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Aired for the first and only time at 10:30 PM, Halloween night of 1983 (on the then-newly launched cable network Disney Channel) was a 35 minute early directorial effort of Tim Burton's, titled '''''Hansel and Gretel''''' (a quirky take on the original Brothers Grimm story); it was created the year before on a modest budget of $116,000.
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Airing for the first and only time at 10:30 PM, Halloween night of 1983 (on the then-newly launched cable network Disney Channel) was a 35-minute early directorial effort of Tim Burton's, titled '''''Hansel and Gretel''''' (a quirky, Japanese-style take on the original Brothers Grimm story); the live-action short was commissioned by Disney and was created the year beforehand on a modest budget of $116,000. The film was hosted by the late Vincent Price, who had previously worked with Burton on his 1982 short ''Vincent''. Besides its single airing, the only other time ''Hansel and Gretel'' was screened for an audience (not counting those following its 2009 re-discovery and restoration) was in May of 1983, when it was shown exclusively to Disney employees.<ref>[https://youtu.be/ysXEh3ohFHg Australian Centre for the Moving Image podcast on ''Hansel and Gretel'', provided for their 2010 Tim Burton exhibition, via YouTube; 19 Jun 2013.] Retrieved 08 Nov '14</ref>


===Finding===
The film fell into obscurity in the decades following, apparently due to the fact that Burton was somewhat embarrassed by how it turned out and that Disney executives felt that the film's themes were a little too dark and uncomfortable for their child-targeted network. A copy of ''Hansel and Gretel'' was eventually rediscovered, restored and made partially available (i.e., shown in limited access screenings) via various Tim Burton exhibitions around the world in late 2009 through 2012, with the restoration of the film premiering at the New York Museum of Modern Art.<ref>[http://moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2009/timburton/ Museum of Modern Art's site on their 2009-2010 Tim Burton exhibition.] Retrieved 08 Nov '14</ref><ref>[http://acmi.net.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/2010/tim-burton-the-exhibition/ Australian Centre for the Moving Image's page on their 2010 Tim Burton exhibition.] Retrieved 08 Nov '14</ref><ref>[http://lacma.org/art/exhibition/tim-burton Los Angeles County Museum of Art's page on their 2011 Tim Burton exhibition.] Retrieved 08 Nov '14</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141123050330/http://www.cinematheque.fr:80/fr/expositions-cinema/precedentes-expositions/printemps-2012-tim-burto/ La Cinematheque Francaise's page on their 2012 Tim Burton exhibition (in French).] Archived 23 Nov '14</ref>


Due to the exclusive nature of said screenings, many felt that much was left to be desired, as the majority of those who sought the film were simply unable to travel to the aforementioned Burton exhibitions to view it. Notably, a camcorder shot bootleg of Price's intro to the short (covertly recorded at one of the Burton exhibitions) was uploaded to YouTube in January of 2011 by user tapio1985, who went on to reveal that he had actually managed to record the majority of the film via this method, but had neglected to upload it due to the video length constraints imposed on YouTube's regular users. Two years passed and the film once again shrank into obscurity, until October of 2013, when tapio1985 followed through with the rest of his bootleg footage, uploading it to YouTube in 7-8 minute segments. While this was a great deal more footage from the film than most had seen before, tapio1985 had, as previously alluded to, not managed to capture the whole thing (with roughly 10 minutes from the beginning unaccounted for), making for a bittersweet situation for fans and lost media buffs alike (not to mention the fact that the presence of background noise, plus the low-quality nature of the recordings resulted in a difficult viewing experience).


However, in June of 2014, a VHSRip of the complete short (sans Price's intro) miraculously appeared on private torrent tracker Cinemageddon courtesy of user Ricsie, having acquired the "rip" from an unnamed source who had recorded it during its lone 1983 airing and whose brother had since digitized the recording after realizing its rarity.<ref>[http://cinemageddon.net/details.php?id=163324 Ricsie's original Cinemageddon upload (invite required for registration).] Retrieved 08 Nov '14</ref> The provision of this VHSRip (which subsequently and inevitably found its way to YouTube), along with tapio1985's previously uploaded bootleg introduction marked the first time that the product in its entirety had ever been made available on such a wide scale, much to the delight of many; the event went on to garner several write-ups in a variety of online columns in the weeks following, receiving generally favourable reviews.


