The Blu-ray cropping is different than the GOUT. Some shots may have been reframed for the 97SE, or the 2004 version, but in general, it seems that the 2004/11 transfer is positioned a bit higher and more to the left than the GOUT.
EDIT: Here are the cropping estimates I promised: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Cropping-the-Original-Trilogy-35mm-vs-dvd-gout/post/595678/#TopicPost595678
The more GOUT framing estimates I do, the more I see that the cropping is very consistent, and not as severe as your original comparisons imply.