Info: HBO Altered OAR Catalog Project...

I’m trying to catalog every 'scope film that were altered (or not on) HBO and seeing if there’s a pattern to it all. I won’t be surprised if there is no pattern.

The spreadsheet is here.

Feel free to reply with more films here.

Intestesting, but you need more data. Was the film shot anamorphic, super35, digital, etc. Is it shown open matte or pan and scan?

From what I understand, networks will play whatever they get, it’s distributirs who make decisions on what format they send. If they play both Letterboxed and pan and scan movies then they likely don’t have a policy on what they play.

@Chewielewis

I’m looking for films that were shot and conceived with a scope ratio in mind, 2.35 or similar. I don’t care what format it was shot (35mm, 70mm, 4k etc…), I’m just trying to catalog / compare the ones that have or haven’t had their ratio changed to fit a 16:9 frame.

Sure but there are three different ways to do it, pan and scan, open matte and oar. If a film is anamorphic it’s always pan and scan or oar. Super 35mm films are open matte or oar. Digital can be either open matte or P&S despite digital cameras always shooting open matte. Some distributors might find open matte and oar acceptable for viewing but pan and scan not.

Sorry about the long radio silence, I put in more entries on the spreadsheet. Really, I’m getting really confused on whoever’s in charge of choosing which movies get retrofitted to 16:9 or not. For example, “Agent Cody Banks” is its original aspect ratio, while “Agent Cody Banks 2” isn’t. Like I said before, no pattern is likely for it.

EDIT/SIDENOTE:
How does it compare to corporate cousin Cinemax?