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The censored 30 seconds of The Pastoral Symphony feature zooming (at one point, out of focus), digital erasing, and even some short shots are replaced by other "clean" shots.
Also, Deems Taylor is redubbed, even though a good 60-65% of his original audio could have been imported from the 1947 re-release version. Through some creative editing and digital "warping," Corey Burton's re-recording could have been cleanly integrated with the remains of the original audio.
Also, there is a complete lack of credits. The roadshow version, when released in 1940, had programs. The 1947 version moved the intermission title card to the front, but lacked the program. The 1990 re-release added complete credits at the end over some of the deleted 1940-only footage. So, the DVD should have at least a booklet reproduction of the program or add back the 1990 version's credit crawl.
A "Masterpiece Edition" is supposedly coming out in 2005 or 2006, so skip the Anthology version.
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