zombie84 said:
One way to appreciate what good mono would sound like is to simply listen to a good stereo mix in mono;
Really? In some cases, listening to a stereo mix in mono will cause some low end phase cancellation, depending on if the stereo mix was engineered specifically to be listenable in mono or not. The better mono mixes are separately-made mixes produced with mono listening in mind.
By the way, the mono mix used in the PG was from the 16mm film, not from VHS.