==Videos==
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==See Also==
*[[The Island of Doctor Agor (lost Tim Burton animated film; 1971)]]
*[[Conversations with Vincent (lost Tim Burton documentary film; 1994)]]


The short is a Japanese style take on the Brothers Grimm story of the same name, and consists entirely of live action. It was hosted by Vincent Price, who had previously worked with Burton on his 1982 short ''Vincent''. The only other time it was shown before its single TV airing was in May 1983, exclusively to Disney employees.
==External Links==
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*[https://youtu.be/jNODoL_PmqY tapio1985's incomplete bootleg recording of ''Hansel and Gretel'' (part 1 of 3), via YouTube; 18 Oct 2013.] Retrieved 07 Nov '14
Timburton3.jpg|Screenshot 1/2 of Burton's ''Hansel and Gretel''.
*[https://youtu.be/azEli_M6yQU tapio1985's incomplete bootleg recording of ''Hansel and Gretel'' (part 2 of 3), via YouTube; 18 Oct 2013.] Retrieved 07 Nov '14
111809cinecorner5.jpg|Screenshot 2/2 of Burton's ''Hansel and Gretel''.
*[https://youtu.be/ipWNimIsMPg tapio1985's incomplete bootleg recording of ''Hansel and Gretel'' (part 3 of 3), via YouTube; 18 Oct 2013.] Retrieved 07 Nov '14
File:Podcast on Tim Burton's Hansel and Gretel|Introduction to the film, as shown at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (featuring the intro shown at the Museum of Modern Art).
*[https://archive.org/details/tim-burtons-hansel-gretel-pro-copy Professional copy] Retrieved 10 June '23
</gallery>
*[https://archive.org/details/walt-disney-studios-showcase-tim-burtons-vincent-hansel-and-gretel-1983-airing-fan-recreation As it Would Have Aired on The Disney Channel] Retrieved 10 June '23


Burton's ''Hansel and Gretel'' has never again aired on TV since that one Halloween night in 1983 (allegedly due to both the facts that Burton was embarrassed by the short, and that Disney executives found the short's themes dark and uncomfortable, and somewhat out of place on their cable network). All other instances of it having been available for public viewing were at various worldwide Tim Burton exhibitions, such as at a Tim Burton retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in late 2009 to early 2010 (for which a then recently rediscovered copy of the film was restored), at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, in mid-to-late 2010 (who had loaned the film from the Museum of Modern Art), in 2011 at the LA County Museum of Art (who are now also said to be in possession of a copy of the aforementioned restoration, and who have since released two screenshots of the film online), and at the August 2012 Tim Burton L'Exposition at the Cinémathèque Française, Paris (who are reported to have loaned a copy of the film from the LA County Museum of Art).
==References==
{{reflist}}


The only part of the film to have surfaced online is a shaky bootleg of Price's introduction; the complete film is highly sought after by collectors.
[[Category:Found films]]
 
[[Category:Found media]]
'''UPDATE 28 Oct '13:''' Nearly 25 minutes of bootleg footage from the film has recently been uploaded to YouTube, courtesy of tapio1985, the same user responsible for originally uploading Vincent Price's intro for the film. While we technically can't label this found, as there is still some footage missing, its recording and subsequent upload are hugely appreciated by many; thanks tapio1985!
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[[Category:Historic]]
File:Hansel & Gretel (intro by Vincent Price)|Intro with Vincent Price.
File:Hansel & Gretel (extract1 3)|Excerpt 1 of 3.
File:Hansel & Gretel (extract2 3)|Excerpt 2 of 3.
File:Hansel & Gretel (extract3 3)|Excerpt 3 of 3.
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'''UPDATE 13 Jun '14:''' For a while now, the only way to watch Tim Burton's ''Hansel and Gretel'', was via a low quality, handheld bootleg taken during a Tim Burton exhibition and subsequently uploaded to YouTube (albeit in incomplete form). But now, a complete VHSRip from the legendary lost film's one and only TV airing in 1983 has been uploaded to Cinemageddon by Ricsie! The intro with Vincent Price is missing, but the movie itself is all there. This VHSRip, plus the addition of the bootlegged Vincent Price intro means that ''Hansel and Gretel'' has officially been found in its entirety!
 
HUGE thanks go out to Ricsie and his source for finally bringing this gem to light; I encourage any and all CG users reading this to send some credits his way, I certainly will be!
 
