Manzana

Does anyone know if BLACK WIDOW (Debra Winger) and MEMPHIS BELLE (Matthew Modine) include anamorphic widescreen?

I have found conflicting info/reviews for these 2 DVDs on the Internet, so unless someone can tell me for sure I have to assume they are non-anamorphic.

By the way, I'm sorry I had to make a separate thread for this. Is there any sort of master thread for discussions about DVDs which are unclear whether they are anamorphic?

Thanks.

JimRochester

I know Memphis Bell does not. With the recent release of SE's like Tora Tora Tora and The Longets Day. It would be real nice to get one of MB also. I have Black Widow but I don't recall if it's anamorphic or not.

Manzana

If you get a chance to check Black Widow's widescreen side to see if it's anamorphic in the next few days (before DDD's 20% off sale ends), please post a message here. Thanks!

Also, I appreciate the info on Memphis Belle. Since you own it, I'll believe you and skip buying it until they release an anamorphic edition. One of the reasons I was confused is this review specifically states it is anamorphic:

http://www.dvdcorner.net/html/memphisb.html

But Amazon, DVD Empire, and other sites do NOT list anamorphic, so I got suspicious. Besides, I've learned lower quality review sites (i.e. ones that barely write a few paragraphs) tend to make mistakes. I have 2 rules about buying DVDs: only buy anamorphic widescreen (unless originally filmed full screen) and don't buy DVD-5 or DVD-10 discs unless they are under $6 - which these are at DDD). I feel any company who can't bother to give a movie a higher bitrate on a DVD-9 doesn't deserve to get much money.