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Help: The Sting (1973) - original mono track preservation

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The Sting was originally released with mono audio and that’s how it was retained up to the first DVD release. When the movie saw a widescreen DVD release in 2005 it got a remixed 5.1 track that changed a lot of sound effects, fortunately the original track was included as well. Unfortunately when the movie came to blu-ray the original track got excluded and we only got the remix in English. Then there came a 4K release with some hoping the original mono track would be restored but sadly once again has been excluded.

I decided to make this thread in an attempt to preserve the original mix. It would be preferable for there a rip exist of the very first (open-matte) DVD because it reportedly had a better audio mastering than the 2005 DVD, but even the 2005 DVD would be fine with me.

If anyone has anything please let me know.

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I doubt they’re any better or worse than the first DVD considering it highly likely uses the same master

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The DVD copy I have obviously originated from a PAL telecine transfer that used a then brand new Rank Cintel Mk3 - I say obviously because of the visible PAL and Mk3 artifacts (very minor - you have to know what to look for) and the fact that there is no sign of dye fading on the print. My guess is it’s the transfer to 2" quad made by TCN9 in Sydney in 1994.
It is 4:3 letterboxed and has mono sound.

Being PAL it has no 2:3 pulldown film transfer artifacts.

Could this be the track you are looking for? The quality (picture and sound) are excellent.