dvdmike said:

I got the CAN unmatted release last night and it looks clean enough to work with unless you guys know of a tech reason it will not work

IIRC, the CAN unmatted released looks pretty soft, as Alliance was using a master intended for HDTV (hence 1080i/1:78). Also, I believe it was compressed for a BD-25 with little bitrate room to breathe. As well as the IT, I think the Dutch BD might be better in terms of a raw base from which to work.

Furthermore, it might not be wise overall to use an open matte master, as it would be tedious if you were later try to recrop for 2:35. I don't think the 2:35 matte is a constant dead center.