The Rock/Crimson Tide 2 Pack - Anamorphic
 

Title says it all. Picked up this two pack today at Best Buy, and I was wondering if either of the previous releases were anamorphic or not before I open it.

Best Buy's website says enhanced for widescreen tvs, but who knows how true that is.

Any help?

no they are not, they are the original dvd releases packaged together.

Disney/Miramax/Touchstone = original discs.

Fox, when it comes to basically anything historically letterboxed marked anamorphic = original discs.

MGM = original discs.

New Line = all double/triple features prior to the WB buyout are quite aggravatingly in full-screen (Poison Ivy, First Strike/Rumble in the Bronx), but a few after (Dumb and Dumber/Dumb and Dumberer) are WS. Don't know about extras.

Paramount = started with new discs (48 Hrs., Wayne's World, Eurotrip/Road Trip) with occasional new transfers, but no extras (films on same side of one disc) but eventually switched to old discs (with extras). Whether or not the DVD lists extras on the back is the easiest sign, although some triple features (Beverly Hills Cop) don't list any. I think all Paramount triple features are the original discs (generally the newest releases).

Universal = Double Features are original discs, Franchise Collections are new discs, new transfers -- the only exception so far is Street Fighter in the Van Damme set is still letterboxed, but the packaging accurately reflects this.

Warner Brothers = Double features are the existing disc images pressed onto a double-sided disc. Occasionally (The Fugitive/[U.S. Marshals], Lethal Weapon [4]) the original disc is double sided and the flipside's features and content are lost.

So basically Universal Franchise Collections and maybe, MAYBE an old Paramount are the only times you're going to find a double or triple feature with new transfers.

Also, I believe Best Buy's website says everything is Anamorphic, which I believe is the point droidguy was trying to make.

Just in case the OP didn't know, the Criterion version of The Rock is anamorphic.

It is? I guess I assumed it wasn't.

I was thinking of Armageddon.

Yeah I returned the two pack today, thanks guys. I'll just wait until a better deal comes around.

You can find a few copies of the Criterion Rock on Half.com for under $10. It's a pretty sweet package.