That looks really great!
Is there any merit in this color for this shot?
It’s something I just can’t help feel there is something to it. From techni-disc I think…
It is a re-comp with extra clouds but color wise I personally think it might be more accurate to what the shot should look like perhaps…
It matches the sky and trees in later shots and the cyan sort of color on the horizon.
This is the May 1977 version of the shot. It is only found in the pre Definitive Collection US and UK releases. It was redone for the late 1977 wider release and the international releases. All the 35 mm prints that have turned up are later prints and don’t have this or the three other differences the early prints have (two other FX shots and end credits). Is is rather odd that the Technidisc had this. That version appears to be an odd hybrid with the opening crawl and end credits swapped out, but not the three FX shots in the film. The Moth3r widescreen bootleg and Puggo Grand feature the original May 1977 cut of the film (with a mono version of the original stereo soundtrack, different from the later mono soundtrack that Ben Burt edited for the wider release).