rob kilbride

Is Prizzi's Honor in the wrong aspect ratio?

It states on the box that 1:85 is the theatrical ratio wheras IMDB and dvdverdict.com say it was shot in 2:35:1 ratio. I also noticed it is not on this forums comprehensive non-OAR list. So is 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 correct?

Roy Van Nostrand

The IMDb has it listed as 2.35:1 also. I trust them most implicitly.

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Damin J Toell

I don't. IMDb posts whatever information anyone sends in to them, correct or not. The amount of misinformation they have, especially regarding ARs, makes them far from definitive.

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Patrick McCart

The Anchor Bay disc was 1.85:1.

The IMDB isn't always correct about the AR...

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Damin J Toell

Yes, MGM has the film under license from Disney. Complaints about the quality of the source materials should probably be directed Disney's way.

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Andre Bijelic

"Prizzi's Honor" is definitely 1.85:1. The only reason that I'm so sure is that I saw it a few years ago at an ancient revival house that wasn't equipped with a 1.85:1 mask, so all "flat" films were presented in the Academy ratio.

I distinctly remember seeing all the camera shdaows and microphones while watching the movie because it wasn't masked properly.

Mattias_ka

Yes, Prizzi's Honor is a 1.85:1 movie! The LD is also 1.85:1

Stephen_J_H

Quote:

Yes, MGM has the film under license from Disney.

Huh? I thought Fox released this one, but I guess it ultimately would revert to Disney in some way or another, since it was produced by ABC Motion Pictures.

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GerardoHP

Prizzi's Honor is most absolutely 1.85:1.

Gerardo