Well I think Around the World is a great film and deserved its AAs. Career defining performances from David Niven and Cantinflas. Great cameos. Great homage to a wonderful book.
It looks to me that if WAC will not compromise on image quality then many popular and important titles (eg High Society, Around the World, Seven Brides, Raintree County etc) will never receive a blu-ray release. I think they should now release these as unrestored. Some will complain but many...