Meron, producers and friends of hers, that she owned the rights to the film and that she had been restoring it with Arick. They introduced her to Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment for Showtime, who agreed to finance the restoration, broadcast the film, and release the DVD. The re-mastered film was accepted into both the Toronto International Film Festival and the Hamptons Film Festival and premiered September 9, 2005, at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres in Toronto. Showtime broadcast the restored film on April 1, 2006. As well as a restored picture, the DVD also offers the option of 5.1 surround sound audio. This was made possible due to a new mix being created from reels of sound recordings Minnelli had personally archived after the original production in 1972. The DVD also includes a commentary track recorded by Minnelli, a performance of "Mein Herr" cut from the original film, an interview with Kander recorded by Minnelli, a recording of Minnelli and the restoration producers discussing the film at the Toronto Film Festival, and a separate performance by Minnelli at the GLAAD Awards in 2005. Awards and honors Soundtrack The original film soundtrack was recorded to 1/4" tape, and mixed down into a mono track for the 16mm film. An LP of the soundtrack was released in 1972 and followed in the success of the film by becoming a best seller and being certified gold. In total it spent twenty-three weeks in the Top 40 charts, and has never been out of print. A CD of the stereo soundtrack was simultaneously released alongside the film's 2006 DVD release. Track listing The following is the track listing from the 2006 reissue. There are two differences between the 1972 original and the reissue — the first is that "Son of a Preacher Man" and "Ring Them Bells" were placed in the correct performance order for the reissue. The original release had the two songs in reverse order. The second difference is that the original had a twelfth track, entitled "Bows". For the reissue, this track was mixed into the end of the previous track. "Yes" (Kander and Ebb) — 3:15 "God Bless the Child" (Herzog, Holiday) — 3:07 "Say Liza (Liza with a "Z")" (Kander and Ebb) — 3:06 "It Was a Good Time" (Curb, David, Jarre) — 4:58 "I Gotcha" (Tex) — 3:44 "Son of a Preacher Man" (Hurley, Wilkins) —