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Post #232857

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RowMan
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Howard The Duck - special edition (Released)
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Date created
6-Aug-2006, 4:47 PM
Originally posted by: SilverWook
Well, at least we now know Howard wasn't open matte. I'm not 100% sure Howard was shot 1:85, but the theatre I saw it at did mess up on occasion...


Actually, you can't tell this from these screencaps. Optical effects shots are often created in the actual aspect ratio of the film. Back To The Future is 1:85. The fullscreen version opens its mattes, but the optical effect shots are panned & scanned from a 1:85 image.