Shooters Save The Manxman

Shooters Save The Manxman brings the largest network of independent filmmakers the challenge of saving the great Alfred Hitchcock's silent masterpiece, The Manxman (1929), in partnership with BFI's Rescue the Hitchcock 9 project. The Manxman is a melodrama featuring a classic love triangle, beautifully shot around the stunning Cornish coastlines. We've decided to rally the cause and help raise £5,000 in support of its restoration by the BFI National Archive. If every Shooter can find some spare pennies and pounds, we’ll all become an integral part of saving this unique piece of cinematic history. 

You can watch the BFI's Rescue the Hitchcock 9 trailer on this page for a tantalising taste of what's to come.

£1 - helps to scan 5 frames of film for digital restoration

£5 - helps to restore digitally 15 frames of film

£10 - helps to restore 30 frames of film

£25 - helps to scan 125 frames of film for digital clean-up

£75 - would help to scan 375 frames of film for digital clean-up

£150 - would help to restore digitally 450 frames of film

£500 - would help to print 2,000 frames back to film for preservation

£5,000 - would help restore digitally a reel of film

£15,000 - would help to reproduce the colour tinting or black and white grading of the original nitrate prints 

 £15,000 - would help to reproduce the colour tinting or black and white grading of the original nitrate prints 

Together we can save this film for ourselves and future generations of film lovers - please dig deep for donations, and help us spread the word by liking Shooters Save The Manxman on Facebook.

Shooting People is the online network for independent filmmakers: shootingpeople.org

Rescue the Hitchcock 9 is the BFI's major campaign to support the restoration of Hitchcock’s nine surviving silent films with newly commissioned scores from contemporary artists for live, public performances in 2012. For more information and updates visit: bfi.org.uk/hitchcock/

 

 

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