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Custom and personalized orders

We do not offer custom orders nor do we sell the components separately. This is a hard rule as we tried this early in our business and it never went well. This means we will not sell the mats, film cells, etc, separately & will not "take a pic of all the cells we have available" as often we have 1000s of cells available & the sheer time it would take to just photograph them all would not make it worth the price of the display in labor.

Why are my film cells dark?

We will not go into the entire nature of film cells (Google is your friend on this), but understand that these were originally made to be projected with a projector light. The reason we have the openings in the back are so that you can provide whatever backlighting you choose for them to be easily visible. If you can see a "film cell" clearly without light shining thru the back of it, it's not a real one. Backlighting is available at a number of places. You can see links to other places on our links.

Does it come with the "frame"? What am I getting? Do I get what is pictured?

This can all be answered in the description, but to clear it up more, what you see in the picture, that some people have decided is a "frame" isn't a frame, but a framing mat. These are what are used professionally in order to lay out multiple items in a frame. A frame is the metal, wooden, plastic, etc item that goes around the outer edges of the entire item. Due the fact that we would have to raise the item &shipping fees in order to accommodate frames, we have instead made the mats a standard 8x10 size. These will drop into most 8x10 frames without the need to buy a custom size. If you do not know what a framing mat is & costs involved in cutting openings in said mats, see for yourself with your local framing shop.

Why can't I request certain scenes/characters, etc?

Often times, we do not get film for the entire movie. We will only have portions. Also, if we sat down with everyone who wanted it and had to go through the possibly thousands of cells we may have for a movie, it would be severely labor intensive (and that's if the customer decides to buy it at all). This would fall under a "custom order" and due to the sheer logistics of trying to do that at any sort of realistic volume, we would either have to charge an unreasonable amount for each display, or have to employ someone to do nothing but that. This is the same reason custom framing at a framing store can cost anywhere from 5 to 10 times as much as buying a frame off the shelf.

Where do you get your film cells?

As with any seller, we do not reveal our sources as its taken us years to develop sources and contacts in order to obtain some of this film. To give you an idea, we've gotten it from several sources including ex-projectionists, antique picking, etc. This is a major part of our work and to just hand over all the information we spent money and time to gather would be extremely unfair.

Why do you only use USPS and not FedEx, UPS, etc?

First, one major reason is - our items are small and light. Not only would it cost more (which means we have to charge you more) to ship them via UPS or Fedex, you don't receive any real benefit as with things like UPS SurePost (which is their cheaper alternative for light and small items), they actually do the final hand off to USPS for delivery (which is why those items often show up in your mail box), so USPS is still part of the equation, but the tracking from them stops once they hand it off to USPS and therefore, we aren't able to prove final delivery in the case of disputes. Second, we have had tons of delivery issues early in our business when using them.

Why do I see the label has been created, but hasn't updated for a few days?

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Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 Johnny Depp Benicio Del Toro Hunter S Thompson 8x10 theatrical 35mm Movie Film Cell display

Name: Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 Johnny Depp Benicio Del Toro Hunter S Thompson 8x10 theatrical 35mm Movie Film Cell display
Brand: PhantomVault
SKU: 754332692
Price: 41.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (2199 reviews)

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Highlights

Materials: Framing grade mat board, 35mm film cells, Photo quality artwork

This highly collectible film cell display contains six GENUINE theatrical film cells as used when projecting the movie in the theater. It also has related artwork and is all mounted professionally in framing quality mat. The entire piece measures 8x10 inches so its ready to be dropped into a standard 8x10 frame if you wish (frame not included). The mat has openings behind the film cells so you can backlight the cells if you choose to. The cells shown in the photo are an example but the cells you get may differ from the ones shown. We always try to provide a great mix of characters and scenes. Due to the fact that we do not always have the full film, we cannot accept requests for specific scenes or characters but we assure you we do our best to provide a fantastic mix in every display. Please understand what you are purchasing. If you do not know what genuine film cells are or how to display them, make sure to find out before buying.

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Ships from: Lewisville, TX

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