Roman Polanski's Pirates
11-14-02, 08:05 AM
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Roman Polanski's Pirates
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I just found Pirates to be released soon in Italy but it's not widescreen.
Does anyone know if this title is available on dvd anywhere in widescreen?
Thanks
John
I just found Pirates to be released soon in Italy but it's not widescreen.
Does anyone know if this title is available on dvd anywhere in widescreen?
Thanks
John
11-14-02, 11:14 AM
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"...but it's not widescreen..."
...what makes you think that?... the linked dvdit site states: "Video Format: 16:9"... now this might mean 2.35:1 anamorphic (according to the IMDb the movie was "Filmed in Panavision") ... or it might mean that - for the transfer to DVD - the film has been 'cropped' to a widescreen-TV-friendly 1.78:1 (=16:9) (not unusual, these days, at least with R2/Europe DVDs)...
...fyi: the German DVD is indeed anamorphic 2.35:1 - BUT - German subtitles are 'locked' when the (DD 2.0) English soundtrack is selected...
...the Australian DVD is an ugly 1.33:1 p&s affair... so is the Danish DVD...
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...what makes you think that?... the linked dvdit site states: "Video Format: 16:9"... now this might mean 2.35:1 anamorphic (according to the IMDb the movie was "Filmed in Panavision") ... or it might mean that - for the transfer to DVD - the film has been 'cropped' to a widescreen-TV-friendly 1.78:1 (=16:9) (not unusual, these days, at least with R2/Europe DVDs)...
...fyi: the German DVD is indeed anamorphic 2.35:1 - BUT - German subtitles are 'locked' when the (DD 2.0) English soundtrack is selected...
...the Australian DVD is an ugly 1.33:1 p&s affair... so is the Danish DVD...
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11-14-02, 12:51 PM
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For the little story and quite oddly this movie was played on the pay channel Canal Plus prior its theatrical release.
Being quite a fiasco the producing company tried to raise some money by showing around the pirate boat (full of electronics).
Well, at least it became a popular figure of Cannes....
Being quite a fiasco the producing company tried to raise some money by showing around the pirate boat (full of electronics).
Well, at least it became a popular figure of Cannes....
