Kino Lorber's Blu-Ray is out in March and I have a copy already.
It was licensed through Studio Canal, which controls the Salkinds' non-Superman library, and it has 2 versions:
-New scan of the 108 minute US cut in High-Definition, with Warner Bros. logo (in stereo)
-The 121 min. "International Version" in anamorphic Standard Definition, which was previously released on DVD (in mono)
It's interesting they got ahold of the US theatrical cut but I assume they own the movie outright so it was likely sitting in their vault -- it's a new scan with the MPAA logo and seeing as many people complained about the length of the movie, my guess is it's not necessarily a bad thing that some 13 minutes were removed in an effort to speed things up.
I have to be honest -- Jarre's score for this drives me up the wall. It has a lot of energy and a few nice moments but the faux "whistling" in the main titles and repetition of his central theme is like nails on the chalkboard. Too bad Michel Legrand or Henry Mancini or someone else didn't handle this one. Can't imagine it may not have gotten replaced had it been written for a studio movie too (especially a few years later).
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The more I think about it, Mancini's GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE, WITHOUT A CLUE or PRISONER OF ZENDA score would've been perfect for this. And would've elevated the film accordingly. Too bad the Salkinds didn't get to him until SANTA CLAUS!
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