Wow that was not what I was expecting
I saw the original I think in the cinema in UK in 1991/92 but it might have been VHS,
Anyways I really liked it, and got the soundtrack and scored it about 8/10
So I have not seen it since then and I just bought the 4 hour version from Germany. I'm afraid I found it really boring, far too long, I can see why a lot of it had to be cut out for the original release.
Now I need to find the original UK release on DVD and watch that to see if I like that as much as I used to.