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Old 06-13-07 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeR63
Can anyone confirm whether or not the new Trading Places SE is anamorphic? I assumed that it would be but someone left feedback on Amazon that it is not.
Reviews and Rewind state anamorphic so I would trust that it is. Back cover does state anamorphic also.

Sometimes they are wrong but typically it is when there are only a review or two and/or every site having different info. Those are the times to be the most skeptical I think.
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In the recently released Darren Aronofsky Collection the back cover lists "Pi" as being 16X9 Widescreen which is incorrect. This is the same disc that was released years ago just in a new packaging with "Requiem for a Dream".
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Fox is getting pretty sloppy with their specs as of late. The new version of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert doesn't state anamorphic, but it is.
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Originally Posted by abintra
:Unstated anamorphic titles:

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (043396027152).. states widescreen
I have this packed away at the moment, but I think it's anamorphic. I checked a few sites and that's what they're also saying.
Old 06-13-07 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by macphoen
I have this packed away at the moment, but I think it's anamorphic. I checked a few sites and that's what they're also saying.
It is. All the titles I listed under that unstated anamorphic section are confirmed anamorphic but not labeled as such on the cover.

Tully, listed under unknown, was the only one in that post that I'm not sure of.
Old 06-13-07 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by basaro
^

Don Juan Demarco (keepcase re-release)

Cheers!
Sorry, I was actually able to get Best Buy to give me my money back. They kept insisting that it wasn't anamorphic because it was shot 1.85.

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Mr. Jones 043396045255.. anamorphic but only states widescreen
Old 06-16-07 | 01:34 AM
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:Anamorphic titles that only state widescreen:

12 and Holding (796019796149)
Big White, The (096009444693)
Broken Wings (043396019393)
Chasing Sleep (031398777922)
City of Angels (085391632023)
Dark City (794043465727)
Don't Tempt Me (687797986092).. states 1.85:1 4x3
Dreamlife of Angels, The (043396040120)
Holy Girl, The (026359275425).. HBO title stating 16:9
House of D (031398177654)
Interstate 60 (025192382420)
Labyrinth (043396434592)

Lost and Delirious (658149790124 & 774212110436).. both the Canadian Seville and US Lions Gate releases (the Seville release states 4:3)

Maid in Manhattan (043396097483)
Matador, The (2005) (796019791595)
Miranda (2002) (687797100092)
Monseiur Ibrahim (043396032460)
Monster (733807898623).. DEJ Productions rental release

Moulin Rouge (024543008705 & 024543032106).. this one is very minor as for listing as the packaging has that one sheet note type of paper on the back cover that doesn't list anamorphic, just says widescreen.

Multiplicty (043396824492)
New Best Friend (043396087132)
Pauline & Paulette (043396075986)
Respiro (043396002142)
Shade (085393482725)
Spanish Prisoner, The (043396026087)
Starman (043396041295).. both of the covers it was released with only say widescreen
Still Crazy (043396037458)
Sweet and Lowdown (043396047570)

Whole Shebang, The (026359275128 & 026359296925).. does state 16:9 but without any further context. Not sure if HBO titles typically just state 16:9 to designate anamorphic or if they use that both as an aspect ratio (for non-anamorphic 1.78-1.85:1 titles) and anamorphic.

Wilder Napalm (043396015784)

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Old 06-16-07 | 10:55 AM
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Thanks all, everything is updated.

