jrodor1 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 On Friday, July 9, 2004 at 10:00pm EDT, TCM played a Pan&Scan (P&S) version of "Uncle Buck" (1989). According to DVD technical info from Amazon.Com (cited below), it's not clear why TCM would air it P&S when a Widescreen [Letterbox] version has been available on DVD for over SIX MONTHS. Consider the data below taken from the DVD descriptions off Amazon.Com: Release Information: Studio: Universal Studios DVD Release Date: January 6, 2004 Aspect Ratio(s): Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1 Also, on TCM's own website article, it states that the film is "Letterboxed", consider this URL and info: http://turnerclassicmovies.com/ThisMonth/Article/0,,78395,00.html Uncle Buck Friday 07/09/2004 10:00 PM C-100m. Letterboxed. by Eleanor Quin PLEASE: why didn't TCM air "Uncle Buck" in LBX? Are subscribers to presume that "Universal Studios" will not permit TCM to air the widescreen version of this film until some special date? Link to post Share on other sites
ksink74 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 I was wondering that myself. I'm of the opinion that a movie gets showed in its origional aspect ratio or not at all. Regardless of the legal status of its star (living or otherwise). Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Piffle........I enjoy the movie "Uncle Buck" whatever format it is in especially uncut and without commercial interruption. Funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny indeed. Mongo Link to post Share on other sites
ksink74 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 > Piffle........I enjoy the movie "Uncle Buck" whatever > format it is in especially uncut and without > commercial interruption. Funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny > indeed. > > Mongo Not to be fussy, but that's my whole point. It isn't uncut if it has been cropped to fit your TV. The movie was filmed, edited, and released to theaters to be shown in an aspect ratio of 1.85 to 1. In order to fit it on to your TV's 1.33 to 1 aspect ratio, edges must be wacked off. Hence, you are seeing approximately 1-((1.85-1.33)/1.85) = 72% of Uncle Buck. As long as I'm on the subject, movies that are in the "wider" aspect ratio of 2.35 to 1 and have been cropped to 1.33 to 1 result in approximately 57% of the movie that you actually get to see on your TV. Link to post Share on other sites
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