Interesting to learn that the forthcoming DVD release of 1776 will not be the 3-hour restored version that has only been released on Laserdisc. Nor will it be the truncated 141 minute version that has been available on VHS or cable TV. As you may recall, the Laserdisc material was reassembled from prints of varying quality and, at the time, folks though it was a miracle that even those scratchy prints still existed. Well, it turns out that someone — bless 'em — found the original negative of the whole thing. This has prompted director Peter Hunt to do a new cut, which he considers definitive and final. It's 166 minutes and includes all the musical numbers. I'm told the video and audio are stunning and that Hunt's commentary on the audio track tells the amazing story of how this movie was made whole. Click here to order it from Amazon.Com.