The aspect ratio is more a matter of wanting to get things RIGHT than something I care strongly about. Actually the only thing I care strongly about is getting that extra Dingo scene out of there! Mono or 5.1 doesn't even matter a great deal to me, but it's very clear which one is theatrical, so that's an easy decision.

So, with respect to other Python films, And Now For Something Completely Different was 1.85:1, Life of Brian was 1.85:1, and Holy Grail was in between those, but at a different AR? Why did the 1.66:1 aspect ratio apply only to the middle film? Even Jabberwocky was 1.85:1. I'm trying to look for some sort of evidence of something other than 1.85:1 in a European theatre setting, but I'm just not seeing it. I'm not saying it wasn't 1.66:1, but the available evidence, if it can be said to point any direction at all, seems to point the other way.

Aesthetically, I don't mind 1.66:1 one bit. In fact, like you, I like it and may even prefer it. But if I'm going in there and editing out a scene anyway, I may as well get the aspect ratio while I'm at it. And for me it's not a matter of which I prefer, it's which is correct, and that's why I'm asking.

Please don't take this as pushing back out of sheer stubbornness. I just want to make double- and triple-sure of everything before I dive into this. Certainly leaving the AR along would make the task a lot easier!