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                                  EXHIBIT 99.02

                          LIBERTY LIVEWIRE CORPORATION
                  (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE TODD-AO CORPORATION)
                         RESTATED 1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN

1.   PURPOSE.

     The 1994 Stock Option Plan is intended to provide long term  incentives  to
key  Company  personnel  in the form of options to  purchase  shares of Old Todd
Class A Common  Stock (as defined  herein).  Pursuant  to the Merger  Agreement,
dated as of December 10, 1999, as amended (the "Merger  Agreement"),  among AT&T
Corp. ("AT&T"), B-Group Merger Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T ("Merger
Sub"),  Liberty Media Corporation  ("Liberty") and the Company,  (i) the Company
reclassified  (the  "Reclassification")  each share of its Class A Common  Stock
(the "Old Todd  Class A Common  Stock")  and its Class B Common  Stock (the "Old
Todd Class B Common  Stock")  into (i) 0.4 of a share of new Todd Class A Common
Stock (the "New Todd Class A Common Stock" or "Livewire  Class A Common Stock"))
and (ii) 0.6 of a share of new Todd Class B Common  Stock (the "New Todd Class B
Common  Stock"  or  "Livewire   Class  B  Common  Stock")  and  (ii)  after  the
Reclassification,  Merger Sub merged (the  "Merger")  with and into the Company,
with the  Company  remaining  as the  surviving  corporation  in the  Merger and
changing its name to "Liberty Livewire  Corporation".  The  Reclassification and
the Merger both became  effective on June 9, 2000 (the "Effective  Time").  Also
pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Merger  Agreement,  each of the  Company's  stock
options  ("Company Stock Option") were rolled over (the "Rollover") into options
(the "Rollover Options") to purchase (i) that number of shares of AT&T's Class A
Liberty  Media Group Common  Stock,  par value $1.00 per share ("Class A Liberty
Group  Stock"),  equal to the number of shares of Old Todd Class A Common  Stock
subject to such Company Stock Option  immediately prior to the  Reclassification
times 0.50 (after  taking into  account the 2-for-1  stock split for the Class A
Liberty Group Stock  effected on June 9, 2000) and (ii) that number of shares of
Livewire  Class A Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Old Todd Class A
Common Stock  subject to such  Company  Stock  Option  immediately  prior to the
Reclassification  times  0.4,  for an  aggregate  exercise  price  equal  to the
exercise price under such Company Stock Option as in effect immediately prior to
the Effective  Time.  Section 2.5(f) of the Merger  Agreement  specifies that no
fractional  shares of Class A Liberty  Group  Stock or  Livewire  Class A Common
Stock will be issued.  The Class A Liberty Group Stock is a tracking stock meant
to reflect the economic  performance of the businesses and assets of the Liberty
Media Group (as defined in the Merger Agreement).  The Company shall continue to
be responsible for all Rollover Options. The Company's 1994 Stock Option Plan is
being  restated  in order to reflect  the  Rollover  provided  for in the Merger
Agreement.  Immediately  prior to the Effective Time,  Company Stock Options for
201,200  shares of Old Todd  Class A Common  Stock  were  outstanding  under the
Company's 1994 Stock Option Plan.

2.   DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the indicated meanings:

     2.1 Act. "Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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     2.2 Class A Liberty Shares. Unless the context otherwise requires, "Class A
Liberty Shares" shall mean shares of Class A Liberty Group Stock.

     2.3 Code. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     2.4 Company. "Company" shall include Liberty Livewire Corporation (formerly
known as The Todd-AO  Corporation) and any of its subsidiary  corporations which
meet the definition set forth in Section 425 (f) of the Code.

     2.5  Committee.  "Committee"  shall  mean  the  Board of  Directors  or any
Committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan.

     2.6 Exchange Act. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.

     2.7 Fair Market Value.  "Fair market value" shall be the last sale price in
The New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ National Market System, as applicable,  on
a given  date as  published  in the  Wall  Street  Journal  or if no  report  is
available  for  such  date,  the next  preceding  date  for  which a  report  is
available.  If the  shares  are  hereafter  listed  on one  or  more  securities
exchanges,  "fair market value" thereafter shall be the highest closing price on
any exchange for the date in  question,  or if such date is not a trading  date,
the next  preceding  trading  date.  The Fair Market  Value of Livewire  Class B
Common Stock shall be determined by the Committee in good faith.

     2.8 Incentive Options. "Incentive options" shall be those options described
in Section 422(a) of the Code.

     2.9  Livewire  Shares.  Unless the context  otherwise  requires,  "Livewire
Shares" shall mean the shares of Livewire Class A Common Stock.

