I have the original release, but I can't remember if it was anamorphic and I am not at home to check. My only reason for upgrading to this new edition would be for an anamorphic upgrade. Does anyone know off hand what the original release was?
Mine is anamorphic as well. It's Scorsese, so, I gotta get it, so it's double dip time for me. getting a lot closer to having all of Scorsese's movies getting a SE of some sort or another.
The original Casino DVD is anamorphic, but it's very grainy and very soft.
It's hard to tell if it was intentional, though. However, there's a shot or two with vertical blue scratch lines and the opening Universal logo is filthy.
The French release is anamorphic, has a English DTS track and lovely digipacking. Sadly it has forced subtitles. Apart from that, that release is better than this one and it came out two years ago.