nocomments87

I've actually worked on a project like this for the 1st movie. I have the original VHS releases for the first 3 movies, which all have their fair share of issues on their DVD counterparts (1 has the audio changes mentioned here already, 2 has the whole score changed, and 3 is the R-rated cut, while the VHS is unrated...about a minute longer, with more of the violent footage intact). I also have the Region 2 DVD release of part 3, which has the same unrated cut as the VHS.

I've done a slightly different route for part 1, though. On top of reinserting the original audio, I've also taken out the MGM logo from the beginning and end of the Collector's Edition DVD (the 2002 DVD has the same MGM logo, but the CE has better picture quality), and replaced the intro logo with the Orion Pictures logo, just as it was in theatres (the 1989 VHS I have contains the same Orion logo). I used the Silence of the Lambs DVD as the source for the Orion logo, which has the same 1.85:1 ratio as the CE DVD of ROTLD, so everything matches up nicely.

All I need to do is work on some menus, and it'll be good to go.

Part 2, I'm also working on, but that one isn't finished yet.

Part 3, I could always do a PAL to NTSC conversion of the Region 2 DVD, fixing the 4% pitch difference. I've done this before with another movie that needs a Region 1 DVD release: the direct-to-video movie Night of the Running Man, from 1994 (it did have some airings on HBO around the same time).