     2.10  Non-Qualified  Options.  "Non-qualified  options"  shall mean options
which are not incentive options.

3.   SHARES OF STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.The shares that may be issued under the
Plan shall be (i) validly issued,  fully paid and non-assessable Class A Liberty
Shares and (ii)  authorized  and unissued or  reacquired  shares of the Livewire
Class A Common Stock.  The aggregate  number of shares which may be issued under
the Plan  shall not  exceed  150,000  shares of Class A Liberty  Shares  and the
aggregate number of Livewire Shares which may be issued under the Plan shall not
exceed 120,000 Livewire Shares,  unless an adjustment is required by Sections 12
and 13. To the extent that options granted under the Plan  terminate,  expire or
are canceled prior to exercise,  new options may be granted with respect to such
shares.

          As of the date  hereof,  100,600  Class A Liberty  Shares  and  80,480
Livewire Shares are needed to fulfill the Company's obligations under the Plan.

4.   ELIGIBILITY.Options may be granted under the Plan to any director,employee,
prospective  employee or consultant  to the Company,  provided that no member of
the  Committee  shall be  eligible  to  receive an option  while  serving on the
Committee. The Committee shall

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determine,  within the  limitations of the Plan, the persons to whom options are
to be granted and the exercise  price,  vesting  schedule and other terms of the
option.  Each  option  shall be  evidenced  by a written  agreement  between the
Company and the optionee.

5.   APPROVAL  OF  SHAREHOLDERS. The Plan shall be subject to the  approval of a
majority of the total combined votes of all outstanding shares of stock entitled
to vote.  Options  granted prior to such approval  shall not become  exercisable
unless and until such approval is obtained. The Merger Agreement (which provided
for the  Reclassification,  the Merger and the  Rollover)  was  approved  by the
Company's stockholders on June 9, 2000.

6.   ADMINISTRATION.

     6.1 Composition of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee
to be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company.  The  Committee  shall
consist of at least two directors  who are  "disinterested  persons"  within the
meaning of Exchange  Act Rule 16b-3,  which  presently  requires  (with  certain
exceptions)  that  such  directors  have  not been  granted  or  awarded  equity
securities  pursuant to the Plan or any other  Company  plan during the one-year
period prior to service on the Committee.

     6.2 Non-Uniform  Determinations.  The Committee's  determinations under the
Plan need not be uniform  and may be made by it  selectively  among  persons who
participate  (or who are eligible to  participate)  in the Plan,  whether or not
such persons are  similarly  situated.  Without  limiting the  generality of the
foregoing,  the Committee  shall be entitled to make  non-uniform  and selective
determinations as to the amount and terms of options and leaves of absence.

     6.3 Interpretation of Plan. The Committee shall have the power to interpret
and construe the Plan, and its interpretation and construction of any provisions
of the Plan  within its  authority  shall be final.  No member of the  Committee
shall be liable for any action or determination  made in good faith with respect
to the Plan or any option granted under it.

7.   TERM OF OPTIONS AND EFFECT OF TERMINATION.

     7.1 Date of Grant.  The date on which any  option is  granted  shall be the
date of the Committee's approval of such grant.

     7.2  Termination  Date.  Options may be granted under the Plan until August
31,  2003,  the date of  termination  of the  Plan.  Notwithstanding  any  other
provision of the Plan,  no option  granted  under the Plan shall be  exercisable
after August 31, 2003.

     7.3 Effect of Termination.  In the event that any outstanding  option under
the Plan expires by reason of lapse of time or otherwise is  terminated  for any
reason,  then the unissued  shares  shall again become  available in the pool of
shares of Common Stock for which options may be granted under the Plan.

8.   NONASSIGNABILITY.

     No option shall be assignable  or  transferable  by the optionee  except by
will,  by the laws of  descent  and  distribution  or  pursuant  to a  qualified
domestic relations order as defined in the

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Code. During the lifetime of the optionee,  the option shall be exercisable only
by the optionee, and no other person shall acquire any rights therein.

9.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.

     Options  granted  pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by  agreements in
such form as the Committee shall from time to time determine,  which  agreements
shall  comply  with the terms  and  conditions  of the Plan and shall  state the
following,  subject to the  limitations  imposed  by Section 10 with  respect to
Incentive Options:

     9.1 Number of Shares. Each option agreement shall state the number of Class
A Liberty Shares and Livewire Shares to which the option pertains.

