after a small number of showings of the original version on european television, dylan withdrew the film from distribution. it was shown in two parts 7–8 july 1980 on german television zdf; on finnish television 28 august 1982; 26 december 1983 (boxing day) on channel 4 in the united kingdom. the 4 hour version was also shown 29 may 2011 at the glasgow film theatre. copies, made from recordings of the television broadcast, circulate among collectors (the first 25 seconds of the tape-to-dvd had 'bad tracking'). the only parts of the movie to be released for consumers are the excerpts found on the bonus dvd accompanying the initial release of dylan's "". footage from the film also appeared in the music video of dylan's 1991 song "series of dreams". to date, the film has yet to see an official release in any format. as of april 2017, the film has a rotten tomatoes score of 40% based on five critic reviews, with an average rating of 4/10.