Smokey and the Bandit 2/3 + trilogy set - Fabulous Films November 2016 pre-orders

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Originally Posted by Scott in UK

Yes, it's a case of pick what means more to you, picture or audio. Some of the time im not to fussy with audio but i am with this film. (The audio on the UK release of Cannonball Run im dissapointed with aswell)

Even if someone would argue the picture is better on the UK release, it's certainly not by a wide margin by any means id of thought, so in that respect, the U.S release is the better option. You are still getting a very satisfactory image, original audio, and a long documentary (The Bandit) So the U.S release wins it for me.

I just ended up keeping both. I’ll need to rip the discs if I want to use the older master with the mono, but I really prefer the relatively unmolested UK transfer and I also think the US transfer looks vertically squished. I’m actually completely ignorant to the audio changes, so I’m not sure I’d even notice the benefits of the mono track!