Hmm, this workprint copy that Erik Northfell found is rather soft and yellow, but it has a very "first generation" look to it. The colors are very accurate to what they should be anyway.

Just like the look of it.

Compare this to the workprint from Stanch. (At bottom.)

http://orangecow.org/thief/nodspeech1.jpg

http://orangecow.org/thief/nodspeech2.jpg

I give Erik's (at top) the edge. Some detail in the whites seems lost in the Stanch copy, and although Erik's copy is soft it really looks like the Miramax version ...

Note also the crud around the edges in the Stanch version (at top), the sign of a multi generation dub. None of that is present in the Northfell copy.

I think we have a winner!

The edit will be completed with the Erik Northfell workprint - it looks gorgeous.

I'll send it to Chris Boniface for restoration.