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In response to "I'm honestly excited about this coming Saturday and the AMC Best Picture day. -- nm" by JaxSean

i'm not. they screw every picture on their hidef channel by stretching a pan & scan print

Posted by peglegpete (aka peglegpete) Feb 16 '09, 13:19

about 1 in 50 films are actually shown in widescreen format on AMC. Even films like Bride of Frankenstein which was filmed in 3:4 they stretch to fit the 9:16 screen

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3:4. 9:16. hqmeister? -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 16, 13:21
He means the AMC 5 movies in a day at the theater -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 13:20
What? - kelly Feb 16, 13:20
nevermind, it looks from the other posts like AMC theatres, not the AMC channel -- nm - peglegpete Feb 16, 13:20 1
- :) -- nm - kelly Feb 16, 13:20

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i'm not. they screw every picture on their hidef channel by stretching a pan & scan print

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