Still need solid confirmation on these:
Tully (829567000625).. I recall someone on DVDTalk saying it was anamorphic during one of the past DD 20% off sales but I can't find the post so I'm not entirely sure anymore. Would love confirmation either way on this one.
H20
Trading Places new SE

and still looking for a UPC for:
Don Juan Demarco (keepcase re-release)

Cheers!
Old 06-16-07 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by basaro

Still need solid confirmation on these:

Trading Places new SE
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...or=1#topoftabs

Anamorphic and stated as such on the back cover.
Old 06-16-07 | 01:17 PM
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Couple more CTHE titles that are anamorphic but not listed (Thanks to Ken Cline for confirming)

Another Meltdown 043396019799
Son of the Bride 043396094826
Old 06-20-07 | 06:12 PM
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:Confirmed anamorphic but not stated on cover:

24: Season 1-4 (Repackage) 024543442912 024543442936 024543442950 024543442974
52 Pick-Up 027616077172
Alien 024543442011
Alien Vs. Predator (Lenticular) 024543442042
All That Jazz: Special Music Edition 024543434795
Bedazzled (1967) 024543425359
Beer League 096009445096
Bones: Season One 024543267287
Can-Can 024543438830
Chocolate War, The 027616073204
Constellation 024543429135
Convict Stage 024543436836
Cronicas 660200311827 & 660200312527
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The 043396103832
Deepak Chopra: The Seven Laws of Spiritual Success 024543429258
Die Hard: Special Edition (Steelbook) 024543442226
Die Hard (re-release cover) 024543440864
Die Hard 2: Die Harder (re-release cover) 024543440895
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (re-release cover) 024543440925
Epic Movie 024543438519 024543438618
Eragon 024543426981 024543426882
Fantastic Four: Extended Edition 024543440499
Fantastic Voyage: Special Edition 024543440437
Fiddler on the Roof: Collector's Edition 027616063281
Fight Club: Special Edition (Steelbook) 024543442349
Fort Courageous 024543436867
From Russia With Love 027616066176
Flyboys 027616062123 & 027616065346
For Your Eyes Only 027616066596
Full Monty, The: Fully Exposed Edition 024543403760
Goldeneye 027616066220
Goldfinger 027616066275
Gray Matters 024543434665
Hannibal: Collector's Edition (Steelbook) 027616077974
Happenstance 717119849245
Hell and High Water 024543436645
Jawbreaker 043396036154
Kitchen Confidential 024543427629 (Listed as Full Frame 1.78:1)
Last King Of Scotland, The 024543407201
Last Sin Eater, The 024543427537
License to Kill 027616066640
Living Daylights, The 027616073945
Loop, The: Season 1 024543421283
Magus, The 024543377429
Man In The Middle 024543432890
Man On Fire: Special Edition (Steelbook) 024543442288
Man with the Golden Gun, The 027616073990
Material Girls 027616062000
Moonraker 027616074041
Murderball 821575533652
My Bodyguard 024543029168
National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj 027616074270 & 027616074331
Neptune Factor, The 024543440468
Night of the Comet 027616067760
Notes On A Scandal 024543438915
Peeper 024543377450
Platoon: Collector's Edition (Steelbook) 027616077929
Porky's: The Ultimate Collection 024543425304
Predator (Lenticular) 024543442134
Pulp 027616073235
Punch-Drunk Love 043396013339
Reno 911: Miami 024543444282 & 024543444381
Revenge Of The Nerds: The Atomic Wedgie Collection 024543397694
Robocop (Lenticular) 027616079138
Romeo + Juliet: Music Edition 024543403623
Royal Flash 024543425410
Sand Pebbles, The 024543440581
Sandlot, The: Heading Home 024543434573
Sleepover (Re-release cover) 027616078391
Spy Who Loved Me, The 027616066541
S*P*Y*S 024543425380
Stone Cold 027616079329
Terminator, The (Re-release) 027616079169
Thieves Like Us 027616073266
Third Secret, The 024543436690
Thr3e 024543419921
Thunderball 027616066497
True Confessions 027616073297
True Story Of Jesse James, The 024543244455
Turistas: Unrated 024543428787
Von Richthofen and Brown 027616073884
Von Ryan's Express 024543440611
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Global Warming Edition 024543443520
White Feather 024543436935
World Is Not Enough, The 027616066428
X2: X-Men United - Special Edition (Steelbook) 024543442257
You Only Live Twice 027616074096

How obtuse of a company, MGM/Fox, to deliberately omit some form of anamorphic designation. Hopefully some of the DVD press release sites that have direct contact will get them to reconsider this odd decision.

