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Deluge- Italian Version


In 1981 I discovered a 3 reel 35MM nitrate print in the basement of Italian film producer- Luigi Cozzi aka Lewis Coates, a fan of science fiction films.
Forrest Ackerman, his wife, the Mossman Brothers and I were guest speakers at a Science Fiction Film Festival in Rome, Italy.

Forry Ackerman confirmed the film was considered "lost" so to preserve possibly the only remaining film elements I made a dupe negative and 35MM print in a Rome Film Lab of the Italian language version, brought it back to America, sub-titled it and released it on VHS on the Englewood Entertainment label. Until the 2016 re-release of the english language version this was the only known print available.

The 35MM Italian version played in many revival houses and at the Film Forum in NYC.

Wade Williams

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