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Originally Posted by Tomko
A grey December afternoon afforded me the opportunity to watch this just now. I’d read the book as an eight or nine year old back in the day and can hardly remember anything from it. But this Blu-ray is just gorgeous and I suspect the best that this motion picture will ever get.
Having said that, the Neil Diamond soundtrack was recorded in living stereo and it’s sad to listen to it in monaural. As well, there are occasional dots on the screen, that look like dead pixels but are not, as are occasional vertical lines. Perhaps telltales of the 1973 SFX, but sadly not cleaned up in 2020 by someone with the talent and time.
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It’s moreso that Paramount is the one company that can afford a proper restoration. There was only so much that Imprint could do.
I believe that someday, the film may look and sound even better, but it will need to acquire the interest of someone who has the power to make that happen. As I explain on the Blu-Ray commentary, the film’s multiple copyright owners have been a continuous issue.