Stone Monkey to be released on DVD (Read 12500 times)

si · February 28, 2006, 11:13:16 am

Quote from: "Johnny Brown"

Good to see gritstone climbing finally being dragged into the 21st century.

Released this week on DVD

SA Chris · February 28, 2006, 11:35:28 am

Quote from: "si"

Quote from: "Johnny Brown"
Good to see gritstone climbing finally being dragged into the 21st century.

Will that have the original soundtrack?

moose · February 28, 2006, 12:22:34 pm

according to the needlesports website it does have the original soundtrack (plus an Indian Face documentary to pad it out to an acceptable 55 mins):

http://www.needlesports.com/acatalog/Mail_Order_Videos_104.html

Bubba · February 28, 2006, 12:45:04 pm

Â£25

Rip off.

A 20 year old film being re-released, plus a bit on Indian Face shouldn't cost anything like this much.

Don't get me wrong, I like Stone Monkey a lot (I'm in it...for about 2 seconds

) but compare this to DVDs from other sports which are better produced, longer, etc and this price is too high.

Bonjoy · February 28, 2006, 01:09:20 pm

Where abouts are you in it Bubba. That's a good tick!

fatboySlimfast · February 28, 2006, 01:20:09 pm

In the bus queue when Johnny does the dyno to the bus stop roof unless im very much mistaken

Fras · February 28, 2006, 01:21:19 pm

Quote from: "Bubba"

Â£25

Rip off.

A 20 year old film being re-released, plus a bit on Indian Face shouldn't cost anything like this much.

Make that Â£26, less a penny.

I agree - way over priced for a film that's so very short and IMO, not that great. I bought the video a year or so ago, and was very disappointed. Some others will no doubt disagree about its qualities, but it did little to inspire me, unlike almost every other climbing vid/DVD I've bought.

r-man · February 28, 2006, 01:26:19 pm

Blimey, that is a lot of money.

20 quid would be more like it, but only if they packaged it with Best Forgotten Art. And why not have some of Dawes' crazy leaping/ hopping/no hands stuff, even just on buildings or boulders. It's his talent for creative movement that makes him so special, it would be great to see a bit more of that...

A Dawes special circuit of the plantation... that would be brilliant. Would give us some new challenges...

(Which gives me an idea: http://ukbouldering.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=71405#71405 )

...Oh, and they should stick a copy of Buououox 8c in there too. Just the sort of entertainment that you'd feel very happy about having as an extra but rather annoyed about if you'd paid for it.

Bubba · February 28, 2006, 02:35:20 pm

Quote from: "fatboySlimfast"

In the bus queue when Johnny does the dyno to the bus stop roof unless im very much mistaken

Word.

Also there's a bit where he dynos over a bannister rail to catch some stairs - that was where I was living at the time on Cowlishaw Road.

tobym · February 28, 2006, 03:45:24 pm

Quote from: "Bubba"

Also there's a bit where he dynos over a bannister rail to catch some stairs - that was where I was living at the time on Cowlishaw Road.

You mean that wasn't really his mum and dad's place? my illusions are shattered :cry:

Falling Down · February 28, 2006, 03:46:35 pm

That was Bubba and his girlfriend...

Bubba · February 28, 2006, 03:55:23 pm

That's right, he is our love-child - he's just aged fast...

Most of that "dream sequence" was filmed at the old PYB wall.

si · February 28, 2006, 04:30:16 pm

Quote from: "moose"

according to the needlesports website it does have the original soundtrack

Wasnt there a different soundtrack on the Video to the one they screened on the TV?

Quote from: "Fras"

way over priced for a film that's so very short and IMO, not that great. I bought the video a year or so ago, and was very disappointed. Some others will no doubt disagree about its qualities, but it did little to inspire me, unlike almost every other climbing vid/DVD I've bought.

You young uns have got to remember that 20 years ago there wasnt a big skate/surf /ski video industry putting out high quality films. Stone Monkey was a revolution and I remember we just kept rewinding it and watching again for the evening!! This was the era when Betamax was still avalable, but not CDs!!
(That said it is expensive)

ding dong · February 28, 2006, 09:34:24 pm

Quote from: "r-man"

...Oh, and they should stick a copy of Buououox 8c in there too. Just the sort of entertainment that you'd feel very happy about having as an extra but rather annoyed about if you'd paid for it.

get 'gogarth' and 'strone ulladale'(sp?) on there too.
and best forgotten art, and dawes' one hand footage. perhaps thats too much?

unispiring fras!! oh dear! oh dear oh dear. the youth of today..

what about total control..?

Houdini · February 28, 2006, 10:20:32 pm

I note that the Indian Face snippet @ the end happens to be "E9 6c".

Fucking great (worth the price alone)!

It's the one where JR goes (with great seriousness):

"E9 6c is out there on the Streets every night."

r-man · March 01, 2006, 12:09:17 am

Quote from: "ding dong"

get 'gogarth' and 'strone ulladale'(sp?) on there too.

I've seen Gogarth. I have vague recollections of something truly awful. I seem to remember the most exciting bit was when they struggled up the grass at the top...

Palomides · March 01, 2006, 09:26:16 am

Quote from: "Houdini"

I note that the Indian Face snippet @ the end happens to be "E9 6c".
Fucking great (worth the price alone)!
It's the one where JR goes (with great seriousness):
"E9 6c is out there on the Streets every night."

I think I've seen that - doesn't he also say (about the painting on the rock scar)
"Of the three people who saw it, one is dead, one is mad and the other? <shrugs artistically>"

Lostboy · March 01, 2006, 10:13:24 am

Â£25 does seem steep, but according to the distributers that is purely because of the original soundtrack, copyright is a bitch

Fras · March 01, 2006, 12:40:47 pm

Quote from: "r-man"

...

unispiring fras!! oh dear! oh dear oh dear. the youth of today..

what about total control..?

Yes, I'm afraid so, compared to other vid.s

"youth" - cheers, you've no idea how that's made my day! If you only knew....;-)

Total control - was that a route or his *cough* style? If the latter, it honestly didn't look particularly in control, thought I'm sure it was. Not trying to be nasty or dis the guy, but I just didn't enjoy it, despite the guy being waaaay better than I could ever hope to be!

dave · March 01, 2006, 08:44:39 pm

Â£25 does seem steep at first glance, but then consider that i'm sure until pretty recently the VHS 25min video of stone monkey used to retail at about Â£20, it then doesn't seem that bad!

Andy B · March 01, 2006, 09:25:43 pm

Quote from: "Lostboy"

Â£25 does seem steep, but according to the distributers that is purely because of the original soundtrack, copyright is a bitch

I got into Talking Heads on the strength of the Offspring tune (Naive Melody dontcha know). Never got into Frank Zappa though :?

SA Chris · March 02, 2006, 09:41:27 am

And don't forget Lloyd Cole.

Fiend · March 02, 2006, 10:02:30 am

This is cool, I will probably get it despite the price.

BUT, they really really really should have put Best Forgotten Art on there - great film, and I can't understand why anyone, when faced with that option, would chose not to put it on?

Palomides · March 02, 2006, 10:13:47 am

Maybe it wasn't a option?

Stone Monkey is an Alun Hughes film.
BFA is a Johnny Dawes film.

errr.. I think..

luckyjez · March 04, 2006, 09:52:30 am

The cost is due to Alun Hughes having to pay through the nose to use the original Frank Zappa soundtrack. It's not like Frank needs the money, him being dead and all.

Stone Monkey to be released on DVD (Read 12500 times)

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