     9.2 Option Price.  Each option  agreement  shall state the option price per
each  "option"  (i.e.,  (i) 0.4 of a share of Livewire  Class A Common Stock and
(ii)  0.5 of a share  of Class A  Liberty  Media  Group  Stock,  unless  amended
pursuant  to  Sections  12 and 13 hereof).  The option  price per  "option"  for
Non-Qualified Options shall be not less than 34% of the Fair Market Value of the
Livewire  Class A  Common  Stock  and 42% of the  Fair  Market  Value of Class A
Liberty Media Group Stock on the date that the option is granted.

     9.3 Six Month Holding Period;  Vesting.  An option shall not be exercisable
until  six  months  after the  grant  date.  Thereafter,  each  option  shall be
exercisable  in  equal  annual  installments  over  a  period  specified  by the
Committee, provided that such period shall not be less than three years from the
date of the grant or more than five years from the commencement of the Company's
first  full  fiscal  year  following  the grant  date.  Except  as  specifically
otherwise  provided  herein,  if the  optionee  ceases  to serve as a  director,
employee or consultant  prior to the  eligibility  date of an  installment,  the
option shall terminate with respect to that installment  (without pro ration for
fractional years of service) and all subsequent installments. After the optionee
has become  eligible  to  exercise an  installment,  the right to exercise  with
respect to that  installment  shall  remain in effect  until the  expiration  or
sooner termination of the option.

     9.4 Medium and Time of Payment.  The option price shall be payable upon the
exercise of an option in cash or, at the discretion of the Committee,  in shares
of the Livewire Class A Common Stock and Class A Liberty Media Group Stock or in
a  combination  of cash and such  shares.  The  Company  shall have the right to
require the  optionee to remit to the  Company an amount  sufficient  to satisfy
federal,  state and local withholding tax requirements.  Upon receipt of payment
and  applicable  tax  remittance,  the Company  shall,  subject to Section  9.6,
deliver  to  the  optionee  (or  person  entitled  to  exercise  the  option)  a
certificate or certificates  for the shares of Livewire Class A Common Stock and
Class A Liberty Media Group Stock to which the option pertains.

     9.5 Partial Exercise.  To the extent that an option has become exercisable,
it may,  subject to the  restrictions and limitations set forth in this Plan and
the option agreement, be exercised in whole or in part, provided,  however, that
no "option"  shall be  exercised  for less than four shares of Livewire  Class A
Common Stock and five shares of Class A Liberty Media Group Stock.  If exercised
in part, the  unexercised  portion of an option shall continue to be held by the
option holder and may thereafter be exercised as herein provided within the term
of the option.

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     9.6  Securities  Law  Restrictions.  No option may be  exercised  until the
applicable listing requirements of any securities exchange,  or the registration
or qualification  requirements of any governmental  authority have been complied
with. Unless the shares issuable upon exercise of an option have been registered
under the Act, the option  holder  shall,  as a condition  of issuance,  provide
written representations satisfactory to the Company's counsel to the effect that
the shares are being  acquired for the  optionee's  own account as an investment
and not with a view to, or for sale in connection  with, the distribution of any
such  shares  and that no  transfers  of the  shares  shall be made,  except  in
compliance with the Act and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  A
legend to this effect may be endorsed upon unregistered shares so issued.

     9.7 Other Provisions. The option agreements authorized under the Plan shall
contain such other provisions as the Committee shall deem advisable.

10.  RESTRICTIONS ON INCENTIVE OPTIONS.

     Incentive  Options under the Plan, if any, may be granted only to directors
who are also officers or key employees of the Company. The aggregate Fair Market
Value  (determined  as of the date of grant)  with  respect  to which  Incentive
Options are exercisable for the first time by any individual during any calendar
year (under all incentive stock option plans of the employer corporation and its
parents  and  subsidiaries)  shall not exceed  $100,000.  The  option  price for
Incentive  Options  shall be not less than 100% of Fair Market Value on the date
of the grant. No Incentive  Option shall become  exercisable  until one year has
elapsed  from the date of the  grant or shall be  exercisable  for more than ten
years after the date of its grant. In addition, if the recipient of an Incentive
Option owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of
all  classes of stock of the  Company,  the option  price shall be not less than
110% of Fair Market  Value on the date of the grant and the option  shall not be
exercisable for more than 5 years from the date of its grant.

11.  TERMINATION OF SERVICES.

     11.1  Termination  of Services -  Generally.  In the event that an optionee
shall  cease to be an  employee,  consultant  or director of the Company for any
reason other than death or disability,  the option shall be exercisable,  to the
extent it was  exercisable  at the date the  optionee  ceased to be an employee,
consultant  or director,  for a period of three months after such date and prior
to the date on which the option expires by its terms.  If not so exercised,  the
option shall terminate.

