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Post #575231

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msycamore
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- 1975 theatrical (on hiatus - lots of info)
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Date created
24-Apr-2012, 9:22 AM

Rick2525 said:

Robocop 1 - oar 1.66:1

first DVD (Criterion 1998) was oar 1.66:1 non-anamorphic, but has a full-bodied 2.0 soundtrack (great for when ED-209 shoots its guns off etc)

later DVDs/BluRays are now cropped at 1.78:1 and the 5.1 mix is pitiful (even with .1 subwoofer channel), like Terminator 1's remix etc

As I understand it, it was originally screened in 1.85:1 but 1.66:1 is Verhoeven's preferred ratio. The original mix on Robocop is great and was one of the first films with Dolby Stereo SR - Spectral Recording, the Region 1 MGM 20th anniversary DVD and Fox blu-ray seems to have the original mix in the form of a Dolby 4.0 track, why there's no LFE, I don't know.