Posted by Richard C. on 04/05/06 02:13

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"Dick Sidbury" <DrJamesSidbury@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <sYadnSBIKJTq46_ZRVn-rA@comcast.com>,
> "Richard C." <post-age@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> "Jay G." <"Jay "@tmbg.org> wrote in message
>> news:gwonom3p6ae7$.1qgf3s1k4edd0$.dlg@40tude.net...
>> > On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:03:40 -0400, Dick Sidbury wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is it 2.35 to 1?
>> >> The previous version was formatted to fit 16x9, and for that reason I
>> >> didn't buy it. Amazon and IMDB claim the new one is 2.35 but I they
>> >> are
>> >> not always reliable.
>> >
>> > The previous release was 2.35:1 as well. You may have gotten it
>> > confused
>> > with Cronenberg's Crash, which was released on DVD in 1.78:1.
>> >
>> > -Jay
>> ==========================
>> Very strange..
>> I think the confusion on the Haggs' Crash comes from this wording on the
>> box
>> of the original release:
>> "Presented in Widescreen.....formatted from the original 1.85:1 version
>> in
>> which the
>> film was shot" (whatever that means). It is indeed 2.35:1.
>>
>> So just WHAT is the difference with the new release?
>
> Yes that is what confused me on the original. Anyhow the new version is
> specifically listed as 2.35 to 1.
>
> dick

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I bought it today and it has DTS ES as one of the sound options.
It is only 115 minutes compared to 122 on the original 2 disc set.
(7 minutes shorter????!!)
Different extras.

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