     11.2  Death or  Disability.  If an  optionee  dies or  becomes  permanently
disabled within the meaning of Section  22(e)(3) of the Code while serving as an
employee,  consultant  or director  of the  Company,  or within the  three-month
period after  termination  of such status during which  exercise of an option is
permitted in accordance with Section 11.1, such option may, to the extent it was
exercisable at the time of death or disability, be exercised for a period not to
exceed the lesser of (i) one year after the optionee's  death or disability;  or
(ii) the period prior to the date on which the option  expires by its terms.  In
the event of  death,  the  option  may be  exercised  by any  person or  persons
designated  by the  optionee on a  Beneficiary  Designation  Form adopted by the
Committee for such purpose, or, if there is no effective Beneficiary Designation
Form on file

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with the  Committee,  by the  executors  or  administrators  of the
optionee's estate or by any person or persons who shall have acquired the option
directly  from the  optionee  by his will or the  applicable  law of descent and
distribution.

12.  ADJUSTMENTS.

     Adjustments to the options and the shares covered by the Plan shall be made
as follows:

     12.1  Recapitalizations.  The number of shares of  Livewire  Class A Common
Stock  covered  by the Plan,  the  number of shares  and price per share of each
outstanding  option, and the number of shares subject to each outstanding option
shall be proportionately  adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of
issued and  outstanding  shares of Livewire Class A Common Stock resulting from:
(i) a  subdivision  or  consolidation  of  shares;  (ii) the  payment of a stock
dividend  of more than 2%; or (iii) any other  increase or decrease of more than
2% in the number of issued and  outstanding  shares of  Livewire  Class A Common
Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.

     12.2  Rights  Offerings.  In the  event the  Company  shall  issue  rights,
warrants or options to its  shareholders  on a pro rata basis  entitling them to
purchase  shares of Livewire  Class A Common  Stock or  Livewire  Class B Common
Stock at a price less than Fair Market Value of such Stock, the option price for
outstanding  options  shall be  proportionately  reduced  (and/or  the number of
shares subject to the option proportionately  increased) to reflect as nearly as
practicable  the benefit  that the option  holder  would have  received  had the
option been  exercised  immediately  prior to the record  date for such  rights,
warrants or options.

     12.3 Reorganizations.  If any merger,  consolidation or similar transaction
in which the Company is the surviving  corporation (and which is not a Change in
Control as hereinafter  defined) shall affect any  outstanding  option under the
Plan,  the Committee  shall take such action as is equitable or  appropriate  to
substitute  a new  option  for such  affected  option and to make the new option
equivalent to the affected option as nearly as practicable.

     12.4 Changes in  Control-Definition.  A "Change in Control" shall be deemed
to have occurred if.

          (a) there shall be consummated (i) any  reorganization,  consolidation
or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving
corporation,  or (ii) any sale or other transfer of all or substantially  all of
the Company's  assets (in one transaction or a series of related  transactions);
or

          (b) the  stockholders  of the  Company  shall have  approved a plan or
proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

          (c)  there  shall be  consummated  a sale to any  person  or group (as
defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of Livewire Class A Common Stock
and/or  Livewire  Class B Common Stock shares  entitled to cast more than 50% of
the total  combined votes of all  outstanding  shares of Livewire Class A Common
Stock and Livewire Class B Common Stock; or

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          (d) the  Board  of  Directors  of the  Company  shall  otherwise  have
determined that a Change in Control has otherwise occurred.

     12.5  Changes  in  Control--Effect.  A Change in Control  shall  cause each
outstanding  option to  terminate  effective  one hundred  eighty days after the
consummation thereof, unless any agreement relating to a Change in Control shall
otherwise provide.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, agreements relating solely to
a  transaction  described in paragraph  (c) of Section 12.4 may not terminate an
outstanding  option earlier than one hundred eighty days after the  consummation
thereof  unless  the  optionee  consents  to an earlier  termination.  Effective
concurrently with the Change in Control (whether or not the option is terminated
or  affected  by the Change in  Control)  each  optionee  shall be  entitled  to
exercise his option in full without regard to any limitations on  exercisability
and such option shall be considered fully vested.

     12.6 Committee's  Authority. The Committee,  in its discretion,  shall make
such other and further adjustments are equitable and appropriate with respect to
any transaction affecting the capitalization of the Company.

