Joined: Sun 08-24-2003 3:47PM Posts: 1049 Location: Behind YOU!
Source: Kelly Hall
Slashdot wrote:
"Apparently all of MGM's 'theatrical wide screen' DVD releases for the last few years have been the pan-scanned versions with the top and bottoms cut off. I checked this against my copy of CQ, and it's true. The list (PDF) of butchered movies includes almost every Woody Allen film, Silence of the Lambs, and Ghost World, just to name a few. If you own any of the eligible movies, you have until March 31 to either opt to exchange your copy for $7.10, or a new DVD from MGM, presumably in its proper aspect ratio."
_________________ "Why is it that we must always choose between certain death and probable death?" ~ Clank, Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Joined: Sun 08-24-2003 3:47PM Posts: 1049 Location: Behind YOU!
Source: Kelly Hall
The class action settlement is real. The difference is that the film used to shoot the footage originally was not anamorphic like most movies. It was instead filmed in the normal aspect ration then "cut" into the "theatrical version."
The comment was clairifying for those not famillar with film history, that the "wide screen version" was actually the normal full screen version, cut to fit a theaters screen instead of filmed using the anamorphic process.
The original post said the movies had been Filmed in Anamorphic, cut for TV, that was cut for the "Theatrical DVD" when in reality it was flimed for TV and cut for Anamorphic. That's one cut instead of the speculated two.
_________________ "Why is it that we must always choose between certain death and probable death?" ~ Clank, Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
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