Grosse Pointe Blank, Anamorphic or not? (1 Viewer)

[Steve Winkler]

Just a quick question here, is Grosse Pointe Blank anamorphic and is it 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 or some other aspect ratio? I've just recently purchased this movie due to a 50% drop in price and I'm not sure what I'm seeing on my TV.
The case says it's 1.85:1 but it seems wider.
Thanks for any help.
Steve

 

[Joel C]

Not. And it is 1.85:1, according to imdb.com.

 

[Vince Maskeeper]

It's not anamorphic.

It looks about 1.85:1 to me

-V

 

[Steve Winkler]

Thanks guys, should've known it wasn't anamorphic being an older Buena Vista release. Too bad, I quite like the movie itself.
Steve

 

[Robert George]

Too bad, I quite like the movie itself.

Although the transfer is not anamorphic, it is still the same movie. It's not like the transfer is so bad you can't enjoy the movie.

 

[Niko Nykanen]

The case says it's 1.85:1 but it seems wider.

The R1 is 1:85 Letterbox.

Not Anamophic.

The reason it might seem wider than 1:85 could be that maybe you squeeze the picture perhaps??

Check that.

 

[Steve Winkler]

Niko,
I have a Toshiba TW56x81 16x9 tv and was watching the movie in Full mode at first, but it looked a little squished so switched to Theater Wide 2. That is the view mode to watch non-anamorphic dvd's on my particular model. I thought maybe the aspect ratio was more like the R1 Austin Powers disc, 2.0:1, as I still had sizeable black bars showing on my screen. Any other 1.85:1 movie on my set, the bars are so tiny you can hardly see them. Maybe my overscan on the TW 2 mode is off somewhat. I rarely watch non-anamorphic discs anymore and TW 2 might not be tweaked quite right.
Robert, you are most correct. I still enjoyed the movie, one of Cusak's best IMO.
Steve