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8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the film strip is eight millimetres (0.31 in) wide. It exists in two main versions – the original standard 8 mm film , also known as regular 8 mm, and Super 8 .
Standard 8 mm film, also known as Regular 8 mm, Double 8 mm, Double Regular 8 mm film, or simply as Standard 8 or Regular 8, is an 8 mm film format originally developed by the Eastman Kodak company and released onto the market in 1932. Super 8 (left) and Regular 8 mm (right) film formats. Magnetic sound stripes are shown in gray.
8mm is a 1999 crime thriller film [3] directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. A German–American co-production, the film stars Nicolas Cage as a private investigator who delves into the world of snuff films .
The advent of 8mm film kicked off the era of amateur filmmaking, but the Super 8mm format was an even bigger hit with inexperienced auteurs, who found it easier to use and more professional-looking.
In 1947, United World Films, Inc., the non-theatrical subsidiary of Universal Pictures, purchased a majority stake in Castle Films. [3] Castle Films thus became the brand name of the United World subsidiary, and began drawing upon Universal's library of vintage films (with Abbott and Costello, W. C. Fields, Boris Karloff, James Stewart, etc.).
Super 8 and 8 mm film formats – magnetic sound stripes are shown in gray. Super 8 mm film is a motion-picture film format released in 1965 [1] [2] [3] by Eastman Kodak as an improvement over the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format.
8 mm film, a motion picture film format Super 8 film; ... 8mm, a 1999 American crime thriller; See also. 8mm 2, a 2005 direct-to-video thriller film
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