Badjao: The Sea Gypsies is a 1957 Philippine adventuredrama film directed by National Artist Lamberto V. Avellana. The film was written by Rolf Bayer and stars Rosa Rosal, Tony Santos, Sr., Leroy Salvador, Vic Silayan, and Pedro Faustino. It tells a love story between Hassan, a Badjao man and Bala Amai, a Tausug woman whose differences were accepted by both sides but the Moro people attempted to destroy their lives.
Avellana won best director for the film at the 1957 Asian Film Festival. The film also won for best screenplay, best cinematography (for Mike Accion), and best editing (for Gregorio Carballo).[1]
The film restoration of Badjao was completed in 2020. The restoration began with the 4K resolution digital scanning of the 35mm print with English subtitles from the collection of the LVN Pictures library stored at the state-of-the-art facilities of the ABS-CBN Film Archives, located at the basement of ELJ Communications Center in Diliman, Quezon City. According to the words from the ABS-CBN Film Restoration group, it was restored in 2K resolution and took 30 hours to eliminate the image impairments (namely scratches, specks, warps, and unstable images) digitally as well as color adjustments in order to make the restored film similar to the achieved brightness and contrast of the original print. According to ABS-CBN Film Restoration head Leonardo P. Katigbak, it was one of their best scans and restorations they ever did, owing to the better quality of the original print used for the restoration. [2]
The 4K restored version was first premiered on September 6, 2020, through ABS-CBN's cable movie channel, Cinema One.[3] For online users, it premiered on January 8, 2021, through live streaming on ABS-CBN Film Restoration's Facebook page. Unlike the previous live streams of some restored LVN films, it was made available to audiences outside the Philippines.[2]
References
^ abPareja, Lena (1994). CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art. Vol. 8. Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines. ISBN971-8546-31-6.
^ abANCX staff (January 8, 2021). "Even Pinoys outside the Philippines can watch the restored classic 'Badjao' for free tonight". ABS-CBN News. from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
^Asis, Salve V. (September 6, 2020). "Bagong scan ng pelikulang "Badjao" noong 1957, ipalalabas uli" [A new scan of the 1957 film "Badjao", to be reshown again]. Pilipino Star Ngayon (in Filipino). from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
badjao, gypsies, 1957, philippine, adventure, drama, film, directed, national, artist, lamberto, avellana, film, written, rolf, bayer, stars, rosa, rosal, tony, santos, leroy, salvador, silayan, pedro, faustino, tells, love, story, between, hassan, badjao, bal. Badjao The Sea Gypsies is a 1957 Philippine adventure drama film directed by National Artist Lamberto V Avellana The film was written by Rolf Bayer and stars Rosa Rosal Tony Santos Sr Leroy Salvador Vic Silayan and Pedro Faustino It tells a love story between Hassan a Badjao man and Bala Amai a Tausug woman whose differences were accepted by both sides but the Moro people attempted to destroy their lives Badjao The Sea GypsiesFilm posterDirected byLamberto V AvellanaWritten byRolf BayerProduced byNarcisa de LeonStarringRosa RosalTony Santos Sr Vic SilayanLeroy SalvadorPedro FaustinoCinematographyMike AccionEdited byEnrique JarlegoMusic byFrancisco Buencamino Jr Restie UmaliProductioncompanyLVN PicturesDistributed byLVN PicturesRelease datesJune 3 1957 1957 06 03 Philippines June 5 1957 1957 06 05 Japan Asian Film Festival September 20 1962 1962 09 20 United States Running time1h 40minCountryPhilippinesLanguagesFilipinoEnglish subtitlesAvellana won best director for the film at the 1957 Asian Film Festival The film also won for best screenplay best cinematography for Mike Accion and best editing for Gregorio Carballo 1 The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences gave LVN Pictures the 1957 International Prestige Award for the film The film was screened at the Vancouver Film Festival Vancouver Canada in 1961 the Edinburgh International Film Festival Edinburgh United Kingdom in 1962 and the Coronado Film Festival in 1963 1 Contents 1 Cast 2 Restoration 3 References 4 External linksCast EditRosa Rosal as Bala Amai Tony Santos Sr as Hassan Vic Silayan as Jikiri Leroy Salvador as Asid Pedro Faustino as Badjao Chief Oscar Keesee as Ismail Jose de Cordova as Datu Tahil Gerry Gabaldon as GraibRestoration EditThe film restoration of Badjao was completed in 2020 The restoration began with the 4K resolution digital scanning of the 35mm print with English subtitles from the collection of the LVN Pictures library stored at the state of the art facilities of the ABS CBN Film Archives located at the basement of ELJ Communications Center in Diliman Quezon City According to the words from the ABS CBN Film Restoration group it was restored in 2K resolution and took 30 hours to eliminate the image impairments namely scratches specks warps and unstable images digitally as well as color adjustments in order to make the restored film similar to the achieved brightness and contrast of the original print According to ABS CBN Film Restoration head Leonardo P Katigbak it was one of their best scans and restorations they ever did owing to the better quality of the original print used for the restoration 2 The 4K restored version was first premiered on September 6 2020 through ABS CBN s cable movie channel Cinema One 3 For online users it premiered on January 8 2021 through live streaming on ABS CBN Film Restoration s Facebook page Unlike the previous live streams of some restored LVN films it was made available to audiences outside the Philippines 2 References Edit a b Pareja Lena 1994 CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art Vol 8 Manila Cultural Center of the Philippines ISBN 971 8546 31 6 a b ANCX staff January 8 2021 Even Pinoys outside the Philippines can watch the restored classic Badjao for free tonight ABS CBN News Archived from the original on January 8 2021 Retrieved March 7 2021 Asis Salve V September 6 2020 Bagong scan ng pelikulang Badjao noong 1957 ipalalabas uli A new scan of the 1957 film Badjao to be reshown again Pilipino Star Ngayon in Filipino Archived from the original on June 24 2021 Retrieved June 15 2021 External links EditBadjao The Sea Gypsies at IMDb This article about a film made in the Philippines is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Badjao The Sea Gypsies amp oldid 1142288070, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
