Independence Day, really? I remember seeing it on tv very recently and it looked like clear pan and scan to me. Furthermore, some of the trailers that were about 1.85 showed no more on the top and bottom I thought. There is a full screen dvd available. Anybody know if the mix has been redone? My audio professor mentioned it was very uneven due to being rushed for theatres.
I know what you mean about the video being more matted than you saw it in the theatre. As I mentioned before, the same thing happened with Pursuit of Happyness.
I didn't mention James Cameron's films because I already knew about them. The list I wrote was ones I don't know about. Some might not be matted, I don't know.
Willy Wonka (from the 70's) is another. The back of the warner dvd says it is not matted but I have the full screen version and, honestly, it didn't look like I was missing anything.