Krakatoa - the Movie

[T]

(Courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa>

Krakatoa was the name of a short 1933 movie about the volcano which won
the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Novelty for its producer Joe
Rock. This movie was also notable for overwhelming the sound systems of
the cinemas of the time. In Australia, the distributors insisted on a
power output of 10 watts RMS as a minimum for cinemas wishing to show
the movie. This was then considered a large system, and forced many
cinemas to upgrade.

The eruption is also the subject of a 1969 Hollywood film entitled
Krakatoa, East of Java starring Maximilian Schell - which is notable
chiefly for getting the volcano's location embarrassingly wrong;
Krakatoa is in fact west of Java.
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[Frank R.A.J. Maloney]

Post by T
(Courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa>
Krakatoa was the name of a short 1933 movie about the volcano which won
the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Novelty for its producer Joe
Rock. This movie was also notable for overwhelming the sound systems of
the cinemas of the time. In Australia, the distributors insisted on a
power output of 10 watts RMS as a minimum for cinemas wishing to show the
movie. This was then considered a large system, and forced many cinemas to
upgrade.
The eruption is also the subject of a 1969 Hollywood film entitled
Krakatoa, East of Java starring Maximilian Schell - which is notable
chiefly for getting the volcano's location embarrassingly wrong; Krakatoa
is in fact west of Java.

I highly recommend Simon Winchester's book "Krakatoa, The Day the World
Exploded: August 27, 1883". He has some trenchant observations vis-a-vis
both the book and the film "Krakatoa, East of Java", among many other
fascinating subjects.

[MadiHolmes]

Post by T
The eruption is also the subject of a 1969 Hollywood film entitled
Krakatoa, East of Java starring Maximilian Schell - which is notable
chiefly for getting the volcano's location embarrassingly wrong; Krakatoa
is in fact west of Java.

Well, it is east if you keep going for long enough...

MadiHolmes

[JMKAUFFMAN]

Post by MadiHolmes

Post by T
The eruption is also the subject of a 1969 Hollywood film entitled
Krakatoa, East of Java starring Maximilian Schell - which is notable
chiefly for getting the volcano's location embarrassingly wrong; Krakatoa
is in fact west of Java.

Well, it is east if you keep going for long enough...

That was the very punchline to a Dick Cavett routine when the movie was
released and the error was announced. Cavett: "They're renaming the film
'Krakatoa, Way, Way, Way East of Java.'"


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[EAC]

Post by Frank R.A.J. Maloney
I highly recommend Simon Winchester's book "Krakatoa, The Day the World
Exploded: August 27, 1883". He has some trenchant observations vis-a-vis
both the book and the film "Krakatoa, East of Java", among many other
fascinating subjects.

Well... I highly don't recommend the Simon Winchester's book if you
want to find out about Krakatau.

The book only covered little about Krakatau, and all over the book is
filled with nasty political propaganda (with some of the information
twisted to fit certain agenda).

I made the mistake of buying the book thinking that it's a detailed
look into the 1883 Krakatau explosion, not knowing that the whole book
is filled with nasty political propaganda and only briefly covered the
1883 explosion.

In short, if you want a book that told about a fictional political
situation (that the book pretend as reality), then the Simon
Winchester's book is the book. If you want a book about Krakatau, look
somewhere else.

The lesson I learned from "Krakatoa, The Day the World Exploded:
August 27, 1883" is that... don't judge a book by its cover.

Post by Frank R.A.J. Maloney
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Post by EAC
The book only covered little about Krakatau, and all over the book is
filled with nasty political propaganda (with some of the information
twisted to fit certain agenda).

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If it weren't OT, I'd love to know what you mean by "nasty political
propaganda".

[ahollis577]

The 1969 Cinerama release of ABC Pictures Krakatoa, East of Java is one of
my guilty pleasures. Not a good movie, but one that is enjoyable in that
there certainly no message and was just fun to watch. (I can not believe
that I have just admitted this.)

The film received the Roadshow release in the Cinerama theatres of the day,
but quickly went into general release in a cut version. Overseas, the film
did quite well and was even re-released in Sensuround all across Europe on
the heels of Earthquake.

There were two DVD version released. The first released (by a public domain
company) was a cut general release version that I say in the theatres way
back when. The picture was horrible, but was letterboxed. Anchor Bay
released the Roadshow version and it was much better looking. It did lack
the Overture and Intermission that understand was there in a few venues.
Anchor Bay has lost the ABC rights and MGM is now releasing them through a
contract with Disney. Krakatoa is not on their release schedule.

I read the Krakatoa book this past summer and have to agree that it is an
excellent and well investigated. I recommend it highly and it can now be
picked up in paperback.

Are there any copies of the 1933 short lying around?

Post by T
(Courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa>
Krakatoa was the name of a short 1933 movie about the volcano which won
the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Novelty for its producer Joe
Rock. This movie was also notable for overwhelming the sound systems of
the cinemas of the time. In Australia, the distributors insisted on a
power output of 10 watts RMS as a minimum for cinemas wishing to show
the movie. This was then considered a large system, and forced many
cinemas to upgrade.
The eruption is also the subject of a 1969 Hollywood film entitled
Krakatoa, East of Java starring Maximilian Schell - which is notable
chiefly for getting the volcano's location embarrassingly wrong;
Krakatoa is in fact west of Java.
==========================================
Man, rocking the Multiplex with 10 WATTS baby! I have an old Harman
Kardon 330 Nocturne sitting here with 15w per channel. 8D
TBerk

[David]

Post by ahollis577
I read the Krakatoa book this past summer and have to agree that it is an
excellent and well investigated. I recommend it highly and it can now be
picked up in paperback.

Winchester also recorded a book-on-tape of it, for those of you stuck
in traffic for half your lives (in other words, Californians).

[Tom Cervo]

Post by T
The eruption is also the subject of a 1969 Hollywood film entitled
Krakatoa, East of Java starring Maximilian Schell - which is notable
chiefly for getting the volcano's location embarrassingly wrong;
Krakatoa is in fact west of Java.

Lot of embarrassing things about that movie. I recall Brian Keith going through
it like he had just read the script and realized that there weren't going to be
ANY rewrites.