Just saw this on DVDASIAN's site. IT LISTS IT AS BEING ANAMORPHIC!!!

Anybody have any info on how good the transfer is on this? I'd love to have a 16x9 DVD of Brazil to complement my Criterion set. It also list a 142 minute running time, which would be Gilliam's definitive cut.

I noticed this myself, and would also be interested in some info. As nice as anamorphic is, it's still 1.85:1 on this disc which is cropped from the OAR as can be seen below:

http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue08...il/torture.htm

DOH! I meant to post this in the INTL forum. IF a MOD could plz move this, THX!

As for the OPEN MATTE versus the 1.85:1 widescreen, I still prefer the widescreen. True it might have more picture on the top and bottom, but the framing is intended to be shown at 1.85:1. Otherwise why wouldn't TG have Brazil released on DVD with a 4:3 Open Matte... Since he worked with Criterion so much on the LD/3-DVD release if he preferred it at 4:3 then that's what they'd release.

The OAR is 1.85:1. The movie was shot open-matte and masked down to the proper ratio for theatrical release, as have been thousands of other movies.

http://www.widescreen.org/widescreen_matted.shtml