The "de facto" ban in Ireland remained in place for more than thirty years – barring sporadic private screenings in the 1990s – until the film was restored in 2004 by the Irish Film Board and Loopline Films. At the same time, a new documentary, "The Making of Rocky Road", was made by Paul Duane, examining the history of "Rocky Road", and including BBC footage of Coutard and Lennon shooting "Rocky Road" in 1967, and previously unseen film of the events in Cannes in 1968. Both films were released on DVD (Region 0 PAL) in 2005.