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Help: looking for... POLICE STORY 3 Hong Kong Laserdisc - for stereo restoration

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Gents and ladies, I have searched long and hard for this LD, but continue to come up short. The ONLY true to the source Stereo release of POLICE STORY III was the Hong Kong Laserdisc (image at bottom).

The Japanese laserdisc is mono, which is useless since the theatrical release was in stereo and Jackie Chan’s first film with sync sound. The Hong Kong laserdisc accurately captures what is a pretty darned good sound mix.

Unfortunately, my quest to restore that soundtrack to some now available High Def video is proving impossible because no one has this laserdisc.

I am hoping someone here has this title and is willing to help me capture the PCM Digital sound or perhaps knows someone who owns this release.

It was a double disc set (they spread the film across two discs to charge more money) and looked like this…

Police Story 3 HK LD

Please bare in mind that the Criterion SUPERCOP laserdisc is useless, as it has the mono version of the soundtrack (and it’s terrible muffled and low in volume to boot).

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So, what's the deal with the mono mix? Is it a downmix from the stereo or is it an alternate mix for theaters without stereo support?

Also, which sources for the video will you be using?

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The mono mix is just a downmix of the stereo. But clearly I would rather use the stereo mix, which sounded terrific in Pro Logic Surround. 

For most of the video I will source from the OAR 1080p version released by Echo Bridge. 

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So, I guess the additional scenes will be upscaled?

By the way, I have a copy of the rare uncut Golden Harvest English dub. Is there any interest in restoring that as well?

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Well, I really hate dubs, but if the quality is good, I'll include it. 

The additional scenes would have to be upscaled since there are no real HD transfers available. I am toying with ONLY doing a Supercop cut and restoring audio and subs to it without the additional scenes. Upscaled footage would be blatantly obvious.