     12.7 Company's  Rights  Unimpaired.  The grant of an option pursuant to the
Plan  shall  not  affect in any way the  right or power of the  Company  to make
adjustments,  reclassifications,  reorganizations  or changes of its  capital or
business  structure or to merge or to consolidate  or to dissolve,  liquidate or
sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

13. ADJUSTMENTS PERTAINING TO CLASS A LIBERTY GROUP STOCK.

     Adjustments  to the options and the Class A Liberty  Shares  covered by the
Plan shall be made as follows:

     13.1 Changes in  Capitalization.  Subject to any required  action by AT&T's
stockholders  or holders of Class A Liberty  Group Stock,  the number of Class A
Liberty Shares covered by each outstanding option, the number of Class A Liberty
Shares which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no
options  have yet been  granted  or which  have been  returned  to the Plan upon
cancellation  or  expiration  of an  option,  as well as the  price  per Class A
Liberty Share covered by each such outstanding  option shall be  proportionately
adjusted  for any  increase or decrease in the number of issued and  outstanding
Class A Liberty Shares resulting from a stock split,  reverse stock split, stock
dividend, combination or reclassification of the Class A Liberty Group Stock, or
any other increase or decrease in the number of issued and  outstanding  Class A
Liberty Shares effected  without  receipt of  consideration  by AT&T;  provided,
however,  that conversion of any securities  convertible  into shares of Class A
Liberty Group Stock shall not be deemed to have been "effected  without  receipt
of  consideration."  Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by AT&T of
shares of stock of any class, or securities  convertible into shares of stock of
any class shall affect,  and no adjustment by reason  thereof shall be made with
respect to, the number or price of Class A Liberty Shares subject to an option.

     13.2 Dissolution or Liquidation.  In the event of the proposed  dissolution
or liquidation of the Liberty Media Group,  to the extent that an option has not
been  previously  exercised,   it  shall  terminate  immediately  prior  to  the
consummation of such proposed action.

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     13.3  Merger or Asset  Sale.  In the  event of a merger  or other  business
combination  affecting AT&T or any subsidiary thereof,  and, as a result of such
merger or business  combination,  the Class A Liberty Stock is converted into or
mandatorily  exchanged  for  securities of another  entity,  options for Class A
Liberty Stock will become options exercisable for such new security. If any such
merger or other business  combination shall affect any outstanding  option under
the Plan, the Committee shall take such action as is equitable or appropriate to
substitute  a new  option  for such  affected  option and to make the new option
equivalent to the affected option as nearly as practicable.

14. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN.

     14.1  Generally.  The Board of Directors may,  insofar as permitted by law,
from time to time,  suspend or discontinue the Plan or revise or amend it in any
respect  whatsoever,  except  that no such  amendment  shall  alter or impair or
diminish any rights or obligations  under any option  theretofore  granted under
the Plan without the consent of the person to whom such option was  granted.  In
addition,  without  further  shareholder  approval  or  ratification,   no  such
amendment shall: (i) materially  increase the benefits  accruing to participants
in the Plan; (ii)  materially  increase the number of shares subject to the Plan
(except as  authorized  by  Sections  12 and 13);  (iii)  materially  modify the
requirements  as to eligibility for  participation  in the Plan; (iv) extend the
term during which options may be exercised; or (v) or extend the final date upon
which options under the Plan may be granted.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Board of Directors  may adopt such  amendments  as the Board shall in good faith
deem necessary in order to conform the Plan to the  requirements of Exchange Act
Rule 16b-3.

     14.2  Modifications  to Options.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and with
the  consent  of  the  optionee  where  appropriate,  the  Committee  may  amend
outstanding  option agreements,  including without  limitation  amendments which
accelerate  exercisability  of any  option;  or cancel an option and issue a new
option in substitution therefor.

15. MISCELLANEOUS.

     15.1 No Rights as  Shareholder.  An optionee or a  transferee  of an option
shall have no rights as a shareholder  with respect to any shares  covered by an
option until the date of the receipt of payment  (including any amounts required
by the Company to satisfy  withholding  tax  requirements)  by the  Company.  No
adjustment  shall  be  made  as  to  any  option  for  dividends   (ordinary  or
extraordinary,  whether in cash,  securities or other property) or distributions
or other  rights  for which the  record  date is prior to such  date,  except as
provided in Sections 12.3 and 13.3.

     15.2  Application of Funds.  The proceeds  received by the Company from the
sale of shares  pursuant  to the  exercise  of options  will be used for general
corporate purposes.

     15.3 No  Obligation  to Exercise  Option.  The  granting of an option shall
impose no obligation upon the optionee to exercise such option.

     15.4  Agreement to Govern.  In the event of any  inconsistency  between the
terms of the option agreement and the description  thereof contained herein, the
terms of the agreement shall prevail.

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