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Post #687011

Author
msycamore
Parent topic
team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released)
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Date created
1-Feb-2014, 1:49 AM

Well, whatever it is, it seems to me after some further calculations that it most likely was outside the theatrical ratio standard almost exactly. That's probably why they kept this take in the film. They knew that it would not be seen in the theater. While 2.39:1 is a wider ratio than 2.35:1, the change of the projector aperture in the 70's was a reduction in height not an increase in width.