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Saw it last night, TCM cropped it.

posted 9 years ago by skylands
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It's not the end of the world, Bloody Birthday's good anyway, but I wonder wassup with this.
It clearly looks around 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
(IMDb says it's widescreen 1.85:1)

[–] richrol 9 years ago

Oh God,...and I sat there...and watched it...not knowing...those bastards!!

[–] HelloLarry 9 years ago

The movie was converted into HD or blu-ray last year but TCM might not have the HD version or film reel of it yet.

[–] recklesscow 9 years ago

Are you sure it wasn't just open matte? You might have been seeing the entire image and the theatrical version was cropped to 1.85.

[–] drhackenstine 8 years ago

Bloody Birthday has been playing on TCM for the last six years. It's probably just the same version they acquired back then.