msycamore said:

skyjedi2005 said:

So the blu ray of THX is in DTS and the movie was never even released in DTS. The real version never was in Dolby as far as i know, but academy mono. So what if the directors cut dvd was in 5.1 that was not Walter Murch's awesome mix.

Not sure if a re-release ever came out after star wars 77 in Dolby. There is no info to confirm or deny. Though i bet the directors cut theatrical was in Dolby 5.1, or DTS.

American Graffiti's original mix is not on the DVD either, so Lucas has committed more alleged crimes against cinema than Star Wars.

But why would they include the original audio mix when the original cut of the film isn't included?

As far as I know the audio mix on the American Graffiti DVD is the original Dolby mix for the 1978 theatrical re-release and that is the only cut of the film that's been released on home video so far, along with the additional tweaks done to the opening scene in the nineties.

If it was the dolby mix for graffiti then why was it in 5.1 ? It should be in 2.0 stereo. The true theatrical mixes are pre dolby one is academy mono and the other stereo. The same mix really and it was always intended to be in stereo but the initial first release prints were in monaural.

At the time they were lucky it got released at all even with the trims. Universal Wanted to sell it as a tv movie because Ned Tannen thought it was a turkey.