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This 1991 MGM release is a better transfer than the Criterion and is mono save for the opening titles. It is the last release to have the mono. https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/03508/ML102228/North-by-Northwest-(1959)

Absolutely! I too haven't done a full detailed comparison but even just comparing the mix balance between original and remix shows the remix as far too overwhelming and at times can swallow up things. I'm not at all surprised that a few things went missing. That seems to happen quite often...

That's true. I guess I should have rephrased it that I would hope a better source materializes someday-that being said ever since the first appearance of it on the 2005 Masterpiece Collection DVD I was quite pleased that it sounded as good as it does. It certainly fares better than the old...

Definitely excited for the new release-and hope springs eternal that it will include a lossless restored mono track. I also very much hope that any 4K N by NW includes that film's mono track which is so much better mixed than the 5.1 it's not even funny.

Indeed. Seeing Trouble With Harry was one of the best projected images I've ever seen, showing off one of the best uses of color in cinema. Unbelievably gorgeous though it may have been from the 80's reissue. How many VV prints actually exist today? :laugh: Very true. If you look consciously...

I have not bought the set myself, but it does seem to follow and then improve upon the transfer as done for the 2005 Masterpiece Collection/2008 Legacy Series, of which both seemed to me to be off somehow. I could never exactly put my finger on it, but they just didn't seem to have the same...