Though, sadly, some still don't specify anamorphic/non-anamorphic consistently in reviews (including some DVDTalk reviews which don't state anamorphic or not unless the back cover states it.. kudos to the ones that always list accurate specs). Buy a used version of PowerDVD if needed for a couple bucks. Should have been mandated by all sites to their reviewers long ago.

Perhaps include those that remain unknown in the first post also?

Halloween H20 717951001795
Solarbabies 027616072436
Tully 829567000625

Thanks for doing this basaro. Great idea for a thread. Hope more people take advantage of it.

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Old 06-21-07 | 11:58 PM
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One addition. Stir Crazy (043396032941) *is* anamorphic though it doesn't say so. And I know I've seen a few that say they are, but actually aren't- I'm pretty sure at least a couple were Lion's Gate releases from a few years back, but I can't remember the titles. If I run across them again, I'll be sure to mention. Thanks, basaro.
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Hey brothers, the Macho King wonders if Marked For Death with Steven Seagal is anamorphic. Thanks in advance!

Ooooh yeeeah, dig it!
Old 06-22-07 | 05:56 PM
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Marked for Death is accurately listed as non-anamorphic.
Old 06-23-07 | 04:16 AM
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Received Maximum Overdrive today and is anamorphic (thankfully), but only says "Widescreen Presentation" on the back.
UPC: 692865 147336
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Hey y'all, just to confirm--Carpenter's The Thing that you are talking about--stated "anamorphic" but isn't--do you mean the digipack Collector's Edition that came out around 2003? Not the original 1998 release, right?
Because I want to get the anamorphic release, so if there is a non-anamorphic pressing of the same edition, I want to be sure to avoid it.
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Originally Posted by Egon's Ghost
Hey y'all, just to confirm--Carpenter's The Thing that you are talking about--stated "anamorphic" but isn't--do you mean the digipack Collector's Edition that came out around 2003?
It's not a digipack (it does have a shiny slipcover that might make it look like one)- it came out in Oct. 2004. That's the anamorphic one.

Not the original 1998 release, right?
That's the non-anamorphic one.

Because I want to get the anamorphic release, so if there is a non-anamorphic pressing of the same edition, I want to be sure to avoid it.
Get this: Avoid this:
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Ah, OK. I already have the '98 letterboxed, so the '04 with the stupid new cover is definitely anamorphic. I could swear I've seen pictures of it as a fold-out digipack. I didn't realize the '98 said "anamorphic".
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Originally Posted by abintra
:Confirmed anamorphic but not stated on cover:

Die Hard: Special Edition (Steelbook) 024543442226
Thanks Abintra! This is exactly what I came to find out today!
Old 06-27-07 | 01:52 PM
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Sorry for the lack of updates, I am swamped at work. I will have the list updated this weekend if not before.

Thanks for being patient and keep the info coming!
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Is the Chris Botti live DVD anamorphic? Packaging says zip about screen format...
Old 07-03-07 | 10:04 PM
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All updated, thanks.

I have started using post #2 to keep track of titles we still need confirmation on, as well as periodically listing them in an update post such as this one.

Note: Because of the rising number of Fox/MGM titles not stating anamorphic on recent packaging, I may decide not to list any of these new titles except when there is an exception. MGM/Fox seems to be saying "all our titles are anamorphic unless stated otherwise". We'll see.

...

Unknown (we need confirmation on these titles please, thanks!):

Halloween H20 717951001795
Solarbabies 027616072436
Tully 829567000625
Chris Botti live

And still looking for a UPC for:
Don Juan Demarco (keepcase re-release)


HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE!

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Old 07-12-07 | 07:33 PM
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I would really like to see HAIR released in anamorphic. Great film.
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The new Romancing The Stone also.


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