the movie has a soft spot in my movie heart. it’s not the greatest movie ever made, but it has many things to like. besides, the cast is full of a who-is-who. unfortunately warner bros. decided with the release of the extended cut on dvd, that the original theatrical version is no longer existent for home video. i had a little bit hopes that with the blu-ray release we get to choose which version we want to view. nope, we only got the extended cut.

for some time now i wanted to restore the theatrical cut, but i was lacking a high quality source for the audio. but now i’m able to do so, with the help of a few folks.

source to be used in this project

blu-ray
hd broadcast capture as the foundation of the theatrical cut - special thanks to jj666
ntsc laserdisc for the pcm audio - special thanks to bendermac

unless someone has a better source then the hd broadcast version i have, please let me know, i’m going to start this project.