danny_boy said:
If the original negative had not been cleaned and restored(as you claim) then how do you think they managed to get the picture quality to a level to be able to re-release it to cinemas in 1997?
No I didn't claim that, I clearly said that the original negative was disassembled cleaned and reassembled but just because they washed all the elements from dirt doesn't mean that all deteriorated and faded elements were magically restored. They are probably in the same condition today if not worse than when they replaced them with recomposites and CGI etc.