Incorrect Original Aspect Ratios for certain movies that featured shifting AR's

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Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

Ugh!

I knew what pan & scan was as a kid, but the first time I became really conscious of it was when renting that Michael Keaton comedy Multiplicity back when it was pretty new. The P&S on that tape is so terrible it makes the movie almost unwatchable, constantly lurching back and forth across the screen.

I became a widescreen snob the next day.

(Who the hell makes a comedy in scope anyway?!)

If you watch the Pan and Scan version of almost any Columbia or TriStar film done in scope in the mid to late '90s, they're full of those awkward "pans" and "tilts" that always looks unnatural and jagged. The Cable Guy, Wild Things, My Best Friend's Wedding, Money Train, 8mm, and yes, Multiplicity are the worst victims of this.