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Post #1272150

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dbmaster514
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Info: 007 - Open Matte Bond Movies...
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Date created
3-Mar-2019, 12:51 PM

Some time ago, some of us were talking about the open matte scenes in TMWTGG[1] and that got me thinking about the rest of the movies. I have read on other forums[2] that the Daniel Craig movies are sometimes shown on TV open matte so I’m curious if we could make a list of Bond films that are open matte either on film prints or TV broadcasts? I don’t have any of the open matte TV broadcasts but I would love to see Casino Royale and especially Skyfall since I missed out on the chance to see it in IMAX. Some of these could be on a particularly inappropriate organ but I couldn’t say for sure.

Quantum of Solace (HDTV Broadcast vs Blu-ray)
https://s1.postimg.cc/4woifhyja7/Quantum_of_Solace4.png

https://s1.postimg.cc/8ndo0qm473/Quantum_of_Solace3.png

Open Matte list (so far):
The Man With The Golden Gun (35mm print has variable aspect ratio)
Casino Royale (HDTV is sometimes open matte)
Quantum of Solace (HDTV is sometimes open matte)
Skyfall (HDTV is sometimes open matte. Full open matte is IMAX, unavailable anywhere)


Some unconfirmed rumors that I have heard:

The Casino Royle PSP disc is open matte
The Casino Royale Fullscreen DVD release is open matte

[1] https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1267120/action/topic#1267120
[2] https://forum.fanres.com/thread-1612-page-2.html