For those without CG accounts, I have [https://mega.co.nz/#!PYgD1TQT!e6gqb68BdQCyuecyiIziBExFkRIO2RpCOSuphMzR0uM mirrored the film via mega.co.nz].
 
Enjoy, guys (especially you, Ari Srabstein, I know how badly you've been wanting this one)! ;)
 
-[[User:Dycaite|dycaite]]

Latest revision as of 17:15, 30 June 2024

Hansel and Gretel Title Card.png

Title Card.

Status: Found

Date found: 13 Jun 2014

Found by: tapio1985, and Ricsie

Airing for the first and only time at 10:30 PM, Halloween night of 1983 (on the then-newly launched cable network Disney Channel) was a 35-minute early directorial effort of Tim Burton's, titled Hansel and Gretel (a quirky, Japanese-style take on the original Brothers Grimm story); the live-action short was commissioned by Disney and was created the year beforehand on a modest budget of $116,000. The film was hosted by the late Vincent Price, who had previously worked with Burton on his 1982 short Vincent. Besides its single airing, the only other time Hansel and Gretel was screened for an audience (not counting those following its 2009 re-discovery and restoration) was in May of 1983, when it was shown exclusively to Disney employees.[1]

Finding

The film fell into obscurity in the decades following, apparently due to the fact that Burton was somewhat embarrassed by how it turned out and that Disney executives felt that the film's themes were a little too dark and uncomfortable for their child-targeted network. A copy of Hansel and Gretel was eventually rediscovered, restored and made partially available (i.e., shown in limited access screenings) via various Tim Burton exhibitions around the world in late 2009 through 2012, with the restoration of the film premiering at the New York Museum of Modern Art.[2][3][4][5]

Due to the exclusive nature of said screenings, many felt that much was left to be desired, as the majority of those who sought the film were simply unable to travel to the aforementioned Burton exhibitions to view it. Notably, a camcorder shot bootleg of Price's intro to the short (covertly recorded at one of the Burton exhibitions) was uploaded to YouTube in January of 2011 by user tapio1985, who went on to reveal that he had actually managed to record the majority of the film via this method, but had neglected to upload it due to the video length constraints imposed on YouTube's regular users. Two years passed and the film once again shrank into obscurity, until October of 2013, when tapio1985 followed through with the rest of his bootleg footage, uploading it to YouTube in 7-8 minute segments. While this was a great deal more footage from the film than most had seen before, tapio1985 had, as previously alluded to, not managed to capture the whole thing (with roughly 10 minutes from the beginning unaccounted for), making for a bittersweet situation for fans and lost media buffs alike (not to mention the fact that the presence of background noise, plus the low-quality nature of the recordings resulted in a difficult viewing experience).

However, in June of 2014, a VHSRip of the complete short (sans Price's intro) miraculously appeared on private torrent tracker Cinemageddon courtesy of user Ricsie, having acquired the "rip" from an unnamed source who had recorded it during its lone 1983 airing and whose brother had since digitized the recording after realizing its rarity.[6] The provision of this VHSRip (which subsequently and inevitably found its way to YouTube), along with tapio1985's previously uploaded bootleg introduction marked the first time that the product in its entirety had ever been made available on such a wide scale, much to the delight of many; the event went on to garner several write-ups in a variety of online columns in the weeks following, receiving generally favourable reviews.

Videos

tapio1985's bootleg Vincent Price intro.

William Gazecki's professional copy.

See Also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Australian Centre for the Moving Image podcast on Hansel and Gretel, provided for their 2010 Tim Burton exhibition, via YouTube; 19 Jun 2013. Retrieved 08 Nov '14
  2. ↑ Museum of Modern Art's site on their 2009-2010 Tim Burton exhibition. Retrieved 08 Nov '14
  3. ↑ Australian Centre for the Moving Image's page on their 2010 Tim Burton exhibition. Retrieved 08 Nov '14
  4. ↑ Los Angeles County Museum of Art's page on their 2011 Tim Burton exhibition. Retrieved 08 Nov '14
  5. ↑ La Cinematheque Francaise's page on their 2012 Tim Burton exhibition (in French). Archived 23 Nov '14
  6. ↑ Ricsie's original Cinemageddon upload (invite required for registration). Retrieved 08 Nov '14
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