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Checked with DH, and we apparently own a lot (damn Virgin's 2-for-1 bin!):
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Annie Hall
Bull Durham (although I'm not sure if this list refers to the Special Edition or the original release. We own the SE)
A Fish Called Wanda
The Last Waltz
Sid and Nancy
Spaceballs
This is Spinal Tap
Yellow Submarine
Princess Bride
Crap.
Ghostworld
I remember seeing something about The Princess Bride a while back, so someone noticed on some of the movies.
I guess it's lucky I'm cheap and haven't gotten around to buying many DVDs. I'm with tommyrot on this one. This is just crap.
(although I'm not sure if this list refers to the Special Edition or the original release. We own the SE)
Oh, good point. I have the SE, too.
But it was released theatrically in 35mm. I'd be very surprised if it wasn't shot in widescreen.
Would it be any wider than academy ratio? Because if it's academy ratio then it's the same ratio as TV, but academy ratio is also 35 mm.
All the Bond films it looks like, Storefront Hitchcock, Stormy Monday.
Aspect ratio isn't format-dependent -- you can shoot 1.33:1 35mm or 1.85:1 video. The vast majority of theatrically released films post-1950's are 1.85:1 or wider, regardless of the medium they were shot in. (I didn't see 24HPP, so for all I know, it was released in 1.33, but I doubt it. The DVD details on IMDB say 1.85.)
James Cameron sometimes shoots a movie at 1.33:1, and then crops it for the theatrical release, rather than for the video release.
In going forth and Googling, I stumbled upon this discussion on DVD Talk Forum, the gist of which seems to be that the guy who brought the suit is an idiot who doesn't understand anything about filmmaking or editing and is just wrong in his understanding of widescreen formatting. But the whole discussion is very filmtechgeek heavy and I'm totally incompetent to judge whether the folks on that forum are right and settlement-guy is an idiot, or whether he in fact is right and they're all pompous and full of shit.
Any chance Jessica, Fiona or one of the other people who actually work in this industry could take a look at that forum and translate it into non-tech?