I'm in an advanced stage of work on this film - the first cut is long since done and I'm redoing the whole thing now working from a better tape ...
An even better tape will probably be coming at some point, which makes me wonder if I'm wasting my time!
It might be too late to actually restore the DVD-sourced portions of the film - I expect to be done VERY SOON - but I'd be curious what you could do. Email me at tygerbug at yahoo.com, and I'll send you a care package.