaster. I’ll be naming it Shipwrecked:The Adventures of Håkon Håkonsen. This edition will feature the PAL widescreen dvd video (NTSC is only offered in 4:3) with the main cut being the removal of the gorilla from the island. I will attempt to reinstate the original Nordic intro scene as well, or produce a custom intro credit scene.
Coming Sometime 2017
Source files:
Shipwrecked R2 PAL DVD
US Poster
International Poster
Edit List:
Conversion of PAL to NTSC to preserve widescreen
Conversion of 2.0 Stereo track to 5.1 surround using audacity's vocal remover plugin
General Sharpen using virtualdub to improve picture quality (setting 30)
Added film grain and dust to custom title cards to simulate the source video
Created intro using stock ocean footage (degraded to match source) and custom logo
Cut Gorilla from Island
Custom audio transitions using stock ocean sounds to smooth transitions between cut scenes
Recut audio tracks during credits to end with the credits
Release formats:
MP4
DVD-5
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original
sharpened
From imdb:
[font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]"Haakon Haakonsen didn't want to go to sea so young, but when his father, a Norwegian sailor, comes home with a badly wounded foot in the 1850s, the Haakonsen family finances require him to enlist as ship boy aboard a British ship under Royal Navy authority. After some hazing he buckles up to learn the hard work and gets accepted by the rough crew. Then Royal Navy lieutenant John Merrick is welcomed to take charge of security on a long voyage to Sidney and Calcutta, through pirates-infested waters, but Haakon distrusts him after finding out that he packed concealed weapons; indeed Merrick secretly poisons the captain. Haakon and his guardian angel, his father's best mate Jens, were about to feel the claw of the cat for helping a stowaway when a rock wrecks the ship. Haakon washes up an island where he finds a pirates treasure and weapons." [/font][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Written by KGF Vissers[/font]
Here are some comparison videos between the different versions of the film
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