Hurray! Gnome Mobile is widescreen!

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Hurray! Gnome Mobile is widescreen!

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I just thought i'd let everyone know that last weeks U.K. release of The Gnome Mobile is widescreen 1:77:1! I knew i should hold out rather than go for the U.S release!
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Do you have the capabilities of taking screencaps? If so, it might be interesting to compare with the caps from my Region 1 review:

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/gnome-mobile.html

I suspect, as I mostly concluded in the review, that the Region 1 DVD is a mix of pan-and-scan and open-matte.
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No, Luke, ichabod and everybody else, this UK release is NOT Widescreen.
I have just watched it and it´s full-frame, exactly as the US release.
The cover states 1:77 but that is a misspelling for 1:33, I presume! 8)
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OK, The Gnome Mobile saga deepens. After contacting BVHE UK they are insistent that the Gnome Mobile DVD is widescreen 1:77:1. After then replying saying that I was disappointed that they had released the movie in pan and scan I got a reply saying "Our current release of "The Gnome Mobile" on DVD is not pan and scan and we can assure you it is presented in its original 1:77:1 ratio.

Weird because the DVD is definitely pan and scan!
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So they lie or don´t know what they are talking about 8) !
Because I also have it (the UK one) and it´s 1:33
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Well a turn up for the books. Apparantly the German DVD of TGM is widescreen 1:85:1! Can anyone confirm this?
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