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Re: Columbia Fullscreen DVD Re-issues
Originally Posted by darkhawk
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Has Naked in New York and Wholly Moses only been available on dvd in FS? WM says on imdb.com that the correct OAR is 2:35.1. They don't list any for NINY. I've never seen these released in WS or WS/FS flipper.
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Does anyone know if Kevin Bacon's Quicksilver was ever released in WS? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by natevines
(Post 6049992)
This is stupid, but I too would like to know the reason.
Is it cheaper? Are people more likely to buy the FS versions? I guess that means maybe Walmart customers don't have widescreen? LOL |
Re: Columbia Fullscreen DVD Re-issues
Originally Posted by njwiv
(Post 9424991)
I've bought 6 separate copies of Mixed Nuts, all of which were FS-only despite being labeled as WS/FS flippers. I have given up on it completely.
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Remember when everyone was looking for the OOP Wildthings WS/FS flipper at Big Lots? You can get it in WS in a 2-dvd pack with The Craft. I know Ross has it for $4. I own both. Sony re-released Wildthings and did to it like they did Ghostbusters. I've compared the two and the 2-pack Wildthings is missing about a half inch on the right side and a quarter inch on the left. Not much to notice.
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Originally Posted by drak b
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Okay, after a few years I finally understand this strategy of re-releasing titles as full screen only. Clever…
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Has anyone here ever bought a dvd that was fullscreen, knowing that it was fullscreen, when there was no widescreen, but you just had to have it because it was a movie that you really love ? For me, that would be Matilda Special Edition (there is no R1 widescreen. Why ?) and Stand And Deliver. I have no idea of why there are no widescreen dvds of these movies, especially since Matilda is moderately popular. There a few bonus features on the dvd that show clips of the movie in widescreen and it's unbelievable how much of the picture is cut out. But Matilda is one of my favourite movies so, even though I hate fullscreen cuts more than peanut butter, I still had to get it.
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Two instances in which I had no choice but to go fullscreen.
1) Nighthawks...for the original soundtrack with "Brown Sugar" 2)Just one of the Guys...well, simply because I didn't know any better at the time. I just simple went R2 for Doc Hollywood instead of waiting for a US release. TV show sets...well, you just gotta accept them as they are |
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Matilda and Wholly Moses! are the only two from Sony I know of that was never released in a widescreen. There could be more. Warner Bros. did it alot.
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Re: Columbia Fullscreen DVD Re-issues
Originally Posted by Spottedfeather
(Post 9491757)
Has anyone here ever bought a dvd that was fullscreen, knowing that it was fullscreen, when there was no widescreen, but you just had to have it because it was a movie that you really love ?
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Re: Columbia Fullscreen DVD Re-issues
Originally Posted by Spottedfeather
(Post 9491757)
Has anyone here ever bought a dvd that was fullscreen, knowing that it was fullscreen, when there was no widescreen, but you just had to have it because it was a movie that you really love ? For me, that would be Matilda Special Edition (there is no R1 widescreen. Why ?) and Stand And Deliver. I have no idea of why there are no widescreen dvds of these movies, especially since Matilda is moderately popular. There a few bonus features on the dvd that show clips of the movie in widescreen and it's unbelievable how much of the picture is cut out. But Matilda is one of my favourite movies so, even though I hate fullscreen cuts more than peanut butter, I still had to get it.
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I recently started going through my collection to figure out what was and was not Non-anamorphic in the hopes of doing some upgrades. I found this site out there which has feature comparisons. It doesn't have every movie ever made, but hope it helps:
Ok, so I can't post links because of some less than 30 post rule for links, but it is called dvdcompare (dot) net. It has been dead on accurate for WS/FS/Anamorphic or non. |
Re: Columbia Fullscreen DVD Re-issues
Originally Posted by MoviePhanatic00
(Post 9492368)
I recently started going through my collection to figure out what was and was not Non-anamorphic in the hopes of doing some upgrades. I found this site out there which has feature comparisons. It doesn't have every movie ever made, but hope it helps:
Ok, so I can't post links because of some less than 30 post rule for links, but it is called dvdcompare (dot) net. It has been dead on accurate for WS/FS/Anamorphic or non. |
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As someone who's been catching up on 1990s thrillers, on the hunt for the widescreen version of Mortal Thoughts. So far have struck out.
I can only hope the full screen re-releases will get the proper widescreen transfers maybe through a MOD program... |
Re: Columbia Fullscreen DVD Re-issues
Originally Posted by TheMovieman
(Post 13362891)
As someone who's been catching up on 1990s thrillers, on the hunt for the widescreen version of Mortal Thoughts. So far have struck out.
I can only hope the full screen re-releases will get the proper widescreen transfers maybe through a MOD program... It is 4:3 open matte (I think) which means you can zoom it to create the widescreen effect. I thought Mill Creek might release this in anamorphic widescreen. |
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Originally Posted by orangerunner
(Post 13362911)
This one is hard to find in the old widescreen/full screen DVD-10 version.
It is 4:3 open matte (I think) which means you can zoom it to create the widescreen effect. I thought Mill Creek might release this in anamorphic widescreen. |
Re: Columbia Fullscreen DVD Re-issues
Originally Posted by TheMovieman
(Post 13362935)
Are you sure? When looking it up on DVD Profiler, the Full Screen version side was Pan & Scan. If it is open matte, I guess it's better than nothing...
The film was originally 1.85:1 so it could be open matte or pan and scanned based on the open matte image. |
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Ah, ok. The DVD is cheap enough I might chance it.
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Here is a review from UK which includes screenshots in (I assume) 1.85:1. I'll compare these to my full screen DVD to see if it's open matte.
https://www.myreviewer.com/DVD/6036/...w-by-Chris-Cox http://ca.ign.com/articles/2000/11/08/mortal-thoughts **UPDATE - I had a look at the full screen DVD and there's definitely extra space at the top and bottom but it's only slightly trimmed at the sides compared to the widescreen screenshots posted on those websites. If you zoom the image to 16:9 you're going to more or less get the proper widescreen image. Another thing I noticed is that when watching a Columbia Pictures film you can tell whether the film is pan & scan or open matte seems to be counting the stairs in the opening logo. When watching a full screen presentation, if there are three stairs in the logo, it is "pan & scan", if there are a lot more stairs it is open matte. |
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Thanks for the update. Today I did manage to find a widescreen/full screen flipper disc on ebay (w/ pictures of both the back cover and the disc itself) so while I paid more than I normally would for a used DVD, I figured it's better than zooming in.
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Re: Columbia Fullscreen DVD Re-issues
Originally Posted by TheMovieman
(Post 13368123)
Thanks for the update. Today I did manage to find a widescreen/full screen flipper disc on ebay (w/ pictures of both the back cover and the disc itself) so while I paid more than I normally would for a used DVD, I figured it's better than zooming in.
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They still continue with putting full screen DVDs on the market in this 3-movie pack, except for Madeline, that is widescreen.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....kL._SY445_.jpg And it is 2017. -confused- |
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Danny DeVito is a stickler for quality- I'm surprised he was OK with them putting Matilda out in foolscreen so many times.
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It's also worth considering that Sony is still unloading old stock. :(
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Is there a widescreen MATILDA anywhere available in the world..?
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