Thanks for the TLDR. I have now twice praised Harmy and the work of so many. Make it a third time. When I saw this in 1977, it looked a mess. It had been run for weeks and and streaks running down it and it looked sort of blury and had places where you could tell the film had been repaired. This was a low budget film and the picture was grainy because of the film stock used. All of these issues are gone and the film as I remember it is mostly restored beautifully. Nothing short of miraculous.

I will sum up what I think you said.

“I am old enough but (did | did NOT) in fact see it in the theater. I believe it to be a trick of your memory.”

You did not ever say if you saw it in the theater in 1977 or not. So did you?

Strangely enough you went on to say, “Yes, there ARE differences between released theatrical versions in 1977. They are so slight as to be of no consequence.”

So thank you for telling me about the ones you know of. Does anyone else know of more?

I would like to know more about the false memories of other people. Can you point me to those threads or give me a suggested search string to find them?

“But maybe you’re misunderstanding things.” This sentence from you leads me to believe that I have somehow insulted you or your group. That is not my intention. If this is a false memory then it is. But I’d like to hear from a few people who were say between the ages of 15 and 30 in 1977 and saw it in the theater in 1977 and then saw the Laser Disc, VHS etc and felt that there were things missing.

If that is insulting to your group then I will quietly go away. To that end, I give my apologies in advance.