the film premiered at radio city music hall in new york city. originally intended to run 156 minutes, the music hall requested 20 minutes of cuts. disney responded by cutting the film to 110 minutes. among the cuts were "westerin"', sung by calvin, and "i couldn't have dreamed it better", sung by katie. the sherman brothers and producer bill anderson objected, but the studio heads told them the cuts would be just for the music hall's engagement. robert b. sherman pointed out that the music hall is where new york film critics screen these films, arguing that the cuts weakened the characters' dramatic motivation. he also predicted that those cuts would result in negative reviews.