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Thank you very much.... That was an unexpected and quite enjoyable watch. This should have been included on the DVD and Blu-ray but the overture is also missing (on the BD)...so...

That's a huge bummer. Even more so that some people don't even know it existed. Shows what a horrible job Paramount did with this release.

Is the overture included? That's the only way I will purchase it again

Update: No new Blu-ray release for SCROOGE. What they do with the digital is anyone's guess. If they simply pull the BD master for the digital chances are the overture will be omitted.

So, you are probably wondering why this thread is resurrected from 2014. I just received word that SCROOGE will be released on digital for the first time on 11/3 It's also not clear from Paramount, but they are touting the film's 50th Anniversary on 11/5 and there COULD be a Blu-ray re-issue...

I don't think it's even being considered.

First, I want to thank Mr. Kauffman for contributing here. I actually came to him after reading his exceptional review. I was really taken back as to how well-written that piece was. I am also somewhat disappointed the overture is not included. Who at Paramount felt that it...

Chris, This is odd, because checking my DVD this morning, there is indeed a PLAY WITH OVERTURE option that takes you to a still title screen with music playing beneath it. I wonder if Paramount did do a second pressing of this title on DVD and omitted that option.

Okay, been in continued communication with Mr. Kauffman. He's a great guy and has been very willing to help get to the bottom of this question concerning the overture. He first claimed there was no overture on the Blu-ray. I asked him to check the DVD against it. Here is the latest...

You know, no disrespet to Jeffrey Kauffman. I hope he's wrong about the overture. I mean, I can't fathom it not being included. Would it not have been part of the master the studio used since the DVD release?

Funny. Been communicating with Jeffrey Kaufman about his review as well. He did an EXCEPTIONAL job with that review. Very well written. Jefffey just wrote back and said that there is no overture on the Blu-ray release. So now I am thinking. Was there one included on...

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Greg, Good point. And you know, as much as everyone else here I would have loved to see those small sequences (if they exist) to be put back into the film. But I totally understand Paramount's position on not going the extra mile to locate and include this material...

Just went to the Paramount press site. It is listing SCROOGE as being 1 hour, 54 minutes This is the same running time as the existing DVD.

I don't have any concrete information on the specs of this disc but I would bet that this Blu-ray is going to be a simple port of the DVD. Any cut scenes from televised release will most likely not be appearing here. I just don't see the studio putting that much effort into...

I would guess that whatever was on the DVD release will be on the Blu-ray release. Didn't the DVD have all the entrance and exit music?

Wow. I just stumbled into this thread days later to see this news broken. Really...I had no idea! Listen.... As far as I am aware, this wasn't on Paramount's list of Blu-ray releases this year. At least it wasn't on the schedule at the end of last year. For that matter...

I'll echo the comment that just because it was shown on HDNET doesn't mean a release is imminent. I have heard nothing, but that doesn't mean anything either.