The Cage 16mm B&W Video Release

I found this clip on YouTube showing there was a video release of the full black and white 16mm version of The Cage. Gotta find a complete copy of this as it might have the deleted bits of dialogue excluded in other versions.

 

Would there be anything that didn't make it into the "extended version" on the S3 blu-ray set?

Kor

 

Heh, the subtitles are in brazilian portuguese... nice

 

I remember a video tape released over here in the UK of The Cage that was colour and black and white! In fact it was the only video of Trek that I had bought in the eighties as I preferred my shows taped from the TV! How silly I was not to know!
JB

 

Anyway we can get hold of the full thing?

 

Here’s the dialogue in question.

 

Check the circuit!

It looks great in B&W, this is what a 50's version of Trek would have looked like.

 

It's what the 60's version of Star Trek did look like.

 

It depends on what kind of TV you had.

I think color made "The Cage" more cinematic. It could almost fit into the same universe as "Forbidden Planet."

Kor

 

When I saw “The Menagerie” on the big screen in 2007, I was struck by how cinematic “The Cage” was compared to the frame story. The sets were solid and the lighting much less pedestrian.

I don’t know if Haskin and Snyder could have continued that from week-to-week, but it sure popped as feature presentation.

 

I remember also going to the theatrical screening of The Menagerie in 2007, and being mildly disappointed that the event didn't include any souvenirs.

Kor

 

Fitting forbidden Planet into Trek history sounds very interesting as Leslie Nielsen was a Kirk type of Captain I always thought! Plus it looked a lot better than ENT and DIS!
JB

 

Leslie Nielsen didn't make it to captain, but he was a lieutenant in Police Squad.

 

He was the Captain in Forbidden Planet (1956) though my Lord!
JB

 

I guess he got demoted after Forbidden Planet....

 

Captain of the SS Poseidon as well.

 

Surely, everyone here knows that.

 

"Thanks, Johnny!"
JB

 

Okay, I'll say it....don't call me Shirley.

 

Finally!